Patents by Inventor Toshiya Arai
Toshiya Arai 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: 20240126292Abstract: An information processing method uses a computer and includes: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle, the second monitoring being not allocated to any monitor; comparing the first information item with the second information item; generating presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with a result of the comparing; and presenting the generated presentation information via a presentation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Takahiro YONEDA, Toshiya ARAI, Yuta SHIMOTSUMA
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Publication number: 20240126300Abstract: An information generation method is an information output method executed by a mobile retail vehicle control device (information output device) and includes obtaining first information about a first time at which a first mobile object arrives at a first arrival point (first point); determining, based on the first information, a second point from which a second mobile object can arrive at the first arrival point at a second time within a predetermined period from the first time; and outputting instruction information for moving the second mobile object to the second point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Toshiya ARAI
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Publication number: 20240087371Abstract: An information processing method performed using a computer includes: obtaining first vehicle information from a vehicle that is a monitoring target of a monitor, the first vehicle information indicating at least one of a running state and an external state of the vehicle; determining a monitoring priority level of the vehicle according to a degree of request for monitoring the vehicle by the monitor, the degree being based on the first vehicle information; generating presentation information for monitoring the vehicle, based on the monitoring priority level; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Toshiya ARAI, Takahiro YONEDA, Yuta SHIMOTSUMA
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Publication number: 20240071216Abstract: An information processing method, performed by a computer, includes: obtaining second situational information related to a situation of at least one of a vehicle or surroundings of the vehicle at a second time point subsequent to a first time point; determining recommended content related to vehicle monitoring recommended to a second monitoring agent by inputting the second situational information to a trained model obtained by machine learning in which first situational information and a first monitoring result which is a result of monitoring by a first monitoring agent based on the first situational information are used, the first situational information being related to a situation of at least one of the vehicle or the surroundings of the vehicle at the first time point; generating presentation information for vehicle monitoring based on the recommended content determined; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Toshiya ARAI, Takahiro YONEDA, Yuta SHIMOTSUMA
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Patent number: 11892856Abstract: An information processing method uses a computer and includes: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle, the second monitoring being not allocated to any monitor; comparing the first information item with the second information item; generating presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with a result of the comparing; and presenting the generated presentation information via a presentation device.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Takahiro Yoneda, Toshiya Arai, Yuta Shimotsuma
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Patent number: 11869279Abstract: An information processing method performed using a computer includes: obtaining first vehicle information from a vehicle that is a monitoring target of a monitor, the first vehicle information indicating at least one of a running state and an external state of the vehicle; determining a monitoring priority level of the vehicle according to a degree of request for monitoring the vehicle by the monitor, the degree being based on the first vehicle information; generating presentation information for monitoring the vehicle, based on the monitoring priority level; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshiya Arai, Takahiro Yoneda, Yuta Shimotsuma
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Patent number: 11868408Abstract: An information processing method executed by a computer includes: obtaining (i) activity data of a user at a predetermined time point, (ii) profile data of one of the user and a different user who has an attribute that is identical to or similar to an attribute of the user, the profile data indicating one of an activity and a characteristic, and (iii) mobile object data; generating activity demand data of the user after the predetermined time point, in accordance with the profile data and the activity data of the user at the predetermined time point; determining a mobile object candidate that is to be recommended to the user, in accordance with the activity demand data of the user and the mobile object data; and controlling notification about the mobile object candidate.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshiya Arai
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Patent number: 11847909Abstract: An information processing method, performed by a computer, includes: obtaining second situational information related to a situation of at least one of a vehicle or surroundings of the vehicle at a second time point subsequent to a first time point; determining recommended content related to vehicle monitoring recommended to a second monitoring agent by inputting the second situational information to a trained model obtained by machine learning in which first situational information and a first monitoring result which is a result of monitoring by a first monitoring agent based on the first situational information are used, the first situational information being related to a situation of at least one of the vehicle or the surroundings of the vehicle at the first time point; generating presentation information for vehicle monitoring based on the recommended content determined; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshiya Arai, Takahiro Yoneda, Yuta Shimotsuma
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Publication number: 20220309926Abstract: An information processing method to be executed by a computer, the information processing method including: obtaining a self-driving vehicle list and a rider list; obtaining a driving skill of each of a plurality of riders included in the rider list, the driving skill indicating whether the rider is capable of driving; allocating a plurality of self-driving vehicles included in the self-driving vehicle list to the plurality of riders in accordance with the driving skill of each of the plurality of riders to distribute riders capable of driving, among the plurality of riders, across the plurality of self-driving vehicle; and outputting a result of the allocating.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Takahiro YONEDA, Motoshi ANABUKI, Yuki MATSUMURA, Toshiya ARAI
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Patent number: 11388553Abstract: An information processing method performed using a computer includes: obtaining first position information indicating a first position, the first position being a position of a vehicle that is a monitoring target; obtaining second position information indicating a second position, the second position being a position in which the vehicle is requested to be monitored; determining a monitoring priority level of the vehicle according to movement information relating to movement of the vehicle from the first position to the second position; generating presentation information for monitoring the vehicle, based on the monitoring priority level; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Toshiya Arai, Takahiro Yoneda, Yuta Shimotsuma
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Publication number: 20220067096Abstract: An information processing method executed by a computer includes: obtaining (i) activity data of a user at a predetermined time point, (ii) profile data of one of the user and a different user who has an attribute that is identical to or similar to an attribute of the user, the profile data indicating one of an activity and a characteristic, and (iii) mobile object data; generating activity demand data of the user after the predetermined time point, in accordance with the profile data and the activity data of the user at the predetermined time point; determining a mobile object candidate that is to be recommended to the user, in accordance with the activity demand data of the user and the mobile object data; and controlling notification about the mobile object candidate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventor: Toshiya ARAI
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Publication number: 20210056774Abstract: An information processing method performed using a computer includes: obtaining first vehicle information from a vehicle that is a monitoring target of a monitor, the first vehicle information indicating at least one of a running state and an external state of the vehicle; determining a monitoring priority level of the vehicle according to a degree of request for monitoring the vehicle by the monitor, the degree being based on the first vehicle information; generating presentation information for monitoring the vehicle, based on the monitoring priority level; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Toshiya ARAI, Takahiro YONEDA, Yuta SHIMOTSUMA
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Publication number: 20210029510Abstract: An information processing method performed using a computer includes: obtaining first position information indicating a first position, the first position being a position of a vehicle that is a monitoring target; obtaining second position information indicating a second position, the second position being a position in which the vehicle is requested to be monitored; determining a monitoring priority level of the vehicle according to movement information relating to movement of the vehicle from the first position to the second position; generating presentation information for monitoring the vehicle, based on the monitoring priority level; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Toshiya ARAI, Takahiro YONEDA, Yuta SHIMOTSUMA
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Publication number: 20200365018Abstract: An information processing method, performed by a computer, includes: obtaining second situational information related to a situation of at least one of a vehicle or surroundings of the vehicle at a second time point subsequent to a first time point; determining recommended content related to vehicle monitoring recommended to a second monitoring agent by inputting the second situational information to a trained model obtained by machine learning in which first situational information and a first monitoring result which is a result of monitoring by a first monitoring agent based on the first situational information are used, the first situational information being related to a situation of at least one of the vehicle or the surroundings of the vehicle at the first time point; generating presentation information for vehicle monitoring based on the recommended content determined; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Toshiya ARAI, Takahiro YONEDA, Yuta SHIMOTSUMA
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Publication number: 20200241559Abstract: An information processing method uses a computer and includes: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle, the second monitoring being not allocated to any monitor; comparing the first information item with the second information item; generating presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with a result of the comparing; and presenting the generated presentation information via a presentation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Takahiro YONEDA, Toshiya ARAI, Yuta SHIMOTSUMA
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Patent number: 10667744Abstract: An evaluation method for determining a skin sensory evaluation value from an image, including: acquiring an image of an area including skin of a subject; extracting a skin region from the image; calculating at least two characteristic indices representing characteristics of the image of the skin region; and determining a skin sensory evaluation value based on the calculated at least two characteristic indices.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Toshiya Arai, Shinji Uchida
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Patent number: 10614720Abstract: Provided is an information presentation method capable of, when a vehicle tries to enter a second lane different from a first lane on which the vehicle is traveling, effectively presenting information for assisting situation determination by a driver. The information presentation method for presenting information for assisting situation determination by a driver of a vehicle includes: acquiring information about an object located in a periphery of the vehicle; determining whether or not the vehicle can enter a second lane different from a first lane on which the vehicle is traveling, based on the information about the object; and presenting a result of the determination to the driver.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYInventor: Toshiya Arai
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Publication number: 20180218612Abstract: Provided is an information presentation method capable of, when a vehicle tries to enter a second lane different from a first lane on which the vehicle is traveling, effectively presenting information for assisting situation determination by a driver. The information presentation method for presenting information for assisting situation determination by a driver of a vehicle includes: acquiring information about an object located in a periphery of the vehicle; determining whether or not the vehicle can enter a second lane different from a first lane on which the vehicle is traveling, based on the information about the object; and presenting a result of the determination to the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventor: Toshiya ARAI
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Patent number: 9998654Abstract: A control method for controlling an information processing device 101 including a camera 10 for receiving an image and a display 14 having a display surface on the same side as an image-receiving side of the camera 10 according to an embodiment causes a computer 18A of the information processing device 101 for receiving an image of a face 21 of a subject from the camera 10, horizontally inverting the received image, and displaying the horizontally-inverted image on the display 14, to execute: detecting a distance between the information processing device 101 and a reference portion included in the face 21 of the subject; determining a scaling factor based on a ratio between a reference distance used for evaluating the image of the face 21 of the subject and the detected distance; and displaying, on the display 14, as a guide image 35 for guiding the subject in such a direction as to change a distance between the information processing device and the subject, an image corresponding to at least one part includeType: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Toshiya Arai, Shinji Uchida, Masako Ikeda
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Patent number: 9875394Abstract: A control method for controlling a skin analysis device is a control method for controlling a skin analysis device including a camera for obtaining a face image of a subject, a display for displaying the face image of the subject, and a computer, wherein the control method causes the computer of the skin analysis device to execute: obtaining the face image of the subject; determining a target extraction criterion for each of a plurality of skin areas of the face image based on a position on the face image; and extracting a target that satisfies the determined extraction criterion from the face image; and displaying the extracted target on the display of the skin analysis device.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Toshiya Arai, Masako Ikeda, Shinji Uchida