Patents by Inventor Tetsushi Okamoto

Tetsushi Okamoto 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: 20240356402
    Abstract: An insulating tape includes a base layer, two adhesive layers, and two reinforcing layers. The base layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The two adhesive layers contain nano-sized silica particles, and each overlap a corresponding one of the first surface and the second surface. The two reinforcing layers are each provided for a corresponding one of the first surface and the second surface, and are bonded to the base layer by the adhesive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yu YAMASHITA, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Jinxia XIE, Takahiro IMAI, Hiromitsu HIRAI
  • Patent number: 12124975
    Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Takiguchi, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Minoru Nakadori, Daiki Kaneichi
  • Patent number: 12115876
    Abstract: An automated valet parking system enables a plurality of charging parking frames in a parking place to be utilized and reduces inconvenience to an EV user using an automated valet parking service. The management device acquires a vehicle usage schedule and a remaining charge amount of each EV and determines a parking frame usage schedule of a charging parking frame. Specifically, with respect to an EV scheduled to be used on the next day, the management device assigns a charging parking frame closer to the departure/arrival place to an EV having earlier use start time on the next day. With respect to an EV not scheduled to be used on the next day and an EV whose usage schedule is unknown, the management device assigns a charging parking frame farther from the departure/arrival place to an EV with smaller remaining charge amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo Momoshima, Ryuji Okamura, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Daiki Kaneichi, Minoru Nakadori
  • Patent number: 12100302
    Abstract: An automated valet parking (AVP) management system manages an AVP service delivered in a predetermined area. A pick-up or drop-off point is away from a parking facility in which a vehicle is parked. When it is not possible to deliver the AVP service to a user in accordance with a user request, notification information is delivered to the user. The notification information includes at least one of: a congestion situation on a route from a current position of the vehicle to a specified pick-up or drop-off point; a congestion situation at the specified pick-up or drop-off point; a waiting time for the user to get on or off the vehicle at the specified pick-up or drop-off point; a recommended time of day of use at the specified pick-up or drop-off point; and a substitute pick-up or drop-off point being a substitute for the specified pick-up or drop-off point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo Momoshima, Ryuji Okamura, Tetsushi Okamoto, Daiki Kaneichi, Minoru Nakadori
  • Publication number: 20240086783
    Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Patent number: 11915164
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station. The same vehicle can be used for both the reservation use and the on-demand use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Takiguchi, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Minoru Nakadori, Daiki Kaneichi
  • Patent number: 11887024
    Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Takiguchi, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Minoru Nakadori, Daiki Kaneichi
  • Publication number: 20220388421
    Abstract: An automated valet parking system enables a plurality of charging parking frames in a parking place to be utilized and reduces inconvenience to an EV user using an automated valet parking service. The management device acquires a vehicle usage schedule and a remaining charge amount of each EV and determines a parking frame usage schedule of a charging parking frame. Specifically, with respect to an EV scheduled to be used on the next day, the management device assigns a charging parking frame closer to the departure/arrival place to an EV having earlier use start time on the next day. With respect to an EV not scheduled to be used on the next day and an EV whose usage schedule is unknown, the management device assigns a charging parking frame farther from the departure/arrival place to an EV with smaller remaining charge amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo MOMOSHIMA, Ryuji Okamura, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Daiki Kaneichi, Minoru Nakadori
  • Publication number: 20220392349
    Abstract: An automated valet parking (AVP) management system manages an AVP service delivered in a predetermined area. A pick-up or drop-off point is away from a parking facility in which a vehicle is parked. When it is not possible to deliver the AVP service to a user in accordance with a user request, notification information is delivered to the user. The notification information includes at least one of: a congestion situation on a route from a current position of the vehicle to a specified pick-up or drop-off point; a congestion situation at the specified pick-up or drop-off point; a waiting time for the user to get on or off the vehicle at the specified pick-up or drop-off point; a recommended time of day of use at the specified pick-up or drop-off point; and a substitute pick-up or drop-off point being a substitute for the specified pick-up or drop-off point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo MOMOSHIMA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Daiki KANEICHI, Minoru NAKADORI
  • Publication number: 20220261705
    Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20220261704
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a communication module and a processor. The processor is configured to send and receive information to and from another device via the communication module, and, in a case where an available time of a second vehicle stored in a storage location is equal to or longer than a reference time when an available time of a first vehicle waiting in an on-demand waiting area becomes shorter than the reference time, send a first command to the first vehicle such that the first vehicle moves to the storage location and send a second command to the second vehicle such that the second vehicle moves to the on-demand waiting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20220261702
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to send information to another device and receive information from the other device. The controller is configured to select an available model based on a reservation status for each model of vehicles stored at a first storage location, the available model being a model with a longer available time than other models. The controller is configured to send, to a first vehicle of the available model, a command to move to an on-demand waiting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20220261703
    Abstract: A processor is configured to: acquire either reservation use information or on-demand use information as request information for use of vehicles from a user, the reservation use information being information on reservation use in which the user makes an advance reservation of the vehicles, and the on-demand use information being information on on-demand use in which use of the vehicles parked in an on-demand waiting area by the user is accepted; manage a usage schedule of the vehicles by the same number of reservation tables as the number of the vehicles; and when the processor acquires the reservation use information, determine, at a time point, which vehicle is designated as a vehicle to be used for the reservation use in a reservation table corresponding to the reservation use, the time point being a predetermined time before start time of the reservation use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20220261698
    Abstract: An information processing device manages vehicles used for a car sharing service. A control unit of the information processing device acquires information requesting use of the vehicles from a user as either request information for reservation use or request information for on-demand use, the request information for reservation use being information requesting reservation use in which the user makes an advance reservation of the vehicles, and the request information for on-demand use being information requesting on-demand use in which the user requests to use the vehicles parked in an on-demand waiting area. The control unit manages a usage schedule of the vehicles by the same number of reservation tables as the number of vehicles. For the on-demand use, the control unit determines which reservation table is to be linked to a vehicle among the vehicles parked in the on-demand waiting area, when a request for the on-demand use is accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20220261699
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station, calculate a usable time of the vehicle using a different method depending on whether the application information is for the reservation use or for the on-demand use, and transmit the information on the calculated usable time to a terminal of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20220261941
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use and application information for on-demand use, manage a use schedule of the vehicle using a reservation table of which the number is the same as that of the vehicle, determine, in a case of the reservation use, before a predetermined time period from a time at which the reservation use is started, which vehicle is to be associated with a reservation table, and determine, in a case of the on-demand use, when accepting an application for the on-demand use, which vehicle is to be associated with the reservation table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20220261700
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station. The same vehicle can be used for both the reservation use and the on-demand use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20220198932
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a vehicle, and a controller configured to identify an area in which the vehicle can travel without supply of a power source, judge whether a first condition that a supply facility configured to supply the power source does not exist within the area is satisfied, and transmit an instruction to dispatch a supply vehicle configured to supply the power source when it is judged that the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsushi Okamoto, Kazumi Aono, Naoki Uenoyama
  • Publication number: 20220147917
    Abstract: A method executed by an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a vehicle that transports one or more packages stored in a storage space includes acquiring a transportation condition for a package to be stored in the storage space and controlling an environment of the storage space during transportation of the package, or limiting acceleration magnitude of the vehicle during transportation of the package, based on the acquired transportation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsushi Okamoto, Kazumi Aono, Naoki Uenoyama, Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri
  • Publication number: 20220049963
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit/receive information to/from another apparatus using the communication interface, wherein the controller is configured to receive information on a route from a terminal apparatus, and transmit, to the terminal apparatus, an instruction that prohibits the terminal apparatus from outputting the information on the route when the route has a tendency to be confidential, and an instruction that permits the terminal apparatus to output the information on the route when the route does not have the tendency to be confidential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Kazumi Aono, Tetsushi Okamoto, Naoki Uenoyama, Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri