Patents by Inventor Ruiko ITO

Ruiko ITO 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: 20260015005
    Abstract: When an ADK is mounted on a vehicle and a unit authentication for the ADK is completed, a VCIB performs a process including a step of determining whether an anomaly is occurring in a communication with the ADK, a step of notifying, when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode and an anomaly is determined to be occurring in the communication with the ADK, occurrence of an anomaly in an autonomous driving system, and a step of notifying, when the vehicle is in a manual operation mode and an anomaly is determined to be occurring in the communication with the ADK, that the use of the autonomous driving system is not allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ruiko ITO, Miki NOMOTO, Kenichi YAMADA, Hirohito IDE
  • Patent number: 12386366
    Abstract: A remote support system is a remote support system for one remote operator to remotely support a plurality of mobile objects. The remote support system includes a situation acquisition unit, a support difficulty level calculation unit, and a notification unit. The status acquisition unit acquires the work status of the remote operator based on information transmitted from an operator interface operated by the remote operator. The assistance difficulty level calculation unit calculates the assistance difficulty level of the remote operator based on the work status of the remote operator. The notification unit notifies the mobile objects of the assistance difficulty level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ruiko Ito
  • Publication number: 20240264602
    Abstract: A remote support system is a remote support system for one remote operator to remotely support a plurality of mobile objects. The remote support system includes a situation acquisition unit, a support difficulty level calculation unit, and a notification unit. The status acquisition unit acquires the work status of the remote operator based on information transmitted from an operator interface operated by the remote operator. The assistance difficulty level calculation unit calculates the assistance difficulty level of the remote operator based on the work status of the remote operator. The notification unit notifies the mobile objects of the assistance difficulty level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ruiko ITO
  • Patent number: 11620833
    Abstract: A vehicle driving support device performs extraneous matter notification for notifying an occupant of a vehicle that extraneous matter is adhered to a viewing-angle window part which is a part of a window of the vehicle in a viewing angle range of an onboard camera which is mounted in the vehicle such that an outside view from the vehicle is imaged from the inside of the vehicle or a camera lens which is a lens of the onboard camera, performs a process of detecting the extraneous matter adhering to the viewing-angle window part or the camera lens when the vehicle is stopped, and does not perform the extraneous matter notification even if the extraneous matter adhering to the viewing-angle window part or the camera lens is detected when the vehicle is stopped and is not in a state in which the vehicle is predicted to be about to start traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Tamaoki, Yusuke Tatesumi, Ruiko Ito
  • Publication number: 20220092315
    Abstract: A vehicle driving support device performs extraneous matter notification for notifying an occupant of a vehicle that extraneous matter is adhered to a viewing-angle window part which is a part of a window of the vehicle in a viewing angle range of an onboard camera which is mounted in the vehicle such that an outside view from the vehicle is imaged from the inside of the vehicle or a camera lens which is a lens of the onboard camera, performs a process of detecting the extraneous matter adhering to the viewing-angle window part or the camera lens when the vehicle is stopped, and does not perform the extraneous matter notification even if the extraneous matter adhering to the viewing-angle window part or the camera lens is detected when the vehicle is stopped and is not in a state in which the vehicle is predicted to be about to start traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoyasu TAMAOKI, Yusuke TATESUMI, Ruiko ITO