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).

  • Moving object, control method, and non-transitory storage medium
    Patent number: 11336810
    Abstract: A moving object includes: a holder configured to hold a mobile terminal provided with an image pick-up unit; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute enabling the moving object to be used in cases where user authentication is succeeded by carrying out user authentication between the mobile terminal and the controller, instructing the mobile terminal to pick up an image in a repeated manner by using the image pick-up unit during use of the moving object, and transmitting the image obtained from the mobile terminal to an external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Hadano, Yusuke Kaneko, Jun Goto, Hiroko Tsujimura, Miho Otsuka, Hideo Hasegawa
  • AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION ISSUING APPARATUS, DELIVERY SYSTEM AND AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION ISSUING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220144210
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is in communication with the processor, where the memory stores computer-readable instructions that are executed by the processor. The processor performs operations including storing, in association with each other, vehicle position information with which a vehicle is identified, and parcel receipt information with which the vehicle is specified instead of an address or a name. The operations further include specifying the vehicle based on the parcel receipt information. The operations further include acquiring authentication information with which the vehicle is unlocked. The operations further include sending the authentication information to a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Etsuko NAKAJIMA, Naoki UENOYAMA, Junya MASUI, Akira HOSHINO, Hideo HASEGAWA, Keiko NAKANO
  • LOCKING AND UNLOCKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220135000
    Abstract: A locking and unlocking system includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from a portable terminal, and send a notification to a first device associated with the vehicle, when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a first timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Uenoyama, Etsuko Nakajima, Junya Masui, Akira Hoshino, Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Nakano
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220135320
    Abstract: A sensor detects waste thrown into a trash can to obtain information about the waste, An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to perform: obtaining information about a consumption behavior of a user from the information about the waste; and executing predetermined processing based on the information about the consumption behavior of the user. The information about the waste is information capable of identifying a first product corresponding to the waste, and the controller obtains, as the information about the consumption behavior of the user, a disposal amount of the waste corresponding to a first product, and makes, as the predetermined processing, an instruction to deliver the first product to a place corresponding to an installation place of the trash can when the disposal amount of the waste of the first product reaches a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yukiya Sugiyama, Kano Asai, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
    Patent number: 11321738
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a controller including at least one processor. The controller is configured to execute obtaining a consent to advertisement viewing from a user using a transportation system, presenting an advertisement within a period of time during which the user is using the transportation system, and providing a monetary merit to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Hadano, Yusuke Kaneko, Jun Goto, Hiroko Tsujimura, Miho Otsuka, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Communication apparatus, system, method, allocation apparatus, and non-transitory recording medium
    Patent number: 11317316
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Nakano, Hideo Hasegawa, Satoru Ishii
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220122012
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus selects a plurality of second users as targets to whom a proposal regarding provision of a predetermined service is to be made, from a plurality of first users who are potential recipients of the predetermined service. Furthermore, the controller transmits a message proposing provision of the predetermined service to apparatuses that are each associated with respective one of the plurality of second users. Furthermore, the controller determines an upper limit number of the second users to be selected, based on an acceptance probability that is a probability of the second users accepting the proposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideo HASEGAWA
  • CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220108273
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to acquire a first delivery route via an initial air delivery point at which a package is to be delivered by air transport, and an initial land transport delivery point at which a package is to be delivered by land transport, acquire weather information indicating a weather condition on the first delivery route via the communication interface, change the initial air delivery point to a modified land transport delivery point for which a delivery method of the package is switched to delivery by land transport, in accordance with the weather information, and determine a second delivery route via the initial land transport delivery point and the modified land transport delivery point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • SERVER DEVICE AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220097693
    Abstract: A server device includes: a server communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle, and receive fallen object avoidance information from the vehicle, the fallen object avoidance information including position information on a fallen object and information indicating whether an avoidance operation was performed by the vehicle for the fallen object; and a server control unit configured to determine, for the same fallen object that is present at the same position, whether the same fallen object should be avoided based on the fallen object avoidance information, and notify a first following vehicle that the same fallen object should be avoided when the server control unit determines that the same fallen object should be avoided, the first following vehicle being a vehicle that is traveling within a predetermined range behind the same fallen object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo HASEGAWA, Keiko KAMEDA, Misa EJIRI, Shintaro NARUSE, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Naoya OKA, Kensuke KOIKE, Hiroyuki MONJI
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220101737
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to notify a package sender or a package recipient of information on one or more parking spaces at which an unmanned aircraft can land and from which the unmanned aircraft can take off, among a plurality of parking spaces for automobiles, reserve one parking space of the one or more parking spaces designated by the package sender or the package recipient as a take-off and landing location for the unmanned aircraft, and determine an operation plan for the unmanned aircraft so that the unmanned aircraft picks up or delivers a package at the take-off and landing location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • METHOD, SERVER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220101210
    Abstract: A method performed by a server includes accepting a reservation for an unmanned aircraft in response to a request from a first user who provides a charging facility or a standby spot for the unmanned aircraft, and determining a first usage fee for the unmanned aircraft to be charged to the first user, based on actual use of the charging facility or the standby spot by the unmanned aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220100211
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a first unmanned aircraft having a first camera to be used for detecting an obstacle and a second unmanned aircraft having a second camera to be used for detecting an obstacle with higher detection accuracy than the first camera, and a controller configured to, in a case in which a predetermined event relating to the first unmanned aircraft has occurred, detect, using the second unmanned aircraft, an obstacle at a target point on a flight path along which the first unmanned aircraft travels to a destination, and control the first unmanned aircraft to navigate around the detected obstacle using information regarding the detected obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • CONTROL APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20220101252
    Abstract: A control apparatus, communicably connected to a delivery apparatus and at least one sensor, includes a controller configured to receive sensor information from the sensor and identify an act of a user from the sensor information, determine whether the identified act includes an act during which the user is not able to receive a package, and control the delivery apparatus to have the package arrive at the user, in a case in which the identified act does not include the act during which the user is not able to receive the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220097848
    Abstract: A terminal program configured to cause a computer as a terminal apparatus to execute operations, the operations including: outputting an image captured by an unmanned aircraft; accepting an operation made by a user of the terminal apparatus for designating, on the image, a meeting point between the unmanned aircraft and the user; and transmitting, to the unmanned aircraft, positional information for the meeting point designated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • CONTROL METHOD FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, SERVER, AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20220100210
    Abstract: A processor included in a first controller and/or a second controller generates a route for flying preferentially over a road and a waterway, based on a current position of an unmanned aircraft, a destination, and map information. Further, the processor controls flight of the unmanned aircraft based on the generated route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Network system, management method and apparatus thereof, and server
    Patent number: 11288086
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Shintaro Nakano, Satoru Ishii, Seiya Shibata
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220092902
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a controller acquires biometric information of a user at a time of reception for use of the facility by the user. Furthermore, the controller associates the biometric information of the user with information indicating the user. Moreover, the controller registers the biometric information of the user as a key to be used in the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Osamu IZUMIDA, Xin JIN, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yoh IKEDA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220092528
    Abstract: A controller of an information providing apparatus identifies, based on information input in the accommodation facility or the residential facility, an object, delivery of which is desired by the user. Furthermore, the controller outputs a provision request for the object. The provision request for the object includes delivery of the object to a place where the object is loaded onto an autonomous mobile body that is capable of transporting the object to an existing location of the user in the accommodation facility or the residential facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Osamu IZUMIDA, Xin JIN, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yoh IKEDA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Parking lot management device, parking lot management method, and non-transitory storage medium
    Patent number: 11282386
    Abstract: A parking lot management device includes a memory and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to identify a plurality of vehicles which enters a parking lot by analyzing an image which is captured at an entrance of the parking lot, to select parking positions which are different in the parking lot and in which moving routes from the entrance of the parking lot to the parking positions do not interfere with movement and parking of other vehicles in the parking lot for the plurality of vehicles, and to transmit the selected parking positions and the moving routes to the parking positions to the plurality of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takemura, Makoto Matsushita, Tae Sugimura, Hideo Hasegawa, Tomoaki Umeki
  • In-vehicle device, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program, and control method for the control of a dialogue system based on vehicle acceleration
    Patent number: 11282517
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire acceleration of a vehicle, a controller configured to execute a speech dialogue with a driver of the vehicle, an input unit configured to receive a speech input by the driver, and an output unit configured to execute a speech output to the driver. The controller dynamically controls a response time in the speech dialogue with the driver based on the acceleration of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ko Koga, Hideo Hasegawa