TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on April 25th, 2024
Patent Applications by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA on April 25th, 2024
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA: 95 patent applications
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA has applied for patents in the areas of B60W50/14 (18), G01S13/931 (12), B60W60/00 (11), B60Q9/00 (7), B60W30/06 (6)
With keywords such as: vehicle, control, information, when, configured, apparatus, device, than, based, and controller in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s): Shigeru NAKAGAWA of Okazaki-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): A61G3/08
Abstract: a wheelchair fixing device includes a support member that is provided on a base member and supports the drive mechanism, a slide shaft, a pair of lock arms that is provided on both sides of the base member, the lock arms being configured to turn toward a downward side and to pin down a fixing bar of the wheelchair due to the slide shaft moving in the backward direction, and being configured to turn toward the upward side and to release pinning down of the fixing bar due to the slide shaft moving in the advancing direction, a pair of switch arm mechanisms configured to turn due to being pressed by the fixing bar of the wheelchair, and lock switches configured to drive the drive mechanism by being pressed by the switch arm mechanisms, such that the slide shaft is moved in the backward direction.
Inventor(s): Satoshi TSUDA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Akito TOJO of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Daichi TAJIMA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B21D39/02, B23K26/50
Abstract: to provide a method for manufacturing an outer panel in which takt time is shortened and of high designability. a method for manufacturing an outer panel performing a hemming process according to the present disclosure includes; performing a laser light irradiation process on an inner side of a steel sheet that serves as an outer panel to bend the steel sheet at a first angle, the laser light being irradiated along a ridgeline of a center part of a bend radius of the steel sheet, and performing the hemming process on the steel sheet at a timing that is after the laser irradiation process to bend the steel sheet at a second angle smaller than the first angle.
Inventor(s): Yuta ITOZAWA of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Hirotaka KOMURA of Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kunihiro IWAMOTO of Nagakute-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yutaro TAKAGI of Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B25J9/00, B25J9/10, B25J9/16
Abstract: a robot system and a method for driving a robot capable of moving the position of the center of gravity of the robot while minimizing the increase in the footprint thereof are provided. a robot system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a robot. the robot includes a movable moving part, an upper body part disposed above the moving part, and a driving mechanism for tilting the upper body part and moving a lower end of the upper body part in a direction in which the upper body part is tilted.
Inventor(s): Shun SATO of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B25J9/16
Abstract: a robot operation system with improved accuracy of a learning model accuracy is provided. provided is a robot operation system including a composite image generation unit to which cad data of an object and a workpiece and a feature point of the workpiece are input configured to generate a plurality of composite images under random conditions from the cad data of the object and the workpiece, an information processing apparatus configured to search for a route using a position of an end effector of a robot and a position of the feature point and move the end effector to the feature point along the searched route, and an imaging apparatus configured to photograph the object and the workpiece.
20240131731.QUATERNION JOINT_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Kazutoshi NISHII of Toyota-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B25J17/02, B25J9/10
Abstract: a quaternion joint includes a first member, a second member rotatably connected to the first member through links, a plurality of first pulleys provided on the end face of the first member so that the first pulleys are able to swing, a plurality of second pulleys provided on the end face of the second member facing the end face of the first members so that the second pulleys correspond to the first pulleys and so that the second pulleys are able to swing, and a plurality of wires hung between the first pulleys and the second pulleys corresponding to the first pulleys. a rotation shaft of the first pulley is offset from a rotation shaft of the second pulley corresponding to the first pulley in a state in which the rotation shaft of the first pulley is rotated around a direction in which the wire is extended.
Inventor(s): Shigeki NAKAYAMA of Gotenba-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Tomohiro KANEKO of Mishima-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kotoru SATO of Hadano-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60H1/00
Abstract: an air-conditioning control device includes a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to execute: estimating an emotion of an occupant in a vehicle interior when a spot air conditioning is performed on the occupant; and controlling the spot air conditioning based on an estimation result.
20240131900.HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Takayuki SHIMAUCHI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60H1/00, B60H1/12, B60H1/22, B60H3/02
Abstract: when front and rear air conditioning units perform dehumidification heating operation, and when a battery is to be cooled, a refrigeration cycle circuit performs cooling operation and supplies a liquid-phase refrigerant to front and rear evaporators and a battery cooling heat exchanger. a heating circuit supplies a high temperature liquid heated by an electric heater to front and rear heater cores. air cooled by the front and rear evaporators is warmed by the front and rear heater cores and supplied to a passenger compartment. a battery cooling liquid cooled by the battery cooling heat exchanger is delivered to the battery and cools the battery.
Inventor(s): Tomoaki SUZUKI of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60K11/04, F16K11/085, H01M10/613, H01M10/625, H01M10/63, H01M10/6568
Abstract: a thermal management circuit has a lt circuit including a reservoir tank and a battery circuit not including the reservoir tank. the thermal management system includes an ecu that controls a five-way valve to switch a plurality of modes with regard to a flow path for a heat medium in the thermal management circuit. the plurality of modes include a first mode (first circuit mode) and a second mode (third circuit mode). the first mode is a mode in which the lt circuit and the battery circuit are connected together in series. the second mode is a mode in which the lt circuit and the battery circuit are connected together in parallel and part of the heat medium flowing in the battery circuit flows to the lt circuit via the five-way valve.
20240131921.GRILLE SHUTTER_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hideo NISHIOKA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Hiroki SAWADA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60K11/08
Abstract: the plurality of movable fins includes at least a first movable fin coupled to the actuator and a second movable fin coupled to the first movable fin via a time difference link. the time difference link does not interlock the second movable fin with respect to the first movable fin while the first movable fin rotates from the closed position to the predetermined intermediate position, and interlocks the second movable fin with respect to the first movable fin while the first movable fin rotates from the intermediate position to the open position.
20240131925.CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Takeshi HAMAGUCHI of Seto-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Shintaro SAIGO of Nisshin-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Tomoyuki DOI of Gotemba-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kohei TOCHIGI of Sunto-gun (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Minami SATO of Ebina-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60K26/02
Abstract: a control device for a vehicle including an operation unit that receives an operation for setting on or off of a plurality of driver assistance functions, wherein at least two or more driver assistance functions among the plurality of driver assistance functions are driver assistance functions classified into a specific group in which the degree of intervention of control for the driving operation is smaller than other driver assistance functions, and the operation unit includes a main switch for collectively setting on or off of the driver assistance functions classified into the specific group.
20240131947.MANAGEMENT APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Motofumi KAMIYA of Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Hiroki Takeishi of Machida-shi Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60L53/60, B60L53/53, B60L58/12, B60Q9/00
Abstract: a management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage a power supply vehicle. the controller is configured to notify a user of a result of a determination of whether the power supply vehicle can supply power to a vehicle of the user under specified conditions that include a position specified by the user and a time specified by the user. the controller is configured to accept a reservation for the power supply vehicle to supply power to the vehicle of the user.
20240131953.POWER SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Tohru NAKAMURA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60L53/66, B60L53/62, B60L53/67, B60L53/68
Abstract: a power system includes: a cems server; at least one power apparatus; and at least one vehicle. the power apparatus charges the vehicle in a first charging pattern, the vehicle transmits charging power values by the power apparatus to the cems server, and the server pairs an intended power apparatus having performed charging in the first charging pattern and an intended vehicle having transmitted a second charging pattern obtained based on the charging power values, if the first charging pattern and the second charging pattern match.
20240131986.INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Kenji ISHIYAMA of Kasugai-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60Q9/00
Abstract: an information processing method by an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a vehicle designated as a delivery destination of a package, the information processing method includes receiving vehicle information from the vehicle upon detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event regarding a delivery person of the package, determining, based on the vehicle information, whether to operate hazard lamps or a horn of the vehicle, and upon determining to operate the hazard lamps or the horn, transmitting, to the vehicle, a control signal that operates the hazard lamps or the horn.
Inventor(s): Hideki TSUDA of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60R1/24
Abstract: a display control device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: acquire information of a moving body in surroundings of a vehicle; and display a specific image on a display area provided to the vehicle according to a position of the moving body based on the acquired information of the moving body, the specific image being displayed either overlaid on or adjacent to the moving body; and in a case in which the moving body inside the display area has exited from the display area, continue to display the specific image until a specific period of time has elapsed.
20240132045.IN-VEHICLE CONTROLLER_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Takahisa MIURA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W20/00, B60K6/40
Abstract: the in-vehicle controller of the present disclosure is installed in a vehicle together an engine, a motor capable of generating electricity connected to a crankshaft of the engine, a high voltage battery connected to the motor by a high voltage power line, a low voltage battery, a dc/dc converter connected to the high voltage power line and a low voltage power line connected to the low voltage battery, and a relay attached to the high voltage battery side of the high voltage power line from the dc/dc converter. the in-vehicle controller of the present disclosure stops driving the dc/dc converter after driving off the motor when completing the batteryless driving by disconnecting the high voltage battery with the relay turned off.
Inventor(s): Kota INOUE of Nagakute-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/06, E05B85/10, E05B85/16, G05D1/00
Abstract: a parking assist device including a retractable door handle device that includes a door handle with a built-in antenna used for a communication with a terminal carried by a user positioned outside a host vehicle and an actuator that causes the door handle to transition from a first state to a second state, the parking assist device comprising a processor that is configured to communicate with the terminal using the antenna, and that is configured to execute entry control for allowing the host vehicle to enter a parking spot or exit control for allowing the host vehicle to exit from the parking spot when a predetermined condition related to a communication result is met, wherein the processor causes the door handle to transition to the second state when executing the entry control or the exit control.
Inventor(s): Keisuke HOKAI of Gotemba-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Taichi KAWANAI of Susono-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/09
Abstract: a control apparatus according to the present disclosure is configured to execute the following first to five processes. the first process is a localization of a moving body. the second process is revising an estimated position obtained by the localization such that a displacement amount with respect to a previous position is within a predetermined range. the third process is regarding a revised estimated position obtained as a position of the moving body in a current process, and performing a control of the moving body based on the revised estimated position. the fourth process is detecting a poor accuracy of the localization based on a difference between the estimated position and the revised estimated position. the fifth process is performing an emergency control corresponding to a magnitude of the difference when the poor accuracy of the localization is detected.
Inventor(s): Koichi TSUCHIYA of Susono-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/09
Abstract: a driving support apparatus comprises a sensor configured to detect an object, and a controller configured to execute a collision control when the object satisfies a first collision condition. the controller determines whether or not the object satisfies a second collision condition which is more difficult to be satisfied than the first collision condition when both an angle condition and a steering condition are satisfied in a case where the object is a three-dimensional object which is in a roadside or a median strip of a road. the angle condition is a condition that an entry angle formed by a traveling direction of the vehicle and the three-dimensional object is equal to or smaller than a threshold angle. the steering condition is a condition for determining that a driver performs an avoidance steering operation. the controller executes the collision control when the three-dimensional object satisfies the second collision condition.
20240132069.VEHICLE MOVING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hideki KAMATANI of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/16
Abstract: a vehicle moving apparatus stops executing an autonomous acceleration/deceleration control and executes a control to autonomously control an acceleration and a deceleration of an own vehicle so as to maintain a distance between the own vehicle and a preceding vehicle when there is a following vehicle, and a distance between the preceding vehicle and the following vehicle becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance while the autonomous acceleration/deceleration control is executed.
20240132072.VEHICLE MOVING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hideki KAMATANI of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/18
Abstract: a vehicle moving apparatus executes an autonomous acceleration/deceleration control including a coasting control and an acceleration control. the apparatus continues executing the coasting control until a predetermined time elapses even when a distance between an own vehicle and a preceding vehicle increases and reaches an upper limit value of a predetermined distance range when a moving speed of the own vehicle becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined speed, the moving speed of the own vehicle is greater than a moving speed of the preceding vehicle, and a difference between the moving speed of the own vehicle and the moving speed of the preceding vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed difference while the coasting control is executed.
Inventor(s): Hideki KAMATANI of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yusuke Tsuzuki of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Takahiro Narita of Tokyo (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/18, B60W60/00
Abstract: a vehicle moving control apparatus executes a regeneration charge coasting control when a stored electricity amount is equal to or smaller than a first deceleration charge threshold while a deceleration condition for decelerating a vehicle is satisfied, and executes a normal coasting control when the stored electricity amount of is greater than the first deceleration charge threshold while the deceleration condition is satisfied.
20240132074.DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Kumiko KONDO of Numazu-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Shinya Kawamata of Mishima-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Shogo Ito of Sunto-gun (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/18, B60W40/08
Abstract: the driving support apparatus performs deceleration control of the vehicle. the driving support apparatus includes: a sensitivity setting unit configured to set an actuation sensitivity of a deceleration control; a deceleration execution unit configured to execute the deceleration control based on the actuation sensitivity; and a brake operation detection unit configured to detect a brake operation by a driver. the sensitivity setting unit changes the actuation sensitivity based on a control execution count which is the number of executions of the deceleration control and a driver operation count which is the number of operations of the brake operation.
Inventor(s): Ryosuke Hata of Arakawa-ku Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Wataru Kawashima of Nisshin-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/18, B60W40/02
Abstract: a vehicle control device has a processor configured to estimate a direction of a source of a warning sound generated by another vehicle relative to the host vehicle based on an acoustic signal acquired by an acoustical sensor, and decide to drive the host vehicle in a direction perpendicular to a current traveling direction of the host vehicle and away from the source of the warning sound, when the direction of the source of the warning sound relative to the host vehicle is estimated.
20240132087.OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yu Nagata of Chofu-shi Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Ibuki Shimada of Miyoshi-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W50/029, B60W50/02, B60W60/00
Abstract: an operation management apparatus includes an interface configured to acquire first information identifying an abnormal state of an autonomous vehicle from an autonomous driving kit of the autonomous vehicle and acquire second information on the autonomous vehicle from an in-vehicle communication device of the autonomous vehicle, and a controller configured to change an operation pattern of the autonomous vehicle to an abnormality response pattern determined based on the first information and the second information and output the abnormality response pattern to the autonomous driving kit.
20240132089.VEHICLE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Eisuke ANDO of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Takehito FUJII of Anjyo-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W50/10, B60Q1/08, B60S1/58, B60W60/00
Abstract: when a headlight driver input indicates an auto mode, a vcib accepts a headlight mode request from an adk. the vcib identifies a current headlight driver input. the vcib reads first correspondence information and checks the identified headlight driver input and the accepted headlight mode request against the first correspondence information to determine an illumination status of a headlight.
Inventor(s): Shigeki Nakayama of Gotenba-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Tomohiro Kaneko of Mishima-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kotoru Sato of Hadano-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W50/12, B60W40/09, B60W40/107, B60W50/00, G06V10/70, G06V20/59
Abstract: a vehicle controller for a vehicle includes a processor to: detect a driving state of the vehicle; determine whether a predetermined dangerous driving is included in the detected driving state; determine, when determining that the predetermined dangerous driving is included in the detected driving state, whether a mood of a driver of the vehicle is elevated; and perform, when determining that the mood of the driver is elevated, vehicle control to settle the mood of the driver.
Inventor(s): Yusuke FUKUI of Miyoshi-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W50/14, B60W40/04, B60W40/08
Abstract: provided is a driving support device () including: a front sensor configured to detect a traffic participant existing in a predetermined region on a left front side and a right front side of an own vehicle, and to acquire information on the traffic participant; a warning device configured to execute warning for an occupant of the own vehicle; and a processor configured to control the warning device. the processor is configured to: predict, when a turn intention that is an intention of a driver to turn the own vehicle toward a side on which the traffic participant exists is detected within a predetermined time from a first time point at which the front sensor comes to be unable to detect the traffic participant due to deviation of the traffic participant from the region as a result of approach of the own vehicle to the traffic participant, based on the information on the traffic participant before the first time point, a distance between the traffic participant and the own vehicle in a front-rear direction at a second time point at which the turn intention is detected; and cause the warning device to execute the warning when the predicted distance between the traffic participant and the own vehicle in the front-rear direction is within a predetermined range.
20240132092.DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NOTIFICATION_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Tatsuya Sugano of Sunto-gun Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W50/14, B60W30/06
Abstract: a notification device notifies a driver of a vehicle to be parked in one of a plurality of parking spaces in a parking area including a control device that transmits control information for parking travel control of the vehicle heading for the assigned parking space to the vehicle via a communication network that the parking travel control is not executable, via an output device mounted on the vehicle, in the case where it is determined that the vehicle has arrived within the predetermined distance of the parking area, the travel controller is incapable of executing the parking travel control, and the driver is in the vehicle.
Inventor(s): Wataru MINOURA of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Fumihiro NASU of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yoshiaki MOTOYASU of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yoshiki TERASHIMA of Okazaki-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W50/14, B60W60/00, G01C21/34, G01C21/36
Abstract: the information processing device extracts one or a plurality of autonomously drivable sections in the traveling route of the vehicle to the destination. further, the information processing device specifies the first section having the longest autonomous driving continuable time on the traveling route. then, the information processing device outputs the autonomous driving continuable time in the first section.
20240132114.OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yu Nagata of Chofu-shi Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Ibuki Shimada of Miyoshi-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, G07C5/00
Abstract: an operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to receive, via a communication interface, first data to be transmitted at first time intervals and second data to be transmitted at second time intervals longer than the first time intervals from the vehicle, the first data indicating an operational state of the vehicle at a time of transmission of the first data, the second data indicating operational states of the vehicle at multiple times up to a time of transmission of the second data, generate, with reference to the received first data, third data indicating a time at which the vehicle has transitioned to each of a series of operational states, and complement the third data with reference to the received second data upon determining that the received first data has missing data indicating at least one of the series of operational states.
Inventor(s): Wataru Kawashima of Nisshin-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Ryosuke Hata of Arakawa-ku Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, B60W40/02, B60W50/14
Abstract: a vehicle control device has a processor configured to estimate an amount of rainfall per unit time based on an acoustic signal acquired by an acoustical sensor mounted on a vehicle, determine whether a present operation mode of the vehicle is a first operation mode with a lower level to which a driver is contributing to driving or a second operation mode with a higher level to which the driver is contributing to driving than the first operation mode, and decide a first time until the operation mode of the vehicle is transferred from the first operation mode to the second operation mode based on the amount of rainfall, when the operation mode of the vehicle is the first operation mode.
Inventor(s): Hirohito Ide of Chofu-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B62D15/02, B62D6/00, G08G1/16
Abstract: a driving support ecu is configured to, when a specific recognition state occurs where a lane marker recognized changes from a left lane marker to a right lane marker or vice versa under a one side lane marker recognizable state, set a steering angle guard value to a second steering angle guard value smaller than a first steering angle guard value and set a steering angle speed guard value to a second steering angle speed guard value smaller than a first steering angle speed guard value.
20240133050.WATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hikaru HASEGAWA of Numazu-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kohsei YOSHIDA of Gotemba-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C25B1/04, C25B11/032, C25B11/053
Abstract: a water electrolysis cell includes an electrolyte membrane that is sandwiched between two catalyst layers, the two catalyst layers, two microporous layers each of which is disposed adjacent to a surface of each of the catalyst layers opposite to the electrolyte membrane side, two gas diffusion layers each of which is disposed adjacent to a surface of each of the microporous layers opposite to the catalyst layer side, and two separators each of which is disposed adjacent to a surface of each of the gas diffusion layers opposite to the microporous layer side. in the water electrolysis cell, an area of one of an oxygen electrode and a hydrogen electrode is smaller than an area of the other, and adhesion strength between each of the microporous layers and each of the catalyst layers is higher than that between each of the gas diffusion layers and each of the microporous layers.
Inventor(s): Haruki KONDOH of Okazaki-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Keiji KURODA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Koji INAGAKI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C25D5/02, C25D17/08
Abstract: the method includes: placing a substrate on a mount base; covering the substrate with the screen mask including a penetrating portion of a predetermined pattern; pressing the substrate by the electrolyte membrane with a fluid pressure of a plating solution contacting the electrolyte membrane via the screen mask; and applying a voltage between an anode contacting the plating solution and the substrate so as to allow metal ions contained in the plating solution to pass through the electrolyte membrane and form a metal film derived from the metal ions in the predetermined pattern on the substrate. the substrate includes an outer edge portion formed by an opposite surface facing the screen mask and a side surface. a cushion member is disposed along the outer edge portion before pressing the substrate.
Inventor(s): Haruki KONDOH of Okazaki-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Keiji KURODA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Koji INAGAKI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C25D5/02
Abstract: the film forming apparatus includes a pressing mechanism that presses the mask structure by the electrolyte membrane with a fluid pressure of a plating solution. the mask structure includes a screen mask in which a penetrating portion corresponding to a predetermined pattern is formed, and a frame that supports a peripheral edge of the screen mask on a side adjacent to the substrate. in the frame, an inner covering portion made of an elastic material softer than a material of the frame is formed along an opening edge contacting the electrolyte membrane.
Inventor(s): Haruki KONDOH of Okazaki-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Keiji KURODA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Koji INAGAKI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kazuaki OKAMOTO of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Hiroshi YANAGIMOTO of Miyoshi-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C25D5/02
Abstract: a mask structure includes a screen mask having a penetrating portion with a predetermined pattern. the screen mask includes a mesh portion having an opening formed in a grid pattern, and a mask portion having the penetrating portion and being fixed to the mesh portion so as to face the substrate. the mask portion includes a core portion that retains the shape of the mask portion, and a seal portion made of an elastic material softer than the material of the core portion and contacting the substrate.
Inventor(s): Junpei SHOUJI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): F01N11/00, F01N3/10
Abstract: a filter abnormality determination system includes: an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders; an exhaust passage connected to the internal combustion engine; a filter provided in the exhaust passage and opposed to the filter and outputting a detection value corresponding to an oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas; and a determination device, wherein the determination device includes a control unit that executes an imbalance control for controlling an air-fuel ratio of one of the plurality of cylinders to a value different from an air-fuel ratio of another of the plurality of cylinders; and a determination unit for determining whether the filter is abnormal based on a detection value of the sensor corresponding to an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas of the one cylinder during execution of the imbalance control.
20240133334.CATALYTIC CONVERTER_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Fumiya KURASHITA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): F01N13/18, B01D53/94, F01N13/00
Abstract: the catalytic converter has a first catalyst case containing a catalyst for cleaning a fluid, a second catalyst case containing a catalyst for cleaning the fluid downstream of the first catalyst case, a sensor for detecting the fluid is attached, and a connecting portion connected between the first catalyst case and the second catalyst case, the cross-sectional area of the first flow path of the fluid in the connecting portion is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the second flow path of the fluid in the first catalyst case, the first flow path, the mounting position side of the sensor with respect to the second flow path, the displacement width of the opposite side facing the mounting position is provided so as to be larger than the displacement width.
Inventor(s): Kazutoshi Nishii of Toyota-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): F16C11/06
Abstract: in a method for designing a quaternion joint where a first member rotatably coupled to a second member through links, a distance hbetween both ends of the link at an initial position of an operating angle of the link, a distance wbetween ends of the adjacent links, and a distance ho required to secure a degree of freedom of the end of the link are set based on a constraint condition in which a distance between a point on an ellipse corresponding to the start operating angle of the link and a point at which a center point of the ellipse is shifted by the distance ho and a distance between a point on the ellipse corresponding to an end operating angle of the link and a point at which the center point of the ellipse is shifted by the distance ho are made equal to each other.
Inventor(s): Kotaro ARATA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Shinichiro SUENAGA of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Iori MATSUDA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kenta TABUCHI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): F16H57/04
Abstract: since the oil pump and the oil cooler are provided in the rear cover and the cooling oil passages for guiding the oil to the respective electric motors mg are integrated in the rear cover, the cooling oil passages do not pass through other case members other than the rear cover. as a consequence, it is possible to shorten the cooling oil passage through which the oil is guided to the respective electric motors mg.
20240133598.COOLING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hideo NISHIOKA of Toyota-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Takayuki Hosokawa of Ikeda-shi Osaka (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Tomoyuki Miura of Hamamatsu-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): F25B41/40, F25B41/20
Abstract: a cooling system disclosed herein includes a first system flow passage, a second system flow passage, and a reserve tank. the reserve tank includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a third chamber and fourth chamber and an intermediate chamber. a first inflow port is opened into the first chamber, a first outflow port is opened into the second chamber, a second inflow port is opened into the third chamber, and a second outflow port is opened into the fourth chamber. the first chamber and the second chamber communicate, the third chamber and the fourth chamber communicate, and the first chamber communicates with the third chamber through the intermediate chamber. the first system flow passage is connected to the first inflow port and the first outflow port, and the second system flow passage is connected to the second inflow port and the second outflow port.
20240133701.TRAVEL PLAN FORMULATION APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yu NAGATA of Chofu-shi Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Ibuki SHIMADA of Miyoshi-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01C21/34
Abstract: a travel plan formulation apparatus according to the present disclosure is a travel plan formulation apparatus including a controller configured to acquire a travel plan for a vehicle and road information regarding an intrusion restricted road on which the intrusion of people into a roadway is restricted, determine, based on the road information, whether a travel route included in the travel plan includes a road other than the intrusion restricted road, and upon detecting that the travel route includes the road other than the intrusion restricted road, modify the travel route so as to avoid the road other than the intrusion restricted road.
20240133760.WHEEL-STATE OBTAINING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hiroaki KOBAYASHI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01L17/00, G01L19/00
Abstract: a wheel-state obtaining system includes: air pressure sensors each provided for a corresponding one of a plurality of wheels to detect an air pressure of a tire of the wheel; and temperature sensors each provided for a corresponding one of the wheels to detect a temperature of an inside of a tire of the wheel; and a controller. the controller obtains a temperature conversion air pressure, which is the air pressure of each tire when the temperature is a set temperature, based on a detected air pressure and a detected temperature. when a reduction amount of the temperature conversion air pressure of one of the wheels is greater than a reduction amount of the temperature conversion air pressure of each of other wheels except the one of the wheels, the controller determines that the air pressure of the tire of the one of the wheels is in an abnormal state.
20240134043.PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Motonari OBAYASHI of Nagakute-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Takuya NAKAGAWA of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yoshiki HAYAKAWA of Kariya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01S15/931, B60W30/06
Abstract: the parking assist apparatus includes a sensor that detects an object by receiving a reflected wave reflected by the object by a transmitted wave, and a controller that executes parking assist control for parking the vehicle in a parking space set based on a detection result of the sensor. the controller provides a predetermined margin to a size of a peripheral object, which is an object detected by the sensor and exists around the parking space, in a provisional direction in which the parking space is narrowed. the controller executes parking assist control using a size of the peripheral object to which the margin is provided. when the size of the peripheral object newly detected by the sensor becomes larger than the size to which the margin is provided, the controller executes parking assist control using the size of the peripheral object newly detected by the sensor.
Inventor(s): Kosuke AKATSUKA of Mishima-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Rio SUDA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G05D1/00, H04N7/18
Abstract: a remote operation control method for controlling a remote operation of a moving body is provided. a video captured by a camera mounted on the moving body is transmitted to a remote operator terminal on a side of a remote operator remotely operating the moving body. the remote operation control method includes: setting an upper limit speed of the moving body during the remote operation to be lower as a quality of the video transmitted from the moving body to the remote operator terminal becomes lower or as an encoding and decoding time of the video becomes longer; and limiting a speed of the moving body during the remote operation to the upper limit speed or less regardless of an operation amount input by the remote operator.
Inventor(s): Toshiki SHINOHARA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Masataka OKUDA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Masatoshi KAKUTANI of Miyoshi-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kaoru YOSHIDA of Nisshin-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kanade KURIYAMA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G05D1/02, G05D1/00, G08G1/01
Abstract: a system includes a vehicle and a control device. the vehicle includes a reception unit for receiving an instruction related to remote control from the control device, a vehicle control unit for executing any one of first vehicle control and second vehicle control, the first vehicle control being control based on the instruction related to the remote control, and the second vehicle control being control determined by the vehicle itself in accordance with a traveling environment, and a transmission unit for notifying a predetermined control result to the control device when the second vehicle control is executed by the vehicle control unit. the control device includes a remote control unit, a transmission unit, and a reception unit. when the control result is notified from the vehicle, the remote control unit of the control device executes the remote control based on a content of the control result.
Inventor(s): Taiki MIZUTANI of Miyoshi-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F9/455
Abstract: an information processing device has: a generating section generating plural virtual machines including a managing virtual machine that manages the plural virtual machines; a non-volatile memory storing, for each of the plural virtual machines, data needed to activate the virtual machine; and a volatile memory. at a time when the managing virtual machine is activated, the managing virtual machine reads-out the respective data of the plural virtual machines from the non-volatile memory and stores the data in the volatile memory. at a time when each virtual machine of the plural virtual machines is activated, the virtual machine reads-out the data of the virtual machine from the volatile memory.
20240135269.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hiroki TAKEISHI of Machida-shi Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Shiro KOGA of Okazaki-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/02, G06Q50/30
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to generate information for reserving a service to be provided to a vehicle. the controller is configured to generate and output a reservation slot reservable by a user of the service based on a time required for a provider of the service to move to a position of the vehicle.
20240135277.OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yu NAGATA of Chofu-shi Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Ibuki SHIMADA of Miyoshi-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0631, G06Q10/20, G07C5/00, G07C5/08
Abstract: an operation management apparatus operates one or more vehicles by automated driving. the operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to predict, for each vehicle based on operation plan data, a time point at which driving is switched from automated driving to manual driving, identify, as a target vehicle, a vehicle for which time until the predicted time point is less than a threshold value, acquire vehicle data and/or operation record data, determine, based on the acquired vehicle data or the acquired operation record data, one or more types of abnormality having occurred in the target vehicle, designate, from among a plurality of workers according to the determined types of abnormality, a first worker who is to perform a maintenance operation on the target vehicle at a site near the target vehicle, and notify the first worker of information that prompts the first worker to take care of the abnormality.
Inventor(s): Hiroki TAKEISHI of Machida-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0833, G06Q10/0631, G06Q50/30
Abstract: a method performed by an information processing apparatus configured to be used for providing a delivery service allowing a vehicle to be designated as a delivery destination for a package, the vehicle being used by a consignee, the method includes determining a delivery work plan for a delivery person based on vehicle information on the vehicle designated as the delivery destination for the package, making first location information viewable by the delivery person from a terminal apparatus, the first location information indicating an area in which the vehicle is located, and making second location information viewable by the delivery person from the terminal apparatus based on the delivery work plan and/or progress of delivery work by the delivery person, the second location information indicating a point at which the vehicle is located.
20240135398.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yu NAGATA of Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Ibuki SHIMADA of Miyoshi-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Toshihiro NAKAMURA of Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0203, B60W60/00, G06Q30/0282, G07C5/00, G07C5/08
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire questionnaire data including a score for each autonomous driving system installed in each vehicle among a plurality of vehicles operated by autonomous driving along a predetermined operation route, the score being an evaluation index of ride comfort of each vehicle, identify, based on an aggregate result of the questionnaire data, a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles for which the score is determined to be less than a threshold as a first vehicle, and extract first data to be used in analyzing ride comfort from first vehicle information acquired by a first autonomous driving system, which is an autonomous driving system installed in the first vehicle.
Inventor(s): Kenji YAMAGUCHI of Miyoshi-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yohei Nakanishi of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yu Hamada of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0283, G06Q30/02, G06Q30/0645
Abstract: an information processing apparatus calculates a fee for applying a second coating film including an easily removable layer to a first vehicle having a first coating film applied thereon. the information processing apparatus disclosed herein has a controller that calculates a first fee defined as a fee for applying the second coating film to the first vehicle that is for lease lower than a second fee defined as a fee for applying the second coating film to the first vehicle that is not for lease. in other words, the controller calculates the first fee by subtracting a first subtraction value from the second fee.
20240135428.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yoshito Ishijima of Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yu Hamada of Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601
Abstract: the information processing apparatus manages a first site for accepting an order for a part for a vehicle. in the information processing apparatus, the controller obtains a first identification information that uniquely identifies the first vehicle. the controller specifies a first part that can be attached to the first vehicle based on the obtained the first identification information. the controller posts a parts list that can identify the first part on the first site.
20240135438.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yoshito ISHIJIMA of Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yosuke NITTA of Kashiwa-shi Chiba-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yu HAMADA of Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0645
Abstract: an information processing apparatus accepts orders for a vehicle component to be retrofitted to the vehicle subject to the lease agreement. the controller of the information processing apparatus acquires information on the vehicle lease agreement by a user. the controller also accepts the designation of the vehicle component from the user. in addition, the controller presents the user with a payment method for the vehicle component based on the status of payment in the lease agreement.
Inventor(s): Wataru Kawashima of Nisshin-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06V20/56, G06V10/40
Abstract: an anomaly detection device includes a processor configured to extract a feature indicating the condition of a road surface by inputting an image representing surroundings of a vehicle into a feature extractor that has been trained to extract the feature, detect an abnormal condition in which the vehicle is unable to travel normally, when the feature is outside a normal range that is a tolerable range in which the vehicle is able to travel normally, and modify the normal range, based on the distribution of normal travel features each indicating the condition of a road surface and extracted from the respective images obtained while the vehicle travels normally.
Inventor(s): Hiroshi NAKADA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06V20/59, B62D1/04, H04N23/90
Abstract: the vehicle cabin state recognizing device of the present disclosure includes a plurality of cameras capable of capturing an image of a vehicle cabin provided on a steering wheel, and an image processing device connected to the plurality of cameras. the image processing device first acquires a captured image from each of the plurality of cameras. the image processing device then determines a shielding state of each of the plurality of cameras from a state of a captured image of each of the plurality of cameras. the image processing device further selects a captured image of the minimum shielding camera having the smallest shielding degree among the plurality of cameras. then, the image processing device executes recognition processing for recognizing the state of the vehicle cabin with respect to the captured image of the minimum shielding camera.
Inventor(s): Eisuke ANDO of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Mitsuhiro MIURA of Okazaki-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G07C5/00, B60W50/14, B60W60/00
Abstract: a vcib performs processing including obtaining various requests from systems (s), determining whether or not there is a request on the occurrence of an abnormal condition (s), and transmitting the obtained request to an ads and carrying out representation control (s) when it is determined that there is a request on the occurrence of the abnormal condition (yes in s). the ads performs processing including carrying out, when the ads obtains during autonomous driving the request on the occurrence of the abnormal condition, autonomous driving in accordance with the request.
Inventor(s): Satoshi UNO of Mishima-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G08G1/01
Abstract: an information processing system for transmitting support information to a support target vehicle based on target vehicle data, the information processing system comprising: a moving body encounter situation estimating unit that estimates whether or not a situation of the area is a moving object encounter situation based on target vehicle data in a preset area; and a vehicle support unit that transmits support information to the support target vehicle when a situation of an area in which the support target vehicle is located is a moving object encounter situation, and does not transmit support information to the support target vehicle when a situation of an area in which the support target vehicle is located is not a moving object encounter situation.
20240135806.OUTPUT DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Shusuke YAMAMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Chikara OKAZAKI of Gotemba-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kohta WATATSU of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Hideyuki TANAKA of Nisshin-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Shinya MURASE of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yuki TATSUMOTO of Seto-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G08G1/01, G06V20/13, G06V20/54
Abstract: an output device, including a processor is provided. the processor is configured to: receive information indicating a target site and a target day; acquire a satellite image of the target site captured on a day that is related to the target day; and output data indicating a congestion level on the target day, at the target site, the congestion level being predicted based on the satellite image.
20240135807.IN-VEHICLE DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yoshinori YOKOYAMA of Yokohama-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yoshikazu TOYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G08G1/01, G08G1/0967
Abstract: the in-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle includes a control unit having a function of acquiring traffic congestion information for each lane on a road having a plurality of lanes and guiding the vehicle to another lane based on the acquired traffic congestion information, and when the vehicle travels in a predetermined section from the exit in a first lane connected to the exit from the road, the control unit cancels the function.
Inventor(s): Masahiro YAMASHITA of Seto-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Takashi Yamaguchi of Hamamatsu-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G08G1/0962, G06T11/00, G08G1/0967
Abstract: an information notification system displays a notification to a user of a vehicle on a display device. a first type notification is a notification of road traffic information on a road or traffic around the vehicle. a second type notification is a notification of information not belonging to the road traffic information or a notification that no road traffic information is available. the information notification system prohibits overlaying the first type notification and the second type notification when displayed on the display device. when the display device has only a single display area for displaying the notification, the information notification system selects and displays one of the first type notification and the second type notification in the single display area.
20240135816.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Takashi MIZUNO of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G08G1/14
Abstract: a controller acquires first information related to a request for a predetermined operation performed before a first vehicle moves, which is required for the first vehicle from outside the first vehicle parked in a parking lot; and transmits, in response to acquiring the first information, second information for causing a user of a second vehicle waiting for parking to recognize a position where the first vehicle is parked.
Inventor(s): Yu NAGATA of Tokyo-to (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Ibuki SHIMADA of Miyoshi-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Toshihiro NAKAMURA of Shizuoka-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G08G1/14, G06Q10/02
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes an input interface that accepts a parking reservation for a vehicle for which parking is desired, and a controller that confirms, when the vehicle for which parking is desired is a first vehicle whose purpose for parking includes charging, whether there is an opening for reservation of a first parking lot having a charging station, completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle when there is an opening, changes a reservation of the first parking lot for at least one second vehicle, selected based on a predetermined condition from among one or more reservation holding vehicles for which acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot is completed, to a reservation of a second parking lot based on the predetermined condition when there is no opening, and completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle.
20240136498.ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Akio MITSUI of Anjo-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kazuhiro MORIOKA of Takatsuki-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Koichi HIRANO of Hirakata-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01M4/131, H01M4/505, H01M4/525, H01M4/58
Abstract: an all-solid-state battery has a positive electrode layer, a separator layer and a negative electrode layer. the all-solid-state battery satisfies relationships of “formula (1): 0.99≤s/s≤1.01,” “formula (2): 1.00≤s/s≤1.13,” and “formula (3): 0.93≤s/s≤1.02.” sindicates an area of the positive electrode layer when the soc is 0%. sindicates an area of the positive electrode layer when the soc is 100%. sindicates an area of the negative electrode layer when the soc is 0%. sindicates an area of the negative electrode layer when the soc is 100%.
Inventor(s): Hiroki YABE of Hirakata-shi, Osaka-fu (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Keita MIZUNO of Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yusuke NISHIO of Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01M4/36, H01M4/139, H01M4/62, H01M10/0562, H01M10/0585
Abstract: an electrode material has a solid concentration of 72% or more. it includes a composite particle, a sulfide solid electrolyte, and a solvent. the composite particle includes an active material and a fluoride solid electrolyte. the fluoride solid electrolyte covers at least part of a surface of the active material. the sulfide solid electrolyte is adhered to the composite particle.
20240136522.ACTIVE MATERIAL_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hiroyuki YAMAGUCHI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Hironori DAIKOKU of Susono-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Jun YOSHIDA of Mishima-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kazuhiro SUZUKI of Hadano-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Mitsutoshi OTAKI of Susono-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01M4/58, C01B33/06
Abstract: a main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein an expansion upon intercalation of a metal ion such as a li ion is suppressed. the present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate type crystal phase, and the active material includes a na element, a si element and a m element that is a metal element with an ion radius larger than the si element, and a proportion of the m element to a total of the si element and the m element is 0.1 atm % or more and 5 atm % or less.
20240136548.VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yu HOSHINO of Toyota-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01M8/04029, B60H1/00, B60R5/02, F24H1/00
Abstract: a front structure of a fuel cell vehicle is provided, which can suppress blowing wind from hitting a water heater located in a front compartment. a fuel cell vehicle is equipped with a water heater that heats water to warm air for air-conditioning in a front compartment that is separated from a vehicle cabin by a dash panel. a front trunk is provided within the front compartment. the front trunk is divided from other spaces by wall portions. the water heater is located behind the rear wall portion of the front trunk.
20240136554.FUEL CELL VEHICLE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Osamu HAMANOI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Masashi NAKAMURA of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Naoki TOMI of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01M8/04746, B60L50/70, F04D17/10, H01M8/04111, H01M8/04313
Abstract: a fuel cell vehicle may include: a fuel cell stack configured to generate electric power for a traction motor; a compressor configured to supply air to the fuel cell stack, the compressor including an impeller and a motor configured to rotate the impeller; and a controller configured to decrease a rotation speed of the motor when detecting accelerator-off. the controller may be configured to decrease the rotation speed at a first deceleration rate when an air outlet pressure of the compressor is higher than a pressure threshold, and decrease the rotation speed at a second deceleration rate when the air outlet pressure of the compressor is lower than the pressure threshold, the second deceleration rate being lower than the first deceleration rate.
20240136598.SECONDARY BATTERY_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Tetsuo HARA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01M10/0587, H01M50/46
Abstract: a secondary battery includes a battery case, an electrode body, and a collector member connecting the battery case and the electrode body. a positive electrode includes an insulation layer provided so as to be adjacent to a positive electrode active material layer. the collector members include first portions, and second portions continuous to the first portions and bent relative to the first portions. the first portions are fixed to the battery case. the second portions are connected, at ends thereof opposite to the bent portions, to collector regions, respectively. the collector members further include ribs connected, at the bent portions, to the first portions and the second portions, respectively.
Inventor(s): Toshinori OKURA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Tadashi Teranishi of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Hideto Mori of Nisshin-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01M50/636, H01G11/28, H01G11/86, H01M4/13, H01M10/0525, H01M50/193, H01M50/197
Abstract: a main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a layered battery with which a layered battery with high structural reliability can be produced. the present disclosure achieves the object by providing the method including: a preparing step of preparing an electrode layered body including a plurality of electrode layered in a z axis direction; an arranging step of arranging a liquid injection frame made of a resin including a liquid injection port, in a side surface of the electrode layered body; a liquid injection step of injecting a liquid electrolyte into the electrode layered body from the liquid injection port of the liquid injection frame; a first sealing step of sealing the liquid injection port by arranging a first member including a resin layer a on a surface of the liquid injection frame, of which normal direction is an x axis direction orthogonal to the z axis direction, after the liquid injection step; a battery treatment step of performing at least one of charging and aging after the first sealing step; a penetration hole forming step of forming a penetration hole communicating the liquid injection port in the first member after the battery treatment step; and a second sealing step of sealing the liquid injection port while covering the penetration hole by using a second member including a resin layer b and a metal layer, and arranging the resin layer b in the second member on a surface of the first member of which normal direction is the x axis direction.
Inventor(s): Kohei TAKAHASHI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02J7/00, B60L58/22, G01R31/388
Abstract: the control unit includes: when an absolute value of a difference between a full charge capacity of a 1 cell and a full charge capacity of a 2 cell is equal to or larger than a 1 threshold value, equalization is performed so that an absolute value of a difference between a charge rate of a 1 cell and a charge rate of a 2 cell at the time of full charge is less than a 2 threshold value, and when an absolute value of a difference between a voltage of a 1 cell and a voltage of a 2 cell is equal to or larger than a 3 threshold value, equalization is performed so that an absolute value of a difference between a voltage of a 1 cell and a voltage of a 2 cell becomes less than a 3 threshold value.
20240136840.CHARGE-DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Toshinori OKURA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kiwamu KOBAYASHI of Anjo-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02J7/00
Abstract: the charge-discharge control device includes an alternating current-direct current converter that converts ac power from a primary side into dc power, a direct current bus that distributes power from the alternating current-direct current converter, a plurality of channels connected in parallel to the direct current bus, and a processor configured to control a current of charging or discharging of a secondary battery connected to the channel so as to minimize power supplied from the primary side.
20240136871.ROTOR_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Ken JOZAKI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Toshinori OKOCHI of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yoshizumi KITAHARA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Takahiro ODAGI of Kariya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Masayuki IKEMOTO of Kariya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02K1/276
Abstract: a rotor used for a motor includes a rotor core, and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in a corresponding plurality of embedding holes in the rotor core configured to include flux barriers at both ends of the plurality of embedding holes in the rotor core and to include a plurality of magnetic poles. the rotor core includes a plurality of grooves on an outer peripheral surface, the plurality of grooves, with the two paired grooves, are away from an axis that becomes the q-axis when the motor is operated, and are arranged symmetrically about the axis, and the rotor core has such a cross-section that a first angle between two lines passing through the two grooves and the center of the rotor core is smaller than a second angle between the axis-side end face of the two flux barriers adjacent to each other across the axis.
Inventor(s): Yushi TAKEUCHI of Nagakute-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02K15/03, H02K1/2792
Abstract: a magnet arrangement method in which magnetized magnets arranged in a halbach array can be arranged at preset positions with a high accuracy is provided. the method includes an arrangement process of arranging a plurality of magnetized magnets in an arrangement jig made of a magnetic body, in which, in the arrangement process, a size of an area that the arrangement jig contacts a preset magnetized magnet is made different from a size of an area that the arrangement jig contacts another magnetized magnet.
Inventor(s): Kazuhiro SATO of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kei OHTA of Toyota-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02K15/03, H02K1/2783
Abstract: a magnet array method that can improve assemblability of magnets is provided. a magnet array method according to an aspect of the present disclosure is for arraying a plurality of magnetized magnets using a magnet array jig and includes disposing magnetic force parts of the magnet array jig at positions facing magnets to be arrayed, and arraying the magnets. the magnetic force parts are disposed so as to impart, to the magnets to be arrayed, a magnetic force for cancelling a force acting on the magnets to be arrayed.
Inventor(s): Donald M. GRIECO of Manhasset NY (US) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04B7/0456, H04B7/06, H04B17/382, H04W72/044, H04W72/21, H04W72/563
Abstract: a system, method and apparatus for mobile communications including sidelink transmissions is provided. a user equipment (ue) receives one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of reference signals associated with a plurality of uplink beams and a first downlink beam. the ue identifies a plurality of uplink beams associated with the first downlink beam based on a measurement of the reference signals and a corresponding ranking associated with each of the plurality of uplink beams. the ue determines a first plurality of uplink beams that satisfy maximum permissible exposure (mpe) limits and that are not subject to link failure. the ue then transmits uplink data or control information using the first uplink beam with the highest ranking.
Inventor(s): Chunghan LEE of Toyota-shi Aichi-ken (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L45/02, G06F9/445, H04L45/00
Abstract: an information processing system comprises a master apparatus configured to instruct generation and destruction of a plurality of application containers that operate in a plurality of node apparatuses, respectively, and a route control apparatus configured to control routing among the plurality of node apparatuses, wherein the master apparatus comprises a first processor configured to execute: receiving a first message requesting generation or destruction of an application container among the application containers that is in a first node apparatus among the plurality of node apparatuses; and transmitting, when receiving the first message, a second message showing that a configuration of the plurality of application containers has changed, to the route control apparatus; and the route control apparatus comprises a second processor configured to, when receiving the second message, execute generating route information about routes among the plurality of node apparatuses.
20240137652.INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Shusuke YAMAMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Chikara OKAZAKI of Gotemba-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Kohta WATATSU of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Hideyuki TANAKA of Nisshin-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Shinya MURASE of Nagoya-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha, Yuki TATSUMOTO of Seto-shi (JP) for toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/695, B60R1/22, B60W50/14, G06V20/13
Abstract: an information processing device includes an acquisition section that acquires a satellite image of a ground area captured by an artificial satellite, and a control section that controls onboard equipment installed at a vehicle appearing in the satellite image based on an analysis result of the satellite image that the acquisition section has acquired.
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on April 25th, 2024
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- Toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha
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- H01M50/636
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- H01M10/0525
- H01M50/193
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- B60L58/22
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- H04L45/02
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