Patents by Inventor Kazumi SERIZAWA

Kazumi SERIZAWA 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: 11904897
    Abstract: The safety management apparatus comprises a protective shield with automatic opening and closing, a sensor configured to obtain physical information related to an occupant boarded an autonomous traveling cart, and a controller configured to control the opening and closing of the protective shield. The protective shield is configured to be normally open and, when closed, shield an occupant space of the cart from the outside. The controller includes at least one memory including at least one program, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory. The at least one processor executes a first process and a second process upon execution of the at least one program. The first process is to determine whether the occupant is an infant based on the physical information. The second process, which is executed when the occupant is determined to be an infant, is to close the protective shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Yuhei Katsumata, Daisaku Honda, Saki Narita, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11816803
    Abstract: A guidance display system includes an AR display device and a server. The AR display device includes a display unit and a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, an augmented reality image in which an image of a virtual object for guidance is superimposed on scenery of a real world. The server is wirelessly connected to the display device. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit, a 3D model extraction unit, and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores character information set for a theme park. The 3D model extraction unit extracts the character of the theme park set as the destination, as a virtual object for guidance. The transmission unit transmits the image data of the extracted virtual object for guidance to the display control unit of the AR display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Kazumi Serizawa, Sayaka Ishikawa, Kazuki Komoriya, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Patent number: 11645822
    Abstract: When a theme park that is a facility configured based on a specific theme is set as a departure point, an AR display device transmits information of the theme park of the departure point to a server. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores information on a character set for the theme park of the departure point. The transmission unit transmits, to the AR display device, image data of the character set for the theme park of the departure point, with the character being set as a virtual object of the departure point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Komoriya, Kazumi Serizawa, Sayaka Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Publication number: 20230074844
    Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive authentication request information requesting an authentication operation between a moving body for making deliveries, which is capable of autonomous movement, and a user terminal that communicates with the moving body; acquire status information relating to a delivery status of the moving body; and transmit operation information relating to the authentication operation to the user terminal, based on the status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumi SERIZAWA, Hidekazu SASAKI, Daisuke SATO, Shunsuke MOGI
  • Publication number: 20230061689
    Abstract: A transport system includes: a first moving body that is configured to transport a transport object by autonomous ground travel; a second moving body that is configured to transport the first moving body by autonomous travel; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and that is configured to: set delivery routes for each of the first moving body and the second moving body; stow the first moving body travelling in the first area in the second moving body at a boundary where the set delivery route switches from a first area to a second area more dirty than the first area; and cause the second moving body stowing the first moving body to travel in the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumi SERIZAWA, Hidekazu SASAKI, Daisuke SATO, Shunsuke MOGI
  • Publication number: 20230058651
    Abstract: A conveyance robot includes a main body at which a conveyed object can be placed; a driving wheel provided at the main body; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to control the driving wheel such that a progress direction of the conveyance robot is configured to match an extension direction of a running path guide portion, the running path guide portion extending along a running path that is along a wall face of a wall disposed in a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumi Serizawa, Hidekazu Sasaki, Daisuke Sato, Shunsuke Mogi
  • Publication number: 20230035361
    Abstract: A moving body includes: a main body section provided with a moving mechanism; a peripheral information detection sensor configured to detect an obstacle peripheral to the main body section; and a control section configured to cause the main body section to autonomously travel by controlling the moving mechanism based on information regarding the peripheral obstacle detected by the peripheral information detection sensor, and configured to cause information relating to the peripheral obstacle, in a direction of progress of the main body section, to be displayed in a surrounding area of the main body section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu SASAKI, Daisuke SATO, Kazumi SERIZAWA, Shunsuke MOGI
  • Publication number: 20230020932
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle includes: a main body portion equipped with a moving mechanism; and a control section provided at the main body portion, wherein the control section includes: an autonomous driving executing section that controls the moving mechanism and makes it possible for the main body portion to travel autonomously; a destination information acquiring section that acquires information relating to a delivery destination or a collection destination of a package; a data transmitting section transmitting predetermined data for authentication to a management system that manages a secure area on a delivery path; and a data acquiring section that, in a case in which the data for authentication is authenticated by the management system, acquires area information including map information of the secure area from the management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu SASAKI, Daisuke SATO, Kazumi SERIZAWA, Shunsuke MOGI
  • Patent number: 11538615
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil including a wire that is covered with an insulating film and is wound, the coil including a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface different from the first lateral surface; a cooler that faces the first lateral surface; and an insulating heat radiation layer that is sandwiched between the first lateral surface and the cooler. In the first lateral surface, the wire is not covered with the insulating film. In the second lateral surface, the wire is covered with the insulating film. A degree of flatness of the first lateral surface is lower than a degree of flatness of the second lateral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazumi Serizawa
  • Patent number: 11408050
    Abstract: A component manufacturing method includes: disposing, in a fluid, an unprocessed component having a hole that has an opening in an outer surface of the unprocessed component; creating a flow of the fluid such that air bubbles resulting from laser peening performed by irradiating an inner wall of the hole of the unprocessed component with a laser beam in the fluid flow along the hole; setting an irradiation area of the laser beam in an inner surface of the hole; and in the fluid of which the flow has been created, irradiating the irradiation area with the laser beam from the side of the outer surface through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumi Serizawa, Haruka Yano
  • Publication number: 20220198762
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and a server. The display includes an imager, an image recognition unit that recognizes an identifier provided to a portable product and included in the image captured by the imager, a display control unit that generates an augmented reality image in which an image of a virtual object is superimposed on scenery of real world including the portable product in response to recognition of the identifier, a display unit that displays the augmented reality image, and a position information acquisition unit that acquires current position information. The server includes a first storage unit in which a plurality of types of image data of the virtual object is stored, and a first extraction unit that extracts, from the first storage unit, the image data of the virtual object that is provided to the display device, based on the position information of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki KOMORIYA, Kazumi SERIZAWA, Sayaka ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Masaya MIURA, Kouji TAMURA, Seiei HIBINO, Rina MUKAI, Tomoya INAGAKI, Chinli DI
  • Publication number: 20220198761
    Abstract: When a theme park that is a facility configured based on a specific theme is set as a departure point, an AR display device transmits information of the theme park of the departure point to a server. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores information on a character set for the theme park of the departure point. The transmission unit transmits, to the AR display device, image data of the character set for the theme park of the departure point, with the character being set as a virtual object of the departure point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KAZUKI KOMORIYA, Kazumi Serizawa, Sayaka Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Publication number: 20220198763
    Abstract: A guidance display system includes an AR display device and a server. The AR display device includes a display unit and a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, an augmented reality image in which an image of a virtual object for guidance is superimposed on scenery of a real world. The server is wirelessly connected to the display device. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit, a 3D model extraction unit, and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores character information set for a theme park. The 3D model extraction unit extracts the character of the theme park set as the destination, as a virtual object for guidance. The transmission unit transmits the image data of the extracted virtual object for guidance to the display control unit of the AR display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Kazumi Serizawa, Sayaka Ishikawa, Kazuki Komoriya, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Publication number: 20220198744
    Abstract: A display device includes an image recognition unit, a display control unit, a display unit, and a position information acquisition unit. The image recognition unit recognizes a person image from an image captured at a remote location. The display control unit is configured to superimpose a decoration image on the person image and generate an augmented reality image in which the person image that has been decorated is superimposed on scenery of a real world. The position information acquisition unit acquires a position of the position information acquisition unit. The server includes a decoration image storage unit and a decoration image extraction unit. In the decoration image storage unit, a plurality of kinds of the decoration images is stored. The decoration image extraction unit extracts, from the decoration image storage unit, the decoration image based on the position, as the decoration image to be superimposed on the person image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki KOMORIYA, Kazumi SERIZAWA, Sayaka ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Masaya MIURA, Kouji TAMURA, Seiei HIBINO, Rina MUKAI, Tomoya INAGAKI, Chinli DI
  • Publication number: 20220198760
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and a remote terminal device. The display device includes an image shooting device, an image recognizer, and a display controller. The image recognizer recognizes real objects in an image shot by the image shooting device, and recognizes positions of the recognized real objects on space coordinates. The display controller superimposes a virtual object at a designated position on the space coordinates in the shot image. The image recognizer recognizes a gesture of the real object at the designated position of the virtual object in the shot image. The display controller executes image processing on the virtual object in response to the recognized gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KAZUMI SERIZAWA, Kazuki KOMORIYA, Sayaka ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Masaya MIURA, Kouji TAMURA, Seiei HIBINO, Rina MUKAI, Tomoya INAGAKI, Chinli DI
  • Publication number: 20220126742
    Abstract: A boarding and alighting support structure is applied to vehicle having a deck capable of boarding in a wheelchair. The boarding and alighting support structure includes a slope plate which projects obliquely from the boarding entrance end of the deck toward the ground, and a mounting member for installing the base portion of the slope plate at the boarding entrance end of the deck. The mounting member is configured to so that one end side is fixed to the base portion, other end is fixed to the entrance port end, and the one end side is flexibly configured with respect to the other end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20220105750
    Abstract: A vehicle equipped with a plurality of omni-directional wheels includes a grounding part that supports the vehicle by grounding to a ground surface, a moving mechanism to protrude the grounding part from the bottom of the vehicle toward the ground surface, and a controller for controlling the moving mechanism so as to ground said grounding part to the ground surface. The controller is configured to control the moving mechanism so as to ground the grounding part to the ground surface when the vehicle is detected to have stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Ishii, Daisuke Sato, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20220105216
    Abstract: A handrail disinfection system for vehicle with handrail is mounted on a vehicle having handrail for grasping by an occupant. The handrail disinfection system includes a tank to store disinfectant solution, an exudation part provided on the handrail, an actuator for exuding the disinfectant solution stored in the tank from the exudation part, and a controller for controlling the actuator. At least one processor included in the controller executes upon execution of at least one program, performing a disinfecting process in which the actuator is controlled to exude the disinfectant solution from the exudation part to a surface of the handrail when a predetermined execution condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki Izu, Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20220073080
    Abstract: The autonomous traveling cart according to the present disclosure, which includes a person, an object, or both as a transport target, comprises a deck on which the transport target is placed and a sensing device configured to detect a disappearance of the transport target from the deck. At least a part of a periphery of the deck is opened for better accessibility to the deck for the transport target. The autonomous traveling cart according to the present disclosure also comprises a controller configured to stop traveling control for transporting the transport target in response to detection of the disappearance of the transport target by the sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20220055622
    Abstract: A vehicle safety apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes one or more cameras to detect passenger state information relating to a riding state of a passenger on the vehicle, a memory to store the passenger state information detected by the one or more cameras, and a processor to execute motion control of the vehicle based on the passenger state information stored in the memory. The processor is configured to execute posture determination processing to determine whether the passenger is riding in a stable posture based on the passenger state information, and safety securing processing to secure safety of the passenger by executing the motion control, when the passenger is not riding in the stable posture in the posture determination processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto