Patents by Inventor Daiki Yokoyama
Daiki Yokoyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20250148549Abstract: The information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires attachment information regarding whether or not a communication device used for remote control is attached to a mobile body operable by remote control, a process that outputs an instruction to attach the temporary communication device to the mobile body when it is determined that the permanent communication device is not attached to the mobile body by using the attachment information, and an instruction unit that outputs an instruction to remove the temporary communication device from the mobile body when it is determined that the temporary communication device is attached to the mobile body whose remote control has ended by using the attachment information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20250137867Abstract: The control device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires moving object information that is information about a moving object in a water leak inspection of a movable body that can travel by unmanned driving; and a control unit that controls at least one of a travel mode of the moving object and a control mode of the ejector according to the moving object information so that a positional relationship between the ejecting device that ejects liquid or gas to the moving object in the water leak inspection and the moving object becomes a predetermined target positional relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Kazuo Fuchimoto, Daiki Yokoyama, Jyunya Katou
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Publication number: 20250138550Abstract: A control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a traveling environment in which a movable body that can travel by unmanned driving travels, and a control unit that controls the movable body so as to lengthen or shorten a traveling time in the traveling environment in accordance with a degree of an influence of the traveling environment acquired by the acquisition unit on the quality of the movable body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20250128624Abstract: A power feed control apparatus according to this embodiment is a power feed control apparatus configured to perform control for feeding power to a plurality of mobile bodies including different types of power feeding ports using a power feeding robot, the power feed control apparatus including: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire type information regarding a type of a power feeding port of a first mobile body; and a control value creation unit configured to create a control value for feeding power to the first mobile body in accordance with the type information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Saito, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20250123628Abstract: An information processing device used to move a moving object that is capable of moving by unmanned driving includes an accuracy acquisition unit, a training data acquisition unit, and a training unit. The accuracy acquisition unit acquires an accuracy of a machine learning model. The training data acquisition unit acquires a training data group used to train the machine learning model when the accuracy is less than a predetermined threshold. The training unit performs a training process for training the machine learning model using the training data group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyoshi HATANO, Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20250124691Abstract: A method comprises: acquiring a moving route of a moving object; generating a superimposed image by superimposing an image or three-dimensional data representing the moving object and an image or three-dimensional data representing an environment related to moving including the moving route on each other; acquiring a label information about the location and position of the moving object; and generating a learning data set including the superimposed image and the label information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyoshi HATANO, Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Daisuke KAKUMA, Hiroya CHIBA
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Publication number: 20250124702Abstract: An information processing device includes a change information acquisition unit, and, when an appearance state is determined, using change information, to have changed, at least one of a training unit and a notification control unit. The change information acquisition unit acquires change information. The training unit trains a machine learning model using a plurality of sets of training data in which a training image including a target region after a change in the appearance state and a moving object is associated with a correct answer label. The notification control unit notifies an administrator of training request information for training the machine learning model.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyoshi HATANO, Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20250117014Abstract: A controller that controls an operation of a movable object that travels in self-driving includes a detecting unit configured to, when the movable object is traveling in self-driving, detect occurrence of an abnormal state including an abnormal stop of the movable object, and a control unit. When (i) occurrence of the abnormal state is detected and (ii) a predetermined first condition is satisfied, the control unit is configured to execute control to resume the self-driving of the movable object. When (i) occurrence of the abnormal state is detected and (ii) the first condition is not satisfied, the control unit is configured not to execute control to resume the self-driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo YASUYAMA, Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Keigo IKEDA, Yasuhiro SAITO
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Publication number: 20250117280Abstract: A notification device includes a processor, and the processor is configured to: receive a signal that indicates occurrence of an abnormal state of a mobile body that is movable through unattended operation, and specify a notification target that meets a specification condition determined in advance from one or more specification targets that include at least one of a worker and a station; and send a notification to instruct handling of the abnormal state of the mobile body to the specified notification target.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo Yasuyama, Kento Iwahori, Daiki Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Saito
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Publication number: 20250117013Abstract: A control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: specify, in a case where an abnormal state occurs in a plurality of mobile bodies being performing automated driving autonomously or through remote control, at least one mobile body to be preferentially handled as a target mobile body, from among the plurality of mobile bodies, based on a state of the plurality of mobile bodies; and perform control of taking necessary measures on the target mobile body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Shogo YASUYAMA, Yasuhiro SAITO
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Patent number: 12261452Abstract: A power supply mat includes a power transmission coil configured to transmit electric power supplied from an external power supply or internal power supply to a moving body provided with a power reception coil by noncontact, a covering sheet configured to cover the power transmission coil, and a light emitting device configured to emit light toward the outside when detecting the moving body is approaching it within a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Sungmin Cho
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Publication number: 20250093881Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes an external force information acquisition unit configured to acquire external force information on external force acting on a vehicle that is an autonomous vehicle, an external force determination unit configured to determine a kind of the external force by using the external force information, and a traveling control signal generation unit configured to generate a traveling control signal for the vehicle in accordance with the kind of the external force.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shogo YASUYAMA, Kento Iwahori, Takuro Sawano, Daiki Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Saito, Go Inoue, Yuki Okamoto, Kento Ohara, Takeshi Kanou, Noritsugu Iwazaki, Yuki Hayakawa, Toshifumi Yamakawa
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Publication number: 20250091671Abstract: A control device is configured to control movement of a mobile object that can travel by driverless driving and that is transported in a process of manufacturing the mobile object. The control device includes a control command section configured to generate and output a control command to cause the mobile object to move. The control command section is configured to generate the control command by using vehicle state information that is information related to at least one of: magnitude of impact force applied to the mobile object; a direction in which the impact force acts; weight of the mobile object; weight of a trailer configured to carry a part and configured to be removably coupled to the mobile object and move, the part being configured to be attached to the mobile object; and a process in which the mobile object is positioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyoshi HATANO, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Jyunya KATOU, Shogo YASUYAMA
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Publication number: 20250093880Abstract: The information processing device includes: a manual command generation unit that generates a manual control command that defines a traveling motion of the moving object in response to an operation by an operator of the operator input device; an information acquisition unit that acquires detection information generated when the control of the remote manual driving mode in which the moving object travels in accordance with the manual control command is performed by the moving object in a period in which the moving object is detected to be in an assistance required state in which the travel assistance is required; an automatic command generation unit that generates an automatic control command for traveling the moving object without using the manual control command; and a transmission unit that sends at least the automatic control command to the moving object when the information acquisition unit acquires the detection information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro SAITO
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Publication number: 20250093508Abstract: A calculation device includes a sensor information acquisition unit configured to acquire first sensor information acquired by a first sensor that detects a moving object classified into a first state from an outside of the moving object, and acquire second sensor information acquired by a second sensor that detects the moving object classified into a second state from the outside, and a calculation unit configured to calculate at least one of a position and an orientation of the moving object by using the first sensor information without executing preprocessing, and execute the preprocessing to calculate at least one of the position and the orientation of the moving object by using the second sensor information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro Saito
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Publication number: 20250093888Abstract: A control device for controlling an action of a movable body that can be moved by unmanned driving includes an acquisition unit that acquires disturbance information regarding an external factor that affects control of the unmanned driving and is different from the external factor of the mobile body, and a control unit that changes a control form of the action of the mobile body using the disturbance information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo YASUYAMA, Kento Iwahori, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20250085711Abstract: A transport method switching device includes a position estimation unit estimating a position of a moving object capable of moving by unmanned driving, using moving object information detected by a moving object detector, the moving object information being at least one of an image of the moving object and 3D point cloud data of the moving object, a command generation unit generating and outputting a control command to move the moving object by movement control using the estimated position of the moving object; and a movement control determination unit determining whether to stop the movement control using a transport starting position of the moving object in a transport device, and a moving object position being a position of the moving object in the transport section and including the estimated position. When the movement control determination unit determines to stop the movement control, the command generation unit stops the movement control.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20250083902Abstract: A transport method switching device includes a transport information acquisition unit that acquires transport status information indicating a transport status of a moving object capable of moving by unmanned driving, the moving object being transported by a transport device, the transport device being capable of transporting the moving object in a predetermined transport section while movement control for the moving object is stopped; a movement control determination unit that determines whether to start the movement control with respect to the moving object transported by the transport device using the acquired transport status information; and a command generation unit that generates and outputs a control command to move and release the moving object from the transport section by the movement control when the movement control determination unit determines to start the movement control.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento Iwahori, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20250083759Abstract: An inspection system of remotely or autonomously inspecting a mobile body movable through unattended operation includes: a processor that generates and outputs a control instruction that causes the mobile body to operate; and executes an abnormality process in a case where a difference obtained by comparing at least two of physical quantities for the mobile body as a target is more than a criterion value, the physical quantities including a first physical quantity related to operation of the mobile body achieved according to the control instruction, the first physical quantity being calculated using the control instruction, a second physical quantity related to the operation, calculated using a detection result from an internal sensor mounted on the mobile body, and a third physical quantity related to the operation, calculated using a detection result from an external sensor positioned outside the mobile body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento Iwahori, Daiki Yokoyama, Shogo Yasuyama
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Publication number: 20250086822Abstract: A vehicle detection apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect, using at least one of state information indicating a state of a vehicle capable of running by unmanned driving obtained from a detector provided on the vehicle, an image of the vehicle, 3D point cloud data of the vehicle, and position information of the vehicle, that at least one wheel provided in the vehicle departs from a transport unit of a transport device, and output a detection result, the transport unit being capable of transporting the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Go INOUE, Noritsugu IWAZAKI, Takeshi KANOU, Daiki YOKOYAMA