Patents by Inventor Megumi AMANO
Megumi AMANO 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: 11480442Abstract: An output apparatus arranged on a traveling route of a user is allowed to timely output information desired by the user. The information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure is an information processing apparatus to be used by a mobile user, the information processing apparatus comprising a controller which executes acquisition of a content designated by the user; specification of an output apparatus arranged on a traveling route of the user; and transmission of the acquired content to the specified output apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Harunobu Saito, Daiki Kaneichi, Ryotaro Fujiwara, Megumi Amano, Masato Endo, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 11481173Abstract: An information processing apparatus, which is provided to display advertisement information on a display apparatus installed with a display surface directed to a road, is configured to execute acquisition of a traveling situation of a vehicle which travels on the road; selection of a first display form or a second display form having an amount of information larger than that of the first display form, as the display form of the advertisement information on the basis of the traveling situation; and display of the advertisement information on the display apparatus in the display form selected on the basis of the traveling situation.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Harunobu Saito, Daiki Kaneichi, Ryotaro Fujiwara, Megumi Amano, Masato Endo, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 11379896Abstract: An information processing apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided with a control unit configured to acquire information indicating an item that a user desires to check for a product, acquire manufacturing data of a sample of the product capable of checking the item desired to be checked by using the acquired information, and output the manufacturing data to a sample manufacturing apparatus in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Ishiwata, Takayuki Yano, Shin Sakurada, Megumi Amano
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Patent number: 11300417Abstract: An information processing device obtains information concerning a plurality of items of food and drink served to a passenger of a mobile body while the mobile body is moving from a start point to an end point of movement, generates information indicating timing of serving of each of the items of food and drink to the passenger, based on information indicating a period of time provided for allowing the passenger to see a viewing object from the mobile body while the mobile body is moving from the start point to the end point, and outputs the information indicating the timing.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Ishiwata, Takayuki Yano, Shin Sakurada, Megumi Amano
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Patent number: 11270587Abstract: A vehicle on-board communication device is provided with a communication unit that transmits and receives via wireless communication between a host vehicle and other vehicles located in the vicinity thereof intention information relating to an intention of a vehicle occupant, an instruction unit that receives transmission instructions from an occupant of the host vehicle and causes the intention information to be transmitted to the communication unit, and a notification unit that notifies the occupant of the host vehicle about the intention information of an occupant of another vehicle received by the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Patent number: 11221227Abstract: A technique for outputting information relevant to a facility suitable for an action of a user at a point in a traveling route or at a destination is provided. An information processing apparatus comprises a controller which executes acquisition or estimation of a traveling route of a user; calculation of temporal information including at least one of a passage time at which the user passes through a point on the traveling route and a traveling period of time which is required until arrival at the point after starting a travel; acquisition of information relevant to a facility suitable for the user who passes through the point, of a plurality of facilities existing around the point on the basis of the temporal information; and output of the information relevant to the facility by means of an output unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Harunobu Saito, Daiki Kaneichi, Ryotaro Fujiwara, Megumi Amano, Masato Endo, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 11138876Abstract: An information system comprises a controller which is configured to execute: acquiring a screen image of a vehicle which is traveling on a roadway, the screen image being photographed by the aid of an image pickup unit; detecting a dangerous driving state of the vehicle which is traveling, in accordance with a time course of the screen image; and displaying information in relation to the vehicle having been detected to be in the dangerous driving state on a signage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Harunobu Saito, Daiki Kaneichi, Ryotaro Fujiwara, Megumi Amano, Masato Endo, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 10800431Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including (i) a vehicle main body configured to be operated by an autonomous driving operation, at least a part of the autonomous driving operation being able to be substituted by a manual driving operation, and (ii) an advice information presentation unit that is disposed inside the vehicle main body and presents advice information, relating to advice about the manual driving operation, to an occupant.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Patent number: 10794722Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including (i) a vehicle main body, (ii) an input device that receives a destination input operation, (iii) a first display that displays information on a route to a destination inputted by the input device, the first display being arranged in the vehicle main body, (iv) an acquisition device for acquiring location-related information based on a current location of the vehicle main body or a location of a goal point of the vehicle main body, and (v) a second display that displays the location-related information acquired by the acquisition device, the second display being arranged in the vehicle main body.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20200271460Abstract: An information processing device obtains information concerning a plurality of items of food and drink served to a passenger of a mobile body while the mobile body is moving from a start point to an end point of movement, generates information indicating timing of serving of each of the items of food and drink to the passenger, based on information indicating a period of time provided for allowing the passenger to see a viewing object from the mobile body while the mobile body is moving from the start point to the end point, and outputs the information indicating the timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki ISHIWATA, Takayuki Yano, Shin Sakurada, Megumi Amano
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Patent number: 10752211Abstract: A key management device includes a server configured to issue an electronic key of a vehicle to a user device, configured to acquire position information of the vehicle, and configured to invalidate the electronic key issued to the user device when a determination is made from the position information of the vehicle that the vehicle is present at a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Hioki, Hiroshi Igata, Megumi Amano, Masaki Ito, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Yuichiro Haruna
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Publication number: 20200265345Abstract: An information processing device is equipped with a control unit that carries out acquisition of desire information including information indicating an operation that is performed during halt of a vehicle, and information indicating a time during which the vehicle is desired to be halted, acquisition of halt place-associated information matching the desire information, namely, halt place-associated information including information indicating a vehicle halt permitting place that is managed by a user, information indicating a time during which the vehicle halt permitting place is available, and information indicating an operation that can be performed at the vehicle halt permitting place, and output of the halt place-associated information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyuki Ishiwata, Takayuki Yano, Shin Sakurada, Megumi Amano
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Patent number: 10730448Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display and a moving device. The display is formed in an elongate shape. The moving device moves the display between a lower position at a vehicle width direction central portion of an instrument panel of a vehicle, and an upper position at a vehicle upper side of the lower position. In the lower position the moving device orients the longitudinal direction of the display along a vehicle vertical direction. In the upper position the moving device orients the longitudinal direction of the display along a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20200225640Abstract: An information processing apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided with a control unit configured to acquire information indicating an item that a user desires to check for a product, acquire manufacturing data of a sample of the product capable of checking the item desired to be checked by using the acquired information, and output the manufacturing data to a sample manufacturing apparatus in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki ISHIWATA, Takayuki YANO, Shin SAKURADA, Megumi AMANO
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Patent number: 10688964Abstract: A vehicle management system includes a server. The server is configured to acquire range information representing an available range of a vehicle, acquire positional information of the vehicle, determine whether or not a position of the vehicle is out of the available range or is expected to deviate from the available range, and provide a notification to a device related to the vehicle in a case where the position of the vehicle is out of the available range or in a case where the position of the vehicle is expected to deviate from the available range.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Hioki, Hiroshi Igata, Megumi Amano, Masaki Ito, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Yuichiro Haruna
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Patent number: 10665042Abstract: A vehicle management system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a manipulation list including one or a plurality of vehicle manipulations set when electronic key data of a vehicle is issued to a user device, a detection unit configured to detect that the vehicle manipulation included in the manipulation list has been performed when the vehicle is being used using the electronic key data of the user device, and a notification unit configured to notify an owner terminal related to an owner of the vehicle that the vehicle manipulation included in the manipulation list has been performed, after the detection of the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Hioki, Hiroshi Igata, Megumi Amano, Masaki Ito, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Yuichiro Haruna
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Publication number: 20200098003Abstract: A display technique for displaying an advertisement content which takes account of a relation with respect to any personal experience and/or any action of a target person is provided. An information system comprises a controller including at least one processor. The controller is configured to execute: acquisition of specification information for specifying display information to be displayed on a signage apparatus, of a user as inputted by the aid of an input unit; and output of the display information to the signage apparatus at a predetermined timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji ICHIKAWA, Harunobu SAITO, Daiki KANEICHI, Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Megumi AMANO, Masato ENDO, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20200072628Abstract: A technique for outputting information relevant to a facility suitable for an action of a user at a point in a traveling route or at a destination is provided. An information processing apparatus comprises a controller which executes acquisition or estimation of a traveling route of a user; calculation of temporal information including at least one of a passage time at which the user passes through a point on the traveling route and a traveling period of time which is required until arrival at the point after starting a travel; acquisition of information relevant to a facility suitable for the user who passes through the point, of a plurality of facilities existing around the point on the basis of the temporal information; and output of the information relevant to the facility by means of an output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji ICHIKAWA, Harunobu SAITO, Daiki KANEICHI, Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Megumi AMANO, Masato ENDO, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20200072634Abstract: An output apparatus arranged on a traveling route of a user is allowed to timely output information desired by the user. The information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure is an information processing apparatus to be used by a mobile user, the information processing apparatus comprising a controller which executes acquisition of a content designated by the user; specification of an output apparatus arranged on a traveling route of the user; and transmission of the acquired content to the specified output apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji ICHIKAWA, Harunobu SAITO, Daiki KANEICHI, Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Megumi AMANO, Masato ENDO, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20200065856Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute displaying an advertisement; specification of a moving body that moves at a place at which the advertisement to be displayed can be viewed; storing attribute information of the specified moving body; performing statistical processing for the stored attribute information of the moving body; and determining the advertisement to be displayed on the basis of a result of the statistical processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji ICHIKAWA, Harunobu SAITO, Daiki KANEICHI, Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Megumi AMANO, Masato ENDO, Tae SUGIMURA