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).

  • Publication number: 20230078558
    Abstract: A display unit that provides motivation to use energy derived from CO2. The display unit comprises: a data collector that collects an amount of the fuel derived from CO2 consumed by an operational device; a graphics data creator that creates a graphics data indicating the amount of the consumption of the fuel derived from CO2 based on the data collected by the data collector; and a display that indicates the graphics data created by the graphics data creator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Koseki SUGIYAMA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230071657
    Abstract: A data collection apparatus can communicates with a plurality of terminal devices located in a predetermined target area and respectively held by individuals, and collects data from the terminal devices. The data collection apparatus includes a transmission control unit for controlling transmission of data from the terminal devices; and a calculation unit for calculating the number of the terminal devices located in the target area. The transmission control unit controls transmission of data from the terminal devices so that when the number of the terminal devices located in the target area is relatively large, the transmission speed of data from the terminal devices is slower or the number of the terminal devices stopping transmission of data among the terminal devices located in the target area is larger than when the number of the terminal devices located in the target area is relatively small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Tomohiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20230069594
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes a processing unit which creates a power-supply plan that ensures a first amount of electric power needed for the vehicle to arrive at the destination from the current location along a travel route. The travel route includes a specified section on which wireless power-supply equipment, among a plurality of power-supply equipment, is disposed. Using weather information including the specified section, the processing unit creates the power-supply plan in which a ratio of a second amount of electric power, which is supplied from the at least one wireless power-supply equipment to the vehicle, to the first amount of electric power is less in a first case in which deposition is determined to be present on the specified section than in a second case in which deposition is determined to be not present on the at least one specified section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro KANEKO, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230063791
    Abstract: The model management device includes a communication unit capable of communicating with a plurality of AI devices, each of which continuously performs training of a machine learning model, and a processor configured to manage training of a machine learning model in each of the plurality of AI devices, and acquire accuracy of the machine learning model trained in each of the plurality of AI devices. The processor is configured to change an execution frequency of a process relating to training of the machine learning model having an accuracy within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Tomihiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20230055681
    Abstract: A plurality of power feed mats are stored as being distributed at a plurality of storage locations, and each of the plurality of power feed mats is configured to supply electric power to a movable body. A server includes a memory and a processor. Data in which an identification number, a type, and a storage location of each of the plurality of power feed mats are associated with one another is stored in the memory. The processor determines at least one power feed mat to be rented based on the data, in response to an inquiry from a user. The processor determines a storage location to be a source of rental or a storage location to be a return destination such that inventory of a plurality of types of power feed mats is ensured at each of the plurality of storage locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Takahiro HIRANO, Midori SUGIYAMA, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11573092
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle includes: an electric heater configured to heat a catalyst of an internal combustion engine; a position determination unit configured to determine whether the hybrid vehicle is located in an exit area of a low emission zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is supposed to be restricted, the exit area being an area adjacent to a boundary of the low emission zone; and a heater control unit configured to turn on the electric heater when the position determination unit determines that the hybrid vehicle is located in the exit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kageura, Daiki Yokoyama, Kosuke Yamamoto, Hideto Wakabayashi, Yoshifumi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230032752
    Abstract: A running mode proposal device for proposing a running mode up to a destination of a vehicle is configured to: select a first running route by a predetermined algorithm unrelated to noncontact power supply; project, when assuming the vehicle runs on a predetermined running route, a value of a parameter relating to an electric energy projected as being supplied at a power supply section on the running route to the vehicle; select a second running route by which a projected supplied electric energy will be greater than a predetermined standard electric energy if the projected value of the parameter when assuming the vehicle runs on the first running route is a value indicating the projected supplied electric energy is less than the standard electric energy; and propose, as the running route, the first running route, and, when the second running route is selected, further proposing a second running route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Hiroya CHIBA, Shuntaro OKAZAKI, Shogo TSUGE, Kazuhisa MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11566908
    Abstract: A ride-sharing assistance system includes a plurality of terminals and a ride-sharing assistance apparatus capable of communicating with each of the plurality of terminals. The ride-sharing assistance apparatus sends, when the number of inquiry signals received from at least two terminals of the plurality of terminals for requesting inquiry about a parking space available at a same destination is greater than a vacancy reference value in accordance with the number of available parking spaces within a certain range from the destination, a suggestion signal for suggesting ride-sharing on a vehicle owned by any one of users of the at least two terminals, from which the inquiry signal has been sent, to each of the at least two terminals from which the inquiry signal has been sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yushi Seki, Ryoko Hashimoto, Katsuya Terahata, Daiki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20230028631
    Abstract: A vehicle information DB holds information on whether or not a vehicle falls under a welfare vehicle provided with an assistance apparatus for a driver who has a lower limb impairment. A power feed facility DB holds position information of a power feed facility and information indicating whether the power feed facility falls under a contact type power feed facility or a wireless power feed facility. A processing apparatus creates a travel route such that a larger number of wireless power feed facilities are included along the travel route when the vehicle falls under the welfare vehicle than when the vehicle does not fall under the welfare vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Midori SUGIYAMA, Tomohiro KANEKO, Hirotaka SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230024229
    Abstract: A ground power supply apparatus for transmitting power to a vehicle by noncontact has: a plurality of power transmission apparatuses for transmitting power to the vehicle; at least one detection device for detecting a signal emitted from the vehicle using narrow range wireless communication; and a controller for controlling the power transmission apparatuses. The power transmission apparatuses are arranged in a road aligned in a direction of advance of the vehicle. One first detection device is arranged so as to enable detection of the signal at an upstream side from the most upstream power transmission apparatus. The control device controls transmission of power from power transmission apparatuses other than the first power transmission apparatus positioned the most upstream, based on the signal detected by the first detection device and power transmission result information at the power transmission apparatus positioned upstream of that power transmission apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Shuntaro OKAZAKI, Shogo TSUGE, Kazuhisa MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230025828
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide recovery system that recovers carbon dioxide from a hybrid vehicle traveling in a CO2 recovery area including a CO2 recovery road in which a stationary CO2 recovery device collecting and recovering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is provided acquires a residual charging capacity of the battery and position information of the hybrid vehicle and guides the hybrid vehicle such that the hybrid vehicle travels on the CO2 recovery road using a notification device when the residual charging capacity is equal to or less than a predetermined SOC threshold value while the hybrid vehicle is traveling in the CO2 recovery area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koseki SUGIYAMA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230021709
    Abstract: A management system is configured to manage a power feed mat that wirelessly feeds power to a movable body. The power feed mat is configured to communicate while it is placed at a prescribed location. This management system includes a monitoring apparatus that monitors communication by the power feed mat and a processing apparatus that performs prescribed processing when the monitoring apparatus senses loss of the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Takahiro HIRANO, Midori SUGIYAMA, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230028323
    Abstract: A charging amount calculation apparatus calculates an amount of power consumption by a battery for running along a running route and a during-running charging amount received by a power reception apparatus from at least one second power feeding facility. The charging amount calculation apparatus calculates a pre-running charging amount based on the amount of power consumption and the during-running charging amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Midori SUGIYAMA, Tomohiro KANEKO, Hirotaka SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230020497
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus accepts an inquiry about rental of a power feed mat that can supply electric power to a movable body. The power feed mat includes a substrate including a power transmission coil and a functional body that performs at least one function of a plurality of functions. The inquiry includes an instruction to designate the at least one function of the plurality of functions. In the information processing apparatus, association information in which function information is associated with identification information of each of a plurality of power feed mats is stored. The function information indicates which of the plurality of functions the power feed mat performs. The information processing apparatus specifies at least one power feed mat among the plurality of power feed mats based on the accepted inquiry and the association information and provides information based on a result of specifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Takahiro HIRANO, Midori SUGIYAMA, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230011985
    Abstract: A power feed system includes a computer that evaluates benefit obtained when a power feed mat is placed, for each of a plurality of locations within a subject region where the power feed mat can be placed, the power feed mat being configured to wirelessly feed power to a movable body. In a power feed method using such a computer, a display shows a result of evaluation of the benefit for each location within the subject region evaluated by the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Takahiro HIRANO, Midori SUGIYAMA, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230011103
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus accepts an inquiry about rental of a power feed mat that can supply electric power to a movable body. In the information processing apparatus, association information in which category information is associated with identification information of each of a plurality of power feed mats is stored. The category information indicates to which of a plurality of categories set for characteristics at least one characteristic of the power feed mat belongs. The information processing apparatus specifies at least one power feed mat among the plurality of power feed mats based on the accepted inquiry and the association information. The information processing apparatus provides information based on a result of specifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Takahiro HIRANO, Midori SUGIYAMA, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230008923
    Abstract: A processor of a control device of a server for machine learning a plurality of models with different output parameters, comprising a receiving part for receiving information from a plurality of equipment connected to be able to communicate, a learning use data set preparing part for using information which the receiving part receives to prepare a learning use data set for each model, and a learning part for machine learning with priority a model with a high priority order in models for which the number of data sets required for learning have been prepared based on the priority orders of learning among models if the number of data sets required for learning have been prepared for a plurality of models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Akihito Ito, Ryo Nakabayashi, Tatsuya Imamura, Tomohiro Kaneko, Hiroki Murata
  • Publication number: 20230001825
    Abstract: A server prepares a charging plan for a travel route to a destination. The server obtains an outside air temperature and a battery temperature. The server reads a map from a storage, and calculates an amount of required heat required for increasing the battery temperature to a target temperature by collating the outside air temperature and the battery temperature with the map. The server prepares the charging plan such that an SOC of a battery at the time of arrival at the destination attains to a prescribed SOC and a sum of an amount of heat generation by charging of the battery at a charging point and an amount of heat generation by charging and discharging of the battery with travel of a vehicle is equal to the amount of required heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Midori SUGIYAMA, Tomohiro KANEKO, Hirotaka SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230006481
    Abstract: A power feed system includes a power feed mat. The power feed mat includes a plurality of power transmission coils. The power feed mat is configured to feed power to at least one movable body on the power feed mat by using at least one of the plurality of power transmission coils. The power feed system further includes a computer. When the computer restricts power feed to at least one movable body among a plurality of movable bodies on the power feed mat, the computer selects the at least one movable body power feed to which is to be restricted, based on a priority of each of the plurality of movable bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Takahiro HIRANO, Midori SUGIYAMA, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230006480
    Abstract: A power feed system includes a power feed mat and a computer. The power feed mat includes a plurality of power transmission coils. The power feed mat is configured to feed power to at least one movable body on the power feed mat by using at least one of the plurality of power transmission coils. The computer is configured to determine whether or not to permit power feed to a movable body that requests power feed. In the power feed system, when the computer determines not to permit power feed, the power feed mat does not feed power to the movable body that requests power feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Takahiro HIRANO, Midori SUGIYAMA, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA