Patents by Inventor Keiko NAGATOMI
Keiko NAGATOMI 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).
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Patent number: 11373211Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute the processing of obtaining specific information, from a vehicle having an advertisement display unit, which is to be used to distribute an advertisement to be displayed by the advertisement display unit on the outside of the vehicle, selecting a plurality of vehicles based on the specific information, and controlling the plurality of vehicles to cause their advertisement display units to display the advertisement cooperatively.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki Takemura, Yuko Mizuno, Kohei Muto, Keiko Nagatomi, Masatoshi Komiyama, Kuniaki Jinnai
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Patent number: 11358541Abstract: A vehicle soundproofing structure includes: a soundproofing mechanism configured to suppress sound from leaking outside from a vehicle by absorbing, dissipating, or cancelling sound inside a vehicle cabin, and a controller configured to enable operation of the soundproofing mechanism when the vehicle is stationary, and to disable operation of the soundproofing mechanism when the vehicle is travelling.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
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Patent number: 11027639Abstract: An automobile, includes: a table stowed at a ceiling of a vehicle cabin; and a table raising and lowering apparatus configured to, resulting from a predetermined operation, raise and lower the table between a usage position at a seat front side of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat and a stowage position at which the table is stowed at the ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
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Patent number: 10967899Abstract: A vehicle includes a steering wheel that can move between a driving position in which an occupant operates the steering wheel and a table position in which a wheel axis is oriented in a vehicle vertical direction. The steering wheel in the table position functions as a table or a part of a table for use by the occupant, who is sitting in a driver's seat.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
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Patent number: 10802370Abstract: There is provided a vehicle optical view-shielding structure including: an optical view-shielding device that is capable of optically shielding a window when a vehicle is stationary, such that a vehicle interior is rendered difficult to see from outside the vehicle; an external detection device that detects an approaching object approaching the vehicle; and a notification device that issues a notification inside the vehicle notifying that the approaching object has been detected by the external detection device.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Noritaka Toyama, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
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Patent number: 10773592Abstract: A sound output and text display device for a vehicle, including: an output unit that, in a case in which sound to be output inside the vehicle has been decided, outputs the sound inside the vehicle; and a display unit that displays text corresponding to the sound on a windshield in accordance with a state of use of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
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Patent number: 10698207Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: one or more display devices configured to: display a main image on a vehicle cabin interior side of a front windshield in a non-occupant-driven state; and display a sub image corresponding to a content of the main image on an instrument panel in the non-occupant-driven state.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Noritaka Toyama, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
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Patent number: 10643445Abstract: An in-car status notification system that detects that a situation requiring attention has arisen in which a child is alone inside an automobile by using at least one of a plurality of sensors or a camera; detects positional information of the automobile; and in cases in which the situation requiring attention has been detected, sends notification of the automobile positional information and situation requiring attention detected information indicating a child is alone in the automobile to at least a pre-set first mobile phone and a pre-set second mobile phone.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20200134673Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute the processing of acquiring information relating to the circumstances of travelling of a vehicle that is capable of outputting an advertisement by a display apparatus arranged to face outward, determining the amount of information of the advertisement to be output on the basis of the circumstances of travelling, and selecting the advertisement to be output to the display apparatus on the basis of the amount of information thus determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
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Publication number: 20200098008Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute the processing of obtaining specific information, from a vehicle having an advertisement display unit, which is to be used to distribute an advertisement to be displayed by the advertisement display unit on the outside of the vehicle, selecting a plurality of vehicles based on the specific information, and controlling the plurality of vehicles to cause their advertisement display units to display the advertisement cooperatively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
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Publication number: 20200098009Abstract: An information processing apparatus for displaying an advertisement using one or more vehicles having a display apparatus provided on the outside, including a control unit configured to execute processing comprising the step of obtaining location information of a first user who sees the advertisement, the first finding step of finding a first advertisement-displaying vehicle located in the vicinity of the first user, the second finding step of finding a second advertisement-displaying vehicle on the basis of a designation by the first user, and the display step of sending the advertisement displayed by the first advertisement-displaying vehicle to the second advertisement-displaying vehicle to display the advertisement by the second advertisement-displaying vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
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Publication number: 20200074507Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a controller configured to execute the processing of: acquiring information relating to the environment around a vehicle that is capable of outputting an advertisement by a plurality of outwardly facing display apparatuses provided at different positions; selecting a display apparatus to which the advertisement is to be output from among the plurality of display apparatuses on the basis of the environment around the vehicle; and outputting the advertisement to the selected display apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
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Publication number: 20200043051Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a storage unit configured to store travel record information that contains identification data of advertisements displayed respectively by display apparatuses provided on a plurality of vehicles and records of location information of the vehicles by which the advertisements are displayed, the identification data of the advertisements and the records of location information being associated with each other; a controller configured to: receive a data retrieval request sent from a user terminal and containing information about the location of the user terminal, pick up one or more vehicles located close to the user terminal on the basis of the data retrieval request and the travel record information, create a list of advertisements displayed by the picked-up vehicles, and send the list of advertisements to the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
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Publication number: 20200043058Abstract: An advertising system comprising one or more vehicles and an information processing apparatus. The vehicle comprises a display apparatus on which an advertisement is displayed, and a first controller configured to count the number of mobile terminals that are present in the vicinity of the vehicle at a time when an advertisement is displayed on the display apparatus and to send information about the counted number of mobile terminals to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus comprises a second controller that creates fee data on the basis of information received from the vehicle, the fee data being data relating to a fee for the advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
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Publication number: 20200043052Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a control unit configured to execute the processing of: obtaining first information, which relates to a specific location related to an advertisement displayed by a display apparatus provided on a first vehicle; obtaining route information, which is information about a route to the specific location, on the basis of the first information; and providing the obtained route information to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
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Publication number: 20190248263Abstract: An automobile, includes: a table stowed at a ceiling of a vehicle cabin; and a table raising and lowering apparatus configured to, resulting from a predetermined operation, raise and lower the table between a usage position at a seat front side of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat and a stowage position at which the table is stowed at the ceiling.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20190248304Abstract: A vehicle soundproofing structure includes: a soundproofing mechanism configured to suppress sound from leaking outside from a vehicle by absorbing, dissipating, or cancelling sound inside a vehicle cabin, and a controller configured to enable operation of the soundproofing mechanism when the vehicle is stationary, and to disable operation of the soundproofing mechanism when the vehicle is travelling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20190251818Abstract: An in-car status notification system that detects that a situation requiring attention has arisen in which a child is alone inside an automobile by using at least one of a plurality of sensors or a camera; detects positional information of the automobile; and in cases in which the situation requiring attention has been detected, sends notification of the automobile positional information and situation requiring attention detected information indicating a child is alone in the automobile to at least a pre-set first mobile phone and a pre-set second mobile phone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20190248238Abstract: A sound output and text display device for a vehicle, including: an output unit that, in a case in which sound to be output inside the vehicle has been decided, outputs the sound inside the vehicle; and a display unit that displays text corresponding to the sound on a windshield in accordance with a state of use of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20190243132Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: one or more display devices configured to: display a main image on a vehicle cabin interior side of a front windshield in a non-occupant-driven state; and display a sub image corresponding to a content of the main image on an instrument panel in the non-occupant-driven state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Noritaka Toyama, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito