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).

  • Publication number: 20220005336
    Abstract: An information processing system disclosed includes a controller. When the controller detects that a first user and a second user have been separated to become lost to each other in a specific area, it determines the location of the first user using data that links the first user and the second user and images captured by a plurality of cameras provided in the specific area. Then, the controller executes the processing of providing an entertainment to the first user at the determined location of the first user and providing information about the determined location of the first user to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Takaharu UENO, Shin SAKURADA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Genshi KUNO
  • Patent number: 11214233
    Abstract: An electronic key device includes: a communication device; and a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to determine whether the electronic key device is in a predetermined state, excluding a stationary state and a state where the electronic key device is positioned far away from a vehicle by a predetermined distance or more, disable execution of a function of locking or unlocking the vehicle through information communication with the vehicle via the communication device when the electronic key device is in the predetermined state, and enable execution of the function when the electronic key device is not in the predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhisa Ohta, Naoyuki Takada, Satoru Sakuma, Yuki Tatsumoto, Tetsu Yajima
  • Publication number: 20210401243
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a user is effectively notified of whether hand-washing is sufficient or not. A drying system according to the present disclosure includes a first sensor configured to sense a washed hand of a user and a controller configured to acquire first information on the temperature of the washed hand of the user based on data acquired from the first sensor and determine whether to provide a dry medium for the user based on the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Shin SAKURADA, Yasuhiro BABA, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20210406969
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed includes a controller configured to execute the processing of obtaining user identification information for identifying a user, obtaining property information indicating a property of the user on the basis of the user identification information, and determining an upper limit number on the basis of the property information. The upper limit number is the number of specific items that the user is allowed to purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Shuichi SAWADA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Takaharu UENO, Yurika TANAKA, Genshi KUNO
  • Publication number: 20210407691
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus, and a plurality of second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus acquires movement history information on an infected person with a predetermined infectious disease, identifies, based on the movement history information, a first place that the infected person visited and a first visit date and time, and notifies the second information processing apparatus associated with the first place of information about the first place and the first visit date and time. Each second information processing apparatus identifies, based on visit history information including a visit date and time of the predetermined place by users who are associated with the predetermined place, a first user who visited the first place on the first visit date and time, and notify the first user of possibility of being infected with the predetermined infectious disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Takumi FUKUNAGA, Josuke YAMANE, Soutaro KANEKO, Rio MINAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11210948
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication unit configured to receive identification information for notification set for a user, an outside-vehicle notification unit configured to perform notification to the surrounding of the vehicle, and a controller configured to make the outside-vehicle notification unit perform notification of the identification information for notification to the surrounding of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a positioning unit configured to measure a position of the vehicle. The communication unit is configured to further receive a predicted boarding position of the user to the vehicle. The controller is configured to, in a case where the measured position of the vehicle is included within a predetermined range from the predicted boarding position of the user, makes the outside-vehicle notification unit perform the notification of the identification information for notification to the surrounding of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Yamashita, Koichi Ikemoto, Koji Taguchi, Shin Sakurada, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 11205342
    Abstract: A traffic information processing device includes a communication unit configured to communicate through a communication network with a plurality of communication vehicles configured to detect relative positions and relative speeds of vehicles around a host vehicle with respect to the host vehicle, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire position and speed information of the communication vehicle and position and speed information of vehicles around the communication vehicle from each of the communication vehicles traveling in a specific area through the communication unit, and a traffic state prediction unit configured to predict a future change in a traffic state of a road in the specific area based on the position and speed information from the communication vehicles acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Ikemoto, Keiji Yamashita, Koji Taguchi, Shin Sakurada, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 11200759
    Abstract: Convenience regarding movement of a vehicle requiring servicing/maintenance is increased. A support apparatus includes acquirer configured to acquire necessity information about necessity/non-necessity of provision of a service related to a vehicle from a terminal of a user of the vehicle, and information manager configured to issue, when the necessity information indicates that the provision of the service is necessary, authentication information for temporarily using the vehicle to an agency providing the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Koichi Ando, Mutsumi Matsuura, Masato Endo, Koki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20210385629
    Abstract: A server, an on-board device, a vehicle, a non-transitory storage medium storing a program, and a method for providing information are provided. The server includes circuitry configured to: receive information on an image capture date and time and an image capture location from an on-board device that is configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle and produces the captured image, the surroundings including a sidewalk; store brightness information of the sidewalk on the image capture date and time, the brightness information being detected based on the captured image and the image capture location; and send the brightness information to a mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Jun OKAMOTO, Josuke YAMANE, Risako YAMAMOTO, Kazuki SUGIE, Masatoshi KOMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210370880
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to compare owner information characterizing an owner of a vehicle with user information characterizing a user seated in a driver's seat of the vehicle to determine whether or not the user is the owner, and perform, in a case where it is determined that the user is not the owner, at least one of restriction of use of the vehicle and notification to a terminal of the owner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Naoyuki TAKADA, Satoru SAKUMA, Yuki TATSUMOTO, Yasuhisa OHTA, Tetsu YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210370874
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to determine whether or not a position of a key device is located within a predetermined area, and in a case where the position of the key device is located within the predetermined area, stop a smart key function of a vehicle or transmit a first signal requesting setting of a remote immobilizer function of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, CMC Corporation
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Yasuhisa OHTA, Satoru SAKUMA, Yuki TATSUMOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA, Tetsu YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210370868
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: determine whether or not a state of a key device has reached a predetermined state requiring setting of a remote immobilizer function; and transmit, in a case where the state of the key device has reached the predetermined state, a first signal requesting setting of the remote immobilizer function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Naoyuki Takada, Satoru Sakuma, Yuki Tatsumoto, Yasuhisa Ohta, Tetsu Yajima
  • Patent number: 11188071
    Abstract: A driving control system in which a server apparatus controls an operation of a vehicle via a telecommunication network. The server apparatus includes a controller configured to determine whether a condition for raising a degree of accuracy in detecting a wild animal in an area around the vehicle is satisfied, and to raise the degree of accuracy in detecting the wild animal by controlling a detection device included in the vehicle at a timing when the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Sinae Kim, Takayuki Yano, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Koji Miyata
  • Patent number: 11186287
    Abstract: A cant estimating method of estimating a cant of a travelling road of a vehicle includes a step of acquiring vehicle information including information on a speed, a lateral acceleration, a steering angle, a yaw rate, and a position of each of a plurality of vehicles including a first vehicle, a step of estimating a cant of a travelling road of the first vehicle based on the vehicle information, and a step of storing the estimated cant, in association with information on the position of the first vehicle, in a cant angle database usable by the plurality of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20210362732
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire, in relation to a first vehicle associated with a predetermined organization, information about a schedule including a purpose of use, output, in a case where the purpose of use of the first vehicle is business activity, first use-settings information indicating settings regarding use of one or more options mounted in the first vehicle, and output, in a case where the purpose of use of the first vehicle is personal use, second use-settings information indicating settings regarding use of the one or more options mounted in the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Masaru ANDO, Toshinari HONDA
  • Patent number: 11176826
    Abstract: An information providing system includes a server and an onboard device configured to transmit and receive information to and from the server. The onboard device includes an imaging unit configured to image a nearby vehicle and a first transmission unit configured to transmit nearby vehicle information including a captured image of the nearby vehicle or dangerous vehicle information including a position of a dangerous vehicle which is detected from the nearby vehicle information and position information of the onboard device to the server. The server includes a warning unit configured to generate warning information including the position of the dangerous vehicle for a vehicle near the dangerous vehicle and a second transmission unit configured to transmit the warning information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Jun Okamoto, Josuke Yamane, Risako Yamamoto, Kazuki Sugie, Masatoshi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11164139
    Abstract: A trunk-sharing system that uses an interior space of a vehicle as a place in which a delivery object is delivered and received, the trunk-sharing system comprising a server configured to: i) acquire a vehicle information including information for identifying the vehicle when a predetermined service request has been issued; ii) acquire a predetermined authentication information for locking and unlocking a door of the vehicle based on the vehicle information; and iii) transmit at least the predetermined authentication information to a terminal which is used by a service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Koichi Ando, Mutsumi Matsuura, Masato Endo, Koki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20210334712
    Abstract: The present disclosure enables equipment not provided in a company vehicle to be rented out to a user together with the company vehicle. An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a controller that is configured to acquire a use application to privately use a company vehicle that is used by the company for business activity, from a user who is an employee of a company, specify equipment that is able to be rented out together with the company vehicle to be rented out to the user and that is not provided in the company vehicle, as recommended equipment, based on the use application, and supply guide information suggesting rental of the recommended equipment to a user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Masaru ANDO, Toshinari HONDA
  • Publication number: 20210334723
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that receives, from a terminal of a first user among a plurality of users including a user not belonging to a predetermined organization, a request for use of to a first vehicle associated with the predetermined organization for other than a business activity in the predetermined organization, and registers, in response to the request, a schedule for use of the first vehicle for other than the business activity. Moreover, a user terminal transmits, to a predetermined apparatus, the request for use of first vehicle associated with the predetermined organization for other than the business activity in the predetermined organization from the first user among a plurality of users including a user not belonging to the predetermined organization, and receives, from the predetermined apparatus, in response to the request, a schedule for use of the first vehicle for other than the business activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Masaru ANDO, Toshinari HONDA
  • Publication number: 20210334894
    Abstract: In a system for renting vehicles to users, the operation rate of the vehicles is improved. An information processing apparatus for managing the rental of vehicles to users is configured to perform: generating a rental schedule of a vehicle for a first user; obtaining demand data related to a demand for the vehicle; and changing, based on the demand data, a vehicle return point included in the rental schedule, the vehicle return point being a point at which the first user returns the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Masaru ANDO, Toshinari HONDA