Patents by Inventor Kazuya Nishimura

Kazuya Nishimura 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: 20210295802
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display device that is visible from a front side, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and a front vehicle which travels in the same direction as the vehicle, and a display control unit configured to horizontally invert display content on the display device based on the measured distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Patent number: 11120282
    Abstract: A traffic violation vehicle identification system, a server and a non-transitory recording medium is provided. The traffic violation vehicle identification system includes a first vehicle and a server. The first vehicle is configured to generate a first picture by photographing a traffic light in an travel direction of the first vehicle and an oncoming vehicle or a crossing vehicle at an intersection, and send violation vehicle information including characteristic information about a traffic violation vehicle performing a traffic violation and a first sending picture, to the server, when the first vehicle detects the traffic violation vehicle in the first picture, the first sending picture being at least a part of the first picture including an evidence picture of the traffic violation, the characteristic information being extracted from the first picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11113566
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by imaging a vehicle outside, a dictionary storage unit that stores dictionary data to be referred to in specifying an object included in the captured image, a specification unit that specifies the object based on the dictionary data, a behavior information acquisition unit that acquires behavior information indicating a behavior state of a vehicle, and a classification unit that classifies, based on the behavior information of the vehicle with respect to an unspecifiable object as the object unspecified by the specification unit, whether or not the vehicle needs to avoid the unspecifiable object. Image data of the unspecifiable object is used for creating the dictionary data along with a classification result of the classification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11093791
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a storage unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire an image outside a vehicle captured by a camera installed in the vehicle. The determination unit is configured to determine whether or not a determination target image is similar to a reference image based on luminance values of the reference image and the determination target image. The reference image is selected from pieces of image acquired by the acquisition unit. The determination target image is captured after the reference image is acquired. The storage unit is configured to store the image acquired by the acquisition unit excluding the determination target image determined to be similar to the reference image by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Publication number: 20210244326
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to evaluate a driving ability of a driver. A system includes a vehicle and an information processing apparatus. The vehicle detects rush-out of a moving object with a possibility of colliding with the vehicle by a sensor mounted on the vehicle, and also detects that a driver of the vehicle takes an evasive operation for avoiding a collision with the moving object. The information processing apparatus obtains a first time point, which is a point in time at which the vehicle detects the rush-out of the moving object, and a second time point, which is a point in time at which the vehicle detects that the driver takes an evasive action, calculates a reaction time that is a time difference between the first time point and the second time point, and evaluates the driving ability of the driver based on the reaction time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Shin SAKURADA, Hikaru GOTOH
  • Patent number: 11087384
    Abstract: An information processing system including an information processing device that is used by a first user and a server configured that can communicate with the information processing device is provided. The server is configured to store a first list of commodities which are sold by the first user who uses a vehicle, a second list of commodities which a second user wants to purchase, and position information of a receiving place of the commodities. The information processing device is configured to notify the first user of transaction information when a predetermined condition based on position information or travel route information of the vehicle which is moving and the position information of the receiving place is satisfied. The transaction information is information including identification information of commodities which are common to the first list and the second list and the position information of the receiving place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11087154
    Abstract: A traffic violation vehicle identification system, a server and a non-transitory recording medium is provided. The traffic violation vehicle identification system includes a first vehicle and a server. The first vehicle is configured to generate a first picture by photographing a traffic light in an travel direction of the first vehicle and an oncoming vehicle or a crossing vehicle at an intersection, and send violation vehicle information including characteristic information about a traffic violation vehicle performing a traffic violation and a first sending picture, to the server, when the first vehicle detects the traffic violation vehicle in the first picture, the first sending picture being at least a part of the first picture including an evidence picture of the traffic violation, the characteristic information being extracted from the first picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11080536
    Abstract: An image processing device is provided with a communication device and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a first video obtained by imaging outside scenery of a first vehicle, when the processor detects that a second vehicle appears on the first video, implement image processing that degrades visibility of a video with respect to a first image area corresponding to at least a part of the second vehicle on the first video, when the processor detects that the second vehicle appears on the first video and then a specific part of the second vehicle appears on the first video, end the image processing with respect to the first image area and implement image processing that degrades visibility of a video with respect to a second image area corresponding to the specific part of the second vehicle on the first video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11068727
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle generates a plurality of captured still images in which scenery outside the vehicle is captured, and acquires position information of the vehicle. The vehicle or the server executes a detection process of detecting a predetermined object in a captured moving image that includes each of the plurality of captured still images as a frame, calculates the number of times that the predetermined object is detected of a section of a predetermined amount of time while changing a position of the section, and determines position information of a candidate start point of a traffic disturbance site on the road based on the position information of the vehicle at a time when at least one captured still image included in the section when the number of times that the predetermined object is detected exceeds a first reference number, is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Jun Goto
  • Patent number: 11062178
