Patents by Inventor Kentaro Otokubo

Kentaro Otokubo 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: 20220281438
    Abstract: A vehicle controller controls a power train of a vehicle and is configured to switch control of the power train between first control and second control. The second control reduces operating noise of the power train by a greater degree than the first control. The vehicle controller is configured to based on sounds in a passenger compartment, perform mood determination in order to determine whether an occupant of the vehicle is in a state of high tolerance for the operating noise or in a state of low tolerance for the operating noise; control the power train through the first control when determining that the occupant is in the state of high tolerance through the mood determination; and control the power train through the second control when determining that the occupant is in the state of low tolerance through the mood determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Keiji KAITA, Takahiko HIRASAWA, Kentaro OTOKUBO, Hirotaka OMISHA, Kimihiro NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11391593
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device that includes: a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: detect an own vehicle position; transmit position information that indicates the detected own vehicle position to a location outside the own vehicle, together with car model information that indicates a car model of the own vehicle; receive position information of another vehicle of a predetermined specific car model or map information that indicates a position of the other vehicle, from the location outside the own vehicle; and display the position of the other vehicle on a monitor as a map, based on a reception result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Takahiro Suzuki, Yosuke Tokuda, Taiki Nakamura, Miyu Tanaka, Kentaro Otokubo
  • Patent number: 10895464
    Abstract: A navigation device that includes: a memory; and a processor that is configured to: acquire route information relating to a planned route to be traveled by a second vehicle of a user having a friendly relationship with a user of a first vehicle, search for a guided route based on a current position of the first vehicle and the route information, such that at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle heads toward a common location, and output route guidance information relating to the guided route to at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Takahiro Suzuki, Yosuke Tokuda, Taiki Nakamura, Miyu Tanaka, Kentaro Otokubo
  • Publication number: 20200010963
    Abstract: A system for producing hydrogen gas comprises a pair of electrodes that are disposed at a predetermined water depth under water and configured to be connected to a power supply for electrolysis of water, a gas storage chamber that is disposed at the water depth, has communication holes through which surrounding water can flow in, and stores the hydrogen gas generated at a cathode of the pair of electrodes due to the electrolysis, a hydrogen recovery device disposed above the water depth, and piping configured to lead the hydrogen gas stored in the gas storage chamber to the hydrogen recovery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KONDO, Masanosuke SUFU, Kentaro OTOKUBO, Shinji SASSA, Hiroki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20200003365
    Abstract: A hydrogen gas compression system comprises a hydrogen storage chamber placed at a predetermined water depth in water to communicate with surrounding water; a hydrogen container filled with hydrogen gas by a lower pressure than a hydraulic pressure at the predetermined water depth; a transporting portion configured to guide the hydrogen container that is filled with the hydrogen gas, from above the predetermined water depth to the hydrogen storage chamber; a gas release portion configured to cause the hydrogen gas to be released from the hydrogen container transported to the hydrogen storage chamber and to be stored in the hydrogen storage chamber; a hydrogen recovery device placed above the predetermined depth; and a tube arranged to connect inside of the hydrogen storage chamber with the hydrogen recovery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KONDO, Masanosuke SUFU, Kentaro OTOKUBO, Shinji SASSA, Hiroki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190219416
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device that includes: a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: detect an own vehicle position; transmit position information that indicates the detected own vehicle position to a location outside the own vehicle, together with car model information that indicates a car model of the own vehicle; receive position information of another vehicle of a predetermined specific car model or map information that indicates a position of the other vehicle, from the location outside the own vehicle; and display the position of the other vehicle on a monitor as a map, based on a reception result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Takahiro Suzuki, Yosuke Tokuda, Taiki Nakamura, Miyu Tanaka, Kentaro Otokubo
  • Publication number: 20190212167
    Abstract: A navigation device that includes: a memory; and a processor that is configured to: acquire route information relating to a planned route to be traveled by a second vehicle of a user having a friendly relationship with a user of a first vehicle, search for a guided route based on a current position of the first vehicle and the route information, such that at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle heads toward a common location, and output route guidance information relating to the guided route to at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Takahiro Suzuki, Yosuke Tokuda, Taiki Nakamura, Miyu Tanaka, Kentaro Otokubo
  • Publication number: 20190213876
    Abstract: An image distribution device includes: a receiving section that receives a captured image captured by a first vehicle and position information relating to a position where the captured image has been captured; an identification section that identifies one or more second vehicles that are different from the first vehicle and that are heading toward the position indicated by the position information received by the receiving section; and a transmission section that transmits the captured image received by the receiving section to the one or more second vehicles identified by the identification section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Takahiro Suzuki, Yosuke Tokuda, Taiki Nakamura, Miyu Tanaka, Kentaro Otokubo
  • Patent number: 7668743
    Abstract: An apparatus for planning a demand-supply scheme of a supply chain so as to increase the corporate profit. A demand-supply scheme including order receipt, order placement, purchase and supply in the unit of a month of each step of a supply chain that includes various steps, such as product sales steps, product-producing steps, steps of producing parts for producing products, etc. is set so that the order placement to each producing step becomes within an order receivable range that is calculated from the equipment, the manpower, the number of times of operation, etc. of the producing step. Furthermore, a demand-supply scheme is planned and changed so as to maximize a profitability index that is calculated by using a cost regarding the production of a product that includes a material cost, a manpower cost, and an equipment cost, a stock management cost, a transportation cost, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kuniya Kaneko, Hidetsugu Kojima, Hayaaki Fujiyoshi, Toshihiro Nakamura, Motohisa Kondo, Hirosumi Suzuki, Kentaro Otokubo
  • Publication number: 20020059089
    Abstract: A planned production volume in each of production lines, the work force required for production of the planned production volume in the production lines, a tact time, an overtime, a holiday service duty, a work force and so on are initially set based on a required production volume of an article i. The work force, the summated work forces and the planned production volume are successively changed at a predetermined interval to calculate an evaluating value as a cost required for production of the article i of the planned production volume. A set value corresponding to a minimum evaluating value is outputted as an article supply plan value. These processings make it possible to quickly draft a production plan for producing the article at low costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirosumi Suzuki, Kuniya Kaneko, Toshihiro Nakamura, Hidetsugu Kojima, Kentaro Otokubo, Motohisa Kondo
  • Publication number: 20010020230
    Abstract: An apparatus for planning a demand-supply scheme of a supply chain so as to increase the corporate profit. A demand-supply scheme including order receipt, order placement, purchase and supply in the unit of a month of each step of a supply chain that includes various steps, such as product sales steps, product-producing steps, steps of producing parts for producing products, etc. is set so that the order placement to each producing step becomes within an order receivable range that is calculated from the equipment, the manpower, the number of times of operation, etc. of the producing step. Furthermore, a demand-supply scheme is planned and changed so as to maximize a profitability index that is calculated by using a cost regarding the production of a product that includes a material cost, a manpower cost, and an equipment cost, a stock management cost, a transportation cost, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Kuniya Kaneko, Hidetsugu Kojima, Hayaaki Fujiyoshi, Toshihiro Nakamura, Motohisa Kondo, Hirosumi Suzuki, Kentaro Otokubo