Patents by Inventor Rijin OWAKI
Rijin OWAKI 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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Patent number: 11948403Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes a control unit, wherein, when a first biometric authentication is successfully completed based on biometric information acquired from an operator and registered biometric information preliminarily registered by a registered person and an operation for registering new registered biological information is subsequently performed, the control unit permits registration upon a successful second biometric authentication based on biometric information acquired again and the registered biometric information preliminarily registered by the registered person.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Rijin Owaki, Yosuke Ohashi, Yuya Goto, Yasuhisa Ohta, Naoyuki Takada, Daisuke Ogawa
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Patent number: 11932201Abstract: A biometric information authenticating device includes a biometric information sensor to detect contact of an operating finger with a reading surface and to read biometric information of the operating finger, an illumination unit including at least one light source, and a control unit to indicate completion of reading of the biometric information by an illumination pattern including a combination of turning on and off of the at least one light source.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Rijin Owaki, Yosuke Ohashi, Takahiko Ando, Yuya Goto, Yasuhisa Ohta, Naoyuki Takada, Daisuke Ogawa
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Publication number: 20240025373Abstract: A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yasuhisa OHTA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA, Takahiko ANDO, Yosuke OHASHI, Rijin OWAKI, Daisuke OGAWA
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Patent number: 11820331Abstract: A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Takahiko Ando, Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Daisuke Ogawa
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Publication number: 20230067036Abstract: A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yasuhisa OHTA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA, Takahiko ANDO, Yosuke OHASHI, Rijin OWAKI, Daisuke OGAWA
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Patent number: 11577694Abstract: An authentication device includes a last session information storage portion that stores data of a first registered person successfully authenticated in the last session, an input unit to which information of a second registered person successfully authenticated by another authentication device is input, an information acquisition unit that acquires identification information of a user via an information sensor, a registered person information storage portion that stores registered person information in which a plurality of registered persons including the first and second registered persons are associated with their registration identification information, an authentication order information storage portion that stores information about an authentication order of the registered persons, and an authentication unit that authenticates the user by comparing the identification information acquired from the information acquisition unit with the registration identification information stored in the registered persoType: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Takahiko Ando, Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Daisuke Ogawa
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Patent number: 11524657Abstract: A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Takahiko Ando, Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Daisuke Ogawa
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Patent number: 11508183Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes an authentication unit to change an authentication threshold value used for authentication to increase difficulty of authentication when authentication of biometric information by checking against registered biometric information is unsuccessful a predetermined number of times.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Rijin Owaki, Yosuke Ohashi, Fumitaka Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11461449Abstract: A biometric authentication device includes a biometric information sensor to read biometric information of a user, a biometric information storage unit to pre-register biometric information of a registered person as registered biometric information for verification, a determination unit to determine whether or not a captured image captured by the biometric information sensor is suitable for biometric authentication, and to perform biometric authentication by comparing the captured image to the registered biometric information registered in the biometric information storage unit when the determination unit determines that the captured image is suitable for the biometric authentication, and a notification unit to issue a notification indicating that the captured image is unsuitable for the biometric authentication.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Takahiko Ando, Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Daisuke Ogawa
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Patent number: 11443506Abstract: A biometric information sensor device includes a control unit that issues a notification for failure to read biometric information of a detection target when reading of the biometric information fails after a contact of the detection target with a reading surface is detected.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko Ando, Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Naoyuki Takada, Yuya Goto, Yasuhisa Ohta, Daisuke Ogawa
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Publication number: 20220089126Abstract: A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yasuhisa OHTA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA, Takahiko ANDO, Yosuke OHASHI, Rijin OWAKI, Daisuke OGAWA
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Patent number: 11267442Abstract: A vehicular authentication device that includes: a first processor; and a second processor. The first processor is configured to: perform a first permission to permit release of a steering lock of a vehicle in a case in which a verification of key information of the vehicle has been performed successfully, and in a case in which the steering lock has been released by the first permission, perform a second permission to permit deactivation of an immobilizer of the vehicle based on a successful verification of biometric information by the second processor.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Naoyuki Takada, Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Takahiko Ando, Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Daisuke Ogawa
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Patent number: 11230263Abstract: A fingerprint authentication device is mounted in a vehicle and includes a fingerprint sensor configured to perform a fingerprint detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger brought into contact with the fingerprint sensor, a fingerprint authentication unit configured to perform a fingerprint authentication process based on the fingerprint detected through the fingerprint detection process, and a controller configured to control permission and non-permission of execution of the fingerprint detection process, and the controller is configured not to permit the execution of the fingerprint detection process when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Takahiko Ando, Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Daisuke Ogawa
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Publication number: 20210319086Abstract: A biometric authentication device includes a biometric information sensor to read biometric information of a user, a biometric information storage unit to pre-register biometric information of a registered person as registered biometric information for verification, a determination unit to determine whether or not a captured image captured by the biometric information sensor is suitable for biometric authentication, and to perform biometric authentication by comparing the captured image to the registered biometric information registered in the biometric information storage unit when the determination unit determines that the captured image is suitable for the biometric authentication, and a notification unit to issue a notification indicating that the captured image is unsuitable for the biometric authentication.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Yosuke OHASHI, Rijin OWAKI, Takahiko ANDO, Yasuhisa OHTA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA, Daisuke OGAWA
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Publication number: 20210303893Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes a control unit, wherein, when a first biometric authentication is successfully completed based on biometric information acquired from an operator and registered biometric information preliminarily registered by a registered person and an operation for registering new registered biological information is subsequently performed, the control unit permits registration upon a successful second biometric authentication based on biometric information acquired again and the registered biometric information preliminarily registered by the registered person.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Rijin OWAKI, Yosuke OHASHI, Yuya GOTO, Yasuhisa OHTA, Naoyuki TAKADA, Daisuke OGAWA
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Publication number: 20210303670Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes a control unit to, during biometric authentication by comparing biometric information of a user read by a biometric information sensor to preliminarily registered biometric information of a registered person, issue a notification to encourage the user to register different biometric information when a predetermined condition for determining that a biometric authentication after a current biometric authentication is highly likely to fail is met.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Rijin OWAKI, Yosuke OHASHI, Takahiko ANDO, Yuya GOTO, Yasuhisa OHTA, Naoyuki TAKADA, Daisuke OGAWA
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Publication number: 20210261095Abstract: A biometric information authenticating device includes a biometric information sensor to detect contact of an operating finger with a reading surface and to read biometric information of the operating finger, an illumination unit including at least one light source, and a control unit to indicate completion of reading of the biometric information by an illumination pattern including a combination of turning on and off of the at least one light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Rijin OWAKI, Yosuke OHASHI, Takahiko ANDO, Yuya GOTO, Yasuhisa OHTA, Naoyuki TAKADA, Daisuke OGAWA
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Publication number: 20210197767Abstract: An authentication device includes a last session information storage portion that stores data of a first registered person successfully authenticated in the last session, an input unit to which information of a second registered person successfully authenticated by another authentication device is input, an information acquisition unit that acquires identification information of a user via an information sensor, a registered person information storage portion that stores registered person information in which a plurality of registered persons including the first and second registered persons are associated with their registration identification information, an authentication order information storage portion that stores information about an authentication order of the registered persons, and an authentication unit that authenticates the user by comparing the identification information acquired from the information acquisition unit with the registration identification information stored in the registered persoType: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Yosuke OHASHI, Rijin OWAKI, Takahiko ANDO, Yasuhisa OHTA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA, Daisuke OGAWA
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Publication number: 20210197766Abstract: A biometric information authenticating device includes a control unit to perform authentication by comparing biometric information read from an operator to pre-registered biometric information of a registered person, and to prohibit to give an instruction to execute an assigned function thereto when the number of authentication failures exceeds a predetermined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Rijin OWAKI, Yosuke OHASHI, Takahiko ANDO, Yuya GOTO, Yasuhisa OHTA, Naoyuki TAKADA, Daisuke OGAWA
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Publication number: 20210197768Abstract: A fingerprint authentication device is mounted in a vehicle and includes a fingerprint sensor configured to perform a fingerprint detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger brought into contact with the fingerprint sensor, a fingerprint authentication unit configured to perform a fingerprint authentication process based on the fingerprint detected through the fingerprint detection process, and a controller configured to control permission and non-permission of execution of the fingerprint detection process, and the controller is configured not to permit the execution of the fingerprint detection process when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki SeisakushoInventors: Yasuhisa OHTA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA, Takahiko ANDO, Yosuke OHASHI, Rijin OWAKI, Daisuke OGAWA