Patents by Inventor Kenta Miyahara

Kenta Miyahara 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: 11964590
    Abstract: A battery provided in a vehicle and configured to supply electric power is cooled down by coolant the heat of which is exchanged with the heat of external air by a radiator. The radiator is provided near the battery and performs heat-exchange between the coolant and the external air taken in through introduction holes provided on a bottom face of the vehicle. Thus, even in a case where the radiator is provided in a vehicle floor portion so that the battery is upsized, it is possible to restrain a coolant pipe from being elongated. This accordingly makes it possible to improve mountability to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Watanabe, Keisuke Shibata, Kenta Miyahara
  • Patent number: 11964607
    Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Patent number: 11964588
    Abstract: A battery provided in a vehicle and configured to supply electric power is cooled down by coolant the heat of which is exchanged with the heat of external air by a radiator. The radiator is provided near the battery and performs heat-exchange between the coolant and the external air taken in through introduction holes provided on a bottom face of the vehicle. Thus, even in a case where the radiator is provided in a vehicle floor portion so that the battery is upsized, it is possible to restrain a coolant pipe from being elongated. This accordingly makes it possible to improve mountability to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Watanabe, Keisuke Shibata, Kenta Miyahara
  • Patent number: 11951872
    Abstract: A battery provided in a vehicle and configured to supply electric power is cooled down by coolant the heat of which is exchanged with the heat of external air by a radiator. The radiator is provided near the battery and performs heat-exchange between the coolant and the external air taken in through introduction holes provided on a bottom face of the vehicle. Thus, even in a case where the radiator is provided in a vehicle floor portion so that the battery is upsized, it is possible to restrain a coolant pipe from being elongated. This accordingly makes it possible to improve mountability to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Watanabe, Keisuke Shibata, Kenta Miyahara
  • Patent number: 11946764
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes: a map information acquisition unit that acquires map data around a vehicle; and an item display unit that overlaps a virtual item on a predetermined travel road on the map data and that displays the virtual item in a display area in a vehicle cabin. The item display unit overlaps and displays the virtual item on the map data, thereby guiding a driver of the vehicle toward the travel road on which the virtual item is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11941921
    Abstract: A maintenance information management device includes an information registration unit configured to register vehicle identification information and maintenance information in a memory for each vehicle, an information update unit configured to update the maintenance information after the maintenance of the vehicle by adding maintenance contents to the maintenance information registered in the memory, and an information providing unit configured to provide the maintenance information when a provision request for the maintenance information is accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11794626
    Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to freely exchange interior of a vehicle. An interior unit according to the present disclosure is provided with: a frame portion attachable to and detachable from a vehicle; and interior parts installed on the frame portion. The frame portion is foldable, or extendable and contractible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Patent number: 11782454
    Abstract: An unmanned conveying system includes: plural unmanned conveying vehicles that can convey cargo; a cargo priority order deciding section that decides upon a priority order in which the cargo are to be conveyed, in accordance with conditions of the cargo; and a traveling route setting section that decides upon traveling routes of the unmanned conveying vehicles on the basis of the priority order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Okano, Takaaki Yanagihashi, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Toru Takashima, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20230264603
    Abstract: A battery provided in a vehicle and configured to supply electric power is cooled down by coolant the heat of which is exchanged with the heat of external air by a radiator. The radiator is provided near the battery and performs heat-exchange between the coolant and the external air taken in through introduction holes provided on a bottom face of the vehicle. Thus, even in a case where the radiator is provided in a vehicle floor portion so that the battery is upsized, it is possible to restrain a coolant pipe from being elongated. This accordingly makes it possible to improve mountability to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Toshio WATANABE, Keisuke SHIBATA, Kenta MIYAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230256865
    Abstract: A battery provided in a vehicle and configured to supply electric power is cooled down by coolant the heat of which is exchanged with the heat of external air by a radiator. The radiator is provided near the battery and performs heat-exchange between the coolant and the external air taken in through introduction holes provided on a bottom face of the vehicle. Thus, even in a case where the radiator is provided in a vehicle floor portion so that the battery is upsized, it is possible to restrain a coolant pipe from being elongated. This accordingly makes it possible to improve mountability to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Toshio WATANABE, Keisuke SHIBATA, Kenta MIYAHARA
  • Patent number: 11703867
    Abstract: A vehicle traveling from a first area to a second area includes a traveling mechanism having a plurality of wheels and a traveling function, and a control unit configured to cause the traveling mechanism to perform a wheel cleaning operation and then cause the vehicle to enter the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunji Inoue, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Daisuke Sato, Takuya Watabe, Makoto Kakuchi, Seiichi Tsunoda, Keima Fukunaga, Kenta Miyahara
  • Patent number: 11673608
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises an under unit which is equipped with a driving mechanism configured to rotate wheels of the vehicle, and an upper unit which is mounted on the under unit. The upper unit comprises an extension/contraction mechanism which is configured to extend or contract the upper unit according to a size of the under unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Patent number: 11620607
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a moving apparatus on which a parcel to be transferred to a predetermined region is loaded and that is capable of moving the parcel along a circulation route along which the moving apparatus circulates in the region. The delivery system acquires delivery information including position information about a delivery destination of the parcel, generates a delivery plan for delivering the parcel to the delivery destination, based on the acquired delivery information, and controls the moving apparatus such that the moving apparatus moves the parcel to the delivery destination on the circulation route based on the delivery plan and fulfills the transfer of the parcel when permission information indicating that the transfer of the parcel is permitted has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Yanagihashi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11618595
    Abstract: A flight controller of a drone calculates a target attitude of the drone on a port based on the result of acquisition by an anemometer. The flight controller of the drone controls each of a plurality of rotors independently, and controls each of the rotors so as to make the drone on the port take a target attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Okuno, Kenta Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20230054840
    Abstract: A maintenance information management device includes an information registration unit configured to register vehicle identification information and maintenance information in a memory for each vehicle, an information update unit configured to update the maintenance information after the maintenance of the vehicle by adding maintenance contents to the maintenance information registered in the memory, and an information providing unit configured to provide the maintenance information when a provision request for the maintenance information is accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masato ENDO, Yasuyuki KAMEZAKI, Yasuhiro MURATA, Takeo MORIAI, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Takashi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11580583
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique that enables customization of a vehicle. In an information processing apparatus, a controller presents vehicle units extracted from among a plurality of types of under units each of which is provided with a driving mechanism configured to cause wheels to rotate and a plurality of types of upper units to be loaded on any of the under units to a user, the vehicle units being combinable as a vehicle. Furthermore, the controller executes: accepting selection by a user from among the presented vehicle units; and calculating a fee in the case of providing the selected vehicle units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Yuji Suzuki, Keita Yamazaki, Kei Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Takashi Ogawa, Yukiya Sugiyama, Masaru Ando, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai, Azusa Nakagame, Erina Toyama, Yasushi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20230028145
    Abstract: A center server serving as an information processing device is configured such that a processor calculates a reduction cost by which an operation cost of a vehicle of a business operator in a first predetermined period is reduced compared to an operation cost of a vehicle of the same period of a previous year, sets a rank in accordance with a reduction result of each of the members regarding the reduction cost, and determines a reward of the member based on the reduction cost in accordance with the rank of the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Masato ENDO, Yasuyuki KAMEZAKI, Yasuhiro MURATA, Takeo MORIAI, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Takashi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230025611
    Abstract: A part diagnostic device includes an acquisition unit that acquires vehicle information on a vehicle, an analysis unit that analyzes a vehicle characteristic of the vehicle from the vehicle information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a determination unit that determines whether a part related to the vehicle characteristic is a genuine part based on the vehicle characteristic analyzed by the analysis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Masato ENDO, Yasuyuki KAMEZAKI, Yasuhiro MURATA, Takeo MORIAI, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Takashi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230021612
    Abstract: In an information provision server as an information provision device, a processor is configured to receive vehicle information on a vehicle, generate maintenance recommendation information for prompting a user to implement maintenance of the vehicle based on the vehicle information, and provide the user with the maintenance recommendation information and value information that is usable when the maintenance is implemented based on the maintenance recommendation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Masato ENDO, Yasuyuki KAMEZAKI, Yasuhiro MURATA, Takeo MORIAI, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Takashi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230026138
    Abstract: In a vehicle information management system, a maintenance information determination unit determines whether maintenance of a vehicle was carried out at a predetermined maintenance shop based on maintenance history information acquired by a maintenance history information database, and when the maintenance information determination unit determines that the maintenance of the vehicle was carried out at the predetermined maintenance shop, an added value information providing unit provides added value information to appraisal information of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Masato ENDO, Yasuyuki KAMEZAKI, Yasuhiro MURATA, Takeo MORIAI, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Takashi HAYASHI