Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko FUKUZUMI

Yasuhiko FUKUZUMI 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).

  • Patent number: 11410197
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle that is a mobile unit according to this disclosure is a mobile unit configured to transport a user to a facility that provides services or commercial products and, at the same time, configured to perform an advertising activity for the services or the commercial products of the facility. The mobile unit includes a control unit configured to acquire data for providing a promotion in the mobile unit and is configured to provide a promotion in the mobile unit based on the acquired data. The promotion is related to the services and the commercial products at the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Takahashi, Hirotaka Sunada, Hideo Hasegawa, Naomi Kondo, Takashi Shiomi, Kazuya Mikashima, Jun Usami, Yasuhiko Fukuzumi, Sayaka Ishikawa, Katsuhito Yamauchi, Tasuku Kuno
  • Publication number: 20210235025
    Abstract: A control unit of an autonomous vehicle, which is a moving object of the present disclosure, acquires a video of the outside of the autonomous vehicle to be displayed on a window display on an inner wall surface of the autonomous vehicle, and superimposes, on the acquired video, an image corresponding to a location of the autonomous vehicle to display on the window display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro TAKAHASHI, Hirotaka SUNADA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Naomi KONDO, Takashi SHIOMI, Kazuya MIKASHIMA, Jun USAMI, Yasuhiko FUKUZUMI, Sayaka ISHIKAWA, Katsuhito YAMAUCHI, Tasuku KUNO
  • Publication number: 20210166273
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle that is a mobile unit according to this disclosure is a mobile unit configured to transport a user to a facility that provides services or commercial products and, at the same time, configured to perform an advertising activity for the services or the commercial products of the facility. The mobile unit includes a control unit configured to acquire data for providing a promotion in the mobile unit and is configured to provide a promotion in the mobile unit based on the acquired data. The promotion is related to the services and the commercial products at the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro TAKAHASHI, Hirotaka SUNADA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Naomi KONDO, Takashi SHIOMI, Kazuya MIKASHIMA, Jun USAMI, Yasuhiko FUKUZUMI, Sayaka ISHIKAWA, Katsuhito YAMAUCHI, Tasuku KUNO
  • Patent number: 10106199
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a lower back panel, a rear side member, a gusset, a roof side rail, and a coupling member. The lower back panel has an outer panel and a lower back reinforcement, which is joined to the outer panel. The gusset is joined to both the lower back reinforcement and the rear side member. The coupling member is joined to both the rear end of the roof side rail and the lower back reinforcement. When viewed in the vehicle vertical direction, a region of the lower back reinforcement to which the gusset is joined overlaps with a region of the lower back reinforcement to which the coupling member is joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sota Sugimoto, Norimasa Koreishi, Yasuhiko Fukuzumi, Yasuhiro Hara
  • Patent number: 9796425
    Abstract: A step portion that is farther toward a vehicle width direction outside than a cabin inside vertical wall portion, is set on a door inner panel. A portion of the step portion is a first overlapping portion that is arranged in a position overlapping with an outside vertical wall portion of a center pillar in a vehicle side view. A portion of the outside vertical wall portion of the center pillar is a second overlapping portion that faces the first overlapping portion at a distance that is narrower than a distance between the step portion and the cabin inside vertical wall portion. A third overlapping portion that is connected to the first overlapping portion in a position overlapping with the second overlapping portion of the center pillar in the vehicle side view, is set on an end portion of a beltline reinforcement in a length direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinobu Tanaka, Takuya Oshima, Kenjiro Yamada, Tatsunori Mori, Yasuhiko Fukuzumi, Shuuitsu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170088186
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a lower back panel, a rear side member, a gusset, a roof side rail, and a coupling member. The lower back panel has an outer panel and a lower back reinforcement, which is joined to the outer panel. The gusset is joined to both the lower back reinforcement and the rear side member. The coupling member is joined to both the rear end of the roof side rail and the lower back reinforcement. When viewed in the vehicle vertical direction, a region of the lower back reinforcement to which the gusset is joined overlaps with a region of the lower back reinforcement to which the coupling member is joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sota SUGIMOTO, Norimasa KOREISHI, Yasuhiko FUKUZUMI, Yasuhiro HARA
  • Patent number: 9586465
    Abstract: A connecting structure includes: a molding having a fixed portion that is fixed on an inner surface of a lower edge of a windshield glass, and a fitting portion that receives an engagement rib that protrudes downward from a location near an upper edge of a cowl louver, wherein the engagement rib and the fitting portion include slip-out prevention projections that prevent the engagement rib from slipping out. On both sides of the engagement rib are provided elastic lips and that are supported by the fitting portion, and these elastic lips extend in the extending direction of the engagement rib and press on the engagement rib at a side closer to a tip of the engagement rib than the slip-out prevention projections, these elastic lips press each other in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Sanada, Koji Usui, Eiji Nishikawa, Yasuhiko Fukuzumi, Kentaro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20160176276
    Abstract: A connecting structure includes: a molding having a fixed portion that is fixed on an inner surface of a lower edge of a windshield glass, and a fitting portion that receives an engagement rib that protrudes downward from a location near an upper edge of a cowl louver, wherein the engagement rib and the fitting portion include slip-out prevention projections that prevent the engagement rib from slipping out. On both sides of the engagement rib are provided elastic lips and that are supported by the fitting portion, and these elastic lips extend in the extending direction of the engagement rib and press on the engagement rib at a side closer to a tip of the engagement rib than the slip-out prevention projections, these elastic lips press each other in opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi SANADA, Koji USUI, Eiji NISHIKAWA, Yasuhiko FUKUZUMI, Kentaro NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160152119
    Abstract: A step portion that is farther toward a vehicle width direction outside than a cabin inside vertical wall portion, is set on a door inner panel. A portion of the step portion is a first overlapping portion that is arranged in a position overlapping with an outside vertical wall portion of a center pillar in a vehicle side view. A portion of the outside vertical wall portion of the center pillar is a second overlapping portion that faces the first overlapping portion at a distance that is narrower than a distance between the step portion and the cabin inside vertical wall portion. A third overlapping portion that is connected to the first overlapping portion in a position overlapping with the second overlapping portion of the center pillar in the vehicle side view, is set on an end portion of a beltline reinforcement in a length direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu TANAKA, Takuya OSHIMA, Kenjiro YAMADA, Tatsunori MORI, Yasuhiko FUKUZUMI, Shuuitsu YAMAMOTO