Patents by Inventor Manabu Nagai

Manabu Nagai 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: 11948461
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an data acquisition unit that acquires sensor data of an infrastructure sensor; an object information generation unit that generates object information based on the sensor data; a detection range estimation unit that estimates an object detection range based on at least partial information constituting the object information; an intersection determination unit that determines whether the objects intersect with each other within a predetermined time based on at least partial information constituting the object information; and a signal output unit that outputs an intersection avoidance signal when a position of a second object is outside the object detection range of a first object or when the position of the first object is outside the object detection range of the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru Watanabe, Manabu Nagai, Daisaku Honda
  • Patent number: 11935775
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including a rotatable substrate stage, a first measuring mechanism and a second measuring mechanism. On the rotatable substrate stage, a laminated substrate used for manufacturing a semiconductor device is placed. The laminated substrate is formed by a first substrate and a second substrate to be laminated to each other. The first measuring mechanism measures an edge of the first substrate and an edge of the second substrate from a first direction. The second measuring mechanism measures the edge of the first substrate and the edge of the second substrate from a second direction. The second direction is a direction different from the first direction in an angle to a normal of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagai, Manabu Takakuwa, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20240021078
    Abstract: An intersection control apparatus controls entries of vehicles into an intersection. The intersection control apparatus includes an intersection environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of types of intersection environment information, an information conversion unit configured to encode the intersection environment information into a predetermined bit length for each type of the intersection environment information, an intersection control information generation unit configured to generate at least one intersection control information piece by integrating the plurality of types of intersection environment information through bit operations, and an intersection control unit configured to control the entries of the vehicles into the intersection using the at least one intersection control information piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu NAGAI, Suguru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230368664
    Abstract: An intersection control apparatus includes a decision unit that decides first intersection control information, second intersection control information, and third intersection control information and a distribution unit that distributes the first intersection control information, the second intersection control information, and the third intersection control information to a plurality of vehicles scheduled to pass through the intersection in the recited order. The first intersection control information and the third intersection control information include a plurality of permitted track information pieces. The second intersection control information includes at least one permitted track information piece. The first intersection control information, the second intersection control information, and the third intersection control information are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu NAGAI, Suguru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230177700
    Abstract: An estimation result determination unit determines, for each of the objects, a correct estimation result or one of a plurality of false estimation types, which indicate types of false estimation results using ground truth data that corresponds to a video image and output data indicating the result of the estimation made on the video image by the algorithm. The evaluation value calculation unit adds false estimation coefficients that correspond to the plurality of respective false estimation types and are provided so as to become higher in accordance with a degree of impact of the false estimation type for a number of objects that correspond to the false estimation type and thus calculates an evaluation value of the algorithm based on the total value of the added values of the false estimation coefficients obtained for each of the plurality of false estimation types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu NAGAI, Suguru WATANABE, Yusuke NAKANO
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20220406186
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an data acquisition unit that acquires sensor data of an infrastructure sensor; an object information generation unit that generates object information based on the sensor data; a detection range estimation unit that estimates an object detection range based on at least partial information constituting the object information; an intersection determination unit that determines whether the objects intersect with each other within a predetermined time based on at least partial information constituting the object information; and a signal output unit that outputs an intersection avoidance signal when a position of a second object is outside the object detection range of a first object or when the position of the first object is outside the object detection range of the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru Watanabe, Manabu Nagai, Daisaku Honda
  • Publication number: 20220292958
    Abstract: An intersection control system includes: a storage storing multiple pieces of intersection control information that are different from each other, each piece of the intersection control information including multiple pieces of permitted trajectory information each of which indicates a permitted travel trajectory that a vehicle is permitted to follow, and a plurality of the travel trajectories not interfering with each other; and one or more processors configured to acquire multiple pieces of travel trajectory information each of which indicates a travel trajectory that each of a plurality of the vehicles located near the intersection follows when passing through the intersection, select a piece of the intersection control information that matches the pieces of the travel trajectory information from among the pieces of the intersection control information, and send the selected piece of the intersection control information to the vehicles located near the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu NAGAI, Daisaku HONDA, Suguru WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220051005
    Abstract: A walking estimation system according to the present disclosure includes: an infrastructure sensor configured to acquire an image; an analysis unit configured to analyze the image acquired by the infrastructure sensor, the image being an image containing a target pedestrian; and a step length estimation unit configured to estimate a step length of the target pedestrian based on a result of the analysis of the image containing the target pedestrian performed by the analysis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Manabu Nagai
  • Patent number: 5969521
    Abstract: An automatic measuring apparatus is capable of measuring the thickness of a work piece with a high degree of precision. Distance data for carriers is removed from distance data representative of the distances between a pair of surface plates which are detected in a non-contact manner. An eddy current sensor mounted on a first surface plate detects a distance therefrom to a second surface plate and generates a corresponding analog voltage signal. When the eddy current sensor enters and exits a space between two adjacent carriers, voltage signals are generated. The voltage signals are processed to determine the voltage value of a digital voltage signal that has a maximum frequency or a maximum number of occurrences among the voltage signals being processed. The resultant determination is used to arrive at the work piece thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Speedfam Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Kurita, Manabu Nagai