Patents by Inventor Naoki YAMAMURO

Naoki YAMAMURO 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: 20200204955
    Abstract: A map generation device includes: a communication unit that acquires position information about a vehicle at a time when an image is photographed from the vehicle; and a control unit that estimates a dispersion state of pollen, based on the position information about the vehicle acquired by the communication unit and detection information indicating a result of a first detection in the image, and generates map information indicating the estimated dispersion state, the first detection in the image being a detection of a person that wears an anti-pollen article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro YANAGI, Maki Tamura, Mutsumi Matsuura, Toshihiko Inoue, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takashi HAYASHI, Takahiro SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20200200560
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a control unit that acquires event position information and an object image, and presents the acquired object image to a driver who is driving toward a position indicated in the acquired event position information. The event position information is position information of a vehicle at the time when a fact that a first object is confused with a second object, existing on the same road as the first object, is detected as an event in the vehicle, and the object image is an image captured from the vehicle and including the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro YANAGI, Maki TAMURA, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Toshihiko INOUE, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takashi HAYASHI, Takahiro SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20200202150
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller. The controller detects, as an event, that a target present outside a vehicle has been overlooked by a driver of the vehicle during. The controller controls the outputting of a target image, which is an image including the target overlooked in the detected event, toward the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro Yanagi, Maki Tamura, Mutsumi Matsuura, Toshihiko Inoue, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Takahiro Shiga
  • Publication number: 20200202146
    Abstract: An information providing device includes a control unit configured to detect an object entering a road from a first image which is captured from a vehicle and to acquire a second image including the detected object and a communication unit configured to provide the second image to present the second image to a driver under the control of the control unit. A driving support device includes a control unit configured to acquire a second image including a detected object when the object entering a road is detected from a first image captured from a vehicle and to present the acquired second image to a driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro YANAGI, Maki TAMURA, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Toshihiko INOUE, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takashi HAYASHI, Takahiro SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20200198626
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes a control unit. The control unit detects a target that moves in a direction to approach a vehicle from an image captured from the vehicle. Based on a detection result, the control unit determines whether the vehicle should evacuate in order to let the target pass by. When determining that the vehicle should evacuate, the control unit causes the vehicle to evacuate without waiting for an operation by a driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro YANAGI, Maki Tamura, Mutsumi Matsuura, Toshihiko Inoue, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Takahiro Shiga
  • Patent number: 10685565
    Abstract: A server is used to provide a smoking vehicle to a user who wants to smoke. The server includes a communication device. The communication device is configured to receive first time information indicating a boarding time and first location information indicating a boarding location from an information terminal of the user. The communication device is configured to receive location information of the vehicle. The communication device is configured to transmit the first time information and the first location information to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsugu Makita, Daigo Fujii, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 10679479
    Abstract: A server for controlling an output of a sound from a sound output device provided in a room of a destination of a moving user, the server including: an information acquiring section configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the user, the destination, and route information indicating a route of the user to the destination; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the user reaches a position within a predetermined range from the destination, control the sound output device to start the output of a sound that simulates a situation in which a person is present in the room based on the position of the user indicated by the position information and the route of the user indicated by the route information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akihiro Muguruma, Yukiya Sugiyama, Shota Higashihara, Riho Matsuo, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 10679080
    Abstract: A digital signage control device includes a display controller that displays information on a digital signage installed in the vicinity of a predetermined road, a target vehicle detector that detects a target vehicle located in a predetermined range on the road in which an occupant visually recognizes the digital signage, and a visual recognition frequency information acquisition unit that acquires visual recognition frequency information on a frequency at which the occupant of the target vehicle visually recognizes the information on the digital signage. The display controller changes content of information to be displayed on the digital signage according to the visual recognition frequency information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA Connected Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Nomura, Masato Endo, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 10654412
    Abstract: The notification system includes: an electric vehicle provided with a cooling box, a battery, and wheels driven by the electric power from the battery; an acquisition device configured to obtain storage information indicating storage conditions for a commodity selected by a user; a processor configured to send a warning signal when a travelling distance which can be covered by the electric vehicle with the selected commodity being preserved in the cooling box under the storage conditions indicated by the storage information is shorter than a predetermined distance; and a notification device configured to notify the user of a warning upon receiving the warning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20200118169
    Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide more appropriate advertisement information for each of a plurality of users sharing a specific space. The advertisement delivery system provides advertisement information to each user existing in a specific space shared by a plurality of users having a specific purpose. In this advertisement delivery system, an information processing device generates advertisement information for each user based on an attribute of a specific space associated with a specific purpose and an attribute of each user associated with the specific purpose. The advertisement distribution device arranged in a specific space receives advertisement information for each user from the information processing device and transmits the received advertisement information to the user terminal associated with the user to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro MISAKI, Orie MITSUHASHI, Masahiro UEDA, Yoshitaka ATSUMI, Naoto SASAGAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Chiho OGAWA
  • Patent number: 10618445
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a main body; a rotary electric machine provided in the main body; a driving battery configured to be chargeable and dischargeable and supply power to the rotary electric machine; a cooling box detachable from the main body; at least one detachable battery detachable from the main body; and a charger configured to charge the detachable battery with power supplied from the driving battery, the detachable battery being configured to be attachable to the cooling box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
  • Patent number: 10621802
    Abstract: A boarding door control system controls opening and closing of a boarding door of a vehicle. The boarding door control system includes an odor detector and an electronic control unit. The odor detector is configured to detect an odor of a user outside the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to, when the odor of the user outside the vehicle, detected by the odor detector, is stronger than or equal to a predetermined threshold, prohibit opening of the boarding door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsugu Makita, Daigo Fujii, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20200111127
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus extracts at least one store from a plurality of stores in accordance with an order in which degrees of safety for a target vehicle are ordered as starting from higher degrees of safety, by using information which indicates the degree of safety relevant to situations to be provided if a user visits the store and the user leaves the store by using the vehicle with respect to each of the plurality of stores belonging to a predetermined category; and provides, to the user who gets on the target vehicle, information which prompts the user to visit the at least one store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro MISAKI, Orie MITSUHASHI, Masahiro UEDA, Yoshitaka ATSUMI, Naoto SASAGAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Chiho OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200096353
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique capable of assisting a user in purchasing goods desired to be purchased. In the information processing device, a travel route on which the user is able to purchase as many goods as possible included in the shopping list information by dropping in at each of the sales stores located on the travel route of the vehicle while the vehicle is moving toward the destination, is generated as a guidance route. Then, the store information regarding each sales store located on the guidance route is provided to the user together with the guidance route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro MISAKI, Orie MITSUHASHI, Masahiro UEDA, Yoshitaka ATSUMI, Naoto SASAGAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Chiho OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200096357
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided with a controller which executes: obtaining predetermined service information including an advertisement; obtaining predetermined user information on biological information of a user in a vehicle in which the user rides; estimating a health condition of the user based on the user information; extracting distribution information which is information, among the service information, is judged to match the user based on the user's health condition, and which is information about a medical facility according to the health condition or/and information about a predetermined store which sells goods according to the health condition; and selecting, based on position information of the vehicle, information to be actually distributed to the user from among the distribution information thus extracted, and providing the information thus selected to the user, by transmitting the selected distribution information to an on-board device of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro MISAKI, Orie MITSUHASHI, Masahiro UEDA, Yoshitaka ATSUMI, Naoto SASAGAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Chiho OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200090223
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing device capable of promoting to guide a user riding in a vehicle to a predetermined maintenance shop according to a state of the vehicle. The information processing device is provided with a controller which executes: obtaining predetermined service information including an advertisement; obtaining predetermined user information on a maintenance state of a vehicle in which the user rides; extracting, based on the user information, distribution information which is the service information about the predetermined maintenance shop, and which matches the user among the service information; and transmitting the distribution information to an on-board device of the vehicle based on position information of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro MISAKI, Orie MITSUHASHI, Masahiro UEDA, Yoshitaka ATSUMI, Naoto SASAGAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Chiho OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200090190
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises a controller including at least one processor. The controller is configured to: acquire a level of crowdedness of an intended store, the intended store being a store as a destination of a vehicle in which a user is riding; if the level of crowdedness of the intended store is greater than a given threshold, extract a store with a lower level of crowdedness than the intended store as a given recommended store from among other stores belonging to a same business group as the intended store; generate a suggestion advertisement, the suggestion advertisement being an advertisement for suggesting changing the destination of the vehicle from the intended store to the given recommended store; and present the suggestion advertisement to the user riding in the vehicle via a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal being a terminal that moves with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro MISAKI, Orie MITSUHASHI, Masahiro UEDA, Yoshitaka ATSUMI, Naoto SASAGAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Chiho OGAWA
  • Patent number: 10589722
    Abstract: A server device for a car sharing system includes an image request device, a use permission request device, and an authentication information issue device. The image request device is configured to transmit an image request signal to the user terminal when a use request signal for the vehicle is received. The image request signal requires transmission of a user face image. The use permission request device is configured to transmit a use permission request signal including the user face image transmitted from the user terminal to the owner terminal. The authentication information issue device is configured to transmit predetermined authentication information to the user terminal when a use permission signal transmitted from the owner terminal in response to the use permission request signal is received. The predetermined authentication information is information for enabling an operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Ryuichi Suzuki, Hiroyasu Shiokawa, Yasumasa Kobayashi, Naoki Yamamuro, Makoto Akahane
  • Publication number: 20200082317
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires for each of a plurality of users, user information including information relating to user's preferences for a place of departure, date and time of departure from the place of departure, one or more passing spots, staying time at each passing spot, destination and date and time of arrival at destination. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus extracts a plurality of first users who move in a first vehicle from among the plurality of users based on the user information on each of the plurality of users. The information processing apparatus then creates a movement schedule using the first vehicle based the user information on the plurality of first users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20200049521
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus determines whether or not a predetermined transfer condition for urging a target user sharing a ride in a ride-sharing vehicle with another user with a different destination to transfer between ride-sharing vehicles during movement is established, on the basis of a predicted travel route of each of a transfer source vehicle and a transfer destination vehicle. Then, in the case where the predetermined transfer condition is determined to be established, the information processing apparatus transmits transfer information for urging the target user to transfer from the transfer source vehicle to the transfer destination vehicle during movement, to a terminal associated with the transfer source vehicle and a terminal associated with the transfer destination vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO