Patents by Inventor Yuka TAKIGUCHI
Yuka TAKIGUCHI 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: 12124975Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Takiguchi, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Minoru Nakadori, Daiki Kaneichi
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Publication number: 20240331009Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to: divide a plurality of visitors into two or more groups based on reserved seat information; dispatch one or more vehicles for transporting the visitors to an event site group by group, the visitors belonging to any one of the divided groups; select the recommended goods that the visitors belonging to the any one of the groups use at the event site; and determine a content prompting the visitors belonging to the any one of the groups to purchase the recommended goods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Ryogo NONAKA, Ai Miyata, Keisuke Okamoto, Yuka Takiguchi, Nahoko Shibano, Yuta Shishime, Tsuyoshi Okada, Shota Komatsu
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Publication number: 20240330794Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, or a non-transitory storage medium plans a service schedule of vehicles that transport visitors to an event site. The apparatus includes a processor configured to execute: receiving advance purchase of goods sold in the event site from the visitors; setting a threshold for a total value of upper limit numbers of people up to which the goods can be handed over per predetermined period of time respectively at one or more shops at the event site; when the number of goods purchasers purchased the goods in advance exceeds the threshold, distributing the goods purchasers such that the goods purchasers in number smaller than or equal to the threshold get a ride on each vehicle; and planning the service schedule of the vehicles such that the number of goods purchasers who concurrently arrive at the event site does not exceed the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryogo NONAKA, Ai MIYATA, Keisuke OKAMOTO, Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Nahoko SHIBANO, Yuta SHISHIME, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Shota KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20240330806Abstract: A method that is performed by an information processing device includes: acquiring biometric information of each of a plurality of spectators who is going to visit an event venue; and determining, based on the biometric information, an operation plan for one or more vehicles to transport the spectators to and/or from the event venue.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryogo NONAKA, Ai MIYATA, Keisuke OKAMOTO, Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Nahoko SHIBANO, Yuta SHISHIME, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Shota KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20240331078Abstract: A method that is performed by an information processing device includes: acquiring attribute information of each of a plurality of spectators who is going to visit an event venue; dividing the spectators into two or more groups based on the attribute information; and determining an operation plan for two or more vehicles so as to transport the spectators in the same group to the event venue by the same vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Ryogo NONAKA, Ai Miyata, Keisuke Okamoto, Yuka Takiguchi, Nahoko Shibano, Yuta Shishime, Tsuyoshi Okada, Shota Komatsu
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Publication number: 20240086783Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
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Patent number: 11915164Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station. The same vehicle can be used for both the reservation use and the on-demand use.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Takiguchi, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Minoru Nakadori, Daiki Kaneichi
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Patent number: 11887024Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Takiguchi, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Minoru Nakadori, Daiki Kaneichi
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Publication number: 20220261941Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use and application information for on-demand use, manage a use schedule of the vehicle using a reservation table of which the number is the same as that of the vehicle, determine, in a case of the reservation use, before a predetermined time period from a time at which the reservation use is started, which vehicle is to be associated with a reservation table, and determine, in a case of the on-demand use, when accepting an application for the on-demand use, which vehicle is to be associated with the reservation table.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
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Publication number: 20220261699Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station, calculate a usable time of the vehicle using a different method depending on whether the application information is for the reservation use or for the on-demand use, and transmit the information on the calculated usable time to a terminal of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
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Publication number: 20220261704Abstract: An information processing device includes a communication module and a processor. The processor is configured to send and receive information to and from another device via the communication module, and, in a case where an available time of a second vehicle stored in a storage location is equal to or longer than a reference time when an available time of a first vehicle waiting in an on-demand waiting area becomes shorter than the reference time, send a first command to the first vehicle such that the first vehicle moves to the storage location and send a second command to the second vehicle such that the second vehicle moves to the on-demand waiting area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
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Publication number: 20220261700Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station. The same vehicle can be used for both the reservation use and the on-demand use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
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Publication number: 20220261703Abstract: A processor is configured to: acquire either reservation use information or on-demand use information as request information for use of vehicles from a user, the reservation use information being information on reservation use in which the user makes an advance reservation of the vehicles, and the on-demand use information being information on on-demand use in which use of the vehicles parked in an on-demand waiting area by the user is accepted; manage a usage schedule of the vehicles by the same number of reservation tables as the number of the vehicles; and when the processor acquires the reservation use information, determine, at a time point, which vehicle is designated as a vehicle to be used for the reservation use in a reservation table corresponding to the reservation use, the time point being a predetermined time before start time of the reservation use.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
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Publication number: 20220261698Abstract: An information processing device manages vehicles used for a car sharing service. A control unit of the information processing device acquires information requesting use of the vehicles from a user as either request information for reservation use or request information for on-demand use, the request information for reservation use being information requesting reservation use in which the user makes an advance reservation of the vehicles, and the request information for on-demand use being information requesting on-demand use in which the user requests to use the vehicles parked in an on-demand waiting area. The control unit manages a usage schedule of the vehicles by the same number of reservation tables as the number of vehicles. For the on-demand use, the control unit determines which reservation table is to be linked to a vehicle among the vehicles parked in the on-demand waiting area, when a request for the on-demand use is accepted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
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Publication number: 20220261705Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
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Publication number: 20220261702Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to send information to another device and receive information from the other device. The controller is configured to select an available model based on a reservation status for each model of vehicles stored at a first storage location, the available model being a model with a longer available time than other models. The controller is configured to send, to a first vehicle of the available model, a command to move to an on-demand waiting area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI