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: 20230060236
    Abstract: A notification system includes at least one memory in which a program is stored and at least one processor combined with the at least one memory. The at least one processor is configured to execute, by executing the program, an acquisition process of acquiring at least one physical quantity from among acceleration, lateral acceleration, jerk, and vibration amplitude of a truck bed, and a notification process of sending a notification to a remote driving operator in response to a fact that the physical quantity exceeds a first threshold value set for each type of physical quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hideki FUKUDOME, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Myu UEHARA, Tsukasa KITO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230064634
    Abstract: An abnormality notification system includes: a vehicle that travels regularly on a predetermined travel route; a communication device configured to be able to communicate with a sensor mounted on the vehicle and an outside, the sensor being a sensor that acquires road data obtained by imaging or measuring a road along the travel route; and a control device. The control device is configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred on the road along the travel route based on a different part when the road data acquired by the sensor is compared with reference road data obtained by imaging or measuring the road along the travel route in the past, and transmit predetermined abnormality occurrence information to an external client via the communication device when the control device determines that an abnormality has occurred on the road along the travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Marie Ishikawa, Aya Hamajima, Daichi Hotta, Hayato Ito, Hidekazu Sasaki, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Akihiro Kusumoto, Yoshiki Ueda, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Miki Nomoto, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230061453
    Abstract: A driving handover system according to the present disclosure is configured to execute a detection process of detecting an obstructive article that causes an obstruction of handover to manual driving when the obstructive article is present in a vehicle, and a determination process of determining whether the handover to the manual driving is allowed or disallowed upon receipt of a request for the handover to the manual driving. The driving handover system is configured to, in the determination process, disallow the handover to the manual driving when the obstructive article is detected in the detection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki FUKUDOME, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Myu UEHARA, Tsukasa KITO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230062961
    Abstract: A communication method of the present disclosure includes detecting or estimating a decrease in throughput of a first communication terminal mounted on a first vehicle that is remotely driven, and reducing a communication speed of a second communication terminal with which the first communication terminal shares a communication resource in response to detection or estimation of the decrease in the throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230065761
    Abstract: A remote driver support method according to the present disclosure includes: acquiring vehicle dimension information related to a dimension of a vehicle that is remotely driven by a remote driver, and acquiring road structure information related to a structure of a road ahead to which the vehicle is heading. The remote driver support method according to the present disclosure further includes: generating passability information related to a possibility that the vehicle is able to pass through the road ahead based on the vehicle dimension information and the road structure information; and notifying the remote driver of the passability information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki FUKUDOME, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Myu UEHARA, Tsukasa KITO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230057919
    Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle includes a traveling input device that is operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle; an information processing device that processes operation information of the traveling input device and that switches and executes a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle; wearable glasses that communicate with another vehicle directly or via the information processing device, and a communication device that communicate with the other vehicle. In the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information. In the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device. The wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230055841
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that calculates a total charge demand based on SOC information and a charge request signal of each of a plurality of electrified vehicles and performs an operation for creating, based on the calculated total charge demand, an electric power supply and demand operation plan that manages electric power for charging the electrified vehicles by a charging facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Junichi MORI, Kentaro BAN, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Yuta MANIWA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230037010
    Abstract: A control device according to the present disclosure includes a processor configured to output, when disaster prediction information predicting a disaster is acquired, a control signal for raising at least one of a lower limit value and an upper limit value of stored energy in a supply and demand operation plan of energy before the disaster prediction information is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Junichi MORI, Kentaro BAN, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Yuta MANIWA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230017458
    Abstract: A method according to the present disclosure comprises acquiring a plurality sets of traveling video recorded by a plurality of cameras capturing a plurality of directions equipped in a remote driving vehicle, acquiring information regarding at least one of driving operation by a remote driving operator, a traveling state of the remote driving vehicle, and motion of the remote driving operator, specifying an attention direction or an attention scope of the remote driving operator for a situation around the remote driving vehicle based on acquired information, displaying at least one of the plurality sets of traveling video reflecting the attention direction or the attention scope on a display device, and performing display based on the attention direction or the attention scope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Fukudome, Kosuke Akatsuka, Myu Uehara, Tsukasa Kito, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11551849
    Abstract: A sintered material contains Fe in an amount of from 8 mol % to 37 mol % in terms of Fe2O3, Zn in an amount of from 30 mol % to 60 mol % in terms of ZnO, Cu in an amount of from 1 mol % to 7 mol % in terms of CuO, Ni in an amount of from 3 mol % to 17 mol % in terms of NiO, and Si in an amount of from 7 mol % to 28 mol % in terms of SiO2. A mole ratio (SiO2/Fe2O3) of the SiO2 to the Fe2O3 is from 0.2 to 3.5. The sintered material contains B in an amount of from 0.05 mol parts to 0.5 mol parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nishikawa, Atsuo Hirukawa, Kazutoshi Sugii
  • Patent number: 11538621
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers in a length direction and that has a built-in coil, and first and second outer electrodes that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by a plurality of coil conductors stacked in the length direction being electrically connected to each other. The first and second outer electrodes respectively cover parts of first and second end surfaces and parts of a first main surface. The length of a region in which the coil conductors are arranged in the stacking direction lies in a range from 85% to 95% of the length of the multilayer body. The sum of the numbers of stacked coil conductors that face the parts of the first and second outer electrodes extending along the first main surface is less than or equal to twelve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Hirukawa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220396173
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor configured to output, in a case where communication between a server instructing a power feeding vehicle to proceed for power feeding to a feeding target facility and the power feeding vehicle is interrupted, a control signal for causing the power feeding vehicle to move to an installation site of the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Mori, Kentaro Ban, Tatsuro Kiyohara, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11501910
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers in a length direction and that has a built-in coil, and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by a plurality of coil conductors stacked in the length direction being electrically connected to each other. The first and second outer electrodes respectively cover parts of first and second end surfaces and parts of a first main surface. The multilayer body includes a low-dielectric-constant portion, which is centrally arranged, and high-dielectric-constant portions, which are arranged at both ends in the stacking direction. The length of a region in which the coil conductors are arranged in the stacking direction lies in a range from 85% to 90% of a length of the multilayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Hirukawa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220358372
    Abstract: A learning apparatus learns a quality of sleep of a sleeping person. The learning apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a learning unit, and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires, as a state variable, a feature quantity related to a core body temperature of the sleeping person or a feature quantity related to a skin temperature of the sleeping person. The learning unit learns the state variable and the quality of sleep in association with each other. The generation unit generates, based on a learning result of the learning unit, a learning model that receives, as an input, the feature quantity related to the core body temperature at sleep onset of the sleeping person. or the feature quantity related to the skin temperature and infers the quality of sleep of the sleeping person at the sleep onset of the sleeping person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki NISHIKAWA, Satoshi HASHIMOTO, Shouta HORI, Akira UCHIYAMA, Teruo HIGASHINO
  • Publication number: 20220284817
    Abstract: An infectious disease detection sensor for detecting whether a waiting passenger of a bus is suspected to be infected with an infectious disease is installed at a bus stop, and whether the waiting passenger of the bus is a suspected infected person who is suspected of being infected with the infectious disease is determined based on a detection result detected by the infectious disease detection sensor. When the waiting passenger of the bus is determined to be the suspected infected person, boarding of the suspected infected person to the bus is refused, and a dedicated vehicle for the suspected infected person is dispatched to the bus stop separately from the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Miki NOMOTO, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220281487
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device for an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels based on an operation command, a gesture image of a person around the autonomous driving vehicle is acquired, and a stored reference gesture image is collated with the acquired gesture image. At this time, when it is discriminated that the gesture of the person around the autonomous driving vehicle is a gesture requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop, it is determined whether a disaster has occurred. When it is determined that the disaster has occurred, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to stop around the person requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Miki Nomoto, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220262242
    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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Miki Nomoto, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220153295
    Abstract: An operation management system includes an automatic traveling vehicle and a management server. The vehicle includes a first processor, and is configured to transport at least one of people or luggage. The management server includes a second processor, and is configured to communicate with the vehicle and manage the operation thereof. The first processor or second processor is configured to: determine whether there is a transport task in which the vehicle transports at least one of people or luggage; and, when there is no transport task, execute a task switching process of causing the vehicle to execute any one of a patrol task in which the vehicle performs a patrol of an operating area of the vehicle, a cleaning task in which the vehicle performs a cleaning of the operating area, and a patrol cleaning task in which the vehicle performs both the patrol and the cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220153180
    Abstract: An automatic traveling cart includes a connecting arm that connects a wheelchair to a front portion or a rear portion of the automatic traveling cart. The automatic traveling cart transports the wheelchair while a user is placed on the wheelchair without intentionally placing the wheelchair on the cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Yuhei Katsumata, Daisaku Honda, Saki Narita, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11319648
    Abstract: A method manufactures a flame-retardant fiber bundle by flame retarding treatment of a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber at 200-300° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere, wherein a fiber bundle is caused to travel so as to sequentially pass between an nth roller and an (n+1)th roller (n being an integer of at least 1 and no more than [m?1]) in a roller group formed from m (m being an integer of 3 or greater) contiguously set rollers, the roller axes of the m continuously set rollers being parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the fiber bundle, the roller diameter being 5-30 mm, and the specific gravity of the fiber bundle being 1.20-1.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Nishikawa, Takahiro Ito, Hiroyuki Kaiki