Patents by Inventor Zekai QIU
Zekai QIU 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: 10829024Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a vehicle includes: a main body; a first inner side surface and a second inner side surface of the main body located in a widthwise direction of the main body; and a cooling box provided at the first inner side surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
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Publication number: 20200327494Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and an information processing apparatus. the vehicle that includes an image capturing device and that delivers a package. The information processing apparatus that includes a processor configured to determine, in a case where a recipient is not present at a delivery destination of the package, reception of the package by a substitute person present at a residence different from that of the recipient. The vehicle captures the substitute person receiving the package, with the image capturing device. The processor is configured to transmit, in a case where reception of the package by the substitute person is completed, captured data of the image capturing device to a user terminal associated with the recipient. The vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
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Publication number: 20200320472Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine to pack a plurality of first packages, of which the recipients satisfy a predetermined condition, together to obtain a second package and deliver the second package, to determine a representative, who undertakes to receive the second package as a representative and to hand over the first packages to the recipients respectively, from users satisfying the predetermined condition, to make a request for delivery of the second package to the representative, to receive notification indicating that delivery of the first packages is finished from a user terminal of the representative, and to give an incentive at least to the representative in a case where the notification indicating that the delivery is finished is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
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Patent number: 10769929Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a delivery item to a vehicle includes a vehicle equipped with a cooling box which is provided with an openable door and configured to accommodate a delivery item, at least one deliverer terminal provided with a notification device for sending a notification to a deliverer, and a delivery server configured to communicate with the vehicle and the deliverer terminal. The delivery server sends to the deliverer terminal a notification indicating that the door is unclosed if the deliverer forgets to close the door.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
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Publication number: 20200279221Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle that delivers a package to a predetermined delivery destination, an in-house device installed inside a house at the predetermined delivery destination, the in-house device being capable of controlling an output device at the predetermined destination, and a processor configured to acquire position information of the vehicle, and to cause the in-house device to issue notification of approach of the vehicle through the output device, in a case where the vehicle approaches within a predetermined range of the predetermined delivery destination. The processor further causes the in-house device to issue notification of arrival of the vehicle through the output device, in a case where the vehicle arrives at the predetermined delivery destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
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Patent number: 10759302Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a rotary electric machine configured to generate a driving force for driving driving wheels; a driving battery storing power to drive the rotary electric machine; a converter connected to the driving battery; an auxiliary battery connected to the driving battery via the converter; and a cooling box connected to the auxiliary battery. When the driving battery has an SOC reduced to be smaller than a prescribed threshold value, the converter is stopped and power remaining in the auxiliary battery is used to drive the cooling box.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
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Publication number: 20200247303Abstract: A delivery system includes a vehicle including a storage compartment where a temperature can be changed within a predetermined temperature range, the vehicle being configured to deliver an item stored in the storage compartment to a delivery destination, and a processor configured to acquire a relationship between a current time and a scheduled arrival time of the item at the delivery destination, and control a temperature of the storage compartment corresponding to the relationship between the current time and the scheduled arrival time of the item at the delivery destination, such that the item reaches a state of a second temperature at a time of handing-over from a state of a first temperature at a time of delivery request.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
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Publication number: 20200250594Abstract: An information processing system includes: a movable object that operates as a movable shop after business hours of a predetermined shop; and a control unit that executes acquiring product information, the product information being information relevant to a plurality of foodstuffs loaded in the movable object, each of the plurality of foodstuffs being a product of the predetermined shop and being discounted due to an expiration date, and controlling a route of the movable object based on the product information. The control unit controls the route of the movable object, based on a ratio of kinds of the plurality of foodstuffs loaded in the movable object, as the product information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
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Publication number: 20200223345Abstract: A vehicle includes: a main body; a rotary electric machine provided in the main body; a driving battery configured to be chargeable and dischargeable and supply power to the rotary electric machine; a cooling box detachable from the main body; at least one detachable battery detachable from the main body; and a charger configured to charge the detachable battery with power supplied from the driving battery, the detachable battery being configured to be attachable to the cooling box.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai QIU, Hironobu KITAOKA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Kozo KOSHO, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Makoto IKEGAMI
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Patent number: 10654412Abstract: The notification system includes: an electric vehicle provided with a cooling box, a battery, and wheels driven by the electric power from the battery; an acquisition device configured to obtain storage information indicating storage conditions for a commodity selected by a user; a processor configured to send a warning signal when a travelling distance which can be covered by the electric vehicle with the selected commodity being preserved in the cooling box under the storage conditions indicated by the storage information is shorter than a predetermined distance; and a notification device configured to notify the user of a warning upon receiving the warning signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
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Patent number: 10618445Abstract: A vehicle includes: a main body; a rotary electric machine provided in the main body; a driving battery configured to be chargeable and dischargeable and supply power to the rotary electric machine; a cooling box detachable from the main body; at least one detachable battery detachable from the main body; and a charger configured to charge the detachable battery with power supplied from the driving battery, the detachable battery being configured to be attachable to the cooling box.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
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Publication number: 20200082317Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires for each of a plurality of users, user information including information relating to user's preferences for a place of departure, date and time of departure from the place of departure, one or more passing spots, staying time at each passing spot, destination and date and time of arrival at destination. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus extracts a plurality of first users who move in a first vehicle from among the plurality of users based on the user information on each of the plurality of users. The information processing apparatus then creates a movement schedule using the first vehicle based the user information on the plurality of first users.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
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Publication number: 20200049521Abstract: An information processing apparatus determines whether or not a predetermined transfer condition for urging a target user sharing a ride in a ride-sharing vehicle with another user with a different destination to transfer between ride-sharing vehicles during movement is established, on the basis of a predicted travel route of each of a transfer source vehicle and a transfer destination vehicle. Then, in the case where the predetermined transfer condition is determined to be established, the information processing apparatus transmits transfer information for urging the target user to transfer from the transfer source vehicle to the transfer destination vehicle during movement, to a terminal associated with the transfer source vehicle and a terminal associated with the transfer destination vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
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Publication number: 20200033149Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to: acquire a schedule information piece in which a first vehicle that a visitor schedules to ride in when a visitor visits a facility is specified; and if the number of visiting vehicles is predicted to be equal to or larger than a first predetermined number based on the respective schedule information pieces, calculate ride-sharing user candidates that are candidates of visitors that each join a ride in a vehicle, to visit the predetermined facility, and second vehicles that the ride-sharing user candidates can join a ride in, and perform matching between a part or all of users in the ride-sharing user candidates and the second vehicles so that the number of visiting vehicles becomes smaller than the first predetermined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
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Publication number: 20200003575Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technology that makes it possible that a plurality of users use a vehicle that does not have a specified regular driver. An information processing apparatus determines whether or not after a first user moves to a destination place by driving a first vehicle, a second user is able to move by driving the first vehicle from the destination place of the first user as a departure place. If an affirmative determination is made in the determining, the information processing apparatus matches the first user and the second user with the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuki Ito, Akira Nishida, Zekai Qiu, Kenichi Hagiya, Naoki Yamamuro
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Publication number: 20190385264Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique for enabling collection of useful information on a specific event. An information processing apparatus acquires conversation information relating to conversations generated in a vehicle shared among a plurality of users having a same event venue where a specific event is held as a destination. The information processing apparatus then extracts event information relating to the specific event from the acquired conversation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
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Publication number: 20190376803Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure transmits, upon receiving first information requesting provision of contact information indicating a contact address of a second user, transmitted from a first user terminal which is a terminal used by the first user, second information which is information requesting permission to provide the contact information to the first user and which includes information capable of identifying the first user to a second user terminal which is a terminal used by the second user. The second user is a user who is sharing or has a history of sharing a predetermined space with the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
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Publication number: 20190378082Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique for enabling delivery of baggage of another user by utilizing a vehicle on which one user rides and travels. An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure performs matching between a first user and a second user in the case where baggage of the second user can be delivered to a delivery destination by a vehicle when the first user travels to a traveling destination on the basis of first user information which is information regarding traveling by the vehicle of the first user and second user information which is information regarding delivery of the baggage of the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
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Publication number: 20190126772Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a rotary electric machine configured to generate a driving force for driving driving wheels; a driving battery storing power to drive the rotary electric machine; a converter connected to the driving battery; an auxiliary battery connected to the driving battery via the converter; and a cooling box connected to the auxiliary battery. When the driving battery has an SOC reduced to be smaller than a prescribed threshold value, the converter is stopped and power remaining in the auxiliary battery is used to drive the cooling box.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai QIU, Hironobu KITAOKA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Kozo KOSHO, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Makoto IKEGAMI
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Publication number: 20190126803Abstract: A vehicle includes: a main body; a rotary electric machine provided in the main body; a driving battery configured to be chargeable and dischargeable and supply power to the rotary electric machine; a cooling box detachable from the main body; at least one detachable battery detachable from the main body; and a charger configured to charge the detachable battery with power supplied from the driving battery, the detachable battery being configured to be attachable to the cooling box.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zekai QIU, Hironobu KITAOKA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Kozo KOSHO, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Makoto IKEGAMI