Patents by Inventor Masao Tajima

Masao Tajima 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: 20230399132
    Abstract: A stage has a takeoff and landing surface. The takeoff and landing surface has an opening through which loading and unloading to and from a flying object is carried out. The takeoff and landing surface has a plurality of markers formed thereon. Each marker is a figure or the like for identifying a relative position between the flying object and the stage. The opening is formed in the takeoff and landing surface such that an edge of the opening does not cross the markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki KIYOKAMI, Masao TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230347809
    Abstract: A parcel delivery vehicle includes a door opening provided in a left side part of a vehicle, a parcel storage compartment provided inside the vehicle to store a parcel, and a parcel handling device configured to convey the parcel between a first delivery reception position and a second delivery reception position and receive the parcel from the parcel storage compartment at the first delivery reception position and transfer the parcel to a worker or an unmanned transport device at the second delivery reception position. The parcel storage compartment is provided on a front side and/or a rear side of the parcel handling device in the vehicle. The parcel handling device is provided in a vicinity of a right side part and at a position facing the door opening in a vehicle width direction, and the second delivery reception position is set between the parcel handling device and the door opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki KIYOKAMI, Masao TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230202691
    Abstract: A position correcting mechanism sandwiches, from both sides, a horizonal leg portion of a flying vehicle that has landed on a takeoff/landing surface of a stage, and moves the flying vehicle on the takeoff/landing surface to a position along a centerline. A grip mechanism grips a supporting leg portion of the flying vehicle. The flying vehicle is moved toward a securing device provided at an edge part of the stage, and an end portion of the horizontal leg portion is inserted into an insertion hole of an insertion part. The flying vehicle is thereby secured on the takeoff/landing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki KIYOKAMI, Masao Tajima
  • Publication number: 20230202682
    Abstract: A vehicle includes, on its roof, a first autonomous driving sensor, a second autonomous driving sensor, and a takeoff and landing assist device. The first autonomous driving sensor is disposed adjacent to the front of the vehicle for sensing conditions ahead of the vehicle. The second autonomous driving sensor is disposed adjacent to the rear of the vehicle for sensing conditions behind the vehicle. The takeoff and landing assist device includes a takeoff and landing surface where a flying device takes off and lands. The takeoff and landing assist device is disposed between the first autonomous driving sensor and the second autonomous driving sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kiyokami, Masao Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220366466
    Abstract: A vehicle usage fee determination system includes a reception unit that receives a usage application by a user who has an intention to drive a vehicle, a wakefulness level estimation unit that estimates a wakefulness level of the user, and a fee determination unit that sets a usage fee of the vehicle when a target wakefulness level that is the wakefulness level at a time a first predetermined time before a scheduled driving start time of the vehicle by the user is a predetermined value to be equal to or less than a usage fee of the vehicle when the target wakefulness level is lower than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Reiko YAMAMOTO, Gen FUKUYAMA, Masao TAJIMA, Mikio INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220348116
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a sleep depth estimation unit that estimates a sleep depth of an occupant seated in a seat provided in a vehicle, and a control unit that controls the vehicle such that a magnitude of the external force to be applied to at least one of a plurality of the occupants is equal to or less than a first threshold value when the estimated sleep depth of the occupant is equal to or lower than a predetermined reference depth or when the occupant is awake, and that controls the vehicle such that the magnitude of the external force to be applied to each of all the occupants is equal to or less than a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value when the sleep depth of each of the occupants is greater than the reference depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Gen FUKUYAMA, Mikio INOUE, Reiko YAMAMOTO, Masao TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220222621
    Abstract: A package selection section selects a package for delivery based on package information obtained by a package information section, taking into consideration suitability (attributes) of a delivery driver based on driver information obtained by a driver information section. A route generation section then generates a delivery route for the delivery driver to deliver to a delivery destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANATA, Masao TAJIMA, Takashi HAYASHI, Nobuyuki TOMATSU, Hideki FUKUDOME, Takashi HAYASHI, Yoshiumi KAWAMURA, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Manabu YAMAMOTO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20220204084
    Abstract: A suspension structure for a power unit is configured to suspend a power unit including a motor, a transaxle, and a power control unit. In the suspension structure for a power unit, the transaxle is arranged in a substantially center portion in a vehicle width direction, the motor is arranged at a position on an upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on one side in the vehicle width direction, and the power control unit is arranged at a position on the upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on an opposite side of the motor. In the suspension structure for a power unit, the motor and the power control unit are suspended on a principal axis of inertia substantially parallel with an axis in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kan SAITO, Toshiyuki TSUCHIYA, Takashi UMEZU, Masao TAJIMA, Hiroyuki SHIRAISHI, Toshimichi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220177010
    Abstract: An autonomous delivery box includes a first memory, a first processor coupled to the first memory, and a delivery box configured to house a package. The autonomous delivery box is configured to travel autonomously between a dispatch base from which the package is dispatched and a handover location at which the package is handed over. The first processor is configured to authenticate opening permission for a door of the delivery box, and to control whether or not the autonomous delivery box is permitted to travel such that the autonomous delivery box is not permitted to travel in a case in which a travel-permitting condition of the autonomous delivery box has not been satisfied at the handover location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANATA, Masao TAJIMA, Takashi HAYASHI, Nobuyuki TOMATSU, Hideki FUKUDOME, Takashi HAYASHI, Yoshiumi KAWAMURA, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Manabu YAMAMOTO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20220164761
    Abstract: A distribution base mobility system that acquires position information of a distribution base vehicle, position information for a location where the distribution base vehicle is able to park to exchange distribution items between the distribution base vehicle and the moving bodies, and information relating to a distribution request from a user, creates a transit plan including a transit destination and a transit timing of the distribution base vehicle, based on the acquired information, so as to reduce overall loss in a case in which the plurality of moving bodies move to an exchange location for distribution item exchange with the distribution base vehicle in order to pick up distribution items; and notifies the distribution base vehicle of the created transit plan, and notify the moving bodies of position information of the distribution base vehicle based on the acquired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANATA, Masao TAJIMA, Takashi HAYASHI, Nobuyuki TOMATSU, Hideki FUKUDOME, Takashi HAYASHI, Yoshiumi KAWAMURA, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Manabu YAMAMOTO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20220162047
    Abstract: A cargo conveying device includes: a horizontal direction conveying section that conveys cargo in a horizontal direction, and that includes a transfer section at which cargo is transferred between the transfer section and a cargo handler; a height adjusting section that adjusts a vertical direction height of the transfer section; and a control section that, at a time at a time at which cargo is transferred between the transfer section and a cargo handler, operates the height adjusting section, and adjusts the vertical direction height of the transfer section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANATA, Masao TAJIMA, Takashi HAYASHI, Nobuyuki TOMATSU, Hideki FUKUDOME, Takashi HAYASHI, Yoshiumi KAWAMURA, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Manabu YAMAMOTO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20220147919
    Abstract: A delivery management device includes: a package information acquisition section configured to acquire information relating to a package for delivery; a delivery arrival date/time setting section configured to set a delivery arrival date and time for the package for delivery; a notification section configured to notify a reception destination of the delivery arrival date and time set by the delivery arrival date/time setting section; and a collection preference reception section configured to receive, from the reception destination, a preference for collection from a delivery vehicle or a periphery of a delivery vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kanata, Masao Tajima, Takashi Hayashi, Nobuyuki Tomatsu, Hideki Fukudome, Takashi Hayashi, Yoshiumi Kawamura, Kosuke Akatsuka, Manabu Yamamoto, Kosuke Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20220147921
    Abstract: The delivery support device includes: a reception destination information acquisition section configured to acquire reception destination information for a package for delivery; a delivery route setting section configured to set a delivery route for a delivery vehicle based on the reception destination information acquired by the reception destination information acquisition section; a delivery acceptance availability determination section configured to acquire a delivery acceptance availability status for a reception destination and determine whether or not it will be possible to hand over the package for delivery based on the delivery acceptance availability status; and a resetting section configured to eliminate the reception destination from the delivery route and reset the delivery route in cases in which the delivery acceptance availability determination section has determined that it will not be possible to hand over the package for delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kanata, Masao Tajima, Takashi Hayashi, Nobuyuki Tomatsu, Hideki Fukudome, Takashi Hayashi, Yoshiumi Kawamura, Kosuke Akatsuka, Manabu Yamamoto, Kosuke Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 9188052
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure is obtained that can efficiently lead cooling wind to a heat exchanger. A vehicle front portion structure has: a heat exchanger; a flow path member that forms a discharging flow path that discharges airflow, that has passed through an air-side flow path of the heat exchanger, to a vehicle exterior from a downwardly-directed opening portion at a rear side with respect to the heat exchanger; and an airflow promoting structure that forms a contracted flow path that gradually becomes more narrow from a front end side toward a rear end side, and that, at the front end side, increases a speed of traveling wind that has flowed-in from beneath a vehicle floor, and that causes the traveling wind to flow-out from between the heat exchanger and the opening portion at the discharging flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masao Tajima
  • Publication number: 20140299396
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle front portion structure that can sufficiently ensure an amount of cooling wind that is introduced into a cooling unit disposed at a rear of a power unit. A vehicle front portion structure has: a power unit that is fixed to an interior of a power unit room; a cooling unit provided at a rear of the power unit; an undercover that adjusts a flow of air flowing through a lower portion of a vehicle; a cooling wind introducing hole that is provided in the undercover at a rear of the power unit and in front of the cooling unit; and a cooling wind introducing passage that blows out air, that has been introduced from a front side opening end portion, toward the cooling unit from a rear side opening end portion that is provided above the cooling wind introducing hole, at a flow velocity that is faster than a flow velocity of the air flowing through the lower portion of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masao Tajima
  • Publication number: 20140251241
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure is obtained that can efficiently lead cooling wind to a heat exchanger. A vehicle front portion structure has: a heat exchanger; a flow path member that forms a discharging flow path that discharges airflow, that has passed through an air-side flow path of the heat exchanger, to a vehicle exterior from a downwardly-directed opening portion at a rear side with respect to the heat exchanger; and an airflow promoting structure that forms a contracted flow path that gradually becomes more narrow from a front end side toward a rear end side, and that, at the front end side, increases a speed of traveling wind that has flowed-in from beneath a vehicle floor, and that causes the traveling wind to flow-out from between the heat exchanger and the opening portion at the discharging flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masao Tajima
  • Publication number: 20130059519
    Abstract: There is obtained a cooling wind introduction structure that can suppress entry of foreign matter into a vehicle body from an air intake port. A cooling wind introduction structure has: a duct that guides air, that is taken-in into a vehicle body from an introduction port that opens toward a road surface between a pair of front wheels that are lined-up in a vehicle transverse direction, to a cooling unit as cooling wind; and plural or a single flap that is provided along a vehicle longitudinal direction and a vehicle vertical direction in a vicinity of the introduction port within the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Tajima, Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 7946602
    Abstract: A stabilizer configured to connect suspension devices situated right and left of an automobile, the stabilizer is characterized in that the stabilizer extends below a suspension member where a steering device of the automobile is fixed; at a side of the suspension member, the stabilizer extends above a lower arm and toward a front of the automobile; and the stabilizer is connected to the suspension devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimatani, Satoshi Murata, Seiji Sakai, Masao Tajima, Makoto Kobayashi, Keiichi Kondo, Shinji Iwasa, Kimihiro Kuji
  • Publication number: 20090160155
    Abstract: A stabilizer configured to connect suspension devices situated right and left of an automobile, the stabilizer is characterized in that the stabilizer extends below a suspension member where a steering device of the automobile is fixed; at a side of the suspension member, the stabilizer extends above a lower arm and toward a front of the automobile; and the stabilizer is connected to the suspension devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimatami, Satoshi Murata, Seiji Sakai, Masao Tajima, Makoto Kobayashi, Keiichi Kondo, Shinji Iwasa, Kimihiro Kuji
  • Patent number: 6398200
    Abstract: In a vibration isolating mount having a toe correcting mechanism (5) and installed with bored portions (21) and an axial stopper (6) in a rubber-like elastic body (4) between an inner and an outer cylinder (2) and (3), as the stopper (6), a portion of the outer cylinder on a side opposed to the toe correcting mechanism (5) interposing the inner cylinder (2) is extended in the axial direction and stopper rubber (4c) is arranged at a front end of the extended portion (13) by which a rubber vulcanizing mold can be divided in an upper and a lower portion thereof even with the bored portion (21), simplification of mold structure is achieved and light-weighted formation and durability of the mount are promoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignees: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kakimoto, Yasukuni Wakita, Seiya Takeshita, Michihiro Kawada, Tetsuji Sano, Yoshihisa Kato, Masao Tajima, Kazuhiro Horikoshi, Hideyuki Kobayashi