Patents by Inventor Ryo Igarashi

Ryo Igarashi 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: 20210312228
    Abstract: A map update system includes a data transmission device mounted on a vehicle and a map server which stores map data. The data transmission device generates sensor data representing a road environment of surroundings of the vehicle in a predetermined position, calculates a matching degree between the road environment of the surroundings of the vehicle and a road environment in the predetermined position represented by the map data, and causes a communication circuit mounted on the vehicle to transmit the sensor data and information representing the matching degree to the map server. The map server transmits the map data by utilizing sensor data, among the sensor data received via a communication device, having a matching degree less than a matching degree threshold with a higher priority than sensor data having a matching degree or greater than the matching degree threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20210314533
    Abstract: The data transmission device includes a processor configured to: acquire data based on a sensor signal from a sensor mounted on a vehicle repeatedly at a predetermined time interval, determine a selection cycle based on a movement speed of the vehicle and selects one or more sets of data from the repeatedly acquired data for each determined selection cycle, and transmit the selected one or more sets of data to an external server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20210278241
    Abstract: A map data updating device comprises a communication unit, a memory, and a processor configured to store map data, received from a server through the communication unit before the vehicle has begun to travel, in the memory as initial map data, and to send a request to the server through the communication unit for update information representing information updated from the initial map data for each of a plurality of road zones within the scheduled route, from among the information associated with the road zones in the map data updated at the server, and to use the update information received through the communication unit to update the initial map data, after the vehicle has begun to travel along the scheduled route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Ryo IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 11104476
    Abstract: A package is formed of a die cut paperboard that includes a cutout that is covered by a polymer sheet. The sheet holds an item, such as by stretching, against the bottom side of the unpadded paperboard, which is chosen according to its ability to be transported on metal roller conveyors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Qi Zhang, Ryo Igarashi, Yuichi Kosaka, Masahiro Uchida, Susumu Yamasaki, Shigekazu Ishiguro, Sayaka Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11100338
    Abstract: A data recording device includes at least one sensor configured to detect a surrounding environment of a moving object as detection data, a buffer configured to store the detection data in association with a time point, a tracking unit configured to perform tracking of an object being present around the moving object based on the detection data stored in the buffer, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object is lost during the tracking of the object performed by the tracking unit, a period determination unit configured to determine a period during which the object is determined to be lost by the determination unit as a recording period in response to a fact that a predetermined recording condition is satisfied, and a recording unit configured to record the detection data corresponding to the recording period onto a recording medium among the detection data stored in the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayashi, Yasuhiro Takagi, Nobuhide Kamata, Ryo Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11019928
    Abstract: An armrest according to the present invention includes a support member (8a, 215, 308a) which is a support structure, and an armrest main body (8b, 216, 308b), the armrest main body (8b, 216, 308b) includes a lower layer member (8j) including an operation lever (8p, 235, 308p) which is supported by a support member (8a, 215, 308a) to be movable in a forward-and-rearward direction and is operated by a seated person, and an upper layer member (8k) supported by the lower layer member (8j) to be movable in right-and-left direction, and the upper layer member (8k) covers the operation lever (8p, 235, 308p) at a base position in the right-and-left direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: OKAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Takagi, Hiroshi Masunaga, Ryo Igarashi, Syouichi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20210140771
    Abstract: The apparatus for evaluating degrees of contribution includes: a memory configured to store a plurality of maps including information on travel conditions of individual roads, an algorithm table indicating, for each of the maps, an algorithm used for generating or updating the map out of a plurality of algorithms each used for generating or updating at least any one of the maps, and a provider table indicating, for each of the algorithms, a provider who provides the algorithm; and a processor configured to determine frequencies of use of the algorithms, based on the algorithm table and the numbers of times of delivery of the maps in a predetermined period, and calculate a degree of contribution to generation or update of a map for each of the providers, based on the provider table and the frequencies of use of the algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Ryo IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 10932575
    Abstract: An armrest (8, 208) and a chair (100, 200) according to the present invention are provided with: an armrest body (8b, 208b) which is a movable member including a placing surface for supporting a limb of a seated person, and which is supported by a support rod (8a, 208a) from below so as to be movable in a horizontal direction; and a through-space (S, 200S) which is a guide portion indicating the position to be touched by the seated person when moving the armrest body (8b, 208b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: OKAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masunaga, Ryo Igarashi, Syouichi Izawa
  • Patent number: 10898001
    Abstract: An armrest (8, 208) and a chair (100, 200) according to the present invention are provided with: an armrest body (8b, 208b) which is a movable member including a placing surface for supporting a limb of a seated person, and which is supported by a support rod (8a, 208a) from below so as to be movable in a horizontal direction; and a through-space (S, 200S) which is a guide portion indicating the position to be touched by the seated person when moving the armrest body (8b, 208b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: OKAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masunaga, Ryo Igarashi, Syouichi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20200386567
    Abstract: A map generation device extracts, by inputting an image in which a road is represented to a classifier that outputs, for each pixel of the image, a type of a feature object on the road represented by the pixel, a pixel representing a boundary feature object that represents a boundary of a lane among feature objects on the road, calculates a Voronoi boundary by Voronoi-dividing the image with each pixel representing the boundary feature object as a generating point, detects each of the calculated Voronoi boundaries as one lane, and generates map information representing each of the detected lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 10766485
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a detection unit detecting an object around the vehicle, a storage unit storing static object information acquired in advance and reliability of the static object information in association with each other, an acquisition unit acquiring calculation load information of the vehicle control device, a decision unit deciding a reliability threshold to be small with respect to an increase in a calculation load based on the calculation load information, a selection unit selecting the static object information associated with reliability equal to or greater than the reliability threshold from the static object information, a target decision unit deciding a tracking target by comparing a detection result and the static object information selected by the selection unit to each other, a tracking unit tracking the tracking target, and a control unit performing the traveling control based on a tracking result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20200031515
    Abstract: A package is formed of a die cut paperboard that includes a cutout that is covered by a polymer sheet. The sheet holds an item, such as by stretching, against the bottom side of the unpadded paperboard, which is chosen according to its ability to be transported on metal roller conveyors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Qi Zhang, Ryo Igarashi, Yuichi Kosaka, Masahiro Uchida, Susumu Yamasaki, Shigekazu Ishiguro, Sayaka Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20190362161
    Abstract: A data recording device includes at least one sensor configured to detect a surrounding environment of a moving object as detection data, a buffer configured to store the detection data in association with a time point, a tracking unit configured to perform tracking of an object being present around the moving object based on the detection data stored in the buffer, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object is lost during the tracking of the object performed by the tracking unit, a period determination unit configured to determine a period during which the object is determined to be lost by the determination unit as a recording period in response to a fact that a predetermined recording condition is satisfied, and a recording unit configured to record the detection data corresponding to the recording period onto a recording medium among the detection data stored in the buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayashi, Yasuhiro Takagi, Nobuhide Kamata, Ryo Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20190346847
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system includes a target object position recognition unit configured to recognize a target object position detected by a vehicle-mounted sensor based on map information in a map database, a vehicle position recognition unit configured to recognize a vehicle position, a relative-relationship-on-map acquisition unit configured to acquire a relative-relationship-on-map between the target object and the vehicle based on the target object position and the vehicle position on the map, a detected-relative-relationship acquisition unit configured to acquire a detected-relative-relationship between the target object detected by the sensor and the vehicle based on a result of detection performed by the sensor, a map accuracy evaluation unit configured to evaluate map accuracy of the map information based on the relative-relationship-on-map and the detected-relative-relationship, and an autonomous driving permission unit configured to permit an autonomous driving control using the map information b
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhide KAMATA, Ryo IGARASHI, Kazuhiko KAMIKADO, Kiyosumi KIDONO, Kunihiro GOTO, Takashi NAITO
  • Publication number: 20190307251
    Abstract: An armrest according to the present invention includes a support member (8a, 215, 308a) which is a support structure, and an armrest main body (8b, 216, 308b), the armrest main body (8b, 216, 308b) includes a lower layer member (8j) including an operation lever (8p, 235, 308p) which is supported by a support member (8a, 215, 308a) to be movable in a forward-and-rearward direction and is operated by a seated person, and an upper layer member (8k) supported by the lower layer member (8j) to be movable in right-and-left direction, and the upper layer member (8k) covers the operation lever (8p, 235, 308p) at a base position in the right-and-left direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yuuichirou TAKAGI, Hiroshi MASUNAGA, Ryo IGARASHI, Syouichi IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190298071
    Abstract: An armrest (8, 208) and a chair (100, 200) according to the present invention are provided with: an armrest body (8b, 208b) which is a movable member including a placing surface for supporting a limb of a seated person, and which is supported by a support rod (8a, 208a) from below so as to be movable in a horizontal direction; and a through-space (S, 200S) which is a guide portion indicating the position to be touched by the seated person when moving the armrest body (8b, 208b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: OKAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi MASUNAGA, Ryo IGARASHI, Syouichi IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190106102
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a detection unit detecting an object around the vehicle, a storage unit storing static object information acquired in advance and reliability of the static object information in association with each other, an acquisition unit acquiring calculation load information of the vehicle control device, a decision unit deciding a reliability threshold to be small with respect to an increase in a calculation load based on the calculation load information, a selection unit selecting the static object information associated with reliability equal to or greater than the reliability threshold from the static object information, a target decision unit deciding a tracking target by comparing a detection result and the static object information selected by the selection unit to each other, a tracking unit tracking the tracking target, and a control unit performing the traveling control based on a tracking result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 10159350
    Abstract: A chair is provided in which a seat-receiving member is provided with outward flanges for regulating upward/downward displacement to support left and right lateral edges of a seat plate. Engaging grooves supported by the outward flanges are provided at the respective left and right lateral edges of the seat plate. Warpage allowable parts in which warpage deformation of the lateral edges is allowed without the upward displacement being regulated by the seat receiving member are provided in regions of the left and right lateral edges of the seat plate, in which the regions are located at a rear side from engagement parts between the engaging grooves and the outward flanges. With this constitution, it is possible to prevent the seat plate from being detached from the seat-receiving member while ensuring that, when an user is seated, the sides of the buttocks of the user are reliably held, and thus improve the seating stability of a seat body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Igarashi, Hiroshi Masunaga
  • Patent number: D903354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Igarashi
  • Patent number: D903355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Igarashi