Patents by Inventor Masato Endo

Masato Endo 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: 20240423815
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an actuator and a prosthesis that can propose an actuator and a prosthesis that can downsize a device. An actuator includes: a leaf spring that includes a bent portion bent in a U shape and a first extending portion extending from the bent portion, a first one end portion that is an end portion of the first extending portion on a side of the bent portion being cantilevered, the first extending portion being bendable and deformable in a plate thickness direction according to torque by transmitting the torque; and a first support member that supports a part of the first extending portion on a bending direction side in a case where torque transmitted in a first direction by the first extending portion is larger than a predetermined value. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ken ENDO, Ryusuke MORITA, Masato TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240397294
    Abstract: An information processing system relates to a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a user is designated as a delivery destination of a package. The information processing system includes a center server configured to remind the user to receive the package from the vehicle cabin of the vehicle designated by the user as the delivery destination of the package, in a case where the package is not received from the vehicle cabin of the vehicle after a predetermined time has elapsed since the package was delivered to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato ENDO, Yuichiro HARUNA
  • Publication number: 20240312542
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a thermal history monitor and a determination circuit. The thermal history monitor outputs a thermal history based on a characteristic variation of a memory cell when a reliability detection command is input from a controller or a host device. The determination circuit determines package reliability based on the thermal history output from the thermal history monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Masato ENDO, Haruo MIKI, Daiki SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 12096316
    Abstract: An information processing system relates to a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a user is designated as a delivery destination of a package. The information processing system includes a center server configured to remind the user to receive the package from the vehicle cabin of the vehicle designated by the user as the delivery destination of the package, in a case where the package is not received from the vehicle cabin of the vehicle after a predetermined time has elapsed since the package was delivered to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Endo, Yuichiro Haruna
  • Patent number: 12086737
    Abstract: An information providing system includes: a server including a first processor configured to provide an excursion pass that allows a user to use a plurality of transportation units to a terminal of the user; and a terminal including a second processor configured to output predetermined information to the server. The first processor is configured to: estimate a transportation unit used by the user among the plurality of transportation units, and a usage section of the transportation unit; acquire evaluation information indicating evaluation of the user with respect to the transportation unit from the terminal; calculate allocation of sales of the excursion pass to each operator providing the plurality of transportation units based on an estimation result of the transportation unit and the usage section, and the evaluation information; and output information regarding the allocation to each operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Majima, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 12078138
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Publication number: 20240256099
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a control unit is configured to execute acquiring assessment results of a plurality of items on driving operation of a first vehicle, and first information on a first device. The first device is used to assist in driving operation of a first item of which the assessment result is lower than a reference value among the plurality of items, and the first device is attachable to the first vehicle. The control unit is configured to output the assessment results of the plurality of items and the first information in a form in which the assessment result of the first item is associated with the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi AKIMA, Yasuyuki KAMEZAKI, Masato ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240249308
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to: acquire information on driving of a user; determine, for each trip, whether a predetermined event has occurred based on the information on the driving of the user, and create a diagnostic report associated with the predetermined event; and notify the user that the diagnostic report is present in response to creation of the diagnostic report associated with the predetermined event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Miyai, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Masato Endo, Seira Nakata
  • Publication number: 20240249643
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute: a process of presenting a user a plurality of missions respectively corresponding to a plurality of items of driving assessment; a process of setting one or more first missions for the user, the one or more first missions being selected by the user from among the plurality of missions; a process of determining whether the user has cleared the one or more first missions based on the driving assessment corresponding to the one or more first missions; and a process of presenting the user the plurality of missions including a second mission higher in difficulty level than the one or more first missions in response to a situation that the user has cleared the one or more first missions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji MIYAI, Yasuyuki KAMEZAKI, Masato ENDO, Seira NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20240249569
    Abstract: A control unit provided in an information processing device executes driving diagnosis of a vehicle for a plurality of items in a predetermined period, obtains a score for each of the plurality of items, and performs driving diagnosis among the plurality of items. Determining a comprehensive evaluation according to the number of items whose diagnostic results are equal to or less than a predetermined score; displaying the comprehensive evaluation on an initial screen of a user interface that displays the results of the driving diagnosis; and displaying the evaluation for each of the plurality of items on another screen associated with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi AKIMA, Shuji Miyai, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Masato Endo
  • Publication number: 20240249249
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire information on user's driving, perform a driving diagnose of a vehicle based on the acquired information, and present an amount of money saved for a component of the vehicle based on a result of the driving diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kota WASHIO, Masato ENDO
  • Patent number: 12046089
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a decision unit that decides upper limits of respective individual evaluation values for a plurality of calculation items such that a total of the upper limits is a previously determined value, the individual evaluation values being relevant to driving of a driver, the calculation items being calculation items for which the individual evaluation values are calculated; an acquisition unit that acquires vehicle information relevant to a vehicle; a calculation unit that calculates the respective individual evaluation values for the calculation items within the upper limits decided by the decision unit, based on the vehicle information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that displays, on a display unit, the respective individual evaluation values for the calculation items that are calculated by the calculation unit and a total evaluation value that is a total of the respective individual evaluation values for the calculation items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chisato Sugiura, Ai Ito, Akihito Nakamura, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Takaaki Nagatani, Shuhei Manabe, Masato Endo
  • Publication number: 20240239364
    Abstract: The server obtains a first reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the vehicle group and converts the first reduction amount of carbon dioxide into a first amount of the biological group. The server acquires a second reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the first vehicle by driving of the first user associated with the first vehicle included in the vehicle group, and acquires a contribution degree of the first user in the first amount of the biological group based on the second reduction amount of carbon dioxide. The server causes the predetermined display device to display information indicating the first amount of the biological group and the degree of contribution of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kota WASHIO, Hinata ICHIKAWA, Masato ENDO
  • Patent number: 11946764
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes: a map information acquisition unit that acquires map data around a vehicle; and an item display unit that overlaps a virtual item on a predetermined travel road on the map data and that displays the virtual item in a display area in a vehicle cabin. The item display unit overlaps and displays the virtual item on the map data, thereby guiding a driver of the vehicle toward the travel road on which the virtual item is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11941921
    Abstract: A maintenance information management device includes an information registration unit configured to register vehicle identification information and maintenance information in a memory for each vehicle, an information update unit configured to update the maintenance information after the maintenance of the vehicle by adding maintenance contents to the maintenance information registered in the memory, and an information providing unit configured to provide the maintenance information when a provision request for the maintenance information is accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11941314
    Abstract: A display control device includes one or more processors configured to: acquire information regarding a plurality of driving evaluation items set in advance; count, as the number of times of measurement, the number of times that at least one of a vehicle state and a driving state meets each of the driving evaluation items while a driver is driving a vehicle; display the driving evaluation items in a display region in a vehicle cabin; and visually display information relating to the remaining number of times that is a difference between the permissible number of times set for each of the driving evaluation items and the number of times of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Shuhei Manabe, Takaaki Nagatani, Masato Endo, Kenya Takagi
  • Patent number: 11925867
    Abstract: A processor is capable of assessing plural driving assessment items with mutually different details on the basis of driving operations of a vehicle. A game is displayed at a display part of an operation terminal by execution of a game application. The processor assigns modification factors generated in accordance with assessment results of the driving assessment items to a character in the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masato Endo
  • Publication number: 20240075940
    Abstract: An individual characteristics management device includes: a data acquiring section acquiring driving data relating to a plurality of driving evaluation items that are set in advance, and an individual characteristics estimating section estimating individual characteristics of a driver based on the driving data acquired by the data acquiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Shuhei MANABE, Masato ENDO
  • Patent number: 11912280
    Abstract: A driving diagnosis device includes: an event display unit that displays at least one event that is executed while a vehicle is driven; an event determination unit that determines whether the event is executed; a change element giving unit that gives, to a character of a game that is displayed on a display unit of an operation terminal by executing a game application, a change element generated in response to the event determined to be executed by the event determination unit; and a determination prohibition unit that causes the event determination unit not to determine that the same event is executed, when the same event is executed after the number of times the same event is executed exceeds a limited number of times that is a predetermined plurality of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 11915188
    Abstract: A delivery server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: transmit arrival information of a product to a user terminal carried by a user who has ordered the product; transmit, in a case where unattended delivery is instructed by the user terminal, unattended delivery information to a home delivery terminal of a delivery person who delivers the product, and request a signature of the user; transmit the signature information to the home delivery terminal in response to receiving signature information regarding the signature of the user from the user terminal; and transmit delivery completion information of the product to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Okazaki, Masato Endo, Mayumi Kurita, Masashi Toritani, Kumiko Matsuura, Takayuki Shikoda, Masaaki Otsuka, Yoshikazu Ishii