Patents by Inventor Yurika Tanaka

Yurika Tanaka 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).

  • Patent number: 11972611
    Abstract: A controller is provided that is configured to perform: obtaining information about a condition for an image that is provided to a user, and that corresponds to a preference of the user; specifying at least one predetermined position at which an image satisfying the condition can be taken; and generating a command for a moving object to move to the predetermined position and to take an image, and transmitting the command to the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Yurika Tanaka, Kenichi Yamada, Ryuichi Kamaga, Ai Miyata, Yu Nagata, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20240103524
    Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile shop includes: determining a selling situation of a plurality of items using information about an inventory status of the plurality of items and information about a well-selling time of the plurality of items; setting a charging schedule for a battery (secondary battery) based on the selling situation; and causing the mobile shop to move to EVSE (charging facility) according to the charging schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika TANAKA, Makoto KAKUCHI, Daisuke TSUTSUMI, Kazuya TSUCHIYA, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11941965
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to enable a warning to be issued to a person who is highly likely to be put in danger at a risky point. In an information processing apparatus, a controller acquires information indicating a risky point, acquires a state of a person with a predetermined positional relationship to the risky point, and determines whether or not the state of the person is a state where there is a high possibility of being put in danger, among a plurality of states of the person assumable at the risky point. Furthermore, in a case where the state of the person is determined to be the state where there is a high possibility of being put in danger, the controller causes an output unit to output information indicating a warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Takaharu Ueno, Shin Sakurada, Daiki Yokoyama, Genshi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20240086981
    Abstract: A taxi vehicle management method includes: evaluating, based on DR contribution history information, a degree of contribution to demand response for energy management by a driver of a taxi vehicle, the DR contribution history information indicating a history of contribution to the DR by the driver using a power storage device of the taxi vehicle; and determining a calculation formula of a fare of the taxi vehicle driven by the driver, using a result of evaluation of the degree of contribution by the driver. The determining the calculation formula of the fare includes determining the calculation formula of the fare such that the fare becomes lower as the degree of contribution to the DR by the driver becomes higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke TSUTSUMI, Makoto KAKUCHI, Yurika TANAKA, Kazuya TSUCHIYA, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11906822
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire a detected value of a sensor that detects presence or absence of a person within a predetermined range outside one or more openings that is formed in a wall surface of a first building, each of the one or more openings using light control glass, the wall surface facing outside, and control transmittance of the light control glass based on the detected value of the sensor. A building includes one or more opening that is formed in at least a wall surface that faces outside, the opening using light control glass; a sensor that detects presence or absence of a person within a predetermined range outside the one or more openings; and a control device that controls transmittance of the light control glass based on a detected value of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Ibuki Shimada, Keisuke Shoji, Shuhei Yamamoto, Hideo Hasegawa, Yurika Tanaka, Satoshi Komamine
  • Patent number: 11908334
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to notify a package sender or a package recipient of information on one or more parking spaces at which an unmanned aircraft can land and from which the unmanned aircraft can take off, among a plurality of parking spaces for automobiles, reserve one parking space of the one or more parking spaces designated by the package sender or the package recipient as a take-off and landing location for the unmanned aircraft, and determine an operation plan for the unmanned aircraft so that the unmanned aircraft picks up or delivers a package at the take-off and landing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ai Miyata, Yurika Tanaka, Hideo Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Katsuhiro Ohara, Tomoya Makino
  • Publication number: 20240046400
    Abstract: A controller is provided which is configured to dispatch a bus to a predetermined facility in response to receiving information about payment from a terminal that is arranged in the predetermined facility to make a payment of a usage fee for the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yoshinori KANEMITSU, Yurika TANAKA, Keiichi UNO
  • Publication number: 20240019263
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to dispatch a guidance device to a gathering point for a disabled person who has made a reservation for the use of a bus, to generate a command to move the dispatched guidance device from the gathering point to a point set as a bus stop for the bus, and to transmit the command thus generated to the guidance device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yoshinori KANEMITSU, Yurika TANAKA, Keiichi UNO
  • Publication number: 20240020585
    Abstract: A controller is provided that designates a first position where a shielding object is present as a boarding point of a bus in response to a weather forecast at a boarding date and time of a user on the bus being predetermined weather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yoshinori KANEMITSU, Yurika TANAKA, Keiichi UNO
  • Publication number: 20230421729
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a first image that is obtained by capturing a boarding point of a first vehicle provided for a predetermined transport service, and transmits the first image to a user terminal of a user who is scheduled to get on board the first vehicle at the boarding point. The first image is captured by a drone. In a case where the drone is not allowed to fly, the first image is acquired from a plurality of captured images that are captured by a plurality of vehicle-mounted cameras mounted on a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle-mounted camera capturing the captured image every predetermined period of time that is associated with the vehicle-mounted camera in question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yoshinori KANEMITSU, Yurika TANAKA, Keiichi UNO
  • Patent number: 11790505
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, upon detection of an impact applied to an object, whether the impact has caused damage to the object, and when it is determined that damage has been caused, identify a cause of the damage, based on a result of observation of a surrounding environment of the object at a time that the impact was applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Oidemizu, Kazuyuki Inoue, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yurika Tanaka, Tomokazu Maya, Satoshi Komamine
  • Patent number: 11783586
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprises a controller configured to acquire sensor data from a plurality of sensors installed in a building; generate action information on a user in the building based on the acquired sensor data; and estimate a time of the user's going out based on the generated action information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Daiki Kaneichi
  • Publication number: 20230267859
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a command for instructing a mobile display device configured to display information representing that a place where the mobile display device exists is a bus stop to output, at a point set as the bus stop, a notification indicating that a bus stops at the point a predetermined time before a time at which the bus stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Yoshinori KANEMITSU, Yurika TANAKA, Keiichi UNO
  • Patent number: 11727390
    Abstract: A wallet server includes a processor with hardware. The processor is configured to acquire user information of user terminals carried by users who use a store, and configured to perform payment processing, and to generate group information when payment processing is performed by using a first user terminal. The group information is user information of the first user terminal and a second user terminal. The processor is configured to generate, from information on the payment processing and the group information, consumption information associated with each of the user terminals in a group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Hideo Hasegawa, Nozomu Yoshioka, Tsuyoshi Takeshita, Shoichiro Suzuki, Kohei Ichihara, Shota Yamamoto, Junya Chikanishi
  • Patent number: 11705003
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to acquire information indicating a loudness of sound emitted by a second vehicle parked within a predetermined range from a first vehicle or a vehicle height of the second vehicle, and in a case in which the controller determines that the loudness or the vehicle height exceeds a predetermined first threshold, the controller provides a predetermined notification to the first vehicle via a communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Yurika Tanaka, Shoji Sakamoto, Yusuke Kobayashi, Kotaro Okabe, Hirotada Nakanishi, Naoya Oka, Daiki Otani
  • Patent number: 11694571
    Abstract: An information processing system comprises a sensor configured to sense a first posture that a user is taking; a storage configured to store posture data about a posture of a person; and a controller configured to create advice for the user regarding a negative influence on a body of the user, based on sensor data acquired from the sensor and the posture data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Shuichi Sawada, Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shintaro Matsutani, Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11686591
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus of this application includes a controller. The controller is configured to execute: identifying a behavior pattern of a user using a behavior model of the user, the behavior model being generated based on past behavior information of the user detected by a sensor capable of detecting the behavior information of the user, predicting a scheduled arrival time, which is an arrival time of the user at a building to which the user travels, based on the identified behavior pattern of the user, and providing information to the user regarding the movement to the building so that the user can arrive at the building by the predicted scheduled arrival time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yurika Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11669852
    Abstract: In a wallet server including a processor having hardware, the processor acquires image information that includes a captured image of food provided to a user transmitted from a store terminal of a store providing the food, and user information related to the user provided with the food, and associates the acquired image information with the user information and transmits a display instruction to instruct display of the image information and a screen for accepting input of evaluation for the food to a user terminal of the user determined based on the user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yurika Tanaka, Hideo Hasegawa, Nozomu Yoshioka, Tsuyoshi Takeshita, Shoichiro Suzuki, Kohei Ichihara, Shota Yamamoto, Junya Chikanishi
  • Patent number: 11657651
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus monitors a plurality of persons on a premises by one or more image sensors installed on the premises. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a tendency of behavior of at least one person of the plurality of persons according to a length of a blank time, the blank time being a time during which the at least one person does not appear in an image captured by the one or more image sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Oidemizu, Kazuyuki Inoue, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yurika Tanaka, Tomokazu Maya, Satoshi Komamine
  • Publication number: 20230097830
    Abstract: An abnormality is more quickly resolved when the abnormality occurs in a storage device. An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a controller configured to control a vehicle with the storage device mounted thereon in which a user is able to deposit or pick up baggage, wherein the controller generates a route for the vehicle before an occurrence of a predetermined event so that the route passes through a deposit point of the baggage or a pick-up point of the baggage and a predetermined area including a predetermined location where the predetermined event is able to be resolved if the predetermined event related to storage of the baggage occurs in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki INOUE, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Go TANAKA, Hiromitsu FUJII