Patents by Inventor Yuta ITOZAWA
Yuta ITOZAWA 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).
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Patent number: 12286300Abstract: A transport system includes a transport robot and a plurality of kinds of loading platform portions each of which is able to be connected to the transport robot. The transport system includes: a determination unit that determines a loading platform portion to which the transport robot is to be connected, from the plurality of kinds of loading platform portions, based on a transport condition; and a connection control unit that controls a connecting operation between the transport robot and the loading platform portion determined by the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi
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Patent number: 12271842Abstract: A delivery system includes a plurality of delivery vehicles for delivering an article to a delivery destination with power charged in a battery that is able to be charged and discharged. The delivery vehicles are able to be charged with each other. A charging schedule including a combination of a charging vehicle and a vehicle to be charged selected from the delivery vehicles is determined based on a delivery schedule of the article and a remaining charge capacity of the battery for each of the delivery vehicles, and the delivery schedule for the charging vehicle and the vehicle to be charged is updated based on the charging schedule.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
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Patent number: 12264010Abstract: A transport system includes a transport robot configured to transport an item picked up from a shelving unit or to be stored into the shelving unit, wherein: the transport robot includes a placing table on which the item is to be placed, and a lifting mechanism configured to lift and lower the placing table; and the placing table includes an engaging portion configured to engage with the shelving unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Ota, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi, Yoshiaki Nakamoto
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Patent number: 12251819Abstract: A transport system is a transport system in which an autonomous mobile robot transports an object. The autonomous mobile robot includes a mounting portion on which the object is mounted. The mounting portion includes a guide that engages with the object and regulates a moving direction of the object on a surface of the mounting portion to a predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuta Itozawa, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi
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Patent number: 12195988Abstract: A staircase area at which a staircase is installed across a first floor and a second floor is provided in a building. A part of the staircase area is a non-installation space in which a staircase is not installed, and a lifting space through which a transport robot moves up and down between the first floor and the second floor is provided using the non-installation space. The lifting space and a staircase hall having a spandrel wall there between are adjacent to each other the second floor. An opening through which the transport robot moves between the lifting space and the staircase hall is provided in the spandrel wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nami Muramatsu, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
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Patent number: 12196008Abstract: A rack includes: a casing; M pairs of supports that are provided inside the casing so as to extend in a depth direction and arrayed at regular intervals in a predetermined direction; and a lock mechanism that locks returnable containers housed while being supported so as to be slidable along the respective M pairs of supports. The lock mechanism has M rotary lock main bodies that are respectively provided at the M pairs of supports and each unlock at a predetermined rotation angle, and a coupling member that couples the M rotary lock main bodies to one another and allows them to rotate in conjunction with one another. The predetermined rotation angle for unlocking is different for each of the M rotary lock main bodies, and the M rotary lock main bodies are driven to rotate by a single driving source.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi, Yoshiaki Nakamoto, Junya Ota
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Patent number: 12181875Abstract: A control system for controlling a movement of a carriage in which a load is housed includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an autonomous mobile robot is planned to move toward the carriage in a state in which the load is raised to a predetermined height or higher by a placement part, the autonomous mobile robot including the placement part having a changeable height and being configured to house the load placed on the placement part in the carriage, and a carriage control unit configured to control the carriage so that the carriage moves toward the autonomous mobile robot when it is determined that the autonomous mobile robot is planned to move toward the carriage in a state in which the load is raised to the predetermined height or higher by the placement part.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
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Publication number: 20240425278Abstract: A delivery system capable of efficiently delivering packages is provided. A delivery system includes a mobile robot configured to deliver packages to a storage site, a container disposed in a storage space of the storage site, a transfer mechanism configured to deliver the container holding the package to the storage space or receive the container holding the package from the storage space, and means for performing an operation for increasing the number of empty spaces according to availability of the storage space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya TSUBAKIMOTO, Uori KOIKE, Yuta ITOZAWA, Takashi IZUMI, Satoshi KOMAMINE
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Delivery system, control method therefor and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
Patent number: 12172677Abstract: It is possible to suppress increase in power consumption of a delivery vehicle within a transportation vehicle. A delivery system includes: an autonomously-moving-type delivery vehicle configured to deliver an article; and a transportation vehicle configured to carry and transport the delivery vehicle, in which after the transportation vehicle carrying the delivery vehicle travels toward a delivery destination of the article, the delivery vehicle gets out of the transportation vehicle and delivers the article to the delivery destination. The transportation vehicle includes an unloading mechanism for letting the delivery vehicle get out of the transportation vehicle and a control unit configured to control the unloading mechanism. The delivery vehicle receives a control signal for controlling the unloading mechanism output from the control unit and gets out of the transportation vehicle based on the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura -
Publication number: 20240412151Abstract: A delivery system according to the present disclosure is a delivery system configured to deliver a package, privacy information being attached to the package, the delivery system including: a mobile robot configured to deliver the package; a transfer mechanism configured to transfer the package delivered by the mobile robot to a storage place or transfer the package located in the storage place to the mobile robot; and a detection unit configured to detect whether or not a person is present near the storage place, in which the package is transferred in a transfer form in which the privacy information is protected from being revealed to the person present near the storage place.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Uori KOIKE, Yuta ITOZAWA, Takashi IZUMI, Tatsuya TSUBAKIMOTO, Satoshi KOMAMINE
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Publication number: 20240399577Abstract: To provide a delivery system or the like adapted to request a person to remove an obstacle in a given area in front of a storage cabinet. A delivery system includes: a storage cabinet; a delivery robot capable of traveling to the storage cabinet and delivering an article; at least one detection unit configured to detect an obstacle present in the vicinity of the storage cabinet; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the delivery system, including the delivery robot. When the detection unit detects that there is an obstacle within a given area in the vicinity of the storage cabinet, and when the control unit determines that the delivery robot cannot deliver the article to the storage cabinet due to the presence of the obstacle, the control unit sends a notification requesting that the detected obstacle be removed from the given area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi IZUMI, Tatsuya TSUBAKIMOTO, Uori KOIKE, Yuta ITOZAWA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
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Publication number: 20240403760Abstract: A delivery system according to the present disclosure includes: a delivery robot configured to deliver a package to a storage place; a prediction unit configured to predict a time during which a receiver of the package is absent; and a scheduling unit configured to set a schedule so that the delivery robot delivers the package to the storage place during the time when the receiver is absent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Uori KOIKE, Yuta ITOZAWA, Takashi IZUMI, Tatsuya TSUBAKIMOTO, Satoshi KOMAMINE
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Patent number: 12139333Abstract: A transport system is a transport system that transports a luggage using a transport vehicle and a transport robot. In a state in which the transport robot and the transport vehicle are connected, the transport robot takes out the luggage from the transport vehicle, or stores the luggage in the transport vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi
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Publication number: 20240367959Abstract: A conveyance robot which contributes to the improvement of the accuracy of detection by a detection sensor is provided. A conveyance robot according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a conveyance robot configured to convey a rigid object to be conveyed, the conveyance robot including: a detection sensor configured to detect an environment in the vicinity of the conveyance robot; a mobile cart; a sensor pole part configured to support the detection sensor, the sensor pole part being vertically disposed on the mobile cart; and a coupling part configured to be coupled to a part to be coupled of the object to be conveyed, the coupling part being provided in the sensor pole part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuta ITOZAWA, Kunihiro IWAMOTO, Hirotaka KOMURA, Yutaro TAKAGI, Uori KOIKE
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Patent number: 12129113Abstract: A control device for a conveyance robot including a telescopic portion which is extensible in a height direction is provided. The control device includes an estimation unit configured to estimate a natural frequency of the conveyance robot according to an amount of extension of the telescopic portion and a control unit configured to control a drive mechanism of the conveyance robot such that the natural frequency of the conveyance robot and an angular frequency of a vibration generating portion when the conveyance robot operates do not match.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Ota, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi, Yoshiaki Nakamoto
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Patent number: 12129115Abstract: A transport vehicle includes at least one rack, a top plate, an arm attached to the top plate and extendable and retractable in a horizontal direction, a rotation mechanism that changes an extension direction of the arm by rotating the top plate with a vertical direction as a rotation axis, and a control unit that controls operation of the rotation mechanism and the arm. The control unit extends and retracts the arm to pull out an object from the at least one rack or a rack installed outside, rotates the top plate on which the pulled-out object is placed, and extends the arm to store the object in the rack when the object has been pulled out from the at least one rack, and extends the arm to store the object in the at least one rack when the object has been pulled out from the rack.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yutaro Takagi, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
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Publication number: 20240353858Abstract: A delivery system includes a storage shelf, a delivery robot capable of moving to the storage shelf and delivering an article to the storage shelf, a detection unit that detects an obstacle present near the storage shelf, and a control unit that controls an operation of the delivery robot. The control unit is configured to, when the detection unit detects an obstacle present in a predetermined area near the storage shelf and the control unit determines that the delivery robot can deliver an article to the storage shelf, determine a stop position and a stop direction of the delivery robot relative to the storage shelf based on a position of the detected obstacle and a position of the storage shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuta ITOZAWA, Takashi IZUMI, Tatsuya TSUBAKIMOTO, Uori KOIKE, Satoshi KOMAMINE
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Patent number: 12125069Abstract: An automated order processing for order items registered in advance as commodities targeted for automated order service is performed. In the automated order processing, it is determined whether any container/package for the order items exists in the disposal box, based on internal status data of a disposal box or identification data on the contents of the container/package existing in the disposal box. If it is determined that any container/package for the order items exists in the disposal box, the number of discarded containers/packages for the order items existing in the disposal box is calculated. Then, it is determined whether the number of discarded containers/packages is equal to or larger than an upper threshold set according to a sales mode of the order items. If it is determined that the number of discarded containers/packages is equal to or larger than the upper threshold, ordering data of the order items is generated.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuhisa Otsuki, Haeyeon Lee, Yutaro Takagi, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Kota Oishi
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Patent number: 12103181Abstract: A garbage box includes an opening-closing unit and a switch on a predetermined surface, the switch being a switch by which the opening-closing unit is opened. The garbage box is installed such that the predetermined surface faces a base surface with a predetermined interval from the base surface, the base surface being a floor surface or a ground surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yutaro Takagi, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
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Patent number: 12091241Abstract: A trash box is a trash box including a trash box main body in which trash is accommodated. A top surface or a side surface of the trash box main body includes an input port via which the trash is put into the trash box main body. A bottom surface of the trash box main body includes an opening-closing portion. The trash box main body is placed such that the opening-closing portion faces a reference plane that is a floor face or ground. The trash box main body is changeable in height from the reference plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiaki Nakamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi, Junya Ota, Kunihiro Iwamoto