Patents by Inventor Tae SUGIMURA
Tae SUGIMURA 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).
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Patent number: 12172676Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires biometric information and occupant information of an occupant of a vehicle, estimates state information of the occupant based on the acquired biometric information, and compares the estimated state information and the acquired occupant information with past data for another occupant in which the state information and the occupant information are associated with facility information of a service facility used, to determine a service facility fit for the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru Nakanishi, Tadashi Yamada, Josuke Yamane, Mitsuhiro Miura, Tomo Sasaki, Tomoyuki Kozuka, Tae Sugimura
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Publication number: 20240359712Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki KINDO, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
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Patent number: 12130151Abstract: An information processing device that provides a travel route to a destination to an occupant of a vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire travel information obtained by another vehicle that travels on a candidate route to the destination set by the occupant from a second point in time prior to a first point in time when the destination is set to the first point in time in relation to traveling of the other vehicle, and to decide the travel route optimal for driving of the vehicle to the destination based on the acquired travel information.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru Nakanishi, Tadashi Yamada, Josuke Yamane, Mitsuhiro Miura, Tomo Sasaki, Tomoyuki Kozuka, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 12060087Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
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Patent number: 12049242Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the remote operator or operation by the passenger, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
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Publication number: 20240034327Abstract: A road abnormality detection apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor having hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, from a traveling vehicle, a road image indicating an image of a surface of a road or a periphery of the road and image capturing position information indicating a position where the road image is captured; recognize a road facility included in the road image and a position of the road facility based on the road image and the image capturing position information; determine whether or not abnormality exists in the road facility by comparing the road facility included in the road image and correctness information that is prepared in advance; and accumulate, in the memory, facility position information indicating the position of the road facility that the abnormality exists in when it is determined that the abnormality exists in the road facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Tae SUGIMURA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Tomoaki UMEKI
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Patent number: 11827228Abstract: A road abnormality detection apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor having hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, from a traveling vehicle, a road image indicating an image of a surface of a road or a periphery of the road and image capturing position information indicating a position where the road image is captured; recognize a road facility included in the road image and a position of the road facility based on the road image and the image capturing position information; determine whether or not abnormality exists in the road facility by comparing the road facility included in the road image and correctness information that is prepared in advance; and accumulate, in the memory, facility position information indicating the position of the road facility that the abnormality exists in when it is determined that the abnormality exists in the road facility.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuaki Takemura, Makoto Matsushita, Tae Sugimura, Hideo Hasegawa, Tomoaki Umeki
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Patent number: 11760389Abstract: A vehicle controller device including: a communication section configured to perform communication between an operation device external to a vehicle and another vehicle; a memory; and a processor that is coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information regarding a periphery of the vehicle from a peripheral information detection section, generate a travel plan for the vehicle based on the peripheral information of the vehicle, acquire operation information to operate the vehicle from the operation device, control autonomous driving in which the vehicle travels based on the generated travel plan and also control remote driving in which the vehicle travels based on the acquired operation information, acquire peripheral information from the other vehicle in a case in which the processor is unable to acquire peripheral information, and hand over operation authority to the operation device when peripheral information is being acquired by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Matsushita, Atsushi Hanawa, Yasuki Nakagawa, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 11760382Abstract: An information processing device for managing a vehicle including a toilet unit, a tank unit connected to the toilet unit for storing waste that flows from the toilet unit, and a traveling unit capable of moving the toilet unit and the tank unit. The information processing device performs control for disconnecting the traveling unit from the toilet unit and the tank unit when installing a toilet. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire a storage amount of waste in the tank unit and to generate commands to the traveling unit to cause the traveling unit to replace the tank unit when the storage amount of waste becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Daiki Kubo, Yosuke Nozaki, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Hironori Aoyama, Seiji Yogo, Tae Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Kuniaki Jinnai, Sayaka Ninoyu, Takeshi Yamada, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Ryo Sato, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11760383Abstract: The present disclosure enables a reduction in the effort necessary for patients to receive pharmaceutical products. An information processing apparatus includes a controller. When prescription-related information is received, the controller sends, to an on-board apparatus for a vendor vehicle covering a moving area that includes at least part of a travel route along which a patient is expected to travel or a first terminal apparatus associated with a supplier that manages the vendor vehicle, at least one location on the travel route.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Hara, Shuhei Aketa, Toru Yanagida, Shin Sakurada, Tae Sugimura, Yasutaka Ujihara
