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).

  • Publication number: 20210249130
    Abstract: A control unit is provided that executes: acquiring a first request that is a request based on information regarding a physical condition of a user using a bed unit that functions as a bed for the user, and that is a request to move the bed unit from a house of the user to a hospital; when having acquired the first request, selecting a first traveling unit that is a traveling unit that moves the bed unit from the house to the hospital and that is a traveling unit located within a predetermined distance from the bed unit; and generating a command for the first traveling unit such that the first traveling unit carries the bed unit from the house to the hospital.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki KUBO, Yosuke NOZAKI, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Hironori AOYAMA, Seiji YOGO, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE, Takeshi YAMADA, Ryo SATO, Sayaka NINOYU
  • Publication number: 20210245631
    Abstract: A control unit is provided that executes: acquiring a first direction that is a direction of the sun as seen from a vehicle that is traveling; acquiring preference data indicating a preference of a user regarding sunlight, the user being moved by the vehicle; and issuing an operation command to an actuator that changes a rotation angle of a seat, in which the user is seated, with respect to the vehicle, based on the first direction and the preference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki KUBO, Yosuke NOZAKI, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Hironori AOYAMA, Seiji YOGO, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE, Takeshi YAMADA, Ryo SATO, Sayaka NINOYU
  • Publication number: 20210247765
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller equipped with at least one processor. The controller is configured to execute the processing of; when a vehicle body unit on which a cultivation field for cultivating a crop is mounted is laid at a first place, determining a time to remove defined as a time to remove the vehicle body unit from the first place to a second place other than the first place; and sending a transportation command to a chassis unit configured to be capable of travelling autonomously and being coupled to and decoupled from any vehicle body unit in accordance with the time to remove, the transportation command being a command to transport the vehicle body unit from the first place to the second place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa YOSHIKAWA, Yuji SUZUKI, Keita YAMAZAKI, Kei MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki ITO, Takashi OGAWA, Yukiya SUGIYAMA, Masaru ANDO, Tae SUGIMURA, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki KUBO, Yosuke NOZAKI, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Hironori AOYAMA, Seiji YOGO, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE, Ryo SATO, Sayaka NINOYUU, Yasushi FUJIWARA, Azusa NAKAGAME, Takeshi YAMADA, Erina TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210245768
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a control section that performs: acquiring information related to a purpose of use of a passenger cabin part, the purpose of use being intended by a user who rides in the passenger cabin part; and setting a control parameter of a traveling part that carries the passenger cabin part, based on information related to a behavior of the user in the passenger cabin part, and on the information related to the purpose of use intended by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki KUBO, Yosuke NOZAKI, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Hironori AOYAMA, Seiji YOGO, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE, Takeshi YAMADA, Ryo SATO, Sayaka NINOYU
  • Publication number: 20210235220
    Abstract: An in-vehicle terminal mounted in a vehicle includes a controller configured to: transmit a radio signal indicating that it is possible to share a ride in the vehicle; upon receipt of the radio signal from a user terminal that has received the radio signal, transmit information relating to the vehicle to the user terminal; and receive information indicating a result of determination of whether or not a user of the user terminal can join the ride in the vehicle, the determination being made using the information relating to the vehicle, from the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koseki SUGIYAMA, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Hiroki ASANO, Harunobu SAITO, Yoshihiro TSUGE, Tae SUGIMURA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20210233409
    Abstract: An information processing device includes one or more processors configured to execute: instructing, to a first vehicle platform, a first operation for transporting a vehicle cabin unit which is prescribed to a prescribed place; acquiring, from the vehicle cabin unit, a degree of achievement of an activity of a user performed in the vehicle cabin unit; and instructing, to a second vehicle platform, a second operation for collecting the vehicle cabin unit when the degree of achievement exceeds a prescribed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki Kubo, Yosuke Nozaki, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Hironori Aoyama, Seiji Yogo, Tae Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Takeshi Yamada, Ryo Sato, Sayaka Ninoyu
  • Publication number: 20210225107
    Abstract: A processing device includes a control unit configured to perform: identifying a user when the user enters a vehicle and performing a process of guaranteeing a boarded state of the user while the user is in the vehicle; receiving information on a predetermined procedure for performing an authentication process from the user; and transmitting user information which is required for performing the predetermined procedure as information on the user of whom the boarded state in the vehicle is guaranteed to an external device that is installed at a first place for the predetermined procedure in a state in which the boarded state of the user is guaranteed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Junya SATO, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Jun ENDO
  • Publication number: 20210182813
    Abstract: A wallet system includes: a mobile terminal including a first processor including hardware, the first processor being configured to enable a user to determine an amount that is larger than a price of a product in a store as a payment amount, and output, to a server, a payment request for paying the payment amount using electronic money deposited to an electronic wallet; and a store terminal including a display, and a second processor including hardware, the second processor being configured to cause the display to display an amount of change to the user calculated by subtracting the price of the product from the payment amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto TOMIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Ryuta YANAGISAWA, Takuya TORIU, Daisuke KOMIYAMA, Zejun MEI, Kazuhiko YAMAGUCHI, Honami MORI
  • Publication number: 20210181735
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller. The controller is configured to generate, when information related to a request to use a cabin unit is acquired from a terminal of a first user who intends an activity in the cabin unit rather than traveling by the cabin unit, a command for causing a traveling unit to pick up the first user. The traveling unit is connected to and carrying a predetermined cabin unit associated with the activity of the first user. The controller is configured to generate, to the traveling unit connected to the predetermined cabin unit where a predetermined number of the first users or more is riding, a command for placing the predetermined cabin unit at a predetermined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki Kubo, Yosuke Nozaki, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Hironori Aoyama, Seiji Yogo, Tae Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Ryo Sato, Takeshi Yamada, Sayaka Ninoyuu
  • Publication number: 20210170972
    Abstract: An information processing device that provides information to an occupant who performs a given activity in a vehicle has a controller. The controller predicts an acceleration applied to the vehicle within a predetermined period, gives notice to the occupant when a value related to the predicted acceleration exceeds a threshold value, and determines the threshold value based on a type of the activity performed in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki KUBO, Yosuke NOZAKI, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Hironori AOYAMA, Seiji YOGO, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE, Takeshi YAMADA, Ryo SATO, Sayaka NINOYU
  • Publication number: 20210163044
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to: acquire information on a destination of a user who uses a resting unit including equipment on which the user is able to sleep, information on an arrival time at the destination, and information on a place in which the user uses the resting unit; transmit a command to a traveling unit configured to be coupled to the resting unit and carry the resting unit such that the traveling unit is coupled to the resting unit and arrives at the destination at the arrival time; and transmit a command to a stimulation device configured to stimulate the user who is using the resting unit such that the stimulation device is activated before the traveling unit is coupled to the resting unit or before the traveling unit departs for the destination after being coupled to the resting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki KUBO, Yosuke NOZAKI, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Hironori Aoyama, Seiji Yogo, Tae Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Takeshi Yamada, Ryo Sato, Sayaka Ninoyu
  • Publication number: 20210162987
    Abstract: An information processing device configured to control a traveling unit which is coupled to a resting unit including equipment on which a user takes a rest and carries the resting unit, the traveling unit being movable even while not coupled to the resting unit, the information processing device includes a control unit configured to: select a first parking lot in which the resting unit is to be arranged from among vacant parking lots within a predetermined area including a current position of a terminal owned by the user who desires to take the rest; transmit, to the terminal, information on movement from the current position of the terminal to the first parking lot; and transmit, to a first traveling unit, a command to carry a first resting unit to the first parking lot and arrange the first resting unit in the first parking lot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki Kubo, Yosuke Nozaki, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Hironori Aoyama, Seiji Yogo, Tae Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Takeshi Yamada, Ryo Sato, Sayaka Ninoyuu
  • Publication number: 20210151197
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HARA, Shuhei AKETA, Toru YANAGIDA, Shin SAKURADA, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasutaka UJIHARA
  • Patent number: 11012808
    Abstract: An in-vehicle terminal mounted in a vehicle includes a controller configured to: transmit a radio signal indicating that it is possible to share a ride in the vehicle; upon receipt of the radio signal from a user terminal that has received the radio signal, transmit information relating to the vehicle to the user terminal; and receive information indicating a result of determination of whether or not a user of the user terminal can join the ride in the vehicle, the determination being made using the information relating to the vehicle, from the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai
  • Patent number: 11004285
    Abstract: A processing device includes a control unit configured to perform: identifying a user when the user enters a vehicle and performing a process of guaranteeing a boarded state of the user while the user is in the vehicle; receiving information on a predetermined procedure for performing an authentication process from the user; and transmitting user information which is required for performing the predetermined procedure as information on the user of whom the boarded state in the vehicle is guaranteed to an external device that is installed at a first place for the predetermined procedure in a state in which the boarded state of the user is guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro Murakami, Katsuhiko Sakakibara, Makoto Matsushita, Junya Sato, Kiyonori Yoshida, Tae Sugimura, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Endo
  • Publication number: 20210090722
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HARA, Shuhei AKETA, Toru YANAGIDA, Shin SAKURADA, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasutaka UJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210061314
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HARA, Shuhei AKETA, Toru YANAGIDA, Shin SAKURADA, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasutaka UJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210048301
    Abstract: Provided is a second terminal apparatus including an input interface, a communication interface, and an output interface. The input interface detects a user input for designating a relative position on a living body targeted for medical examination. The communication interface sends the relative position to a first information processing apparatus. The communication interface receives a first sound and/or a first subject image from the first information processing apparatus. The output interface outputs the first sound and/or the first subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HARA, Shuhei AKETA, Toru YANAGIDA, Shin SAKURADA, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasutaka UJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210039680
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20210031808
    Abstract: An operation selection device includes a memory and a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuki NAKAGAWA, Atsushi HANAWA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA, Tae SUGIMURA