Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yahata
Hiroshi Yahata 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).
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Publication number: 20250108823Abstract: An information presentation method is for presenting information to a user in a vehicle interior of a vehicle for transporting a cargo. The method includes displaying first guidance information indicating, on a road map, at least part of a first route from a current position of the vehicle to a destination of the vehicle. The first guidance information is displayed on a display provided in the vehicle interior. The method includes switching the first guidance information displayed on the display to second guidance information when the vehicle reaches a predetermined range from the destination. The second guidance information indicates, on a premises map of the destination, at least part of a second route to a stop position at which the vehicle is required to stop for handling the cargo on premises of the destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi YAHATA
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Publication number: 20250111357Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure is executed by a vehicular system to be mounted on a vehicle. The control method includes: acquiring, from a communication terminal of a user, first wallet information indicating a first wallet associated with authentication information acquired from the communication terminal after the authentication information is determined to be valid by the vehicular system or a computer communicable with the vehicular system; linking vehicle wallet information indicating a vehicle wallet managed by the vehicle to the first wallet information; and storing link information indicating that the vehicle wallet information and the first wallet information are linked, in a memory in the vehicular system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi YAHATA
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Patent number: 12253863Abstract: A method includes: detecting, through a sensor, a location and a movement direction of the user and an object around the user; specifying the type and the location of the detected object; if the object is a dangerous object and is located in the movement direction of the user, setting a relative position where the robot is to be located relative to the user to a lead position ahead of the user and in a direction different from the movement direction; driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to move to the lead position; and driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to accompany the user in the lead position and induce a change in the movement direction of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2024Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi Yahata
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Publication number: 20250060746Abstract: A method for controlling a robot in a robot control system is provided. The method includes acquiring an electronic request for the robot to accompany a user when the user moves outside a prescribed area comprising the home of the user and acquiring, from sensors on the robot, operating location information indicating a location of the robot and confirmation information indicating that the robot is near the user. The method also includes transmitting command program instructions for changing a setting of the robot in response to the request when the user has moved outside the prescribed area, wherein the changing the setting of the robot includes increasing a permitted speed of the robot based upon access rights that permit the robot to move at a higher speed when located outside of the home of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi YAHATA
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Publication number: 20250010719Abstract: An information presentation method of presenting information to a driver of a first vehicle includes detecting an object located in front of the first vehicle. The method includes determining a risk of the objects, and outputting alert sound for alerting a first dangerous object when the first dangerous object is detected based on the risk. The first dangerous object corresponds to a first risk exceeding a predetermined level. The alert sound is presented to the driver as a sound image localized at a first position between the driver and the first dangerous object. The method includes changing a position of the sound image from the first position to a second position when the risk of the first dangerous object rises to a second risk. The second position is a position between the driver and the first dangerous object and closer to the driver than the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi YAHATA, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA, Toshiyasu SUGIO
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Patent number: 12189680Abstract: A content management device includes: a storage that stores (a) a content generated by imaging performed by a first terminal that is at least one of a plurality of terminals, (b) a time at which the imaging of the content was performed, and (c) a history indicating whether each of one or more terminals among the plurality of terminals excluding a second terminal received, during a period that includes the time at which the imaging was performed, a beacon signal transmitted from the second terminal by radio waves, the second terminal being at least one of the plurality of terminals; and a manager that manages the content as a permissible content that is permitted to be presented by the plurality of terminals when determining, with reference to the storage, that each of the one or more terminals received the beacon signal during the period.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Seigo Takahashi
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Patent number: 12169408Abstract: A robot control system acquires request information requesting a robot to keep within a prescribed distance from a user and to collect surrounding information, acquires, from the robot, location information indicating a location of the robot and confirmation information indicating that the robot is near the user, and transmits, to the robot, a command for changing a setting of the robot from a first specification to a second specification in response to the request in a case where it is determined, on a basis of the map information, the location information, and the confirmation information, that the user of the robot is accompanying the robot outside a home area of the user, the first specification enabling the robot to collect the surrounding information inside the home area, and the second specification enabling the robot to collect the surrounding information outside the home area.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Yahata
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Patent number: 12119111Abstract: A control method of a robot according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes receiving from an external computer information that instructs the robot to encourage a user to exercise; sensing a user's current position; moving the robot into a predetermined area that includes the user's current position; causing the robot to perform a gesture to encourage the user to exercise; monitoring behavior of the user; and performing driving of the robot along with exercise of the user, based on a result of the monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2024Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Yahata
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Publication number: 20240320711Abstract: A method includes causing a computer of a communication terminal to perform a process including acquiring, in response to receipt of a beacon signal transmitted from a vending machine, identification information and type information of a plurality of drinks from the vending machine by using short-range wireless communication; acquiring preference information on drinks of a user of the communication terminal; generating, based on the identification information, the type information, and the preference information, a push notification screen that recommends at least one drink that matches a preference of the user indicated by the preference information from among the plurality of drinks stored in the vending machine indicated by the identification information; and displaying the push notification screen on a display of the communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi YAHATA, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA, Toshiyasu SUGIO
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Patent number: 12094015Abstract: A method includes acquiring, on a basis of a restaurant ID, menu information indicating one or more foods provided by a restaurant over a network from a second server associated with the restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID, transmitting identification information stored in an information terminal to a first server and acquiring classification information from the first server on a basis of the identification information, generating a personalized menu for the user corresponding to the classification information on a basis of the menu information and the classification information, and displaying the personalized menu through a second operation screen for accepting an order of a food to be provided by the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on a display of the information terminal carried by the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
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Patent number: 12093996Abstract: In a method for providing information, menu items included in menu information regarding a second restaurant indicated by a store identifier are arranged in order according to taste information regarding a user on the basis of the taste information and the menu information, the menu information being obtained, over a network before the store identifier is obtained from a terminal apparatus, from a server associated with the second restaurant indicated by the store identifier. Menu information regarding the menu items arranged in the order is transmitted to the terminal apparatus and displayed on a display screen of the terminal apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
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Patent number: 12094016Abstract: A method acquires, on a basis of a restaurant ID, menu information indicating one or more foods provided by a restaurant over a network from a second server associated with the restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID, acquires, from a first server, religion information, extracts one or more first foods compatible with the religion information on a basis of the menu information and the religion information, displays the one or more first foods through a second operation screen for accepting an order of a food to be provided by the restaurant of a user, and transmits food order information indicating a food selected from among the one or more first foods to the second server.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
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Patent number: 12033227Abstract: A method for providing information includes: arranging, on the basis of taste information regarding a user and the menu information regarding a second restaurant indicated by a store identifier, first menu items included in the menu information in order according to the taste information; and causing the first menu items arranged in the order according to the taste information to be displayed in a first display area of a display screen of a terminal apparatus, and causing second menu items specified by the second restaurant to be displayed in a second display area of the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
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Patent number: 12026745Abstract: A method includes causing a computer of a communication terminal to perform a process including acquiring, in response to receipt of a beacon signal transmitted from a vending machine, identification information and type information of a plurality of drinks from the vending machine by using short-range wireless communication; acquiring preference information on drinks of a user of the communication terminal; generating, based on the identification information, the type information, and the preference information, a push notification screen that recommends at least one drink that matches a preference of the user indicated by the preference information from among the plurality of drinks stored in the vending machine indicated by the identification information; and displaying the push notification screen on a display of the communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
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Publication number: 20240210944Abstract: A method includes: detecting, through a sensor, a location and a movement direction of the user and an object around the user; specifying the type and the location of the detected object; if the object is a dangerous object and is located in the movement direction of the user, setting a relative position where the robot is to be located relative to the user to a lead position ahead of the user and in a direction different from the movement direction; driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to move to the lead position; and driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to accompany the user in the lead position and induce a change in the movement direction of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2024Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi YAHATA
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Publication number: 20240212837Abstract: A control method of a robot according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes receiving from an external computer information that instructs the robot to encourage a user to exercise; sensing a user's current position; moving the robot into a predetermined area that includes the user's current position; causing the robot to perform a gesture to encourage the user to exercise; monitoring behavior of the user; and performing driving of the robot along with exercise of the user, based on a result of the monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi YAHATA
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Patent number: 11989792Abstract: A method includes acquiring, based on a restaurant ID, menu information indicating dishes provided by a restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID from a second server related to the restaurant via a network, transmitting identification information stored in an information terminal to a first server, acquiring, from a first server, allergy information related to a user based on the identification information, generating, based on the menu information and the allergy information, a personalized menu arranged for the user according to the allergy information, displaying the personalized menu on a second operation screen for accepting an order of a dish in the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on a display of the information terminal of the user, and transmitting ordered-dish information representing the dish selected from the personalized menu to the second server.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
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Patent number: 11984139Abstract: A playback device acquires first management information that stores first playback control information and second management information that stores second playback control information. The first playback control information specifies that a video stream of a high-luminance range is to be played, and the second playback control information specifies that a video stream of a standard-luminance range is to be played. A video player acquires and plays the video stream of the high-luminance range based on the first playback control information in a case of playing the content as the high-luminance range. The video player acquires and plays the video stream of the standard-luminance range based on the second playback control information in a case of playing the content as the standard-luminance range.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Tadamasa Toma
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Patent number: 11983762Abstract: A method includes: acquiring, from a store terminal via a network, limited product information indicating a limited product for which a time available for sale in one branch store corresponding to the store terminal is limited; acquiring, from a communication terminal of a user via the network, i) a request for a purchase menu of affiliated stores and ii) a branch store identifier (ID) specifying one branch store corresponding to a device ID specifying a beacon signal transmitter disposed in the one branch store; generating, based on the limited product information, the request for the purchase menu, and the branch store ID, privileged purchase menu information corresponding to the one branch store; and outputting the privileged purchase menu information to the communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
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Publication number: 20240142997Abstract: A robot detects, through a sensor, the location and movement direction of a user and an object near the user, sets a nearby ground area in front at the feet of the user according to the detected location and movement direction of the user, controls an illumination device in the robot to irradiate the nearby ground area with light while driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to accompany the user, specifies the type and the location of the detected object, and if the object is a dangerous object and is located ahead of the user, controls the illumination device to irradiate a danger area including at least a portion of the dangerous object with light in addition to irradiating the nearby ground area with light.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi YAHATA