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).

  • Patent number: 11373211
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takemura, Yuko Mizuno, Kohei Muto, Keiko Nagatomi, Masatoshi Komiyama, Kuniaki Jinnai
  • Patent number: 11358541
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11027639
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10967899
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10802370
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Noritaka Toyama, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10773592
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10698207
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Noritaka Toyama, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10643445
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20200134673
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20200098008
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20200098009
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20200074507
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20200043051
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20200043058
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20200043052
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Yuko MIZUNO, Kohei MUTO, Keiko NAGATOMI, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20190248263
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20190248304
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20190251818
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20190248238
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20190243132
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Noritaka Toyama, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito