Patents by Inventor Tadayuki TANAKA

Tadayuki TANAKA 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: 12141122
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a data base configured to store, for a predetermined vehicle, a history of coating operation which is operation related to coating using a coating film containing an easily removable layer; and a controller configured to: acquire operation data representing details on the coating operation that is performed on the vehicle, and update the data base based on the operation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori Il, Kenji Yamaguchi, Junya Ogawa, Yuki Naganuma, Junya Yamamoto, Yuta Tone, Naoki Ishizuka, Tadayuki Tanaka, Keisuke Ito, Yuka Yokoi, Takashi Hayashi, Naoya Oka, Yu Hamada
  • Patent number: 12136048
    Abstract: A controller is provided which is configured to perform receiving, from a terminal of a user, a request for moving a component included in a first vehicle to a second vehicle, and generating, upon receipt of the request from the terminal of the user, information for reserving a predetermined facility in which the component is moved from the first vehicle to the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori Ii, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
  • Patent number: 12086824
    Abstract: A first paint color is acquired as a color of a paint of a first vehicle. A second paint color is acquired as a color of a paint including a peelable layer and to be applied over at least a part of the paint in the first paint color. A current or future valuation price of the first vehicle is acquired based on the first paint color or the second paint color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori Il, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
  • Patent number: 11972246
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that: receives, from a user terminal, a request for first update regarding a first vehicle, notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed at a shop, when the first update is update of hardware, and notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed through wireless communication, when the first update is update of software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori II, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
  • Publication number: 20240119475
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer is not peeled off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11907965
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer does not peeled off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori Il, Kenji Yamaguchi, Junya Ogawa, Yuki Naganuma, Junya Yamamoto, Yuta Tone, Naoki Ishizuka, Tadayuki Tanaka, Keisuke Ito, Yuka Yokoi, Takashi Hayashi, Naoya Oka, Yu Hamada
  • Publication number: 20230127283
    Abstract: The present disclosure properly calculates a wage for coating of a vehicle. An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure accepts specification of a first vehicle on which a third coating film is to be newly formed after a second coating film formed on a first coating film is peeled from a vehicle body. The information processing apparatus calculates a wage for operation of forming the third coating film for the first vehicle based on a period elapsed since peeling of the second coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230071319
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides information about a coating history of a vehicle. An information processing apparatus executes acquiring, for a vehicle with a later peelable second coating film formed being layered on at least a part of a first coating film, history data that is data about work on the second coating film, and acquiring a first image that is an external appearance image of the vehicle before the second coating film being formed, based on the history data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230057967
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires second information and third information based on first information for identifying a specific vehicle. The second information is information about a vehicle part that is attachable to the specific vehicle. The third information is information about a vehicle part that is currently attached to the specific vehicle. The information processing apparatus identifies a specific part that is a vehicle part that is to be proposed to be attached to the specific vehicle, based on the second information and the third information. The information processing apparatus transmits information about the specific part to a terminal associated with a user of the specific vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta TONE, Yukinori II, Tadayuki TANAKA, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Yuichiro YANO, Nariaki AMANO, Yusuke MAEDA, Kei YAZAKI, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230052822
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a first paint film that is formed on a first section of a vehicle body and is later peelable; and a second paint film that is formed on a second section and is not continuous with the first paint film, the second section being invisible from the outside of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230033020
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to execute first processing of providing an incentive to a first user who brings a first painting film to a predetermined base. The first painting film is a painting film including an easily peeling layer and that is peeled off from a first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230016052
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to execute processing of providing an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which at least a part of a first painting film including an easily peeling layer is peeled off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230016917
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed is run by a business entity that provides the service of buying and selling used vehicles or a business entity that provides the service of leasing vehicles. When the business entity buys a first vehicle having a first coating film including an easily removable layer applied thereon from a first user or receives such a first vehicle returned by a first user, if the first coating film was removed at a specific site, a controller of the information processing apparatus executes a processing for giving an incentive to the first user, The value of the incentive to be given to the first user is calculated on the basis of the length of time elapsed since the time at which the first coating film was removed at the specific site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230007945
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer does not peeled off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220414615
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to acquire work information indicating details of work to be done on a first vehicle, and determine a first site where the work indicated by the work information is available, based on first data associating details of work that is available with each of a plurality of sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta TONE, Yukinori II, Tadayuki TANAKA, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Yuichiro YANO, Nariaki AMANO, Yusuke MAEDA, Kei YAZAKI, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220383388
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains information about prescribed equipment. The prescribed equipment is equipment that corresponds to a vehicle owned by a user, and is specified by a manufacturer of the vehicle as equipment that can be selected by the user. Then, the information processing apparatus proposes to the user that the prescribed equipment be newly installed on the vehicle, at a predetermined proposal timing set based on a legally defined inspection timing of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori II, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220383352
    Abstract: A first paint color is acquired as a color of a paint of a first vehicle. A second paint color is acquired as a color of a paint including a peelable layer and to be applied over at least a part of the paint in the first paint color. A current or future valuation price of the first vehicle is acquired based on the first paint color or the second paint color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta TONE, Yukinori II, Tadayuki TANAKA, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Yuichiro YANO, Nariaki AMANO, Yusuke MAEDA, Kei YAZAKI, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220383387
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains first information about first prescribed equipment. The first prescribed equipment is equipment that is not currently installed on a vehicle owned by a user, but has been considered by the user to be installed on the vehicle in the past. Then, the information processing apparatus determines the first prescribed equipment as equipment that is proposed to the user to be newly installed on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori II, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220382738
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a data base configured to store, for a predetermined vehicle, a history of coating operation which is operation related to coating using a coating film containing an easily removable layer; and a controller configured to: acquire operation data representing details on the coating operation that is performed on the vehicle, and update the data base based on the operation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220374788
    Abstract: A controller is provided which is configured to perform receiving, from a terminal of a user, a request for moving a component included in a first vehicle to a second vehicle, and generating, upon receipt of the request from the terminal of the user, information for reserving a predetermined facility in which the component is moved from the first vehicle to the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta TONE, Yukinori Il, Tadayuki TANAKA, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Yuichiro YANO, Nariaki AMANO, Yusuke MAEDA, Kei YAZAKI, Yu HAMADA