Patents by Inventor Takashi Hayashi
Takashi Hayashi 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: 11283537Abstract: In order to perform efficient communications. An apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an uplink grant for a certain cell, and a transmission unit configured to perform an uplink transmission, based on reception of the uplink grant, wherein in a first case that (a) a duration from when receiving the uplink grant until when performing the uplink transmission is different between a first cell and a second cell, (b) the duration corresponding to the first cell is a first duration and the duration corresponding to the second cell is a second duration, and (c) an uplink transmission in the first duration collides with an uplink transmission in the second duration, the transmission unit sets a transmit power for the first cell and a transmit power for the second cell, based on values of the first duration and/or the second duration.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Wataru Ouchi, Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Takashi Hayashi, Kazunari Yokomakura
-
Publication number: 20220073080Abstract: The autonomous traveling cart according to the present disclosure, which includes a person, an object, or both as a transport target, comprises a deck on which the transport target is placed and a sensing device configured to detect a disappearance of the transport target from the deck. At least a part of a periphery of the deck is opened for better accessibility to the deck for the transport target. The autonomous traveling cart according to the present disclosure also comprises a controller configured to stop traveling control for transporting the transport target in response to detection of the disappearance of the transport target by the sensing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto
-
Patent number: 11270136Abstract: An information providing device includes a control unit configured to detect an object entering a road from a first image which is captured from a vehicle and to acquire a second image including the detected object and a communication unit configured to provide the second image to present the second image to a driver under the control of the control unit. A driving support device includes a control unit configured to acquire a second image including a detected object when the object entering a road is detected from a first image captured from a vehicle and to present the acquired second image to a driver.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuro Yanagi, Maki Tamura, Mutsumi Matsuura, Toshihiko Inoue, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Takahiro Shiga
-
Patent number: 11265517Abstract: An image information collection system is an image information collection system in which a server device collects image information from a vehicle via a telecommunications line. The vehicle includes: an imaging device configured to capture a surrounding image; and a control device configured to calculate an evaluation value of the surrounding image captured by the imaging device, the control device being configured to determine, based on the evaluation value thus calculated and a location where the surrounding image is captured, whether or not the surrounding image is transmitted to the server device as the image information, the control device being configured to transmit, to the server device, the surrounding image determined to be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Sinae Kim, Takayuki Yano, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Koji Miyata
-
Publication number: 20220055622Abstract: A vehicle safety apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes one or more cameras to detect passenger state information relating to a riding state of a passenger on the vehicle, a memory to store the passenger state information detected by the one or more cameras, and a processor to execute motion control of the vehicle based on the passenger state information stored in the memory. The processor is configured to execute posture determination processing to determine whether the passenger is riding in a stable posture based on the passenger state information, and safety securing processing to secure safety of the passenger by executing the motion control, when the passenger is not riding in the stable posture in the posture determination processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto
-
Publication number: 20220058675Abstract: A vehicle dispatch device is configured to dispatch a vehicle having an autonomous driving function to a user, the device includes: a search unit configured to search for a first alternative moving object when the vehicle cannot continue the autonomous driving to the destination during the autonomous driving of the vehicle on which the user is boarded, the first alternative moving object to which the user can transfer at a boarding position which is within a predetermined distance from a position on a route to an end position of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, within a predetermined time from alighting from the vehicle; and a grant unit configured to grant a reward to the user when the first alternative moving object does not exist.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya WATANABE, Seiji ARAKAWA, Yuji SASAKI, Masafumi HAYAKAWA, Naotoshi KADOTANI, Takashi HAYASHI
-
Publication number: 20220058954Abstract: A server includes a unit obtaining a position of a registered vehicle, a unit obtaining a vehicle dispatch position, a unit determining a candidate vehicle based on the vehicle dispatch position and the position of the registered vehicle, a unit transmitting information regarding an autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle to a user device, a unit receiving information for identifying a dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting a vehicle dispatch position to the dispatch vehicle. The user device includes a unit receiving the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, a unit displaying the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, an unit accepting a user operation for selecting the dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting the information for identifying the dispatch vehicle to the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya WATANABE, Yuji SASAKI, Seiji ARAKAWA, Naotoshi KADOTANI, Masafumi HAYAKAWA, Takashi HAYASHI
-
Publication number: 20220058559Abstract: A server includes a unit obtaining a position of a registered vehicle, a unit obtaining a vehicle dispatch position, a unit determining a candidate vehicle based on the vehicle dispatch position and the position of the registered vehicle, a unit transmitting information regarding an autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle to a user device, a unit receiving information for identifying a dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting a vehicle dispatch position to the dispatch vehicle. The user device includes a unit receiving the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, a unit displaying the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, an unit accepting a user operation for selecting the dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting the information for identifying the dispatch vehicle to the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya WATANABE, Yuji SASAKI, Seiji ARAKAWA, Naotoshi KADOTANI, Masafumi HAYAKAWA, Takashi HAYASHI
-
Publication number: 20220055661Abstract: The safety management apparatus comprises a protective shield with automatic opening and closing, a sensor configured to obtain physical information related to an occupant boarded an autonomous traveling cart, and a controller configured to control the opening and closing of the protective shield. The protective shield is configured to be normally open and, when closed, shield an occupant space of the cart from the outside. The controller includes at least one memory including at least one program, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory. The at least one processor executes a first process and a second process upon execution of the at least one program. The first process is to determine whether the occupant is an infant based on the physical information. The second process, which is executed when the occupant is determined to be an infant, is to close the protective shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Yuhei Katsumata, Daisaku Honda, Saki Narita, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
-
Patent number: 11256927Abstract: An information provision device includes a controller configured to detect installation of an anti-skid tool onto a vehicle from an image including at least a part of the vehicle and at least a part of the vicinity of the vehicle and a communication unit configured to provide position information of the vehicle at the time of the installation of the anti-skid tool detected by the controller. A driving assistance device includes a communication unit configured to acquire position information of a vehicle at the time of installation of an anti-skid tool when the installation of the anti-skid tool onto the vehicle is detected from an image including at least a part of the vehicle and at least a part of a vicinity of the vehicle, and a controller configured to present information acquired by the communication unit to the driver of another vehicle different from the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuro Yanagi, Maki Tamura, Mutsumi Matsuura, Toshihiko Inoue, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Takahiro Shiga
-
Patent number: 11217052Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Murakami, Katsuhiko Sakakibara, Makoto Matsushita, Junya Sato, Kiyonori Yoshida, Tae Sugimura, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Endo
-
Patent number: 11210689Abstract: A vehicle dispatch device is configured to dispatch a vehicle having an autonomous driving function to a user, the device includes: a search unit configured to search for a first alternative moving object when the vehicle cannot continue the autonomous driving to the destination during the autonomous driving of the vehicle on which the user is boarded, the first alternative moving object to which the user can transfer at a boarding position which is within a predetermined distance from a position on a route to an end position of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, within a predetermined time from alighting from the vehicle; and a grant unit configured to grant a reward to the user when the first alternative moving object does not exist.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Watanabe, Seiji Arakawa, Yuji Sasaki, Masafumi Hayakawa, Naotoshi Kadotani, Takashi Hayashi
-
Publication number: 20210398071Abstract: A logistics supporting device includes: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire, from a plurality of carriers, load situations of respective delivery centers that are retained by the respective carriers; and based on acquired load situations of the respective delivery centers, carry out at least one of delivery area changing processing, which changes delivery areas such that a delivery area of a delivery center that has a small load becomes larger, or resource supplementing processing that supplements resources of a delivery center that has a large load.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Seigo KUZUMAKI, Takashi HAYASHI
-
Publication number: 20210390506Abstract: A material transportation support device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire usage timings for respective materials at a usage location of the materials; and a departure timing setting section configured to set a departure timing from a loading location for each of the materials, based on the usage timings and material information including the loading location of the materials such that the materials arrive at the usage location in sequence starting from a material with an earliest usage timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Seigo KUZUMAKI, Takashi HAYASHI
-
Patent number: 11188071Abstract: A driving control system in which a server apparatus controls an operation of a vehicle via a telecommunication network. The server apparatus includes a controller configured to determine whether a condition for raising a degree of accuracy in detecting a wild animal in an area around the vehicle is satisfied, and to raise the degree of accuracy in detecting the wild animal by controlling a detection device included in the vehicle at a timing when the condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Sinae Kim, Takayuki Yano, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Koji Miyata
-
Patent number: 11177866Abstract: To efficiently transmit channel state information. A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive information for configuring a first mode and information for configuring a second mode and receive an UL grant to be used for scheduling of a PUSCH and an UL grant to be used for scheduling of a sPUSCH; and transmits CSI on the PUSCH by using the first mode, based on the UL grant to be used for scheduling of the PUSCH, and transmits CSI on the sPUSCH by using the second mode, based on the UL grant to be used for scheduling of the sPUSCH.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Takashi Hayashi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu
-
Patent number: 11172070Abstract: A system includes a traveling unit provided with a movement mechanism; a plurality of types of main body units equipped with different facilities, each main body unit being configured to form an emergency vehicle by being coupled with the traveling unit; and an information processing apparatus configured to manage the traveling unit and the plurality of types of main body units. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to analyze details of a first emergency call made to a fire-fighting organization, select a main body unit of a first type equipped with a facility matching the details of the first emergency call from the plurality of types of main body units, and dispatch an emergency vehicle coupling the main body unit of the first type and the traveling unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Nakano, Masato Ura, Koji Takao, Hideyuki Sakurai, Keisuke Hotta, Rieko Masutani, Atsushi Hanawa, Masanobu Ohmi, Takashi Hayashi, Atsushi Nabata, Tetsuro Sakaguchi
-
Patent number: 11160091Abstract: A cell using an allocated frequency band, a non-allocated frequency band, or a shared frequency band is controlled efficiently. A higher layer processing unit configured to configure a first configuration for monitoring an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH) and a second configuration for measuring a Discovery Signal (DS); a reception processing unit configured to monitor a candidate of the EPDCCH, based on the first configuration; and a detection unit configured to detect the DS in a prescribed subframe to be determined, based on the second configuration are provided. In a case that simultaneous transmissions on the EPDCCH and the DS occur in a Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) cell, the EPDCCH is mapped onto a resource element different from a resource element corresponding to the DS in the prescribed subframe.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima, Wataru Ouchi, Takashi Hayashi
-
Publication number: 20210300229Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system including a vehicle including a collection and placement mechanism configured to collect and place a mailbox, a plurality of mailboxes that are capable of being transported, collected, and placed by the vehicle, and a controller. The controller causes the vehicle to execute being loaded with a first mailbox containing no posted matter, moving to a placement site of a second mailbox containing a posted matter in a state of being loaded with the first mailbox, and collecting the second mailbox and newly placing the first mailbox, at the placement site of the second mailbox by the collection and placement mechanism, to replace the mailboxes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI
-
Publication number: 20210284182Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to execute the processing of finding, in connection with a first vehicle whose cabin unit and travel unit are separable from each other and that is scheduled to travel a first section of road in which travelling with a travel unit of a first type is suitable and provided with a travel unit of a second type different from the first type, a second vehicle that is scheduled to travel the first section in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the first vehicle and finish travelling the first section and provided with a travel unit of the first type, and instructing the first vehicle and the second vehicle to exchange the travel unit of the first type and the travel unit of the second type.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI