Patents by Inventor Takaharu UENO

Takaharu UENO 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: 11941965
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to enable a warning to be issued to a person who is highly likely to be put in danger at a risky point. In an information processing apparatus, a controller acquires information indicating a risky point, acquires a state of a person with a predetermined positional relationship to the risky point, and determines whether or not the state of the person is a state where there is a high possibility of being put in danger, among a plurality of states of the person assumable at the risky point. Furthermore, in a case where the state of the person is determined to be the state where there is a high possibility of being put in danger, the controller causes an output unit to output information indicating a warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Takaharu Ueno, Shin Sakurada, Daiki Yokoyama, Genshi Kuno
  • Patent number: 11836783
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus executes: acquiring information indicating a sales schedule of a substitutional product of a product that a user has been purchasing by periodic delivery, in a predetermined period including a next delivery-scheduled day of the product; determining a delivery-possible day when the substitutional product can be delivered to the user, based on the information indicating the sales schedule of the substitutional product; and providing the user with recommendation information, which is information including a proposal to deliver, instead of delivering the product on the delivery-scheduled day, the substitutional product on the delivery-possible day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Usami, Takaharu Ueno, Shunsuke Sagara, Lei Wang, Shintaro Matsutani, Kyoji Iijima
  • Patent number: 11557189
    Abstract: There is provided a controller that performs: determining, based on information obtained from a sensor configured to detect a physical condition of a target person, which of a plurality of predetermined categories the physical condition of the target person falls into; and transmitting a notification corresponding to the physical condition of the target person to a terminal of a notification destination that corresponds to a category into which the physical condition of the target person is determined to fall, wherein terminals of notification destinations are set for the plurality of categories, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220164854
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus executes: acquiring information indicating a sales schedule of a substitutional product of a product that a user has been purchasing by periodic delivery, in a predetermined period including a next delivery-scheduled day of the product; determining a delivery-possible day when the substitutional product can be delivered to the user, based on the information indicating the sales schedule of the substitutional product; and providing the user with recommendation information, which is information including a proposal to deliver, instead of delivering the product on the delivery-scheduled day, the substitutional product on the delivery-possible day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun USAMI, Takaharu UENO, Shunsuke SAGARA, Lei WANG, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Kyoji IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220164904
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus including a controller configured to detect information to indicate a start of use of digital content by a user; acquire information to indicate a period of use of the digital content; and determine a necessity of providing food and beverages to the user based on the information to indicate a period of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun USAMI, Takaharu UENO, Shunsuke SAGARA, Lei WANG, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Kyoji IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220157173
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires first information about movement of a shopping cart present inside a commercial facility. The information processing apparatus determines, based on the first information, whether there is an indication that a user who is using the shopping cart inside the commercial facility is leaving the commercial facility. Then, the information processing apparatus dispatches a vehicle to a specific location in a case of determining that there is the indication that the user is leaving the commercial facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220147916
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller. When it is determined that a user is at home, the controller obtains taste information relating to the taste of the user for food and drink. The controller selects a candidate item to be delivered on the basis of the obtained taste information. The candidate item to be delivered is a candidate of an item of food and drink to be delivered to the user's home. The controller executes specific processing relating to delivery of the selected candidate item to be delivered to the user's home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun USAMI, Takaharu UENO, Shunsuke SAGARA, Lei WANG, Shintaro MATSUTANI, Kyoji IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220138832
    Abstract: A controller is provided that is configured to perform: obtaining information about shoes worn by a user when the user goes out; obtaining a moving distance on foot when the user goes out; managing the moving distance on foot in association with the shoes worn by the user when the user goes out; and proposing, to the user, replacement of the shoes worn by the user when an integrated value of the moving distance on foot associated with the shoes worn by the user when the user goes out is equal to or greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Usami, Takaharu Ueno, Shunsuke Sagara, Lei Wang, Shintaro Matsutani, Kyoji Iijima
  • Publication number: 20220132269
    Abstract: A terminal includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to transmit user information to one or more other terminals that are present within a predetermined range of the terminal. The user information is information for requesting for assisting a first user having a physical disability. The user information includes first information for identifying the first user and second information on the physical disability of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220114502
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire information about behavior of a user visiting a restaurant; determine, based on the information about the behavior of the user, whether or not a first condition indicating a predictor of the user leaving the restaurant is satisfied; and determine, in a case where the first condition is satisfied, that a vehicle dispatch request for requesting dispatch of a vehicle to the restaurant is to be made, the vehicle being for movement of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220089147
    Abstract: A vehicle waiting to park is guided to a parking slot having a sign of movement of a parked vehicle. A controller is provided that performs: obtaining information for associating a parking slot in which a user has parked with the user; obtaining information about a sign of the user returning to the parking slot; and making another user waiting to park aware of a position of the parking slot when the user obtains the information about the sign of the user returning to the parking slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220083942
    Abstract: An information processing device, comprises a controller configured to execute: estimating an action being done by a user, based on first data about the action of the user; obtaining second data about a travel environment of the user; and deciding whether to dispatch a vehicle to the user, based on the estimated action and the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220080978
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control device configured to execute: acquisition of a content of a behavior of a user; determination of whether the behavior of the user satisfies a first condition indicating a sign of movement; and movement of a vehicle to a predetermined location where the user and the vehicle are scheduled to join when the behavior of the user satisfies the first condition. The control device executes, when the behavior of the user satisfies the first condition and satisfies a second condition indicating a suspicious behavior, control to obstruct realization of movement desired by the user for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi Yamada, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20220071567
    Abstract: A controller comprising at least one processor of an information processing apparatus executes: acquiring first information about a condition of a body of a user; and acquiring second information about a condition of an environment around the user. Then, the controller of the information processing apparatus executes: executing a predetermined judgment process for judging whether predetermined symptoms occur on the user within a predetermined period, based on the first information and the second information; and notifying the user that predetermined medicine for coping with the predetermined symptoms is to be used, if a positive judgment is made in the predetermined judgment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220068107
    Abstract: There is provided a controller that performs: determining, based on information obtained from a sensor configured to detect a physical condition of a target person, which of a plurality of predetermined categories the physical condition of the target person falls into; and transmitting a notification corresponding to the physical condition of the target person to a terminal of a notification destination that corresponds to a category into which the physical condition of the target person is determined to fall, wherein terminals of notification destinations are set for the plurality of categories, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220059217
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to estimate a required time for medical care in relation to a user visiting a medical establishment. An information processing apparatus estimates the required time for medical care in relation to the user visiting the medical establishment. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a scheduled medical examination item as at least one medical examination item that is scheduled for the user, calculate a first required time based on the scheduled medical examination item, receive a correction of the scheduled medical examination item while the user is receiving medical care, and calculate a second required time based on the scheduled medical examination item after the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220058721
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to execute detection that a first shopper has performed a specific behavior for a first product based on information acquired by a sensor, and determination of a reason why the first shopper has performed the specific behavior for the first product based on information related to the first product and at least one of information related to a second product that is a comparison target of the first product and information related to the first shopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Takaharu UENO, Shin SAKURADA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Genshi KUNO
  • Publication number: 20220051540
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to enable a warning to be issued to a person who is highly likely to be put; in danger at a risky point. In an information processing apparatus, a controller acquires information indicating a risky point, acquires a state of a person with a predetermined positional relationship to the risky point, and determines whether or not the state of the person is a state where there is a high possibility of being put in danger, among a plurality of states of the person assumable at the risky point. Furthermore, in a case where the state of the person is determined to be the state where there is a high possibility of being put in danger, the controller causes an output unit to output information indicating a warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Takaharu UENO, Shin SAKURADA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Genshi KUNO
  • Publication number: 20220005336
    Abstract: An information processing system disclosed includes a controller. When the controller detects that a first user and a second user have been separated to become lost to each other in a specific area, it determines the location of the first user using data that links the first user and the second user and images captured by a plurality of cameras provided in the specific area. Then, the controller executes the processing of providing an entertainment to the first user at the determined location of the first user and providing information about the determined location of the first user to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Takaharu UENO, Shin SAKURADA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Genshi KUNO
  • Publication number: 20220005365
    Abstract: There is provided a technology that can improve the convenience of users who are reading books. An information processing apparatus has a controller that determines a focus sentence in a subject book that a user is reading. The focus sentence is a sentence on which the user is focusing attention. The controller analyzes what the focus sentence describes and obtains related information relating to what the focus sentence describes. Moreover, the controller executes the processing for causing a user's terminal that the user is using to display the related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Shuichi SAWADA, Takaharu UENO, Shin SAKURADA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Genshi KUNO