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).

  • Information processing apparatus, image delivery system, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 10943135
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210031784
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling information indicating traveling conditions of a first vehicle traveling on a road, a determination unit configured to determine one or more driving operations of a driver driving the first vehicle by using the traveling information acquired when a second vehicle approaches the first vehicle, an evaluation unit configured to perform evaluation of safety related to the driver's driving by using determination results of the determination unit, and an updating unit configured to acquire first evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a first predetermined period to compare the first evaluation results with second evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a second predetermined period before the first predetermined period, and to update the second evaluation results based on comparison results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210031783
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling information indicating traveling conditions of a first vehicle traveling on a road, a determination unit configured to determine one or more driving operations of a driver driving the first vehicle by using the traveling information acquired when a second vehicle approaches the first vehicle, an evaluation unit configured to perform evaluation of safety related to the driver's driving by using determination results of the determination unit, and an updating unit configured to acquire first evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a first predetermined period to compare the first evaluation results with second evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a second predetermined period before the first predetermined period, and to update the second evaluation results based on comparison results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE
  • Game machine and computer program thereof
    Patent number: 10905945
    Abstract: A game machine includes an input device that is capable of detecting a position at which a user performs an operation, and a control device that commands the user respective positions and timings at which a plurality of operations is to be performed by the user upon the input device, and that evaluates the operations by the user: wherein the control device includes an operation determination device that determines presence or absence of an operation corresponding to a command for any one operation, on the basis of whether or not the operation has been detected within a range of determination; and when an operation is detected in an overlapped region between ranges of determination, the operation determination device allocates an operation detected in the overlapped region as an operation detected in one of the ranges, and excludes the operation in relation to another of the ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Toru Makino
  • SERVER DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING IMAGE
    Publication number: 20200408542
    Abstract: A server device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an in-vehicle device, a captured image obtained by capturing an image in front of a vehicle and imaging position information indicating a position where the captured image is captured, a holding unit configured to hold a model image, which is generated from a series of captured images including a vehicle turning at an intersection and includes a vehicle turning at the intersection as a model vehicle, in association with the imaging position information, and a providing unit configured to provide the model image to a vehicle scheduled to turn at the intersection corresponding to the model image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura, Jun Goto, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system
    Patent number: 10853672
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to perform communication with an in-vehicle device mounted in a vehicle. The information processing apparatus includes at least one computer that is configured to acquire vehicle information including a position of the vehicle through communication with the in-vehicle device, acquire an image captured at a predetermined position with an imaging device mounted in the vehicle based on the vehicle information through communication with the in-vehicle device, and detect change in situations at the predetermined position based on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura
  • Information processing system, information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program
    Patent number: 10843698
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling information indicating traveling conditions of a first vehicle traveling on a road, a determination unit configured to determine one or more driving operations of a driver driving the first vehicle by using the traveling information acquired when a second vehicle approaches the first vehicle, an evaluation unit configured to perform evaluation of safety related to the driver's driving by using determination results of the determination unit, and an updating unit configured to acquire first evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a first predetermined period to compare the first evaluation results with second evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a second predetermined period before the first predetermined period, and to update the second evaluation results based on comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system
    Patent number: 10803331
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to perform communication with an in-vehicle device mounted in a vehicle. The information processing apparatus includes at least one computer that is configured to acquire vehicle information including a position of the vehicle through communication with the in-vehicle device, acquire an image captured at a predetermined position with an imaging device mounted in the vehicle based on the vehicle information through communication with the in-vehicle device, and detect change in situations at the predetermined position based on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura
  • IN-VEHICLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20200307381
    Abstract: In an in-vehicle terminal device that is able to perform communication with a server device, an identification information acquisition unit acquires identification information of a user who boards a vehicle. A communication unit transmits the identification information of the user to the server device and receives arrangement information of a plurality of display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user transmitted from the server device. A setting unit decides an arrangement of the display elements of the in-vehicle display according to an arrangement criterion based on vehicle type information of the vehicle using the arrangement information of the display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Jun GOTO, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECIFYING LANE MARKING DETERIORATION
    Publication number: 20200294221
    Abstract: In a system for specifying a lane marking deterioration, an image acquiring unit acquires a captured image of an outside of a vehicle. A specifying unit extracts a lane marking on a road surface included in the captured image and specifies a deteriorated portion of the lane marking. The specifying unit specifies the deteriorated portion of the lane marking in comparison with another lane marking included in the captured image. A receiving unit receives past lane marking data of a road included in the captured image. The specifying unit specifies, from the captured image, a deteriorated portion of the lane marking that has deteriorated from the past lane marking data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY METHOD
    Publication number: 20200294432
    Abstract: A control device as an advertisement display device that is mountable on a vehicle includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a time for which an occupant of another vehicle is able to visually recognize a video displayed on a display attached to a host vehicle based on a driving state of the host vehicle, and a display controller configured to display an advertisement edited such that a video time corresponds to the visually recognizable time calculated by the calculation unit on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Naoki UENOYAMA, Yoshihiro OE, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • SERVER APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200292350
    Abstract: In a server apparatus, a first acquisition unit is configured to acquire a specific point at which the traveling route of a vehicle deviates from a guidance route. A specifying unit is configured to specify a vehicle that has passed through the acquired specific point based on traveling route information of a plurality of vehicles. A second acquisition unit is configured to acquire, from the specified vehicle, an image of the specific point captured by the vehicle. A generation unit is configured to generate information for traveling guidance relating to the specific point based on the acquired image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • INFORMATION PROCESSOR, DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200286250
    Abstract: The disclosure includes: a first acquisition section that acquires a first image captured by an imaging device mounted on a vehicle after driving of the vehicle is finished; a second acquisition section that acquires a second image captured by the imaging device when driving of the vehicle is started; and a detection section that detects misalignment between the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE
  • Axial flow rotating machine and diffuser
    Patent number: 10760438
    Abstract: An axial flow rotating machine has: a rotor with a plurality of rotor blades; a stator with a plurality of stator blades; an axial flow rotating portion defined by the rotor and the stator; and a diffuser connected to the axial flow rotating portion on a downstream side of the axial flow rotating portion. A final blade portion inner-circumferential inner wall, which is a portion of an inner-circumferential inner wall of the axial flow rotating portion, is defined such that a diameter thereof at a trailing edge position of a final blade is smaller than the diameter at a leading edge position of the final blade. In addition, a diameter of all or a portion of a diffuser inner-circumferential inner wall decreases in a direction of the downstream side in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Eisaku Ito, Koichiro Iida, Kentaro Akimoto
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200273202
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a calculation unit that calculates a size of a target object on an occasion when the target object exists along a peripheral edge part of a captured image captured by an external image capturing apparatus, based on a plurality of images containing the target object that needs to undergo image processing for protecting privacy; a determination unit that determines a region, on an image, that is captured in a state where a part of the target object protrudes from a peripheral edge part of the captured image, based on the size of the target object calculated by the calculation unit; and an image processing unit that performs the image processing on the region on the image determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Naoki UENOYAMA, Yoshihiro OE, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Axial flow rotating machine and diffuser
    Patent number: 10753217
    Abstract: An axial flow rotating machine has: a rotor with a plurality of rotor blades; a stator with a plurality of stator blades; an axial flow rotating portion defined by the rotor and the stator; and a diffuser connected to the axial flow rotating portion on a downstream side of the axial flow rotating portion. A final blade portion inner-circumferential inner wall, which is a portion of an inner-circumferential inner wall of the axial flow rotating portion, is defined such that a diameter thereof at a trailing edge position of a final blade is smaller than the diameter at a leading edge position of the final blade. In addition, a diameter of all or a portion of a diffuser inner-circumferential inner wall decreases in a direction of the downstream side in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Eisaku Ito, Koichiro Iida, Kentaro Akimoto
  • VEHICLE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200265807
    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: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • VEHICLE, POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200266635
    Abstract: A vehicle capable of transmitting power to another vehicle includes an acquisition section that acquires a distance from a location of the vehicle to a specified point; a comparison section that compares the distance with a cruising range of the vehicle; and a control section that controls the power transmission to the other vehicle according to a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • VOICE OUTPUT APPARATUS AND VOICE OUTPUT METHOD
    Publication number: 20200265837
    Abstract: In a voice output apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires a speech of an occupant of a vehicle. A determination unit determines whether or not the acquired speech is asking for repetition or rephrasing. A classification unit classifies, when it is determined that the speech is the asking, the speech according to a type of asking. An output unit outputs a voice sound in accordance with the classified type of the asking based on a content of a voice sound that is a target of the asking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Management systems, managing methods, and recording mediums for cooperative transfer of shared along transfer pathways
    Patent number: 10724868
    Abstract: A management system includes a storing unit that stores route information on a running course of each of a plurality of users, a selecting unit that selects a user who is expected to cooperate in a task of transferring a vehicle, along a part or whole of a transfer pathway from a transfer start point of the vehicle to a transfer destination, from the users, based on a positional relationship between the transfer pathway, and the running course of each of the users, and a communicating unit that sends a message that proposes cooperation in the task of transferring the vehicle, along the part or whole of the transfer pathway, to a communication terminal of the user selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura