Patents by Inventor Kuniharu TSUZUKI

Kuniharu TSUZUKI 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: 20240059250
    Abstract: An information processing device comprising a processor, the processor being configured to: in a case in which a door of a vehicle is locked, determine whether or not a terminal that operates as an electronic key is located in the vehicle; and in a case in which the terminal is determined to be located in the vehicle, perform control to restrict at least a subset of functions, among functions of the vehicle that are controlled in accordance with communications with the terminal, based on a lock trigger causing the locking of the door of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Jumpei FUKE, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240034270
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
  • Patent number: 11820325
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Fuke, Kuniharu Tsuzuki, Shimpei Asai, Nobuyoshi Nagai
  • Patent number: 11804087
    Abstract: An information processing device utilizable as a digital key for a vehicle, the information processing device includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to in a case in which the processor does not have signal strength correction value information corresponding to a model of the information processing device, the correction value information being used by the vehicle when determining a distance between the vehicle and the information processing device in processing pertaining to the digital key for the vehicle, acquire the correction value information from a server device, and send the acquired correction value information to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Fuke, Kuniharu Tsuzuki, Shota Honda, Shimpei Asai, Nobuyoshi Nagai
  • Patent number: 11662881
    Abstract: An information processing device that is used to control a vehicle, includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires information pertaining to a switch that has been operated on a smart key corresponding to the vehicle; and a display control unit that performs control to display an operation screen for controlling the vehicle based on the information pertaining to the switch that has been acquired by the first acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Fuke, Kuniharu Tsuzuki, Shimpei Asai, Shota Honda, Nobuyoshi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20230107961
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a reception section that receives, from a user, setting processing for setting a time at which control of a vehicle using the information processing device is suppressed; and a transmission section that: in a case in which a first signal is received from the vehicle at a different time from the time at which control of the vehicle is suppressed, and in response to the information processing device vibrating or moving, transmits a second signal configured to enable control of the vehicle to be permitted, and in a case in which the first signal is received from the vehicle at the time at which control of the vehicle is suppressed, regardless of whether or not the information processing device is vibrating or moving, does not transmit the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shota HONDA
  • Publication number: 20230096456
    Abstract: An information processing device comprising a processor, the processor being configured to: in a case in which a door of a vehicle is locked, determine whether or not a terminal that operates as an electronic key is located in the vehicle; and in a case in which the terminal is determined to be located in the vehicle, perform control to restrict at least a subset of functions, among functions of the vehicle that are controlled in accordance with communications with the terminal, based on a lock trigger causing the locking of the door of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Jumpei FUKE, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230098720
    Abstract: An information processing device that is used to control a vehicle, includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires information pertaining to a switch that has been operated on a smart key corresponding to the vehicle; and a display control unit that performs control to display an operation screen for controlling the vehicle based on the information pertaining to the switch that has been acquired by the first acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shimpei ASAI, Shota HONDA, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230095517
    Abstract: A vehicle that is configured to: acquire information relating to a remaining charge of a battery of a terminal configured to act as a digital key employed in control of a vehicle; and perform a predetermined notification in response to both of a determination being made that the remaining charge of the battery of the terminal is a predetermined threshold or lower based on the acquired information, and the vehicle being in a preset vehicle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota HONDA, Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230101462
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230080147
    Abstract: An information processing device utilizable as a digital key for a vehicle, the information processing device includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to in a case in which the processor does not have signal strength correction value information corresponding to a model of the information processing device, the correction value information being used by the vehicle when determining a distance between the vehicle and the information processing device in processing pertaining to the digital key for the vehicle, acquire the correction value information from a server device, and send the acquired correction value information to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shota HONDA, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230061183
    Abstract: An information processing device including a reception section 130 configured to receive user operation for disabling a vehicle control function by a first key configured to be used to control a vehicle, a confirmation section 132 configured to check whether a prescribed communication can be performed with a second key that is a key configured to be used to control the vehicle and that is different from the first key, and a processing section 134 configured to perform processing to suppress disabling of the vehicle control function by the first key according to the user operation in cases in which the prescribed communication with the second key has not been confirmed by the confirmation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei ASAI, Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shota HONDA, Toru YOSHIHARA, Naoyuki TAKADA, Nobuyoshi NAGAI