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Patent number: 11715567Abstract: A storage medium stores a program. The program causes a first terminal apparatus to execute processing including: obtaining biological information on a subject from a first sensor provided in a mobile object, obtaining identification information for the subject, obtaining a detection time, and sending the biological information in association with the identification information for the subject and the detection time to an information processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Hara, Shuhei Aketa, Toru Yanagida, Shin Sakurada, Tae Sugimura, Yasutaka Ujihara
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Patent number: 11694791Abstract: A medical treatment server is configured to reduce load on physicians for work other than examination and treatment. The server is configured to send recruiting conditions and in response receive undertaking conditions that are related to a physician who does not belong to the medical facility. A controller decides whether to appoint the physician depending on whether a pickup location included in the received undertaking conditions is apart from a location of the medical facility by a distance equal to or greater than a threshold. Upon deciding to appoint the physician, the controller determines a pickup location included in the undertaking conditions to be a stopover point.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Hara, Shuhei Aketa, Toru Yanagida, Shin Sakurada, Tae Sugimura, Yasutaka Ujihara
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Patent number: 11670187Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires actual traveling information about a first vehicle that travels along a first traveling route, and generates control information for reproducing a traveling state of the first vehicle on the first traveling route, based on the acquired traveling information about the first vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru Nakanishi, Tadashi Yamada, Josuke Yamane, Mitsuhiro Miura, Tomo Sasaki, Tomoyuki Kozuka, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 11651853Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller obtains information about a designated area and information about a medical service target. The controller creates, in accordance with the population distribution in the designated area, a dispatch schedule for dispatching a medical service vehicle capable of dealing with the medical service target to the designated area.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Hara, Shuhei Aketa, Toru Yanagida, Shin Sakurada, Tae Sugimura, Yasutaka Ujihara
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Patent number: 11634164Abstract: An operation selection device includes a memory and a processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa, Makoto Matsushita, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 11623648Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and a server that is communicatively connected to the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to acquire position information of the vehicle, to acquire driving information of a driver of the vehicle, and to detect occurrence of a traffic accident associated with the vehicle. When a notification of occurrence of a traffic accident is received from the vehicle, the server is configured to calculate a driving skill level of the driver based on the driving information, to store provision information in which the position information of a point at which the traffic accident has occurred is correlated with the driving skill level and the number of times of occurrence of a traffic accident at the point, and to provide the provision information to an insurance company.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana Hamagami, Takuya Maekawa, Yosuke Nakayama, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Tae Sugimura, Takao Hishikawa, Shinichi Adachi
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Patent number: 11619500Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller accumulates a scheduled vacant time period of a medical service, the scheduled period being received from an information management apparatus, in association with a medical facility corresponding to the information management apparatus. When a medical service request is received from a terminal apparatus, the controller searches for a particular medical facility as an available medical facility, being capable of providing a medical service corresponding to a medical service item in the scheduled vacant time period and that can be reached from the location of the terminal apparatus included in the medical service request in the scheduled vacant time period. The controller sends a notification of the available medical facility to the terminal apparatus sending the medical service request.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Hara, Shuhei Aketa, Toru Yanagida, Shin Sakurada, Tae Sugimura, Yasutaka Ujihara
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Patent number: 11592303Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire facility information containing an advertisement or publicity on a facility located along a travel route that a vehicle is scheduled to travel or a facility located within a predetermined range from the travel route, and, while the vehicle is traveling along the travel route, process an image of a first facility associated with the facility information or an image of a second facility present around the first facility based on the facility information and display the image of the first facility or the image of the second facility on a display provided in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Murakami, Katsuhiko Sakakibara, Makoto Matsushita, Junya Sato, Kiyonori Yoshida, Tae Sugimura, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Endo
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Patent number: 11584394Abstract: A vehicle controller device including: a communication section configured to receive operation information to operate a vehicle from an operation device located externally to the vehicle; a first memory; and a first processor, the first processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information regarding a periphery of the vehicle from a peripheral information detection section; generate a travel plan for the vehicle based on the peripheral information of the vehicle; control autonomous driving in which the vehicle travels based on the generated travel plan and also control remote driving in which the vehicle travels based on the received operation information; predict that a compromised state in which autonomous driving of the vehicle becomes compromised will arise based on environmental information including meteorological information received by the communication section; and notify the operation device of the compromised state in a case in which the compromised state has been predicted to arise.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Matsushita, Atsushi Hanawa, Yasuki Nakagawa, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 11584399Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle is traveling by remote driving by a first driver from outside the vehicle or by occupant driving by the first driver in the vehicle, to a second state in which the vehicle travels by the remote driving or the occupant driving by a second driver who is different from the first driver, the processor is configured to cause transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle is caused to travel by automatic driving, and then cause transition from the third state to the second state.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa