Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Tamane

Yasuyuki Tamane 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: 20230417209
    Abstract: A remote start system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki TAMANE, Masato ENDO
  • Publication number: 20230374963
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki TAMANE, Masato ENDO
  • Patent number: 11788497
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 11761413
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 11193466
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes a terminal; a center server configured to communicate with the terminal and receive a startup request from the terminal; and a vehicle on which a driving device is mounted, the vehicle being configured to communicate with the center server, receive the startup request from the center server, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server, the terminal, and the vehicle includes a direct communication permission unit configured to permit direct communication in a case where the communication between the terminal and the center server or between the center server and the vehicle is disrupted, the direct communication being transmission or reception of information on the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, the direct communication being performed between the terminal and the vehicle directly without passing through the center server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Publication number: 20210340944
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki TAMANE, Masato ENDO
  • Patent number: 11162467
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 11135898
    Abstract: A remote air conditioning start system includes a terminal of a user, a center server, and a vehicle that includes an air conditioner and is configured to communicate with the center server. The remote air conditioning start system includes first and second transmission units, first and second reception units, a start controller provided in the vehicle and configured to, when the second reception unit receives a start request, start the air conditioner, a determination unit provided in one of the terminal, the center server, and the vehicle and configured to determine necessity of defrosting of a window of the vehicle, and a notification unit provided in the terminal and configured to, when the determination unit determines that defrosting of the window is needed, notify the user that defrosting of the window is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo, Kenichi Murata
  • Patent number: 11097595
    Abstract: A remote air conditioning start system includes a terminal of a user, a center server, and a vehicle that includes an air conditioner and is configured to communicate with the center server. The remote air conditioning start system includes first and second transmission units, first and second reception units, a start controller provided in the vehicle and configured to, when the second reception unit receives a start request, start the air conditioner, a determination unit provided in one of the terminal, the center server, and the vehicle and configured to determine necessity of defrosting of a window of the vehicle, and a notification unit provided in the terminal and configured to, when the determination unit determines that defrosting of the window is needed, notify the user that defrosting of the window is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo, Kenichi Murata
  • Patent number: 11092127
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 11029840
    Abstract: A vehicle manipulation device is configured to control a vehicle by wirelessly communicating with a communication device in the vehicle, and includes a touch panel, a detection unit, and a request unit. The detection unit is configured to detect an input manipulation of a user with respect to the touch panel. The request unit is configured to transmit a control request for causing the vehicle to perform a first operation to the communication device in response to detection of an input manipulation in a first aspect, the first operation being any one of locking and unlocking of the vehicle, and transmit a control request for causing the vehicle to perform a second operation to the communication device in response to detection of an input manipulation in a second aspect different from the first aspect, the second operation including an operation different from locking and unlocking of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 10967832
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes a terminal of a user, a center server that is configured to communicate with the terminal, and a vehicle that is configured to communicate with the center server, and starts up an engine of the vehicle according to a startup request transmitted from the terminal to the center server. The remote startup system includes a lock information acquisition unit configured to acquire lock information indicating whether or not the vehicle is locked when the startup request is transmitted from the terminal to the center server or when a function of transmitting the startup request that is included in the terminal is activated, and a controller configured to change a startup manner of the engine based on the startup request according to whether the lock information indicates that the vehicle is locked or indicates that the vehicle is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 10919363
    Abstract: A remote air conditioning start system includes a terminal of a user, a center server that is configured to communicate with the terminal, and a vehicle that includes an air conditioner and is configured to communicate with the center server. The remote air conditioning start system includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a temperature condition is satisfied, and a controller configured to, after the air conditioner is started according to a start request that is transmitted from the terminal to the vehicle through the center server and that includes a set time for operating the air conditioner, when the determination unit determines that the temperature condition is satisfied, stop the air conditioner when the set time has elapsed from starting point that is set after the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo, Kenichi Murata
  • Patent number: 10916083
    Abstract: Exit-possible exit gates are managed for each of vehicles that exit a parking lot. A vehicle exit management system 100 includes a gate terminal 161 controlling an exit gate of the parking lot; a DCM 141; and a vehicle management server 110 connected with the DCM 141 via a network 170. The DCM 141 transmits priority information acquired from the vehicle management server 110 based on a user ID of a vehicle 130 to the gate terminal 161 at a time of vehicle exit; and the gate terminal 161 opens the exit gate in the case of the received priority information satisfying the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Murata, Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 10894526
    Abstract: A key unit that locks and unlocks a target by transmitting a signal to a locking and unlocking device, includes: a substrate on which a power supply circuit and a reception circuit that receives a request signal transmitted in a first frequency band from the locking and unlocking device via a reception antenna are mounted; and a housing configured to accommodate the substrate. Among parts associated with the power supply circuit, a part having the highest height from a substrate surface is mounted on a first surface of the substrate. The reception antenna is mounted on a second surface. When the substrate is accommodated in the housing, a distance from a substrate surface of the second surface to an inner surface of the housing is shorter than a distance from the substrate surface of the first surface to the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 10836349
    Abstract: A remote startup system includes a terminal, a center server configured to communicate with the terminal and receive a startup request from the terminal, and a vehicle on which a driving device is mounted, the vehicle being configured to communicate with the center server, receive the startup request from the center server, and start up the driving device. At least one of the center server and the vehicle includes a stop unit configured to stop the driving device of the vehicle when communication between the terminal and the center server or between the center server and the vehicle is disrupted in a case where the driving device is started up based on the startup request and being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 10737550
    Abstract: A remote air conditioning start system includes a portable terminal of a user, a center server configured to communicate with the portable terminal, and a vehicle that includes an air conditioner and is configured to communicate with the center server. The remote air conditioning start system includes a user positional information acquisition unit, a vehicle positional information acquisition unit, and a controller. The user positional information acquisition unit is configured to acquire positional information of the portable terminal. The vehicle positional information acquisition unit is configured to acquire positional information of the vehicle. The controller is configured to perform control of the air conditioner including a start timing of the air conditioner based on a start request transmitted from the portable terminal to the center server according to a predetermined operation of the user based on the positional information of the portable terminal and the positional information of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo, Kenichi Murata
  • Patent number: 10713870
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes: a locking and unlocking device configured to control locking and unlocking of a target, the locking and unlocking device including a device-side communication module configured to communicate a first signal having a first frequency band; and a key unit configured to command the locking and unlocking of the target by communicating with the locking and unlocking device. The key unit includes a unit-side communication module that communicates the first signal. The key unit is installed in the target such that a distance between the unit-side communication module and the device-side communication module is within a predetermined distance at which communication between the unit-side communication module and the device-side communication module is possible and that an axis of the unit-side antenna coil of the unit-side communication module is parallel to the axis of the device-side antenna coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 10703335
    Abstract: A key unit authenticates a portable terminal based on information acquired from the portable terminal and controls locking and unlocking of a target by transmitting a signal to a locking and unlocking device. The key unit includes: a first communication unit configured to receive a request signal transmitted in a first frequency band from the locking and unlocking device; a controller configured to authenticate the portable terminal and process signals transmitted to and received from the locking and unlocking device; a second communication unit configured to perform short-range wireless communication with the portable terminal in a second frequency band; and a substrate on which the first communication unit, the controller, and the second communication unit are mounted. The first communication unit and the second communication unit are mounted at positions facing each other across the controller, on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 10706650
    Abstract: A key unit includes: a first communication module; a second communication module; an authentication unit configured to perform authentication using authentication information when an operation request including the authentication information has been received via the first communication module; and a control unit configured to perform locking and unlocking with a key in response to the operation request when the authentication using the authentication information has succeeded and to transmit a control signal for performing an operation other than the locking and unlocking with the key to the control device via the second communication module after the authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masaki Oshima