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).

  • Driving assistance apparatus, driving assistance system, driving assistance method, and program
    Patent number: 11305785
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus according to an embodiment includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not there is a probability that a vehicle is deviated from a traveling possible range based on map information, position information of the vehicle, and information regarding an advancing direction of the vehicle, and a control information output unit configured to output first control information regarding at least one of warning a driver of the vehicle, restricting drive force of the vehicle regardless of an operation of the driver, and applying braking force to the vehicle regardless of an operation of the driver, in a case where the determination unit determines that there is a probability that the vehicle is deviated from the traveling possible range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Sakurada
  • CONTROL APPARATUS, UNINHABITED AIRBORNE VEHICLE, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220113743
    Abstract: A control apparatus is equipped with a control unit. The control unit acquires information on a sound in at least one room arranged along an outer wall of a building. The control unit moves an uninhabited airborne vehicle along the outer wall of the building, based on the information on the sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Kazuya Nishimura, Soutaro Kaneko
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220114852
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller. The controller forecasts whether an intended user will go to a restroom area in a facility. The intended user being a user who is eligible for using a multipurpose restroom stall. When it is forecast that the intended user will go to the restroom area, the controller reserves a multipurpose restroom stall provided in the restroom area by locking the door of the multipurpose restroom stall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Information processing device, information processing method, and program for serving food and drink at appropriate times
    Patent number: 11300417
    Abstract: An information processing device obtains information concerning a plurality of items of food and drink served to a passenger of a mobile body while the mobile body is moving from a start point to an end point of movement, generates information indicating timing of serving of each of the items of food and drink to the passenger, based on information indicating a period of time provided for allowing the passenger to see a viewing object from the mobile body while the mobile body is moving from the start point to the end point, and outputs the information indicating the timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ishiwata, Takayuki Yano, Shin Sakurada, Megumi Amano
  • CONTROLLER, SYSTEM, FLYING OBJECT, AND TRANSPORT METHOD
    Publication number: 20220107657
    Abstract: A controller includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to detect a state of at least one point, and determine depending on the detected state whether or not to include, in a flight route of a flying object transporting a package, a position above the at least one point as a passing point for the flying object to pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Kazuya Nishimura, Soutaro Kaneko
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220103396
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to execute operations including: identifying a user; acquiring attribute information for the user, the attribute information being stored in association with the user; estimating, from the attribute information, a power consumption amount for an environment preferred by the user; determining whether the power consumption amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; upon determining that the power consumption amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, guiding the user to a first space; and upon determining that the power consumption amount is less than the predetermined value, guiding the user to a second space, wherein a power consumption amount for the first space is greater than a power consumption amount for the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220101470
    Abstract: A method that is executed by an information processing device includes acquiring first information regarding a vehicle, acquiring second information regarding a first product selected by a user, deciding a procedure for loading the first product into the vehicle based on the first information and the second information, and performing notification of the procedure for loading the first product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Shin Sakurada, Yuko Mizuno, Josuke Yamane, Soutaro Kaneko
  • CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220101364
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to identify a section on which a user can travel by either passenger carrying apparatus or walking, as a rewarding section, and determine a reward to be provided to the user, upon determining that the user has traveled on the rewarding section by walking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220083966
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire route information on a route along which a vehicle is to travel and determine, based on the acquired route information, a delivery site at which a user on board the vehicle is to receive a delivery item to be delivered to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tae Sugimura, Kenta Miyahara, Shin Sakurada, Michael C. Edwards
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND ROAD SURFACE MARKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220076572
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus controls a road surface marking apparatus configured to form any road surface marking by changing light emission patterns of a plurality of light emitters provided on a road surface. In the information processing apparatus, a control unit detects, when switching from a second traffic lane through which a pedestrian is allowed to pass to a first traffic lane through which a pedestrian is prohibited from passing is executed, a user who is a pedestrian remaining in the first traffic lane after the switching. Then, the control unit causes the road surface marking apparatus to form an urging marking used for urging the user to withdraw from the first traffic lane after the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Shin SAKURADA, Yasuhiro BABA, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Tomoya MAKINO
  • WASTE COLLECTING DEVICE, BUILDING, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220076050
    Abstract: A waste collecting device includes an inlet unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire waste information on waste thrown into the inlet unit, and a control unit configured to specify a category of the waste based on the waste information, determine whether the category of the waste matches a predetermined category, and output a determination result via an output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Shin Sakurada, Yuko Mizuno, Soutaro Kaneko
  • Environmental state estimation device, method for environmental state estimation, and environmental state estimation program
    Patent number: 11268826
    Abstract: An environmental state estimation device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an environmental state estimation unit configured to estimate an environmental state of a prescribed area, based on information regarding a surrounding environmental state acquired by a plurality of vehicles in the prescribed area. A method for environmental state estimation according to another embodiment of the present disclosure includes an estimation step of an environmental state estimation device estimating an environmental state of a prescribed area, based on information regarding a surrounding environmental state acquired by a plurality of vehicles in the prescribed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Sakurada
  • Trunk-sharing system, information processing device for trunk-sharing, information processing method for trunk-sharing, and recording medium having program stored therein
    Patent number: 11270535
    Abstract: A trunk-sharing system that controls an user's authority to use a predetermined area of a vehicle by issuing a predetermined authentication information to a user terminal, the trunk-sharing system including a server configured to: acquire a first information on a permission of using the predetermined area of the vehicle from a first user who owns the vehicle; provide the first information such that the first information acquired from the first user of each of a plurality of vehicles is able to be detected by a second user other than the first user; acquire a second information on a request for a use of the predetermined area which is an information from the second user who has accessed the provided first information; and issue an authentication information for locking and unlocking the predetermined area to a terminal of the second user based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Koichi Ando, Mutsumi Matsuura, Masato Endo, Koki Fujita
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220067594
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to identify each passenger in a plurality of passengers on board a vehicle based on information on the plurality of passengers, select at least two facilities from among a plurality of facilities based on user attributes indicating attributes of each passenger in the plurality of passengers, notify the plurality of passengers of the at least two facilities, and select one facility from among the at least two facilities based on a response from each passenger in the plurality of passengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tae Sugimura, Kenta Miyahara, Shin Sakurada, Joshua Babcock
  • Image information collection system and vehicle
    Patent number: 11265517
    Abstract: An image information collection system is an image information collection system in which a server device collects image information from a vehicle via a telecommunications line. The vehicle includes: an imaging device configured to capture a surrounding image; and a control device configured to calculate an evaluation value of the surrounding image captured by the imaging device, the control device being configured to determine, based on the evaluation value thus calculated and a location where the surrounding image is captured, whether or not the surrounding image is transmitted to the server device as the image information, the control device being configured to transmit, to the server device, the surrounding image determined to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Sinae Kim, Takayuki Yano, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Koji Miyata
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220058721
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to execute detection that a first shopper has performed a specific behavior for a first product based on information acquired by a sensor, and determination of a reason why the first shopper has performed the specific behavior for the first product based on information related to the first product and at least one of information related to a second product that is a comparison target of the first product and information related to the first shopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Takaharu UENO, Shin SAKURADA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Genshi KUNO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220057760
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller acquires sunshine state information that specifies a sunshine state of at least one predetermined spot and repeated behavior information for a user that is associated with the at least one predetermined spot. The controller generates behavior proposal information related to performance of a repeated behavior of the user, based on the sunshine state information and on the repeated behavior information for the user, and outputs the behavior proposal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220058710
    Abstract: An information processing device comprises a controller configured to: obtain sensing data acquired by sensing a user; perform an estimation of occurrence of a necessary article or unnecessary article for the user, based on the sensing data; and perform predetermined processing related to either selling and buying or transfer and acquisition of the necessary article or unnecessary article, based on a result of the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Yusuke NAKADE, Shin SAKURADA, Shuichi SAWADA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220051168
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprises a controller configured to execute: obtaining scheduled behavior information that is information about a scheduled behavior of a user; obtaining user behavior information that is information about a behavior performed by the user; calculating a deviation degree between the scheduled behavior and the behavior performed by the user, based on the user behavior information and the scheduled behavior information; and performing a predetermined process when the deviation degree exceeds a first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shintaro Matsutani, Tomoya Makino
  • FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20220048394
    Abstract: A freight transportation system includes a first freight transportation apparatus configured to travel in a first section, a second freight transportation apparatus configured to travel in a second section, a power reception apparatus configured to receive regenerative power from the first freight transportation apparatus that is configured to travel in the first section, a power transmission apparatus configured to transmit the regenerative power to the second freight transportation apparatus that is configured to travel in the second section, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus is configured to perform control so that the second freight transportation apparatus starts traveling from a start point of the second section at a timing when the first freight transportation apparatus starts traveling from a start point of the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino