Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Kozuka
Tomoyuki Kozuka 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).
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Publication number: 20230196785Abstract: A vehicle image processing device includes: a processor configured to: acquire information comprising at least one of time information, position information, or vehicle information; estimate an operation scene of a vehicle based on the acquired information comprising at least one of time information, position information, or vehicle information; and perform image processing, in accordance with the estimated operation scene, on image information captured inside a vehicle cabin, or in surroundings, of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoyuki KOZUKA
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Patent number: 11670187Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires actual traveling information about a first vehicle that travels along a first traveling route, and generates control information for reproducing a traveling state of the first vehicle on the first traveling route, based on the acquired traveling information about the first vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru Nakanishi, Tadashi Yamada, Josuke Yamane, Mitsuhiro Miura, Tomo Sasaki, Tomoyuki Kozuka, Tae Sugimura
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Patent number: 11283086Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a gas-liquid separator and a fuel gas pump configured to return the fuel off-gas in the gas-liquid separator to the fuel cell stack. The gas-liquid separator has a first connecting portion extending upward. The fuel gas pump has an inner wall surface constituting a pump chamber, and a lower part of the inner wall surface is provided with an opening into which the first connecting portion is inserted. The lower part of the inner wall surface is inclined downward toward the opening. A tip end of the first connecting portion is disposed at a height equal to or lower than a height of an extension plane extending along the lower part of the inner wall surface. The tip end of the first connecting portion is provided with an inclined surface inclined downward toward the inner peripheral surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Kozuka, Tateki Takayama
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Patent number: 11239478Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell including an inlet and an outlet; first and second injection devices injecting purge gas; a gas-liquid separator separating liquid water from the purge gas discharged from the outlet and causing the liquid water to flow out; a discharge valve discharging the liquid water flowing out to an outside; an ejector including: an inflow port and an outflow port for the purge gas; a first connection path between the outflow port and the inlet; an introduction path introducing the purge gas injected from the second injection device into the first connection path without flowing through the ejector; a second connection path between the gas-liquid separator and the outlet; a third connection path connected between the gas-liquid separator and the inflow port, and extending vertically upward from the gas-liquid separator; and a controller.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoyuki Kozuka
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Publication number: 20210403040Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit determines a service content fit for an occupant by acquiring first information from a first sensor installed in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle for detecting the occupant and second information from a second sensor for detecting opening and closing of a door of the vehicle, estimating composition information of the occupant based on the first information that is acquired, estimating mood information of the occupant based on the second information that is acquired, and comparing the composition information and the mood information that are estimated with past data for another occupant in which the composition information and the mood information are associated with a service content received at a service facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru NAKANISHI, Tadashi YAMADA, Josuke YAMANE, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Tomo SASAKI, Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20210403027Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires operation information related to driving of a vehicle and position information of the vehicle, generates improvement information on a traveling environment of the vehicle when the control unit determines that the operation information that is acquired has reached a threshold value, the improvement information including the position information when the operation information reaches the threshold value, and provides the improvement information that is generated to a service facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru NAKANISHI, Tadashi YAMADA, Josuke YAMANE, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Tomo SASAKI, Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20210398224Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires traveling information that is obtained in association with driving of a first vehicle and evaluation information about evaluation of the driving of the first vehicle by an occupant of a second vehicle that travels in a periphery of the first vehicle, and decides a premium of an automobile insurance for the driver of the first vehicle, based on a comparison process of the acquired traveling information and the acquired evaluation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru NAKANISHI, Tadashi YAMADA, Josuke YAMANE, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Tomo SASAKI, Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20210398442Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires actual traveling information about a first vehicle that travels along a first traveling route, and generates control information for reproducing a traveling state of the first vehicle on the first traveling route, based on the acquired traveling information about the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru NAKANISHI, Tadashi YAMADA, Josuke YAMANE, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Tomo SASAKI, Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20210372804Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires information related to a vehicle traveling in one area and compares the acquired information with past data in which the information and land price information are associated with each other for each area so as to estimate the land price information in the one area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru NAKANISHI, Tadashi YAMADA, Josuke YAMANE, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Tomo SASAKI, Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20210370979Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires biometric information and occupant information of an occupant of a vehicle, estimates state information of the occupant based on the acquired biometric information, and compares the estimated state information and the acquired occupant information with past data for another occupant in which the state information and the occupant information are associated with facility information of a service facility used, to determine a service facility fit for the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru NAKANISHI, Tadashi YAMADA, Josuke YAMANE, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Tomo SASAKI, Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20210342752Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit a control unit that acquires traveling information and location information of a vehicle acquired based on past traveling of at least one vehicle for one occupant of the vehicle, the vehicle included in the at least one vehicle, generates preference information of the one occupant based on the traveling information and the location information that are acquired, and determines destination information based on the preference information of the occupant when the control unit determines that an occupant who is on board the vehicle is the one occupant who has boarded the vehicle in the past and the preference information is generated for the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru NAKANISHI, Tadashi YAMADA, Josuke YAMANE, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Tomo SASAKI, Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tae SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20210323558Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire traveling information of one vehicle and appearance information of an occupant of the one vehicle, which are obtained in association with driving of the one vehicle to a lodging facility, estimate biological information of the occupants of the vehicle by comparing the acquired traveling information and the acquired appearance information with traveling information and appearance information previously obtained in association with driving of other vehicles, and determine first information associated with a service provided at the lodging facility. The service is matched with the estimated biological information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru NAKANISHI, Tadashi YAMADA, Josuke YAMANE, Mitsuhiro MIURA, Tomo SASAKI, Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tae SUGIMURA
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Patent number: 11139492Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a fuel gas supply pipe connected to a fuel gas inlet of the fuel cell, a circulation pipe connecting a fuel off gas outlet of the fuel cell and the fuel gas supply pipe, a hydrogen pump disposed on the circulation pipe, a water pump configured to deliver coolant discharged from the fuel cell to the hydrogen pump, an acquisition unit configured to obtain at least one parameter corresponding to temperature of fuel gas exhausted from the hydrogen pump, and a controller configured to switch between ON and OFF states of the water pump according to the parameter obtained by the acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoyuki Kozuka
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Publication number: 20210293571Abstract: An information processing device that provides a travel route to a destination to an occupant of a vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire travel information obtained by another vehicle that travels on a candidate route to the destination set by the occupant from a second point in time prior to a first point in time when the destination is set to the first point in time in relation to traveling of the other vehicle, and to decide the travel route optimal for driving of the vehicle to the destination based on the acquired travel information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tooru Nakanishi, Tadashi Yamada, Josuke Yamane, Mitsuhiro Miura, Tomo Sasaki, Tomoyuki Kozuka, Tae Sugimura
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Publication number: 20210194022Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell including an inlet and an outlet; first and second injection devices injecting purge gas; a gas-liquid separator separating liquid water from the purge gas discharged from the outlet and causing the liquid water to flow out; a discharge valve discharging the liquid water flowing out to an outside; an ejector including: an inflow port and an outflow port for the purge gas; a first connection path between the outflow port and the inlet; an introduction path introducing the purge gas injected from the second injection device into the first connection path without flowing through the ejector; a second connection path between the gas-liquid separator and the outlet; a third connection path connected between the gas-liquid separator and the inflow port, and extending vertically upward from the gas-liquid separator; and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoyuki KOZUKA
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Patent number: 11018360Abstract: The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen circulation pump, heating portion, and a controller. The hydrogen circulation pump is configured to circulate hydrogen to the fuel cell and includes a cylinder and a rotor accommodated in the cylinder. The heating portion is configured to heat the cylinder. The controller is configured to control an operation of the heating portion. The controller is configured to cause the heating portion to heat the cylinder in a case where a driving state of the hydrogen circulation pump is higher than or equal to a standard driving state.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoyuki Kozuka
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Patent number: 10916791Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a front compartment and a metallic dash panel in a front side of the vehicle. The front compartment houses a fuel cell stack, a gas-liquid separator, and a fuel gas pump. The dash panel is disposed between the front compartment and a cabin to partition them. The fuel gas pump is mounted to a lower portion of a stack frame in a state of projecting from the stack frame toward the dash panel side. The gas-liquid separator is mounted to a lower portion of the fuel gas pump in a state of projecting from the stack frame and the fuel gas pump toward the dash panel side. The fuel gas pump is made of metal, and the gas-liquid separator is made of resin.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetuji Aisima, Tomoyuki Kozuka
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Publication number: 20200388859Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a gas-liquid separator and a fuel gas pump configured to return the fuel off-gas in the gas-liquid separator to the fuel cell stack. The gas-liquid separator has a first connecting portion extending upward. The fuel gas pump has an inner wall surface constituting a pump chamber, and a lower part of the inner wall surface is provided with an opening into which the first connecting portion is inserted. The lower part of the inner wall surface is inclined downward toward the opening. A tip end of the first connecting portion is disposed at a height equal to or lower than a height of an extension plane extending along the lower part of the inner wall surface. The tip end of the first connecting portion is provided with an inclined surface inclined downward toward the inner peripheral surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Tomoyuki KOZUKA, Tateki TAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 10811707Abstract: In a fuel cell system, a circulation pump provided in a circulation flow path is a two-lobe roots pump configured such that two rotors rotate in opposite directions. An exhaust/drainage portion is provided at a bottom in an internal space of a gas liquid separator provided in the circulation flow path and is configured to collect a liquid separated by the gas liquid separator and discharge the collected liquid via a discharge valve. The gas liquid separator includes an opening that is connected with the circulation pump and that is configured to face in a direction of the exhaust/drainage portion. At a system stop time, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a controller configured to control operation of the circulation pump causes the rotors of the circulation pump to be rotated in reverse directions from rotations at a system operation time.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoyuki Kozuka
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Patent number: 10800407Abstract: A driving control device of a vehicle includes a brake device and an ECU. The brake device is configured to apply a braking force to wheels. The ECU is configured to perform driving support control by calculating target deceleration of the vehicle and controlling the brake device such that deceleration of the vehicle reaches the target deceleration, to stop the driving support control when the driving support control is unable to be performed normally, and to determine whether or not a driver is in an abnormal state. The ECU is configured to decelerate the vehicle by controlling the deceleration of the vehicle so as to reach a predetermined value or more, when the driving support control is unable to be performed normally due to factors other than abnormality of the braking device in a situation where a determination that the driver is in an abnormal state is made.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoyuki Kozuka