Patents by Inventor Gaku Itou

Gaku Itou 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).

  • Patent number: 11381932
    Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Patent number: 11153732
    Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to properly arrange mobile shop vehicles. An apparatus for determining arrangement of mobile shop vehicles comprises a controller configured to set a user of a shop group formed by the plurality of mobile shop vehicles; and determine the arrangement of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles on the basis of information that represents at least one of an attribute, a taste, and a purchase history of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Patent number: 11067402
    Abstract: An information system comprises a selector configured to select one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as a meeting place for users who utilize a shopping district composed of mobile shop vehicles, from a group of the mobile shop vehicles allowed to gather in a predetermined area in order to construct the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles to provide services of different classifications in a composite manner; and a manager configured to instruct the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to cause a change into an appearance with which it is possible for the users to distinguish, in a differentiated manner, that each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles is the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Publication number: 20210185480
    Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Patent number: 10966054
    Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Patent number: 10720718
    Abstract: A branch connector includes: a first housing having a wiring route portion in which two first cables constituting a twisted pair cable are wired in a twisted shape to be spaced apart from each other; and a second housing to which a pair of pressure contact terminals connected respectively with two second cables constituting a twisted pair cable is fixed. The pair of pressure contact terminals is connected respectively with the two first cables by pressure contact in a state where the second housing is assembled with the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syuji Kimura, Gaku Itou, Masanori Akashi
  • Patent number: 10464509
    Abstract: An electrical equipment module includes a main line module that includes a main line routing body that is mounted on a vehicle and is routed along a width direction extending member in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, a branch portion that is interposed in the main line routing body, and a branch portion retaining member that extends along the width direction extending member and retains the branch portion; and a sub module that is connected to the main line module through the branch portion and is subjected to power supply distribution through the main line routing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori Tsunoda, Syuji Kimura, Gaku Itou, Shoichi Nomura, Taku Furuta, Naoya Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20190265053
    Abstract: An information system comprises a selector configured to select one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as a meeting place for users who utilize a shopping district composed of mobile shop vehicles, from a group of the mobile shop vehicles allowed to gather in a predetermined area in order to construct the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles to provide services of different classifications in a composite manner; and a manager configured to instruct the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to cause a change into an appearance with which it is possible for the users to distinguish, in a differentiated manner, that each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles is the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Publication number: 20190250635
    Abstract: A mobile shop vehicle capable of opening a shop at a destination includes a movement control unit configured to cause the mobile shop vehicle to move autonomously along a predetermined path in a predetermined area while opening a shop and a vehicle distance control unit configured to control the distance to another mobile shop vehicle that is autonomously moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Publication number: 20190253851
    Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to properly arrange mobile shop vehicles. An apparatus for determining arrangement of mobile shop vehicles comprises a controller configured to set a user of a shop group formed by the plurality of mobile shop vehicles; and determine the arrangement of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles on the basis of information that represents at least one of an attribute, a taste, and a purchase history of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Publication number: 20190242715
    Abstract: A mobile shop system including a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device, where the server device includes at least one processor configured to acquire a desired shop which a user wishes to visit among shops carried by the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and create an operation plan in such a way that the user and a mobile shop vehicle carrying the desired shop are enabled to gather together at a predetermined location, and each of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, includes at least one processor configured to manage operation of a vehicle according to the operation plan that is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Publication number: 20190235824
    Abstract: A mobile shop system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device, where the server device includes an instruction unit configured to transmit an image display instruction indicative of an image to be displayed on an outside display device, to the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and each of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles includes the outside display device provided on an outside of a vehicle body, a receiver configured to receive the image display instruction from the server device, and a display controller configured to control display contents of the outside display device according to the image display instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Publication number: 20190200166
    Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Publication number: 20190123459
    Abstract: A branch connector includes: a first housing having a wiring route portion in which two first cables constituting a twisted pair cable are wired in a twisted shape to be spaced apart from each other; and a second housing to which a pair of pressure contact terminals connected respectively with two second cables constituting a twisted pair cable is fixed. The pair of pressure contact terminals is connected respectively with the two first cables by pressure contact in a state where the second housing is assembled with the first housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Syuji KIMURA, Gaku ITOU, Masanori AKASHI
  • Publication number: 20170253200
    Abstract: An electrical equipment module includes a main line module that includes a main line routing body that is mounted on a vehicle and is routed along a width direction extending member in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, a branch portion that is interposed in the main line routing body, and a branch portion retaining member that extends along the width direction extending member and retains the branch portion; and a sub module that is connected to the main line module through the branch portion and is subjected to power supply distribution through the main line routing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Mitsunori Tsunoda, Syuji Kimura, Gaku Itou, Shoichi Nomura, Taku Furuta, Naoya Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20170253199
    Abstract: An electrical equipment module includes a main line module, a sub module, and a control connector. The main line module includes a main line routing body that is mounted on a vehicle and is routed along a width direction extending member in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, and branch units that are interposed in the main line routing body. The sub module is connected to the main line module through the branch units, and is subjected to power supply distribution through the main line routing body. The control connector connects the branch units and the sub module, and performs control of an instrument included in the sub module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Mitsunori Tsunoda, Syuji Kimura, Gaku Itou, Taku Furuta, Shoichi Nomura, Naoya Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20170210309
    Abstract: An electrical equipment module includes: a main line module that includes a width direction extending member mounted in a vehicle and extending along the vehicle width direction of the vehicle, and a mounting main line section provided in the width direction extending member and including a circuit body mounted with an electronic component; and a submodule that is connected to the main line module and to which power is distributed via the circuit body. With this configuration, the electrical equipment module allows the work of main line routing or the like to be reduced and mounting work to be made more efficient, thereby improving the mountability to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Mitsunori Tsunoda, Syuji Kimura, Gaku Itou, Shoichi Nomura, Taku Furuta, Naoya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7339112
    Abstract: An electric supply device includes: a protector arranged in a slide structure; and a wiring harness guided out being bent from a harness fixing part situated in the protector toward a fixed structure, wherein the harness fixing part is situated in an opening direction of the slide structure, wherein the wiring harness is arranged in a closing direction of the slide structure from the harness fixing part, so that the wiring harness is bent nearly in a loop-shape in the protector when the slide structure is closed. A projection for supporting the wiring harness is provided in the proximity of an opening of the protector, from which the wiring harness is guided out toward the fixed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Gaku Itou, Norio Watanabe, Naotaka Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20060254800
    Abstract: An electric supply device includes: a protector arranged in a slide structure; and a wiring harness guided out being bent from a harness fixing part situated in the protector toward a fixed structure, wherein the harness fixing part is situated in an opening direction of the slide structure, wherein the wiring harness is arranged in a closing direction of the slide structure from the harness fixing part, so that the wiring harness is bent nearly in a loop-shape in the protector when the slide structure is closed. A projection for supporting the wiring harness is provided in the proximity of an opening of the protector, from which the wiring harness is guided out toward the fixed structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gaku Itou, Norio Watanabe, Naotaka Ogawa