Patents by Inventor Shuichi Sawada

Shuichi Sawada 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: 11941965
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to enable a warning to be issued to a person who is highly likely to be put in danger at a risky point. In an information processing apparatus, a controller acquires information indicating a risky point, acquires a state of a person with a predetermined positional relationship to the risky point, and determines whether or not the state of the person is a state where there is a high possibility of being put in danger, among a plurality of states of the person assumable at the risky point. Furthermore, in a case where the state of the person is determined to be the state where there is a high possibility of being put in danger, the controller causes an output unit to output information indicating a warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Takaharu Ueno, Shin Sakurada, Daiki Yokoyama, Genshi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20240093896
    Abstract: An information processing device has a control unit that acquires information relating to a fluctuation of power consumed by an electrical product operating around a user, and that estimates a product consumed by the user and a consumption quantity of the product based on the information relating to the fluctuation in the power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Takayuki HATORI, Shuichi SAWADA, Daiki KUBO, Tomoki ISHIKAWA, Naoya OKA
  • Patent number: 11892183
    Abstract: An information processing device has a control unit that acquires information relating to a fluctuation of power consumed by an electrical product operating around a user, and that estimates a product consumed by the user and a consumption quantity of the product based on the information relating to the fluctuation in the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Takayuki Hatori, Shuichi Sawada, Daiki Kubo, Tomoki Ishikawa, Naoya Oka
  • Publication number: 20230419833
    Abstract: A control device includes a communication interface that receives input data from a terminal device of a first member who is a member of a first family staying in a vehicle, the input data indicating a family composition and a family stress for the first family. A processor of the control device searches a database in which data indicating the family composition and the family stress for each of a plurality of families staying in individual vehicles is registered, using the input data received by the communication interface as a search key, selects a second family from the families based on a search result acquired, and causes the communication interface to transmit notification data that notifies the first member of information for establishing a relationship with a second member who is a member of the second family selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui SUGIE, Hikaru GOTOH, Hiroki KIDO, Shuichi SAWADA, Genshi KUNO, Katsuhiro OHARA
  • Patent number: 11804134
    Abstract: A control device includes: a communication unit that receives input data from a terminal device of a first member who is a member of a first family staying in a vehicle, the input data indicating a family composition and a family stress for the first family; and a control unit that searches a database in which data indicating the family composition and the family stress for each of a plurality of families staying in individual vehicles is registered, using the input data received by the communication unit as a search key, selects a second family from the families based on a search result obtained, and causes the communication unit to transmit notification data that notifies the first member of information for establishing a relationship with a second member who is a member of the second family selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui Sugie, Hikaru Gotoh, Hiroki Kido, Shuichi Sawada, Genshi Kuno, Katsuhiro Ohara
  • Patent number: 11794991
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: acquiring information on whether a trash bag placed in a trash can contains trash; and placing an order of a product related to the trash or the trash bag based on the number of times a state in which there is the trash in the trash bag is changed to a state in which there is no trash in the trash bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Takayuki Hatori, Shuichi Sawada, Daiki Kubo, Tomoki Ishikawa, Naoya Oka
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20220253028
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire first usage of a power source of a vehicle that supplies energy used in the vehicle in a predetermined period in which an occupant takes refuge by staying in the vehicle and to determine a supply of the power source which is able to be supplied to the vehicle based on the acquired first usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui SUGIE, Hikaru GOTOH, Hiroki KIDO, Shuichi SAWADA, Genshi KUNO, Katsuhiro OHARA
  • Publication number: 20220254255
    Abstract: A control device includes: a communication unit that receives input data from a terminal device of a first member who is a member of a first family staying in a vehicle, the input data indicating a family composition and a family stress for the first family; and a control unit that searches a database in which data indicating the family composition and the family stress for each of a plurality of families staying in individual vehicles is registered, using the input data received by the communication unit as a search key, selects a second family from the families based on a search result obtained, and causes the communication unit to transmit notification data that notifies the first member of information for establishing a relationship with a second member who is a member of the second family selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui SUGIE, Hikaru GOTOH, Hiroki KIDO, Shuichi SAWADA, Genshi KUNO, Katsuhiro OHARA
  • Publication number: 20220230133
    Abstract: A server device includes: a communication unit; and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. Based on a captured image of a ground surface that is captured by aerial imaging, the control unit sends a flying body an instruction to airlift goods to a waiting point that is reachable from a parking point of a vehicle, and sends information on a travel route from the parking point to the waiting point to an information processing device corresponding to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui SUGIE, Hikaru GOTOH, Hiroki KIDO, Shuichi SAWADA, Genshi KUNO, Katsuhiro OHARA
  • Publication number: 20220230100
    Abstract: The control device includes: a communication unit that communicates with a terminal device used by a user; and a control unit that searches a database in which data indicating an environment of each of a plurality of areas is registered by using condition data indicating a condition of a surrounding environment when the user stays in a vehicle as a search key, that selects at least one area among the areas as a parking area based on an acquired search result, and that causes the communication unit to transmit proposition data that proposes the user to park the vehicle in the parking area that is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui SUGIE, Hikaru GOTOH, Hiroki KIDO, Shuichi SAWADA, Genshi KUNO, Katsuhiro OHARA
  • Publication number: 20220128257
    Abstract: An information processing device has a control unit that acquires information relating to a fluctuation of power consumed by an electrical product operating around a user, and that estimates a product consumed by the user and a consumption quantity of the product based on the information relating to the fluctuation in the power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Takayuki HATORI, Shuichi SAWADA, Daiki KUBO, Tomoki ISHIKAWA, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20220128376
    Abstract: A controller comprising at least one processor in an information processing device obtains a travel route to a destination of a user and identifies a plurality of digital signs that exist on the travel route and guide the user to the destination. In addition, the controller in the information processing device transmits first information to a first sign included in the plurality of digital signs, the first information being information for guiding the user to a second sign, the second sign being a digital sign guiding the user to the destination subsequently to the first sign on the travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuichi SAWADA, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Yusuke NAKADE, Shin SAKURADA, Ai MIYATA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20220113741
    Abstract: The server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit generates, based on information on a route along which a moving device is to move in a collective facility and information indicating movement of a person in the collective facility, a waiting instruction for causing the moving device to wait at a waiting place near an encounter position where the moving device encounters the person on the route until the person passes the waiting place, and sends the waiting instruction to the moving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto MATSUSHITA, Tomo SASAKI, Yui NAKAMURA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Shuichi SAWADA, Tatsuya SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220114646
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes acquisition of information relating to a sound emitted around a user, and estimation of a product consumed by the user and a consumption quantity of the product based on the information relating to the sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Takayuki HATORI, Shuichi SAWADA, Daiki KUBO, Tomoki ISHIKAWA, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20220105828
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for controlling an autonomous vehicle that travels between points includes a controller. The controller is configured to determine, based on the current time and a predetermined time, to charge, to replace, or neither to charge nor replace a battery, mounted in the autonomous vehicle, at a first point when the autonomous vehicle located at the first point is to travel by the predetermined time to a second point that is the next destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto MATSUSHITA, Tomo SASAKI, Yui NAKAMURA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Shuichi SAWADA, Tatsuya SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220108371
    Abstract: An information processing device including a control unit configured to acquire the output of a smell sensor that senses a user and to estimate the amount of intake of a predetermined article of taste by the user based on the output of the smell sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Takayuki HATORI, Shuichi SAWADA, Daiki KUBO, Tomoki ISHIKAWA, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20220106117
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to estimate a time at which a package is to be stored in a locker that is provided with one or more storage compartments in a displaceable manner, and adjust, by the estimated time, a position of a storage compartment in which the package is to be stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto MATSUSHITA, Tomo SASAKI, Yui NAKAMURA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Shuichi SAWADA, Tatsuya SUZUKI