Patents by Inventor Shintaro Matsutani

Shintaro Matsutani 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: 11972611
    Abstract: A controller is provided that is configured to perform: obtaining information about a condition for an image that is provided to a user, and that corresponds to a preference of the user; specifying at least one predetermined position at which an image satisfying the condition can be taken; and generating a command for a moving object to move to the predetermined position and to take an image, and transmitting the command to the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Yurika Tanaka, Kenichi Yamada, Ryuichi Kamaga, Ai Miyata, Yu Nagata, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Patent number: 11919408
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus controls a vehicle having a service power supply used to provide a service and a driving power supply used for traveling. The information processing apparatus has a storage unit configured to store service-related information concerning the service provided by the vehicle, and a controller configured to select any of a first mode, in which the service power supply and the driving power supply are independently used, and a second mode, in which the service power supply and the driving power supply are shared, based on the service-related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shintaro Matsutani, Aya Sato, Yasuki Nakagawa, Shigeru Inamori, Fuminori Matsuoka, Taro Hasegawa, Masaki Nanahara, Misaki Sato, Motoki Maekawa, Hiroki Ashizawa
  • Publication number: 20230415770
    Abstract: A management server executes a process including: a step of acquiring operation information when an execution condition is established; a step of setting a traveling route; a step of calculating an accumulated amount of load when there is a vehicle set on the forwarding route; a step of setting the details of canceling the travel restriction according to the accumulated amount of the load of the vehicle on the forwarding route when there is a vehicle in a high accumulated state; a step of setting cancellation of travel restrictions for vehicles on the forwarding route when there is no vehicle in a high accumulation state; and a step of transmitting the travel plan information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinari KATO, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Keiichi UNO
  • Publication number: 20230401612
    Abstract: A management server executes a process including: a step of acquiring operation information) when an execution condition is established; a step of setting a traveling route; a step of setting a first usage fee as a fee, when there is a vehicle set on a forwarding route, and when the vehicle on the forwarding route is in a high load state; a step of setting a second usage fee that is higher than the first usage fee as the usage fee when the vehicle on the forwarding route is in a low load state; a step of setting a usage fee for the vehicle on a normal route; and a step of transmitting fee information to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinari KATO, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Keiichi UNO
  • Publication number: 20230394443
    Abstract: When a vehicle allocation request is made, a management server executes a process including: a step of acquiring operation information; a step of acquiring a traveling route of a vehicle allocation destination, and a step of calculating an accumulated amount of load; a step of setting a vehicle with a low accumulated amount as an allocated vehicle when the traveling route of the vehicle allocation destination has a high load; a step of setting a vehicle with a high accumulated amount as an allocated vehicle when the traveling route of the vehicle allocation destination is not a high load; and a step of transmitting the travel plan information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinari KATO, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Keiichi UNO
  • Patent number: 11836783
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus executes: acquiring information indicating a sales schedule of a substitutional product of a product that a user has been purchasing by periodic delivery, in a predetermined period including a next delivery-scheduled day of the product; determining a delivery-possible day when the substitutional product can be delivered to the user, based on the information indicating the sales schedule of the substitutional product; and providing the user with recommendation information, which is information including a proposal to deliver, instead of delivering the product on the delivery-scheduled day, the substitutional product on the delivery-possible day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Usami, Takaharu Ueno, Shunsuke Sagara, Lei Wang, Shintaro Matsutani, Kyoji Iijima
  • Patent number: 11790703
    Abstract: A method to be executed by a server includes acquiring first vehicle information, which is information regarding a vehicle before use of the vehicle for disaster relief, acquiring second vehicle information, which is information regarding the vehicle after use of the vehicle for disaster relief, and notifying an administrator of the vehicle of information regarding a difference between the acquired first vehicle information and the acquired second vehicle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hayashi, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20230267770
    Abstract: When a computer of an ADK determines that a condition for performing self-diagnosis processing is met, or when performance of self-diagnosis processing is notified from a VP even if the condition for performing self-diagnosis processing is not met, the computer performs processing including: a step of performing self-diagnosis processing; a step of notifying the performance of the self-diagnosis processing to the VP; and a step of transmitting a result of diagnosis obtained through the self-diagnosis processing by the ADK to a central ECU when the self-diagnosis processing is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinari Kato, Shintaro Matsutani, Keiichi Uno
  • Patent number: 11694571
    Abstract: An information processing system comprises a sensor configured to sense a first posture that a user is taking; a storage configured to store posture data about a posture of a person; and a controller configured to create advice for the user regarding a negative influence on a body of the user, based on sensor data acquired from the sensor and the posture data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shintaro Matsutani, Tomoya Makino
  • Publication number: 20230160708
    Abstract: In an information processing device of this disclosure, a control unit acquires an operation history of an internal combustion engine vehicle for a first period. On the assumption that a first BEV is operated according to an operation schedule shown by the acquired operation history, the control unit determines whether the battery needs charging during travel of the first BEV. When it is determined that the battery needs charging during travel of the first BEV, the control unit generates first information including information about a timing of charging and a charging place and outputs the generated first information through a first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yukiya SUGIYAMA, Koichi SUZUKI, Tatsuya TSUJIMOTO, Akimitsu UMEKAWA, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Ryouta TSUKAHARA
  • Patent number: 11603093
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for guarding at least one vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire vehicle information including class information for a class to be held in the at least one vehicle and travel information for the at least one vehicle, determine hazard information attributable to holding of the class based on the acquired vehicle information, and determine security information for guarding the at least one vehicle based on the determined hazard information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kamaga, Kouki Moriya, Yui Ogura, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Patent number: 11601299
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11600175
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shintaro Matsutani, Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11557189
    Abstract: There is provided a controller that performs: determining, based on information obtained from a sensor configured to detect a physical condition of a target person, which of a plurality of predetermined categories the physical condition of the target person falls into; and transmitting a notification corresponding to the physical condition of the target person to a terminal of a notification destination that corresponds to a category into which the physical condition of the target person is determined to fall, wherein terminals of notification destinations are set for the plurality of categories, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220261754
    Abstract: The present disclosure is intended to accurately manage a stock quantity of a specific product held by a user. A controller comprising at least one processor in an information processing apparatus obtains an estimated value of the stock quantity of the specific product at a timing when an order for the specific product held by the user is received from the user. Then, in cases where the estimated value thus obtained is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value at which the user is assumed to place an order for the specific product, the controller in the information processing apparatus performs processing for checking a current stock quantity of the specific product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Shintaro Matsutani
  • Patent number: 11413530
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for supporting provision of a gaming environment in the cabin of a vehicle includes a controller. The controller acquires, for each of one or more users, gaming environment information and play information associated with the gaming environment information, when the one or more users play a game using the gaming environment and optimizes the gaming environment provided to one user based on the acquired gaming environment information and the acquired play information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kamaga, Kouki Moriya, Yui Ogura, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20220230124
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory stores primary information regarding a plurality of relief vehicles that can be dispatched to a facility located in a disaster area in case of a disaster and secondary information regarding a plurality of drivers who can drive relief vehicles in case of a disaster. The controller is configured to acquire tertiary information regarding a facility located in a disaster area in need of relief and perform processing for determining a combination of a relief vehicle included in the plurality of relief vehicles and a driver included in the plurality of drivers that is to be dispatched to the facility located in the disaster area, based on the primary information, the secondary information, and the tertiary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi HAYASHI, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220215701
    Abstract: A method to be executed by a server includes acquiring first vehicle information, which is information regarding a vehicle before use of the vehicle for disaster relief, acquiring second vehicle information, which is information regarding the vehicle after use of the vehicle for disaster relief, and notifying an administrator of the vehicle of information regarding a difference between the acquired first vehicle information and the acquired second vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi HAYASHI, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20220164904
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus including a controller configured to detect information to indicate a start of use of digital content by a user; acquire information to indicate a period of use of the digital content; and determine a necessity of providing food and beverages to the user based on the information to indicate a period of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun USAMI, Takaharu UENO, Shunsuke SAGARA, Lei WANG, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Kyoji IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220163345
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a controller configured to perform: obtaining a current location of a user; obtaining a destination of the user; outputting guidance to the destination; obtaining information corresponding to the destination; determining, based on the destination and the current location, that the user has arrived at the destination; and switching from outputting the guidance to the destination to outputting the information corresponding to the destination, when the user has arrived at the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiro NASU, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Kazuhito BABA, Shinichiro Futakuchi, Miku TANAKA