Patents by Inventor Nobuhisa OTSUKI

Nobuhisa OTSUKI 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: 20230289488
    Abstract: The method of the present disclosure is a management method for a logistics area with a work line constituted of a plurality of work subjects. The method comprises: simulating a work space in which the plurality of work subjects work; monitoring an actual movement of each of the plurality of work subjects in the work space; detecting a deviation between a simulated movement and a monitored actual movement for each of the plurality of work subjects; and acquiring, in response to detection of the deviation, information on a factor affecting a movement of a work subject in which the deviation occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa OTSUKI, Tomoyuki Kaga, Hiroya Matsubayashi, Yuki Ichioka, Takumi Ban, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11752390
    Abstract: Appropriate housing equipment according to the physical ability of a trainee who has performed rehabilitation in order to restore or maintain the physical ability is easily presented. A housing equipment presentation apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store definition information defining housing equipment information according to a physical ability, an acquisition unit configured to externally acquire physical ability information of a trainee who has performed training in order to restore or maintain his/her physical ability, a conversion unit configured to convert the acquired physical ability information into the housing equipment information based on the definition information, and an output unit configured to output presentation information including the converted housing equipment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Issei Nakashima, Manabu Yamamoto, Takuma Nakamura, Makoto Kobayashi, Masayuki Imaida
  • Patent number: 11712391
    Abstract: A state estimation program is for causing a computer to function to determine a state of training in a rehabilitation support system used by a trainee to perform training of a preset motion and includes a threshold setting step and a state estimation step. The threshold setting step is for acquiring a sensor output, the sensor output being an output of a sensor included in the rehabilitation support system in the training performed by the trainee and setting a threshold for determining one of a normal state and an abnormal state of the training based on the sensor output. The state estimation step is for estimating whether the training is performed in the normal state or the abnormal state based on the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Issei Nakashima, Manabu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11656621
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conveyance control system and the like that enable a scheduled recipient of a conveyance object to reliably receive the conveyance object even when a destination of a conveyance robot is changed for any reason. The conveyance control system is a conveyance control system configured to control a conveyance robot to autonomously move and convey a conveyance object to a destination, including: a change unit configured to change the destination after the conveyance robot starts conveying the conveyance object; and a notification unit configured to notify an information terminal of a scheduled recipient of the conveyance object about destination information regarding the destination that has been changed by the change unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Takai, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Mikio Honda, Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Nobuhisa Otsuki
  • Patent number: 11657634
    Abstract: A control system controls an operation mode of a mobile robot that autonomously moves in a predetermined area, and includes a feature detection unit, a classifying unit, and a system controller. The feature detection unit detects features of a person who is present in the vicinity of the mobile robot. The classifying unit classifies the person into a predetermined first group or a predetermined second group based on the features. The system controller selects a first operation mode when the person who belongs to the first group is present in the vicinity of the mobile robot and selects a second operation mode that is different from the first operation mode when the person who belongs to the first group is not present in the vicinity of the mobile robot, thereby controlling the mobile robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Takai, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Tetsuya Taira, Mikio Honda, Shiro Oda, Nobuhisa Otsuki
  • Patent number: 11639002
    Abstract: The control system is a control system that controls a connection between an autonomous mobile robot and a base station, the control system including: a radio communication unit that communicates with the base station; and a connection control unit that performs control, in a connection of communication performed by the radio communication unit, when a radio wave shielding object which the autonomous mobile robot is able to pass through is on a path along which the autonomous mobile robot is to move, so that the autonomous mobile robot is prompted to connect to a predetermined base station of which a received radio wave intensity at a position on the path in front of the shielding object is affected by the shielding object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Susumu Shimizu, Hiroshi Bito
  • Patent number: 11640404
    Abstract: An appropriate property according to the physical ability of a trainee who has performed rehabilitation in order to restore or maintain his/her physical ability can be easily retrieved. A property search apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a property search request for a trainee who has performed training to restore or maintain his/her physical ability, an acquisition unit configured to acquire physical ability information of the trainee, a specification unit configured to specify, for each of a plurality of property candidates corresponding to the property search request, a location condition corresponding to the physical ability information by using a barrier-free map information, and an output unit configured to output a search result of the property candidates according to the specified location condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Issei Nakashima, Manabu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11607812
    Abstract: A conveyance control system according to the present disclosure is a conveyance control system configured to control a conveyance robot to autonomously move and convey a conveyance object to a destination, including: a reception unit configured to receive, from a scheduled recipient of the conveyance object, an instruction that the conveyance object is to be collected halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object; and an execution unit configured to execute a predetermined process for enabling collection of the conveyance object halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object when the reception unit receives the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Takai, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Mikio Honda, Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Nobuhisa Otsuki
  • Patent number: 11584017
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conveyance system and the like capable of preferably conveying a conveyed object in accordance with a state of the conveyed object. The conveyance system includes a conveyance robot, a drive controller, which is a controller, an image data acquisition unit, and a setting unit. The conveyance robot conveys the conveyed object. The drive controller controls an operation of the conveyance robot. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data obtained by capturing images of the conveyed object. The setting unit sets an operation parameter of the conveyance robot in the drive controller based on the acquired image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Takai, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Tetsuya Taira, Mikio Honda, Shiro Oda, Nobuhisa Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20230012502
    Abstract: An automated order processing for order items registered in advance as commodities targeted for automated order service is performed. In the automated order processing, it is determined whether any container/package for the order items exists in the disposal box, based on internal status data of a disposal box or identification data on the contents of the container/package existing in the disposal box. If it is determined that any container/package for the order items exists in the disposal box, the number of discarded containers/packages for the order items existing in the disposal box is calculated. Then, it is determined whether the number of discarded containers/packages is equal to or larger than an upper threshold set according to a sales mode of the order items. If it is determined that the number of discarded containers/packages is equal to or larger than the upper threshold, ordering data of the order items is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa OTSUKI, Haeyeon LEE, Yutaro TAKAGI, Yuta ITOZAWA, Hirotaka KOMURA, Kunihiro IWAMOTO, Kota OISHI
  • Publication number: 20230011955
    Abstract: This paper discloses a delivery system in which delivery of an object to an event is carried out by a mobile body which travels autonomously and can flexibly cope with the change without bothering a user even when a schedule for the event is changed in the middle of the delivery. The delivery system acquires the schedule of a target event to which the object is delivered from the database in which the event can be registered by the user. Then, it creates the delivery plan based on the acquired schedule. The mobile body travels according to the delivery plan. When the schedule is changed during the delivery, the delivery system modifies the delivery plan based on a changed schedule and a current position of the mobile body and moves the mobile body according to the modified delivery plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa OTSUKI, Haeyeon LEE, Yutaro TAKAGI, Yuta ITOZAWA, Hirotaka KOMURA, Kunihiro IWAMOTO, Kota OISHI
  • Patent number: 11550332
    Abstract: An autonomous moving apparatus control system including a range sensor, a reflection plate, and a control unit. The range sensor is installed in a cage of an elevator and detects a distance to an object by receiving reflected light of signal light applied to the object. The reflection plate is disposed in an elevator hall of a floor on which the elevator stops, and reflects the signal light. The control unit determines whether or not a mobile robot, which is an autonomous moving apparatus, can get on and off the elevator based on a detected distance, the detected distance being a distance to the reflection plate detected by the range sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Takai, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Mikio Honda, Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Nobuhisa Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20220405699
    Abstract: The order support system includes an information acquisition apparatus for acquiring position information, which is an indicator of a position of a target item whose remaining quantity gradually decreases due to repeated consumption, using near field communication, and at least one processor that is configured to perform support control for automatically ordering the target item based on the position information. The information acquisition apparatus includes an identification tag attached to the target item, and a reader to read the unique information stored in the identification tag. The at least one processor is configured to execute calculating a remaining quantity index value which is an index of the remaining quantity of the target item, based on the position information, and transmitting order information of the target item based on the remaining quantity index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa OTSUKI, Haeyeon LEE, Yutaro TAKAGI, Yuta ITOZAWA, Hirotaka KOMURA, Kunihiro IWAMOTO, Kota OISHI
  • Publication number: 20220398536
    Abstract: A management server executes selection processing to select a mobile in charge of a replacement indicating at least one of a collection of a trash box installed in a facility and a replenishment of a trash box to a facility. The facility includes a first facility and a second facility. In the selection processing, when a request for the replacement in the first facility is received, a mobile for the first facility indicating a mobile in charge of this is selected. If a request for the replacement in the second facility is received during the replacement by the mobile for the first facility, it is determined whether a return condition for the mobile for the first facility is satisfied. If it is determined that the return condition is satisfied, an operation instruction of the replacement at the second facility is transmitted to the mobile for the first facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa OTSUKI, Haeyeon LEE, Kunihiro IWAMOTO, Kota OISHI
  • Publication number: 20220397901
    Abstract: A system includes a trash box, a data acquiring device, a computer of a facility, a mobile, and a management server. The trash box is placed in a space facing a road for the mobile in the facility. The data acquiring device acquires collection status data of a trash in the trash box. The management server or the computer of the facility determines whether a collection of the trash box is required based on comparing a judgment element calculated by using a collection status data with a judgment threshold. The management server transmits a collection order to the mobile if it is determined that the collection of trash box is required. The mobile comprises an automatic collection device. The automatic collection device performs an automated replenishment control of the trash box if the mobile receives the collection order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa OTSUKI, Haeyeon Lee, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi, Kota Oishi
  • Patent number: 11527330
    Abstract: An acquisition unit acquires a classification result obtained by classifying training assistants by performing a cluster analysis based on first rehabilitation data about rehabilitation performed by the trainee by using the rehabilitation support system, the first rehabilitation data including at least assistant data indicating a training assistant and index data indicating a degree of recovery of the trainee. A learning unit generates a learning model, the learning model being configured to input second rehabilitation data including at least the action data indicating an assisting action performed by the training assistant to assist the trainee and output the action data for suggesting a next action to be performed by the training assistant. The learning unit generates the learning model by using, as teacher data, the second rehabilitation data for which pre-processing has been performed based on the classification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Issei Nakashima, Yoshie Nakanishi, Manabu Yamamoto, Natsuki Yamakami
  • Publication number: 20220391834
    Abstract: A home delivery system delivering objects to a residence comprises a moving body configured to move autonomously or remotely, a plurality of sensors placed in the residence, and the processing apparatus. The processing apparatus is configured to execute observing status of a resident including whether or not the resident is in the residence based on detection information acquired from the plurality of sensors. Then, the processing apparatus is configured to execute instructing the moving body to start a delivery at least condition that the resident is in the residence and instructing the moving body to complete the delivery on condition that the resident is available to response after the moving body arriving at the residence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa OTSUKI, Haeyeon LEE, Kunihiro IWAMOTO, Yuta ITOZAWA, Hirotaka KOMURA, Yutaro TAKAGI, Kota OISHI
  • Patent number: 11521511
    Abstract: A processing system capable of educating a training assistant, who assists a trainee when the trainee performs rehabilitation by using a walking training apparatus, in order to enable the training assistant to appropriately assist the trainee is provided. The processing system includes a determination unit and an output unit. The determination unit determines an adjustment-required parameter, the adjustment-required parameter being, among parameters that can be adjusted in a walking training apparatus, a parameter of which a frequency of adjustments by a training assistant who assists a trainee performing walking training in the walking training apparatus or by an assistant in a hospital other than the training assistant is lower than an adjustment criterion. The output unit outputs parameter information indicating the adjustment-required parameter and effect information indicating an adjustment effect that is obtained when the adjustment-required parameter is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Issei Nakashima, Manabu Yamamoto, Natsuki Yamakami
  • Patent number: 11521107
    Abstract: A learning unit of a learning system generates a learning model, the learning model being configured to input rehabilitation data about rehabilitation and predict feedback control to be performed, the rehabilitation being performed by a trainee using a rehabilitation support system. The rehabilitation support system performs the feedback control based on motivation information of the trainee. The rehabilitation data includes at least training data including the motivation information of the trainee and feedback information indicating the feedback control. The learning unit generates the learning model by using, as teacher data, the rehabilitation data that is obtained when the motivation information is one that causes such a change that the motivation of the trainee is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Issei Nakashima, Manabu Yamamoto, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11507689
    Abstract: A medical data communication apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire medical data of a subject output from a medical device from the medical device, the medical device being connected for communication with the medical data communication apparatus without an external network intervening therebetween; a modification unit configured to modify the medical data based on a modification instruction received from a server, the server being connected for communication with the medical data communication apparatus through an external network, the modification instruction being for modifying specific information in the medical data; and an output unit configured to output the medical data modified by the modification unit to the external network based on a request from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Takuya Iwata, Masayoshi Tsuchinaga, Hodaka Kito