公开(公告)号：US20220289215A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17566072

申请日：2021-12-30

Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Yasuyuki Kamezaki ,  Shuhei Manabe ,  Takaaki Nagatani ,  Masato Endo

IPC: B60W50/02 ,  B60W50/14 ,  B60W40/08

Abstract: A driving diagnosis device acquires at least one of vehicle information regarding a vehicle state and driving information regarding a driving state of the driver, and measures the number of times each of conditions of preset evaluation items related to driving is met, based on the acquired vehicle information and the acquired driving information. Then, the driving diagnosis device outputs warning information when the number of measurement times of the evaluation items reaches a predetermined warning number corresponding to the one of the evaluation items. Further, the driving diagnosis device performs advance notification to the driver when a predetermined notification condition is satisfied before the number of measurement times reaches the warning number.

公开(公告)号：US11442452B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16201252

申请日：2018-11-27

Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Yusuke Kaneko ,  Masato Endo ,  Shinji Sassa ,  Takahiro Shiga ,  Yohei Tanigawa

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  B60P3/00

Abstract: A package delivery support system, a mobile unit, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program, a package delivery support method, and a package delivery support method are disclosed. The package delivery support system includes: a mobile unit prepared in an area; and a management device configured to manage the mobile unit, the management device including circuitry configured to acquire at least one of a delivery request to deliver a package loaded on the mobile unit and a pickup request to pick up a package with the mobile unit, and to supply the mobile unit with an instruction for causing the mobile unit to move to a location specified by the at least one of the delivery request and the pickup request.

公开(公告)号：US11420519B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16790008

申请日：2020-02-13

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Masato Endo ,  Katsuhiko Yourou ,  Shunji Tateishi ,  Nobukatsu Fujishita

IPC: B60K35/00 ,  H04W4/44 ,  B60R16/023 ,  B60N2/02

Abstract: Provided is a movable system including a movable body to be used by a plurality of users, and a server device. When the server device receives identification information of a user from the movable body, the server device acquires setting information to set the form of the movable body based on the identification information of the user and transmits it to the movable body. The movable body includes a form changing unit configured to change the outer shape or the appearance of the movable body based on the setting information thus received.

公开(公告)号：US11332147B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US16539675

申请日：2019-08-13

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Takahiro Shiga ,  Mami Kato ,  Masato Endo

IPC: B60W40/08 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G10L25/63 ,  G06V20/59 ,  G06V40/16 ,  B60W50/00

Abstract: A driving evaluation apparatus includes a processor configured to determine, based on information about facial expressions or behaviors of one or more passengers riding in a vehicle that is under automatic driving control, whether or not the passenger has displayed a facial expression or behavior indicating a specific feeling, and estimate ride comfort of the vehicle felt by the passenger in accordance with a determination result; and evaluate the driving of the vehicle that is under the automatic driving control, based on an estimation result of the ride comfort.

公开(公告)号：US11245749B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US16183932

申请日：2018-11-08

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hiroki Sawada ,  Masato Tamaoki ,  Eisuke Ando ,  Masato Endo ,  Kuniaki Hasegawa

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/46 ,  H04W4/44 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G01C21/34 ,  B01D46/44 ,  B01D46/02 ,  B01D46/46 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W76/14 ,  G08G1/01 ,  H04W40/34 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W40/22 ,  G08G1/00

Abstract: A vehicle information communication system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. The server is configured to perform communication by using either a first communication mode or a second communication mode. In the first communication mode, the server receives and transmits information to and from each of the plurality of vehicles individually. In the second communication mode, the server receives and transmits the information to and from a part of the plurality of vehicles and the information is shared among the plurality of vehicles by using vehicle-to-vehicle communication.

公开(公告)号：US11216754B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US16354663

申请日：2019-03-15

Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Koichiro Mitsumaki ,  Masato Endo ,  Ryota Kondo ,  Yasuhisa Obata

IPC: G06Q10/02 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G06F16/22

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a reception unit configured to receive a use reservation of car sharing including designation of any one of round-trip car sharing and one-way car sharing, designation of a pickup location, and designation of a drop-off location from a user and store the use reservation in a use reservation database, and a selection unit configured to select, as users who share a ride in a vehicle, both of a first user who has made a use reservation for designating round-trip car sharing and a second user who has made a use reservation for designating one-way car sharing among a plurality of users who have made a use reservation with a pickup location and a drop-off location satisfying a predetermined condition.

公开(公告)号：US11200759B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-14

申请号：US16233008

申请日：2018-12-26

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shin Sakurada ,  Koichi Ando ,  Mutsumi Matsuura ,  Masato Endo ,  Koki Fujita

IPC: G07C5/00 ,  G07C5/02 ,  B60R25/24 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G07C5/08 ,  G06Q50/30

Abstract: Convenience regarding movement of a vehicle requiring servicing/maintenance is increased. A support apparatus includes acquirer configured to acquire necessity information about necessity/non-necessity of provision of a service related to a vehicle from a terminal of a user of the vehicle, and information manager configured to issue, when the necessity information indicates that the provision of the service is necessary, authentication information for temporarily using the vehicle to an agency providing the service.

公开(公告)号：US11193466B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US15990080

申请日：2018-05-25

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yasuyuki Tamane ,  Masato Endo

IPC: F02N11/08 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/14

Abstract: A remote startup system includes a terminal; a center server configured to communicate with the terminal and receive a startup request from the terminal; and a vehicle on which a driving device is mounted, the vehicle being configured to communicate with the center server, receive the startup request from the center server, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server, the terminal, and the vehicle includes a direct communication permission unit configured to permit direct communication in a case where the communication between the terminal and the center server or between the center server and the vehicle is disrupted, the direct communication being transmission or reception of information on the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, the direct communication being performed between the terminal and the vehicle directly without passing through the center server.

公开(公告)号：US11135898B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US15878906

申请日：2018-01-24

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yasuyuki Tamane ,  Masato Endo ,  Kenichi Murata

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G05D3/00 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  B60H1/00 ,  G07C5/00

Abstract: A remote air conditioning start system includes a terminal of a user, a center server, and a vehicle that includes an air conditioner and is configured to communicate with the center server. The remote air conditioning start system includes first and second transmission units, first and second reception units, a start controller provided in the vehicle and configured to, when the second reception unit receives a start request, start the air conditioner, a determination unit provided in one of the terminal, the center server, and the vehicle and configured to determine necessity of defrosting of a window of the vehicle, and a notification unit provided in the terminal and configured to, when the determination unit determines that defrosting of the window is needed, notify the user that defrosting of the window is needed.

公开(公告)号：US11107344B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16189092

申请日：2018-11-13

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hiroki Sawada ,  Masato Tamaoki ,  Eisuke Ando ,  Masato Endo ,  Kuniaki Hasegawa

IPC: G08B23/00 ,  G08B21/04 ,  G08B27/00

Abstract: A rescue system includes: a plurality of movable bodies each equipped with a camera; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of movable bodies. The rescue system identifies a protection target, based on information acquired by the camera. The server is configured to (a) define a search area to be searched for the protection target, (b) acquire positional information about the plurality of movable bodies and select, from movable bodies located within the search area, at least one movable body to be used for searching for the protection target, the movable body being selected as a selected movable body, and (c) output, to the selected movable body, a search command for searching for the protection target.