Patents by Inventor SHOTA MINAMI

SHOTA MINAMI 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: 11889231
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires images captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle, and a memory that can store the images. The controller acquires travel data on the vehicle for when the image was captured and stores the image in the memory in a case in which the travel data satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Toyokazu Nakashima, Koichi Suzuki, Lei Wang, Jun Karashima, Kenichi Yamada, Hiromitsu Fujii, Shota Minami
  • Patent number: 11866611
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a plasma spray material which is capable of forming a hydroxyapatite film that exhibits high adhesion strength with respect to substrates such as metal substrates. When used as a plasma spray material, hydroxyapatite powder having a modal diameter of 550-1000 nm in a pore diameter of at most 5000 nm as measured by a mercury intrusion method is capable of forming a hydroxyapatite film that exhibits high adhesion strength with respect to substrates such as metal substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOMITA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kitamura, Akihito Bando, Yuta Tsumura, Shota Minami
  • Patent number: 11825242
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires images captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle, and a memory that can store the images. The controller acquires travel data on the vehicle for when the image was captured and stores the image in the memory in a case in which the travel data satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Toyokazu Nakashima, Koichi Suzuki, Lei Wang, Jun Karashima, Kenichi Yamada, Hiromitsu Fujii, Shota Minami
  • Patent number: 11644329
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire schedule information, upon acquiring information regarding a need to transport a product of a first shop to a second shop, for at least one user who is staying near the first shop or is scheduled to pass near the first shop, select, based on the schedule information, a user for requesting transportation of the product from among the at least one user, and transmit, to a terminal apparatus of the selected user, information requesting transportation of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Toyokazu Nakashima, Koichi Suzuki, Lei Wang, Jun Karashima, Kenichi Yamada, Hiromitsu Fujii, Shota Minami
  • Publication number: 20230056153
    Abstract: A control device includes: a control unit that performs control to make a pedestrian crossing appear in an area from a first side to a second side of a road when a pedestrian crosses the road, and that detects at least one vehicle passing through the road; and a communication unit that transmits instruction data instructing the at least one vehicle detected by the control unit to avoid a position that hinders crossing of the pedestrian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Shota MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20220379805
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a vehicle provided with a power supply function for a user includes a control unit that causes a light of the vehicle to blink under a certain condition when a power outage is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Satoru SAKUMA, Genshi KUNO, Shota MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20220379804
    Abstract: A control device includes a control unit that acquires an image taken by a vehicle provided with a power supply function for a user, identifies an electric light that is turned off and that is included in the acquired image, refers to definition data that defines whether the identified electric light should be turned on during a time zone when the image was taken to determine whether a power outage has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Satoru SAKUMA, Genshi KUNO, Shota MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20220379868
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a vehicle provided with a power supply function for a user includes a control unit that causes a horn of the vehicle to ring under a certain condition when a power outage is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Satoru SAKUMA, Genshi KUNO, Shota MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20220326029
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire schedule information, upon acquiring information regarding a need to transport a product of a first shop to a second shop, for at least one user who is staying near the first shop or is scheduled to pass near the first shop, select, based on the schedule information, a user for requesting transportation of the product from among the at least one user, and transmit, to a terminal apparatus of the selected user, information requesting transportation of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Toyokazu Nakashima, Koichi Suzuki, Lei Wang, Jun Karashima, Kenichi Yamada, Hiromitsu Fujii, Shota Minami
  • Publication number: 20220321843
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires images captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle, and a memory that can store the images. The controller acquires travel data on the vehicle for when the image was captured and stores the image in the memory in a case in which the travel data satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi KOMAMINE, Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Koichi SUZUKI, Lei WANG, Jun KARASHIMA, Kenichi YAMADA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Shota MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20220270023
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to: acquire information about a service that can be provided by a service provider; acquire information about a need for a service desired to be received by a service receiver; acquire information about travel expected to be made by the service provider; extract a need that can be handled by the service provider providing the service during the travel, among needs that can be handled by the service; and transmit information about the extracted need to a terminal device of the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi KOMAMINE, Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Koichi SUZUKI, Lei WANG, Jun KARASHIMA, Kenichi YAMADA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Shota MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20220198919
    Abstract: A control apparatus, for displaying a crosswalk on a road upon detecting a pedestrian who is about to cross the road, includes a controller configured to acquire vehicle information including information indicating whether there is a vehicle about to enter the road, and determine whether to display the crosswalk based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko MIZUNO, Shota MINAMI
  • Patent number: 11261089
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate having good powder flowability and good dispersibility in water. An anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate powder containing agglomerated particles formed by agglomerating anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate particles having a modal pore diameter/mean particle diameter ratio of 0.2 to 0.34 exhibits good powder flowability and good dispersibility in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shota Minami, Akihito Bando
  • Publication number: 20200347239
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a plasma spray material which is capable of forming a hydroxyapatite film that exhibits high adhesion strength with respect to substrates such as metal substrates. When used as a plasma spray material, hydroxyapatite powder having a modal diameter of 550-1000 nm in a pore diameter of at most 5000 nm as measured by a mercury intrusion method is capable of forming a hydroxyapatite film that exhibits high adhesion strength with respect to substrates such as metal substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Naoyuki KITAMURA, Akihito BANDO, Yuta TSUMURA, Shota MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20200031669
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate having good powder flowability and good dispersibility in water. An anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate powder containing agglomerated particles formed by agglomerating anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate particles having a modal pore diameter/mean particle diameter ratio of 0,2 to 0,34 exhibits good powder flowability and good dispersibility in water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shota MINAMI, Akihito BANDO
  • Patent number: 10531684
    Abstract: Provided is a powder containing ferric pyrophosphate that affords high iron absorbability, as a main component of an oral iron preparation. The present invention relates to a composite powder containing ferric pyrophosphate, which is a powder containing ferric pyrophosphate and a sodium component, wherein (1) the content of ferric pyrophosphate is 95 wt % or higher, and (2) a (Fe+Na)/P molar ratio is 0.8 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOMITA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Watanabe, Yukinori Konishi, Shota Minami, Akihito Bando, Naoyuki Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20180249750
    Abstract: Provided is a powder containing ferric pyrophosphate that affords high iron absorbability, as a main component of an oral iron preparation. The present invention relates to a composite powder containing ferric pyrophosphate, which is a powder containing ferric pyrophosphate and a sodium component, wherein (1) the content of ferric pyrophosphate is 95 wt % or higher, and (2) a (Fe+Na)/P molar ratio is 0.8 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: SADAYOSHI WATANABE, YUKINORI KONISHI, SHOTA MINAMI, AKIHITO BANDO, NAOYUKI KITAMURA