Patents by Inventor Masaru WATABIKI

Masaru WATABIKI 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: 11941991
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a platooning operation system organizes a platoon by making a plurality of vehicles cooperate. The platooning operation system includes an application acceptance processor and a platoon organization processor. The application acceptance processor accepts an application of a vehicle for admission to the platoon. The platoon organization processor which selects a platoon to which the vehicle is to be admitted or determines possibility of admission of the vehicle to the platoon, based on at least one of information on a driver driving the vehicle and information on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi Kobayashi, Yasuto Hatafuku, Hideki Kubo, Motokazu Iwasaki, Yoko Ikeda, Shinsuke Iuchi, Kiyoshi Takemoto, Kaori Kitami, Keishi Higashi, Tatsuki Shiraishi, Michiyo Sato, Masaru Watabiki
  • Patent number: 11667482
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a consolidated transportation method arranges a plurality of baggage in a same transportation area and performs transportation. A consolidation determination item is defined. A first baggage corresponding to an easily transferred baggage item in the consolidation determination item is arranged in a first transportation area and transported. A second baggage corresponding to a highly sensitive baggage item in the consolidation determination item is arranged in a second transportation area and transported. A first transporter includes the first transportation area. A second transporter includes the second transportation area. The first transportation area and the second transportation area are physically separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi Kobayashi, Yasuto Hatafuku, Hideo Ando, Hideki Kubo, Motokazu Iwasaki, Yoko Ikeda, Shinsuke Iuchi, Tatsuki Shiraishi, Kiyoshi Takemoto, Kaori Kitami, Keishi Higashi, Michiyo Sato, Masaru Watabiki
  • Patent number: 11623663
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transport service method comprises organizing a vehicle group of a plurality of self-driving vehicles in which a parameter value inherent to vehicles falls within a predetermined range, and controlling cooperative travel of the self-driving vehicles in the vehicle group to perform transport service of baggage, persons, animals, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi Kobayashi, Yasuto Hatafuku, Masahiro Samejima, Hideki Kubo, Motokazu Iwasaki, Yoko Ikeda, Shinsuke Iuchi, Kiyoshi Takemoto, Keishi Higashi, Kaori Kitami, Masaharu Doi, Tatsuki Shiraishi, Keiji Ogata, Yoshiki Yamaoka, Masaru Watabiki, Takeshi Nagai, Masao Uozumi, Masatomo Saito, Michiyo Sato, Masanori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10997400
    Abstract: A childcare support service offering system includes a terminal and a server. The terminal includes a camera and performs operation control and processing of transmitting terminal usage situation data including image data acquired by being picked up by the camera to the server. The server performs image analysis on the received image data, recognizes the user that watches the terminal, judges a gaze of the recognized user, and judges a degree of interest for the terminal based on the gaze. When the judged degree of interest becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, the server transmits a changing instruction for causing an operation in the terminal to be changed to another operation to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Motokazu Iwasaki, Genki Fukatsu, Kazuhiro Shimada, Keisaku Nakamura, Satoko Kikuchi, Masaru Watabiki, Yuuka Asaumi, Kanako Miyawaki, Masakazu Kashita, Shinsuke Iuchi
  • Publication number: 20210002088
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a consolidated transportation method arranges a plurality of baggage in a same transportation area and performs transportation. A consolidation determination item is defined. A first baggage corresponding to an easily transferred baggage item in the consolidation determination item is arranged in a first transportation area and transported. A second baggage corresponding to a highly sensitive baggage item in the consolidation determination item is arranged in a second transportation area and transported. A first transporter includes the first transportation area. A second transporter includes the second transportation area. The first transportation area and the second transportation area are physically separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi KOBAYASHI, Yasuto HATAFUKU, Hideo ANDO, Hideki KUBO, Motokazu IWASAKI, Yoko IKEDA, Shinsuke IUCHI, Tatsuki SHIRAISHI, Kiyoshi TAKEMOTO, Kaori KITAMI, Keishi HIGASHI, Michiyo SATO, Masaru WATABIKI
  • Publication number: 20200402408
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a platooning operation system organizes a platoon by making a plurality of vehicles cooperate. The platooning operation system includes an application acceptance processor and a platoon organization processor. The application acceptance processor accepts an application of a vehicle for admission to the platoon. The platoon organization processor which selects a platoon to which the vehicle is to be admitted or determines possibility of admission of the vehicle to the platoon, based on at least one of information on a driver driving the vehicle and information on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi KOBAYASHI, Yasuto HATAFUKU, Hideki KUBO, Motokazu IWASAKI, Yoko IKEDA, Shinsuke IUCHI, Kiyoshi TAKEMOTO, Kaori KITAMI, Keishi HIGASHI, Tatsuki SHIRAISHI, Michiyo SATO, Masaru WATABIKI
  • Publication number: 20200402409
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a platooning operation system organizes a platoon by causing a plurality of vehicles to cooperate on a predetermined route. An application reception processor accepts an application of a vehicle to join to the platoon including at least a designation of a platoon of a plurality of platoons for which a departure time and an arrival time at each point located on the route are preset, and a designation of a departure point and an arrival point on the route. An application management processor performs management of the application including determination on permission of reception of the application such that number of cooperating vehicles in each of the plurality of platoons does not exceed a predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi SHIDA, Toshio OKAMOTO, Miyoko MIYOSHI, Masaru WATABIKI, Masatomo SAITO, Wataru KOMATSUBARA, Taro NAGASHIMA, Masanori TAKAHASHI, Motokazu IWASAKI, Kaori KITAMI, Yoko IKEDA, Shinsuke IUCHI, Tatsuki SHIRAISHI, Michiyo SATO
  • Publication number: 20200298882
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transport service method comprises organizing a vehicle group of a plurality of self-driving vehicles in which a parameter value inherent to vehicles falls within a predetermined range, and controlling cooperative travel of the self-driving vehicles in the vehicle group to perform transport service of baggage, persons, animals, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi KOBAYASHI, Yasuto HATAFUKU, Masahiro SAMEJIMA, Hideki KUBO, Motokazu IWASAKI, Yoko IKEDA, Shinsuke IUCHI, Kiyoshi TAKEMOTO, Keishi HIGASHI, Kaori KITAMI, Masaharu DOI, Tatsuki SHIRAISHI, Keiji OGATA, Yoshiki YAMAOKA, Masaru WATABIKI, Takeshi NAGAI, Masao UOZUMI, Masatomo SAITO, Michiyo SATO, Masanori TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190228216
    Abstract: A childcare support service offering system includes a terminal and a server. The terminal includes a camera and performs operation control and processing of transmitting terminal usage situation data including image data acquired by being picked up by the camera to the server. The server performs image analysis on the received image data, recognizes the user that watches the terminal, judges a gaze of the recognized user, and judges a degree of interest for the terminal based on the gaze. When the judged degree of interest becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, the server transmits a changing instruction for causing an operation in the terminal to be changed to another operation to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Motokazu IWASAKI, Genki FUKATSU, Kazuhiro SHIMADA, Keisaku NAKAMURA, Satoko KIKUCHI, Masaru WATABIKI, Yuuka ASAUMI, Kanako MIYAWAKI, Masakazu KASHITA, Shinsuke IUCHI