Patents by Inventor Yuki Ito

Yuki Ito 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).

  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MOVING VEHICLE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200211144
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a ride-sharing system in which a plurality of users travels together on the same moving vehicle. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to calculate a second evaluation value for a user group traveling on the same moving vehicle, based on a first evaluation value based on a user's attribute and a time during which the user group is maintained, and in a case where there is a candidate user who is a candidate of a user newly riding in a predetermined moving vehicle, calculate the second evaluation value when a predetermined user group is formed for the predetermined moving vehicle, and determine a response policy for the candidate user based on whether or not the second evaluation value satisfies a predetermined policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo HASEGAWA, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Yusuke KANEKO, Akihiro YAMAGUCHI, Yuki ITO, Naoki UENOYAMA, Takahiro SHIGA
  • RESONANCE-TYPE POWER RECEPTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200195052
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resonance-type power reception device including a DC-DC converter (7) having an input terminal connected to a line (10), a switching circuit (5) for connecting or disconnecting a line (9) to which power is inputted to or from the line (10), and a switch control unit (6) for causing the switching circuit (5) to connect the line (9) to the line (10) after a voltage (V1) exceeds a threshold voltage (Vin(th)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki AKUZAWA, Yuki ITO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200167825
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for outputting an advertisement using one or more vehicles each provided with an advertisement display unit on the outside includes a controller configured to execute the processing of organizing a file of vehicles including a plurality of vehicles on the basis of location information obtained from the vehicles, selecting an advertisement including a plurality of scenes with a prescribed order of display on the basis of the number of vehicles included in the file, and causing the advertisement displaying units of the plurality of vehicles included in the file to respectively display the plurality of scenes included in the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsugumi OTSUKA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akio UOTANI, Makoto AKAHANE, Wataru SHIINA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200167826
    Abstract: An object is to provide advertisements using a plurality of vehicles with enhanced effectiveness. An information processing apparatus obtains information relating to the speed of a plurality of vehicles passing through a specific area. If a first vehicle leaves the specific area before completing display of an advertisement, the information processing apparatus causes a second vehicle that enters the specific area later than the first vehicle to display the advertisement upon entering the specific area in such a way as to start the display of the advertisement from the point in the advertisement displayed by the display apparatus of the first vehicle at the time of its leaving of the specific area. The aforementioned point in the advertisement is determined based on the speed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsugumi OTSUKA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akio UOTANI, Makoto AKAHANE, Wataru SHIINA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200160393
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute acquiring a destination of a crew of a first vehicle that is a vehicle including a display device installed toward an outside of the vehicle and that is to carry a first user who wants to move by a vehicle, acquiring advertisement information associated with the destination, generating a route to the destination of the first vehicle to pass through an area where presence of a user corresponding to a target of the advertisement information is expected, and transmitting, to the first vehicle, the advertisement information, a display instruction of the advertisement information to the display device, and route information of the generated route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsugumi OTSUKA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akio UOTANI, Makoto AKAHANE, Wataru SHIINA
  • INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200151769
    Abstract: Advertisement information desired by a user is effectively provided when a trip or a travel is made by using a moving body such as a vehicle or the like. An information system comprises a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute acquisition of destination information relevant to a destination and route information relevant to a route until arrival at the destination of a second vehicle which chases a first vehicle; and display of advertisement information relevant to the destination information and the route information in relation to the second vehicle, on a display unit which is provided on the first vehicle and which displays information with respect to those disposed at the back of the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsugumi OTSUKA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akio UOTANI, Makoto AKAHANE, Wataru SHIINA
  • Floor structure of luggage compartment of vehicle
    Patent number: 10647268
    Abstract: A floor structure of a luggage compartment of a vehicle includes a first floor covering including a first support surface, a second floor covering, and a separator including a second support surface. The second floor covering is disposed above the first support surface. The second floor covering includes a first board, a second board, and a hinge. A dimension of the second board in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is greater than that of the first board in that direction. The hinge connects a first end of the second board to a first end of the first board. The second support surface is located below and closer to a front of the vehicle than the first support surface to support a second end of the second board and to restrict the second end from sliding toward the front when the second floor covering is in a folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio Kato, Yuki Ito, Yoshiki Funahashi
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200142424
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique for enhancing an appealing effect of an advertisement by specifying, in a simple manner, a location where a vehicle is desired to travel at a low speed or to stop, and by guiding, to the location, a vehicle that outputs an advertisement to outside. An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to: acquire information about traffic; specify, on a basis of the information about traffic that is acquired, a location where a vehicle that outputs an advertisement to outside is desired to travel at a speed at or below a predetermined speed or to stop; determine a route from a location of the vehicle to the location that is specified; and guide the vehicle to the location that is specified, on a basis of the route that is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsugumi OTSUKA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akio UOTANI, Makoto AKAHANE, Wataru SHIINA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200143423
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory holds information about a color representing a vehicle body. The processor determines a first vehicle that is to display first advertising information based on a representative color of the first advertising information and the color representing the vehicle body of each of vehicles, in such a way that the at least one of the first request or the second request is satisfied, and transmits the first advertising information to the first vehicle. The first request is a request for a color representing a vehicle body of a vehicle of which the first advertising information is displayed on a display device installed facing outside. The second request is a request for a representative color of the advertising information to be displayed on the display device of the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsugumi OTSUKA, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akio UOTANI, Makoto AKAHANE, Wataru SHIINA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200143424
    Abstract: Advertisement information relevant to a store or the like which newly opened is provided, while enhancing an advertisement effect thereof. An information processing apparatus comprises a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute acquisition of advertisement information relevant to a first store which started provision of a service in a predetermined period; and display of the advertisement information of the first store while giving preference thereto as compared with advertisement information relevant to a second store other than the first store, on a display unit which is provided on a first vehicle and which displays information with respect to outside of the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsugumi Otsuka, Kazuya Nishimura, Yuki Ito, Akio Uotani, Makoto Akahane, Wataru Shiina
  • Substrate cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: 10643865
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus includes a substrate holding unit, a brush, an arm, a discharge portion and a guide member. The substrate holding unit is configured to hold a substrate rotatably. The brush has a main body, a cleaning body provided at a lower portion of the main body and configured to be pressed onto the substrate, and a hollow portion formed in the main body and provided with an open top and an open bottom. The arm is configured to rotatably support the main body with a spindle therebetween. The discharge portion is provided at the arm, and plural kinds of processing liquids are discharged from the discharge portion while being switched. The guide member is provided between the discharge portion and the brush, and is configured to receive the processing liquid discharged from the discharge portion and guide the received processing liquid into the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Yuki Ito, Kento Kurusu
  • LITHIUM ION BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20200099235
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery control device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a determination index related to the degree of occlusion of a lithium ion battery in which a degree of occlusion of lithium ions occluded in graphite of a negative electrode changes in accordance with an amount of stored power, and a controller configured to perform control for causing the lithium ion battery to be charged with power or causing power of the lithium ion battery to be discharged so that the degree of occlusion is close to a degree of occlusion associated with a specific region when a region associated with the degree of occlusion is determined not to be the specific region associated with the degree of occlusion which includes LiC12 having a degree of occlusion represented by a stoichiometric ratio and does not include LiC6 having a degree of occlusion represented by a stoichiometric ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Atsushi Tamai, Kenji Sato, Kazuhito Nakao, Hajime Abe
  • Server device, car sharing system, information processing method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 10589722
    Abstract: A server device for a car sharing system includes an image request device, a use permission request device, and an authentication information issue device. The image request device is configured to transmit an image request signal to the user terminal when a use request signal for the vehicle is received. The image request signal requires transmission of a user face image. The use permission request device is configured to transmit a use permission request signal including the user face image transmitted from the user terminal to the owner terminal. The authentication information issue device is configured to transmit predetermined authentication information to the user terminal when a use permission signal transmitted from the owner terminal in response to the use permission request signal is received. The predetermined authentication information is information for enabling an operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Ryuichi Suzuki, Hiroyasu Shiokawa, Yasumasa Kobayashi, Naoki Yamamuro, Makoto Akahane
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200082317
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires for each of a plurality of users, user information including information relating to user's preferences for a place of departure, date and time of departure from the place of departure, one or more passing spots, staying time at each passing spot, destination and date and time of arrival at destination. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus extracts a plurality of first users who move in a first vehicle from among the plurality of users based on the user information on each of the plurality of users. The information processing apparatus then creates a movement schedule using the first vehicle based the user information on the plurality of first users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200049521
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus determines whether or not a predetermined transfer condition for urging a target user sharing a ride in a ride-sharing vehicle with another user with a different destination to transfer between ride-sharing vehicles during movement is established, on the basis of a predicted travel route of each of a transfer source vehicle and a transfer destination vehicle. Then, in the case where the predetermined transfer condition is determined to be established, the information processing apparatus transmits transfer information for urging the target user to transfer from the transfer source vehicle to the transfer destination vehicle during movement, to a terminal associated with the transfer source vehicle and a terminal associated with the transfer destination vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200033149
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to: acquire a schedule information piece in which a first vehicle that a visitor schedules to ride in when a visitor visits a facility is specified; and if the number of visiting vehicles is predicted to be equal to or larger than a first predetermined number based on the respective schedule information pieces, calculate ride-sharing user candidates that are candidates of visitors that each join a ride in a vehicle, to visit the predetermined facility, and second vehicles that the ride-sharing user candidates can join a ride in, and perform matching between a part or all of users in the ride-sharing user candidates and the second vehicles so that the number of visiting vehicles becomes smaller than the first predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Information processing apparatus for generating statistic information to recognize when an unsuccessfully-transmitted file exists
    Patent number: 10545944
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is directed to enabling recognition of omission of a log file in a case where a part of the log file is omitted when the log file of a log collection server is remotely checked, and the information processing apparatus includes a first transmission control unit configured to perform control to transmit log information to a log collection server, a generation unit configured to generate statistic information about transmission of the log information by the first transmission control unit, and a second transmission control unit configured to perform control to transmit the statistic information to the log collection server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuki Ito
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200019454
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus provides a screen that imports a setting file of a JAVA application operating on the image processing apparatus via a web server, analyzes the imported setting file, obtains a setting value to be reflected and reflects the value, analyzes the imported setting file, performs setting so as to execute a communication test, and executes the communication test in accordance with the setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Yuki Ito
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSIENT STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200003575
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technology that makes it possible that a plurality of users use a vehicle that does not have a specified regular driver. An information processing apparatus determines whether or not after a first user moves to a destination place by driving a first vehicle, a second user is able to move by driving the first vehicle from the destination place of the first user as a departure place. If an affirmative determination is made in the determining, the information processing apparatus matches the first user and the second user with the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuki Ito, Akira Nishida, Zekai Qiu, Kenichi Hagiya, Naoki Yamamuro
  • SUPERCONDUCTING STABILIZER, SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL
    Publication number: 20200002787
    Abstract: The stabilizer material for superconductor of the present invention is used for a superconducting wire, and the stabilizer material for superconductor includes a copper material, the copper material contains one kind or more of additive elements selected from Mg, Mn, Ti, Y, and Zr for a total amount of 3 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less, with the remainder being Cu and unavoidable impurities, the total concentration of the unavoidable impurities other than O, H, C, N, and S, which are gas components, is 5 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less, and compounds including one kind or more selected from MgS, MgSO4, MnS, TiS, YS, Y2SO2, and ZrS are present in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosei FUKUOKA, Yuki ITO, Kazunari MAKI