Patents by Inventor Yugo SAKURAI

Yugo 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).

  • Patent number: 11556976
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a controller configured to detect an item to be purchased, based on a temporal change in captured images of an item display position at a mobile shop and, upon acquiring authentication information for a purchaser from a first terminal apparatus, perform a charging process in respect of the purchaser for a price of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kobayashi, Ayana Takeshita, Naoki Yamamuro, Takuya Maekawa, Yugo Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11488212
    Abstract: A server apparatus and the like that improve operation efficiency of a marketplace for trading products are provided. The server apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to transmit and receive information to and from another apparatus via the communication interface. The controller calculates a time required until sale of a product at a display position based on a temporal change in captured images of the display position where the product is displayed until the product is sold, determines an exhibition fee for the display position based on the time required, informs a terminal apparatus of an exhibitor of the exhibition fee, and urges the exhibitor to exhibit the product for sale at the display position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kobayashi, Ayana Takeshita, Naoki Yamamuro, Takuya Maekawa, Yugo Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20210224761
    Abstract: A server includes a communication interface and a controller that transmits and receives information to and from other apparatuses via the communication interface. The controller receives information on a cruising range from each mobile store among a plurality of mobile stores selling different types of products and transmits an instruction to the mobile stores to circulate as a group along a circulation route travelable by a first mobile store having the shortest cruising range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210224711
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller that transmits and receives information to and from other apparatuses via the communication interface. The controller receives, from a shop terminal apparatus of a shop, information on a food product to be collected and transmits, to a mobile shop that collects the food product, a reconfiguration procedure for reconfiguring an ingredient included in the food product to yield a reconfigured food product having an expiration date later than an expiration date of the food product. The controller prompts the mobile shop to sell the reconfigured food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210224926
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller that transmits and receives information to and from other apparatuses via the communication interface. The controller transmits an instruction, to a mobile shop stocking wearable items, for moving to a point designated by a first terminal apparatus of a wearer. The controller receives a captured image of the wearer from the mobile shop and transmits the captured image to a second terminal apparatus of an evaluator. The controller receives evaluation information from the second terminal apparatus and transmits the evaluation information to the first terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210201252
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to send and receive information via the communication interface. The controller, while a mobile shop which is configured to be loaded with items according to vacant spaces is loaded with one or more first items and performs patrol selling, sends a discount instruction, to the mobile shop, to discount the one or more first items upon receipt of a request, from a terminal apparatus, for patrol selling of a second item not loaded in the mobile shop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210133673
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit and receive information to and from another apparatus via the communication interface. The controller receives, from a first terminal apparatus, a collection request involving collection of a purchased or rented article to be returned at a collection point, receives, from a second terminal apparatus, a delivery request for the article involving delivery to a delivery destination, and transmits, to a mobile object, an instruction to collect the article at the collection point and deliver the article to the delivery destination without going through a base for storing the collected article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210065284
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a controller configured to detect an item to be purchased, based on a temporal change in captured images of an item display position at a mobile shop and, upon acquiring authentication information for a purchaser from a first terminal apparatus, perform a charging process in respect of the purchaser for a price of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210056592
    Abstract: A server apparatus and the like that improve operation efficiency of a marketplace for trading products are provided. The server apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to transmit and receive information to and from another apparatus via the communication interface. The controller calculates a time required until sale of a product at a display position based on a temporal change in captured images of the display position where the product is displayed until the product is sold, determines an exhibition fee for the display position based on the time required, informs a terminal apparatus of an exhibitor of the exhibition fee, and urges the exhibitor to exhibit the product for sale at the display position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI