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).

  • 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: 20220164854
    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: 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: 20220157173
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires first information about movement of a shopping cart present inside a commercial facility. The information processing apparatus determines, based on the first information, whether there is an indication that a user who is using the shopping cart inside the commercial facility is leaving the commercial facility. Then, the information processing apparatus dispatches a vehicle to a specific location in a case of determining that there is the indication that the user is leaving the commercial facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220147916
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller. When it is determined that a user is at home, the controller obtains taste information relating to the taste of the user for food and drink. The controller selects a candidate item to be delivered on the basis of the obtained taste information. The candidate item to be delivered is a candidate of an item of food and drink to be delivered to the user's home. The controller executes specific processing relating to delivery of the selected candidate item to be delivered to the user's home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun USAMI, Takaharu UENO, Shunsuke SAGARA, Lei WANG, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Kyoji IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220138832
    Abstract: A controller is provided that is configured to perform: obtaining information about shoes worn by a user when the user goes out; obtaining a moving distance on foot when the user goes out; managing the moving distance on foot in association with the shoes worn by the user when the user goes out; and proposing, to the user, replacement of the shoes worn by the user when an integrated value of the moving distance on foot associated with the shoes worn by the user when the user goes out is equal to or greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Usami, Takaharu Ueno, Shunsuke Sagara, Lei Wang, Shintaro Matsutani, Kyoji Iijima
  • Publication number: 20220132269
    Abstract: A terminal includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to transmit user information to one or more other terminals that are present within a predetermined range of the terminal. The user information is information for requesting for assisting a first user having a physical disability. The user information includes first information for identifying the first user and second information on the physical disability of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220114502
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire information about behavior of a user visiting a restaurant; determine, based on the information about the behavior of the user, whether or not a first condition indicating a predictor of the user leaving the restaurant is satisfied; and determine, in a case where the first condition is satisfied, that a vehicle dispatch request for requesting dispatch of a vehicle to the restaurant is to be made, the vehicle being for movement of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220089147
    Abstract: A vehicle waiting to park is guided to a parking slot having a sign of movement of a parked vehicle. A controller is provided that performs: obtaining information for associating a parking slot in which a user has parked with the user; obtaining information about a sign of the user returning to the parking slot; and making another user waiting to park aware of a position of the parking slot when the user obtains the information about the sign of the user returning to the parking slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220080978
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control device configured to execute: acquisition of a content of a behavior of a user; determination of whether the behavior of the user satisfies a first condition indicating a sign of movement; and movement of a vehicle to a predetermined location where the user and the vehicle are scheduled to join when the behavior of the user satisfies the first condition. The control device executes, when the behavior of the user satisfies the first condition and satisfies a second condition indicating a suspicious behavior, control to obstruct realization of movement desired by the user for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi Yamada, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20220083942
    Abstract: An information processing device, comprises a controller configured to execute: estimating an action being done by a user, based on first data about the action of the user; obtaining second data about a travel environment of the user; and deciding whether to dispatch a vehicle to the user, based on the estimated action and the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220071567
    Abstract: A controller comprising at least one processor of an information processing apparatus executes: acquiring first information about a condition of a body of a user; and acquiring second information about a condition of an environment around the user. Then, the controller of the information processing apparatus executes: executing a predetermined judgment process for judging whether predetermined symptoms occur on the user within a predetermined period, based on the first information and the second information; and notifying the user that predetermined medicine for coping with the predetermined symptoms is to be used, if a positive judgment is made in the predetermined judgment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220068107
    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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220059217
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to estimate a required time for medical care in relation to a user visiting a medical establishment. An information processing apparatus estimates the required time for medical care in relation to the user visiting the medical establishment. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a scheduled medical examination item as at least one medical examination item that is scheduled for the user, calculate a first required time based on the scheduled medical examination item, receive a correction of the scheduled medical examination item while the user is receiving medical care, and calculate a second required time based on the scheduled medical examination item after the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220048515
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed controls a road surface marking apparatus capable of forming a desired road surface marking by changing the pattern of light emission of a plurality of light emitters provided on the surface of a road. The information processing apparatus has a controller. The controller obtains emergency information relating to the occurrence of a disaster and determines an affected area that is affected by the disaster on the basis of the emergency information. The controller changes a marking formed by a road surface marking apparatus provided on the road surface in the affected area into a specific marking that indicates the type of the disaster, an area to which people should evacuate, or an evacuation route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Shin SAKURADA, Yasuhiro BABA, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Tomoya MAKINO