Patents by Inventor Naoki Ihara

Naoki Ihara 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: 20240239371
    Abstract: In the embodiment of the present disclosure, first, the navigation device acquires the destination set by the user. Next, the navigation device acquires information about available parking spaces accessible from the roads for each road near the destination. Then, the navigation device selects a road with a predetermined number or more of accessible vacant parking spaces as a guidance destination for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki IHARA
  • Patent number: 9087123
    Abstract: When there are no evaluation values from a user who has evaluated both contents X and Z, an indirect similarity calculation unit 32 of an arithmetic processing unit 30 of an information processing center 10a indirectly calculates the similarity between the contents X and Z using evaluation values of a content Y whose evaluation value is present from a user who has evaluated both the contents X and Y and whose evaluation value is present from a user who has evaluated both the contents Y and Z. A predicted evaluation value calculation unit 33 calculates a predicted evaluation value from a user who has not evaluated either of the contents X and Z using the similarity between the contents X and Z calculated by the indirect similarity calculation unit 32 and the evaluation values of the contents X and Z. Thus, it is possible to calculate the predicted evaluation values of the contents X and Z which are not directly calculable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sayaka Yoshizu, Yoshinori Yokoyama, Naoki Ihara, Yuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9053178
    Abstract: When there are no evaluation values from a user who has evaluated both contents X and Z, an indirect similarity calculation unit 32 of an arithmetic processing unit 30 of an information processing center 10a indirectly calculates the similarity between the contents X and Z using evaluation values of a content Y whose evaluation value is present from a user who has evaluated both the contents X and Y and whose evaluation value is present from a user who has evaluated both the contents Y and Z. A predicted evaluation value calculation unit 33 calculates a predicted evaluation value from a user who has not evaluated either of the contents X and Z using the similarity between the contents X and Z calculated by the indirect similarity calculation unit 32 and the evaluation values of the contents X and Z. Thus, it is possible to calculate the predicted evaluation values of the contents X and Z which are not directly calculable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sayaka Yoshizu, Yoshinori Yokoyama, Naoki Ihara, Yuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20130321465
    Abstract: A map information display apparatus includes: a display device that displays map information including a map and facility information; and a navigation device which, when a specific facility and a peripheral facility existing within a set distance of the specific facility are included in the map information displayed by the display device, displays specific facility information indicating the specific facility and peripheral facility information indicating the peripheral facility integrally on the map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shojiro Takeuchi, Naoki Ihara
  • Publication number: 20120239604
    Abstract: When there are no evaluation values from a user who has evaluated both contents X and Z, an indirect similarity calculation unit 32 of an arithmetic processing unit 30 of an information processing center 10a indirectly calculates the similarity between the contents X and Z using evaluation values of a content Y whose evaluation value is present from a user who has evaluated both the contents X and Y and whose evaluation value is present from a user who has evaluated both the contents Y and Z. A predicted evaluation value calculation unit 33 calculates a predicted evaluation value from a user who has not evaluated either of the contents X and Z using the similarity between the contents X and Z calculated by the indirect similarity calculation unit 32 and the evaluation values of the contents X and Z. Thus, it is possible to calculate the predicted evaluation values of the contents X and Z which are not directly calculable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Sayaka Yoshizu, Yoshinori Yokoyama, Naoki Ihara, Yuki Kimura