Patents by Inventor Tomoya Makino

Tomoya Makino 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: 11908334
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to notify a package sender or a package recipient of information on one or more parking spaces at which an unmanned aircraft can land and from which the unmanned aircraft can take off, among a plurality of parking spaces for automobiles, reserve one parking space of the one or more parking spaces designated by the package sender or the package recipient as a take-off and landing location for the unmanned aircraft, and determine an operation plan for the unmanned aircraft so that the unmanned aircraft picks up or delivers a package at the take-off and landing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai Miyata, Yurika Tanaka, Hideo Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Katsuhiro Ohara, Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11785286
    Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus which includes an input device having a plurality of video signal terminals including a digital video signal terminal, a display configured to display an input signal which is input from the input device, and a controller configured to set a search time of a digital video signal in accordance with presence or absence of power supply to a power supply terminal of the digital video signal terminal, and a connection status in a case in which the power supply is present, and configured to execute a search of the digital video signal in the search time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11694571
    Abstract: An information processing system comprises a sensor configured to sense a first posture that a user is taking; a storage configured to store posture data about a posture of a person; and a controller configured to create advice for the user regarding a negative influence on a body of the user, based on sensor data acquired from the sensor and the posture data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shintaro Matsutani, Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11681289
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a permission unit configured to permit a remote operation using a remote operation device outside the vehicle, a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the remote operation device, information on surroundings of the subject vehicle acquired from sensors, a receiving unit configured to receive a remote operation signal that is input by an operator outside the vehicle via the remote operation device, a travel control unit configured to remotely drive the vehicle based on the remote operation signal, and a replacement reception unit configured to, while the vehicle is remotely driven, receive an instruction from an occupant to replace the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Nozaki, Tatsuya Matsunami, Takashi Hayashi, Tomoya Makino, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11601299
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to execute operations including: identifying a user; acquiring attribute information for the user, the attribute information being stored in association with the user; estimating, from the attribute information, a power consumption amount for an environment preferred by the user; determining whether the power consumption amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; upon determining that the power consumption amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, guiding the user to a first space; and upon determining that the power consumption amount is less than the predetermined value, guiding the user to a second space, wherein a power consumption amount for the first space is greater than a power consumption amount for the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11600175
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus controls a road surface marking apparatus configured to form any road surface marking by changing light emission patterns of a plurality of light emitters provided on a road surface. In the information processing apparatus, a control unit detects, when switching from a second traffic lane through which a pedestrian is allowed to pass to a first traffic lane through which a pedestrian is prohibited from passing is executed, a user who is a pedestrian remaining in the first traffic lane after the switching. Then, the control unit causes the road surface marking apparatus to form an urging marking used for urging the user to withdraw from the first traffic lane after the switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shintaro Matsutani, Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11548534
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a permission unit configured to permit a remote operation performed by a remote operation device provided outside the vehicle; a transmission unit configured to transmit surrounding information of the vehicle; a reception unit configured to receive a remote operation signal input by an operator outside the vehicle via the remote operation device; a traveling control unit configured to control the vehicle to travel based on the remote operation signal; a drive data acquisition unit configured to acquire drive data input by a driver in the vehicle; and a handover determination unit configured to determine, while the remote operation is permitted by the permission unit, that handover of a driving operation of the vehicle to the remote operation is allowed when a difference between the drive data acquired by the drive data acquisition unit and the remote operation signal is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Nozaki, Tatsuya Matsunami, Takashi Hayashi, Tomoya Makino, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220210505
    Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus which includes an input device having a plurality of video signal terminals including a digital video signal terminal, a display configured to display an input signal which is input from the input device, and a controller configured to set a search time of a digital video signal in accordance with presence or absence of power supply to a power supply terminal of the digital video signal terminal, and a connection status in a case in which the power supply is present, and configured to execute a search of the digital video signal in the search time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya MAKINO
  • Patent number: 11310556
    Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus which includes an input device having a plurality of video signal terminals including a digital video signal terminal, a display configured to display an input signal which is input from the input device, and a controller configured to set a search time of a digital video signal in accordance with presence or absence of power supply to a power supply terminal of the digital video signal terminal, and a connection status in a case in which the power supply is present, and configured to execute a search of the digital video signal in the search time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Makino
  • Publication number: 20220108273
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to acquire a first delivery route via an initial air delivery point at which a package is to be delivered by air transport, and an initial land transport delivery point at which a package is to be delivered by land transport, acquire weather information indicating a weather condition on the first delivery route via the communication interface, change the initial air delivery point to a modified land transport delivery point for which a delivery method of the package is switched to delivery by land transport, in accordance with the weather information, and determine a second delivery route via the initial land transport delivery point and the modified land transport delivery point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220100210
    Abstract: A processor included in a first controller and/or a second controller generates a route for flying preferentially over a road and a waterway, based on a current position of an unmanned aircraft, a destination, and map information. Further, the processor controls flight of the unmanned aircraft based on the generated route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220101364
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to identify a section on which a user can travel by either passenger carrying apparatus or walking, as a rewarding section, and determine a reward to be provided to the user, upon determining that the user has traveled on the rewarding section by walking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • Publication number: 20220101252
    Abstract: A control apparatus, communicably connected to a delivery apparatus and at least one sensor, includes a controller configured to receive sensor information from the sensor and identify an act of a user from the sensor information, determine whether the identified act includes an act during which the user is not able to receive a package, and control the delivery apparatus to have the package arrive at the user, in a case in which the identified act does not include the act during which the user is not able to receive the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220101737
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to notify a package sender or a package recipient of information on one or more parking spaces at which an unmanned aircraft can land and from which the unmanned aircraft can take off, among a plurality of parking spaces for automobiles, reserve one parking space of the one or more parking spaces designated by the package sender or the package recipient as a take-off and landing location for the unmanned aircraft, and determine an operation plan for the unmanned aircraft so that the unmanned aircraft picks up or delivers a package at the take-off and landing location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220103396
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to execute operations including: identifying a user; acquiring attribute information for the user, the attribute information being stored in association with the user; estimating, from the attribute information, a power consumption amount for an environment preferred by the user; determining whether the power consumption amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; upon determining that the power consumption amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, guiding the user to a first space; and upon determining that the power consumption amount is less than the predetermined value, guiding the user to a second space, wherein a power consumption amount for the first space is greater than a power consumption amount for the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • Publication number: 20220097848
    Abstract: A terminal program configured to cause a computer as a terminal apparatus to execute operations, the operations including: outputting an image captured by an unmanned aircraft; accepting an operation made by a user of the terminal apparatus for designating, on the image, a meeting point between the unmanned aircraft and the user; and transmitting, to the unmanned aircraft, positional information for the meeting point designated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220101210
    Abstract: A method performed by a server includes accepting a reservation for an unmanned aircraft in response to a request from a first user who provides a charging facility or a standby spot for the unmanned aircraft, and determining a first usage fee for the unmanned aircraft to be charged to the first user, based on actual use of the charging facility or the standby spot by the unmanned aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220100211
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a first unmanned aircraft having a first camera to be used for detecting an obstacle and a second unmanned aircraft having a second camera to be used for detecting an obstacle with higher detection accuracy than the first camera, and a controller configured to, in a case in which a predetermined event relating to the first unmanned aircraft has occurred, detect, using the second unmanned aircraft, an obstacle at a target point on a flight path along which the first unmanned aircraft travels to a destination, and control the first unmanned aircraft to navigate around the detected obstacle using information regarding the detected obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai MIYATA, Yurika TANAKA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Katsuhiro OHARA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220092902
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a controller acquires biometric information of a user at a time of reception for use of the facility by the user. Furthermore, the controller associates the biometric information of the user with information indicating the user. Moreover, the controller registers the biometric information of the user as a key to be used in the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Osamu IZUMIDA, Xin JIN, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yoh IKEDA, Tomoya MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220092528
    Abstract: A controller of an information providing apparatus identifies, based on information input in the accommodation facility or the residential facility, an object, delivery of which is desired by the user. Furthermore, the controller outputs a provision request for the object. The provision request for the object includes delivery of the object to a place where the object is loaded onto an autonomous mobile body that is capable of transporting the object to an existing location of the user in the accommodation facility or the residential facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Osamu IZUMIDA, Xin JIN, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yoh IKEDA, Tomoya MAKINO