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).

  • Patent number: 10829024
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20200327494
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200320472
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
  • Patent number: 10769929
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20200279221
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
  • Patent number: 10759302
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20200247303
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200250594
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai QIU, Akie SAKIYAMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Jun HIOKI, Shinji SASSA, Hiromitsu FUJII, Keita TERUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200223345
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai QIU, Hironobu KITAOKA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Kozo KOSHO, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Makoto IKEGAMI
  • Patent number: 10654412
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
  • Patent number: 10618445
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai Qiu, Hironobu Kitaoka, Naoki Yamamuro, Kozo Kosho, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Makoto Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20200082317
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20200049521
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20200033149
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20200003575
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuki Ito, Akira Nishida, Zekai Qiu, Kenichi Hagiya, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20190385264
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20190376803
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20190378082
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20190126772
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai QIU, Hironobu KITAOKA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Kozo KOSHO, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Makoto IKEGAMI
  • Publication number: 20190126803
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zekai QIU, Hironobu KITAOKA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Kozo KOSHO, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Makoto IKEGAMI