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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Publication number: 20200290645Abstract: A processing device that is provided in a building in which a user stays includes a control unit configured to perform: transmitting a request for a vehicle which the user desires to use to move to the building; detecting that the vehicle reaches a vicinity of the building; inquiring of the user about whether access of the vehicle to the inside of the building is permitted when it is detected that the vehicle reaches the vicinity of the building; and guiding at least a part of the vehicle to the inside of the building when the access is permitted by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Junya SATO, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Jun ENDO
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Publication number: 20200294119Abstract: A computer program product includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions perform a method of: determining first information based on a vehicle image included in an image, determining whether the vehicle is a booked vehicle based on the first information, and providing, with a user, second information when the vehicle is determined to be the booked vehicle, the second information indicating that the vehicle is the booked vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tae SUGIMURA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Hideo HASEGAWA, Kuniaki JINNAI, Takashi HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200278211Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko Sakakibara, Makoto Matsushita, Junya Sato, Kiyonori Yoshida, Tae Sugimura, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Endo
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Publication number: 20200273121Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and an information processing device that acquires information acquired by the vehicle from the vehicle. The vehicle acquires information on an occupant in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and acquires position information of the vehicle. When it is determined based on the information on the occupant that the vehicle has traveled to the vicinity of a hidden tourist attraction, the information processing device generates tourist attraction information including the position information of the vehicle at a point at which the determination has been performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yosuke NAKAYAMA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Tae SUGIMURA, Takao HISHIKAWA, Shinichi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200272829Abstract: A vehicle is configured to image, with an outside camera, an identification mark associated with a content provided by a service provider, output the content associated with the imaged identification mark to an occupant in a cabin of the vehicle, acquire operation information on the occupant relating to the output content, and acquire information regarding the occupant when the occupant performs operation relating to the content in the vehicle cabin. An information processing apparatus is configured to, when determining that the output content is not selected by the occupant based on the operation information on the occupant, determine whether or not to update the content that is not selected, based on the information regarding the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yosuke NAKAYAMA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Tae SUGIMURA, Takao HISHIKAWA, Shinichi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200273335Abstract: Disclosed is a processing device that is mounted in a vehicle and is able to perform communication with a center server during a normal time. The processing device includes a controller configured to execute searching for one or a plurality of other vehicles with which a host vehicle is able to perform communication, in emergency where a situation of emergency occurs and communication with the center server is disrupted, inquiring the other vehicles searched by the search about whether or not to enable intervention control related to the situation, and deciding a center vehicle giving an instruction related to the intervention control from among the other vehicles replying to enable the intervention control and the host vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Junya SATO, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Jun ENDO
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Publication number: 20200272830Abstract: A vehicle captures an identification mark with an external camera, the identification mark being associated with content provided by a service provider; acquires the content associated with the captured identification mark; outputs the acquired content to the occupant in a cabin of the vehicle; acquires payment information based on the output content; and acquires information on the occupant in the cabin. A server identifies the occupant based on the information on the occupant, acquired by the vehicle; and transmits information on payment processing including the payment information, acquired from the vehicle, to the information processing terminal held by the identified occupant. The information processing terminal displays the information on the payment processing acquired from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yosuke NAKAYAMA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Tae SUGIMURA, Takao HISHIKAWA, Shinichi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200269847Abstract: An in-vehicle information processing device includes: a control unit; a communication unit that communicates with a different vehicle; and a travel environment information acquisition unit that acquires information about a travel environment of a vehicle. When the vehicle reaches a location at which a traffic accident occurs, the control unit transmits the information about the travel environment at the location, which is acquired by the travel environment information acquisition unit, to a following vehicle using the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yosuke NAKAYAMA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Tae SUGIMURA, Takao HISHIKAWA, Shinichi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200258336Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko Sakakibara, Makoto Matsushita, Junya Sato, Kiyonori Yoshida, Tae Sugimura, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Endo
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Publication number: 20200239033Abstract: A processing device performs: acquiring first information on one or more commodities of which purchase is to be recommended based on a travel schedule of a vehicle; identifying one or more users based on a route that the vehicle is scheduled to travel; transmitting second information for recommending purchase of the one or more commodities based on the first information to the identified user; and controlling travel of the vehicle such that a commodity is picked up and is then delivered to a user who has returned a reply of desiring purchase of the commodity when the reply has been returned from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Junya SATO, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Jun ENDO
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Publication number: 20200223391Abstract: A processing device includes a control unit configured to execute identifying a first training device that is of one or more training devices equipped in a movable object for providing a training opportunity to a passenger and that is used by the passenger, and at least one process of controlling a traveling state of the movable object depending on a content of a training using the first training device and restricting use states of the one or more training devices depending on the traveling state of the movable object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Junya SATO, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Jun ENDO
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Publication number: 20200211079Abstract: A vehicle-mounted information processing device includes a controller, an imaging unit including an out-of-vehicle camera configured to image the outside of a vehicle, and an output unit configured to output information acquired by the imaging unit to an occupant in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle. The imaging unit images an identification mark that is associated with content updated at any time on a service provider side and that changes for each content item. The controller acquires the content associated with the imaged identification mark and outputs the acquired content to the occupant in the vehicle cabin by means of the output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yosuke NAKAYAMA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Tae SUGIMURA, Takao HISHIKAWA, Shinichi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200172114Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya Maekawa, Yosuke Nakayama, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Tae Sugimura, Takao Hishikawa, Shinichi Adachi
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Publication number: 20200175474Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and a server communicatively connected with the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to acquire a traveling state of the vehicle, acquire information on an occupant of the vehicle, and detect an occurrence of a traffic accident related to the vehicle. The server is configured to store provision information including a damage state of the vehicle due to the traffic accident analyzed based on the traveling state of the vehicle and an injury state of the occupant due to the traffic accident analyzed based on the information on the occupant when the server receives a notification of the occurrence of the traffic accident from the vehicle, and provides the provision information to an insurance company.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yosuke NAKAYAMA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Tae SUGIMURA, Takao HISHIKAWA, Shinichi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200173801Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and an information processor that acquires information acquired by the vehicle from the vehicle. The vehicle acquires location information of the vehicle, acquires driving information of a driver of the vehicle, and provides route guidance on the basis of route guidance information that is generated in the information processor. The information processor stores traffic accident information, in which driving skill of a driver involved in a traffic accident occurred in the past and the number of the traffic accident at a point where the traffic accident has occurred are associated with location information of the point where the traffic accident has occurred, calculates the driving skill of the driver on the basis of the driving information, and generates the route guidance information on the basis of the calculated driving skill and the traffic accident information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yosuke NAKAYAMA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Tae SUGIMURA, Takao HISHIKAWA, Shinichi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200172111Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and an information processing device configured to transmit and receive information to and from the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to acquire information on an occupant in a cabin of the vehicle, and operate to affect a perception of the occupant. The information processing device is configured to store a cause of an accident caused by a passenger of the vehicle and control information for operating the operating unit to eliminate the cause of the accident, and transmit the control information to the operating unit of the vehicle when determination is made that the cause of the accident occurs based on the information on the occupant. The vehicle is configured to operate to eliminate the cause of the accident when the control information is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yosuke NAKAYAMA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Tae SUGIMURA, Takao HISHIKAWA, Shinichi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200151742Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and an information processing apparatus that acquires, from the vehicle, information acquired by the vehicle. The vehicle acquires information on an occupant inside a vehicle cabin of the vehicle and acquires position information of the vehicle. When the information processing apparatus determines that the vehicle is to pass a pre-registered point based on the position information of the vehicle, the information processing apparatus associates at least one of information on the occupant acquired at the point and information calculated based on the information on the occupant with position information of the point, and provides the information associated with the position information of the point to a service provider for a store located at the point.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kana HAMAGAMI, Takuya Maekawa, Yosuke Nakayama, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Tae Sugimura, Takao Hishikawa, Shinichi Adachi
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Publication number: 20200122607Abstract: A transport movable body for transporting an occupant includes: a seat in which the occupant is to be seated; a reception portion configured to receive road condition information generated by a precedent vehicle; and an adjustment portion configured to adjust a setting of the seat based on the road condition information received by the reception portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tae SUGIMURA, Hirotaka KARUBE, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Makoto MORI, Jun KONDO
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Publication number: 20200127888Abstract: A movable object according to one aspect of the disclosure is a movable object including a drive unit and a communication device, and includes: a determination section that determines failure of a base station via the communication device; a movement control section that drives the drive unit to cause movement of the movable object to a specified relay location on a route connecting a first location included in a first cell of a first base station and a second location included in a second cell of a second base station; and a relay processing section that relays a signal at the specified relay location, the signal being exchanged between a wireless communication terminal located in the first cell and the second base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tae SUGIMURA, Hirotaka KARUBE, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Makoto MORI, Jun KONDO
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Publication number: 20200117209Abstract: A small size vehicle includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a space ahead of the small size vehicle, a receiver configured to receive an emergency signal, an acquisition unit configured to acquire pre-set evacuation route information in a case where the emergency signal is received, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an evacuation route indicated by the evacuation route information is passable for a person or not based on the image captured by the imaging unit, when the small size vehicle travels along the evacuation route.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tae SUGIMURA, Hirotaka KARUBE, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Makoto MORI, Jun KONDO