Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi Nagai
Nobuyoshi Nagai 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: 20240059250Abstract: An information processing device comprising a processor, the processor being configured to: in a case in which a door of a vehicle is locked, determine whether or not a terminal that operates as an electronic key is located in the vehicle; and in a case in which the terminal is determined to be located in the vehicle, perform control to restrict at least a subset of functions, among functions of the vehicle that are controlled in accordance with communications with the terminal, based on a lock trigger causing the locking of the door of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Jumpei FUKE, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Publication number: 20240034270Abstract: A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Patent number: 11820325Abstract: A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jumpei Fuke, Kuniharu Tsuzuki, Shimpei Asai, Nobuyoshi Nagai
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Patent number: 11804087Abstract: An information processing device utilizable as a digital key for a vehicle, the information processing device includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to in a case in which the processor does not have signal strength correction value information corresponding to a model of the information processing device, the correction value information being used by the vehicle when determining a distance between the vehicle and the information processing device in processing pertaining to the digital key for the vehicle, acquire the correction value information from a server device, and send the acquired correction value information to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jumpei Fuke, Kuniharu Tsuzuki, Shota Honda, Shimpei Asai, Nobuyoshi Nagai
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Patent number: 11691595Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an in-vehicle device, a mobile terminal, and one or more processors. The in-vehicle device is mounted on a vehicle. The in-vehicle device controls a lock mechanism that locks and unlocks a door of the vehicle. The in-vehicle device causes the lock mechanism to unlock the door in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied. The mobile terminal communicates with the in-vehicle device. The one or more processors determine whether the mobile terminal is present inside a vehicle compartment. The one or more processors detect whether the mobile terminal is used. The one or more processors control the vehicle control system not to satisfy the predetermined condition in response to determination that the mobile terminal is present inside the vehicle compartment.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyoshi Nagai, Nobuyasu Okabe
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Patent number: 11662881Abstract: An information processing device that is used to control a vehicle, includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires information pertaining to a switch that has been operated on a smart key corresponding to the vehicle; and a display control unit that performs control to display an operation screen for controlling the vehicle based on the information pertaining to the switch that has been acquired by the first acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jumpei Fuke, Kuniharu Tsuzuki, Shimpei Asai, Shota Honda, Nobuyoshi Nagai
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Publication number: 20230098720Abstract: An information processing device that is used to control a vehicle, includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires information pertaining to a switch that has been operated on a smart key corresponding to the vehicle; and a display control unit that performs control to display an operation screen for controlling the vehicle based on the information pertaining to the switch that has been acquired by the first acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shimpei ASAI, Shota HONDA, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Publication number: 20230096456Abstract: An information processing device comprising a processor, the processor being configured to: in a case in which a door of a vehicle is locked, determine whether or not a terminal that operates as an electronic key is located in the vehicle; and in a case in which the terminal is determined to be located in the vehicle, perform control to restrict at least a subset of functions, among functions of the vehicle that are controlled in accordance with communications with the terminal, based on a lock trigger causing the locking of the door of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Jumpei FUKE, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Publication number: 20230101462Abstract: A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Publication number: 20230080147Abstract: An information processing device utilizable as a digital key for a vehicle, the information processing device includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to in a case in which the processor does not have signal strength correction value information corresponding to a model of the information processing device, the correction value information being used by the vehicle when determining a distance between the vehicle and the information processing device in processing pertaining to the digital key for the vehicle, acquire the correction value information from a server device, and send the acquired correction value information to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shota HONDA, Shimpei ASAI, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Publication number: 20230061183Abstract: An information processing device including a reception section 130 configured to receive user operation for disabling a vehicle control function by a first key configured to be used to control a vehicle, a confirmation section 132 configured to check whether a prescribed communication can be performed with a second key that is a key configured to be used to control the vehicle and that is different from the first key, and a processing section 134 configured to perform processing to suppress disabling of the vehicle control function by the first key according to the user operation in cases in which the prescribed communication with the second key has not been confirmed by the confirmation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shimpei ASAI, Jumpei FUKE, Kuniharu TSUZUKI, Shota HONDA, Toru YOSHIHARA, Naoyuki TAKADA, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Publication number: 20210370876Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an in-vehicle device, a mobile terminal, and one or more processors. The in-vehicle device is mounted on a vehicle. The in-vehicle device controls a lock mechanism that locks and unlocks a door of the vehicle. The in-vehicle device causes the lock mechanism to unlock the door in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied. The mobile terminal communicates with the in-vehicle device. The one or more processors determine whether the mobile terminal is present inside a vehicle compartment. The one or more processors detect whether the mobile terminal is used. The one or more processors control the vehicle control system not to satisfy the predetermined condition in response to determination that the mobile terminal is present inside the vehicle compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Nobuyoshi NAGAI, Nobuyasu OKABE
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Publication number: 20210306083Abstract: A positioning system includes a vehicular exterior communication device and a positioning device. The vehicular exterior communication device has an antenna and a strength detector. The antenna is disposed at a side surface portion of the vehicle that receives a wireless signal transmitted from the portable terminal. The strength detector detects reception strength of the wireless signal received by the antenna. The positioning device determines whether the portable terminal is present at an operating area based on vehicular exterior device strength as the reception strength of the wireless signal from the portable terminal detected by the vehicular exterior communication device. The vehicular exterior communication device is disposed under a door of the vehicle in a posture in which a center of directivity of the antenna faces upward or downward.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Kenichiro SANJI, Nobuyasu OKABE, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Patent number: 10029649Abstract: A vehicle system comprises an onboard apparatus that is mounted to a vehicle, and a portable device. The vehicle system controls the vehicle according to a result of collation using wireless communication in which a signal is transmitted and received on electric wave, between the onboard apparatus and the portable device. The onboard apparatus includes a vehicle-side transmission processor that transmits a first signal which specifies signal intensity information and, following transmission of the first signal, transmits a second signal having a signal intensity, the signal intensity information being information on the signal intensity of the second signal. The portable device includes a portable device-side reception antenna that receives a signal transmitted from the vehicle-side transmission antenna, a signal intensity measurement portion, and a reply determiner that determines whether a replay is performed to the onboard apparatus for the collation.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Katou, Nobuyoshi Nagai
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Patent number: 9995061Abstract: A smart entry system that releases a lock of an opening/closing body includes: a transmission unit that transmits a call signal to a mobile key by wireless communication; a reception unit that receives a response signal from the mobile key responding to the call signal; and a control unit that outputs a call signal transmission command to the transmission unit, performs authentication of the response signal when the reception unit receives the response signal, and outputs a command for unlocking the opening/closing body based on a result of the authentication. The call signal is transmitted by a polling system. The control unit includes an output strength setting unit that changes and sets an output strength of the call signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryusuke Ishikawa, Nobuyoshi Nagai, Koji Ueno
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Publication number: 20170292291Abstract: A smart entry system that releases a lock of an opening/closing body includes: a transmission unit that transmits a call signal to a mobile key by wireless communication; a reception unit that receives a response signal from the mobile key responding to the call signal; and a control unit that outputs a call signal transmission command to the transmission unit, performs authentication of the response signal when the reception unit receives the response signal, and outputs a command for unlocking the opening/closing body based on a result of the authentication. The call signal is transmitted by a polling system. The control unit includes an output strength setting unit that changes and sets an output strength of the call signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryusuke ISHIKAWA, Nobuyoshi NAGAI, Koji UENO
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Publication number: 20160280184Abstract: A vehicle system comprises an onboard apparatus that is mounted to a vehicle, and a portable device. The vehicle system controls the vehicle according to a result of collation using wireless communication in which a signal is transmitted and received on electric wave, between the onboard apparatus and the portable device. The onboard apparatus includes a vehicle-side transmission processor that transmits a first signal which specifies signal intensity information and, following transmission of the first signal, transmits a second signal having a signal intensity, the signal intensity information being information on the signal intensity of the second signal. The portable device includes a portable device-side reception antenna that receives a signal transmitted from the vehicle-side transmission antenna, a signal intensity measurement portion, and a reply determiner that determines whether a replay is performed to the onboard apparatus for the collation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Kenji KATOU, Nobuyoshi NAGAI
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Patent number: 9384610Abstract: An on-board apparatus control system comprising a portable device and a vehicle-mounted device is provided. The vehicle-mounted device controls an on-board apparatus by determining whether or not the portable device exists in an authorized area. The vehicle-mounted device causes separate transmission antennas to transmit a request signal and a determination signal, respectively. Responding to the request signal, the portable device transmits a response signal that includes information on a received strength of the determination signal. When the received signal strength of the determination signal is greater than a specified value, the vehicle-mounted device controls the on-board apparatus on assumption that the portable device exists in an unauthorized area even when the response signal is received.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyoshi Nagai, Masahito Kojima
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Publication number: 20150279138Abstract: An on-board apparatus control system comprising a portable device and a vehicle-mounted device is provided. The vehicle-mounted device controls an on-board apparatus by determining whether or not the portable device exists in an authorized area. The vehicle-mounted device causes separate transmission antennas to transmit a request signal and a determination signal, respectively. Responding to the request signal, the portable device transmits a response signal that includes information on a received strength of the determination signal. When the received signal strength of the determination signal is greater than a specified value, the vehicle-mounted device controls the on-board apparatus on assumption that the portable device exists in an unauthorized area even when the response signal is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Nobuyoshi Nagai, Masahito Kojima
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Patent number: 9037081Abstract: A car finder system has a portable terminal that receives a preset operation performed thereon for wirelessly transmitting a preset car finder instruction. A communication device of the car finder system receives the preset car finder instruction from the portable device, and repeatedly transmits a preset car finder signal to an in-vehicle device, which is disposed in a vehicle. The in-vehicle device performs an external notification operation when it receives the preset car finder signal. The communication device ends the transmission of the preset car finder signal when a predetermined condition is met.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Shouji Nasu, Nobuyoshi Nagai