Patents by Inventor Hideo Hasegawa

Hideo Hasegawa 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).

  • Information processing apparatus and information processing method
    Patent number: 11451852
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that controls a movable body that transports a user holding an entertainment ticket to and/or from an entertainment site where an entertainment is performed, the information processing apparatus including a control unit that executes: electronically reading the entertainment ticket held by the user; identifying the entertainment site associated with the entertainment ticket; generating an instruction for causing the movable body to move for transporting the user to the identified entertainment site; receiving picture data transmitted from the identified entertainment site; and providing a picture obtained by decoding the picture data to the user on board the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Yusuke Kaneko, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Yuki Ito, Naoki Uenoyama, Takahiro Shiga
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VEHICLE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220270481
    Abstract: An information processing device that provides information to an occupant of a vehicle is provided. The information processing device includes a control unit that executes: receiving an emergency message notifying occurrence of a predetermined event; and switching a mode from a first display mode to a second display mode that is a mode for providing guide information for instructing the occupant on how to handle the vehicle when the emergency message is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideo HASEGAWA
  • VEHICLE, VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220253622
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more interface devices, and a member on which an image obtained by encoding digital data for giving guidance on a use method of the interface device to a user is printed, in which the member is disposed in a vicinity of the corresponding interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideo HASEGAWA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220256325
    Abstract: An information processing device associated with a prescribed vehicle receives an emergency message to inform occurrence of a prescribed event, and presents, upon reception of the emergency message, an electronic manual corresponding to the prescribed vehicle to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideo HASEGAWA
  • Mobile unit, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 11410197
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle that is a mobile unit according to this disclosure is a mobile unit configured to transport a user to a facility that provides services or commercial products and, at the same time, configured to perform an advertising activity for the services or the commercial products of the facility. The mobile unit includes a control unit configured to acquire data for providing a promotion in the mobile unit and is configured to provide a promotion in the mobile unit based on the acquired data. The promotion is related to the services and the commercial products at the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Takahashi, Hirotaka Sunada, Hideo Hasegawa, Naomi Kondo, Takashi Shiomi, Kazuya Mikashima, Jun Usami, Yasuhiko Fukuzumi, Sayaka Ishikawa, Katsuhito Yamauchi, Tasuku Kuno
  • Information processing apparatus and moving vehicle system
    Patent number: 11403725
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a ride-sharing system in which a plurality of users travels together on the same moving vehicle. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to calculate a second evaluation value for a user group traveling on the same moving vehicle, based on a first evaluation value based on a user's attribute and a time during which the user group is maintained, and in a case where there is a candidate user who is a candidate of a user newly riding in a predetermined moving vehicle, calculate the second evaluation value when a predetermined user group is formed for the predetermined moving vehicle, and determine a response policy for the candidate user based on whether or not the second evaluation value satisfies a predetermined policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Yusuke Kaneko, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Yuki Ito, Naoki Uenoyama, Takahiro Shiga
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSIENT COMPUTER- READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220237624
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor, the processor being configured to: acquire sound data collected in a predetermined facility; extract voice data generated by speech of a person in the predetermined facility from the sound data; and evaluate a status of customers in the predetermined facility based on the voice data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun HIOKI, Hideo HASEGAWA, Shintaro OSAKI, Hiroaki SASAKI, Yoshihiro UI
  • Server, server control method, server control program, vehicle, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program
    Patent number: 11398151
    Abstract: A server includes a server communication unit, a server control unit, and a server storage unit, and is connected in a communicable manner to a first vehicle and a second vehicle via the server communication unit. The server control unit transmits an imaging start command to the second vehicle, which runs within a predetermined range from an accident site, in response to the reception of an accident notification associated with positional information on the accident site from the first vehicle, receives an imaged image from the second vehicle, and stores the imaged image into the server storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220230105
    Abstract: A control unit in an information processing apparatus acquires information on a congestion situation of a target facility, and acquires information on whether a user has a visit history to the target facility. Then, the control unit in the information processing apparatus determines, based on whose visit the target facility prioritizes between a visit of a first visitor and a visit of a second visitor, whether the user has the visit history to the target facility, and the information on the congestion situation of the target facility, a method of displaying the congestion situation of the target facility on a terminal. Here, the first visitor is a visitor who has not visited the target facility. Further, the second visitor is a visitor who has visited the facility. Further, the terminal is a terminal associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun HIOKI, Hideo HASEGAWA, Shintaro OSAKI, Hiroaki SASAKI, Yoshihiro UI
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, ALLOCATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220217576
    Abstract: Traffic is allocated to a dedicated apparatus that performs a predetermined network function or a predetermined virtual network function corresponding to the predetermined network function of the dedicated apparatus, according to a service level set in correspondence with information relating to the traffic, and the traffic is forwarded to the dedicated apparatus or the predetermined virtual network function, based on a result of the allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Nakano, Hideo Hasegawa, Satoru Ishii
  • Autonomous mobile object and information collection system
    Patent number: 11380192
    Abstract: An autonomous mobile object includes a sensor unit configured to sense the condition of a road, an operation controller configured to cause the autonomous mobile object to move autonomously on the basis of an operation command, an obtainer configured to obtain surveyed place data, which is information about a surveillance target place and data relating to a method of surveillance associated with each other, and an information collector configured to collect information about the condition of the surveillance target place by the sensor unit when the autonomous mobile object reaches the surveillance target place while travelling on the basis of the operation command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Kanehara, Kazuhiro Umeda, Hideo Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Okada, Shinjiro Nagasaki
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220207564
    Abstract: A control unit in an information processing device acquires a plurality of pieces of information related to a desired facility designated by a user. The control unit in the information processing device also acquires a means of transportation that is used by user to move to the desired facility. The control unit also determines, based on the means of transportation, a piece of information to be preferentially displayed on a terminal associated with the user out of the pieces of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun HIOKI, Hideo HASEGAWA, Shintaro OSAKI, Hiroaki SASAKI, Yoshihiro UI
  • VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220201254
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a theme-specific related information storage unit that stores videos related to destinations and a display that reads a related video from the theme-specific related information storage unit and displaying the related video for a corresponding one of the destinations. The vehicle display device thus allows users in a vehicle to maintain excitement until a vehicle arrives in the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka KAGAMI, Atsushi HANAWA, Soshiro MURATA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Genshi KUNO, Yuta KIKUZAKI, Yuu OOMI, Takeshi YAMADA, Masako FURUTA, Toshihisa SHIMOME, Kensuke SASAKI
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220198600
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to perform: detecting a combination of actions of a user before the user moves; allowing the user to select a first combination of actions related to a movement of the user from among the combinations of actions detected; and providing a service to the user when the first combination of actions is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideo HASEGAWA
  • MATCHING INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND MATCHING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220197928
    Abstract: Costume information regarding a costume that a plurality of users wants to wear at a destination is acquired. The plurality of users wishes to visit the destination. Users who are determined to match are grouped, based on the costume information of the plurality of users. At least one user, out of the grouped users, is provided with information on another user of the grouped users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka KAGAMI, Atsushi HANAWA, Soshiro MURATA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Genshi KUNO, Yuta KIKUZAKI, Yuu OOMI, Takeshi YAMADA, Masako FURUTA, Toshihisa SHIMOME, Kensuke SASAKI
  • VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220197579
    Abstract: A vehicle display device that is mounted on a vehicle moving toward a destination does not display a content shown in the destination but displays a video related to the content and a video other than a video provided in the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka KAGAMI, Atsushi HANAWA, Soshiro MURATA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Genshi KUNO, Yuta KIKUZAKI, Yuu OOMI, Takeshi YAMADA, Masako FURUTA, Toshihisa SHIMOME, Kensuke SASAKI
  • Server, server control method, server control program, communication terminal, terminal control method, and terminal control program
    Patent number: 11354953
    Abstract: A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • NETWORK SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF, AND SERVER
    Publication number: 20220171650
    Abstract: A management apparatus (10) includes: a storage (103) that stores information indicating a correspondence between at least one virtual network function (VNF) operating on a server and a programmable logic circuit (FPGA) capable of operating at least part of a virtual network function; and a controller (106) that causes first and second servers to perform migration of a virtual network function operating on a programmable logic circuit of the first server to the second server, on the basis of the correspondence information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo HASEGAWA, Shintaro NAKANO, Satoru ISHII, Seiya SHIBATA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220164857
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a rotation sensor configured to detect the number of rotations performed by an object that rotates at a time of being consumed; and a processor configured to acquire the number of rotations from the rotation sensor, determine, based on the number of rotations from the rotation sensor, whether a consumed quantity of the object is at or greater than a predetermined threshold, and perform a predetermined process regarding replenishment of the object, in a case where the consumed quantity of the object is determined to be at or greater than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yukiya Sugiyama, Kano Asai, Hideo Hasegawa
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220164759
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor that: acquires history information indicating a history, about a first product, of storage in a repository or removal from the repository, the storage or the removal being detected by a sensor provided at the repository; acquires first information indicating a consumption pattern, for the first product, of a user associated with the repository, the first information being acquired based on the history information; and performs a process related to delivery of the first product to the user based on the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yukiya SUGIYAMA, Kano ASAI, Hideo HASEGAWA