Patents by Inventor Yuki TATSUMOTO

Yuki TATSUMOTO 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: 20210237690
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an entry/exit management device including a first processor including hardware, the first processor being configured to detect that a user of a vehicle enters or leaves a facility, and output a first signal indicating user's entering the facility and a second signal indicating user's leaving the facility, to a server; and the server comprising a second processor comprising hardware, the second processor being configured to output to the vehicle a third signal for deactivating a smart key function of the vehicle when acquiring the first signal and prohibit unlocking of a door of the vehicle performed by wireless communication, and output to the vehicle a fourth signal for setting the smart key function of the vehicle when acquiring the second signal and permit unlocking of the door of the vehicle performed by wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Yasuhisa OHTA, Naoyuki TAKADA, Satoru SAKUMA, Yuki TATSUMOTO, Tetsu YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210237684
    Abstract: An electronic key device includes: a communication device; and a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to determine whether the electronic key device is in a predetermined state, excluding a stationary state and a state where the electronic key device is positioned far away from a vehicle by a predetermined distance or more, disable execution of a function of locking or unlocking the vehicle through information communication with the vehicle via the communication device when the electronic key device is in the predetermined state, and enable execution of the function when the electronic key device is not in the predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Yasuhisa Ohta, Naoyuki Takada, Satoru Sakuma, Yuki Tatsumoto, Tetsu Yajima
  • Publication number: 20210237682
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: stop a smart key function of a vehicle when a first state in which an intensity of a radio wave received from a predetermined wireless communication device is a threshold or more has continued for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Yasuhisa Ohta, Naoyuki Takada, Yuki Tatsumoto, Satoru Sakuma, Tetsu Yajima
  • Publication number: 20210158435
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a container capable of housing a mobile object to be used by a user. The vehicle is configured to, in accordance with use request information for the mobile object from the user, move to at least one of a location at which the user is to rent the mobile object and a location at which the user is to return the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Saori Matsumoto, Keigo Yamada, Akira Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Miura
  • Patent number: 10988129
    Abstract: An operating portion control device that acquires operation amount information of a first operating portion that operates a vehicle; sends first signals representing the operation amount information of the first operating portion, and receives second signals representing operation amount information of a second operating portion that operates the vehicle, the second operating portion being different from the first operating portion; switches between a state of sending the first signals and a state of receiving the second signals; and, on the basis of the second signals received in the state of receiving, actuate the first operating portion in accordance with an operation amount of the second operating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Morikawa, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuki Ito, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210065072
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a compartment equipped with a locker configured to be usable by a user and a communication apparatus communicably connected with a terminal apparatus possessed by the user and configured to acquire point-of-use information from the terminal apparatus, the point-of-use information concerning a point at which the user uses the locker, wherein the vehicle moves based on the point-of-use information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210055742
    Abstract: A server includes a controller configured to control operation of a vehicle, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus held by a first user. The communication interface acquires, from the terminal apparatus, a list including a vehicle designation condition designated by the first user when the first user reserves boarding of a vehicle. The controller determines a vehicle to be boarded by the first user based on the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210031788
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin having a first room and a second room that are capable of accommodating at least one passenger, and configured to isolate one or more passengers accommodated in the first room from one or more passengers accommodated in the second room, a guidance apparatus configured to guide the at least one passenger to be accommodated in either the first room or the second room, and a control apparatus configured to control the guidance apparatus. When a user boards as the at least one passenger, the control apparatus determines which of the first room and the second room the user is to board, based on information regarding the user. The guidance apparatus is configured to guide and board the user to whichever of the first room and the second room determined by the control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210026351
    Abstract: A vehicle control system, comprising a remote operator selection server, a vehicle control device, and a remote operation terminal. The vehicle control device is configured to transmit a manual operation information to the remote operator selection server. The remote operator selection server is configured to acquire the manual operation information transmitted from the vehicle control device, to compute a difference between the manual operation information and a remote operation information for each of the plurality of remote operators, to select a remote operator for whom the difference satisfies a predetermined criterion as a remote operator to remotely operate the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Yuki ITO, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20210024093
    Abstract: A vehicle control system that sets a preliminary destination or a preliminary destination area toward which a vehicle heads in an autonomously driven state; that causes the vehicle to travel in the autonomously driven state to the preliminary destination or the preliminary destination area set by the preliminary destination/area setting section; that acquires position information for the vehicle; and that switches a driving state of the vehicle from the autonomously driven state to a manually driven state or a remotely operated driven state when the vehicle has been detected to have arrived at the preliminary destination or in the preliminary destination area based on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210026349
    Abstract: A vehicle selection server is configured to refer to a memory, which stores vehicle information representing each of a plurality of vehicles, and to transmit the vehicle information regarding each of the plurality of vehicles to a remote operation terminal. The remote operation terminal is configured to display the vehicle information regarding each of the plurality of vehicles on a display section, to acquire selection information, input by a remote operator, for one of the plurality of vehicles, and to transmit the selection information to the vehicle selection server. The vehicle selection server is configured to transmit identification information regarding the remote operation terminal to a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device is configured to perform control in response to vehicle operation information transmitted from the remote operation terminal corresponding to the identification information so as to cause the host vehicle to travel in the remote driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024099
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a situation detection device that detects a situation around a periphery of a vehicle and outputs a situation detection signal based on detection results; and a processor (i) that is input with the situation detection signal when the vehicle travels in an autonomous automatic driving mode, that controls travel of the vehicle based on the situation detection signal, and (ii) that enters a prohibited state that prohibits control of the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode in a prohibited area in which the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024098
    Abstract: A vehicle position sensing system includes: a position information acquiring section that acquires position information of a vehicle; a storage section that stores first region information, which expresses automatic driving regions where automatic driving of the vehicle is possible and remote driving regions where remote operation driving of the vehicle is possible, and second region information that expresses manual driving regions where only manual driving of the vehicle is permitted; a head up display that can be viewed by a driver of the vehicle; and a control section that, on the basis of the position information of the vehicle, the first region information and the second region information, causes the head up display to display relative positional relationships among the vehicle, the automatic driving regions, the remote driving regions and the manual driving regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024089
    Abstract: A vehicle control system that acquires position information of a vehicle in a driving state of a manually driven state or a remotely operated driven state; that stores a pre-traveled travel route of a vehicle in the manually driven state or the remotely operated driven state based on the acquired position information; and that creates a travel route on which a vehicle is caused to travel in an autonomously driven state using the stored travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024051
    Abstract: An operating portion control device that acquires operation amount information of a first operating portion that operates a vehicle; sends first signals representing the operation amount information of the first operating portion, and receives second signals representing operation amount information of a second operating portion that operates the vehicle, the second operating portion being different from the first operating portion; switches between a state of sending the first signals and a state of receiving the second signals; and, on the basis of the second signals received in the state of receiving, actuate the first operating portion in accordance with an operation amount of the second operating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta MORIKAWA, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuki ITO, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210026345
    Abstract: A vehicle including: a communication section configured to receive operation information to operate a travel device from an external operation device; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information peripheral to a vehicle body from a peripheral information detection section, generate a travel plan based on the peripheral information, and control the travel device so as to perform autonomous driving in which travel is based on the generated travel plan, and perform remote driving in which travel is based on the operation information received by the communication section; and the vehicle further comprising a presentation device configured to present, at a vehicle exterior, identifying information received by the communication section, the identifying information relating to a user making use of transportation by the autonomous driving or the remote driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210009164
    Abstract: A vehicle control system comprising a vehicle control device, and a remote operation terminal. The vehicle control device controls a host vehicle capable of traveling in each of an autonomous self-driving mode, a remote self-driving mode, and a manual driving mode. The remote operation terminal remotely operate the host vehicle. The vehicle control device acquires a nearby-vehicle driving mode representing a driving mode of a nearby vehicle that is a vehicle near the host vehicle. In a case in which the nearby-vehicle driving mode of the nearby vehicle is a remote self-driving mode and a driving mode of the host vehicle is the autonomous self-driving mode, the vehicle control device controls travel of the host vehicle in the autonomous self-driving mode so that a distance between the nearby vehicle and the host vehicle becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210011683
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including: a remote operation signal reception section configured to be input with a remote operation signal based on an operation by an operator at a command center external to a vehicle; a control section configured to control the vehicle in a remote operation mode, based on the remote operation signal output from the command center, in a state in which remote operation of the vehicle from the command center side has been enabled; and a speech communication device configured to enable conversation between an occupant of the vehicle and an operator at the command center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO