Patents by Inventor Tadahiro Kashiwai

Tadahiro Kashiwai 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: 11790703
    Abstract: A method to be executed by a server includes acquiring first vehicle information, which is information regarding a vehicle before use of the vehicle for disaster relief, acquiring second vehicle information, which is information regarding the vehicle after use of the vehicle for disaster relief, and notifying an administrator of the vehicle of information regarding a difference between the acquired first vehicle information and the acquired second vehicle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hayashi, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Patent number: 11738747
    Abstract: A server device includes: a server communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle, and receive fallen object avoidance information from the vehicle, the fallen object avoidance information including position information on a fallen object and information indicating whether an avoidance operation was performed by the vehicle for the fallen object; and a server control unit configured to determine, for the same fallen object that is present at the same position, whether the same fallen object should be avoided based on the fallen object avoidance information, and notify a first following vehicle that the same fallen object should be avoided when the server control unit determines that the same fallen object should be avoided, the first following vehicle being a vehicle that is traveling within a predetermined range behind the same fallen object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • Patent number: 11694547
    Abstract: A server includes a server communication unit, a server control unit, and a server storage unit, and is connected in a communicable manner to a first vehicle and a second vehicle via the server communication unit. The server control unit transmits an imaging start command to the second vehicle, which runs within a predetermined range from an accident site, in response to the reception of an accident notification associated with positional information on the accident site from the first vehicle, receives an imaged image from the second vehicle, and stores the imaged image into the server storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • Patent number: 11631321
    Abstract: A server includes a server communication unit, a server control unit, and a server storage unit, and is connected in a communicable manner to a first vehicle and a second vehicle via the server communication unit. The server control unit transmits an imaging start command to the second vehicle, which runs within a predetermined range from an accident site, in response to the reception of an accident notification associated with positional information on the accident site from the first vehicle, receives an imaged image from the second vehicle, and stores the imaged image into the server storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • Patent number: 11531938
    Abstract: An information processing device that controls a mobile object including lodging equipment with a plurality of compartments performs: creating an operation schedule including a first period in which movement for allowing a plurality of users to ride in or alight from the mobile object is a main purpose and a second period in which riding and alighting of the users are not required based on lodging requests acquired from the plurality of users; and generating an operation instruction for executing different controls on the mobile object in the first period and the second period and transmitting the operation instruction to the corresponding mobile object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Yusuke Kaneko, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Yuki Ito, Naoki Uenoyama, Takahiro Shiga
  • Publication number: 20220351224
    Abstract: A control unit of an information processing device outputs proposal information for proposing to a user of a vehicle that an incentive is given when the user passes, in the vehicle, a point where traffic frequency becomes less than a predetermined threshold value and stops at a predetermined facility, and determines that the incentive is given to the user when determination is made that the user has passed the point in the vehicle and has stopped at the predetermined facility based on movement information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Kazuya IWATA, Shinichiro IIDA, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Yota SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20220351299
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus acquires travel information on a travel by a user from a departure point to a destination, and determines to grant an incentive to the user in a case in which the user is determined to have performed a travel on foot in addition to a travel using a vehicle based on the acquired travel information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Kazuya IWATA, Shinichiro IIDA, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Yota SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 11487286
    Abstract: A mobile object system includes: an information processing apparatus; and an autonomous travel vehicle. The information processing apparatus transmits to the autonomous travel vehicle first data and second data in association with each other, the first data being information for introducing a content of a commodity or a service to a user, the second data being information regarding a base that provides the commodity or service. The autonomous travel vehicle introduces the commodity or service to the user in the vehicle based on the first data, and moves to the base indicated in the second data upon reception of an instruction from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Yusuke Kaneko, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Yuki Ito, Naoki Uenoyama, Takahiro Shiga
  • Publication number: 20220335855
    Abstract: A pre-driving test device includes a control unit that calculates a score of a pre-driving test by outputting request data that requests a user for performing a user operation including, as the pre-driving test, a steering wheel operation, an accelerator operation, a brake operation, or an arbitrary combination of the steering wheel operation, the accelerator operation, and the brake operation, after a vehicle is started and before the vehicle starts moving, acquiring vehicle data recorded in the vehicle while the user operation is being performed, and evaluating the user operation based on the vehicle data acquired, and determines whether to give an incentive to the user by comparing the calculated score with a reference score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadahiro Kashiwai, Toyokazu Nakashima, Hideo Hasegawa, Kazuya Iwata, Shinichiro Iida, Kiyonori Yoshida, Yota Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11475495
    Abstract: An information processing device calculates a quoted price to be presented to a purchase contemplation person for a vehicle. The information processing device includes a control unit that calculates a demand forecast when the purchase contemplation person uses the vehicle as a car-sharing vehicle, calculates an expected income when the purchase contemplation person uses the vehicle as the car-sharing vehicle, based on the demand forecast, and calculates the quoted price based on a vehicle price of the vehicle and the expected income, to present the quoted price to the purchase contemplation person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin Jin, Takayuki Murase, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20220309915
    Abstract: A server includes a server communication unit, a server control unit, and a server storage unit, and is connected in a communicable manner to a first vehicle and a second vehicle via the server communication unit. The server control unit transmits an imaging start command to the second vehicle, which runs within a predetermined range from an accident site, in response to the reception of an accident notification associated with positional information on the accident site from the first vehicle, receives an imaged image from the second vehicle, and stores the imaged image into the server storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo HASEGAWA, Keiko KAMEDA, Misa EJIRI, Shintaro NARUSE, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Naoya OKA, Kensuke KOIKE, Hiroyuki MONJI
  • Publication number: 20220309916
    Abstract: A server includes a server communication unit, a server control unit, and a server storage unit, and is connected in a communicable manner to a first vehicle and a second vehicle via the server communication unit. The server control unit transmits an imaging start command to the second vehicle, which runs within a predetermined range from an accident site, in response to the reception of an accident notification associated with positional information on the accident site from the first vehicle, receives an imaged image from the second vehicle, and stores the imaged image into the server storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo HASEGAWA, Keiko KAMEDA, Misa EJIRI, Shintaro NARUSE, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Naoya OKA, Kensuke KOIKE, Hiroyuki MONJI
  • Patent number: 11451852
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that controls a movable body that transports a user holding an entertainment ticket to and/or from an entertainment site where an entertainment is performed, the information processing apparatus including a control unit that executes: electronically reading the entertainment ticket held by the user; identifying the entertainment site associated with the entertainment ticket; generating an instruction for causing the movable body to move for transporting the user to the identified entertainment site; receiving picture data transmitted from the identified entertainment site; and providing a picture obtained by decoding the picture data to the user on board the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Yusuke Kaneko, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Yuki Ito, Naoki Uenoyama, Takahiro Shiga
  • Patent number: 11403725
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a ride-sharing system in which a plurality of users travels together on the same moving vehicle. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to calculate a second evaluation value for a user group traveling on the same moving vehicle, based on a first evaluation value based on a user's attribute and a time during which the user group is maintained, and in a case where there is a candidate user who is a candidate of a user newly riding in a predetermined moving vehicle, calculate the second evaluation value when a predetermined user group is formed for the predetermined moving vehicle, and determine a response policy for the candidate user based on whether or not the second evaluation value satisfies a predetermined policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Yusuke Kaneko, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Yuki Ito, Naoki Uenoyama, Takahiro Shiga
  • Patent number: 11398151
    Abstract: A server includes a server communication unit, a server control unit, and a server storage unit, and is connected in a communicable manner to a first vehicle and a second vehicle via the server communication unit. The server control unit transmits an imaging start command to the second vehicle, which runs within a predetermined range from an accident site, in response to the reception of an accident notification associated with positional information on the accident site from the first vehicle, receives an imaged image from the second vehicle, and stores the imaged image into the server storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • Publication number: 20220230124
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory stores primary information regarding a plurality of relief vehicles that can be dispatched to a facility located in a disaster area in case of a disaster and secondary information regarding a plurality of drivers who can drive relief vehicles in case of a disaster. The controller is configured to acquire tertiary information regarding a facility located in a disaster area in need of relief and perform processing for determining a combination of a relief vehicle included in the plurality of relief vehicles and a driver included in the plurality of drivers that is to be dispatched to the facility located in the disaster area, based on the primary information, the secondary information, and the tertiary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi HAYASHI, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220215701
    Abstract: A method to be executed by a server includes acquiring first vehicle information, which is information regarding a vehicle before use of the vehicle for disaster relief, acquiring second vehicle information, which is information regarding the vehicle after use of the vehicle for disaster relief, and notifying an administrator of the vehicle of information regarding a difference between the acquired first vehicle information and the acquired second vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi HAYASHI, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Patent number: 11354953
    Abstract: A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • Publication number: 20220097693
    Abstract: A server device includes: a server communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle, and receive fallen object avoidance information from the vehicle, the fallen object avoidance information including position information on a fallen object and information indicating whether an avoidance operation was performed by the vehicle for the fallen object; and a server control unit configured to determine, for the same fallen object that is present at the same position, whether the same fallen object should be avoided based on the fallen object avoidance information, and notify a first following vehicle that the same fallen object should be avoided when the server control unit determines that the same fallen object should be avoided, the first following vehicle being a vehicle that is traveling within a predetermined range behind the same fallen object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo HASEGAWA, Keiko KAMEDA, Misa EJIRI, Shintaro NARUSE, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Naoya OKA, Kensuke KOIKE, Hiroyuki MONJI
  • Patent number: 11208100
    Abstract: A server device includes: a server communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle, and receive fallen object avoidance information from the vehicle, the fallen object avoidance information including position information on a fallen object and information indicating whether an avoidance operation was performed by the vehicle for the fallen object; and a server control unit configured to determine, for the same fallen object that is present at the same position, whether the same fallen object should be avoided based on the fallen object avoidance information, and notify a first following vehicle that the same fallen object should be avoided when the server control unit determines that the same fallen object should be avoided, the first following vehicle being a vehicle that is traveling within a predetermined range behind the same fallen object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji