Patents by Inventor Kotaro Okabe

Kotaro Okabe 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: 12205069
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller, the controller being configured to select a first mobile body to deliver baggage to a delivery destination existing in a predetermined facility from among a plurality of types of delivery mobile bodies, wherein the controller selects the first mobile body, based on required time necessary to deliver the baggage to the delivery destination in a site of the predetermined facility, for each delivery mobile body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Okabe, Mayuko Abe, Satoshi Komamine, Takeaki Dohda, Ken Matsushita, Yosuke Takada
  • Publication number: 20240119689
    Abstract: A program is configured to cause a computer to execute operations, the operations comprising displaying, on a display, an image of an equipment layout in a virtual space corresponding to an interior space of a vehicle, upon accepting a candidate selection operation to select equipment to be used for providing a service in the interior space of the vehicle as candidate equipment and a location in the interior space of the vehicle as a candidate location, determining, with reference to vehicle data defining a specification of the vehicle, whether to allow installation of the candidate equipment at the candidate location, and upon determining to allow installation of the candidate equipment at the candidate location, updating the equipment layout by arranging a model corresponding to the candidate equipment at a location corresponding to the candidate location in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro OKABE, Shuhei YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11705003
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to acquire information indicating a loudness of sound emitted by a second vehicle parked within a predetermined range from a first vehicle or a vehicle height of the second vehicle, and in a case in which the controller determines that the loudness or the vehicle height exceeds a predetermined first threshold, the controller provides a predetermined notification to the first vehicle via a communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Yurika Tanaka, Shoji Sakamoto, Yusuke Kobayashi, Kotaro Okabe, Hirotada Nakanishi, Naoya Oka, Daiki Otani
  • Publication number: 20230037532
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technology capable of favorably using a vehicle driven by a driver or an autonomous vehicle as a delivery vehicle to deliver goods. An information processing apparatus includes a controller including at least one processor configured to execute assigning either a first vehicle that is a vehicle driven by a driver or a second vehicle that is an autonomous vehicle as a delivery vehicle to deliver goods to a user. When a predetermined event other than the delivery of the goods to the user is requested to be performed at a delivery destination, the controller selects the first vehicle as the delivery vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro OKABE, Mayuko ABE, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Takeaki DOHDA, Ken MATSUSHITA, Yosuke TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20230041023
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller, the controller being configured to select a first mobile body to deliver baggage to a delivery destination existing in a predetermined facility from among a plurality of types of delivery mobile bodies, wherein the controller selects the first mobile body, based on required time necessary to deliver the baggage to the delivery destination in a site of the predetermined facility, for each delivery mobile body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro OKABE, Mayuko ABE, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Takeaki DOHDA, Ken MATSUSHITA, Yosuke TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20230044401
    Abstract: An information processing device determines, based on location information of a plurality of delivery destinations for package delivery: one or a plurality of first delivery destinations for package delivery by a vehicle; and one or a plurality of second delivery destinations for package delivery by a drone mounted on the vehicle. In addition, the information processing device determines: a travel route including a route for the vehicle to perform package delivery to the one or plurality of first delivery destinations; a first point on the travel route for the drone to start flying from the vehicle to the one or plurality of second delivery destinations; and a second point on the travel route for the drone to return to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro OKABE, Mayuko ABE, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Takeaki DOHDA, Ken MATSUSHITA, Yosuke TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20220326035
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to select at least one store as a recommended store from among a plurality of stores located in a vicinity of a stopped vehicle based on a road configuration in the vicinity of the vehicle, and notify the vehicle of information regarding the selected recommended store via a communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Yurika TANAKA, Shoji SAKAMOTO, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Kotaro OKABE, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Naoya OKA, Daiki OTANI
  • Publication number: 20220309435
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to, upon acquiring movement information on a vehicle parked in a parking lot, determine whether there is order information for a product or service ordered by a user of the vehicle, and in a case in which there is order information for the product or service, notify, via a communication interface, a provider of the product or service of cancellation information for the product or service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Yurika TANAKA, Shoji SAKAMOTO, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Kotaro OKABE, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Naoya OKA, Daiki OTANI
  • Publication number: 20220301434
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to acquire information indicating a loudness of sound emitted by a second vehicle parked within a predetermined range from a first vehicle or a vehicle height of the second vehicle, and in a case in which the controller determines that the loudness or the vehicle height exceeds a predetermined first threshold, the controller provides a predetermined notification to the first vehicle via a communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Yurika TANAKA, Shoji SAKAMOTO, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Kotaro OKABE, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Naoya OKA, Daiki OTANI
  • Publication number: 20220215309
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to: detect whether there is a standby user waiting in or in the vicinity of a parked vehicle based on parked vehicle information related to the parked vehicle; and output, to a terminal apparatus, referral information including information related to work to which the standby user is to be referred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Yurika TANAKA, Shoji SAKAMOTO, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Kotaro OKABE, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Naoya OKA, Daiki OTANI
  • Publication number: 20220207549
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to: based on parked vehicle information related to a parked vehicle parked in a parking lot, detect whether there is a standby user waiting in or in the vicinity of the parked vehicle; and output, to a terminal apparatus, service information to be notified to the standby user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Yurika TANAKA, Shoji SAKAMOTO, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Kotaro OKABE, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Naoya OKA, Daiki OTANI
  • Publication number: 20220101353
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit of the information processing device acquires a predicted staying time in which a user is predicted to stay in a store. The control unit of the information processing device determines a place to which the user is guided out of places of the store based on a result of comparison between the predicted staying time and a reference staying time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kotaro Okabe, Tomo Sasaki, Koichi Suzuki, Genshi Kuno, Koichi Hirano, Makoto Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220101209
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit executes determination processing to determine whether or not a user will arrive at a first shop by a first time that is set based on a reservation start time of the first shop. When the control unit determines that the user will not arrive at the first shop by the first time, the control unit determines a cancellation fee based on movement information on the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kotaro Okabe, Tomo Sasaki, Koichi Suzuki, Genshi Kuno, Koichi Hirano, Makoto Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220076360
    Abstract: A control device includes: a control unit configured to detect a progress status of cooking of one or more dishes ordered by a customer; and a communication unit configured to send notice data to a terminal device that is used by the customer, the notice data being data about a notice of the progress status detected by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kotaro Okabe, Tomo Sasaki, Koichi Suzuki, Genshi Kuno, Koichi Hirano, Makoto Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220076179
    Abstract: A control device includes a control unit configured to acquire status data indicating status of a first facility and to determine according to the status indicated by the acquired status data whether to send resources possessed by a second facility different from the first facility from the second facility to the first facility as resources to be used to provide a service at the first facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Okabe, Tomo Sasaki, Koichi Suzuki, Genshi Kuno, Koichi Hirano, Makoto Yamazaki