Patents by Inventor Koichi ASAMOTO

Koichi ASAMOTO 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: 11758375
    Abstract: The present disclosure has an object to provide an information processing apparatus that can easily grasp a passenger during a driver's driving. A controller included in an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure executes: acquiring first information that is information related to an appearance of a passenger having requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver and is image information taken; and generating information related to the passenger by converting the first information into second information representing a predetermined characteristic part of the appearance of the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo Kim, Shin Sakurada, Daisuke Tanabe, Ayana Takeshita, Hiroyuki Tokita, Koichi Asamoto
  • Publication number: 20220146268
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user. A controller is configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user; determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11237006
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to this disclosure is an information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, including a controller configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; and setting a combination between the first user and the second user allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so that the destination point of the second user does not belong to a destination area that is a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo Kim, Shin Sakurada, Daisuke Tanabe, Ayana Takeshita, Hiroyuki Tokita, Koichi Asamoto
  • Patent number: 11184586
    Abstract: A server 2 comprises a communication device 21 able to communicate with terminals 31 of a plurality of vehicles 3, a storage device 22 storing identification information and positional information of the plurality of vehicles, and a control device 24. The control device is configured to receive capture request information input to the terminal by a party desiring image capture, select an image capturing vehicle for capturing an image of a vehicle to be captured designated by the party desiring image capture from among the plurality of vehicles based on the capture request information, the identification information and the positional information, generate image data based on a captured image of the vehicle to be captured acquired by a vehicle-mounted camera of the image capturing vehicle, and provide the image data to the party desiring image capture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sui Kurihashi, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Koichi Asamoto
  • Patent number: 10720060
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to perform, in a case where a possibility of communication interruption due to an insufficient remaining amount of battery is detected for a first wireless communication terminal used by a first user for whom a ride reservation for a vehicle is established with a driver of the vehicle, a process regarding a meet-up schedule of the driver and the first user of the ride reservation. The process regarding a meet-up schedule may be cancellation of the ride reservation, change of a scheduled meet-up location, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo Kim, Shin Sakurada, Daisuke Tanabe, Ayana Takeshita, Hiroyuki Tokita, Koichi Asamoto
  • Publication number: 20190390968
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to this disclosure is an information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, including a controller configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; and setting a combination between the first user and the second user allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so that the destination point of the second user does not belong to a destination area that is a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190392714
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to perform, in a case where a possibility of communication interruption due to an insufficient remaining amount of battery is detected for a first wireless communication terminal used by a first user for whom a ride reservation for a vehicle is established with a driver of the vehicle, a process regarding a meet-up schedule of the driver and the first user of the ride reservation. The process regarding a meet-up schedule may be cancellation of the ride reservation, change of a scheduled meet-up location, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190378095
    Abstract: When a meet-up schedule is set between users of a first and a second wireless communication terminals that are capable of communication by a first wireless communication scheme, an information processing apparatus notifies the second wireless communication terminal, through the communication network by the first wireless communication scheme, of identification information of the first wireless communication terminal in a second wireless communication scheme. The first wireless communication terminal operates as a transmitter of a first wireless signal according to the second wireless communication scheme, including the identification information of the first wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190380013
    Abstract: The present disclosure has an object to provide an information processing apparatus that can easily grasp a passenger during a driver's driving. A controller included in an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure executes: acquiring first information that is information related to an appearance of a passenger having requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver and is image information taken; and generating information related to the passenger by converting the first information into second information representing a predetermined characteristic part of the appearance of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190349552
    Abstract: A server 2 comprises a communication device 21 able to communicate with terminals 31 of a plurality of vehicles 3, a storage device 22 storing identification information and positional information of the plurality of vehicles, and a control device 24. The control device is configured to receive capture request information input to the terminal by a party desiring image capture, select an image capturing vehicle for capturing an image of a vehicle to be captured designated by the party desiring image capture from among the plurality of vehicles based on the capture request information, the identification information and the positional information, generate image data based on a captured image of the vehicle to be captured acquired by a vehicle-mounted camera of the image capturing vehicle, and provide the image data to the party desiring image capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sui KURIHASHI, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Koichi ASAMOTO