Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi ANDOU

Tsuyoshi ANDOU 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: 20240034108
    Abstract: After the air pressure of the tire of the vehicle has decreased to a predetermined abnormal value, the system management server determines that the vehicle has returned to a normal value without performing a tire replacement operation or a tire repair operation (for example, there is a driver that continuously drives the vehicle by replenishing air without performing a tire replacement even if the tire is punctured), and transmits abnormality notification information to the administrator terminal device. Thus, the warning information is provided to the current driver of the vehicle by the operation of the administrator terminal device by the administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ANDOU, Takahiro KAMOGAWA, Yosuke KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220234563
    Abstract: A vehicle brake system, including: a wheel brake device including an actuator including a piston, a working fluid chamber, an electric motor, and a piston moving mechanism; a working-fluid supply device; and a controller configured to execute: a normal brake control to control a hydraulic braking force to a magnitude corresponding to a braking request; and a parking brake control to cause the wheel brake device to be operated as a parking brake, wherein, in the parking brake control, the controller controls the wheel brake device to generate the hydraulic braking force at a start timing of an operation as the parking brake, controls the actuator to perform a lock operation in which the electric motor is operated to move the piston forward in a state in which the hydraulic braking force is generated, and controls the wheel brake device to release the hydraulic braking force after the lock operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki YABUSAKI, Tsuyoshi ANDOU
  • Publication number: 20210383287
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The control unit identifies, based on application information received by the communication unit for applying for use of a vehicle, a user that has applied for the use of the vehicle. The control unit determines a vehicle to be recommended to the user among a plurality of vehicles based on preference information and smell information, the preference information indicating a degree of preference of the user for a smell of a plurality of classifications, and the smell information indicating a smell classification of each of the vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210375073
    Abstract: The server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit sends a captured image of surroundings of a vehicle or an inside of a vehicle cabin when a traveling mode of the vehicle is different from a past traveling mode to a terminal device such that the terminal device outputs the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210372807
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit sends, to a terminal device, information on a comfort level in a vehicle cabin of a shared vehicle that is determined based on a detection result of detecting an effect of a passenger on a vehicle body or equipment of the shared vehicle to present the information to another passenger before boarding the shared vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210375075
    Abstract: A server device includes: a communication module; and one or more processors configured to perform communication with an outside of the server device via the communication module, receive, from a vehicle, information relating to a maintenance state of the vehicle, and transmit at least one of information on usage permission of the vehicle or information on a request for maintenance of the vehicle, to one or more terminal devices, in accordance with the maintenance state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210333116
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a communication unit and a controller. The controller specifies a user who applied for ride-sharing based on application information for applying for the ride-sharing received by the communication unit. The controller decides a driver to be recommended to the user from a plurality of drivers, based on preference information showing a preference degree of the user for a driving habit and driving information showing a driving habit of each of the drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210302179
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit configured to send and receive information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit is configured to detect an object of interest of a spectator based on a state of the spectator detected during execution of an event and is configured to send a notification to prompt to ride in a vehicle to a plurality of terminal devices respectively used by a plurality of spectators. The vehicle is a vehicle assigned to the plurality of spectators sharing the object of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10099486
    Abstract: A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of heat generating portions; a common electrode disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of heat generating portions; a plurality of individual electrodes disposed on the substrate and each electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of heat generating portions; a first insulation layer disposed on the heat generating portions, a part of the common electrode, and a part of the individual electrodes; a second insulation layer located adjacent to the first insulation layer and disposed on a part of the individual electrodes; and a static removing layer disposed on the first insulation layer and grounded. The static removing layer includes a first portion disposed on an upper surface of the first insulation layer and a second portion electrically connected to the first portion and disposed on an upper surface of the second insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Kouji Ochi, Hiroshi Masutani
  • Publication number: 20170320334
    Abstract: A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of heat generating portions; a common electrode disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of heat generating portions; a plurality of individual electrodes disposed on the substrate and each electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of heat generating portions; a first insulation layer disposed on the heat generating portions, a part of the common electrode, and a part of the individual electrodes; a second insulation layer located adjacent to the first insulation layer and disposed on a part of the individual electrodes; and a static removing layer disposed on the first insulation layer and grounded. The static removing layer includes a first portion disposed on an upper surface of the first insulation layer and a second portion electrically connected to the first portion and disposed on an upper surface of the second insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ANDOU, Kouji OCHI, Hiroshi MASUTANI
  • Patent number: 9475306
    Abstract: To provide a thermal head in which separation of a protective layer is unlikely to occur. A thermal head X1 includes a substrate 7, a heat-generating portion 9 disposed on the substrate 7, electrodes 17 and 19 disposed on the substrate 7 and electrically connected to the heat-generating portion 9, and a protective layer 25 which covers the heat-generating portion 9 and part of the electrodes 17 and 19. The electrodes 17 and 19 each includes a first region R1 which lies below a depth of 150 nm from the surface 17e or 19e located on the protective layer 25 side, and the first region R1 contains oxygen. It is possible to suppress separation of each of the electrodes 17 and 19 from the protective layer 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Hiroshi Masutani, Kouji Ochi, Youichi Moto, Yousuke Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20160059580
    Abstract: Problem: To provide a thermal head in which separation of a protective layer is unlikely to occur. Solution: A thermal head X1 includes a substrate 7, a heat-generating portion 9 disposed on the substrate 7, electrodes 17 and 19 disposed on the substrate 7 and electrically connected to the heat-generating portion 9, and a protective layer 25 which covers the heat-generating portion 9 and part of the electrodes 17 and 19. The electrodes 17 and 19 each include a first region R1 which lies below a depth of 150 nm from the surface 17e or 19e located on the protective layer 25 side, and the first region R1 contains oxygen. It is possible to suppress separation of each of the electrodes 17 and 19 from the protective layer 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ANDOU, Hiroshi MASUTANI, Kouji OCHI, Youichi MOTO, Yousuke IWAMOTO