Patents by Inventor Shin Sakurada

Shin Sakurada 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).

  • MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220261707
    Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
  • CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220254252
    Abstract: A control apparatus is a control apparatus for causing light emitting devices to display a crosswalk when the control apparatus detects a pedestrian who is about to cross a road. The control apparatus includes a controlling portion configured to perform: detect, as a first vehicle, a vehicle traveling in a crosswalk display region where a crosswalk is to be displayed; determine whether or not the speed of the first vehicle is less than a reference speed; and in a case where the speed is less than the reference speed and a predetermined safety standard is satisfied, determine to cause the light emitting devices to display the crosswalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Shin SAKURADA, Soutaro KANEKO
  • Driving assistance system
    Patent number: 11409305
    Abstract: A driving assistance system includes a plurality of vehicles on which a plurality of microphones is mounted respectively and a server having an acquisition unit configured to acquire sound signals recorded by the microphones and position information of the vehicles. The server further has an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of one or more sound sources based on the sound signals and the position information and a providing unit configured to provide the estimated position of the one or more sound sources to the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Sakurada
  • Information processing device and information processing method
    Patent number: 11407430
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a first acquisition portion acquires a usage end time and a usage end point of an automatic driving vehicle. A second acquisition portion acquires information about a side trip point of the automatic driving vehicle. A derivation portion derives an expected time of arrival of the automatic driving vehicle at the usage end point by way of the side trip point. A permission portion permits a drop-in at the side trip point when the expected time of arrival at the usage end point is before the usage end time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Sakurada
  • Device and method for management of shared vehicles
    Patent number: 11386440
    Abstract: A shared vehicle management device manages shared vehicles located in an area where a user is present. The area includes multiple zones differing from one another, and each of the zones includes one or more parking lots. The shared vehicle management device includes a controller configured to prompt the user to select a zone including a parking lot where the user will start use of a shared vehicle or return the shared vehicle, a use history acquisition unit, a demand calculator, a supply calculator, and a zone setting unit configured to determine the parking lots included in each zone so as to minimize a value obtained by adding differences between the demand for shared vehicles and the supply of shared vehicles in each zone included in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Sakurada
  • Automated travel vehicle assistance system and server
    Patent number: 11379762
    Abstract: An automated travel vehicle assistance system includes: plural first vehicles, each of which is used for movement of a user; one or more types of second vehicles, each of which has a different function from the first vehicle; and a server that manages operation of the first vehicles and the second vehicles. A first information processing section of the first vehicle generates a service request on the basis of a specified condition, and, when receiving the service request from the first vehicle, the server determines at least one of the first vehicle, which differs from the above first vehicle, and the second vehicle as a service-providing vehicle and generates a service provision instruction to dispatch the determined service-providing vehicle to the first vehicle transmitting the service request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Sakurada
  • Method, medium, and system for manufacturing using an apparatus mounted on a vehicle
    Patent number: 11379896
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided with a control unit configured to acquire information indicating an item that a user desires to check for a product, acquire manufacturing data of a sample of the product capable of checking the item desired to be checked by using the acquired information, and output the manufacturing data to a sample manufacturing apparatus in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ishiwata, Takayuki Yano, Shin Sakurada, Megumi Amano
  • Information processing apparatus and information processing method
    Patent number: 11367107
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute the processing of obtaining location information of an advertisement displaying vehicle capable of displaying advertising information on a display apparatus arranged to face outside, finding a plurality of advertisement target vehicles present in the vicinity of the advertisement displaying vehicle based on the location information, obtaining attribute information indicating attributes of occupants of the plurality of advertisement target vehicles, selecting advertising information to be displayed by the display apparatus on the basis of the attribute information, and causing the display apparatus to display the selected advertising information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yuko Mizuno
  • Carsharing system and carsharing method
    Patent number: 11354603
    Abstract: A carsharing system includes circuitry configured to: receive, from a user, a usage request for requesting a reservation for use of a vehicle which is supplied for a vehicle rental service; permit the reservation for use of the vehicle when the reception unit receives the usage request and no reservation for use of the vehicle has been made at time of receiving the usage request; and give, when the reservation for use of the vehicle is determined, a permission for locking or unlocking by using electronic information to the user at a date and a time on which the vehicle is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Koichi Ando, Mutsumi Matsuura, Masato Endo, Koki Fujita
  • Vehicle control device, output device, and input and output device
    Patent number: 11333523
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle configured to transport a passenger to a destination by autonomous traveling, the vehicle control device includes a vehicle controller configured to control operation of the vehicle, an image display configured to display an image of a periphery of the destination to the passenger via an output device, and a getting-off position detector configured to detect a desired getting-off position designated by the passenger via an input device. The image shows a region where stopping is prohibited, and the vehicle controller is configured to cause the vehicle to stop at the desired getting-off position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Yamashita, Koichi Ikemoto, Koji Taguchi, Shin Sakurada, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
  • CONTROL DEVICE, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220144314
    Abstract: A control device includes a control unit. In the control device, the control unit acquires information indicating a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle that transports a cargo collected at a first point to a second point, determines whether the flight path has a third point where a person may be present on the ground, when it is determined that the flight path has the third point, sets an upper limit value of load capacity of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and when weight of the cargo is equal to or lower than the upper limit value, causes the unmanned aerial vehicle to collect and transport the cargo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Shin Sakurada, Soutaro Kaneko
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220146268
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user. A controller is configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user; determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220138643
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed manages dispatch of a vehicle to a user. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to forecast a property of baggage (e.g. the sizes and the number of bags) that the user will carry when going out somewhere. Moreover, the controller sends offer information to a terminal used by the user. The offer information is information for offering dispatch of a type of vehicle that is suitable for the forecast property of the baggage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANISTORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220128369
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed manages dispatch of a vehicle for a user who stays in a stay facility. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to obtain first information relating to an action of the user and second information relating to modes for moving of the user. When it is forecast based on the first information that the user will end staying in the stay facility, and it is determined based on the second information that an arrangement for a vehicle that the user can use has not been made beforehand, the controller sends offer information to a terminal associated with the user. The offer information is information for offering dispatch of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220128371
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a control unit acquires information on a passage route that is a route through which a user of a facility included in a predetermined area passes. The control unit generates, based on the information on the passage route, information on a recommended route that is a vehicle traveling route recommended within the predetermined area. The control unit transmits the information on the recommended route to a vehicle scheduled to travel within the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, PROGRAM, CONTROL INSTRUMENT, FLYING OBJECT, SENSOR, AND METHOD OF OPERATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220130259
    Abstract: A control device includes: a communication unit; and a control unit that transmits and receives information via the communication unit. When a flying object flies around a complex housing, the control unit transmits, to the flying object, information on a flight route in which a transported object of the flying object enters a blind spot from inside of the complex housing based on information on the complex housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Kazuya Nishimura, Soutaro Kaneko
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220128376
    Abstract: A controller comprising at least one processor in an information processing device obtains a travel route to a destination of a user and identifies a plurality of digital signs that exist on the travel route and guide the user to the destination. In addition, the controller in the information processing device transmits first information to a first sign included in the plurality of digital signs, the first information being information for guiding the user to a second sign, the second sign being a digital sign guiding the user to the destination subsequently to the first sign on the travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuichi SAWADA, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Yusuke NAKADE, Shin SAKURADA, Ai MIYATA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Carsharing system and carsharing method
    Patent number: 11315048
    Abstract: A carsharing system includes circuitry configured to: receive, from a user, a usage request for requesting a reservation for use of a vehicle which is supplied for a vehicle rental service; permit the reservation for use of the vehicle when the reception unit receives the usage request and no reservation for use of the vehicle has been made at time of receiving the usage request; and give, when the reservation for use of the vehicle is determined, a permission for locking or unlocking by using electronic information to the user at a date and a time on which the vehicle is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Koichi Ando, Mutsumi Matsuura, Masato Endo, Koki Fujita
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE INTERIOR SHARING SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING AN OBJECT STORED IN AN INTERIOR SPACE OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220118945
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an object information acquiring unit, a receiver information acquiring unit, and an authentication information issuing unit. The object information acquiring unit acquires delivery object information of an object from a deliverer of the object. The object is stored in an interior space of a vehicle and of which delivery is desired. The receiver information acquiring unit acquires receiver information on a receiver of the object. The authentication information issuing unit issues authentication information for locking and unlocking a door of the vehicle based on the delivery object information and the receiver information and transmits the authentication information to a terminal of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Koichi ANDO, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Masato ENDO, Koki FUJITA, Ryuichi, Yuki ITO, Hiroyasu SHIOKAWA, Yasumasa KOBAYASHI, Naoki YAMAMURO, Makoto AKAHANE
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220121226
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire travel information including a travel route for when the vehicle travels and determine, based on the acquired travel information, transfer information for when a delivery item to be delivered by an unmanned aircraft to a user on board the vehicle is transferred to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tae Sugimura, Kenta Miyahara, Shin Sakurada, Roger Kyle