Patents by Inventor Shunsuke NODA

Shunsuke NODA 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: 11926924
    Abstract: Provided is an indium phosphide substrate, a semiconductor epitaxial wafer, a method for producing an indium phosphide single-crystal ingot and a method for producing indium phosphide substrate capable of suppressing concave defects. An indium phosphide substrate has a diameter of 100 mm or less, and at least one of surfaces has zero concave defects detected in the topography channel, by irradiating a laser beam of 405 nm wavelength with S-polarized light on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: JX METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Oka, Keita Kawahira, Akira Noda
  • Patent number: 11661033
    Abstract: In a system that enables a person who possesses a portable device in which enablement data as data that permits operation of a vehicle is stored, to operate the vehicle, a relay device is provided for relaying the enablement data from a center server that issues the enablement data of the vehicle, to a portable device of a person scheduled to operate the vehicle. The relay device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the enablement data of the vehicle from the center server, a temporarily storing unit that temporarily stores the enablement data obtained by the obtaining unit, in a storage device, and a transmitting unit that sends the enablement data stored in the storage device, to a portable device used by a person in charge of operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 11557204
    Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 11380201
    Abstract: A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user includes a reception unit configured to receive user information including information indicating a position of the vehicle from a terminal of the service user, a specifying unit configured to specify a terminal of the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information indicating the position of the vehicle to the terminal of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 11335198
    Abstract: A notification system includes a notification unit configured to notify a second person of position information relating to a parking position of a vehicle and auxiliary information to help the second person to find the vehicle after the vehicle is moved and parked by a first person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 11099015
    Abstract: A management system that manages substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of a service user, in place of the service user, includes a processor configured to generate path information indicating a path from a delivery location of the vehicle to a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, based on information indicating the delivery location, and information indicating a position of the parking lot, and the processor being configured to transmit the path information to a terminal of the service user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20210241620
    Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI
  • Patent number: 11017667
    Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20210139003
    Abstract: In a system that enables a person who possesses a portable device in which enablement data as data that permits operation of a vehicle is stored, to operate the vehicle, a relay device is provided for relaying the enablement data from a center server that issues the enablement data of the vehicle, to a portable device of a person scheduled to operate the vehicle. The relay device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the enablement data of the vehicle from the center server, a temporarily storing unit that temporarily stores the enablement data obtained by the obtaining unit, in a storage device, and a transmitting unit that sends the enablement data stored in the storage device, to a portable device used by a person in charge of operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI
  • Patent number: 10946834
    Abstract: In a system that enables a person who possesses a portable device in which enablement data as data that permits operation of a vehicle is stored, to operate the vehicle, a relay device is provided for relaying the enablement data from a center server that issues the enablement data of the vehicle, to a portable device of a person scheduled to operate the vehicle. The relay device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the enablement data of the vehicle from the center server, a temporarily storing unit that temporarily stores the enablement data obtained by the obtaining unit, in a storage device, and a transmitting unit that sends the enablement data stored in the storage device, to a portable device used by a person in charge of operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 10937318
    Abstract: A parking assistance service management device includes a processor configured to receive, from a terminal of a user of a parking assistance service, a use request for using the parking assistance service. The use request includes point information and time information. The processor is configured to extract, in response to the reception of the use request, from a plurality of parking lots, a parking lot that is present within a predetermined range from the point represented by the point information and has an empty parking space at the date and time represented by the time information. The processor is configured to reserve a parking space for the date and time represented by the time information. The information notification unit is configured to notify a terminal of an agent of the parking assistance service and the terminal of the user of reserved parking lot information indicating the reserved parking lot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 10762790
    Abstract: A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user includes a processor configured to acquire position information on the vehicle from a terminal of the agent driving the vehicle to a parking lot on behalf of the service user, and to generate, based on the position information, information indicating a path along which the vehicle has traveled to the parking lot from a delivery place at which the vehicle is delivered to the agent, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information indicating the path to a terminal of the service user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20200242931
    Abstract: A notification system includes a notification unit configured to notify a second person of position information relating to a parking position of a vehicle and auxiliary information to help the second person to find the vehicle after the vehicle is moved and parked by a first person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI
  • Patent number: 10657812
    Abstract: A notification system includes a notification unit configured to notify a second person of position information relating to a parking position of a vehicle and auxiliary information to help the second person to find the vehicle after the vehicle is moved and parked by a first person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20200143678
    Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI
  • Patent number: 10559204
    Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20190195640
    Abstract: A management system that manages substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of a service user, in place of the service user, includes a processor configured to generate path information indicating a path from a delivery location of the vehicle to a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, based on information indicating the delivery location, and information indicating a position of the parking lot, and the processor being configured to transmit the path information to a terminal of the service user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20190197905
    Abstract: A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user includes a processor configured to acquire position information on the vehicle from a terminal of the agent driving the vehicle to a parking lot on behalf of the service user, and to generate, based on the position information, information indicating a path along which the vehicle has travelled to the parking lot from a delivery place at which the vehicle is delivered to the agent, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information indicating the path to a terminal of the service user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20190189010
    Abstract: A parking assistance service management device includes a processor configured to receive, from a terminal of a user of a parking assistance service, a use request for using the parking assistance service. The use request includes point information and time information. The processor is configured to extract, in response to the reception of the use request, from a plurality of parking lots, a parking lot that is present within a predetermined range from the point represented by the point information and has an empty parking space at the date and time represented by the time information. The processor is configured to reserve a parking space for the date and time represented by the time information. The information notification unit is configured to notify a terminal of an agent of the parking assistance service and the terminal of the user of reserved parking lot information indicating the reserved parking lot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20190188817
    Abstract: A management apparatus for a valet parking service that a valet driver parks a vehicle of a service user in place of the service user includes a transmission unit including a communication unit and a processor. The transmission unit is configured to transmit information, indicating a plurality of valet driver candidates available to park the vehicle in place of the service user, to a terminal of the service user together with information indicating an attribute of each of the plurality of the valet driver candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui