Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tokita
Hiroyuki Tokita 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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Patent number: 11758375Abstract: The present disclosure has an object to provide an information processing apparatus that can easily grasp a passenger during a driver's driving. A controller included in an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure executes: acquiring first information that is information related to an appearance of a passenger having requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver and is image information taken; and generating information related to the passenger by converting the first information into second information representing a predetermined characteristic part of the appearance of the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yeonseo Kim, Shin Sakurada, Daisuke Tanabe, Ayana Takeshita, Hiroyuki Tokita, Koichi Asamoto
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Publication number: 20230222900Abstract: A method includes, by a processor, acquiring number of persons information that indicates a number of users, including users who ride in vehicles, who depart from a facility at each of a predetermined time period, weather information for each predetermined time period, and vehicle information relating to vehicles traveling in a periphery of the facility, determining traffic jam status that indicates absence/presence of a traffic jam on a road located in a vicinity of the facility in the predetermined time period, by using the vehicle information; and generating a learned model for predicting a traffic jam of a road by machine learning using, as teaching data, the number of persons information, the weather information, and the traffic jam status that is associated with the number of persons information and the weather information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Ayumu SHIOMI, Atsushi MIYAGAWA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Toshiyuki KAWAI, Ryosuke FUKAYA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Yusuke IKENOUE, Naoyuki SAKA, Tsukasa KATO, Katsuhisa YOSHIKAWA, Shugen YAMAMURA, Takayuki AKAISHI
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Patent number: 11654916Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether a fellow passenger is included in occupants of a vehicle, when the fellow passenger is included in the occupants, acquire information relating to a driver of the vehicle and information relating to the fellow passenger, estimate a relationship between the driver and the fellow passenger based on the acquired information, and select a control relating to traveling of the vehicle according to the relationship.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Tokita
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Patent number: 11407276Abstract: An information providing apparatus, includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle used by a user; and a control unit configured to receive user information on the user and weather information on weather at an outing destination of the user through the communication unit, the outing destination being obtained based on the user information, and notify, to the vehicle through the communication unit, a set temperature of an air-conditioner of the vehicle based on a sensible temperature derived based on the weather information.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Tokita
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Publication number: 20220146268Abstract: An information processing apparatus is applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user. A controller is configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user; determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
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Patent number: 11237006Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to this disclosure is an information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, including a controller configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; and setting a combination between the first user and the second user allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so that the destination point of the second user does not belong to a destination area that is a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yeonseo Kim, Shin Sakurada, Daisuke Tanabe, Ayana Takeshita, Hiroyuki Tokita, Koichi Asamoto
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Patent number: 11151811Abstract: An information processing device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle used by a user; and a control unit configured to receive user information on the user via the communication unit, determine a usage mode of the vehicle according to a use purpose of the vehicle, the use purpose being estimated based on the user information, and send usage mode information on the usage mode to the vehicle via the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Tokita, Hiroyuki Sawada, Shojiro Suga
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Publication number: 20210300368Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether a fellow passenger is included in occupants of a vehicle, when the fellow passenger is included in the occupants, acquire information relating to a driver of the vehicle and information relating to the fellow passenger, estimate a relationship between the driver and the fellow passenger based on the acquired information, and select a control relating to traveling of the vehicle according to the relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Tokita
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Patent number: 11117586Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether a fellow passenger is included in occupants of a vehicle, when the fellow passenger is included in the occupants, acquire information relating to a driver of the vehicle and information relating to the fellow passenger, estimate a relationship between the driver and the fellow passenger based on the acquired information, and select a control relating to traveling of the vehicle according to the relationship.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Tokita
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Patent number: 11059487Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether a fellow passenger is included in occupants of a vehicle, when the fellow passenger is included in the occupants, acquire information relating to a driver of the vehicle and information relating to the fellow passenger, estimate a relationship between the driver and the fellow passenger based on the acquired information, and select a control relating to traveling of the vehicle according to the relationship.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Tokita
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Publication number: 20200257285Abstract: A user assistance system includes: an assistance information reception unit configured to receive, from a user terminal of a user who uses a place where the user works in cooperation with another user, assistance information indicating that the user asks for assistance; an information generation unit configured to generate control information for controlling a vehicle to be used by the user when the assistance information reception unit receives the assistance information; and a communication unit configured to transmit the control information to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki TOKITA
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Patent number: 10720060Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to perform, in a case where a possibility of communication interruption due to an insufficient remaining amount of battery is detected for a first wireless communication terminal used by a first user for whom a ride reservation for a vehicle is established with a driver of the vehicle, a process regarding a meet-up schedule of the driver and the first user of the ride reservation. The process regarding a meet-up schedule may be cancellation of the ride reservation, change of a scheduled meet-up location, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yeonseo Kim, Shin Sakurada, Daisuke Tanabe, Ayana Takeshita, Hiroyuki Tokita, Koichi Asamoto
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Publication number: 20190392714Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to perform, in a case where a possibility of communication interruption due to an insufficient remaining amount of battery is detected for a first wireless communication terminal used by a first user for whom a ride reservation for a vehicle is established with a driver of the vehicle, a process regarding a meet-up schedule of the driver and the first user of the ride reservation. The process regarding a meet-up schedule may be cancellation of the ride reservation, change of a scheduled meet-up location, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190390968Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to this disclosure is an information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, including a controller configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; and setting a combination between the first user and the second user allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so that the destination point of the second user does not belong to a destination area that is a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190380013Abstract: The present disclosure has an object to provide an information processing apparatus that can easily grasp a passenger during a driver's driving. A controller included in an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure executes: acquiring first information that is information related to an appearance of a passenger having requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver and is image information taken; and generating information related to the passenger by converting the first information into second information representing a predetermined characteristic part of the appearance of the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Publication number: 20190378095Abstract: When a meet-up schedule is set between users of a first and a second wireless communication terminals that are capable of communication by a first wireless communication scheme, an information processing apparatus notifies the second wireless communication terminal, through the communication network by the first wireless communication scheme, of identification information of the first wireless communication terminal in a second wireless communication scheme. The first wireless communication terminal operates as a transmitter of a first wireless signal according to the second wireless communication scheme, including the identification information of the first wireless communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO -
Publication number: 20190359029Abstract: An information providing apparatus, includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle used by a user; and a control unit configured to receive user information on the user and weather information on weather at an outing destination of the user through the communication unit, the outing destination being obtained based on the user information, and notify, to the vehicle through the communication unit, a set temperature of an air-conditioner of the vehicle based on a sensible temperature derived based on the weather information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki TOKITA
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Publication number: 20190340851Abstract: An information processing device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle used by a user; and a control unit configured to receive user information on the user via the communication unit, determine a usage mode of the vehicle according to a use purpose of the vehicle, the use purpose being estimated based on the user information, and send usage mode information on the usage mode to the vehicle via the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki TOKITA, Hiroyuki SAWADA, Shojiro SUGA
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Publication number: 20190135284Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether a fellow passenger is included in occupants of a vehicle, when the fellow passenger is included in the occupants, acquire information relating to a driver of the vehicle and information relating to the fellow passenger, estimate a relationship between the driver and the fellow passenger based on the acquired information, and select a control relating to traveling of the vehicle according to the relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki TOKITA
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Publication number: 20090097737Abstract: In a visual inspection apparatus according to the present invention, a carrier base 2 supports a substrate 1 and tilts the substrate 1. The light source 3 illuminates light onto the surface of the substrate 1. The image-pickup apparatus 4 upon capturing an image of the substrate 1 produces image data and puts them out to a control apparatus 6. The image-pickup apparatus 4 is disposed in the vicinity of an eye view position P of the inspector. The control apparatus 6 stores the image data put out from the image-capturing apparatus 4 into an internally-disposed storage section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Katsuyuki HASHIMOTO, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Hiroshi NAIKI