Patents by Inventor Takeshi Matsui

Takeshi Matsui 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: 20240149459
    Abstract: A mobile robot control system according to an embodiment is a mobile robot control system configured to control a mobile robot, a shape of the mobile robot having long sides and short sides in a top view, and the mobile robot control system including: an area setting unit configured to set a virtual bumper area defined by a first area and a second area, the first area being defined by a plurality of circles arranged along the long-side direction and the second area being formed by moving the first area in accordance with a moving speed of the mobile robot; and a control unit configured to control the mobile robot so as to decelerate or stop when the nearby object enters the virtual bumper area. Control may be performed using a machine learning model generated by supervised learning or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori Kurahashi, Shiro Oda, Takeshi Matsui
  • Patent number: 11974042
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes an approximate curved surface conversion unit that includes a first stacked autoencoder pretrained on the basis of learning input data constituted by coordinate data acquired for each of multiple elements of an object, and that obtains approximate curved surface data indicating an approximate curved surface of the object in an intermediate layer of the first stacked autoencoder, on the basis of input data constituted by the coordinate data acquired for each of the elements, and a geometric modulation processing unit that includes a second stacked autoencoder having learned by machine learning on the basis of learning input data constituted by the approximate curved surface data and on the basis of training data constituted by a result obtained by coordinate conversion for each of the elements in a geometric modulation process performed for the object, and performs the geometric modulation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arai, Yuriko Ohtsuka, Kenichiro Nishi, Takeshi Masuura, Norimitsu Okiyama, Yuji Matsui, Satoshi Takashima
  • Patent number: 11964402
    Abstract: In a robot control system, the operation of a mobile robot that moves autonomously inside a facility is controlled based at least on an image captured by a photographing device that photographs a blind area located at a blind angle to the mobile robot. When entry of the mobile robot into a predetermined area corresponding to the blind area is detected, the amount of information obtainable from an image captured by the photographing device is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
  • Publication number: 20240101775
    Abstract: A prepreg including a thermosetting resin composition and a self-assembled carbon fiber bundle impregnated with the thermosetting resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Ikeda, Kazuki Tsujikawa, Takeshi Ishikawa, Jun Matsui
  • Patent number: 11926067
    Abstract: In a robot control system, the operation of a mobile robot that moves autonomously inside a facility is controlled based at least on an image captured by a photographing device that photographs a blind area located at a blind angle to the mobile robot. When entry of the mobile robot into a predetermined area corresponding to the blind area is detected, the amount of information obtainable from an image captured by the photographing device is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
  • Patent number: 11919168
    Abstract: A robot control system according to the present embodiment is a robot control system that controls a plurality of transport robots that is travelable autonomously in a facility. The robot control system: acquires error information indicating that an error has occurred in a first transport robot; acquires transported object information related to a transported object of the first transport robot; determines a second transport robot able to transport the transported object of the first transport robot among the transport robots based on the transported object information and the error information; and moves the second transport robot to a transfer location of the transported object of the first transport robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Taira, Shiro Oda, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma
  • Patent number: 11914397
    Abstract: A robot control system according to the present embodiment is a robot control system that controls a plurality of mobile robots that can autonomously move in a facility. The robot control system acquires error information indicating that an error has occurred in a first transport robot, acquires transported object information related to a transported object of the first transport robot, determines a second transport robot able to transport the transported object of the first transport robot among the transport robots based on the transported object information and the error information, and moves the second transport robot to a transfer location of the transported object of the first transport robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
  • Patent number: 11914363
    Abstract: A mobile robot receives first transmission information transmitted from a server device to manage the mobile robot in a state where wireless communication with the server device is possible, directly executes wireless communication with another mobile robot among the mobile robots and executes a reception process of receiving the first transmission information transmitted from the server device to manage the mobile robot from the other mobile robot in a case where wireless communication with the server device is not possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
  • Patent number: 11906976
    Abstract: A robot control system is a robot control system that controls a plurality of mobile robots, in which: each of the mobile robots includes right and left wheels, and a sensor that detects actions of the right and left wheels; and the control system calculates abrasion degrees of right and left components for the right and left wheels, depending on a detection result of the sensor, and manages traveling of the plurality of mobile robots, depending on the abrasion degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
  • Publication number: 20240010240
    Abstract: The transportation system stores a learned model that is machine-learned so as to output a collection route that is collected by the mobile robot by inputting an end-of-use prediction result that is a result of predicting an end-of-use time of the device being lent, using learning data including collection result data indicating a collection result including a use end time at which the use of the device has ended and a collection completion time collected as a return product, and collection route data indicating a collection route collected by the mobile robot by using the device as a return product. The transport system inputs the end time prediction result to the learned model, acquires a collection route to be collected by the mobile robot using the equipment being lent as a returned item, and determines a mobile robot to be collected by the acquired collection route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu TANIAI, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240013069
    Abstract: The prediction system stores a learned model that is machine-learned so as to input electronic medical record data in which information indicating the necessity of use of the medical device is described and on-loan device data indicating a loan result including a result of the medical device being lent and a result of the medical device being lent, and output an end time prediction result, using learning data including lending result data indicating a result of the medical device being lent and electronic medical record data in which information indicating the necessity of use of the medical device is described. The prediction system inputs, into the learned model, rented device data indicating the medical device being lent and electronic medical record data in which information indicating the necessity of use of the medical device is described, and acquires the end time prediction result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu TANIAI, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240013045
    Abstract: The prediction system stores a learned model that is machine-learned so as to output a demand prediction result that is a prediction result of the demand of the medical device by inputting electronic medical record data in which information indicating the necessity of use of the medical device is described, using learning data including loan result data indicating a result of lending the medical device and electronic medical record data in which information indicating the necessity of use of the medical device is described. The prediction system acquires a demand prediction result by inputting the electronic medical record data into the learned model, and inputs an inventory prediction result which is a prediction result of the inventory of the medical device, compares the acquired demand prediction result with the input inventory prediction result, and notifies the medical device lending system when the demand exceeds the inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu TANIAI, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20230418296
    Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot control system includes: a host management device; and an autonomous mobile robot. The host management device includes a data collection unit that collects sunshine condition data corresponding to a sunshine condition within a movement range of the autonomous mobile robot, and a parameter calculation unit that calculates, based on the sunshine condition data, an optimum parameter that reduces an influence of the sunshine condition corresponding to the sunshine condition data. The autonomous mobile robot includes a parameter setting unit that sets the optimum parameter. The autonomous mobile robot control system executes a predetermined operation based on the optimum parameter set by the parameter setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke OTA, Shiro ODA, Masayoshi TSUCHINAGA, Kei YOSHIKAWA, Takeshi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20230382643
    Abstract: The mobile body control system includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information on the entry source and information on the destination of the first and second mobile bodies that enter the elevator car; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the first and second mobile bodies pass each other based on the information on the entry source and the information on the destination of the mobile body. When the determination unit determines that the passing of the first and second mobile bodies occurs, at least one of the first and second mobile bodies changes the operation plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshito IKEUCHI, Shiro Oda, Takeshi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20230364784
    Abstract: A control system according to the present embodiment includes: a feature extraction unit that extracts a feature of a person in a captured image captured by a camera; a first determination unit that determines, based on a feature extraction result, whether the person included in the captured image is a device user who uses an assistive device for assisting movement; a second determination unit that determines, based on the feature extraction result, whether an assistant who assists movement of the device user is present; and a control unit that switches between a first mode and a second mode that executes a process with a lower load than a processing load in the first mode depending on whether the assistant is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Yoshikawa, Shiro Oda, Susumu Shimizu, Takeshi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20230368517
    Abstract: A control system according to the present disclosure executes system control that controls a system including a mobile robot that autonomously moves. The control system executes a group classification process of recognizing a feature of a person present around the mobile robot and classifying, based on the feature, the person into a preset first group or second group. The control system above selects a first operation mode when the person belonging to the first group is present around the mobile robot and selects a second operation mode that is different from the first operation mode when the person belonging to the first group is not present around the mobile robot. The control system above controls, when the second operation mode is selected, the group classification process so as to execute a process with a smaller processing load than a processing load when the first operation mode is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Yoshikawa, Shiro Oda, Susumu Shimizu, Takeshi Matsui
  • Patent number: 11782449
    Abstract: An autonomous mobile system according to the present embodiment is an autonomous mobile system that autonomously moves in a facility provided with a corner between aisles. When the autonomous mobile system turns at the corner, the autonomous mobile system calculates a magnitude of a corner radius of turning in a traveling path based on an obstacle captured in image data of a camera that captures an image of an exit of the corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Taira, Shiro Oda, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma
  • Patent number: 11774991
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of controlling vibration in accordance with a situation in a case where the vibration is generated on the basis of an audio signal. The information processing apparatus can include: a vibrator; and a controller configured to detect a state of the information processing apparatus and control a state of the vibrator based on a detection result, in which the controller controls vibration the vibrator in accordance with reproduction of content while the content is being reproduced in the information processing apparatus, and, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, restricts vibration of the vibrator even while the content is being reproduced in the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Miyazaki, Yugo Takeda, Takeshi Matsui, Taku Tomita, Seiji Muramatsu, Ryoko Amano, Risa Takahashi, Ikuo Yamano, Takeshi Ogita, Ayumi Kato, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11776339
    Abstract: A control system that controls opening-closing of a security gate which is provided in a facility in which a plurality of mobile robots travels autonomously is provided. The control system performs: receiving a passing-through reservation signal for passing through the security gate; and allowing a plurality of mobile robots to consecutively pass through the security gate while the security gate opens its gate once when passing-through reservation signals are received from the plurality of mobile robots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
  • Patent number: 11755009
    Abstract: A transport system transports a transported object using an autonomously moveable mobile robot. The transport system stores management information including a use start time, a use end time, and a use location for each equipment to be lent that is transported as the transported object by the mobile robot. The transport system executes a determination process for determining whether an interval from the use end time to a next use start time is equal to or longer than a predetermined time for each equipment based on the management information. The transport system transports the equipment to its storage location after an end of use of the equipment when the interval is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, and transports the equipment to a next use location of the equipment after the end of the use of the equipment when the interval is shorter than the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai