Patents by Inventor Yoko Sakurai
Yoko Sakurai 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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Patent number: 11927451Abstract: Provided is a route search device and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that can search a route where a transportation means more suitable for a user is selected. When searching a route to a destination, a change point at which the transportation means is changed is set, and then the priority in selecting a transportation means for moving in a section from a plurality kinds of transportation means is set based on at least one of an attribute of a start point and an attribute of an end point in the section for each section where a distance between a departure place and a destination is divided at the change point to search the route to the destination using the transportation means selected for each of the plurality of sections based on the set priority.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motohiro Nakamura, Yoko Sakurai, Norihiro Nakamura, Hidefumi Okabe, Naoto Miura, Koichi Iwatsuki
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Patent number: 11657654Abstract: This disclosure makes vehicle passage at a tollbooth on a vehicle road smoother. A plurality of candidate lanes are selected based on whether or not a first vehicle scheduled to pass through a tollbooth is an ETC vehicle, and the type of each lane at the tollbooth. Moreover, a predicted value in correlation with a required time predicted to be required for passing through the tollbooth is calculated for each candidate lane. Further, a recommended lane that is recommended for the first vehicle to travel is determined from the plurality of candidate lanes based on the predicted value for each candidate lane.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashige Hori, Masaru Wakabayashi, Yoko Sakurai, Ken Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11631328Abstract: A determination device that determines a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding an attribute of the parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot, and a determination unit configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the information regarding the behavior of the vehicle or the information regarding the behavior of the driver and the information regarding the attribute of the parking space.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Motohiro Nakamura, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Patent number: 11408742Abstract: In an information processing device, an acquisition unit acquires current position information of a vehicle. A route search unit searches for a route from a departure place via the current position of the vehicle to a destination based on the current position information of the vehicle acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Xin Jin, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Publication number: 20220180677Abstract: An alighting point guide system includes an acquisition portion configured to acquire an alighting point guide request from an occupant of a vehicle, and a guide portion configured to provide a guide to an alighting point. When the number of occupants of the vehicle as a transmission source of the alighting point guide request is larger than a reference number set in advance, the guide portion selects, as the alighting point, a point where at least either one value of a statistic value about a door-open time detected previously and a statistic value about the number of times of door opening that is detected previously is equal to or more than a threshold with preference to a point where the at least either one value is less than the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoko SAKURAI, Masaru OHASHI, Ken ISHIKAWA, Takashige HORI, Masaru WAKABAYASHI, Shin MAEYAMADA
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Publication number: 20220090936Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle. The in-vehicle device includes a display device and a processor. The in-vehicle device outputs, on the display device, weather information of a point designated by a user on a map, displays a travel route along which the vehicle travels on the map on the display device, and in a case where the travel route is not included in the area including the point designated by the user on the map among a plurality of areas obtained by dividing the map and the processor determines that the point designated by the user is within a predetermined range from the travel route, outputs, on the display device, the weather information of an area closest to the point designated by the user among the areas including the travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Motohiro Nakamura, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Patent number: 11226210Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle. The in-vehicle device includes a display device and a processor. The in-vehicle device outputs, on the display device, weather information of a point designated by a user on a map, displays a travel route along which the vehicle travels on the map on the display device, and in a case where the travel route is not included in the area including the point designated by the user on the map among a plurality of areas obtained by dividing the map and the processor determines that the point designated by the user is within a predetermined range from the travel route, outputs, on the display device, the weather information of an area closest to the point designated by the user among the areas including the travel route.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Motohiro Nakamura, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Publication number: 20210319698Abstract: A determination device that determines a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding an attribute of the parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot, and a determination unit configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the information regarding the behavior of the vehicle or the information regarding the behavior of the driver and the information regarding the attribute of the parking space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Motohiro Nakamura, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Publication number: 20210304520Abstract: This disclosure makes vehicle passage at a tollbooth on a vehicle road smoother. A plurality of candidate lanes are selected based on whether or not a first vehicle scheduled to pass through a tollbooth is an ETC vehicle, and the type of each lane at the tollbooth. Moreover, a predicted value in correlation with a required time predicted to be required for passing through the tollbooth is calculated for each candidate lane. Further, a recommended lane that is recommended for the first vehicle to travel is determined from the plurality of candidate lanes based on the predicted value for each candidate lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashige HORI, Masaru WAKABAYASHI, Yoko SAKURAI, Ken ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11127293Abstract: A determination device determines a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space and includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire information regarding an attribute of the parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot. The determination unit is configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the information regarding the behavior of the vehicle or the information regarding the behavior of the driver and the information regarding the attribute of the parking space.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Motohiro Nakamura, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Publication number: 20210264775Abstract: A server includes a control unit configured to: determine based on probe data acquired by a first vehicle whether the first vehicle is parked or stopped on a road; determine based on probe data acquired by one or more second vehicles located near the first vehicle whether the first vehicle is affecting traffic flow on the road, when the control unit determines that the first vehicle is parked or stopped; and output an alert when the control unit determines that the first vehicle is affecting the traffic flow on the road.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashige HORI, Masaru WAKABAYASHI, Yoko SAKURAI, Ken ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11074815Abstract: A determination device determines a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space and includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire information regarding an attribute of the parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot. The determination unit is configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the information regarding the behavior of the vehicle or the information regarding the behavior of the driver and the information regarding the attribute of the parking space.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Motohiro Nakamura, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Patent number: 10724866Abstract: An information processing device includes a server. The server is configured to receive start information and positional information of a vehicle from the vehicle when the vehicle is started, acquire schedule information on a user's earliest schedule of the vehicle, the schedule information including information of a start time of the schedule and a destination as a place relating to the schedule, calculate an estimated arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination when the vehicle heads for the destination from a position of the vehicle specified by the positional information of the vehicle, based on a current time, determine whether or not a user has started the vehicle to head for the destination according to a difference between the estimated arrival time and the start time of the schedule, and transmit a determination result of the determination to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Patent number: 10697787Abstract: A detour recommended area estimation system includes: a recording medium; and a control unit configured to collect probe information from a vehicle; acquire a travel-avoided direction based on the probe information when the vehicle made a detour, the travel-avoided direction being a direction in which the vehicle would have been traveled if the detour had not been made; estimate an area in which a direction dependence degree of the travel-avoided direction is less than a reference value as a detour recommended area, and record the detour recommended area in a recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoko Sakurai, Xin Jin
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Publication number: 20200191597Abstract: It is configured that, in the case where a vehicle travel guide along a guide route is provided and where the vehicle passes a guide intersection along the guide route, an entry road, from which the vehicle enters the guide intersection, and a leaving road, through which the vehicle leaves the guide intersection, are specified, and a mark used for the travel guide at the guide intersection is determined on the basis of at least one of a road structure of the entry road and a road structure of the leaving road.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoko SAKURAI, Toru SAKAMOTO, Xin JIN
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Publication number: 20200109956Abstract: Provided is a route search device and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that can search a route where a transportation means more suitable for a user is selected. When searching a route to a destination, a change point at which the transportation means is changed is set, and then the priority in selecting a transportation means for moving in a section from a plurality kinds of transportation means is set based on at least one of an attribute of a start point and an attribute of an end point in the section for each section where a distance between a departure place and a destination is divided at the change point to search the route to the destination using the transportation means selected for each of the plurality of sections based on the set priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Motohiro Nakamura, Yoko Sakurai, Norihiro Nakamura, Hidefumi Okabe, Naoto Miura, Koichi Iwatsuki
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Publication number: 20190221124Abstract: A determination device that determines a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding an attribute of the parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot, and a determination unit configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the information regarding the behavior of the vehicle or the information regarding the behavior of the driver and the information regarding the attribute of the parking space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Motohiro Nakamura, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Publication number: 20190212166Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle. The in-vehicle device includes a display device and a processor. The in-vehicle device outputs, on the display device, weather information of a point designated by a user on a map, displays a travel route along which the vehicle travels on the map on the display device, and in a case where the travel route is not included in the area including the point designated by the user on the map among a plurality of areas obtained by dividing the map and the processor determines that the point designated by the user is within a predetermined range from the travel route, outputs, on the display device, the weather information of an area closest to the point designated by the user among the areas including the travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Motohiro Nakamura, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
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Publication number: 20190178647Abstract: An information processing device includes a server. The server is configured to receive start information and positional information of a vehicle from the vehicle when the vehicle is started, acquire schedule information on a user's earliest schedule of the vehicle, the schedule information including information of a start time of the schedule and a destination as a place relating to the schedule, calculate an estimated arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination when the vehicle heads for the destination from a position of the vehicle specified by the positional information of the vehicle, based on a current time, determine whether or not a user has started the vehicle to head for the destination according to a difference between the estimated arrival time and the start time of the schedule, and transmit a determination result of the determination to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKEYAMA, Norihiro NAKAMURA, Hideki KASEZAWA, Kensuke TAKEUCHI, Hajime MORIKAWA, Yoko SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20190154456Abstract: In an information processing device, an acquisition unit acquires current position information of a vehicle. A route search unit searches for a route from a departure place via the current position of the vehicle to a destination based on the current position information of the vehicle acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKEYAMA, Xin JIN, Norihiro NAKAMURA, Hideki KASEZAWA, Kensuke TAKEUCHI, Hajime MORIKAWA, Yoko SAKURAI