Patents by Inventor Mayuko ABE

Mayuko ABE 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: 12662082
    Abstract: A vehicle management apparatus is configured to manage a vehicle for delivery loaded with one or more packages. The vehicle management apparatus includes a controller configured to, upon detecting that the vehicle has stopped, determine, based on vehicle data indicating a status of the vehicle, whether a driver of the vehicle is making a delivery, and control a door of the vehicle to lock in a case in which it has been determined that the driver is making a delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto Tomida, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Satoshi Komamine, Tetsuya Ide, Mayuko Abe, Makoto Akahane, Haruki Oguri
  • Publication number: 20250245607
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device of a user; and a control unit configured to: acquire location data indicating a location of a delivery vehicle; calculate a distance from the location indicated by the acquired location data to a delivery destination; calculate from the calculated distance an estimated time that is an estimated amount of time until the delivery vehicle arrives at the delivery destination; and when the calculated estimated time becomes less than a threshold time, enable reception of a notification that the user is temporarily unavailable to receive delivery from the terminal device via the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko ABE, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Koki MORIYA, Yuta TAKATA, Jean sebastien BOIRE, Takashi YASUDA, Tsuyoshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20250245608
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to, in a case in which delivery of a package to a designated delivery point is not completed by a scheduled delivery time, provide a terminal apparatus owned by a customer who has ordered the package with a content that is set to be viewable by the customer, during delay time from the scheduled delivery time to a delivery completion time, at which the delivery of the package is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayuko ABE, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Koki MORIYA, Yuta TAKATA, Jean-Sebastien BOIRE, Takashi YASUDA, Tsuyoshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 12205069
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller, the controller being configured to select a first mobile body to deliver baggage to a delivery destination existing in a predetermined facility from among a plurality of types of delivery mobile bodies, wherein the controller selects the first mobile body, based on required time necessary to deliver the baggage to the delivery destination in a site of the predetermined facility, for each delivery mobile body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Okabe, Mayuko Abe, Satoshi Komamine, Takeaki Dohda, Ken Matsushita, Yosuke Takada
  • Publication number: 20240110803
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to extract roads that are difficult for a particular truck to travel based on a travel history of one or more trucks and generate route guidance such that roads that are easy for the particular truck to travel are given priority by avoiding at least one road among the extracted roads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto TOMIDA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Tetsuya IDE, Mayuko ABE, Makoto AKAHANE, Haruki OGURI
  • Publication number: 20240109512
    Abstract: A vehicle management apparatus is configured to manage a vehicle for delivery loaded with one or more packages. The vehicle management apparatus includes a controller configured to, upon detecting that the vehicle has stopped, determine, based on vehicle data indicating a status of the vehicle, whether a driver of the vehicle is making a delivery, and control a door of the vehicle to lock in a case in which it has been determined that the driver is making a delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto TOMIDA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Tetsuya IDE, Mayuko ABE, Makoto AKAHANE, Haruki OGURI
  • Publication number: 20240104488
    Abstract: A delivery support apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a controller configured to acquire information about a vehicle used for delivery of a package, the information having been acquired on the vehicle, determine, based on the information about the vehicle, a loading/unloading location at which the package was loaded or unloaded, and generate, based on the loading/unloading location, information about a location at which packages can be loaded/unloaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto TOMIDA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Tetsuya IDE, Mayuko ABE, Makoto AKAHANE, Haruki OGURI
  • Publication number: 20230037532
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technology capable of favorably using a vehicle driven by a driver or an autonomous vehicle as a delivery vehicle to deliver goods. An information processing apparatus includes a controller including at least one processor configured to execute assigning either a first vehicle that is a vehicle driven by a driver or a second vehicle that is an autonomous vehicle as a delivery vehicle to deliver goods to a user. When a predetermined event other than the delivery of the goods to the user is requested to be performed at a delivery destination, the controller selects the first vehicle as the delivery vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro OKABE, Mayuko ABE, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Takeaki DOHDA, Ken MATSUSHITA, Yosuke TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20230041023
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller, the controller being configured to select a first mobile body to deliver baggage to a delivery destination existing in a predetermined facility from among a plurality of types of delivery mobile bodies, wherein the controller selects the first mobile body, based on required time necessary to deliver the baggage to the delivery destination in a site of the predetermined facility, for each delivery mobile body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro OKABE, Mayuko ABE, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Takeaki DOHDA, Ken MATSUSHITA, Yosuke TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20230044401
    Abstract: An information processing device determines, based on location information of a plurality of delivery destinations for package delivery: one or a plurality of first delivery destinations for package delivery by a vehicle; and one or a plurality of second delivery destinations for package delivery by a drone mounted on the vehicle. In addition, the information processing device determines: a travel route including a route for the vehicle to perform package delivery to the one or plurality of first delivery destinations; a first point on the travel route for the drone to start flying from the vehicle to the one or plurality of second delivery destinations; and a second point on the travel route for the drone to return to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro OKABE, Mayuko ABE, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Takeaki DOHDA, Ken MATSUSHITA, Yosuke TAKADA