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by imaging a vehicle outside, a dictionary storage unit that stores dictionary data to be referred to in specifying an object included in the captured image, a specification unit that specifies the object based on the dictionary data, a behavior information acquisition unit that acquires behavior information indicating a behavior state of a vehicle, and a classification unit that classifies, based on the behavior information of the vehicle with respect to an unspecifiable object as the object unspecified by the specification unit, whether or not the vehicle needs to avoid the unspecifiable object. Image data of the unspecifiable object is used for creating the dictionary data along with a classification result of the classification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11062682
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display device that is visible from a front side, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and a front vehicle which travels in the same direction as the vehicle, and a display control unit configured to horizontally invert display content on the display device based on the measured distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Naoki Uenoyama, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Publication number: 20210192276
    Abstract: A method of generating log data that includes a plurality of records, in which information detected through image recognition processing on a plurality of image frames is recorded. The method includes, detecting objects in each image frame through the image recognition processing, generating a record including identification information of each image frame and the aggregated number of objects detected in the image frame for each image frame, and adding metadata relating to the detected objects to the corresponding record when the aggregated number of objects is equal to or greater than one. When the aggregated number of objects is zero, the metadata related to the detected objects is not added to the record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210158703
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire a plurality of pieces of area information from a sensor; acquire, in response to a request signal received from at least one of a user terminal associated with a user of a vehicle and a communication terminal associated with the vehicle, vehicle information including dimension information of the vehicle; and select, from the plurality of pieces of area information based on the vehicle information, area information indicating a position where the vehicle can be parked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki UENOYAMA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hikaru GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20210158692
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: communicate with an information communication device associated with a mobile object on which a user rides and configured to output user skill information related to driving skill of the user and a sensor configured to sense other mobile objects inside and around an intersection and output sensing information; derive entering timing at which the mobile object enters the intersection based on the sensing information acquired from the sensor and the user skill information acquired from the information communication device; and output timing information including the entering timing of the mobile object to the information communication device before the mobile object enters the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Uenoyama, Shin Sakurada, Kazuya Nishimura, Hikaru Gotoh, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Publication number: 20210158765
    Abstract: To more appropriately adjust the brightness inside a vehicle. Provided is a system including: a first vehicle configured to output, to a server, information regarding illuminance of light incident on a vehicle by associating with information regarding a traveling environment; a second vehicle configured to output information regarding a traveling environment to the server; and the server including a controller configured to generate, based on the information regarding the illuminance of the light incident on the first vehicle, information regarding a sudden-change point that is a point at which a change amount of the illuminance of the light incident on the first vehicle exceeds a prescribed value, and configured to output, based on the information regarding the traveling environment of the second vehicle acquired from the second vehicle, information regarding the sudden-change point to the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20210150233
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to determine, on the basis of information concerning traveling of a vehicle obtained when an image is taken by an image pickup unit of the vehicle, a scene present when the image is taken; and transmit information indicating the determined scene and the image to a terminal connected to the information processing apparatus via a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE
  • Patent number: 10977517
    Abstract: A method of generating log data that includes a plurality of records, in which information detected through image recognition processing on a plurality of image frames is recorded. The method includes, detecting objects in each image frame through the image recognition processing, generating a record including identification information of each image frame and the aggregated number of objects detected in the image frame for each image frame, and adding metadata relating to the detected objects to the corresponding record when the aggregated number of objects is equal to or greater than one. When the aggregated number of objects is zero, the metadata related to the detected objects is not added to the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10977934
    Abstract: An information providing system includes a first information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information indicating a point at which a first vehicle detects a predetermined event on a road and first vehicle information of the first vehicle acquired by the first vehicle at the point, a second information acquisition unit configured to acquire second vehicle information of a second vehicle at the point, a determination unit configured to determine ease of road traffic at the point as levels using the first vehicle information of the first vehicle and the second vehicle information of the second vehicle at the point, and an information providing unit configured to provide the information on the road indicating ease of the road traffic using a determination result of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 10956754
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of photographed images with photographing location information of the plurality of photographed images; an extraction unit configured to extract, from the photographed images, a plurality of object images containing an object preset as an extraction object; a clustering unit configured to cluster the object images into a plurality of clusters; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, from map information, at least one name of at least one facility present around each photographing location of the object images; and an application unit configured to apply, to the object images belonging to an intended cluster included in the clusters, a label of a specific name of a specific facility satisfying an application condition among the at least one name of the at least one facility acquired by the second acquisition unit for the object images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210084261
    Abstract: A vehicle-image capturing system includes a communication device provided on a first vehicle and configured to execute the processing of receiving an image capture request that requests capture of an image of the first vehicle and transmitting an image capture request signal containing information for identification of the first vehicle and information requesting capture of an image of the first vehicle to the outside of the first vehicle, and an image capture device provided outside the first vehicle and configured to execute the processing of receiving the image capture request signal, finding the first vehicle on the basis of the information for identification of the first vehicle contained in the image capture request signal, capturing an image of the first vehicle found, and sending the data of the captured image of the first vehicle to the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU