Patents by Inventor Shinya HIROSAWA

Shinya HIROSAWA 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: 20240071213
    Abstract: A controller configured to perform: identifying, based on position information and speed information of each vehicle obtained from a plurality of vehicles traveling on a road having a plurality of lanes, a first section in which a part of the lanes among the plurality of lanes is congested; obtaining image data that has captured the first section thus identified; and identifying a congested lane in the first section based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240067042
    Abstract: The charge information includes at least one of an estimated increase amount of a charge level of the battery, an estimated charge level of the battery after charging, and a travelable distance of the vehicle corresponding to the estimated charge level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Taiki NAKAMURA, Shinya HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20230273043
    Abstract: In a state where a point corresponding to a specific category located in a map image displayed on a display is set as a target, a POI icon indicating the point is superimposed and displayed on a located position of the point, and based on an operation of a user, the user selects, as a preferred brand, a brand of which an icon is to be preferentially displayed from among a plurality of brands belonging to the specific category. When there is a point corresponding to the preferred brand within a target area in the map image displayed on the display, only points corresponding to the preferred brand will be displayed with the POI icons, whereas when there is no point corresponding to the preferred brand within the target area, points that do not correspond to the preferred brand are also displayed with the POI icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke NISHIYAMA, Yohei ANDO, Shinya HIROSAWA
  • Patent number: 11130450
    Abstract: A deposit removal system includes a camera, display means that displays an image that is acquired by the camera, detection means that detects an operation of a user on the display means, deposit removal means that performs a removal action for removing a deposit that is attached to a lens of the camera, and control means that causes the deposit removal means to perform the removal action, based on the operation on an image detected by the detection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO TEN Limited, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Koharazawa, Shinya Hirosawa, Ryota Hamabe, Kazuki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20190315288
    Abstract: A deposit removal system includes a camera, display means that displays an image that is acquired by the camera, detection means that detects an operation of a user on the display means, deposit removal means that performs a removal action for removing a deposit that is attached to a lens of the camera, and control means that causes the deposit removal means to perform the removal action, based on the operation on an image detected by the detection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: DENSO TEN Limited, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro KOHARAZAWA, Shinya HIROSAWA, Ryota HAMABE, Kazuki MASUDA