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).

  • Patent number: 11877239
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
  • Patent number: 11825527
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
  • Patent number: 11783642
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11709501
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11706283
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11689984
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Osamu Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11490843
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Robert D. Slater, Mathew D. Gardner, Shingo Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220338117
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
  • Patent number: 11477718
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Osamu Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20220322461
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
  • Publication number: 20220322200
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Osamu Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20220322201
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Osamu Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20220245973
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    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
  • Patent number: 11386722
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11240648
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20210400450
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11042151
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Shingo Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11014534
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20210012586
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    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
  • Publication number: 20210009078
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    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