Patents by Inventor Toshiki KASHIWAKURA

Toshiki KASHIWAKURA 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: 20240144163
    Abstract: A management method performed by a management apparatus includes determining a delivery vehicle based on vehicle classification data and delivery environment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro NAKAMURA, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yosuke TOGAMI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Seii SAI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Naoko YOKOYAMA, Keishi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240142251
    Abstract: An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus includes acquiring route information that indicates a route or a stop position for a delivery vehicle, the route information being generated based on driver information regarding a driver of the delivery vehicle and delivery information regarding a package to be delivered by the delivery vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro NAKAMURA, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yosuke TOGAMI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Seii SAI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Naoko YOKOYAMA, Keishi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240144156
    Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, a stopping location for a vehicle used for delivery, based on vehicle classification data on the vehicle, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro NAKAMURA, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yosuke TOGAMI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Seii SAI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Naoko YOKOYAMA, Keishi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240144166
    Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, an acceptable range of a delivery time based on a delivery condition of goods ordered from a store, and determining, by the management apparatus based on the acceptable range of the delivery time and vehicle classification data on a vehicle that delivers goods, goods to be loaded into the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro NAKAMURA, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yosuke TOGAMI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Seii SAI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Naoko YOKOYAMA, Keishi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240085195
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to determine a tour schedule around a facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a tour time at a tour spot in the tour schedule, based on biological information on a user who is observing a process performed by equipment at the tour spot in the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Ai MIYATA, Kotaro HIROSE, Sho MINAGAWA, Yuki UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240053152
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to determine a travel route for a vehicle traveling in a facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine the travel route for the vehicle based on operation information on disaster prevention equipment installed in the facility and/or first image information including an image of a passageway in the facility, the image being captured by an imaging apparatus installed in the facility, and vehicle position information indicating a position of the vehicle, and a communication interface configured to transmit, to the vehicle, travel route information indicating the travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Ai MIYATA, Kotaro HIROSE, Sho MINAGAWA, Yuki UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240051579
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle traveling in a facility. The controller is configured to determine a tour schedule to allow users touring the facility to be on board the vehicle so that a visible range to the users is limited based on an attribute of the users, and control the vehicle based on the tour schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Ai MIYATA, Kotaro HIROSE, Sho MINAGAWA, Yuki UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240043042
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle traveling in a facility. The controller is configured to generate a transportation schedule to cause the vehicle to transport components to be used in the facility and a tour schedule to allow users touring the facility to be on board the vehicle. The controller is configured to run the vehicle based on the transportation schedule and the tour schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Ai MIYATA, Kotaro HIROSE, Sho MINAGAWA, Yuki UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240021082
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus autonomously determines a pick-up location for an on-demand bus. The information processing apparatus has a controller configured to determine a first location that is not predicted to be crowded with people as the pick-up location based on a user's preferred pick-up location and first information related to locations within the operation area of the on-demand bus that are predicted to be crowded with people. The controller of the information processing apparatus selects the first location thus determined as the pick-up location for the on-demand bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240005614
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is a computer carried by a first user who is arranged to get on an on-demand bus. The information processing apparatus includes a display device and a controller. The controller of the information processing apparatus creates an AR image by superimposing a first virtual image on a first real image obtained by photographing a first real scene at the position corresponding to the pick-up location for the first user in it. The first virtual image is a virtual image of a bus stop. Then, the controller causes the display apparatus to display the AR image thus created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240005437
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: transmitting user information to one or more user apparatuses associated with one or more first users, the user information being information related to the one or more first users who intend to board a bus operated on demand from a first point set as a boarding and alighting point for the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230419831
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires position information of a user terminal, and causes the user terminal to issue a first notification by audio or vibration in a case where a distance between a first point where a user of the user terminal is to get on board a vehicle provided for a predetermined service and the user terminal falls to or below a first distance, the first notification indicating that the first point is getting closer. The information processing apparatus causes the user terminal to issue a second notification by audio or vibration in a case where the distance between the first point and the user terminal falls to or below a second distance that is smaller than the first distance, the second notification indicating that the first point is getting closer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230280169
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus including a controller, the controller is configured to execute operations including accepting designation of a reserved stop as a stop for a vehicle, determining a stop other than the reserved stop as a standby stop when it is determined that the reserved stop is to be used by another vehicle at a scheduled arrival time at the reserved stop, and notifying a passenger of the vehicle that the vehicle is stopping at the standby stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ibuki Shimada, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Hiromitsu Urano, Daichi Hotta
  • Publication number: 20230281571
    Abstract: A server that manages each of a plurality of vehicles includes a processor. The processor is configured to communicate with each of the vehicles, a first maintenance location, and a second maintenance location. Each of the vehicles includes a vehicle body and an on-board control device attached to the vehicle body. The first maintenance location is a location where maintenance of the vehicle body is able to be performed. The second maintenance location is a location where maintenance of the on-board control device is able to be performed. The processor is configured to acquire state information on a state of each of the vehicles. The processor is configured to decide assignment of maintenance of the vehicle to either or both of the first maintenance location and the second maintenance location, based on the state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Kenichi YAMADA, Naoya OKA, Naoko MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230251609
    Abstract: An information processing device of the present disclosure includes a control unit configured to control a plurality of output devices provided in an operation area of an on-demand bus. The control unit identifies a first output device close to a boarding place of the on-demand bus among the output devices. The control unit transmits a first command to output an indication of a bus stop of the on-demand bus to the first output device at a first timing that is earlier by a first time length than a boarding date of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Takahiro AOKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230237853
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicable with a reader provided in a parking lot includes a controlling portion. The controlling portion executes an operation including: detecting a vehicle by the reader; detecting one or more vacant spots from among parking spots in the parking lot; calculating a parking fee for each of the one or more vacant spots; and notifying a user of the vehicle of the calculated parking fee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230196844
    Abstract: A terminal device according to the present disclosure is a terminal device including a control unit and a communication unit. The control unit is configured to receive identification information from a vehicle via short-range wireless communication through the communication unit, to acquire position information on the vehicle, and to perform processing for riding in the vehicle based on the identification information and position information on the vehicle. The identification information is information that can identify the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA
  • Patent number: 11643046
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to, upon determining, based on behavior classification, that a behavior of a passenger detected from a captured image or a sound of inside of a vehicle is threatening, transmit a first instruction to increase tension of a seat belt worn by the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Manabu Ishihara, Akira Sasaki, Sachin Ahire
  • Publication number: 20230080797
    Abstract: The present disclosure enhances security of a service of storing baggage in a locker loaded in a vehicle. An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a controller configured to, for baggage stored in a locker loaded in a vehicle, make a notification that confirms unlocking of the locker to a user terminal associated with the baggage, with a locked state of the locker being maintained, when a predetermined event related to unlocking of the locker is detected before a first date and time set in advance. The controller decides whether or not to take out the baggage from the locker based on an answer to the notification from the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Yukinari Kato, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hirohiko Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20230071124
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to send first information including a first date and time, to a user terminal, at a predetermined timing before the first date and time, the first date and time being a date and time at which baggage deposited in a movable locker is planned to be taken out, the movable locker being mounted on a vehicle, the user terminal being used by a user that has deposited the baggage in the locker. The predetermined timing is a timing that is earlier than the first date and time by a first time length. The control unit sets the first time length such that the first time length is longer as the distance between a first place and the position of the user terminal is longer, the first place being a place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Yukinari Kato, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hirohiko Taniguchi