Patents by Inventor Kohki BABA

Kohki BABA 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: 11897455
    Abstract: A vehicle is autonomously driven in an environment where a first road for vehicles running in a first direction and a second road for vehicles running in a second direction, different from the first direction, are provided alongside each other, and where a first parking space that is entered from the first road and exited to the first road is set and a second parking space that is entered from the second road and exited to the second road is set. When the vehicle is temporarily parked in the first parking space and a running direction of the vehicle heading for the next destination after being parked is the second direction, the vehicle is transferred from the first parking space to the second parking space by autonomous driving after a user of the vehicle gets out of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Omi, Takanori Imazu, Yoshiki Fukada, Takashi Hayashi, Yuta Kataoka, Kohki Baba, Ryuji Okamura, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11893887
    Abstract: Whether a vehicle is parked inside parking lines in a parking lot is detected. When the vehicle is detected not parked inside the parking lines, either the vehicle or the parking lines are moved in such a manner that the vehicle is parked inside the parking lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori Imazu, Yoshiki Fukada, Ryuji Okamura, Takashi Hayashi, Kohki Baba, Satoshi Omi, Akihiro Kusumoto, Yuta Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20230294597
    Abstract: A parking action notification device includes an information notification unit configured to give a notice of information to an exterior of a vehicle. The information notification unit displays parking information to the exterior of the vehicle, the parking information being relevant to a parking action of the vehicle when the vehicle performs automatic parking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ryuji OKAMURA, Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Takashi HAYASHI, Yuta KATAOKA, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230136213
    Abstract: An upper-limit speed of a vehicle in automatic parking control is set, and the vehicle is caused to park automatically in a parking space at a vehicle speed equal to or lower than the set upper-limit speed. In this case, the upper-limit speed is set according to a vehicle body size of the vehicle, and the upper-limit speed is lower when the vehicle body size of the vehicle is greater than a preset size than when the vehicle body size of the vehicle is less than the preset size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Yuta KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230117379
    Abstract: The position of the vehicle for loading articles on a cart with a self-propelled function is acquired, the travel route of the cart to the vehicle is determined, and the cart is self-propelled to the vehicle along the determined travel route and stopped around the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Yuta KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230114453
    Abstract: When an autonomous vehicle is caused to depart from a current position to a pickup location, a waiting location for temporarily parking the autonomous vehicle is set between the current position and the pickup location. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously driven from the current position to the waiting location, temporarily parked at the waiting location, and then autonomously driven to the pickup location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Yuta KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230103109
    Abstract: A parking lot management system for managing a parking lot intended for autonomous vehicles and manually driven vehicles includes: a reservation unit configured to reserve a parking space for an autonomous vehicle; and a reserved parking space notification unit configured to notify a manually driven vehicle in the parking lot of the reserved parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki Fukada, Ryuji Okamura, Takashi Hayashi, Kohki Baba, Satoshi Omi, Akihiro Kusumoto, Yuta Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20230100856
    Abstract: Whether a vehicle is parked inside parking lines in a parking lot is detected. When the vehicle is detected not parked inside the parking lines, either the vehicle or the parking lines are moved in such a manner that the vehicle is parked inside the parking lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Yuta KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230062923
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic parking service causes a vehicle that has arrived at a platform to enter one parking space among a plurality of parking spaces by autonomous driving and that causes the vehicle parked in the parking space exit the platform by autonomous driving. A congestion degree of a platform requested to be used in an entry-exit time zone specified by a user that uses the automatic parking service is determined when an entry-exit request in which one platform among the plurality of platforms is used is received from the user. The use of another platform is proposed to the user when the congestion degree of the platform requested to be used is high, the other platform having a lower congestion degree than the platform requested to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi OMI, Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Takashi HAYASHI, Yuta KATAOKA, Kohki BABA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Akihiro KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230056270
    Abstract: A mobile body includes: a main body provided with a moving function; a storage battery that is disposed in the main body and that stores electric power for driving the main body; a supply unit that supplies electric power to the storage battery; a requesting unit that requests an electric power provider who is able to supply electric power to the storage battery by the supply unit for cooperation in electric power supply; and a granting unit that grants an incentive to the electric power provider that has supplied the electric power to the storage battery by the supply unit. Therefore, when the electric power is insufficient during traveling, the electric power can be supplied to the storage battery by requesting cooperation in electric power supply, and the electric power provider can receive an incentive by supplying the electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANATA, Tomoko ASAI, Kohki BABA, Kei SATO, Takashi HAYASHI, Manabu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230054049
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle is configured to be able to deliver a package in front of a front door of a dwelling unit in a complex housing including a shared door with automatic lock function that is able to be opened as unlock information is input to an unlock input unit of an entrance via wireless communication. When the delivery vehicle arrives at the complex housing including the shared door with automatic lock function, and a delivery instruction for leaving the package in front of the front door is made, an on-board unit of the delivery vehicle inputs the unlock information to the unlock input unit via the wireless communication, and notifies a terminal device of a user of input date and time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANATA, Tomoko ASAI, Kohki BABA, Kei SATO, Takashi HAYASHI, Manabu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230055038
    Abstract: A vehicle is autonomously driven in an environment where a first road for vehicles running in a first direction and a second road for vehicles running in a second direction, different from the first direction, are provided alongside each other, and where a first parking space that is entered from the first road and exited to the first road is set and a second parking space that is entered from the second road and exited to the second road is set. When the vehicle is temporarily parked in the first parking space and a running direction of the vehicle heading for the next destination after being parked is the second direction, the vehicle is transferred from the first parking space to the second parking space by autonomous driving after a user of the vehicle gets out of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi OMI, Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Takashi HAYASHI, Yuta KATAOKA, Kohki BABA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Akihiro KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230058771
    Abstract: A food delivery pallet is provided with a heating chamber, a heat retaining chamber, a heat retaining chamber, a cooling chamber, and an electric bulletin board. Therefore, in the food delivery pallet, when food is heated in the heating chamber, the electric bulletin board displays that the food is being heated in the food delivery pallet. This makes it possible to call attention of people nearby to the food delivery pallet, and to ensure safety of the people nearby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANATA, Tomoko ASAI, Kohki BABA, Kei SATO, Takashi HAYASHI, Manabu NAGAI