Patents by Inventor Shun Ota

Shun Ota 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: 12365261
    Abstract: A server includes a processor configured to: acquire user schedule information indicating an action schedule of a user and other person schedule information indicating an action schedule of another person associated with the user; estimate, based on the user schedule information, a power amount for a moving object that the user is allowed to use, the moving object including a rechargeable secondary battery; and control a charging device to charge the moving object based on the power amount and the other person schedule information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Kotoru Sato, Kumiko Katsumata, Shun Ota, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20250207231
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-oriented electrical steel sheet, having a chemical composition including, in terms of % by mass: 0.006% or less of C, from 1.0% to 5.0% of Si, less than 2.5% of sol. Al, 3.0% or less of Mn, 0.30% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 0.010% or less of N, 0.10% or less of O, other optional elements, and the balance of Fe and impurities, in which the non-oriented electrical steel sheet has an average crystal grain size of from 30 ?m to 200 ?m, and in which the non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a {111}<011> integration degree of from 2.00 to 8.00, at a position corresponding to ¼ of the sheet thickness in the sheet thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet. The invention also provides a motor core including the non-oriented electrical steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Shun OTA, Ichiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12238756
    Abstract: A communication method of the present disclosure includes detecting or estimating a decrease in throughput of a first communication terminal mounted on a first vehicle that is remotely driven, and reducing a communication speed of a second communication terminal with which the first communication terminal shares a communication resource in response to detection or estimation of the decrease in the throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenji Tadakuma, Keisuke Miwa, Shuichi Tamagawa, Takahiro Okano, Shun Ota, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 12221005
    Abstract: A server 40 includes a control unit 47, and the control unit 47 acquires respective planned use positions of plural users, respective destinations of the plural users, and remaining battery levels of rechargeable batteries of moving bodies which the plural users are scheduled to use, estimates, for each of the moving bodies, a required power amount of the battery based on the planned use position and the destination, determines, for each of the moving bodies, whether the remaining battery level is equal to or greater than the required power amount, and dispatches the moving body whose remaining battery level is equal to or greater than the required power amount to the planned use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Kotoru Sato, Kumiko Katsumata, Shun Ota, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12204327
    Abstract: A remote driving taxi system provides a mobility service using remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers. Management information indicates assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers. The remote driving taxi system executes an assignment process based on the management information, in response to a request from a user. Specifically, the remote driving taxi system selects one of unassigned taxis to each of which the remote driver has not been assigned, as a first remote driving taxi that provides the service to the user. Further, the remote driving taxi system selects one of remote drivers each of which has not been assigned to the remote driving taxi, as a first remote driver that provides the service to the user. Then, the remote driving taxi system assigns the first remote driver to the first remote driving taxi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Nishitani, Rio Suda, Hiroshi Yonenaga, Hidekazu Sasaki, Tatsushi Takenaka, Shun Ota, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 12152891
    Abstract: A server receives a return request of a rental car including information on a usage end position of a car rental service desired by a user from a terminal of the user who has rented a rental car or the rental car. The server searches for a remote driving route of the rental car based on the information on the usage end position and information on a destination of the rental car for after the user finishes using the car rental service. The server compares the remote driving route with a communication area on a map. Then, the server transmits information indicating permission to drop off the rental car to the terminal of the user or the rental car when an entire route of the remote driving route is located inside the communication area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenji Tadakuma, Keisuke Miwa, Shuichi Tamagawa, Takahiro Okano, Shun Ota, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 12125001
    Abstract: A server includes a processor configured to: acquire schedule information on each of a plurality of users; set a charging priority at a time of charging each of a plurality of moving objects based on the schedule information on each of the plurality of users, each of the plurality of moving objects being preliminarily associated with each of the plurality of users, and including a rechargeable secondary battery; and charge each of the plurality of moving objects based on the charging priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Kotoru Sato, Kumiko Katsumata, Shun Ota, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12111655
    Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle includes a traveling input device that is operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle; an information processing device that processes operation information of the traveling input device and that switches and executes a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle; wearable glasses that communicate with another vehicle directly or via the information processing device; and a communication device that communicate with the other vehicle. In the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information. In the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device. The wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenji Tadakuma, Keisuke Miwa, Shuichi Tamagawa, Takahiro Okano, Shun Ota, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 12093851
    Abstract: A matching system that matches a first vehicle requiring substitution when being at least either loaded into or unloaded from a parking place and a remote driver driving the first vehicle as a substitute through remote operation includes a terminal and a server. The terminal transmits substitution request information to the server. The server that has received the request information transmits waiting time information to the terminal. The terminal notifies a user or a staff of the received waiting time information, accepts a waiting time information approval or additional fee payment instructions, and settles the additional fee through cooperation with the server, upon receiving the payment instructions. The server changes the turn of the first vehicle in a queue for the remote operation service such that the first vehicle is prioritized more than a second vehicle that has not paid the additional fee, upon completing the additional fee settlement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Nishitani, Rio Suda, Hiroshi Yonenaga, Hidekazu Sasaki, Tatsushi Takenaka, Shun Ota, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 12054053
    Abstract: A server includes a processor configured to: acquire a starting position where a user starts to use a moving object including a rechargeable secondary battery, and a destination of the user; estimate a power amount for the moving object to move from the starting position to the destination; determine whether or not power of the secondary battery is consumed at the destination; increase the power amount when the power of the secondary battery is consumed at the destination; and charge the moving object to the power amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Kotoru Sato, Kumiko Katsumata, Shun Ota, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12019457
    Abstract: A mobility service system plans an itinerary including movement from a first takeoff and landing site to a second takeoff and landing site in response to a reservation request from a user. Specifically, the mobility service system identifies a first eVTOL available at the first takeoff and landing site, and estimates a first amount of battery charge of the first eVTOL at a time of start of use by the user. When a first flight from the first takeoff and landing site to the second takeoff and landing site is not achievable with the first amount of battery charge, the mobility service system searches for a second flight from the first takeoff and landing site to a third takeoff and landing site that is achievable with the first amount of battery charge, and plans a second itinerary that goes through the third takeoff and landing site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun Ota, Yoshifumi Otaki
  • Patent number: 12007241
    Abstract: A server includes a processor to acquire a current position of a moving body used by a user, a remaining battery level of a rechargeable battery of the moving body used by the user, and a first destination of the user, and in a case where a new second destination different from the first destination is input, set, for the moving body, a charging travelling route passing a charging path capable of charging the battery on a way from the current position to the second destination based on the remaining battery level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Kotoru Sato, Kumiko Katsumata, Shun Ota, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11993205
    Abstract: A remote driving taxi system provides a mobility service using remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers. Each of the remote driving taxis includes a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available. Management information includes use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers. The remote driving taxi system puts on the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information. Further, the remote driving taxi system puts off the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Nishitani, Rio Suda, Hiroshi Yonenaga, Hidekazu Sasaki, Tatsushi Takenaka, Shun Ota, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11904722
    Abstract: A server includes a processor configured to: acquire a starting time representing a time when a user starts to use a moving object including a rechargeable secondary battery; estimate a charging completion time by which a required amount of power is charged to the moving object; determine whether or not charging of the moving object is completed by the starting time based on the starting time and the charging completion time; and switch a charging mode of charging the moving object performed by a charging device from a usual charging mode to a rapid charging mode in a case where the charging of the moving object is not completed by the starting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Kotoru Sato, Kumiko Katsumata, Shun Ota, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11898863
    Abstract: A server includes a processor configured to acquire a user's destination, estimate a user's staying time at the destination based on the destination, determine whether to move a moving body used by the user based on the staying time, and control driving of the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Kotoru Sato, Kumiko Katsumata, Shun Ota, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11859265
    Abstract: A non oriented electrical steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less of Si, wherein a sheet thickness is 0.10 mm or more and 0.35 mm or less, an average grain size is 30 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, an X1 value defined by X=(2×B50L+B50C)/(3×IS) is less than 0.845, an X2 value defined by X2=(B50L+2×B50D+B50C)/(4×IS) is 0.800 or more, and an iron loss W10/1k is 80 W/kg or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Tanaka, Takeaki Wakisaka, Shun Ota
  • Publication number: 20230415545
    Abstract: A method for operating an air conditioner installed in a vehicle is provided. The method includes a step of operating the air conditioner according to an operation instruction for the air conditioner when the operation instruction is received from a mobile terminal of an operator of the vehicle, and a step of displaying a notification related to an operation of the air conditioner on a screen of the mobile terminal while the air conditioner is operated according to the operation instruction, the step being a step in which the notification related to the operation of the air conditioner is continuously displayed on the screen without being deleted by a predetermined operation of the mobile terminal by the operator when the mobile terminal is located outside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun OTA, Taro HASEGAWA, Tomoya TAKEDA, Yuka NISHIYAMA, Hiroya CHIBA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Taizo MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20230406129
    Abstract: A system is configured to, if an unmanned autonomous vehicle that runs on electric power, for example, a robotaxi, needs to be charged, make a request of a person around a charging station, for example, a driver of an electrified vehicle being charged, to do work for charging the robotaxi with a smartphone. At this time, the system may make a request to do work for charging the robotaxi in return for giving an incentive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun OTA, Taro HASEGAWA, Tomoya TAKEDA, Yuka NISHIYAMA, Hiroya CHIBA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Taizo MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20230401494
    Abstract: A method for managing a car rental service for renting a vehicle in response to a rental request from a user is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring image data of at least one of the surroundings and the interior of the vehicle acquired using a camera mounted on the vehicle; and processing the at least one image data acquired during the lending of the vehicle to the user in a reproducible manner at the terminal of the owner when a request for confirmation of the at least one image data is received from the terminal of the owner of the vehicle after the lending of the vehicle to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun OTA, Taro HASEGAWA, Tomoya TAKEDA, Yuka NISHIYAMA, Hiroya CHIBA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Taizo MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20230391361
    Abstract: The autonomous driving vehicle of the present disclosure is equipped with a solar cell and a battery capable of charging electric power generated by the solar cell. The autonomous driving vehicle of the present disclosure searches for a solar power generation point in which the charge power amount of the battery increases more than the current location, and moves to the solar power generation point in the autonomous driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Taro HASEGAWA, Tomoya TAKEDA, Yuka NISHIYAMA, Hiroya CHIBA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Shun OTA