Patents by Inventor Naoki Ishihara
Naoki Ishihara 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: 20250208845Abstract: Module information about software modules constituting first software and produced by one or more first companies included in a supply chain of the first software is received from a terminal corresponding to the first companies. Different parts of the module information are stored in a storage device and a distributed ledger that uses a block chain platform. Software information including information about one or more software modules constituting the first software is generated based on one or more pieces of the module information stored in the storage device and the distributed ledger. The software information is transmitted to a terminal corresponding to a second company.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Scalar, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki MIZAWA, Naoki ISHIHARA, Koji HETSUGI, Shumpei SHIMIZU, Wataru FUKATSU
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Publication number: 20250200011Abstract: The disclosure relates to an information processing system. The information processing system includes a distributed network that implements a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger stores one piece of transaction data regarding attribute information that indicates one classification related to one learned model out of a plurality of classifications regarding risks posed by AI.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2024Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki ISHIHARA, Naritomo Miura, Shinya Miyasaka
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Publication number: 20250181970Abstract: The information processing system includes a first distributed network for implementing a first distributed ledger. A first transaction about relevance information indicating relevance between one learned model and either or both of learning data and a first source code that are used for learning of the one learned model is stored in the first distributed ledger.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki ISHIHARA, Naritomo MIURA, Shinya MIYASAKA
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Publication number: 20250156848Abstract: The information processing method includes a receiving step of receiving a use request of one learned model registered in the distributed ledger, a issuing step of issuing a token to a wallet of a provider of one learned model when the use request is received, and a granting step of granting a non-transferable token to the wallet based on the cumulative amount of the token issued to the wallet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki ISHIHARA, Naritomo MIURA, Shinya MIYASAKA
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Publication number: 20240305486Abstract: A plurality of second articles are obtained from a first article by changing a manner of storage of the first article. A method of managing an NFT includes: managing a first NFT associated with the first article, the first NFT being issued using distributed ledger technology; and managing a plurality of second NFTs respectively associated with the plurality of second articles, the plurality of second NFTs being issued to each correspond to the first NFT using the distributed ledger technology. The managing of the first NFT includes recording first sensor data obtained by the first sensor, in association with the first NFT. The managing of the plurality of second NFTs includes recording second sensor data obtained by the second sensor, in association with the plurality of second NFTs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomokazu ISHII, Kuniaki MURAKAMI, Koji HETSUGI, Naoki ISHIHARA, Tatsuya OWASHI
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Publication number: 20240193589Abstract: A server communicates with a holder terminal that is a terminal device of a holder of an NFT. The NFT is associated with a vehicle. The vehicle is stored by a dealer. The server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device obtains a monitoring record of a state of the vehicle, generated by a monitoring device that monitors the state of the vehicle during storage of the vehicle. The processing device generates transaction data including the monitoring record, triggered by reception of a generation request to generate the transaction data. The processing device generates the transaction data, triggered by reception of the generation request from the holder terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya OWASHI, Kuniaki Murakami, Koji Hetsugi, Tomokazu Ishii, Naoki Ishihara
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Publication number: 20240185332Abstract: A server includes a storage device and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an issue request to issue, in association with a first non-fungible token that has been issued and recorded in a distributed ledger, one or more second non-fungible tokens, and perform an issue process to issue the one or more second non-fungible tokens in response to receiving the issue request. The first non-fungible token and the one or more second non-fungible tokens each include information representing authority to rent a vehicle and representing points to be consumed when the vehicle is rented. The points are shared among the first non-fungible token and the one or more second non-fungible tokens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki ISHIHARA, Kuniaki MURAKAMI, Koji HETSUGI, Tomokazu ISHII, Tatsuya OWASHI
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Publication number: 20240144244Abstract: An entity server includes a communication apparatus and a processor. The communication apparatus is configured to receive a delivery request that requests delivery of a vehicle to a user, the vehicle being associated with an NFT. When the communication apparatus receives the delivery request, the processor performs locking processing for locking the NFT.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya OWASHI, Kuniaki MURAKAMI, Koji HETSUGI, Tomokazu ISHII, Naoki ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20240144241Abstract: An entity server includes a communication apparatus and a processor. The communication apparatus is configured to receive a temporary use request that requests temporary use of a vehicle by a user, the vehicle being associated with an NFT. When the communication apparatus receives the temporary use request, the processor performs locking processing for locking the NFT.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya OWASHI, Kuniaki Murakami, Koji Hetsugi, Tomokazu Ishii, Naoki Ishihara
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Patent number: 11840427Abstract: A crane comprising a traveling body and a turning body turnably supported by the traveling body, the crane performing power feeding and communication between the traveling body and the turning body. The traveling body is provided with: a power supply; a lower controller which controls the traveling body and transmits power to the devices included in the traveling body; and a lower transmitter-receiver which wirelessly transmits and receives the power and data signal from the power supply. The turning body is provided with: an upper controller which controls the turning body and transmits power to the devices included in the turning body; and an upper transmitter-receiver which wirelessly transmits and receives the power and data signal to and from the lower transmitter-receiver.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TADANO LTD.Inventors: Masaki Shindo, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Hiroki Mizobuchi, Naoki Ishihara, Shinsuke Kanda
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Patent number: 11677092Abstract: Provided is an assembly method using an assembly tool used when a component is assembled to each of a plurality of connection ports to provided at an upper surface of a fuel-cell stack and communicating with a plurality of communication holes. The assembly tool includes a base portion positioned on the upper surface of the fuel-cell stack and a plurality of covering portions covering the plurality of connection ports. Each of the plurality of covering portions is, relative to the base portion, provided movably between a covering position for covering a corresponding one of the connection ports and a non-covering position accessible to a corresponding one of the connection ports.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken Harada, Yo Shimomura, Naoki Ishihara
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Patent number: 11520081Abstract: A flood detection device includes a detection result acquisition section, a weather information acquisition section and an identification section. The detection result acquisition section acquires a detection result that, on the basis of a plurality of kinds of running state data relating to running of a vehicle, detects flooding of a road on which the vehicle is running. The weather information acquisition section acquires weather information including at least one of rainfall information representing a measured rainfall amount in a region in which the vehicle is running or rainfall estimation information representing an estimated rainfall amount. The identification section uses the respective acquisition results of the detection result acquisition section and the weather information acquisition section to identify flooding of the road.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Ishihara, Hideki Kawai, Takayuki Yamabe, Yuichiro Nishi, Hiroyuki Yano
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Patent number: 11453399Abstract: A flood sensing device includes: an acquiring section that acquires plural types of traveling state data relating to traveling of a vehicle; and a sensing section that senses flooding of a road on which the vehicle travels by using (a) a physical quantity that is estimated on the basis of (i) a vehicle behavior model, which is configured by driving force of the vehicle and traveling resistance that includes air resistance applied to the vehicle, slope resistance applied to the vehicle and rolling resistance applied to the vehicle, and which determines the physical quantity that varies due to the vehicle traveling, and (ii) the plural types of traveling state data of the present time that are acquired by the acquiring section, and (b) the physical quantity that is obtained from the traveling state data of the present time that is acquired by the acquiring section.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Hattori, Takayuki Yamabe, Kenki Ueda, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Hajime Tojiki, Naoki Ishihara, Yuta Ochiai, Hideki Kawai
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Patent number: 11385381Abstract: A flood detection device and method that acquires meteorological data; acquires traffic volume data representing vehicle traffic volume; and determines that an area, in which a vehicle traffic volume during or after rain is less than or equal to a predetermined number of vehicles, is flooded based on the meteorological data and the traffic volume data, when a probability, that the vehicle traffic volume in a normal time is less than or equal to the predetermined number of vehicles, is less than a predetermined value, the normal time being a state in which a rainfall amount is less than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Hattori, Kenki Ueda, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Hajime Tojiki, Naoki Ishihara, Hideki Kawai
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Publication number: 20210396541Abstract: A flood display device includes: a processor with hardware, the processor being provided to: acquire flood point information in which a detection result of a flood point of a road and a classification of a flood situation at the flood point determined based on traveling state data of a vehicle traveling at the detected flood point are associated with each other based on the traveling state data related to the traveling of the vehicle, generate flood detection information in which a display mode of the detection result is changed based on the classification of the flood situation as flood detection information obtained by superimposing the detection result on a position on a map corresponding to the flood point based on the flood point information, and output the flood detection information to a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki ISHIHARA, Takayuki YAMABE, Tetsuya HASHIMOTO, Hajime TOJIKI
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Publication number: 20210305593Abstract: Provided is an assembly method using an assembly tool used when a component is assembled to each of a plurality of connection ports to provided at an upper surface of a fuel-cell stack and communicating with a plurality of communication holes. The assembly tool includes a base portion positioned on the upper surface of the fuel-cell stack and a plurality of covering portions covering the plurality of connection ports. Each of the plurality of covering portions is, relative to the base portion, provided movably between a covering position for covering a corresponding one of the connection ports and a non-covering position accessible to a corresponding one of the connection ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Ken HARADA, Yo SHIMOMURA, Naoki ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20210139292Abstract: A crane comprising a traveling body and a turning body turnably supported by the traveling body, the crane performing power feeding and communication between the traveling body and the turning body. The traveling body is provided with: a power supply; a lower controller which controls the traveling body and transmits power to the devices included in the traveling body; and a lower transmitter-receiver which wirelessly transmits and receives the power and data signal from the power supply. The turning body is provided with: an upper controller which controls the turning body and transmits power to the devices included in the turning body; and an upper transmitter-receiver which wirelessly transmits and receives the power and data signal to and from the lower transmitter-receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: TADANO LTD.Inventors: Masaki SHINDO, Hiroshi YAMAUCHI, Hiroki MIZOBUCHI, Naoki ISHIHARA, Shinsuke KANDA
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Publication number: 20210124088Abstract: A flood detection device and method that acquires meteorological data; acquires traffic volume data representing vehicle traffic volume; and determines that an area, in which a vehicle traffic volume during or after rain is less than or equal to a predetermined number of vehicles, is flooded based on the meteorological data and the traffic volume data, when a probability, that the vehicle traffic volume in a normal time is less than or equal to the predetermined number of vehicles, is less than a predetermined value, the normal time being a state in which a rainfall amount is less than a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun HATTORI, Kenki UEDA, Tetsuya HASHIMOTO, Hajime TOJIKI, Naoki ISHIHARA, Hideki KAWAI
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Publication number: 20210080616Abstract: A flood detection device includes a detection result acquisition section, a weather information acquisition section and an identification section. The detection result acquisition section acquires a detection result that, on the basis of a plurality of kinds of running state data relating to running of a vehicle, detects flooding of a road on which the vehicle is running. The weather information acquisition section acquires weather information including at least one of rainfall information representing a measured rainfall amount in a region in which the vehicle is running or rainfall estimation information representing an estimated rainfall amount. The identification section uses the respective acquisition results of the detection result acquisition section and the weather information acquisition section to identify flooding of the road.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki ISHIHARA, Hideki KAWAI, Takayuki YAMABE, Yuichiro NISHI, Hiroyuki YANO
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Publication number: 20210046938Abstract: A flooding sensing device, including: an acquisition section configured to acquire vehicle model information and plural items of travel state data related to travel of a vehicle; and a detection section configured to select a vehicle behavior model from plural vehicle behavior models that are derived in advance for each vehicle model, the vehicle behavior model corresponding to the vehicle model information and calculates a physical quantity that changes in accordance with travel by the vehicle, the detection section detects flooding of a road on which the vehicle travels, using the physical quantity, which is predicted based on the selected vehicle behavior model and on the current plurality of items of travel state data acquired by the acquisition section, and using the physical quantity, which is obtained from the current plurality of items of travel state data acquired by the acquisition section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun HATTORI, Takayuki YAMABE, Kenki UEDA, Tetsuya HASHIMOTO, Hajime TOJIKI, Naoki ISHIHARA, Yuta OCHIAI, Hideki KAWAI