Patents by Inventor Tomokazu MAYA

Tomokazu MAYA 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: 20240420179
    Abstract: The method includes obtaining interest information indicative of an object of interest of a user, selecting advertisement information based on the interest information, and notifying the user of the advertisement information on a way to or from an event venue of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu NAGATA, Tomokazu MAYA, Masaaki TOMIYA, Yuko MINETA, Kayo TSUMOTO, Shinichi NIWA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20240418516
    Abstract: The control device includes a control unit configured to obtain information regarding a congestion level of at least two locations in which an event is held, and determine a transport route in which mobility moving between the at least two locations transports passengers based on the obtained information regarding the congestion level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu NAGATA, Tomokazu MAYA, Masaaki TOMIYA, Yuko MINETA, Kayo TSUMOTO, Shinichi NIWA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20240416966
    Abstract: The control device includes a control unit that acquires information on a distribution of a loudness of sound in an area in which sound is generated, and controls movement of mobility with a conference room moving in the area based on the acquired information on the distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu NAGATA, Tomokazu MAYA, Masaaki TOMIYA, Yuko MINETA, Kayo TSUMOTO, Shinichi NIWA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20240394607
    Abstract: The information processing device includes a control unit that predicts the number of users of each of the plurality of stations on the event date based on the identification information of the visitor and the person flow data of each of the plurality of stations in the vicinity of the event place, and determines a station that prompts the visitor to use based on the identification information and the predicted number of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu Nagata, Tomokazu Maya, Masaaki Tomiya, Yuko Mineta, Kayo Tsumoto, Shinichi Niwa, Satoshi Komamine
  • Publication number: 20240380224
    Abstract: The control device acquires information regarding an event held within a certain area, and based on the acquired information, the power supply has the function of supplying power to electronic devices used by the user from among multiple locations within the area. The control unit includes a control unit that determines a location to dispatch the mobility and performs processing to dispatch the power supply mobility to the determined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu NAGATA, Tomokazu MAYA, Masaaki TOMIYA, Yuko MINETA, Kayo TSUMOTO, Shinichi NIWA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Patent number: 12136337
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a vehicle includes a control unit and a communication unit. The control unit is configured to acquire, from the vehicle via the communication unit, vehicle information including at least one of open-close information of a door of the vehicle and location information of the vehicle, and determine a personality of a driver of the vehicle based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Ryuichi Kamaga, Mitsuhiro Miura, Yasuhiro Baba, Tomokazu Maya, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno
  • Patent number: 12128782
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control section. The control section predicts an amount of electricity demanded for charging of vehicles that a plurality of users use, respectively, and determines a time slot in which the amount of electricity demanded exceeds a threshold value, and when the control section determines that one user of the plurality of users will refrain from use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, makes charging of the one user's vehicle wait in the time slot and provides an incentive to the one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Kazutaka Kimura, Tomokazu Maya, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Takaharu Tateishi, Yuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12111167
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that send and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit receives, from a plurality of terminal devices, information indicating a boarding point at which a user of each of the terminal devices desires to board a vehicle, sends, to the vehicle, information for causing the vehicle to travel along a route via a nearby region of each of a plurality of the boarding points while satisfying a predetermined condition, and notifies the terminal devices of the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Kazutaka Kimura, Tomokazu Maya, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Takaharu Tateishi, Yuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12092471
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit sends, to a terminal device, information on a comfort level in a vehicle cabin of a shared vehicle that is determined based on a detection result of detecting an effect of a passenger on a vehicle body or equipment of the shared vehicle to present the information to another passenger before boarding the shared vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12092474
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire route information indicating a route on which a user is to travel, and travel information indicating a travel status of the user, detect, based on the acquired route information and the acquired travel information, a waiting point on the route, at which a waiting time period for the user is to occur, and output deceleration information for prompting the user to decelerate to delay, within a range of the waiting time period, arrival of the user at the detected waiting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Oidemizu, Kazuyuki Inoue, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yurika Tanaka, Tomokazu Maya, Satoshi Komamine
  • Patent number: 11993271
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicable with a vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to store behavior information of a user in the vehicle in association with a date and time, acquire an image via an imaging unit of the vehicle when a difference between behavior information at a specific time and behavior information at a time later than the specific time is detected, an store the image in association with the date and time and the behavior information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Ryuichi Kamaga, Mitsuhiro Miura, Yasuhiro Baba, Tomokazu Maya, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno
  • Patent number: 11953906
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire information indicating an attribute of a recipient of a package, acquire information indicating a location for placing the package in a vehicle, and present a depositor of the package with the information indicating the location for placing the package and the information indicating the attribute of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Jikuhara, Shin Sakurada, Tomokazu Maya, Hiroyuki Bandai, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20240075952
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to manage a vehicle with a relaxation facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire stress information regarding a worker working at a workplace, and command the vehicle to move to the workplace based on the acquired stress information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240067225
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to manage a vehicle with a cafeteria facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire dispatch destination information including a designated location and a designated time period, and command the vehicle to be dispatched to the designated location in the designated time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240051580
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate via the communication interface with at least one mobile object that has a changing room. The controller is configured to transmit an instruction to the mobile object to move to a specified location by a specified time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240053755
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate, using the communication interface, with a mobile object having a facility for executing one or more processes in a plurality of processes to be executed sequentially to manufacture a product. The controller is configured to transmit an instruction to a first mobile object to travel to a meeting point with a second mobile object for executing a second process that follows a first process to be executed in the first mobile object, the instruction being for delivering the product being manufactured to the second mobile object at the meeting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11790505
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, upon detection of an impact applied to an object, whether the impact has caused damage to the object, and when it is determined that damage has been caused, identify a cause of the damage, based on a result of observation of a surrounding environment of the object at a time that the impact was applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Oidemizu, Kazuyuki Inoue, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yurika Tanaka, Tomokazu Maya, Satoshi Komamine
  • Publication number: 20230280750
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire information indicating an attribute of a recipient of a package, acquire information indicating a location for placing the package in a vehicle, and present a depositor of the package with the information indicating the location for placing the package and the information indicating the attribute of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11736669
    Abstract: An image projection device which is mounted on a vehicle or worn by a driver of the vehicle includes a control unit and a projection unit. The control unit accepts a selection for specifying a particular user, detects a current location, acquires an image showing at least a part of an appearance of the particular user, which is captured when the particular user has previously driven a particular user's vehicle at a location which is the same as or near to the current location, and projects the image onto a driver's seat of the vehicle by the projection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Ryuichi Kamaga, Mitsuhiro Miura, Yasuhiro Baba, Tomokazu Maya, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20230259894
    Abstract: A computer is configured to, in a case where maintenance of a component is executed in one vehicle used by a plurality of users, decide a payment ratio of each user for a cost of the maintenance based on a kind of the component subjected to the maintenance and a usage mode of the vehicle of each user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII