Patents by Inventor Kenichi Komuro
Kenichi Komuro 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: 11252544Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform inter-vehicle charging; and a server. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit unattended power-supplying permission information to the server when the user performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying. In the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as a power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information. The server is configured to notify, to the unattended power-supplying vehicle matched through the matching process, a confirmed matching content including information of the power-receiving vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Patent number: 11208090Abstract: The delivery system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle includes a power storage device and a refrigerator. The server performs a delivery planning process for determining an expected delivery time. In the delivery planning process, the server is configured to transmit, to the vehicle, an inquiry as to reception of the delivery matter. When the vehicle receives the inquiry from the server, the vehicle is configured to set a receivable time period and transmit it to the server. When the vehicle sets the receivable time period, if the vehicle is in a state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility, the vehicle is configured to set the receivable time period to be longer than the receivable time period set if the vehicle is not in the state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Hirotaka Karube, Daiki Kaneichi, Kenichi Komuro, Jun Kondo
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Patent number: 11189169Abstract: The server is configured to communicate with a plurality of power-supplying vehicles and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. The server is configured to notify, to matched vehicles (candidate power-receiving vehicle and candidate power-supplying vehicle), a candidate gathering location list including respective pieces of information of a plurality of parking areas owned by third parties different from users of the matched vehicles, so as to make an inquiry to the users of the matched vehicles to select one of the plurality of parking areas included in the candidate gathering location list. The server is configured to determine a gathering location for the matched vehicles using the respective pieces of information of the parking areas selected by the users of the matched vehicles, and is configured to transmit the information of the parking area of the determined gathering location to the matched vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Patent number: 11176577Abstract: An information providing system includes: a power supply facility installed at a parking area of a shop; and a vehicle connectable to the power supply facility via a power cable. When the vehicle is connected to the power supply facility via the power cable, the power supply facility is configured to transmit information to the vehicle via the power cable. The information includes: a merchandise item list of merchandise items that can be offered by the shop to a user of the vehicle; and content information (movie, video, still image, music, speech, newspaper, magazine, electronic book, game, comics, and the like) that can be utilized by the user of the vehicle in the passenger compartment of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Atsushi Mizutani, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Patent number: 11051145Abstract: An information providing system includes a server, a plurality of power-supplying vehicles, and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. Each power-supplying vehicle is configured to transmit power-supplying permission information to the server, the power-supplying permission information indicating current location and possible power-supplying amount of the power-supplying vehicle. Each power-receiving vehicle is configured to transmit power-receiving request information to the server, the power-receiving request information indicating current location and requested power-receiving amount of the power-receiving vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Patent number: 10984611Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to supply power to and receive power from another vehicle. The server performs a matching process for setting a power-supplying vehicle and a power-receiving vehicle from the plurality of vehicles and for matching the power-supplying vehicle and the power-receiving vehicle. The server prohibits setting, as the power-supplying vehicle in the matching process, a vehicle included in the plurality of vehicles and having a history that power has been received from another vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Patent number: 10950064Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to supply power to and receive power from another vehicle. The server performs a matching process for setting a power-supplying vehicle and a power-receiving vehicle from the plurality of vehicles and for matching the power-supplying vehicle and the power-receiving vehicle. The server prohibits setting, as the power-supplying vehicle in the matching process, a vehicle included in the plurality of vehicles and having a history that power has been received from another vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Patent number: 10942036Abstract: An information providing system includes: a power-supplying vehicle; a plurality of power-receiving vehicles; and a server. The server is configured to generate a candidate power-supplying target list including information of the plurality of power-receiving requesting vehicles, and notify the candidate power-supplying target list to the power-supplying vehicle so as to make an inquiry to a user of the power-supplying vehicle to select any of the plurality of power-receiving requesting vehicle. The power-supplying vehicle having received this inquiry is configured to present locations of candidate power-supplying targets on a map screen and make a response to the server by notifying, to the server, a power-supplying target selected by the user. The server having received this response matches the power-supplying target notified from the power-supplying vehicle to the power-supplying vehicle, and notifies matching determination information to both the matched vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Publication number: 20200404470Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform inter-vehicle charging; and a server. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit unattended power-supplying permission information to the server when the user performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying. In the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as a power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information. The server is configured to notify, to the unattended power-supplying vehicle matched through the matching process, a confirmed matching content including information of the power-receiving vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
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Patent number: 10829001Abstract: A power management system includes a plurality of power stations, a plurality of vehicles capable of exchanging power with any of the power stations, and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles and the plurality of power stations. When each power station receives power from the vehicle or supplies power to the vehicle, each power station associates a power amount received from the vehicle or a power amount supplied to the vehicle with a user ID of the vehicle, and transmits the power amount to the server. The server sets a value point based on the power amount received from the power station, and provides the value point to the user having the user ID associated with the power amount.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Patent number: 10798542Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform inter-vehicle charging; and a server. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit unattended power-supplying permission information to the server when the user performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying. In the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as a power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information. The server is configured to notify, to the unattended power-supplying vehicle matched through the matching process, a confirmed matching content including information of the power-receiving vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Publication number: 20200247387Abstract: The delivery system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle includes a power storage device and a refrigerator. The server performs a delivery planning process for determining an expected delivery time. In the delivery planning process, the server is configured to transmit, to the vehicle, an inquiry as to reception of the delivery matter. When the vehicle receives the inquiry from the server, the vehicle is configured to set a receivable time period and transmit it to the server. When the vehicle sets the receivable time period, if the vehicle is in a state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility, the vehicle is configured to set the receivable time period to be longer than the receivable time period set if the vehicle is not in the state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Daiki KANEICHI, Kenichi KOMURO, Jun KONDO
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Publication number: 20200202717Abstract: The server is configured to communicate with a plurality of power-supplying vehicles and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. The server is configured to notify, to matched vehicles (candidate power-receiving vehicle and candidate power-supplying vehicle), a candidate gathering location list including respective pieces of information of a plurality of parking areas owned by third parties different from users of the matched vehicles, so as to make an inquiry to the users of the matched vehicles to select one of the plurality of parking areas included in the candidate gathering location list. The server is configured to determine a gathering location for the matched vehicles using the respective pieces of information of the parking areas selected by the users of the matched vehicles, and is configured to transmit the information of the parking area of the determined gathering location to the matched vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
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Patent number: 10661777Abstract: The delivery system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle includes a power storage device and a refrigerator. The server performs a delivery planning process for determining an expected delivery time. In the delivery planning process, the server is configured to transmit, to the vehicle, an inquiry as to reception of the delivery matter. When the vehicle receives the inquiry from the server, the vehicle is configured to set a receivable time period and transmit it to the server. When the vehicle sets the receivable time period, if the vehicle is in a state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility, the vehicle is configured to set the receivable time period to be longer than the receivable time period set if the vehicle is not in the state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Hirotaka Karube, Daiki Kaneichi, Kenichi Komuro, Jun Kondo
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Publication number: 20200149895Abstract: A transfer guiding device includes: a reception unit that receives a destination of a first vehicle used by a user; a search unit that searches for first and second routes along which the user travels from the first vehicle's current location to the destination respectively by the first vehicle and by the first and second vehicles; a calculation unit that calculates a first arrival time at which the user arrives at the destination by the first route, based on a first required time to travel through the first route, and a second arrival time at which the user arrives at the destination by the second route, based on a second required time to travel through the second route; and a transmission unit that transmits a message for recommending the user to transfer to the second vehicle when the first arrival time is later than the second arrival time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro OE, Michio IKEDA, Kohei UEZATO, Masashi YAMADA, Kenichi KOMURO, Toshiaki NIWA
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Publication number: 20200143458Abstract: A receiving section configured to receive a usage application message containing use start time of a vehicle intended for car sharing and a rent-out place of the vehicle, an identification section configured to, based on a current position of a transporter vehicle that is able to transport the vehicle, identify the transporter vehicle that reaches the rent-out place by the use start time, a first sending section configured to send a move instruction message to the transporter vehicle identified by the identification section to instruct the transporter vehicle to move to the rent-out place, and a second sending section configured to send information on the vehicle that is being transported by the transporter vehicle identified by the identification section to a source from which the usage application message is sent, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michio IKEDA, Kohei UEZATO, Yoshihiro OHE, Masashi YAMADA, Kenichi KOMURO, Toshiaki NIWA
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Patent number: 10614712Abstract: The server is configured to communicate with a plurality of power-supplying vehicles and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. The server is configured to notify, to matched vehicles (candidate power-receiving vehicle and candidate power-supplying vehicle), a candidate gathering location list including respective pieces of information of a plurality of parking areas owned by third parties different from users of the matched vehicles, so as to make an inquiry to the users of the matched vehicles to select one of the plurality of parking areas included in the candidate gathering location list. The server is configured to determine a gathering location for the matched vehicles using the respective pieces of information of the parking areas selected by the users of the matched vehicles, and is configured to transmit the information of the parking area of the determined gathering location to the matched vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Daiki Kaneichi, Hirotaka Karube, Jun Kondo, Kenichi Komuro
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Publication number: 20190126903Abstract: The delivery system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle includes a power storage device and a refrigerator. The server performs a delivery planning process for determining an expected delivery time. In the delivery planning process, the server is configured to transmit, to the vehicle, an inquiry as to reception of the delivery matter. When the vehicle receives the inquiry from the server, the vehicle is configured to set a receivable time period and transmit it to the server. When the vehicle sets the receivable time period, if the vehicle is in a state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility, the vehicle is configured to set the receivable time period to be longer than the receivable time period set if the vehicle is not in the state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Daiki KANEICHI, Kenichi KOMURO, Jun KONDO
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Publication number: 20190132719Abstract: An information providing system includes a server, a plurality of power-supplying vehicles, and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. Each power-supplying vehicle is configured to transmit power-supplying permission information to the server, the power-supplying permission information indicating current location and possible power-supplying amount of the power-supplying vehicle. Each power-receiving vehicle is configured to transmit power-receiving request information to the server, the power-receiving request information indicating current location and requested power-receiving amount of the power-receiving vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
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Publication number: 20190130751Abstract: The server is configured to communicate with a plurality of power-supplying vehicles and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. The server is configured to notify, to matched vehicles (candidate power-receiving vehicle and candidate power-supplying vehicle), a candidate gathering location list including respective pieces of information of a plurality of parking areas owned by third parties different from users of the matched vehicles, so as to make an inquiry to the users of the matched vehicles to select one of the plurality of parking areas included in the candidate gathering location list. The server is configured to determine a gathering location for the matched vehicles using the respective pieces of information of the parking areas selected by the users of the matched vehicles, and is configured to transmit the information of the parking area of the determined gathering location to the matched vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO