Patents by Inventor Naohiro Seo
Naohiro Seo 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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Publication number: 20240308373Abstract: The vehicle ECU acquires detection information from a detection sensor that detects pedestrians located around the vehicle, and determines whether there are pedestrians located around the vehicle based on this detection information. Then, when the vehicle ECU determines that there are pedestrians located around the vehicle, the vehicle ECU outputs to the supply device the instruction information to reduce the amount of transmitted power supplied from the supply device when there are no pedestrians around the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro SEO, Toshiya Hashimoto, Masato Maemura, Ryosuke Ikemura, Shogo Tsuge
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Publication number: 20240308377Abstract: The control device for power supply during travel includes a processor, and the processor sets the power supply lane to the power reception lane in the case of power shortage, and sets the power supply lane to the power transmission lane in the case of power surplus, according to the supply and demand balance of the power system, and outputs information to guide surrounding vehicles to the power receiving lane or power transmission lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA ABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro SEO, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Masato MAEMURA, Ryosuke IKEMURA, Shogo TSUGE
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Publication number: 20240308414Abstract: The vehicle ECU determines whether the power transmission efficiency is decreasing due to the vehicle moving laterally from the power supply lane at night, and if the power transmission efficiency is decreasing, it illuminates the vehicle in the direction of travel according to the steering operation. Activate AFS, which can automatically change the range of light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro SEO, Toshiya Hashimoto, Masato Maemura, Ryosuke Ikemura, Shogo Tsuge
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Patent number: 12096158Abstract: In an information collecting system, an information collecting device managed by the designated institution sets information acquisition spaces where acquisition of personal information of residents in the region is allowed and information acquisition prohibited spaces where acquisition of personal information of residents is prohibited, the information collecting device transmits space information corresponding to spaces in which information acquisition terminals are located, for information acquisition terminals which are located in information acquisition spaces and information acquisition prohibited spaces and which allow acquisition of personal information of residents, and the information acquisition terminal determines that personal information acquired by an information acquisition terminal is not to be transmitted to an information collecting device when the information acquisition terminal is located in an information acquisition prohibited space, based on the received space information.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Kodera, Yoichiro Isami, Kotoru Sato, Takashi Hayashi, Naohiro Seo
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Patent number: 11922523Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to: acquire renewable power generation information from a renewable energy power generation server; acquire at least one of hydrogen power generation information from a hydrogen power generation server and fuel cell information; acquire grid power generation information from a grid power generation server; acquire electric power information from each of a plurality of consumer facilities in a predetermined area, the electric power information being regarding an amount of electric power consumed by the consumer facility; and generate proposal information including information on a type of electric power supplied to a predetermined consumer facility based on at least one of the renewable power generation information, the hydrogen power generation information, and the fuel cell information, the grid power generation information, and a plurality of pieces of the electric power information, and output the proposal information to the predetermined conType: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Ehara, Kazuhiro Shimizu, Satoshi Tanabe, Nanae Takada, Naohiro Seo
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Patent number: 11714068Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for preparing exosomes using: (i) a step for ultrafiltering a sample containing at least one exosome; and (ii) a step for subjecting the sample that can be obtained from step (i) to anion exchange column chromatography.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Mie UniversityInventors: Hiroshi Shiku, Naohiro Seo, Tsuguhiro Kaneda, Junko Nakamura, Kazunari Akiyoshi
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Publication number: 20230025660Abstract: A vehicle includes a processor that includes hardware. When an own vehicle is connected to an external network via a communication mesh network created by vehicle-to-vehicle communication that takes place between multiple vehicles, the processor outputs connection information indicating that the own vehicle is connected to the external network as information that is able to be visually recognized from outside of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Masayuki IMOTO, Jun MIYAGAWA, Yasue MANO, Ayako NAKAMURA, Naohiro SEO
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Publication number: 20230019914Abstract: A control system includes a computer that controls each of multiple power balancing resources. The computer selects one or more control targets to be used for power balancing of an external electric power source from the power balancing resources, and controls each of the one or more control targets so as to cause the power storage device to charge or discharge for the power balancing. The computer preferentially selects the power balancing resource provided with a small-capacity power storage device as the control target for the power balancing of which duration is shorter than a predetermined time, and preferentially selects the power balancing resource provided with a large-capacity power storage device as the control target for the power balancing of which the duration is longer than the predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20230014362Abstract: An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server limits the exchange of the electric power between the electric power system and the battery by an upper limit value or a lower limit value of a state of charge of the battery, and changes the upper limit value or the lower limit value in accordance with a degree of charge-discharge of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20230016961Abstract: A data collection device collects data in a predetermined target area by using a plurality of mobile bodies that is able to move within the target area and acquire data. The data collection device includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires area information regarding the target area; and a mobile body management unit that changes a collection location of the data based on the area information and that dispatches at least one mobile body among the mobile bodies to a specific location in the target area associated with the area information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki KODERA, Yoichiro ISAMI, Kotoru SATO, Takashi HAYASHI, Naohiro SEO
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Publication number: 20230013438Abstract: An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server limits the exchange of the electric power between the electric power system and the battery by an upper limit value or a lower limit value of a state of charge of the battery, and decreases the upper limit value or increases the lower limit value when a period during which the vehicle is continuously parked in a place where the vehicle can exchange the electric power is equal to or longer than a predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20230019846Abstract: An electric power management system includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of electric power between the battery and an electric power system of an electric power company. The server detects a predetermined operation of a user that correlates with termination of the exchange of the electric power between the battery and the electric power system. When the predetermined operation is detected, the server calculates an estimated time when the exchange of the electric power between the battery and the electric power system is terminated, and executes a process of distributing the electric power to be exchanged by the vehicle in which the exchange of the electric power with the electric power system is estimated to be terminated at the calculated estimated time to another vehicle that performs the exchange of the electric power with the electric power system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20230004132Abstract: An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server manages the exchange of the electric power for each vehicle group in which the vehicles are bundled, and configures the vehicle groups in advance such that distributions of the electric power supply and demand characteristics of the batteries of the vehicles included in the vehicle groups are the same or similar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20230001820Abstract: An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server manages the exchange of the electric power for each vehicle group in which the vehicles are bundled, and configures the vehicle group in advance by bundling the vehicles having the same or similar electric power supply and demand characteristics of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20220410733Abstract: A power transfer system includes: a compact mobility; a ground unit disposed on a second lane which is a driving lane for the compact mobility, the ground unit being capable of wireless power transfer; and a controller that controls the ground unit. The compact mobility has an amount of electric power that can be stored less than a predetermined amount, and travels at a speed dependent on electric power wirelessly received from the ground unit. When a pedestrian is sensed in the second lane, the controller forces the compact mobility to decelerate by reducing transmission power from the ground unit to the compact mobility, as compared to when the pedestrian is not sensed in the second lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Katsuya Kobayashi, Hiroki Murata, Hiroshi Matsumori, Naohiro Seo, Akihiro Kusumoto
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Publication number: 20220404826Abstract: An information collection device according to the present disclosure is an information collection device that causes a small unmanned aerial vehicle to fly from a departure point to a destination and collects information at the destination using the small unmanned aerial vehicle, and includes a control device that causes the small unmanned aerial vehicle to fly from the departure point to the destination by transmitting a control signal to the small unmanned aerial vehicle by wireless information communication via a vehicle when determination is made that the wireless information communication is able to be executed with the small unmanned aerial vehicle via the vehicle located between the departure point and the destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Imoto, Jun Miyagawa, Yasue Mano, Ayako Nakamura, Naohiro Seo
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Publication number: 20220402383Abstract: A vehicle is capable of receiving electric power supplied from a charger and capable of receiving electric power supplied from a charging mat. The charging mat is movable and capable of wireless power transfer. A method for providing a vehicle charging service includes a first step and a second step. The first step is giving, by a server, an instruction for installing the charging mat on a lane at which charging congestion is detected or predicted to occur, the charging congestion being traffic congestion for charging the electric power supplied from the charger. The second step is transmitting the electric power from the charging mat when the vehicle is detected above the charging mat installed on the lane in accordance with the instruction, and transmitting no electric power from the charging mat when the vehicle is not detected above the charging mat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Katsuya Kobayashi, Hiroki Murata, Hiroshi Matsumori, Naohiro Seo, Akihiro Kusumoto
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Publication number: 20220394482Abstract: A control system includes a computer configured to remotely control at least one of charging and discharging of a power storage device mounted on a control target. The computer is configured to transmit a first command indicating charging power or discharging power of the power storage device to the control target via each of a first communication path and a second communication path. The control system further includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not any one of the first communication path and the second communication path is under a cyberattack by using a second command received by the control target via the first communication path when the computer transmits the first command, and a third command received by the control target via the second communication path when the computer transmits the first command.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20220377284Abstract: In an information collecting system, an information collecting device managed by the designated institution sets information acquisition spaces where acquisition of personal information of residents in the region is allowed and information acquisition prohibited spaces where acquisition of personal information of residents is prohibited, the information collecting device transmits space information corresponding to spaces in which information acquisition terminals are located, for information acquisition terminals which are located in information acquisition spaces and information acquisition prohibited spaces and which allow acquisition of personal information of residents, and the information acquisition terminal determines that personal information acquired by an information acquisition terminal is not to be transmitted to an information collecting device when the information acquisition terminal is located in an information acquisition prohibited space, based on the received space information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Hiroaki KODERA, Yoichiro ISAMI, Kotoru SATO, Takashi HAYASHI, Naohiro SEO
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Publication number: 20220224112Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to: acquire renewable power generation information from a renewable energy power generation server; acquire at least one of hydrogen power generation information from a hydrogen power generation server and fuel cell information; acquire grid power generation information from a grid power generation server; acquire electric power information from each of a plurality of consumer facilities in a predetermined area, the electric power information being regarding an amount of electric power consumed by the consumer facility; and generate proposal information including information on a type of electric power supplied to a predetermined consumer facility based on at least one of the renewable power generation information, the hydrogen power generation information, and the fuel cell information, the grid power generation information, and a plurality of pieces of the electric power information, and output the proposal information to the predetermined conType: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Kazuhiro SHIMIZU, Satoshi TANABE, Nanae TAKADA, Naohiro SEO