Patents by Inventor Kenji Okazaki
Kenji Okazaki 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: 11961025Abstract: An automated driving vehicle includes: a communication device which receives a traveling plan from an operation management device provided outside an vehicle; and an automated driving controller which allows an vehicle the controller is associated with to travel autonomously along a traveling route on which a plurality of stations are set so as to fulfill the traveling plan, in which the automated driving controller has a standard plan which prescribes a standard operation schedule of the vehicle the controller is associated with, and the automated driving controller, in a case where the traveling plan has not arrived or is irregular, generates an interim plan on the basis of the standard plan, and allows the vehicle the controller is associated with to travel autonomously so as to fulfill the interim plan.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Hiroshi Higashide, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11914396Abstract: When a non-operable notification is output from any of a plurality of operating vehicles, an operation schedule creator creates a substitute vehicle introduction operation schedule based on planned stopping times and a target velocity determined by a normal operation schedule, as an operation schedule to be provided, to each of operating vehicles other than a non-operable vehicle which has output the non-operable notification, when the operating vehicle passes an operation schedule updating location for a first time after the non-operable notification is output.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Higashide, Kenji Okazaki, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11915188Abstract: A delivery server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: transmit arrival information of a product to a user terminal carried by a user who has ordered the product; transmit, in a case where unattended delivery is instructed by the user terminal, unattended delivery information to a home delivery terminal of a delivery person who delivers the product, and request a signature of the user; transmit the signature information to the home delivery terminal in response to receiving signature information regarding the signature of the user from the user terminal; and transmit delivery completion information of the product to the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Masato Endo, Mayumi Kurita, Masashi Toritani, Kumiko Matsuura, Takayuki Shikoda, Masaaki Otsuka, Yoshikazu Ishii
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Patent number: 11907951Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire store position information of a store where a user has entered; acquire store information in which position information of each of a plurality of stores and one or more settlement methods available in each of the plurality of stores are associated; and notify a terminal owned by the user of the settlement method available in the store where the user has entered based on the store position information and the store information.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Masato Endo, Mayumi Kurita, Masashi Toritani, Kumiko Matsuura, Takayuki Shikoda, Masaaki Otsuka, Yoshikazu Ishii
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Patent number: 11769089Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes: a plan generator that generates a travel plane for each of a plurality of vehicles which form a vehicle line and which travel autonomously along a prescribed travel path; a communication device that transmits the travel plan to a corresponding vehicle; and a judging unit that judges necessity of an addition of a vehicle to the vehicle line and an elimination of a vehicle from the vehicle line. When it is judged that the addition of the vehicle is necessary, the plan generator determines a position of addition of a new vehicle in the vehicle line based on at least one of travel information and passenger information transmitted from each of the plurality of vehicles, and generates a travel plan for adding the new vehicle at the position of addition.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Hiroshi Higashide, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11731660Abstract: An automatic running vehicle executes regular operation control based on an operation schedule provided from an operation management device. The automatic running vehicle includes an automatic running control unit. The automatic running control unit executes retreat control to move to a retreat position on the predetermined route and stop there upon receipt of a retreat instruction from the operation management device or an immediately following overtaking vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Higashide, Kenji Okazaki, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11727802Abstract: A transportation system includes a traveling route, vehicles, and a service management device. The service management device includes a timetable generator that generates a timetable for each of the vehicles, and a communication device that is configured to receive passenger information at least from the vehicles or stops. The timetable generator calculates a boarding and alighting time estimate of the vehicle at the stop based on at least the passenger information such that a higher average speed of the vehicle between the stops and a longer dwell time of the vehicle at the stop are set for a longer boarding and alighting time estimate.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Hiroshi Higashide, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11709060Abstract: An operation management device includes a plan generating section for generating a travel plan, for each of a plurality of vehicles traveling autonomously along a prescribed travel route on which are provided a plurality of stations, including at least departure timing at the stations, a communication device for transmitting to corresponding vehicles the travel plan generated by the plan generating section, and an operation monitoring section for obtaining a delay amount of the vehicles relative to the travel plan, wherein the plan generating section judges whether or not revision of the travel plan is necessary based on the delay amount obtained by the operation monitoring section, and revises and regenerates the travel plan if the revision is necessary.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Hiroshi Higashide, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11676489Abstract: An operation schedule changer can execute, as a schedule change process for changing a normal operation schedule, an advancing change process, a delay change process, and a cut-in change process. The schedule changer executes one of the advancing change process, the delay change process, or the cut-in change process based on a boarding demand.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Higashide, Kenji Okazaki, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11651385Abstract: A wallet server includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to acquire, from a plurality of terminals that are preset, evaluation information indicating an evaluation for a terminal other than an own terminal among the plurality of terminals, the evaluation information being generated by the own terminal, calculate reward amounts for the respective terminals based on the evaluation information, and deposit electronic money corresponding to the reward amounts to electronic wallets associated with the respective terminals.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Masato Endo, Mayumi Kurita, Masashi Toritani, Kumiko Matsuura, Takayuki Shikoda, Masaaki Otsuka, Yoshikazu Ishii
