Patents by Inventor Shingo Sugimoto
Shingo Sugimoto 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).
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Patent number: 11877239Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein optimize radio metrics between nodes within a mesh network by waking up nodes not actively connected to a mesh network. A mesh network system includes a computing device configured to determine that a radio metric between a first node and a second node in a mesh network is above a predetermined threshold, identify a third node operating in sleep mode, when the radio metric is above the predetermined threshold, and cause the third node to wake and connect to the mesh network, the third node is configured to relay communication between the first node and the second node.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
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Patent number: 11825527Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit selects determines a current motion state of a vehicle of a mesh network. The electronic control unit may calculates radio metric scores for network interfaces. The radio metric scores are weighted based on the current motion. The electronic control unit selects a desired network interface for communications between the vehicles based on the radio metric scores.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
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Patent number: 11783642Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of requesting, by a processor of a device, permissions to provide access to a transport to a diagnostic location from a network of a plurality of diagnostic locations, in response to receiving the permissions from the network of the plurality of the diagnostic locations, authenticating the diagnostic location, by the device, providing a pre-stored one-time access key to the transport to the diagnostic location, and receiving, by the device, diagnostics from the diagnostic location.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Neil Dutta, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Shingo Sugimoto, Andrew L. Wells, Shintaro Iwaasa, Felipe G. Salles, Robert D. Slater, Joshua V. Marasigan, Joshua C. Batie, Ryan T Oehler
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Patent number: 11709501Abstract: A method, a system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided. The method includes identifying a trend for an autonomous vehicle based on autonomous vehicle profiles associated with one or more vehicles within a network, identifying optimal driving conditions for the autonomous vehicle based on the trend; and controlling one or more subsystems of the autonomous vehicle based on the identified optimal driving conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11706283Abstract: A distributed computing network includes one or more vehicles, each vehicle configured to act as a node in the distributed computing network, and a remote server including a processor and a memory module storing one or more non-transient processor-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the remote server to establish a data connection with the one or more vehicles, predict a pattern-of-use of the one or more vehicles, determine a predicted current use of the one or more vehicles, and allocate a computational task to the one or more vehicles based on the predicted pattern-of-use and the predicted current use.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11689984Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a plurality of radio metric scores for a plurality of network interfaces for a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles of a mesh network as a function of radio metrics in a current motion state of the first vehicle. The radio metrics indicate performance of the plurality of network interfaces in the current motion state of the first vehicle. The electronic control unit is further configured to select a desired network interface from the plurality of network interfaces comprising a desired radio metric score indicative of a desired performance in the current motion state.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Osamu Kawakami
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Patent number: 11490843Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for methods for monitoring the health status of a vehicle occupant by detecting when a triggering physiological condition is met, confirming the triggering physiological condition is real by identifying a separate vehicle triggering event, and automatically responding to minimize the potential impact of the triggering event.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Robert D. Slater, Mathew D. Gardner, Shingo Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20220338117Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein optimize radio metrics between nodes within a mesh network by waking up nodes not actively connected to a mesh network. A mesh network system includes a computing device configured to determine that a radio metric between a first node and a second node in a mesh network is above a predetermined threshold, identify a third node operating in sleep mode, when the radio metric is above the predetermined threshold, and cause the third node to wake and connect to the mesh network, the third node is configured to relay communication between the first node and the second node.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
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Patent number: 11477718Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit The electronic control unit is configured to determine a first motion state of a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles of a mesh network. The electronic control unit is further configured to determine a second motion state of a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. The electronic control unit is further configured to select a dynamic routing protocol or a static routing protocol as a desired routing protocol based on the first motion state and the second motion state.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Osamu Kawakami
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Publication number: 20220322461Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit selects determines a current motion state of a vehicle of a mesh network. The electronic control unit may calculates radio metric scores for network interfaces. The radio metric scores are weighted based on the current motion. The electronic control unit selects a desired network interface for communications between the vehicles based on the radio metric scores.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
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Publication number: 20220322200Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit The electronic control unit is configured to determine a first motion state of a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles of a mesh network. The electronic control unit is further configured to determine a second motion state of a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. The electronic control unit is further configured to select a dynamic routing protocol or a static routing protocol as a desired routing protocol based on the first motion state and the second motion state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Osamu Kawakami
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Publication number: 20220322201Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a plurality of radio metric scores for a plurality of network interfaces for a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles of a mesh network as a function of radio metrics in a current motion state of the first vehicle. The radio metrics indicate performance of the plurality of network interfaces in the current motion state of the first vehicle. The electronic control unit is further configured to select a desired network interface from the plurality of network interfaces comprising a desired radio metric score indicative of a desired performance in the current motion state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Osamu Kawakami
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Publication number: 20220245973Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of requesting, by a processor of a device, permissions to provide access to a transport to a diagnostic location from a network of a plurality of diagnostic locations, in response to receiving the permissions from the network of the plurality of the diagnostic locations, authenticating the diagnostic location, by the device, providing a pre-stored one-time access key to the transport to the diagnostic location, and receiving, by the device, diagnostics from the diagnostic location.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Neil Dutta, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Shingo Sugimoto, Andrew L. Wells, Shintaro Iwaasa, Felipe G. Salles, Robert D. Slater, Joshua V. Marasigan, Joshua C. Batie, Ryan T. Oehler
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Patent number: 11386722Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of requesting, by a processor of a device, permissions to provide access to a transport to a diagnostic location from a network of a plurality of diagnostic locations, in response to receiving the permissions from the network of the plurality of the diagnostic locations, authenticating the diagnostic location, by the device, providing a pre-stored one-time access key to the transport to the diagnostic location, and receiving, by the device, diagnostics from the diagnostic location.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Neil Dutta, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Shingo Sugimoto, Andrew L. Wells, Shintaro Iwaasa, Felipe G. Salles, Robert D. Slater, Joshua V. Marasigan, Joshua C. Batie, Ryan T. Oehler
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Patent number: 11240648Abstract: Vehicles, systems and methods for establishing a mesh network among a plurality of vehicles are described herein. An electronic control unit configured to determine a current position and a future position of a vehicle, determine a current position and a future position of another vehicle, generate a mesh network including the vehicle and the another vehicle based on: (i) a comparison of the current position of the vehicle and the current position of the another vehicle; and (ii) a comparison of the future position of the vehicle and the future position of the another vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20210400450Abstract: Vehicles, systems and methods for establishing a mesh network among a plurality of vehicles are described herein. An electronic control unit configured to determine a current position and a future position of a vehicle, determine a current position and a future position of another vehicle, generate a mesh network including the vehicle and the another vehicle based on: (i) a comparison of the current position of the vehicle and the current position of the another vehicle; and (ii) a comparison of the future position of the vehicle and the future position of the another vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11042151Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to remotely activating a vehicle. One embodiment receives transaction information regarding an electronic payment; associates the transaction information with a vehicle; determines that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance from a business where the electronic payment was transacted; and transmits, to the vehicle, a remote activation command that activates one or more subsystems of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11014534Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a processor of a transport, to a network comprised of a plurality of transports, receiving, by the processor of the transport, an access key request to the transport from a device, broadcasting, by the processor of the transport, the request to the network, collecting, by the processor of the transport, authorizations from a subset of the plurality of the transports, and sending a one-time access key to the device, if the authorizations are received from a minimal required number of the transports.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Neil Dutta, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Shingo Sugimoto, Andrew L. Wells, Shintaro Iwaasa, Felipe G. Salles, Robert D. Slater, Joshua V. Marasigan, Joshua C. Batie, Ryan T. Oehler
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Publication number: 20210012586Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of requesting, by a processor of a device, permissions to provide access to a transport to a diagnostic location from a network of a plurality of diagnostic locations, in response to receiving the permissions from the network of the plurality of the diagnostic locations, authenticating the diagnostic location, by the device, providing a pre-stored one-time access key to the transport to the diagnostic location, and receiving, by the device, diagnostics from the diagnostic location.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Neil Dutta, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Shingo Sugimoto, Andrew L. Wells, Shintaro Iwaasa, Felipe G. Salles, Robert D. Slater, Joshua V. Marasigan, Joshua C. Batie, Ryan T. Oehler
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Publication number: 20210009078Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a processor of a transport, to a network comprised of a plurality of transports, receiving, by the processor of the transport, an access key request to the transport from a device, broadcasting, by the processor of the transport, the request to the network, collecting, by the processor of the transport, authorizations from a subset of the plurality of the transports, and sending a one-time access key to the device, if the authorizations are received from a minimal required number of the transports.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Neil Dutta, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Shingo Sugimoto, Andrew L. Wells, Shintaro Iwaasa, Felipe G. Salles, Robert D. Slater, Joshua V. Marasigan, Joshua C. Batie, Ryan T. Oehler