Patents by Inventor Masahisa SAWADA

Masahisa SAWADA 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: 11941549
    Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
  • Patent number: 11912308
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
  • Patent number: 11834075
    Abstract: A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20220281481
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20220281486
    Abstract: An automated driving vehicle includes an analysis unit, an autonomous travel control unit, and a passenger ascertaining unit configured to transmit a notification to an interested person's contact-number device set in a reservation for vehicle allocation in at least one of (1) a case in which a passenger set in the reservation for vehicle allocation has boarded at a boarding point set in the reservation for vehicle allocation, (2) a case in which the passenger has not been recognized by the analysis unit within a predetermined waiting time from a target boarding point arrival time set in the reservation for vehicle allocation, and (3) a case in which the passenger has alighted at a destination set in the reservation for vehicle allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20220270490
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes an input unit that is capable of receiving input of a dispatch request and a destination and a position determiner that is capable of obtaining a terminal position which is its own current position. In accordance with the dispatch request, an autonomous vehicle is designated as a vehicle that is to be dispatched. The autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving controller that performs driving control so as to track the mobile terminal based on the terminal position while on its way to pick up the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20220270165
    Abstract: When a rental user schedule management unit (general user schedule management unit) receives, from a general user (rental user) different from the priority user that is a lease contractor, a general usage request for a predetermined autonomous vehicle in which a time zone excluding a priority usage time zone is specified, the rental user schedule management unit set the time zone specified by the general usage request as a general usage time zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20220266872
    Abstract: A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20220261707
    Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI