Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki KITADA

Tomoyuki KITADA 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: 20260170945
    Abstract: A traffic-volume estimation device includes a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of probe vehicles; a storage unit that accumulates probe information pertaining to the plurality of probe vehicles; and a processing unit that performs traffic-volume estimation processing for obtaining an estimate for the traffic volume of vehicles on a feeder road connected to a first target location in a road network. The traffic-volume estimation processing includes: a first process for obtaining, on the basis of the probe information, movement information that includes a time, that was needed for the probe vehicle positioned at a second target location on the feeder road to pass by the first target location, and the distance from the second target location to the first target location; and a second process for obtaining the estimate by referring to a traffic-volume estimation table that is updated on the basis of satellite data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KITADA, Hajime SAKAKIBARA, Shigeki NISHIMURA, Tsuyoshi HAGA
  • Patent number: 12617445
    Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, including: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body for displaying commodity information read by a reading device; a power receiving portion provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply; and a power transmitting portion provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving portion and configured to supply power to a power receiving portion of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart. Each of the power receiving portion and the power transmitting portion is provided with a magnet configured for holding a relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, ENAX, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Sakurada, Masahiro Yasuno, Katsuya Takeda, Hachirou Sawada, Reiji Sugikami, Tomonori Sugiyama, Hiroki Takeda, Takahiro Okazaki, Ryoichi Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kitada
  • Patent number: 12291122
    Abstract: A charging assistance system includes a processor configured to execute a generation process of generating charging plan data for a vehicle on the basis of: predicted power consumption of the vehicle calculated on the basis of a future traveling schedule of the vehicle; and a charging condition at each predicted stop place based on the traveling schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsuda, Hiroshi Maeda, Tomoyuki Kitada, Nana Aitani, Shinichi Okano
  • Publication number: 20250024035
    Abstract: An image compression device includes an extraction unit configured to extract a protection target region from an image, the protection target region being a region including a protection target of personal information; and a compression unit configured to compress the image by compressing the protection target region at a compression ratio higher than a compression ratio for a region other than the protection target region in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Li YUE, Naoki MAEDA, Shigeharu TOYODA, Tsuyoshi HAGA, Tomoyuki KITADA, Takeshi HACHIKAWA, Hidenori YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240378544
    Abstract: A state estimation apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result of a first sensor, the first sensor being a sensor mounted in a vehicle in which a worker is to ride and being configured to measure a state of the vehicle, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result of a second sensor, the second sensor being a sensor carried by the worker and being configured to measure a state of the worker, and an estimation unit configured to estimate, based on the measurement result of the first sensor and the measurement result of the second sensor, a state related to work of the worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi HACHIKAWA, Shigeki NISHIMURA, Norio KOREKAWA, Tomoyuki KITADA, Yu URATA
  • Publication number: 20240273459
    Abstract: A display method is for displaying a delivery status of a related package on a terminal device used by a user, the related package being a package related to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu URATA, Shigeki NISHIMURA, Norio KOREKAWA, Takeshi HACHIKAWA, Tomoyuki KITADA
  • Publication number: 20240249224
    Abstract: A time determining device includes a plan information acquiring unit configured to acquire plan information indicating a scheduled standby time and a scheduled work time of a worker in a predetermined area, a travel record information acquiring unit configured to acquire travel record information including a travel position and a travel time of a vehicle in which the worker rides, and a time determining unit configured to determine, based on the plan information and the travel record information, a standby record time and a work record time of the worker in the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu URATA, Tomoyuki KITADA, Shigeki NISHIMURA, Norio KOREKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240083482
    Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, including: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body and displayed commodity information read by a reading device; a power receiving portion provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply; and a power transmitting portion provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving portion and configured to supply power to a power receiving portion of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart. Each of the power receiving portion and the power transmitting portion is provided with a magnet configured for holding a relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuaki SAKURADA, Masahiro YASUNO, Katsuya TAKEDA, Hachirou SAWADA, Reiji SUGIKAMI, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Takahiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki KITADA
  • Publication number: 20230332918
    Abstract: A data generation apparatus includes a first generation unit configured to, based on altitude data including altitude values of a plurality of points and road map data indicating roads with a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links, generate road altitude data in which each of the plurality of nodes is given an altitude value of a corresponding one of the plurality of points, and a second generation unit configured to, based on the road altitude data, calculate gradient information indicating a gradient between any two nodes among the plurality of nodes and generate road gradient data in which the plurality of nodes or the plurality of links are given the gradient information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HAGA, Tomoya MAEKAWA, Tomoyuki KITADA
  • Publication number: 20220282982
    Abstract: A control unit executes: a route information display process of displaying route information of a route from a starting point to the destination, the route searched for based on a current level of a battery, and including a charging facility as a relay point; a first guidance information display process of displaying guidance information for guiding traveling of the vehicle from the starting point to the relay point, when the vehicle starts traveling at the starting point; a notification input screen display process of displaying an input screen that receives an input for notifying resumption of traveling of the vehicle, when the vehicle resumes traveling after having arrived at the relay point; and a second guidance information display process of displaying guidance information for guiding traveling of the vehicle from the relay point to the destination, when the input for notification has been received on the input screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki KITADA
  • Publication number: 20210380012
    Abstract: A charging assistance system includes a processor configured to execute a generation process of generating charging plan data for a vehicle on the basis of: predicted power consumption of the vehicle calculated on the basis of a future traveling schedule of the vehicle; and a charging condition at each predicted stop place based on the traveling schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TSUDA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Tomoyuki KITADA, Nana AITANI, Shinichi OKANO