Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Inoue

Kazuyuki Inoue 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: 20240123852
    Abstract: An information processing method by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method includes identifying a first vehicle capable of supplying electric power generated by a fuel cell to the outside, and controlling electrical energy to be supplied to the outside according to the amount of hydrogen remaining in the first vehicle and a distance to the next hydrogen station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Jean-Sebastien BOIRE, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Ai MIYATA, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240127165
    Abstract: An information processing method by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method including determining, as a delivery center, a first vehicle being a battery electric vehicle under energy charging or a fuel cell electric vehicle under energy fueling, and commanding a second vehicle to pick up a package from the first vehicle and deliver the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Kazuyuki INOUE, Jean-Sebastien BOIRE, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Ai MIYATA, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240118688
    Abstract: An information processing method by an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with one or more vehicles delivering packages, the information processing method includes acquiring vehicle-related information including the position of each vehicle, the energy charge amount of each vehicle, the travel condition of each vehicle, a temperature, the weight of packages on each vehicle, delivery destination information on the packages on each vehicle, energy charging station information near a delivery route of each vehicle, and/or road congestion information, generating, from the vehicle-related information, plans for delivery routes and/or energy charge timings with the highest energy efficiency, and commanding the one or more vehicles to execute the plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Kazuyuki INOUE, Jean-Sebastien BOIRE, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Ai MIYATA, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240084382
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to determine whether to include a regenerative brake in specifications of a proposed vehicle based on regenerative brake operation data acquired while a first vehicle including the regenerative brake is traveling in a predetermined area. The proposed vehicle is a vehicle proposed as a vehicle for a customer to drive in the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Ryota Nakabayashi, Osamu Izumida, Takeshi Kanou, Naoki Yamada, Kazuyuki Inoue, Shin Sakurada, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Patent number: 11884184
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to determine whether to include a regenerative brake in specifications of a proposed vehicle based on regenerative brake operation data acquired while a first vehicle including the regenerative brake is traveling in a predetermined area. The proposed vehicle is a vehicle proposed as a vehicle for a customer to drive in the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Ryota Nakabayashi, Osamu Izumida, Takeshi Kanou, Naoki Yamada, Kazuyuki Inoue, Shin Sakurada, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Patent number: 11790505
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, upon detection of an impact applied to an object, whether the impact has caused damage to the object, and when it is determined that damage has been caused, identify a cause of the damage, based on a result of observation of a surrounding environment of the object at a time that the impact was applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Oidemizu, Kazuyuki Inoue, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yurika Tanaka, Tomokazu Maya, Satoshi Komamine
  • Patent number: 11657651
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus monitors a plurality of persons on a premises by one or more image sensors installed on the premises. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a tendency of behavior of at least one person of the plurality of persons according to a length of a blank time, the blank time being a time during which the at least one person does not appear in an image captured by the one or more image sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Oidemizu, Kazuyuki Inoue, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yurika Tanaka, Tomokazu Maya, Satoshi Komamine
  • Patent number: 11643083
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller decides whether or not specifications of a proposed vehicle to be proposed to a customer are determined such that the specifications are for an electrified vehicle based on traveling data of a vehicle driven by the customer and outputs the decided specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Ryota Nakabayashi, Osamu Izumida, Takeshi Kanou, Naoki Yamada, Kazuyuki Inoue, Shin Sakurada, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230097830
    Abstract: An abnormality is more quickly resolved when the abnormality occurs in a storage device. An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a controller configured to control a vehicle with the storage device mounted thereon in which a user is able to deposit or pick up baggage, wherein the controller generates a route for the vehicle before an occurrence of a predetermined event so that the route passes through a deposit point of the baggage or a pick-up point of the baggage and a predetermined area including a predetermined location where the predetermined event is able to be resolved if the predetermined event related to storage of the baggage occurs in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Go TANAKA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230084979
    Abstract: A controller is provided which controls a vehicle with a storage device mounted thereon in which a user is able to deposit baggage, the controller being configured to determine a deposit point of the baggage or a pick-up point of the baggage according to weather conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Go TANAKA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230076294
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a controller configured to control a vehicle that is equipped with a storage device in which baggage can be deposited by a user, and a storing section for storing cushioning material that can be used by the user when the user deposits the baggage in the storage device, wherein the controller performs to generate a command for replenishment of the cushioning material in the storing section when a remaining amount of the cushioning material in the storing section is less than a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Go TANAKA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230072414
    Abstract: A controller is provided which performs notifying a user when it is detected that baggage remains in a compartment after the user uses a service of keeping the baggage in a storage device which is mounted on a vehicle and which has a plurality of compartments in which the baggage can be deposited by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Go TANAKA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230056806
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to control a vehicle including a storage apparatus including one or more compartments configured such that a user deposits baggage. The processor is configured to, when a predetermined event related to storage of the baggage has occurred in the storage apparatus, restrict deposit of the baggage into the storage apparatus by the user until the vehicle including the storage apparatus moves to a predetermined place where the predetermined event is resolvable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Go TANAKA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11553575
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit and receive information via the communication interface, wherein the controller is configured to transmit an instruction for controlling light emission by a plurality of floor coverings, each floor covering including a light emitting element, to the plurality of floor coverings based on positional information for a first point where a pedestrian is located in an area where the plurality of floor coverings are disposed and positional information for a second point different from the first point in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Oidemizu, Kazuyuki Inoue, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yurika Tanaka, Tomokazu Maya, Satoshi Komamine
  • Publication number: 20220058379
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus monitors a plurality of persons on a premises by one or more image sensors installed on the premises. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a tendency of behavior of at least one person of the plurality of persons according to a length of a blank time, the blank time being a time during which the at least one person does not appear in an image captured by the one or more image sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OIDEMIZU, Kazuyuki INOUE, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Yurika TANAKA, Tomokazu MAYA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20220003564
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire route information indicating a route on which a user is to travel, and travel information indicating a travel status of the user, detect, based on the acquired route information and the acquired travel information, a waiting point on the route, at which a waiting time period for the user is to occur, and output deceleration information for prompting the user to decelerate to delay, within a range of the waiting time period, arrival of the user at the detected waiting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OIDEMIZU, Kazuyuki INOUE, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Yurika TANAKA, Tomokazu MAYA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20220005074
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes a processor having hardware. The processor extracts an area that a user has passed based on location information of a device that moves with the user, acquires donation information of the extracted area, to create guidance information including the acquired donation information, and displays the guidance information on a user terminal of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Kuniaki JINNAI, Kenichiro FUJIMORI, Kohei TSUDA, Noriaki MOCHIDA, Shuhei OCHIAI, Satoru SAKAMOTO, Masashi KAMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220007483
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit and receive information via the communication interface, wherein the controller is configured to transmit an instruction for controlling light emission by a plurality of floor coverings, each floor covering including a light emitting element, to the plurality of floor coverings based on positional information for a first point where a pedestrian is located in an area where the plurality of floor coverings are disposed and positional information for a second point different from the first point in the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OIDEMIZU, Kazuyuki INOUE, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Yurika TANAKA, Tomokazu MAYA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20220005178
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, upon detection of an impact applied to an object, whether the impact has caused damage to the object, and when it is determined that damage has been caused, identify a cause of the damage, based on a result of observation of a surrounding environment of the object at a time that the impact was applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OIDEMIZU, Kazuyuki INOUE, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Yurika TANAKA, Tomokazu MAYA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20210312544
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor having hardware. The processor is configured to calculate a total score of a borrower who desires to use a lending service, based on a use record score determined by a use record of the borrower in the lending service and a credibility score determined by a payment record of each settlement means, output the total score of the borrower to a terminal of the lender, and output a lending permission and inhibition result to a terminal of the borrower according to response information acquired from the terminal of the lender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Kuniaki JINNAI, Kenichiro FUJIMORI, Kohei TSUDA, Noriaki MOCHIDA, Shuhei OCHIAI, Satoru SAKAMOTO, Masashi KAMAKURA