Patents by Inventor Masato Noritake
Masato Noritake 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).
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Patent number: 11958182Abstract: A mobile body system for managing a mobile body that moves within a predetermined area includes a mobile body associated with a guest group including one or more guests, and a managing apparatus configured to manage an outer appearance of the mobile body. The managing apparatus includes an activity collector configured to collect activity information indicative of an activity of the guest within the predetermined area, and an outer appearance manager configured to change the outer appearance of the mobile body viewed by the guest based on the activity information collected by the activity collector.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mutsumi Kawashima, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Masato Noritake, Nobuhiro Nishikawa, Masato Kurima, Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Reiko Tomita, Takaaki Kato, Hiroyuki Tomita, Daisaku Kato
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Publication number: 20220193916Abstract: A mobile body system for managing a mobile body that moves within a predetermined area includes a mobile body associated with a guest group including one or more guests, and a managing apparatus configured to manage an outer appearance of the mobile body. The managing apparatus includes an activity collector configured to collect activity information indicative of an activity of the guest within the predetermined area, and an outer appearance manager configured to change the outer appearance of the mobile body viewed by the guest based on the activity information collected by the activity collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Mutsumi Kawashima, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Masato Noritake, Nobuhiro Nishikawa, Masato Kurima, Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Reiko Tomita, Takaaki Kato, Hiroyuki Tomita, Daisaku Kato
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Publication number: 20220197303Abstract: A mobile unit system is lent to a user group consisting of at least one user in a park. The mobile unit system includes a first mobile unit configured to support an activity of the at least one user; and a second mobile unit configured to cooperate with the first mobile unit. The second mobile unit is smaller in size and has lower functionality than the first mobile unit. The first mobile unit has at least one of a baggage transportation function, a user transportation function, and a payment processing function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Mutsumi Kawashima, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Masato Noritake, Nobuhiro Nishikawa, Masato Kurima, Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Reiko Tomita, Takaaki Kato, Hiroyuki Tomita, Daisaku Kato
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Publication number: 20220193562Abstract: A movable body for transporting a visitor at a predetermined area includes a first display device configured to display a video on a virtual window being a display range defined on an inner surface of the movable body, and a display controller configured to partially altering a vehicle window view video which should be originally obtained from the virtual window when the virtual window is assumed to be a physical window, to generate an entertainment effect video. In an operation to generate the entertainment effect video, the display controller may partially or entirely convert a figure of a person contained in the vehicle window view video into that of a fictitious character or may convert at least one of persons contained in the vehicle window view video into an invisible form.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Mutsumi Kawashima, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Masato Noritake, Nobuhiro Nishikawa, Masato Kurima, Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Reiko Tomita, Takaaki Kato, Hiroyuki Tomita, Daisaku Kato
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Patent number: 9211845Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may include a door for a console box having a door outer, a door inner and a lock mechanism. The door inner is mounted to the door outer, and has a pair of mounting walls. The lock mechanism releasably locks the door at a position where the door closes an opening of a box main body of the console box. The lock mechanism has a knob that is pivotably mounted between the pair of mounting walls and is operated when releasing the lock mechanism. The door outer has a pair of ribs that push the pair of mounting walls away from each other to detach the knob from the mounting walls when the door outer receives a shock toward the door inner.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignees: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki Yano, Takamichi Fujine, Youhei Emura, Masato Noritake, Yuichi Kaneko, Takashi Murata
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Patent number: 9199595Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may include a center console having a box, a console door and a shock absorption portion. The box is installed on a floor in a vehicle interior. The console door is connected to an upper wall of a rear portion of the box via a hinge shaft, and rotates using the hinge shaft as a fulcrum so that an opening of the box upper is opened and closed. The shock absorption portion divides the rear portion of the box into the upper wall and a lower wall. The shock absorption portion connects the upper wall and the lower wall to each other with a step therebetween. The shock absorption portion is set to be thinner than the upper wall and the lower wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignees: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki Yano, Takamichi Fujine, Youhei Emura, Masato Noritake
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Publication number: 20140375039Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may include a door for a console box having a door outer, a door inner and a lock mechanism. The door inner is mounted to the door outer, and has a pair of mounting walls. The lock mechanism releasably locks the door at a position where the door closes an opening of a box main body of the console box. The lock mechanism has a knob that is pivotably mounted between the pair of mounting walls and is operated when releasing the lock mechanism. The door outer has a pair of ribs that push the pair of mounting walls away from each other to detach the knob from the mounting walls when the door outer receives a shock toward the door inner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Toshiki Yano, Takamichi Fujine, Youhei Emura, Masato Noritake, Yuichi Kaneko, Takashi Murata
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Publication number: 20140333085Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may include a center console having a box, a console door and a shock absorption portion. The box is installed on a floor in a vehicle interior. The console door is connected to an upper wall of a rear portion of the box via a hinge shaft, and rotates using the hinge shaft as a fulcrum so that an opening of the box upper is opened and closed. The shock absorption portion divides the rear portion of the box into the upper wall and a lower wall. The shock absorption portion connects the upper wall and the lower wall to each other with a step therebetween. The shock absorption portion is set to be thinner than the upper wall and the lower wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Toshiki Yano, Takamichi Fujine, Youhei Emura, Masato Noritake