Patents by Inventor Kenji Tadakuma

Kenji Tadakuma 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: 20230061919
    Abstract: A remote driving handing over method of a vehicle of the present disclosure, the handing over method including: acquiring a switching request; selecting a new remote operator in charge of remote driving of the vehicle, in response to the switching request; and switching a person in charge of remote driving of the vehicle from a current remote operator to the new remote operator in response to selection of the new remote operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230068930
    Abstract: A server receives a return request of a rental car including information on a usage end position of a car rental service desired by a user from a terminal of the user who has rented a rental car or the rental car. The server searches for a remote driving route of the rental car based on the information on the usage end position and information on a destination of the rental car for after the user finishes using the car rental service. The server compares the remote driving route with a communication area on a map. Then, the server transmits information indicating permission to drop off the rental car to the terminal of the user or the rental car when an entire route of the remote driving route is located inside the communication area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230062961
    Abstract: A communication method of the present disclosure includes detecting or estimating a decrease in throughput of a first communication terminal mounted on a first vehicle that is remotely driven, and reducing a communication speed of a second communication terminal with which the first communication terminal shares a communication resource in response to detection or estimation of the decrease in the throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230057919
    Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle includes a traveling input device that is operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle; an information processing device that processes operation information of the traveling input device and that switches and executes a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle; wearable glasses that communicate with another vehicle directly or via the information processing device, and a communication device that communicate with the other vehicle. In the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information. In the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device. The wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220048361
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, and an air-conditioner for a space, wherein the processor is configured to acquire user information that includes any future increase or decrease in a number of users inside the space as a result of input by a user, and to control the air-conditioner for the space based on the user information before there is a change in the number of users inside the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi Yanagida, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Kenji Tadakuma
  • Patent number: 9777449
    Abstract: A wind break having a blade is mounted between an inbound lane and an outbound lane, which is the opposite lane of the inbound lane. The blade has a back surface facing the same direction as an inbound traveling direction and a front surface facing the same direction as an outbound traveling direction. The back surface has a concave part that is concave in the same direction as the outbound traveling direction in order to change wind blowing from the outbound lane into wind having a component of the inbound traveling direction. The front surface has a concave part that is concave in the same direction as the inbound traveling direction in order to change wind blowing from the inbound lane into wind having a component of the outbound traveling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Tadakuma
  • Publication number: 20170030037
    Abstract: The blade is mounted between an inbound lane and an outbound lane, which is the opposite lane of the inbound lane. The blade has a back surface facing the same direction as an inbound traveling direction and a front surface facing the same direction as an outbound traveling direction. The back surface has a concave part that is concave in the same direction as the outbound traveling direction in order to change wind blowing from the outbound lane into wind having a component of the inbound traveling direction. The front surface has a concave part that is concave in the same direction as the inbound traveling direction in order to change wind blowing from the inbound lane into wind having a component of the outbound traveling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji TADAKUMA
  • Patent number: 9145137
    Abstract: In a vehicle travel support device 10, an ECU 4 includes an air resistance distribution acquisition unit 41, a target traveling position determination unit 43, and a travel support unit 44. The air resistance distribution acquisition unit 41 acquires air resistance distribution in the left and right directions of a host vehicle. The target traveling position determination unit 43 determines a target traveling position of the host vehicle against a preceding vehicle using the air resistance distribution. The travel support unit 44 performs support to guide the host vehicle to the target traveling position. According to this vehicle travel support device 10, even if an area in which a large aerodynamic effect is obtained by a preceding vehicle deviates in the left and right directions of the host vehicle, the host vehicle can be guided to a position corresponding to the deviation. Because of this, the fuel efficiency can be effectively improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Doi, Kenji Tadakuma, Mitsuhisa Shida
  • Publication number: 20130096773
    Abstract: In a vehicle travel support device 10, an ECU 4 includes an air resistance distribution acquisition unit 41, a target traveling position determination unit 43, and a travel support unit 44. The air resistance distribution acquisition unit 41 acquires air resistance distribution in the left and right directions of a host vehicle. The target traveling position determination unit 43 determines a target traveling position of the host vehicle against a preceding vehicle using the air resistance distribution. The travel support unit 44 performs support to guide the host vehicle to the target traveling position. According to this vehicle travel support device 10, even if an area in which a large aerodynamic effect is obtained by a preceding vehicle deviates in the left and right directions of the host vehicle, the host vehicle can be guided to a position corresponding to the deviation. Because of this, the fuel efficiency can be effectively improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Doi, Kenji Tadakuma, Mitsuhisa Shida
  • Patent number: 4990544
    Abstract: Use of a composition comprising a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a fine inorganic powder for a gasket, said composition being characterized in that the polytetrafluoroethylene resin is at least 5% by weight and the fine inorganic powder is at least 40% by weight, based on the total amount of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the fine inorganic powder; the total amount of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the fine inorganic powder is at least 80% by weight based on the entire amount of the composition; and the polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the fine inorganic powder are mutually uniformly dispersed and mixed with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Asaumi, Zenji Shimura, Takehiro Yoshida, Kenji Tadakuma, Shinzaburo Suzuki, Norio Takada, Kenichi Nakamura, Takene Hirai
  • Patent number: 4839221
    Abstract: Use of a composition comprising a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a fine inorganic powder for a gasket, said composition being characterized in that the polytetrafluoroethylene resin is at least 5% by weight and the fine inorganic powder is at least 40% by weight, based on the total amount of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the fine inorganic powder; the total amount of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the fine inorganic powder is at least 80% by weight based on the entire amount of the composition; and the polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the fine inorganic powder are mutually uniformly dispersed and mixed with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Asaumi, Zenji Shimura, Takehiro Yoshida, Kenji Tadakuma, Shinzaburo Suzuki, Norio Takada, Kenichi Nakamura, Takene Hirai