Patents by Inventor Katsuharu TACHIBANA

Katsuharu TACHIBANA 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: 20230419754
    Abstract: An information processing device that is usable as a key of a vehicle, the information processing device including: a display section that is configured to display information of at least one other device that is connected to the information processing device; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and that is configured to: receive a user selection selecting, from the at least one other device displayed at the display section, at least one other device to be operated as a key of the vehicle; and execute duplication processing to each of the selected at least one other device to allow the selected at least one other device to be used as the key of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuharu TACHIBANA, Nana KIKUIRE, Hiroshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230419756
    Abstract: A management device that includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein: the memory is configured to store communication information corresponding to versions of a protocol of a digital key that implements a key operation of a vehicle from a terminal registered at the vehicle; and the processor is configured to, in response to receiving a communication request in accordance with a predetermined version of the communication information from the terminal, delete communication information corresponding to a version preceding the predetermined version from the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuharu TACHIBANA, Nana KIKUIRE, Hiroshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230413362
    Abstract: A managing device that is configured to: in response to receiving a changing operation of a terminal at which key operation of a vehicle is possible, display, on a display, a candidate for a terminal that can communicate with the vehicle and at which key operation of the vehicle is possible, and display the candidate on the display in a display form that makes the changing operation possible in a case in which a communication status with a server corresponding to the candidate is that communication is possible, and that makes the changing operation impossible in a case in which a communication status with a server corresponding to the candidate is that communication is poor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuharu TACHIBANA, Nana KIKUIRE, Hiroshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230406264
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle having: an acquiring section acquiring a notification that permission for usage as a key of the vehicle has been granted from an information processing device to an information processing device; and a control section that, in accordance with acquisition of the notification, controls a presentation for urging the information processing device to communicate via an NFC (Near Field Communication) reader provided at the vehicle, in order to have the information processing device start usage as the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuharu TACHIBANA, Nana KIKUIRE, Hiroshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230398958
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to acquire profile information corresponding to an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) policy of a vehicle that is associated with a particular device, and in a case in which another information processing device that operates as a key of the vehicle is to be newly set, based on the profile information, present items, which can be utilized by the other information processing device, in selectable forms, and not present items, which cannot be utilized by the other information processing device, in selectable forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuharu TACHIBANA, Nana KIKUIRE, Hiroshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230094573
    Abstract: A portable device, including: an unlocking portion configured to enable an operation for unlocking a door of a vehicle; and a processor, wherein, when the unlocking portion is operated in a case in which a reception sensitivity of a predetermined signal that is transmitted by wireless communication from the vehicle is a first sensitivity, the processor is configured to change the reception sensitivity to a second sensitivity that is a higher reception sensitivity than the first sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohtaroh AKIMOTO, Katsuharu TACHIBANA, Koji NAKAO
  • Patent number: 10400500
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls automatic opening and closing of a vehicle door includes an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a portable terminal that is authenticated by a vehicle through predetermined communication, a determination unit configured to determine whether the position of the portable terminal estimated by the estimation unit is within a region where the vehicle door passes in an opening and closing operation, and a controller configured to, when door opening or door closing of the vehicle door is instructed, in a case where the determination unit determines that the position of the portable terminal is not within the region, execute the opening and closing operation of the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuharu Tachibana
  • Patent number: 10403068
    Abstract: A terminal device that executes an authentication sequence through wireless communication with an external device includes a communication unit configured to transmit or receive a radio signal to be used for the authentication sequence, a first measurement unit configured to measure a change in a radio wave intensity for at least a part of the radio signal received by the communication unit; a second measurement unit configured to measure a change in a posture or a position of the terminal device, and a controller configured to determine whether there is a correlation between a measurement result of the first measurement unit and a measurement result of the second measurement unit, i) continue the authentication sequence when the controller determines that there is the correlation, and ii) interrupt the authentication sequence when the controller determines that there is no correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuharu Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20190048646
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls automatic opening and closing of a vehicle door includes an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a portable terminal that is authenticated by a vehicle through predetermined communication, a determination unit configured to determine whether the position of the portable terminal estimated by the estimation unit is within a region where the vehicle door passes in an opening and closing operation, and a controller configured to, when door opening or door closing of the vehicle door is instructed, in a case where the determination unit determines that the position of the portable terminal is not within the region, execute the opening and closing operation of the vehicle door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuharu TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20190043288
    Abstract: A terminal device that executes an authentication sequence through wireless communication with an external device includes a communication unit configured to transmit or receive a radio signal to be used for the authentication sequence, a first measurement unit configured to measure a change in a radio wave intensity for at least a part of the radio signal received by the communication unit; a second measurement unit configured to measure a change in a posture or a position of the terminal device, and a controller configured to determine whether there is a correlation between a measurement result of the first measurement unit and a measurement result of the second measurement unit, i) continue the authentication sequence when the controller determines that there is the correlation, and ii) interrupt the authentication sequence when the controller determines that there is no correlation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuharu TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 8921721
    Abstract: A switch device includes a lid arranged between a tactile switch, which is arranged on a substrate, and an operation button, which is coupled to a retainer so that the operation button can be pushed. The lid includes an opening at a location corresponding to the tactile switch. A lower surface of the elastic member is coupled to a surface of the lid. The operation button, when pushed, activates the tactile switch with an elastic member. The operation body, when released from the pushed state, deactivates the tactile switch as a reaction force of the elastic member returns the operation button to an initial position. The switch device includes a projection that supports the operation button. The projection is formed on an upper surface of the elastic member at a location corresponding to the surface of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Daisuke Senzaki, Hiromitsu Mizuno, Shinichi Koga, Kota Nishida, Shinya Hattori, Katsuharu Tachibana, Akira Ogino
  • Publication number: 20120111709
    Abstract: A switch device includes a lid arranged between a tactile switch, which is arranged on a substrate, and an operation button, which is coupled to a retainer so that the operation button can be pushed. The lid includes an opening at a location corresponding to the tactile switch. A lower surface of the elastic member is coupled to a surface of the lid. The operation button, when pushed, activates the tactile switch with an elastic member. The operation body, when released from the pushed state, deactivates the tactile switch as a reaction force of the elastic member returns the operation button to an initial position. The switch device includes a projection that supports the operation button. The projection is formed on an upper surface of the elastic member at a location corresponding to the surface of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Daisuke SENZAKI, Hiromitsu MIZUNO, Shinichi KOGA, Kota NISHIDA, Shinya HATTORI, Katsuharu TACHIBANA, Akira OGINO