Patents by Inventor James H. Kikuma

James H. Kikuma 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: 11922385
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20230126753
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle body defining a vehicle interior and a vehicle exterior, one or more detection devices, a sanitization device, and a controller, the controller including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to receive data from the one or more detection devices, determine a surface at least one of within the vehicle interior or on the vehicle exterior contacted by a user based at least in part on the data from the one or more detection devices, determine whether the user is within the vehicle based at least in part on the data from the one or more detection devices, and direct the sanitization device to sanitize the surface based at least in part on the data from the one or more detection devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Kikuma, Judy K. Chen, Juan Acosta, Sergei I. Gage
  • Publication number: 20230072695
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle body defining a vehicle interior and a vehicle exterior, one or more detection devices including at least one of a microphone and a camera structurally configured to receive data indicative of conditions within the vehicle interior or on the vehicle exterior, a sanitization device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more detection devices and the sanitization device, the controller including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to receives data from the one or more detection devices, determine a surface at least one of within the vehicle interior or on the vehicle exterior contacted by a user based at least in part on the data from the one or more detection devices, and direct the sanitization device to sanitize the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Bracken, Joshua Batie, Michael D. Dorazio, Randy Kaushek, James H. Kikuma, Judy K. Chen, Juan Acosta, Sergei I. Gage
  • Publication number: 20220366391
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20220358474
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Patent number: 11481836
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of applying a user profile to one or more transports and a transport management database, monitoring user requirements and user usage of the one or more transports over a period of time, identifying a plurality of transport profiles stored in a transport availability pool of the transport management database, identifying a proposed fractional ownership of one or more of a plurality of transports identified in the transport availability pool based on the monitored user requirements and user usage of the one or more transports, and providing the proposed fractional ownership of the one or more of a plurality of transports identified in the transport availability pool to a user device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mathew Gardner, Eric Randell Schmidt, James H. Kikuma, Nutonya L. Parker, Evan A. Vijithakumara, Christopher J. Risberg
  • Patent number: 11397932
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Patent number: 11392915
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20200402150
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of applying a user profile to one or more transports and a transport management database, monitoring user requirements and user usage of the one or more transports over a period of time, identifying a plurality of transport profiles stored in a transport availability pool of the transport management database, identifying a proposed fractional ownership of one or more of a plurality of transports identified in the transport availability pool based on the monitored user requirements and user usage of the one or more transports, and providing the proposed fractional ownership of the one or more of a plurality of transports identified in the transport availability pool to a user device associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mathew Gardner, Eric Randell Schmidt, James H. Kikuma, Nutonya L. Parker, Evan A. Vijithakumara, Christopher J. Risberg
  • Publication number: 20200401952
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of assigning a fractional ownership of a transport, receiving, at a server, sensor data associated with one or more of the transport and a device proximate to the transport, determining a condition of the transport, based on the sensor data, updating the fractional ownership of the transport based on the condition, and providing a responsibility based on the fractional ownership.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mathew Gardner, Eric Randell Schmidt, James H. Kikuma, Nutonya L. Parker, Evan A. Vijithakumara, Christopher J. Risberg
  • Publication number: 20200334743
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20200334652
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Patent number: 10769949
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collaborative parking assistance using a parking facilitation circuit are provided. A method may include: using information from a plurality of sensors to locate one or more available parking spaces in a determined area; characterize the located available parking spaces to generate parking space parameters for each of the available parking spaces; generating a parking space map comprising an indication of available parking spaces, locations of the available parking spaces and parking space parameters for the available parking spaces; filtering the parking space map to include as available parking spaces only those one or more available parking spaces that, based on the parking space parameters, are compatible with a vehicle intended to park in the determined area; and providing the filtered parking space map to a user interface of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael C. Edwards, Randall M. Harris, Nutonya L. Parker, Ashok Ramadass, Kotaro Hashimoto, James H. Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20200202716
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collaborative parking assistance using a parking facilitation circuit are provided. A method may include: using information from a plurality of sensors to locate one or more available parking spaces in a determined area; characterize the located available parking spaces to generate parking space parameters for each of the available parking spaces; generating a parking space map comprising an indication of available parking spaces, locations of the available parking spaces and parking space parameters for the available parking spaces; filtering the parking space map to include as available parking spaces only those one or more available parking spaces that, based on the parking space parameters, are compatible with a vehicle intended to park in the determined area; and providing the filtered parking space map to a user interface of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Michael C. Edwards, Randall M. Harris, Nutonya L. Parker, Ashok Ramadass, Kotaro Hashimoto, James H. Kikuma