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Patent number: 11604477Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a plan generator configured to generate a travel plan for each of a plurality of vehicles that form a line of vehicles and that travel autonomously along a predetermined travel route; a communication device configured to transmit the travel plans to the respective vehicles and receive, from the vehicles, travel information that indicates travel status of the vehicles; and an operation monitor configured to detect, based on the travel information, whether or not overtaking and passing of the vehicles have occurred. In response to the overtaking and passing, the plan generator modifies the travel plans so as to keep the order as switched upon the overtaking and passing.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Hiroshi Higashide, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11524699Abstract: An operating situation obtaining unit obtains the operating situation information of a plurality of operating vehicles along a predetermined route. A delayed vehicle extraction unit extracts a delayed vehicle that is delayed in actual operation relative to the operation schedule from among the plurality of operating vehicles, based on the operating situation information of the respective operating vehicles. An overtaking instruction unit outputs an overtaking instruction to overtake the delayed vehicle to a following vehicle that immediately follows the delayed vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Higashide, Kenji Okazaki, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11461719Abstract: A schedule changer executes, as a schedule change process for changing a normal operation schedule, a cut-in change process in which a plurality of operating vehicles are divided into a sequence of an advanced vehicle line group for which a departure target time is advanced from a departure target time determined based on the normal operation schedule, and a sequence of a delayed vehicle line group for which the departure target time is delayed from the departure target time determined based on the normal operation schedule, and an inter-vehicle space between the advanced vehicle line group and the delayed vehicle line group is enlarged for an additional vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Higashide, Kenji Okazaki, Keiichi Uno
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Publication number: 20220102215Abstract: A wafer processing method includes: a resin film coating step of coating an upper surface of a wafer with a water-soluble resin and coating a dicing tape exposed between the wafer and a frame with a water-soluble resin, and solidifying the water-soluble resin to form a resin film, a partial resin film removing step of removing the resin film from regions to be divided of the wafer to partially expose the upper surface of the wafer, an etching step of subjecting the regions to be divided of the wafer to plasma etching to divide the wafer into individual device chips, and a whole resin film removing step of cleaning a frame unit to remove wholly the resin film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Susumu YOKOO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Kentaro WADA, Yoshio WATANABE, Kenji OKAZAKI, Yoshiteru NISHIDA
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Publication number: 20210334839Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: output, to a terminal, action schedule information in which a plurality of services provided by each of a plurality of service providers and date and time on which each of the plurality of services is available for experience are associated with each other; acquire user information in which an action history of a user who possesses the terminal and a settlement history regarding a settlement method of the user using electronic money are associated with each other; determine whether the user has experienced the plurality of services following the action schedule information, based on the user information; and perform a transfer process of transferring a predetermined rebate to an electronic money account associated with the terminal in a case where the user has experienced any one or more of the plurality of services.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
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Publication number: 20210334790Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire position information of a terminal; acquire shop information in which shop position information of each of a plurality of shops and one or more settlement methods usable in each of the plurality of shops are associated with each other, and acquires user information in which the plurality of settlement methods registered on the terminal and user's balance linked with the terminal for each of the plurality of settlement methods are associated with each other; and output balance information in which the shop position information regarding a shop and the balance regarding the settlement method usable on the terminal are associated with each other to the terminal based on the position information, the shop information, and the user information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
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Publication number: 20210334838Abstract: A wallet server includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to acquire, from a plurality of terminals that are preset, evaluation information indicating an evaluation for a terminal other than an own terminal among the plurality of terminals, the evaluation information being generated by the own terminal, calculate reward amounts for the respective terminals based on the evaluation information, and deposit electronic money corresponding to the reward amounts to electronic wallets associated with the respective terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
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Publication number: 20210334771Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire pieces of information output from a first terminal possessed by a recipient who receives tip to a second terminal located within a range of a predetermined distance from the first terminal, the second terminal being possessed by a payer of the tip, and the pieces of information acquired by the processor including recipient identification information regarding the recipient, payer identification information regarding the payer, and tip amount information indicating a tip amount; perform a billing process of billing an account corresponding to a first settlement method designated by the payer identification information for electronic money equivalent to the tip amount information; and perform a transfer process of transferring the electronic money equivalent to the tip amount information to an account corresponding to a second settlement method designated by the recipient identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
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Publication number: 20210334810Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire store position information of a store where a user has entered; acquire store information in which position information of each of a plurality of stores and one or more settlement methods available in each of the plurality of stores are associated; and notify a terminal owned by the user of the settlement method available in the store where the user has entered based on the store position information and the store information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
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Publication number: 20210334746Abstract: A delivery server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: transmit arrival information of a product to a user terminal carried by a user who has ordered the product; transmit, in a case where unattended delivery is instructed by the user terminal, unattended delivery information to a home delivery terminal of a delivery person who delivers the product, and request a signature of the user; transmit the signature information to the home delivery terminal in response to receiving signature information regarding the signature of the user from the user terminal; and transmit delivery completion information of the product to the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII