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).

  • Patent number: 11620910
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, a vehicle, an information processing method and an information processing program which improve the utility of techniques for generating a travel plan for a vehicle are provided. An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller acquires first storage information indicating a stored amount of a first storage apparatus of a first vehicle provided with the first storage apparatus for storing drainage water. The controller generates a travel plan for a second vehicle provided with a second storage apparatus for storing the drainage water collected from the first vehicle, based on predetermined information which includes the first storage information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiko Nakano, Yu Nagata, Takashi Hayashi, Ryota Kondo
  • Patent number: 11597261
    Abstract: A control apparatus, a vehicle and a control method which improve user-friendliness of a technique for providing information to an interior or an exterior of a vehicle are provided. The control apparatus of the vehicle includes a controller which changes the degree of visibility between the exterior and the interior of the vehicle based on at least one of first information indicating a state of the exterior of the vehicle and second information indicating a state of the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiko Nakano, Yu Nagata, Takashi Hayashi, Ryota Kondo
  • Publication number: 20230047976
    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: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20230040820
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a completion notification that indicates the completion of updating of first software that controls the display on a first monitor provided in an autonomous vehicle. Then, the information processing apparatus updates, triggered by the reception of the completion notification, second software that controls the display on a second monitor used for remotely monitoring the operation of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishihara, Yu Nagata
  • Publication number: 20230037801
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains first image data representing an image displayed on a first monitor provided in an autonomous vehicle after the completion of updating of first software that controls the display on the first monitor. Then, the information processing apparatus determines whether or not the items displayed on a second monitor used for remotely monitoring the operation of the autonomous vehicle after the completion of updating of second software that controls the display on the second monitor and the items displayed on the first monitor extracted from the first image data are identical to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro ISHIHARA, Yu NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20230035215
    Abstract: Provided is a control unit that executes generation of an operation command for a plurality of vehicles of different categories, including a vehicle that can travel with an electric motor, based on information on a predetermined area that is an area where only the vehicle that can travel with an electric motor is allowed to pass through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230031034
    Abstract: A controller is configured to change a volume of image data to be transmitted according to the image data to be transmitted, at the time of transmitting at least one of first image data obtained by imaging an outside of an autonomous traveling vehicle and second image data obtained by imaging an inside of the autonomous traveling vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20230023960
    Abstract: Either a mode in which a vehicle travels with an electric motor or a mode in which the vehicle travels with an internal combustion engine is selected based on information on a fee when the vehicle is caused to travel with the electric motor and information on a fee when the vehicle is caused to travel with the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11557189
    Abstract: There is provided a controller that performs: determining, based on information obtained from a sensor configured to detect a physical condition of a target person, which of a plurality of predetermined categories the physical condition of the target person falls into; and transmitting a notification corresponding to the physical condition of the target person to a terminal of a notification destination that corresponds to a category into which the physical condition of the target person is determined to fall, wherein terminals of notification destinations are set for the plurality of categories, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230010084
    Abstract: An operation management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a method, performed by an operation management apparatus, for managing operation of a plurality of vehicles for passenger transportation. The operation management method includes selecting, upon detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event, one vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles each traveling a predetermined first route, determining a second route different from the first route, and switching a route traveled by the selected vehicle from the first route to the second route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Hiroshi HIGASHIDE
  • Publication number: 20230011007
    Abstract: When a control unit assigns, to each of multiple routes, any of multiple vehicles that is able to travel with a drive source of at least one of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, categories of the vehicles being different from each other, the control unit determines, based on a cost or an environmental load when the vehicle is caused to travel on the routes with the electric motor and a cost or an environmental load when the vehicle is caused to travel on the routes with the internal combustion engine, combinations of the vehicles and the routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230004377
    Abstract: A control unit of an information processing device is configured to perform selecting a first vehicle that is to download first data in place of a second vehicle while the first vehicle is traveling and instructing the first vehicle to download the first data in place of the second vehicle while the first vehicle is traveling and to transmit the first data to the second vehicle. The control unit is configured to select the first vehicle that is to download the first data out of a plurality of vehicles in place of the second vehicle based on a data rate on a scheduled travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230001819
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to perform: acquiring a charging time required for charging a battery with which a predetermined device is operated with a first state of charge for each of a plurality of charging methods; and notifying the predetermined device of the charging times acquired for the plurality of charging methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220410748
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control section. The control section predicts an amount of electricity demanded for charging of vehicles that a plurality of users use, respectively, and determines a time slot in which the amount of electricity demanded exceeds a threshold value, and when the control section determines that one user of the plurality of users will refrain from use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, makes charging of the one user's vehicle wait in the time slot and provides an incentive to the one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Kazutaka KIMURA, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi NISHIOKA, Takaharu TATEISHI, Yuki YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220413835
    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: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220414752
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a control section that acquires itinerary information indicating a route on which a vehicle travels, the route including a departure point, a destination, and a waypoint that enables charging of the vehicle, and a first departure time for the vehicle to depart from the departure point, and that based on the itinerary information, sets a second departure time resulting from the first departure time being modified such that a time of arrival of the vehicle at the waypoint becomes a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Kazutaka KIMURA, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi NISHIOKA, Takaharu TATEISHI, Yuki YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220412760
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that send and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit receives, from a plurality of terminal devices, information indicating a boarding point at which a user of each of the terminal devices desires to board a vehicle, sends, to the vehicle, information for causing the vehicle to travel along a route via a nearby region of each of a plurality of the boarding points while satisfying a predetermined condition, and notifies the terminal devices of the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Kazutaka KIMURA, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi NISHIOKA, Takaharu TATEISHI, Yuki YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220396174
    Abstract: An upper limit value of discharging power of a battery mounted on a moving object is made larger when a predetermined event has occurred than when it has not occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220397405
    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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220388416
    Abstract: A control unit of an information processing device is configured to perform: acquiring a first amount of charged electric power required for a battery that operates a predetermined device; and selecting a charging method enabling charging with at least the first amount of charged electric power in a period of a first time out of a plurality of charging methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA