Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Nogami

Hirotaka Nogami 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).

  • Publication number: 20240159549
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: acquire a satellite image of the ground, which is captured by an artificial satellite, for a target area based on disaster information; based on the satellite image, detect an obstruction on a road which relates to passage of a vehicle; and output a road for which no obstruction is detected as a traversable road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIK KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Yoshie SAKAKIBARA, Hirotaka NOGAMI, Makoto TAMURA, Daigo ICHIKAWA, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240005225
    Abstract: A task management device includes a control unit that executes, when satisfaction of a specific condition is detected during a period in which a vehicle to be operated in a mode corresponding to an application is operated in a first mode, operation start control to start an operation of the vehicle in a second mode that is different from the first mode before a schedule end time of the period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hirotaka NOGAMI, Jun TSUKAMOTO, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Fumiyuki KAGARA, Kotaro HIROSE, Yoshiki TERASHIMA, Yohei ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230419209
    Abstract: A task management device includes a control unit that calculates a required time for maintenance of an internal environment of at least one vehicle to be operated in a mode corresponding to an application before the mode of the at least one vehicle is switched from a first mode to a second mode based on information acquired from any one of a first target to be transported by the at least one vehicle in the first mode and a second target to be transported by the at least one vehicle in the second mode that is different from the first mode, and adjusts a dispatch schedule of the at least one vehicle in accordance with the required time calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotaka NOGAMI, Jun TSUKAMOTO, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Fumiyuki KAGARA, Kotaro HIROSE, Yoshiki TERASHIMA, Yohei ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230419742
    Abstract: A task management device includes a control unit that detects a deterioration of an internal environment of a vehicle as an environmental deterioration during a period in which the vehicle to be operated in a mode in accordance with an application is operated in a first mode, calculates a time required for maintenance of the internal environment of the vehicle in accordance with the detected environmental deterioration and determines whether the maintenance is completed by a mode switching time limit for switching the mode of the vehicle to a second mode that is different from the first mode, and executes operational control in accordance with a determination result obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nogami, Jun Tsukamoto, Tsuyoshi Okada, Fumiyuki Kagara, Kotaro Hirose, Yoshiki Terashima, Yohei Ando
  • Publication number: 20230334916
    Abstract: The task management device includes a control unit that performs maintenance start control for starting maintenance of the internal environment of the vehicle during a period in which the vehicle operated in the mode corresponding to the application is operated in the first mode, and performs mode switching control for switching the vehicle to the second mode different from the first mode after the maintenance is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka NOGAMI, Jun Tsukamoto, Tsuyoshi Okada, Fumiyuki Kagara, Kotaro Hirose, Yoshiki Terashima, Yohei Ando
  • Patent number: 11091064
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a left and right pair of cushion frames that structure a framework of a seat cushion, the seat cushion including a pad main body portion that supports a buttock area and thigh area of a seat occupant; a left and right pair of seat back frames; and at least one of: a seat cushion push-up mechanism that is provided inside the seat cushion uniformly across a whole of the pad main body portion in the seat width direction, or a seat back push-out mechanism that is provided inside the seat back uniformly across a whole of the back pad main body portion in the seat width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyoun Kim, Hirotaka Nogami, Katsutoshi Imanari
  • Publication number: 20200108738
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a left and right pair of cushion frames that structure a framework of a seat cushion, the seat cushion including a pad main body portion that supports a buttock area and thigh area of a seat occupant; a left and right pair of seat back frames; and at least one of: a seat cushion push-up mechanism that is provided inside the seat cushion uniformly across a whole of the pad main body portion in the seat width direction, or a seat back push-out mechanism that is provided inside the seat back uniformly across a whole of the back pad main body portion in the seat width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Donghyoun Kim, Hirotaka Nogami, Katsutoshi Imanari