Patents by Inventor Junji Murase
Junji Murase 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: 20260261564Abstract: A vehicle is configured to communicate with multiple devices registered as multiple digital keys by storing first information related to the digital keys. The vehicle includes a user interface, a storage device storing second information related to the digital keys, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to, when receiving, via the user interface, a deletion operation for deleting a digital key to be deleted that is at least one of the digital keys, set a state of the digital key to be deleted to a phase-out state in which the digital key to be deleted is deleted when a prescribed condition is satisfied, and delete the second information related to the digital key to be deleted from the storage device when the prescribed condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2026Publication date: September 3, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki HOMMA, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI, Yosuke HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20260260008Abstract: A vehicle stores information related to an owner key. When a vehicle manager receives an operation that requests deletion of the owner key, the vehicle manager identifies the type of an owner device. When the vehicle manager identifies the owner device as a mobile device owned by the owner, the vehicle manager performs a first deletion procedure that deletes the information related to the owner key, after authentication of a key fob of the vehicle is completed through communication with the key fob. When the vehicle manager identifies the owner device as a server belonging to the owner, the vehicle manager performs a second deletion procedure different from the first deletion procedure. The second deletion procedure deletes the information related to the owner key under a condition in which a specified condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2026Publication date: September 3, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki HOMMA, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI, Yosuke HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20260259975Abstract: An owner key and a shareable key, which are digital keys of a vehicle, are registered in the vehicle. When determining that a termination process has been executed with the vehicle in a stopped state at a termination location, the vehicle starts a deletion process for a shareable key registered in the vehicle when a digital key other than the registered shareable key is authenticated. When determining that the termination process has not been executed with the vehicle in a stopped state at the termination location, the vehicle does not delete the registered shareable key for which deletion is deferred even if the digital key other than the registered shareable key is authenticated for the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2026Publication date: September 3, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki HOMMA, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI, Yosuke HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20260257647Abstract: In a vehicle, a device configured to store information relating to a digital key is registered as the digital key. The vehicle includes a storage device configured to store a range of functions of the vehicle executable by the digital key and an execution device that changes the range of functions of the vehicle executable by the digital key during periods other than a usage period to be narrower than the range of functions of the vehicle executable by the digital key during the usage period. The usage period is a period in which a user of the digital key uses the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2026Publication date: September 3, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki HOMMA, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI, Yosuke HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20260260177Abstract: A management system deletes a subject digital key to a vehicle 20 when a specified condition is satisfied. The subject digital key is one of multiple digital keys to the vehicle 20. The management system does not delete the subject digital key when a cancellation request for deletion of the subject digital key is issued, during a specified period, from a device to which a digital key different from the subject digital key is registered. The management system deletes the subject digital key when the cancellation request is not issued, during the specified period, from a device to which a digital key different from the subject digital key is registered.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2026Publication date: September 3, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki HOMMA, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI, Yosuke HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20260261554Abstract: A management system, a vehicle manager, a deletion management method, and a storage medium are provided. Under a condition in which a predetermined specified condition is satisfied, processing circuitry deletes a deletion subject digital key included in multiple digital keys to a vehicle. When deleting the deletion subject digital key, a group key deletion process is executed to delete one or more digital keys registered based on the deletion subject digital key. If the vehicle authenticates at least one of the one or more registered digital keys, the group key deletion process is not executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2026Publication date: September 3, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki HOMMA, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI, Yosuke HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20260034964Abstract: A management server manages multiple digital keys for a vehicle. The management server determines, based on a type TY of the vehicle, whether to apply a prescribed condition RC to deletion of one of the digital keys when a request for deletion of that digital keys is obtained. The management server sets the digital key to an unusable state in accordance with a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2025Publication date: February 5, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki HOMMA, Yosuke HASEGAWA, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI
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Publication number: 20260037611Abstract: A management server manages multiple digital keys available for a vehicle. The multiple digital keys include a target digital key and one or more registration-involved digital keys that have been involved in registration of the target digital key. The multiple digital keys are respectively registered in multiple devices. The multiple devices include an involved device to which a predetermined one of the registration-involved digital keys is registered. The management server performs determining whether to apply a prescribed condition to deletion of the target digital key based on a user attribute of the involved device, and setting the target digital key to an unusable state in accordance with a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2025Publication date: February 5, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki HOMMA, Yosuke HASEGAWA, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI
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Publication number: 20260034962Abstract: A vehicle includes a wireless communication device and a proximity communication device. The vehicle receives a registration request for an owner key from a management server. The vehicle executes an activation process for the owner key via wireless communication using the wireless communication device in a case in which the received registration request includes information indicating that an owner device is a virtual device implemented on a server. The vehicle executes the activation process for the owner key via proximity communication using the proximity communication device in a case in which the received registration request does not include the information indicating that the owner device is the virtual device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2025Publication date: February 5, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Kobayashi, Hiroki Homma, Yosuke Hasegawa, Junji Murase, Yuki Mori
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Publication number: 20260034963Abstract: A vehicle is configured to communicate with multiple devices that store information related to a digital key. The vehicle includes a locking means. The vehicle detects a locking request for the vehicle via communication with a requesting device. At this time, if the requesting device is located outside the vehicle (step S63: YES) and another device storing information related to the digital key of the vehicle is located inside the vehicle (step S62: YES), the vehicle checks the information of the other device (step S61) and determines whether to lock the vehicle based on the checked information of the other device (step S64).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2025Publication date: February 5, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki Homma, Yosuke Hasegawa, Junji Murase, Yuki Mori
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Publication number: 20260039464Abstract: A management server manages multiple digital keys for a vehicle. The multiple digital keys include a target digital key, and digital keys that have been involved in registration of the target digital key. The management server determines whether to apply a prescribed condition RC to deletion of the target digital key based on a device type TY of an involved device to which predetermined one of digital keys involved in registration of the target digital key is registered. The management server sets the target digital key to an unusable state in accordance with a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2025Publication date: February 5, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya KOBAYASHI, Hiroki Homma, Yosuke Hasegawa, Junji Murase, Yuki Mori
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Publication number: 20260040064Abstract: When receiving a deletion request specifying a registered shareable key, a management server executes a deletion process that deletes the shareable key of a target shareable device, which is specified in the received deletion request, and a shareable key that has been registered to a different shareable device based on a request from the target shareable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2025Publication date: February 5, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Kobayashi, Hiroki Homma, Yosuke Hasegawa, Junji Murase, Yuki Mori
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Publication number: 20250206263Abstract: An information processing device is configured to communicate with both a vehicle and a mobile information terminal in which a digital key for the vehicle is registered. The information processing device includes a processing circuit and a storage device. The storage device stores a database, in which a correction value for calibration of the ranging, performed by the vehicle to determine that the mobile information terminal is within an operating area of the digital key, is recorded in advance for each model of the mobile information terminal. The processing circuit is configured to execute acquiring of information identifying the model from the mobile information terminal, extracting of the correction value corresponding to the model of the mobile information terminal from the database, based on the information that is acquired, and transmitting of the correction value that is extracted to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki HOMMA, Yosuke HASEGAWA, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI
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Publication number: 20250209151Abstract: A management device manages a digital key. The digital key is registered in a mobile information terminal to operate a vehicle. This management device includes a processor configured to execute a process for issuing a password on a condition that an owner key that is a digital key registered in the mobile information terminal of a vehicle owner is deleted from the mobile information terminal, the password being needed to reregister the owner key.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki HOMMA, Yosuke Hasegawa, Junji Murase, Yuki Mori
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Publication number: 20250206262Abstract: A vehicle configured to utilize a digital key registered in a mobile information terminal of a user, in which the vehicle includes a processor configured to transmit, to a management server for the digital key, log information of an event occurring in the vehicle when registering the digital key to the mobile information terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki HOMMA, Yosuke HASEGAWA, Junji MURASE, Yuki MORI
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Publication number: 20220238993Abstract: A casing has a housing section adapted to house an electronic key. The casing is formed of a material capable of blocking a particular frequency band. A controller is configured to cause an actuator to actuate a movable portion of the electronic key to transmit a signal for controlling a controlled device with the particular frequency band while switching a part of the casing into a state that the signal is allowed to pass, in a case where a transceiver receives a trigger signal from a mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Junji MURASE
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Patent number: 11284253Abstract: A car sharing system includes a car share device and a communication control unit. The car share device is configured to perform wireless communication with a mobile terminal that is operable as an electronic key. The communication control unit controls the wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the car share device so that an authentication process through bidirectional communication is executed only when a communication connection establishment process is performed. After the wireless communication has been established, the communication control unit controls the wireless communication so that actuation of an on-board device is permitted in accordance with operation of the mobile terminal through unidirectional communication from the mobile terminal to the car share device.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki Hiramatsu, Masaki Hayashi, Masahiko Oya, Hidenobu Hanaki, Junji Murase, Yosuke Doi, Masaki Oshima, Yuichiro Haruna
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Patent number: 11228600Abstract: The car sharing system includes a car share device and an encryption code updating unit. The car share device is configured to perform wireless communicate with a mobile terminal that is operable as a vehicle key. The encryption code updating unit updates a first encryption code, which was used during a previous connection of the mobile terminal and the car share device, to a second encryption code, which differs from the first encryption code, when the mobile terminal and the car share device are reconnected.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime Takeuchi, Masaki Hayashi, Masahiko Oya, Hidenobu Hanaki, Junji Murase, Yosuke Doi, Masaki Oshima, Yuichiro Haruna
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Patent number: 11142166Abstract: A sharing system includes a sharing device arranged in a shared subject and a valet key that is allowed to operate the shared subject. The sharing system further includes a portable terminal that obtains key information required to use the shared subject and is allowed to operate the shared subject when the key information is authenticated through communication with the sharing device. The sharing system further includes a privilege granting unit that grants privilege to operate the shared subject from the portable terminal to the valet key, and a restriction imposing unit that imposes a restriction on use of the portable terminal when the operation privilege for the shared subject is granted from the portable terminal to the valet key.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masahiro Arakawa, Masahiko Oya, Junji Murase, Shinya Saguchi, Yuji Fukano, Shinya Watanabe, Yosuke Doi, Takanori Matsuyama
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Publication number: 20210114557Abstract: A sharing system includes a sharing device arranged in a shared subject and a valet key that is allowed to operate the shared subject. The sharing system further includes a portable terminal that obtains key information required to use the shared subject and is allowed to operate the shared subject when the key information is authenticated through communication with the sharing device. The sharing system further includes a privilege granting unit that grants privilege to operate the shared subject from the portable terminal to the valet key, and a restriction imposing unit that imposes a restriction on use of the portable terminal when the operation privilege for the shared subject is granted from the portable terminal to the valet key.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masahiro ARAKAWA, Masahiko OYA, Junji MURASE, Shinya SAGUCHI, Yuji FUKANO, Shinya WATANABE, Yosuke DOI, Takanori MATSUYAMA