Patents by Inventor Yu Nagata

Yu Nagata 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: 20250140250
    Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus includes a controller configured to recognize voice input from an occupant of a vehicle, and control a function according to the recognized voice input, the controller outputting notification that differs between a case in which the controller has not been able to recognize the voice input and a case in which the controller has recognized the voice input and the function is not available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ryota YANAGISAWA, Akira MIYAMOTO, Eiichi MAEDA, Haruto TOYAMA, Kotaro HIROSE, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Patent number: 12287214
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: acquiring a first route based on a communication speed; and creating a first plan for a first vehicle, the first plan being a plan about execution of download of first data during traveling along the first route. The control unit acquires the first route between two predetermined spots, based on a first map indicating a distribution of a communication speed of a first communication carrier that is employed in the first vehicle. The control unit acquires a route for which it is predicted that a time spent on the download of the first data is shortest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20250123797
    Abstract: A voice control apparatus includes a controller configured to detect a speed of a vehicle, and set a frequency of voice output for an occupant of the vehicle higher as the detected speed increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ryota YANAGISAWA, Akira MIYAMOTO, Eiichi MAEDA, Haruto TOYAMA, Kotaro HIROSE, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250124919
    Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus includes a controller that is configured to control a specific function in response to voice input from an occupant of a vehicle, and that is configured to sequentially transition to each of multiple states within a transition period from accepting the voice input until at least finishing controlling the specific function, and display, on a screen, which of the multiple states the controller is in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ryota YANAGISAWA, Akira MIYAMOTO, Eiichi MAEDA, Haruto TOYAMA, Kotaro HIROSE, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250123800
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to control a specific function in response to an operation that can be performed by both manual input and voice input. The controller is configured to notify an occupant of a vehicle that the operation can be performed by voice input, upon determining that the occupant has performed the operation by manual input, with a higher frequency when the occupant is a driver than when the occupant is not the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ryota YANAGISAWA, Akira MIYAMOTO, Eiichi MAEDA, Haruto TOYAMA, Kotaro HIROSE, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Patent number: 12266255
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus outputs specific information, including information related to getting on and off the bus for a specific user who uses the bus using a wheelchair, via a predetermined display device. Here, the information processing apparatus outputs the specific information via the specified display device from a predetermined time before the time when the bus stops for boarding or alighting the bus by the specified user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu Nagata
  • Patent number: 12236787
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of vehicles configured to perform automated driving includes a controller configured to execute operations, the operations including receiving, from each of the plurality of vehicles, a notification of a content of an abnormality, in-vehicle images, and the number of persons in the vehicle, prioritizing the plurality of vehicles based on determination results by determining, for each of the plurality of vehicles, a load of an automated driving process and the number of persons in the vehicle, and displaying with emphasis the content of the abnormality of a vehicle of a highest priority and the in-vehicle images of the vehicle of the highest priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Tomoyuki Kozuka
  • Publication number: 20250029142
    Abstract: A method executed by a terminal device of a user, the method comprising: determining whether a vehicle has parked in a target area based on position information of a vehicle of the user; and displaying an image linked to content related to the target area on a screen of the terminal device of the user when it is determined that the vehicle has parked in the target area and the target area is within business hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Takehira OTA, Daisuke TANIZAKI
  • Patent number: 12202494
    Abstract: A control unit of an information processing apparatus acquires the number of times of operations or an operation time of an operation unit provided in a vehicle at a time at which the operation unit has operated, acquires surroundings information around the vehicle at the time at which the operation unit has operated, and calculates a wear degree of the operation unit by multiplying a wear coefficient which corresponds to surroundings indicated by the acquired surroundings information by the acquired number of times of operations or operation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu Nagata
  • Patent number: 12197210
    Abstract: A vehicle that is an automatic driving vehicle acquires a control program for an ECU from a control center by wireless communication. A server includes a keyboard and mouse to accept handling by a remote monitoring person that monitors the vehicle from the outside of the vehicle, a display to present information to the remote monitoring person, a communication IF configured to communicate with the vehicle, and a processor. The processor controls the display such that the server presents the change content of the control program to the remote monitoring person, when the control program for the vehicle has been updated. The processor controls the communication IF such that a notice of permission of traveling is given to the vehicle, when the keyboard and the mouse have accepted a remote monitoring person's handling for permitting the vehicle to travel in accordance with the control program after the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu Nagata
  • Patent number: 12190649
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire, when a suspension of operation occurs in an autonomous vehicle, positional information, vehicle information, a vehicle internal image, and a vehicle external image of the autonomous vehicle, and determine, in a case in which a suspension of operation occurs in a plurality of autonomous vehicles, an order of priority for a rescue team to go to the plurality of vehicles, based on the positional information, the vehicle information, the vehicle internal image, and the vehicle external image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Hiroshi Higashide
  • Publication number: 20240428624
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus configured to request a service to dispatch a service staff or a service vehicle to a location in which a user vehicle is parked and supply an energy source to the user vehicle, and a controller configured to, upon receiving destination data indicating a destination from the terminal apparatus via the communication interface, select a parking location according to the destination indicated by the received destination data and a position of the service staff or the service vehicle, and transmit notification data prompting a user to park the user vehicle in the selected parking location to the terminal apparatus via the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Shun HASHIMOTO, Kota YAMAZAKI, Akane MASAKI, Wataru ETO, Makoto AKAHANE
  • Patent number: 12175230
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes acquiring information on update of a program implemented in a vehicle, and formulating a plan for updating the program while the vehicle is stopped in an operation plan based on the information on the update of the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12175491
    Abstract: A server manages power adjustment resources electrically connected to a power network. The power adjustment resources include power equipment installed in a facility and configured to supply power from a vehicle to the power network and charge power from the power network to the vehicle. When reservation information for using the facility is received from a user, the server predicts a power supply-demand balance in the power network on a reserved date and time of use of the facility. When a DR for adjusting the power supply-demand balance is predicted to be performed on the reserved date and time of use, the server prepares a use plan for the facility so as to include the vehicle participating in the DR using the power equipment. The server gives an incentive to the user when the user accepts the use plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Yumita, Yoichi Onishi, Toru Ando, Ikuma Suzuki, Yu Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240420179
    Abstract: The method includes obtaining interest information indicative of an object of interest of a user, selecting advertisement information based on the interest information, and notifying the user of the advertisement information on a way to or from an event venue of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu NAGATA, Tomokazu MAYA, Masaaki TOMIYA, Yuko MINETA, Kayo TSUMOTO, Shinichi NIWA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20240416966
    Abstract: The control device includes a control unit that acquires information on a distribution of a loudness of sound in an area in which sound is generated, and controls movement of mobility with a conference room moving in the area based on the acquired information on the distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu NAGATA, Tomokazu MAYA, Masaaki TOMIYA, Yuko MINETA, Kayo TSUMOTO, Shinichi NIWA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20240418516
    Abstract: The control device includes a control unit configured to obtain information regarding a congestion level of at least two locations in which an event is held, and determine a transport route in which mobility moving between the at least two locations transports passengers based on the obtained information regarding the congestion level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu NAGATA, Tomokazu MAYA, Masaaki TOMIYA, Yuko MINETA, Kayo TSUMOTO, Shinichi NIWA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20240394607
    Abstract: The information processing device includes a control unit that predicts the number of users of each of the plurality of stations on the event date based on the identification information of the visitor and the person flow data of each of the plurality of stations in the vicinity of the event place, and determines a station that prompts the visitor to use based on the identification information and the predicted number of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto AKAHANE, Yu Nagata, Tomokazu Maya, Masaaki Tomiya, Yuko Mineta, Kayo Tsumoto, Shinichi Niwa, Satoshi Komamine
  • Patent number: 12151649
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is mounted in a delivery automatic driving vehicle with a monitoring device for remote monitoring. The information processing apparatus includes a controller that suppresses a monitoring function of the monitoring device when determining that a delivery person does not exist inside the automatic driving vehicle in a stopped state of the automatic driving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Ibuki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20240386394
    Abstract: A terminal program for requesting a service to dispatch a service staff or a service vehicle to a location in which a user vehicle is parked and charge a battery installed in the user vehicle causes a computer to execute operations, the operations including presenting method data indicating a charging method that can be used by a user for each service staff or service vehicle to the user and accepting a user operation to select a service staff or a service vehicle, and transmitting request data indicating the service staff or the service vehicle selected by the user operation and requesting the service to a server apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Shun HASHIMOTO, Kota YAMAZAKI, Akane MASAKI, Wataru ETO, Makoto AKAHANE