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: 20220392274
    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: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Hiroshi HIGASHIDE
  • Patent number: 11512966
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program which improve usability of techniques for generating a travel plan for a vehicle are provided. The information processing apparatus such as a server includes a controller. In a case in which information on a departure place is accepted, the controller selects at least one destination from one or more destination candidates and generates a travel plan for a vehicle from the departure place to the at least one destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiko Nakano, Yu Nagata, Takashi Hayashi, Ryota Kondo
  • Publication number: 20220374831
    Abstract: A delivery plan generation system includes a delivery plan generation device configured to generate a baggage delivery plan using a BEV and an engine vehicle. The delivery plan generation device includes a processor configured to: assign delivery of baggage having a load of equal to or more than a certain value to the engine vehicle; and assign delivery of baggage having a load of less than the certain value to the BEV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220319256
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication interface, a first memory, and a first controller. The first communication interface is configured to be able to acquire failure diagnosis information for a vehicle. The first memory stores information on a plurality of services. The first controller is configured to select one or more services from the plurality of services stored in the first memory, based on the failure diagnosis information and on a priority evaluation category indicating an evaluation category for the plurality of services that is prioritized by a user. The first controller is configured to transmit information on the selected one or more services via the first communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Hiroshi HIGASHIDE, Keiichi UNO
  • Publication number: 20220268589
    Abstract: A route search system includes: a center server configured to perform a route search using preset transportation; a weather server configured to output weather information to the center server; and a terminal device configured to output, to the center server, a route search request including at least a scheduled departure time, an origin, and a destination. The center server is configured to: acquire the weather information along a route from the origin to the destination from the weather server in a case where the route search request is acquired from the terminal device; perform the route search in consideration of weather along the route included in the weather information; and output, to the terminal device, a route search result including at least the scheduled departure time, the origin, the destination, transportation used along the route, a boarding point of the transportation, and an exit point of the transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Seii SAI, Akane HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220214691
    Abstract: An energy consumption estimation device includes a reception unit configured to receive, from a user, request information including a departure point and a destination, a route derivation unit configured to derive a plurality of travel routes based on the departure point and the destination included in the request information, an acquisition unit configured to acquire section energy consumption in a case where a vehicle travels on a road section, which is derived based on information on vehicle speed and information on road undulations, and an estimation unit configured to respectively estimate energy consumption of the vehicle in a case where the vehicle travels on the derived travel routes by adding section energy consumption for road sections included in the travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, TOSHIHIRO NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11379134
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a memory and a controller. The memory has a first storage area, which is a write restricted area storing one or more first control patterns out of a plurality of control patterns for the vehicle, and a second storage area, which is a write enabled area storing one or more second control patterns out of the plurality of control patterns for the vehicle. The controller determines whether a control condition for each of the plurality of control patterns is satisfied based on a state of the vehicle, to select one or more control patterns for each of which the control condition is satisfied, and to control the vehicle according to the selected one or more control patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiko Nakano, Yu Nagata, Takashi Hayashi, Ryota Kondo
  • Publication number: 20220188710
    Abstract: An operation planning system that creates an operation plan of a vehicle with a rechargeable battery as a travel energy source includes: a reception unit configured to receive request information including a departure location and a destination from a user; and an operation determining unit configured to determine an operation plan in response to the request information. The operation determining unit is configured to derive a state of charge shortage by which there is a shortage when the vehicle travels in an operation section based on the state of charge of the vehicle and to create the operation plan by allocating a vehicle, which is able to be charged with the derived state of charge shortage until an operation of the vehicle starts, to the operation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220138643
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed manages dispatch of a vehicle to a user. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to forecast a property of baggage (e.g. the sizes and the number of bags) that the user will carry when going out somewhere. Moreover, the controller sends offer information to a terminal used by the user. The offer information is information for offering dispatch of a type of vehicle that is suitable for the forecast property of the baggage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220132269
    Abstract: A terminal includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to transmit user information to one or more other terminals that are present within a predetermined range of the terminal. The user information is information for requesting for assisting a first user having a physical disability. The user information includes first information for identifying the first user and second information on the physical disability of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220128371
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a control unit acquires information on a passage route that is a route through which a user of a facility included in a predetermined area passes. The control unit generates, based on the information on the passage route, information on a recommended route that is a vehicle traveling route recommended within the predetermined area. The control unit transmits the information on the recommended route to a vehicle scheduled to travel within the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220128369
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed manages dispatch of a vehicle for a user who stays in a stay facility. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to obtain first information relating to an action of the user and second information relating to modes for moving of the user. When it is forecast based on the first information that the user will end staying in the stay facility, and it is determined based on the second information that an arrangement for a vehicle that the user can use has not been made beforehand, the controller sends offer information to a terminal associated with the user. The offer information is information for offering dispatch of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220114852
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller. The controller forecasts whether an intended user will go to a restroom area in a facility. The intended user being a user who is eligible for using a multipurpose restroom stall. When it is forecast that the intended user will go to the restroom area, the controller reserves a multipurpose restroom stall provided in the restroom area by locking the door of the multipurpose restroom stall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Shin Sakurada, Satoshi Komamine, Yusuke Sato, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220071567
    Abstract: A controller comprising at least one processor of an information processing apparatus executes: acquiring first information about a condition of a body of a user; and acquiring second information about a condition of an environment around the user. Then, the controller of the information processing apparatus executes: executing a predetermined judgment process for judging whether predetermined symptoms occur on the user within a predetermined period, based on the first information and the second information; and notifying the user that predetermined medicine for coping with the predetermined symptoms is to be used, if a positive judgment is made in the predetermined judgment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220068107
    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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220059217
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to estimate a required time for medical care in relation to a user visiting a medical establishment. An information processing apparatus estimates the required time for medical care in relation to the user visiting the medical establishment. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a scheduled medical examination item as at least one medical examination item that is scheduled for the user, calculate a first required time based on the scheduled medical examination item, receive a correction of the scheduled medical examination item while the user is receiving medical care, and calculate a second required time based on the scheduled medical examination item after the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220004264
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique for performing apparatus control by gestures. An information processing apparatus acquires sensor data from one or more sensors for detecting gestures performed by a user, the sensors being installed indoors, and detects a gesture of a first type specifying an apparatus which is an operation target among a plurality of apparatuses and a gesture of a second type specifying an operation to be performed for the apparatus, based on the sensor data. The information processing apparatus executes the specified operation for the specified apparatus when both of the gesture of the first type and the gesture of the second type are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Yu Nagata, Kenichi Yamada, Ryuichi Kamaga, Ai Miyata, Satoshi Komamine, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20220006978
    Abstract: A controller is provided that performs obtaining information on a demand for a moving object to follow a user, and transmitting information about the user to the moving object so that the moving object follows the user when the user has a demand for the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Satoshi Komamine, Kenichi Yamada, Ryuichi Kamaga, Ai Miyata, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20220004736
    Abstract: A controller is provided that is configured to perform: obtaining information about a condition for an image that is provided to a user, and that corresponds to a preference of the user; specifying at least one predetermined position at which an image satisfying the condition can be taken; and generating a command for a moving object to move to the predetermined position and to take an image, and transmitting the command to the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi KOMAMINE, Yurika TANAKA, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryuichi KAMAGA, Ai MIYATA, Yu NAGATA, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Patent number: 11099027
    Abstract: In an information processing device, an acquirer acquires an estimated congestion degree at each time at a destination based on route search result data. A route search unit searches for a route from a departure point to the destination such that a user arrives at the destination out of a time period during which an estimated congestion degree at the destination acquired at the acquirer is a predetermined value or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu Nagata