Patents by Inventor Masashi Nakagawa

Masashi Nakagawa 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: 12277776
    Abstract: Vehicle communication systems and methods for identifying and classifying objects as relevant to an occupant of a vehicle. A method includes capturing first object data at a first vehicle, classifying the first object data as relevant or non-relevant based on a first user profile associated with the first vehicle, and transmitting a transmission package including the first object data to a server in response to classifying the first object data as relevant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20250110671
    Abstract: A cloud server for providing a cloud print service includes at least one memory that stores instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions to receive a login request from an image forming apparatus remotely operated by an information processing terminal, acquire a file list from a cloud storage service based on user information acquired in response to the received login request, transmit the acquired file list to the information processing terminal, provide the information processing terminal with a setting screen for changing print settings regarding a printing target file, download the printing target file from the cloud storage service when an instruction for printing the printing target file is received from the information processing terminal, generate a print job based on the downloaded printing target file and the print settings changed in the setting screen, and transmit the generated print job to the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventor: MASASHI NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12202434
    Abstract: A method for granting access to vehicle functionalities is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from a device that is external to the vehicle, the signal including identification data of an object associated with the device, comparing the identification data with user identifications stored in the memory of the vehicle, and granting, to the object, access to a first set of functionalities of the vehicle in response to determining that the identification data matches a first user identification of the user identifications stored in the memory of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20250013409
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a printer driver configured to generate a print command compliant with a predetermined printing protocol based on print data obtained from a data generation application, one or more extension modules configured to generate a print command compliant with another printing protocol different from the predetermined printing protocol, a storage unit configured to store information associating the one or more extension modules to be used for generating the print command compliant with said another printing protocol with the printer driver, and an output unit configured to output the print command compliant with said another printing protocol, the print command being obtained through processing of the print data obtained by the printer driver, and the processing being performed by the one or more modules indicated by the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12190005
    Abstract: In a cloud print system a print job is transmitted from a client terminal to a second cloud print service via a first cloud print service. The first cloud print service, when registering the second cloud print service as a printer, obtains connection information for connecting to the second cloud print service and registers the second cloud print service as the printer in association with the connection information, and in response to a request from the client terminal, transmits the connection information to the client terminal. The client terminal accesses the second cloud print service based on the connection information and receives a service according to the second cloud print service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20240427537
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a configuration profile that indicates a capability of a logical printer provided by a print server, and is associated with a user of the information processing apparatus, a presenting unit configured to present content of the obtained configuration profile to the user, and accept a change of the content, a registering unit configured to register a configuration profile having content designated by the user to a printer driver configured to generate a print job to the logical printer, and a generating unit configured to generate a screen for performing a print setting of the print job based on a configuration profile registered in the printer driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20240427541
    Abstract: A print server includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from a manager of the print server, designation of a configuration profile that indicates a capability of one logical printer associated with a plurality of printing apparatuses, a providing unit configured to provide an information processing apparatus with a configuration profile designated by the manager, a receiving unit configured to receive a print job to the logical printer from the information processing apparatus, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the print job to one of the plurality of printing apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20240377992
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus, in response to a request for an output-enabled tenant list by a user, identifies a location of a client terminal corresponding to a transmission source of the request, in a case where the location is determined to be a location of a specific tenant, obtains a condition for an output-enabled tenant set for the specific tenant, and filters a list of output-enabled tenants usable by the user on a basis of the condition to generate an output-enabled tenant list and transmits the output-enabled tenant list to the client terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventor: MASASHI NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12112084
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a printer driver configured to generate a print command compliant with a predetermined printing protocol based on print data obtained from a data generation application, one or more extension modules configured to generate a print command compliant with another printing protocol different from the predetermined printing protocol, a storage unit configured to store information associating the one or more extension modules to be used for generating the print command compliant with said another printing protocol with the printer driver, and an output unit configured to output the print command compliant with said another printing protocol, the print command being obtained through processing of the print data obtained by the printer driver, and the processing being performed by the one or more modules indicated by the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12078212
    Abstract: A first drive cam groove extends from a drive cam specific position to one side in a circumferential direction. A second drive cam groove extends from the drive cam specific position to the other side in the circumferential direction, and an inclination angle of a groove bottom with respect to one end surface of the drive cam main body is larger than that of the first drive cam groove. A first driven cam groove extends from a driven cam specific position to one side in a circumferential direction. A second driven cam groove extends from the driven cam specific position to the other side in the circumferential direction, and an inclination angle of a groove bottom with respect to one end surface of the driven cam main body is larger than that of the first driven cam groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Takagi, Takumi Sugiura, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20240241682
    Abstract: A cloud print system is provided. In the system, a print job is transmitted from a client terminal to a second cloud print service via a first cloud print service. When registering the second cloud print service as a printer, the first cloud print service obtains connection information for connecting to the second cloud print service and registers the second cloud print service as a printer in association with the connection information. In response to a request from the client terminal, the cloud print service transmits the connection information to the client terminal. The client terminal accesses the second cloud print service based on the connection information and receives a service according to the second cloud print service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12025191
    Abstract: A first drive cam groove extends from a drive cam specific position to one side in a circumferential direction. A second drive cam groove extends from the drive cam specific position to the other side in the circumferential direction, and an inclination angle of a groove bottom with respect to one end surface of the drive cam main body is larger than that of the first drive cam groove. A first driven cam groove extends from a driven cam specific position to one side in a circumferential direction. A second driven cam groove extends from the driven cam specific position to the other side in the circumferential direction, and an inclination angle of a groove bottom with respect to one end surface of the driven cam main body is larger than that of the first driven cam groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Takagi, Takumi Sugiura, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12024041
    Abstract: A system for electrical charging of a first vehicle by a second vehicle includes a network access device to communicate with a first source that includes at least one of the first vehicle or a mobile device associated with a user of the first vehicle. The system further includes a processor coupled to the network access device that is designed to receive a charge request from the first source via the network access device, the charge request requesting access to a source of electrical energy for charging the first vehicle. The processor is further designed to identify an available vehicle that is available to be used as the source of electrical energy for charging the first vehicle. The processor is further designed to control the network access device to transmit available vehicle information corresponding to the available vehicle to the first source in response to receiving the charge request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11971270
    Abstract: A driving settings control system and method for controlling operating conditions of a vehicle component. The method includes determining a route to a destination in response to receiving the destination from the vehicle, identifying triggers along the route, determining operating conditions of one or more vehicle components of the vehicle corresponding to the triggers, and transmitting control instructions to the vehicle including the route, the operating conditions of the one or more vehicle components, and executing commands instructing the vehicle to accept the operating conditions of the one or more vehicle components as the vehicle approaches locations of the triggers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11952011
    Abstract: Methods and devices for digitally combining multiple access or entry enabling items or keys and/or location data of multiple destinations. A device may wirelessly communicate with a plurality of access control devices. The access control devices may individually authenticate a digital key of a plurality of digital keys identifiable by key identification data stored in a memory of the device. The device may further include a processor. The processor may be configured to determine that the digital key is authenticated by one of the access control devices. The processor may be further configured to communicate with the one access control system to prompt the one access control system to allow access to a user of the device. The processor may be further configured to communicate the location data to a navigation system. The processor may be further configured to transmit access tokens and/or location data to other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakagawa, Seisuke Kasaoki
  • Patent number: 11859679
    Abstract: A control device controls a torque transmission device. The torque transmission device includes an actuator that operates by being energized and a torque transmission portion that is switched to a transmission state or a non-transmission state by the actuator operating, and transmits a torque between a first transmission portion and a second transmission portion when the torque transmission portion is in the transmission state. The control device includes a target calculation unit, a mode determination unit, and a control unit. The target calculation unit calculates a target transmission torque that is a torque to be transmitted between the first transmission portion and the second transmission portion. The mode determination unit determines an operating mode among an engagement mode, a release mode, and a steady mode. The control unit controls the actuator based on the operating mode determined by the mode determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11845390
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the vehicle configured to detect sensor data indicating a presence of an object, occupant, or pet within the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine whether the object, occupant, or pet is within the vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to a user of the vehicle regarding the presence of the object, occupant, or pet within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagata, Masashi Nakagawa, Divya Sai Toopran, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11846331
    Abstract: A control device controls a torque transmission device. The torque transmission device includes an actuator that operates by being energized and a torque transmission portion that is switched to a transmission state or a non-transmission state by the actuator operating, and transmits a torque between a first transmission portion and a second transmission portion when the torque transmission portion is in the transmission state. The control device includes a target calculation unit, a mode determination unit, and a control unit. The target calculation unit calculates a target transmission torque that is a torque to be transmitted between the first transmission portion and the second transmission portion. The mode determination unit determines an operating mode among an engagement mode, a release mode, and a steady mode. The control unit controls the actuator based on the operating mode determined by the mode determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11840250
    Abstract: A method for instructing users of car-sharing services to operate a shared vehicle includes identifying a user of a selected vehicle, determining a customary vehicle of the user based on the identification, determining differences between the selected vehicle and the customary vehicle, and informing the user of the determined differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11842086
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing mechanisms, devices, systems, and methods for registering information about services of a management system and a print system in the management system and the print system based on a registration request for the management system from a client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masashi Nakagawa