Patents by Inventor Rina Mukai

Rina Mukai 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).

  • Patent number: 11964607
    Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Patent number: 11816803
    Abstract: A guidance display system includes an AR display device and a server. The AR display device includes a display unit and a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, an augmented reality image in which an image of a virtual object for guidance is superimposed on scenery of a real world. The server is wirelessly connected to the display device. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit, a 3D model extraction unit, and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores character information set for a theme park. The 3D model extraction unit extracts the character of the theme park set as the destination, as a virtual object for guidance. The transmission unit transmits the image data of the extracted virtual object for guidance to the display control unit of the AR display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Kazumi Serizawa, Sayaka Ishikawa, Kazuki Komoriya, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Patent number: 11794626
    Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to freely exchange interior of a vehicle. An interior unit according to the present disclosure is provided with: a frame portion attachable to and detachable from a vehicle; and interior parts installed on the frame portion. The frame portion is foldable, or extendable and contractible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Patent number: 11673608
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises an under unit which is equipped with a driving mechanism configured to rotate wheels of the vehicle, and an upper unit which is mounted on the under unit. The upper unit comprises an extension/contraction mechanism which is configured to extend or contract the upper unit according to a size of the under unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Patent number: 11645822
    Abstract: When a theme park that is a facility configured based on a specific theme is set as a departure point, an AR display device transmits information of the theme park of the departure point to a server. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores information on a character set for the theme park of the departure point. The transmission unit transmits, to the AR display device, image data of the character set for the theme park of the departure point, with the character being set as a virtual object of the departure point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Komoriya, Kazumi Serizawa, Sayaka Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Patent number: 11580583
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique that enables customization of a vehicle. In an information processing apparatus, a controller presents vehicle units extracted from among a plurality of types of under units each of which is provided with a driving mechanism configured to cause wheels to rotate and a plurality of types of upper units to be loaded on any of the under units to a user, the vehicle units being combinable as a vehicle. Furthermore, the controller executes: accepting selection by a user from among the presented vehicle units; and calculating a fee in the case of providing the selected vehicle units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Yuji Suzuki, Keita Yamazaki, Kei Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Takashi Ogawa, Yukiya Sugiyama, Masaru Ando, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai, Azusa Nakagame, Erina Toyama, Yasushi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11482107
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform: obtaining route information indicating an operation route of a vehicle utilized by unspecified users; and obtaining desired location information indicating desired locations at which the users desire to get on the vehicle or desired locations at which the users desire to get off the vehicle. Then, the controller of the information processing apparatus determines a stop location, at which the vehicle is stopped for the users to get on or off, based on a plurality of pieces of the desired location information and the route information, and presents stop location information indicating the stop location thus determined to the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Xin Jin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Publication number: 20220198761
    Abstract: When a theme park that is a facility configured based on a specific theme is set as a departure point, an AR display device transmits information of the theme park of the departure point to a server. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores information on a character set for the theme park of the departure point. The transmission unit transmits, to the AR display device, image data of the character set for the theme park of the departure point, with the character being set as a virtual object of the departure point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KAZUKI KOMORIYA, Kazumi Serizawa, Sayaka Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Publication number: 20220198744
    Abstract: A display device includes an image recognition unit, a display control unit, a display unit, and a position information acquisition unit. The image recognition unit recognizes a person image from an image captured at a remote location. The display control unit is configured to superimpose a decoration image on the person image and generate an augmented reality image in which the person image that has been decorated is superimposed on scenery of a real world. The position information acquisition unit acquires a position of the position information acquisition unit. The server includes a decoration image storage unit and a decoration image extraction unit. In the decoration image storage unit, a plurality of kinds of the decoration images is stored. The decoration image extraction unit extracts, from the decoration image storage unit, the decoration image based on the position, as the decoration image to be superimposed on the person image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki KOMORIYA, Kazumi SERIZAWA, Sayaka ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Masaya MIURA, Kouji TAMURA, Seiei HIBINO, Rina MUKAI, Tomoya INAGAKI, Chinli DI
  • Publication number: 20220198762
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and a server. The display includes an imager, an image recognition unit that recognizes an identifier provided to a portable product and included in the image captured by the imager, a display control unit that generates an augmented reality image in which an image of a virtual object is superimposed on scenery of real world including the portable product in response to recognition of the identifier, a display unit that displays the augmented reality image, and a position information acquisition unit that acquires current position information. The server includes a first storage unit in which a plurality of types of image data of the virtual object is stored, and a first extraction unit that extracts, from the first storage unit, the image data of the virtual object that is provided to the display device, based on the position information of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki KOMORIYA, Kazumi SERIZAWA, Sayaka ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Masaya MIURA, Kouji TAMURA, Seiei HIBINO, Rina MUKAI, Tomoya INAGAKI, Chinli DI
  • Publication number: 20220198763
    Abstract: A guidance display system includes an AR display device and a server. The AR display device includes a display unit and a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, an augmented reality image in which an image of a virtual object for guidance is superimposed on scenery of a real world. The server is wirelessly connected to the display device. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit, a 3D model extraction unit, and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores character information set for a theme park. The 3D model extraction unit extracts the character of the theme park set as the destination, as a virtual object for guidance. The transmission unit transmits the image data of the extracted virtual object for guidance to the display control unit of the AR display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Kazumi Serizawa, Sayaka Ishikawa, Kazuki Komoriya, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Publication number: 20220198760
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and a remote terminal device. The display device includes an image shooting device, an image recognizer, and a display controller. The image recognizer recognizes real objects in an image shot by the image shooting device, and recognizes positions of the recognized real objects on space coordinates. The display controller superimposes a virtual object at a designated position on the space coordinates in the shot image. The image recognizer recognizes a gesture of the real object at the designated position of the virtual object in the shot image. The display controller executes image processing on the virtual object in response to the recognized gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KAZUMI SERIZAWA, Kazuki KOMORIYA, Sayaka ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Masaya MIURA, Kouji TAMURA, Seiei HIBINO, Rina MUKAI, Tomoya INAGAKI, Chinli DI
  • Publication number: 20210201376
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique that enables customization of a vehicle. In an information processing apparatus, a controller presents vehicle units extracted from among a plurality of types of under units each of which is provided with a driving mechanism configured to cause wheels to rotate and a plurality of types of upper units to be loaded on any of the under units to a user, the vehicle units being combinable as a vehicle. Furthermore, the controller executes: accepting selection by a user from among the presented vehicle units; and calculating a fee in the case of providing the selected vehicle units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki YABUSHITA, Keiichi KONDO, Kaori TAKAHASHI, Jin XIN, Daisuke MIZUSHIMA, Satoru ANDO, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Yuchi YAMANOUCHI, Kenta MIYAHARA, Katsuhisa YOSHIKAWA, Yuji SUZUKI, Keita YAMAZAKI, Kei MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki ITO, Takashi OGAWA, Yukiya SUGIYAMA, Masaru ANDO, So SAWAHIRA, Rina MUKAI, Azusa NAKAGAME, Erina TOYAMA, Yasushi FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20210174680
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform: obtaining route information indicating an operation route of a vehicle utilized by unspecified users; and obtaining desired location information indicating desired locations at which the users desire to get on the vehicle or desired locations at which the users desire to get off the vehicle. Then, the controller of the information processing apparatus determines a stop location, at which the vehicle is stopped for the users to get on or off, based on a plurality of pieces of the desired location information and the route information, and presents stop location information indicating the stop location thus determined to the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki YABUSHITA, Keiichi KONDO, Kaori TAKAHASHI, Xin JIN, Daisuke MIZUSHIMA, Satoru ANDO, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Yuchi YAMANOUCHI, Kenta MIYAHARA, So SAWAHIRA, Rina MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20210155146
    Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Publication number: 20210138953
    Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to freely exchange interior of a vehicle. An interior unit according to the present disclosure is provided with: a frame portion attachable to and detachable from a vehicle; and interior parts installed on the frame portion. The frame portion is foldable, or extendable and contractible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
  • Publication number: 20210129909
    Abstract: A vehicle according to the present disclosure comprises an under unit which is equipped with a driving mechanism configured to rotate wheels of the vehicle, and an upper unit which is mounted on the under unit. The upper unit comprises an extension/contraction mechanism which is configured to extend or contract the upper unit according to a size of the under unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki YABUSHITA, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai