Patents by Inventor Yuki Nishikawa

Yuki Nishikawa 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: 20230367331
    Abstract: The server receives the driving difficulty information indicating that the driving of the vehicle by the driver is difficult, determines that the current position of the vehicle is within a predetermined transportation target area, and, in response to receiving the driving difficulty information and determining that the current position of the vehicle is within the transportation target area, causes the transportation robot to convey the vehicle from the current position to a predetermined transportation destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Iwao MAEDA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Norinao WATANABE, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230347936
    Abstract: The power supply method includes: determining whether power supply to a power supply target is necessary; determining whether provision of a predetermined service by the autonomous driving electrified vehicle is stopped or service provision can be stopped; and supplying power from the autonomous driving electrified vehicle to the power supply target in response to determining that power supply to the power supply target is necessary and determining that service provision is stopped or service provision can be stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yuta KATAOKA, Yoshiki UEDA, Hiromitsu KOBAYASHI, Miki NOMOTO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230351871
    Abstract: The notification system is configured to be capable of communicating with the outside, and is configured to notify the surroundings of the fact that the conveyance work is performed by a third party who has obtained permission when the vehicle is conveyed by the vehicle transportation device capable of autonomous traveling based on a notification instruction from the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Iwao MAEDA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Norinao WATANABE, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230347935
    Abstract: Flood damage information at the position of the autonomous vehicle and a flood index representing the likelihood of flooding at the position of the automatically driving vehicle are acquired. Based on the flood damage information and the flood index, a predicted flood water level at the position of the autonomous vehicle is obtained. A predicted flood water level is displayed in the form of a height position from the road surface on a display mounted on the autonomous vehicle so that it can be visually recognized from the outside of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hiromitsu KOBAYASHI, Miki NOMOTO, Yoshiki UEDA, Taizo MASUDA, Yuta KATAOKA, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230322210
    Abstract: In an automated parking lot in which manual driving vehicles and automated driving vehicles can park, when entering the automated parking lot, the manual driving vehicle is conveyed by a vehicle conveyance robot to an empty parking space. When an automated driving vehicle breaks down and stops in the automated parking lot, the manual driving vehicle being conveyed is unloaded from the vehicle conveyance robot and the broken down automated driving vehicle is loaded on the vehicle conveyance robot. Due to this, the broken down automated driving vehicle is recovered by the vehicle conveyance robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Iwao MAEDA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Norinao WATANABE, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230322545
    Abstract: In the automated parking lot, a plurality of facilities having respectively different functions enabling automated driving vehicles to be restored to a runnable state in accordance with the causes of disablement acquired from the automated driving vehicles when the automated driving vehicle becomes disabled and stop are provided. When the automated driving vehicle becomes disabled and stops in the automated parking lot, a facility having a function enabling the automated driving vehicle to be restored to a runnable state for the cause of disablement of that automated driving vehicle is selected from the plurality of facilities and the automated driving vehicle disabled is conveyed by the vehicle conveyance robot to the selected facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Iwao MAEDA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Norinao WATANABE, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11769401
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a sensor that detects a traffic signal installed in a travel route of the own vehicle, another vehicle traveling around the own vehicle, and another mobile object around the own vehicle. After recognizing that the own vehicle has passed the traffic signal, the vehicle determines whether or not there are the other mobile object moving toward the traffic signal and the other vehicle moving beside the other mobile object toward the traffic signal. When determining that there are the other mobile object moving toward the traffic signal and the other vehicle moving beside the other mobile object toward the traffic signal, the vehicle controls the traffic signal based on a traveling state of the other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo Masuda, Miki Nomoto, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11724644
    Abstract: A vehicle for transporting passengers include a floor board on which the passengers ride. The vehicle further includes a passenger distribution detection device that detects a passenger distribution that is a distribution of the passengers on the floor board. The vehicle further includes a control device that executes a passenger guidance control that guides the passengers on the floor board such that the passenger distribution approaches a target passenger distribution to increase a stability of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230251101
    Abstract: A route guidance method for providing a pedestrian route to a user includes: a determination step of determining whether the user is a visually impaired person; a first acquisition step of, when the user is determined to be a visually impaired person, acquiring first position information indicative of a position of a visually impaired person guidance block present on the pedestrian route from map information including information on the visually impaired person guidance block; a second acquisition step of acquiring second position information indicative of a position of an obstruction to use of the visually impaired person guidance block; and a notification step of, when at least part of the position indicated by the first position information is included in the position indicated by the second position information, notifying the user that there is an obstruction to the use of the visually impaired person guidance block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo Masuda, Ryota Tomizawa, Sei Miyazaki, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230251824
    Abstract: A voice guidance method includes: a determination step of determining whether or not a visually impaired person is included in passengers in a vehicle as a public transport; and a guidance step of, in a case where the visually impaired person is determined to be included in the passengers, providing voice guidance to inform the visually impaired person of a state around the vehicle when the visually impaired person gets off the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Sei MIYAZAKI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230252593
    Abstract: A supporter introduction method includes: an acquisition step of acquiring user information on a user using a vehicle; a determination step of determining whether the user is a handicapped person or not, based on the user information; a specifying step of, in a case where the user is determined to be a handicapped person, specifying a position and a time desired by the user for support based on the user information; and a matching step of matching the user with a supporter who supports the user, based on the position and the time desired by the user for support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Sei MIYAZAKI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11718967
    Abstract: A guidance vehicle guides a dog for a walk, and includes a leash attachment, a distance sensor, and an electronic control unit. The leash attachment is configured to attach a leash that connects the dog. The distance sensor is configured to detect a dog-to-vehicle distance being a distance between the dog and the guidance vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a travel control of the guidance vehicle. The electronic control unit includes, as one of modes of the travel control, a walk guidance mode that causes the guidance vehicle to automatically travel along a walk route while guiding the dog to walk. The walk guidance mode executed by the electronic control unit includes a basic walk mode that controls the dog-to-vehicle distance so as to maintain a constant distance when the dog is moving along the walk route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa, Daisuke Ishii, Daisuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20230230504
    Abstract: A voice output method is a voice output method in a moving body of public transportation. The voice output method includes: a storage step of storing a voice output to an inside of the moving body, the voice being stored by being divided into a guide voice related to information on the moving body and an advertising voice related to advertising; a determination step of determining whether or not a passenger of the moving body includes a visually impaired person; and a restraint step of, by the moving body, restraining the advertising voice from being output when determination is made that the passenger includes the visually impaired person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo Masuda, Ryota Tomizawa, Sei Miyazaki, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230230482
    Abstract: A boarding and alighting time informing method includes a determination step for determining, at a stop where a bus stops, whether a person with disabilities is going to board the bus and whether a person with disabilities is going to alight from the bus, a prediction step for predicting a boarding and alighting time at the stop in either one or both of a case when it is determined that a person with disabilities is going to board the bus and a case when it is determined that a person with disabilities is going to alight from the bus, and an informing step for informing at least one of the inside and the outside of the bus about the predicted boarding and alighting time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Sei MIYAZAKI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230218456
    Abstract: A boarding and alighting support method supports a person requiring support who requires support of another person to get on a vehicle or get off a vehicle. The boarding and alighting support method includes: a storing step of storing at least one of a first image that is an image of the person requiring support and a second image that is an image of a protector of the person requiring support; a first display step in which the vehicle that the person requiring support is planned to get on displays the at least one of the first image and the second image; and a second display step in which the vehicle displays the at least one of the first image and the second image when the person requiring support is planned to get off the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Sei MIYAZAKI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230219563
    Abstract: A vehicle information delivery device includes an image processing unit configured to generate vehicle related images indicating the status of a vehicle moving unmanned in a predetermined target area based on camera images taken in the target area where unattended parking is performed, and an information sending unit configured to send delivery information including the vehicle related images to a display terminal visually recognized by a user of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Iwao MAEDA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Norinao WATANABE, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230219480
    Abstract: A vehicle transport planning device includes a transport proposal unit that proposes, to an occupant of a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, transport of the vehicle in a predetermined area where driving of the internal combustion engine is prohibited or restricted, and a transport arrangement unit that requests arrangement of a vehicle transport device for transporting the vehicle when the occupant desires the transport of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Iwao MAEDA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Norinao WATANABE, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yuki NISHIKAWA, Yuta MANIWA
  • Publication number: 20230202463
    Abstract: A vehicle transport device includes a traction portion having a drive wheel; a carriage portion coupled to the traction portion and supporting a transport object; and a controller configured to control travel of the vehicle transport device so as to selectively transport a four-wheeled vehicle and a personal transporter as the transport object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Iwao MAEDA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Norinao WATANABE, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11687308
    Abstract: There is provided, in a vehicle capable of accommodating a plurality of passengers, a display system capable of providing a motivation to start a conversation among the passengers in view of conversation intentions of each passenger. The display system includes a control device, and at least one display device. The control device is configured to perform a conversation desire display process to display a conversation desire level of each of the passengers. Alternatively, the control device is configured to perform a conversation intention display process to display a conversation intention of each of the passengers for the other passengers. The conversation desire level and the conversation intention among passengers are input to the input device provided in the display system, by an operation of the passenger. Alternatively, they are estimated by the control device based on the passenger state information detected by the sensor provided in the display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230192071
    Abstract: The vehicle transport management device includes a processor configured to acquire vehicle information relating to a vehicle to be transported, and select a particular type of vehicle transport device from the plurality of types of vehicle transport devices as a vehicle transport device for transporting the vehicle based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Iwao MAEDA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Norinao WATANABE, Yutaka NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yuki NISHIKAWA