Patents by Inventor Takaaki YANAGIHASHI

Takaaki YANAGIHASHI 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: 11782454
    Abstract: An unmanned conveying system includes: plural unmanned conveying vehicles that can convey cargo; a cargo priority order deciding section that decides upon a priority order in which the cargo are to be conveyed, in accordance with conditions of the cargo; and a traveling route setting section that decides upon traveling routes of the unmanned conveying vehicles on the basis of the priority order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Okano, Takaaki Yanagihashi, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Toru Takashima, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11620607
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a moving apparatus on which a parcel to be transferred to a predetermined region is loaded and that is capable of moving the parcel along a circulation route along which the moving apparatus circulates in the region. The delivery system acquires delivery information including position information about a delivery destination of the parcel, generates a delivery plan for delivering the parcel to the delivery destination, based on the acquired delivery information, and controls the moving apparatus such that the moving apparatus moves the parcel to the delivery destination on the circulation route based on the delivery plan and fulfills the transfer of the parcel when permission information indicating that the transfer of the parcel is permitted has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Yanagihashi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220172263
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing device. The information processing device receives identification information that identifies prescribed commodities that a user desires to purchase at a plurality affiliated stores, and specifies a commodity group that the user desires to purchase based on the identification information. When receiving indication information to indicate settlement of the commodity group, the information processing device is configured to execute settlement processing for the specified commodity group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Yanagihashi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220171388
    Abstract: A transportation system is equipped with at least one self-propelled pallet that can move and that is loaded with a piece of luggage, a vehicle that accommodates the at least one self-propelled pallet, and an administrative server that commands the self-propelled pallet loaded with the piece of luggage to move to a place of reception of the piece of luggage, and that commands the self-propelled pallet loaded with no luggage to move to the vehicle after the piece of luggage is unloaded at the place of reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Yanagihashi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220172153
    Abstract: A center server including a CPU is provided. The CPU instructs a vehicle to transport a product from a manufacturer of the product to a transportation destination, and instructs, after the vehicle has transported the product, the vehicle to transport an article related to the product from the transportation destination to the manufacturer, based on a demand for the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Yanagihashi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220172152
    Abstract: A center server including a CPU is provided. The CPU instructs a vehicle to transport a part from a supplier of the part to a supply destination, instructs, after the vehicle has transported the part, the vehicle to move from the supply destination to a stopover and to load another part at the stopover, and instructs the vehicle to deliver the other part to one or more delivery points located in a direction from the stopover toward the supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Yanagihashi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220147923
    Abstract: An information processing device receives identification information for identifying a predetermined cargo handling operation which is performed at a base for loading or unloading cargo, identifies a user who is able to accept the cargo handling operation based on the identification information, and generates request information which is displayed to the identified user based on the identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Yanagihashi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220147918
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a moving apparatus on which a parcel to be transferred to a predetermined region is loaded and that is capable of moving the parcel along a circulation route along which the moving apparatus circulates in the region. The delivery system acquires delivery information including position information about a delivery destination of the parcel, generates a delivery plan for delivering the parcel to the delivery destination, based on the acquired delivery information, and controls the moving apparatus such that the moving apparatus moves the parcel to the delivery destination on the circulation route based on the delivery plan and fulfills the transfer of the parcel when permission information indicating that the transfer of the parcel is permitted has been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Yanagihashi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220138687
    Abstract: A vehicle instruction device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire inventory information pertaining to an inventory of a commodity at a delivery destination, a delivery schedule pertaining to delivery of the commodity to the delivery destination by a delivery vehicle, and delivery information pertaining to a delivery status of the delivery vehicle, update the delivery schedule based on the inventory information and the delivery information, generate instruction information for entry to the delivery destination based on a priority level for receiving the commodity in the delivery schedule that has been updated, and notify the delivery vehicle of the instruction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Takaaki YANAGIHASHI, Hiroaki KIYOKAMI, Toru TAKASHIMA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220128709
    Abstract: A position locating system for locating a current position of a mobile terminal includes an imaging section, an image acquisition section, a matching section, and a position locating section. The imaging section is configured to capture a surroundings image of surroundings of the mobile terminal using a camera provided at the mobile terminal. The image acquisition section is configured to acquire over a network images similar to the surroundings image and associated with position information regarding an imaging location. The matching section is configured to perform image matching between the surroundings image and the images acquired by the image acquisition section so as to find a single image that is a match for the surroundings image. The position locating section is configured to locate the current position of the mobile terminal from the position information associated with the single image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Takaaki YANAGIHASHI, Hiroaki KIYOKAMI, Toru TAKASHIMA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220130054
    Abstract: A position finding method including capturing respective images of multiple locations on a movement route of a moving body at the multiple locations, associating the respective images of the multiple locations with respective position information relating to the multiple locations, storing the respective images on a storage medium in association with the respective position information, capturing an image of a current position of the moving body from the moving body while the moving body is moving along the movement route, performing image matching between the current position image and the respective images stored on the storage medium, and finding the current position of the moving body based on a result of the image matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Takaaki YANAGIHASHI, Hiroaki KIYOKAMI, Toru TAKASHIMA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220121220
    Abstract: An unmanned conveying system includes: plural unmanned conveying vehicles that can convey cargo; a cargo priority order deciding section that decides upon a priority order in which the cargo are to be conveyed, in accordance with conditions of the cargo; and a traveling route setting section that decides upon traveling routes of the unmanned conveying vehicles on the basis of the priority order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro Okano, Takaaki Yanagihashi, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Toru Takashima, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220107634
    Abstract: A vehicle self-driving system includes: a communication section provided separately from an unmanned self-driving vehicle configured to travel unmanned within a predefined area and a manned driven vehicle that has entered the predefined area and has completed a handover of driving authority, the communication section being configured to perform two-way wireless communication with the unmanned self-driving vehicle and the manned driven vehicle; and a control section configured to be handed driving authority from the manned driven vehicle by the wireless communication and to control respective movements of the unmanned self-driving vehicle and the manned driven vehicle based on the wireless communication, and further configured to effect control such that a communication cycle of the wireless communication with at least one of the unmanned self-driving vehicle or the manned driven vehicle is lengthened in cases in which a communication traffic volume of the wireless communication has exceeded a predefined value
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Takaaki YANAGIHASHI, Hiroaki KIYOKAMI, Toru TAKASHIMA, Kenta MIYAHARA, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Patent number: 10205255
    Abstract: A battery terminal unit includes a battery terminal that is assembled on a battery post and also includes a battery terminal stopper. The battery terminal stopper includes a first rotation preventing portion that abuts against a first abutment surface formed on a side surface of a battery housing in a state where the battery terminal is assembled on the battery post so as to be able to restrict rotation of the battery terminal about the battery post as the rotating center. The battery terminal stopper also includes a second rotation preventing portion that abuts against a second abutment surface formed on the battery housing along a direction intersecting with the first abutment surface in the assembled state so as to be able to restrict rotation of the battery terminal about the battery post as the rotating center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Iwata, Takahiro Shiohama, Takaaki Yanagihashi, Hiroki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9831017
    Abstract: An exterior member attaching method includes four steps. In an exterior member loading step, an exterior member is loaded onto a base plate in a state where the electric wire regulation pins provided on the base plate pass through exterior member holes. In an electric wire loading step, the electric wire is placed on the exterior member along the electric wire regulation pins. In an exterior member temporary bonding step, the electric wire is nipped by temporarily bonding a second half of the exterior member on the movable temporary bonding portion to a first half of the exterior member on the base plate while pushing the electric wire regulation pins to the base plate side. In an exterior member actual bonding step, a bonding end edge is bonded by moving a bonding roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Ishida, Koji Nishina, Takaaki Yanagihashi
  • Patent number: 9595369
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a main line, a branch line which is branched from an intermediate part of the main line, a self-adhesive sheet which holds and covers the main line and the branch line and is folded so that one pair of edge parts thereof extending along the main line are stuck to each other in a state the branch line is drawn out from the one pair of edge parts, and a temporarily fixing member which bundles the main line at a position outside of the intermediate part in an extending direction of the main line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruki Hamabayashi, Nobuaki Date, Takaaki Yanagihashi
  • Publication number: 20160372847
    Abstract: A battery terminal unit includes a battery terminal that is assembled on a battery post and also includes a battery terminal stopper. The battery terminal stopper includes a first rotation preventing portion that abuts against a first abutment surface formed on a side surface of a battery housing in a state where the battery terminal is assembled on the battery post so as to be able to restrict rotation of the battery terminal about the battery post as the rotating center. The battery terminal stopper also includes a second rotation preventing portion that abuts against a second abutment surface formed on the battery housing along a direction intersecting with the first abutment surface in the assembled state so as to be able to restrict rotation of the battery terminal about the battery post as the rotating center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Masao IWATA, Takahiro SHIOHAMA, Takaaki YANAGIHASHI, Hiroki KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 9481329
    Abstract: A grommet includes: a grommet body including a lip portion which contacts a water stopped surface defining an accommodation recess portion in a state in which the grommet body is attached to the accommodation recess portion; an outer which presses the lip portion toward the water stopped surface in a state in which the grommet body is sandwiched between the outer and the water stopped surface; and a rigid body portion which is interposed between the outer and the lip portion with respect to a pressing direction of the outer and which has rigidity higher than that of the lip portion. At least a part of the lip portion is placed in a pressed region pressed by the outer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Yoshimura, Satoshi Yokoyama, Takaaki Yanagihashi, Hiroki Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20160056619
    Abstract: An exterior member attaching method includes four steps. In an exterior member loading step, an exterior member is loaded onto a base plate in a state where the electric wire regulation pins provided on the base plate pass through exterior member holes. In an electric wire loading step, the electric wire is placed on the exterior member along the electric wire regulation pins. In an exterior member temporary bonding step, the electric wire is nipped by temporarily bonding a second half of the exterior member on the movable temporary bonding portion to a first half of the exterior member on the base plate while pushing the electric wire regulation pins to the base plate side. In an exterior member actual bonding step, a bonding end edge is bonded by moving a bonding roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi ISHIDA, Koji NISHINA, Takaaki YANAGIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160055938
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a main line, a branch line which is branched from an intermediate part of the main line, a self-adhesive sheet which holds and covers the main line and the branch line and is folded so that one pair of edge parts thereof extending along the main line are stuck to each other in a state the branch line is drawn out from the one pair of edge parts, and a temporarily fixing member which bundles the main line at a position outside of the intermediate part in an extending direction of the main line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruki HAMABAYASHI, Nobuaki DATE, Takaaki YANAGIHASHI