Patents by Inventor Saori MATSUMOTO

Saori MATSUMOTO 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: 11762395
    Abstract: A server includes a controller configured to control operation of a vehicle, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus held by a first user. The communication interface acquires, from the terminal apparatus, a list including a vehicle designation condition designated by the first user when the first user reserves boarding of a vehicle. The controller determines a vehicle to be boarded by the first user based on the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Saori Matsumoto, Keigo Yamada, Akira Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Miura
  • Patent number: 11577738
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin having a first room and a second room that are capable of accommodating at least one passenger, and configured to isolate one or more passengers accommodated in the first room from one or more passengers accommodated in the second room, a guidance apparatus configured to guide the at least one passenger to be accommodated in either the first room or the second room, and a control apparatus configured to control the guidance apparatus. When a user boards as the at least one passenger, the control apparatus determines which of the first room and the second room the user is to board, based on information regarding the user. The guidance apparatus is configured to guide and board the user to whichever of the first room and the second room determined by the control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Saori Matsumoto, Keigo Yamada, Akira Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Miura
  • Publication number: 20210326775
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle. The controller is configured to receive, from a terminal apparatus of a user, boarding application information including a desired condition of the user, determine an operation schedule for the vehicle so as to enable the user to board the vehicle in accordance with the desired condition, when an operation demand for the vehicle occurs, change the operation schedule based on the operation demand, and when the user is unable to board the vehicle as per the desired condition due to the change in the operation schedule made based on the operation demand, transmit, to the terminal apparatus of the user, information regarding an incentive to be granted to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210312489
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle for boarding a user. The controller is configured to grant an incentive to the user based on an event that has occurred in the vehicle while the user is on board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210302178
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle. The controller is configured to: cause the vehicle to provide a first service for transporting a user between at least two points during a first time period; and cause the vehicle to provide a second service for enabling the user to stay at a predetermined point or in a predetermined area during a second time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210291809
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface receives, from a first terminal apparatus of a first user who entrusts management of a vehicle ridden into a predetermined area, entrustment request information including information that specifies the predetermined area. The controller determines a second user to assume management of the vehicle based on the entrustment request information and outputs information to a second terminal apparatus of the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210264784
    Abstract: A server includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface is configured to receive request information including first location information and purpose information, the first location information indicating a location of a user, and the purpose information indicating a travel purpose of the user. The controller is configured to search operation schedule information indicating respective operation routes of a plurality of vehicles and times at which each vehicle is scheduled to pass through a plurality of places on a corresponding operation route, and facility information including second location information and attribute information, the second location information indicating respective locations of a plurality of facilities, and the attribute information indicating respective attributes of the plurality of facilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210264328
    Abstract: A server includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an information terminal in the possession of a user; and a controller configured to manage operation schedule information for one or more vehicles. The communication interface is configured to receive boarding request information from the information terminal in the possession of the user. The boarding request information includes a desired boarding location, a desired alighting location, and a desired boarding time and/or a desired alighting time of the user. The controller is configured to determine, for a vehicle that can be used by the user, a potential boarding location and a potential alighting location, and a potential boarding time and a potential alighting time, based on the operation schedule information, the boarding request information, and road condition information indicating a condition of a road in the vicinity of the desired boarding location and the desired alighting location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Patent number: 11076122
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a communicator, an image processing circuit, and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire a first image. The image processing circuit is configured to generate a second image by performing image processing on the first image. The controller is configured to upload the second image to a page of a social networking service (SNS) by transmitting the second image to an SNS server by using the communicator. The controller is configured to record image management information in which the first image, image processing information that identifies the image processing, and an address of the page are associated with each other onto a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Saori Matsumoto, Kensuke Ishii, Arata Shinozaki, Yoshitaka Sato
  • Publication number: 20210158435
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a container capable of housing a mobile object to be used by a user. The vehicle is configured to, in accordance with use request information for the mobile object from the user, move to at least one of a location at which the user is to rent the mobile object and a location at which the user is to return the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Saori Matsumoto, Keigo Yamada, Akira Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Miura
  • Publication number: 20210065072
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a compartment equipped with a locker configured to be usable by a user and a communication apparatus communicably connected with a terminal apparatus possessed by the user and configured to acquire point-of-use information from the terminal apparatus, the point-of-use information concerning a point at which the user uses the locker, wherein the vehicle moves based on the point-of-use information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210055742
    Abstract: A server includes a controller configured to control operation of a vehicle, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus held by a first user. The communication interface acquires, from the terminal apparatus, a list including a vehicle designation condition designated by the first user when the first user reserves boarding of a vehicle. The controller determines a vehicle to be boarded by the first user based on the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210031788
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin having a first room and a second room that are capable of accommodating at least one passenger, and configured to isolate one or more passengers accommodated in the first room from one or more passengers accommodated in the second room, a guidance apparatus configured to guide the at least one passenger to be accommodated in either the first room or the second room, and a control apparatus configured to control the guidance apparatus. When a user boards as the at least one passenger, the control apparatus determines which of the first room and the second room the user is to board, based on information regarding the user. The guidance apparatus is configured to guide and board the user to whichever of the first room and the second room determined by the control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20200128163
    Abstract: An imaging system provided with an imaging terminal and an external server that communicates with the imaging terminal, wherein: when it is determined that the imaging terminal satisfies an imaging condition for a specific g object to be imaged, the imaging system transfers the right to operate the imaging terminal from an operator to the external server; and, when the right to operate is transferred to the external server, the external server controls the performance of an imaging operation by the imaging terminal for imaging the specific object to be imaged and receives the imaged data of the specific object to be imaged from the imaging terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Arata SHINOZAKI, Kensuke ISHII, Saori MATSUMOTO, Yoshitaka SATO, Yusaku FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10623804
    Abstract: A moving image capturing instructing terminal includes a communicator, a monitor, a memory, and a control unit. The control unit transmits recording start instruction information to a camera through the communicator. After the recording start instruction information is transmitted, the control unit receives moving image recording information related to the recording of the moving image from the camera through the communicator. After the recording start instruction information is transmitted, the control unit displays at least one of a scheduled recording period of time and a combination of a scheduled recording start time and a scheduled recording stop time through the monitor. After the moving image recording information is received, the control unit displays at least one of a recording period of time and a combination of a recording start time and a recording stop time through the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arata Shinozaki, Kensuke Ishii, Saori Matsumoto, Kiiko Takamatsu, Yoshitaka Sato
  • Publication number: 20200053313
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a communicator, an image processing circuit, and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire a first image. The image processing circuit is configured to generate a second image by performing image processing on the first image. The controller is configured to upload the second image to a page of a social networking service (SNS) by transmitting the second image to an SNS server by using the communicator. The controller is configured to record image management information in which the first image, image processing information that identifies the image processing, and an address of the page are associated with each other onto a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Saori MATSUMOTO, Kensuke ISHII, Arata SHINOZAKI, Yoshitaka SATO
  • Patent number: 10420156
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal includes a first communication module performing wireless communication with an external terminal by using a first communication protocol; a second communication module performing wireless communication with the external terminal by using a second communication protocol; and a generation unit, wherein when the first communication module receives a connection request and terminal-specifying information specifying the external terminal, the generation unit generates a network identifier used for identifying a network using the second communication protocol based on the terminal-specifying information, the generation unit causes the second communication module to establish a logical link of communication with the external terminal by using the network identifier, and the generation unit subsequently causes the second communication module to start the network based on the network identifier such that the network is in a communicable state for the external terminal on a higher lay
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Arata Shinozaki, Kensuke Ishii, Saori Matsumoto, Takayuki Nakatomi, Yoshitaka Sato
  • Patent number: 10321047
    Abstract: An imaging-setting device includes a generation unit that generates a first value of a first control parameter, an input unit that inputs a second value of a second control parameter different from the first control parameter, that changes in accordance with the first value set in an imaging device and first image data generated by the imaging device in which the first value is set from the imaging device, a calculation unit that calculates a first difference between the first value and a third value of the first control parameter and a second difference between the second value and a fourth value of the second control parameter, and a display unit that shows first difference information indicating the first difference and second difference information indicating the second difference, and displays an image based on the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Arata Shinozaki, Kensuke Ishii, Saori Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Sato
  • Patent number: 10284767
    Abstract: A shooting device includes a shooting module; a detection unit that detects whether a finder device is mounted on the shooting device; a storage module that stores first information and second information; and a control unit that controls a lens module to perform a first operation based on the first information and a second operation based on the second information, wherein the first information and the second information indicates a range of a parameter for controlling the lens module, the parameter is used for controlling an aperture or an angle of view of the lens module, the range indicated by the first information is determined by excluding a partial range from the range indicated by the second information based on whether the parameter is used for controlling the aperture or the angle of view of the lens module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Ishii, Saori Matsumoto, Arata Shinozaki, Kiiko Takamatsu, Yoshitaka Sata
  • Patent number: 10237472
    Abstract: An image acquisition system according to the present invention includes: a display device including a display surface on which a subject can be mounted; and the image acquisition device that is disposed face-down at a position above the display device in a manner spaced apart from the display surface, the display device being disposed with the display surface face-up, and that acquires images of the display surface and the subject placed on the display surface, wherein the image acquisition device includes a transmission unit that transmits the acquired images, and the display device includes: a reception unit that receives the transmitted images; a relative-position calculation unit that calculates the relative position between the display device and the image acquisition device on the basis of the received image; and a display control unit that controls content displayed on the display surface on the basis of the calculated relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Miyoshi, Takuji Horie, Kensuke Ishii, Arata Shinozaki, Saori Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Fukuda