Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Fujii

Hiromitsu Fujii 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: 11889231
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires images captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle, and a memory that can store the images. The controller acquires travel data on the vehicle for when the image was captured and stores the image in the memory in a case in which the travel data satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Toyokazu Nakashima, Koichi Suzuki, Lei Wang, Jun Karashima, Kenichi Yamada, Hiromitsu Fujii, Shota Minami
  • Patent number: 11884184
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to determine whether to include a regenerative brake in specifications of a proposed vehicle based on regenerative brake operation data acquired while a first vehicle including the regenerative brake is traveling in a predetermined area. The proposed vehicle is a vehicle proposed as a vehicle for a customer to drive in the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Ryota Nakabayashi, Osamu Izumida, Takeshi Kanou, Naoki Yamada, Kazuyuki Inoue, Shin Sakurada, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20240029564
    Abstract: A parking lot management method for managing a parking lot includes determining whether a parking space in the parking lot is insufficient. Further, the parking lot management method further includes at least one of executing a process of prompting at least one vehicle parked in the parking lot to exit when it is determined that a parking space in the parking lot is insufficient, and requesting at least one vehicle electrically connected to a power supply facility to execute energy management when it is determined that the parking space in the parking lot is not insufficient and a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi FUJISAWA, Shigeki KINOMURA, Atsushi OKI, Hiroki TAKABATAKE, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240021082
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus autonomously determines a pick-up location for an on-demand bus. The information processing apparatus has a controller configured to determine a first location that is not predicted to be crowded with people as the pick-up location based on a user's preferred pick-up location and first information related to locations within the operation area of the on-demand bus that are predicted to be crowded with people. The controller of the information processing apparatus selects the first location thus determined as the pick-up location for the on-demand bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240005614
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is a computer carried by a first user who is arranged to get on an on-demand bus. The information processing apparatus includes a display device and a controller. The controller of the information processing apparatus creates an AR image by superimposing a first virtual image on a first real image obtained by photographing a first real scene at the position corresponding to the pick-up location for the first user in it. The first virtual image is a virtual image of a bus stop. Then, the controller causes the display apparatus to display the AR image thus created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240005437
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: transmitting user information to one or more user apparatuses associated with one or more first users, the user information being information related to the one or more first users who intend to board a bus operated on demand from a first point set as a boarding and alighting point for the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230419831
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires position information of a user terminal, and causes the user terminal to issue a first notification by audio or vibration in a case where a distance between a first point where a user of the user terminal is to get on board a vehicle provided for a predetermined service and the user terminal falls to or below a first distance, the first notification indicating that the first point is getting closer. The information processing apparatus causes the user terminal to issue a second notification by audio or vibration in a case where the distance between the first point and the user terminal falls to or below a second distance that is smaller than the first distance, the second notification indicating that the first point is getting closer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11825242
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires images captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle, and a memory that can store the images. The controller acquires travel data on the vehicle for when the image was captured and stores the image in the memory in a case in which the travel data satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Toyokazu Nakashima, Koichi Suzuki, Lei Wang, Jun Karashima, Kenichi Yamada, Hiromitsu Fujii, Shota Minami
  • Publication number: 20230280750
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire information indicating an attribute of a recipient of a package, acquire information indicating a location for placing the package in a vehicle, and present a depositor of the package with the information indicating the location for placing the package and the information indicating the attribute of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230259894
    Abstract: A computer is configured to, in a case where maintenance of a component is executed in one vehicle used by a plurality of users, decide a payment ratio of each user for a cost of the maintenance based on a kind of the component subjected to the maintenance and a usage mode of the vehicle of each user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230251637
    Abstract: A control device includes a control unit configured to acquire target data indicating a production target in a factory and detect production progress in the factory, compare the production target indicated by the acquired target data with the detected production progress, and predict, based on an obtained comparison result, a finishing time period within which one or more users working in the factory are expected to finish work and adjust, based on the predicted finishing time period, a time period within which one or more vehicles for commuting are expected to transport the one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chikage KUBO, Kenichi YAMADA, Yuki TATSUMOTO, Hiromitsu FUJII, Mitsuhiro Naito
  • Publication number: 20230249699
    Abstract: A computer includes a diagnosis unit configured to, for a vehicle in which an abnormality has occurred and continuing traveling by autonomous driving is impossible, determine whether or not the vehicle is able to be restored on a spot and whether or not the vehicle is able to travel by manual driving. Such a computer may be mounted on a vehicle, a server, and a mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230251609
    Abstract: An information processing device of the present disclosure includes a control unit configured to control a plurality of output devices provided in an operation area of an on-demand bus. The control unit identifies a first output device close to a boarding place of the on-demand bus among the output devices. The control unit transmits a first command to output an indication of a bus stop of the on-demand bus to the first output device at a first timing that is earlier by a first time length than a boarding date of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230249700
    Abstract: A vehicle management system includes a signal transmission device and a management device configured to manage a vehicle. The signal transmission device is configured to transmit an abnormality signal for notifying of an abnormality of the vehicle to the management device in a case where a predetermined operation is executed for the signal transmission device in the vehicle during autonomous driving without presence of a manager. The signal transmission device may be mounted on a vehicle or a mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230251099
    Abstract: A computer includes a search unit configured to search for a route from a first point to a second point, and an autonomous driving unit configured to execute autonomous driving of a vehicle along the route found by the search unit. The search unit is configured to execute a first route search for searching for a route that satisfies a first requirement in a case where a predetermined condition is not established. The search unit is configured to execute a second route search for searching for a route that satisfies a second requirement in a case where the predetermined condition is established. The first requirement does not include presence of an automatic car wash machine on the route. The second requirement includes the presence of the automatic car wash machine on the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11721150
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller. The controller forecasts whether an intended user will go to a restroom area in a facility. The intended user being a user who is eligible for using a multipurpose restroom stall. When it is forecast that the intended user will go to the restroom area, the controller reserves a multipurpose restroom stall provided in the restroom area by locking the door of the multipurpose restroom stall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230245505
    Abstract: A vehicle inspection method includes first and second transmission steps, and first and second determination steps. In the first transmission step, a vehicle transmits a first state detected by a first sensor mounted on the vehicle to a server, during autonomous driving. In the first determination step, the server determines a pass or a fail of the vehicle for the first inspection item by using the first state received from the vehicle. In the second determination step, the vehicle determines a pass or a fail for the second inspection item by using a second state detected by a second sensor mounted on the vehicle, during autonomous driving. In the second transmission step, the vehicle transmits a determination result of the second inspection item to the server in a case where a fail is determined for the second inspection item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11713053
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller and a display. The display is mounted in the vehicle to surround a user in the vehicle. The controller is configured to determine travel information to be proposed to the user based on attribute information for the user, and present the determined travel information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Fujii, Kohei Miwa, Yuko Mizuno, Shinsuke Ariga, Hirotaka Omisha, Tsuyoshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20230234598
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage device configured to store an estimation algorithm configured to output a degree of deterioration of a component mounted on the vehicle in response to an input of a value of a parameter related to the component, a sensor configured to detect the value of the parameter, and a control device. The control device is configured to execute a performance test by autonomous driving of the vehicle, acquire data indicating performance of the component during the performance test, and update the estimation algorithm by using the data acquired during the performance test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Tsuyoshi Okada, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230237858
    Abstract: A vehicle management device includes a first driving unit, a second driving unit, an inspection unit, and a maintenance unit. The first driving unit transmits a first signal for autonomously driving a first vehicle included in a vehicle group under a first condition. The second driving unit transmits a second signal for autonomously driving a second vehicle that is a vehicle other than the first vehicle included in the vehicle group under a second condition that the vehicle is less likely to be deteriorated than under the first condition. The inspection unit makes an instruction for a performance inspection of the first vehicle after autonomous driving of the first vehicle under the first condition ends. The maintenance unit decides a maintenance time of the second vehicle by using a result of the performance inspection of the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII