Patents Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240174123
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle is configured to control a vehicle including an electric motor driven by electric power from a battery and an air conditioning device operated by the electric power from the battery. The control device includes a processor. The processor is configured, when the vehicle is not traveling, to execute a calculation process of calculating a predicted electricity consumption rate of the vehicle in future travel. In the calculation process, the processor is configured to correct a basic value of the predicted electricity consumption rate based on past air conditioning operation information of at least one of the vehicle and one or more other vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo ETO, Noritaka TAKUDA
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, SERVER AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20240174084
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a display and a controller. The display displays a map image. The controller controls the display. The controller controls the display to, when a placement position of at least one power facility is displayed on the map image, display power-rate-related information and the placement position of the at least one power facility on the map image. The at least one power facility supplies electric power to an object having a power storage device mounted thereon, to charge the power storage device. The power-rate-related information is information related to a power rate unit price for charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
  • SOLAR CHARGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240174128
    Abstract: A solar charging system mounted on a vehicle includes a power generation module using a solar panel, an auxiliary system including an auxiliary machine battery for storing electric power generated by the power generation module and an auxiliary machine load to which electric power is supplied from the auxiliary machine battery, a high-voltage battery used for driving the vehicle, and a control unit provided between the high-voltage battery and the auxiliary system and controlling power transfer between the high-voltage battery and the auxiliary system. In a case where power transfer from the high-voltage battery to the auxiliary system is requested, when the power generated by the power generation module is not supplied to the auxiliary system, the control unit supplies power of the high-voltage battery to the auxiliary system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori MURAKAMI, Yuma MIYAMOTO
  • SERVER
    Publication number: 20240177229
    Abstract: A server is configured to communicate with a vehicle. The vehicle includes a battery and a storage unit for storing software. The server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is configured to perform wireless communication with the vehicle. The processing device is configured to be capable of executing update processing for updating the software via the wireless communication. A first owner (user) as an owner of the vehicle has entered into a first lease contract for leasing the battery. When the owner has been changed from the first owner to a second owner and the second owner enters into a second lease contract for leasing the battery, the processing device permits the update processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko TERASAWA, Makoto Kakuchi, Toshiaki Karasawa, Takeshi Higashi, Yoshihiko Endo
  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICULAR ILLUMINATION
    Publication number: 20240174171
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicular illumination is configured to make definition of factors of an illumination control operation with a higher priority unnecessary when definition of factors of the illumination control operation with the higher priority is the same as definition of factors of an illumination control operation with a lower priority than the illumination control operation with a higher priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Lid.
    Inventors: Yasunori WAKAMATSU, Masatoshi ISHINO, Yuuki ARAI, Akihiro KUSADA
  • VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240174263
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control system. The vehicle control system includes an autonomous driving control system that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle, and a safety control system that communicates with the autonomous driving control system and stops the vehicle when the autonomous driving control system fails or when communication is abnormal. The safety control system notifies the autonomous driving control system of the contents of the failure when a failure of a part of the function of the safety control system occurs. The autonomous driving control system sets a traveling route to a destination during the autonomous driving in accordance with the contents of the failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho HASHIMOTO, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Sei MIYAZAKI, Kazunori NAKANO, Noriaki HASEGAWA
  • NOTIFICATION METHOD, NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240174172
    Abstract: A notification method for giving a notification to a driver sitting in a driver's seat of a vehicle includes: setting a target level of strength of the notification; when the target level is a first level, giving a visual notification from a visual device of the vehicle without giving a sound notification from a speaker of the vehicle; and when the target level is higher than the first level, giving a strong visual notification from the visual device or the sound notification from the speaker. The strong visual notification is stronger than the visual notification that is given when the target level is the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Arata TAKADA, Tomohiro MIWA
  • SERVER
    Publication number: 20240177533
    Abstract: A server communicates with a vehicle that includes a battery. The server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is configured to communicate with the vehicle. The processing device is configured to generate a restriction command for restricting discharge power of the battery. A first owner (user) as an owner of the vehicle has entered into a first lease contract for leasing the battery. When the owner has been changed from the first owner to a second owner and the second owner does not enter into a second lease contract for leasing the battery, the processing device transmits a restriction command to the vehicle through the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko TERASAWA, Makoto KAKUCHI, Toshiaki KARASAWA, Takeshi HIGASHI, Yoshihiko ENDO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240176644
    Abstract: An information processing device, including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: generate a first virtual machine, and a second virtual machine for analyzing the first virtual machine; allocate a portion of a predetermined resource to the generated first virtual machine; and in a case in which the second virtual machine has been generated, secure, in the predetermined resource, an allocation region allocated to the second virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taiki MIZUTANI
  • VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE AND VEHICLE MONITORING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240177540
    Abstract: A processor of a vehicle monitoring device obtains log information of an event that has occurred in a vehicle on-board device, determines whether a diagnosis is necessary based on the obtained log information, and transmits a diagnostic data set to an external server when determining that a diagnosis is necessary. The diagnostic data set transmitted to the server by the processor includes log information based on which a diagnosis is determined to be necessary, log information that is obtained prior to the determination, and log information that is obtained after the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinnosuke SUGAWARA, Takeshi MATSUI, Tokuya INAGAKI, Shogo WATANABE, Ryosuke MURAKAMI
  • NOTIFICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240174173
    Abstract: The notification device includes an abnormality recognition unit that recognizes an abnormality existing on a road shoulder of an oncoming lane or an oncoming lane based on a detection result of an external sensor provided in the vehicle, an external notification unit that is provided in the vehicle and outputs at least one of sound and light toward the outside of the vehicle, and a notification control unit that performs notification by the external notification unit to an oncoming vehicle traveling on the oncoming lane so as to approach the vehicle in front of the vehicle. The notification control unit determines a notification time according to at least one of an estimated vehicle speed of the oncoming vehicle and a risk degree set in advance according to the type of abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taiki IIDA
  • INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240177606
    Abstract: An information management device includes a travel route acquisition unit, a satellite image acquisition unit, and a detection unit. The travel route acquisition unit acquires a travel route of the vehicle. The satellite image acquisition unit acquires a satellite image in which the periphery of the travel route acquired by the travel route acquisition unit is captured. The detection unit detects one or more available spaces in the parking lot located around the travel route from the satellite image acquired by the satellite image acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osami HASHIMOTO, Hiroki TASHIMA, Toshihiko INOUE, Kazuma TOYA, Takashi TAZOE, Ryota BINGO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240174214
    Abstract: When the remaining charge level of the battery decreases to a predetermined first determination value or less, the engine rotational speed increase control unit increases the target lower limit rotational speed of the engine or of the motor to the target lower limit rotational speed so that the operating point of the engine falls within a predetermined engine torque stable region. Then, in a state where the operating point of the engine is within the engine torque stable region, the charge control unit controls the negative torque of the electric motor so that the actual charge level by the electric motor becomes a preset target charge level. The battery can thus be recovered from an insufficient charge level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuru YAMAGUCHI
  • VAPORIZER
    Publication number: 20240175548
    Abstract: A vaporizer, through which a liquid heat medium and liquid hydrogen flow, causing the heat medium to vaporize the liquid hydrogen, includes: a spiral tube, spirally wound, in which liquid hydrogen flows; a casing being a hollow long member housing the spiral tube thereinside, the heat medium flowing on an outer surface of the spiral tube; and a spacer being a long member disposed inside a winding inner diameter of the spiral tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Suzuki Shokan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke YAMAMOTO, Toshihisa TANAKA, Taichi ODA
  • VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240174228
    Abstract: A vehicle travel control device comprising a surrounding information acquisition device that acquires information on targets around an own vehicle, and an electronic control unit configured to execute interruption acceptance control by acceleration/deceleration of the own vehicle so that an adjacent vehicle can interrupt in when it is determined that the adjacent vehicle is attempting to interrupt in front of the own vehicle by flashing blinkers based on the information on targets acquired by the surrounding information acquisition device, and the electronic control unit is configured to terminate the interruption acceptance control when it is determined that the adjacent vehicle is not executing the interruption and the adjacent vehicle has stopped blinking its blinkers in a situation where the interruption acceptance control is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KAWASAKI, Takahiro SHIMIZU
  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240174088
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor and a storage device, which stores a learned model learned through machine learning. The processor is configured to perform vibration suppression control for suppressing vibration caused by torsional resonance of a drive shaft when the electric vehicle is traveling on an uneven road. The learned model is a model that predicts a vertical load of the drive shaft after a specified time. In the vibration suppression control, the processor uses a prediction result obtained by the learned model to determine whether to perform speed-increasing correction or speed-decreasing correction and switches between the speed-increasing correction and the speed-decreasing correction to increase the rotation speed of the motor when the drive wheel is slipping on a road and decrease the rotation speed of the motor when the drive wheel is gripping the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mai NOSE
  • VEHICLE NOTIFICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240174247
    Abstract: A vehicle notification device is applied to an automated driving vehicle. The vehicle notification device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute a notification process of notifying a driver of at least eyes-on request out of hands-on request and the eyes-on request every time a notification interval elapses. The one or more processors are also configured to calculate the notification interval based on driving characteristic information of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiro YAMAGUCHI
  • SERVER, SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20240174118
    Abstract: A server includes a communication unit configured to acquire information on a power supply and demand balancing request, and one or more processors configured to control power control in a reservation slot in which a reservation is made for the power control by a user of an electrified vehicle. The processors are configured to execute control to check, with the user during a period from a start of the power control in the reservation slot to a time immediately after an end of the power control, whether the power control responding to the power supply and demand balancing request is executable after the reservation slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akinori MORISHIMA
  • VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240174249
    Abstract: The vehicle includes a first visual device and a second visual device. The forward direction is a direction from the driver seat in which the driver of the vehicle is seated toward the front of the vehicle. The first direction is a direction from the driver seat toward the first visual device. The second direction is a direction from the driver seat toward the second visual device. The first angle between the first direction and the forward direction is greater than the second angle between the second direction and the forward direction. The vehicle control method includes: issuing a first visual notification from the first visual device when checking whether the driver is awake during autonomous driving of the vehicle; and determining that the driver is awake and continuing autonomous driving when the driver reacts to the first visual notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Arata TAKADA
  • ROAD SURFACE DRAWING CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240174169
    Abstract: A road surface drawing control device for a vehicle that comprises a target information acquisition device that acquires information on targets around the vehicle; a communication device that communicates with a keyless entry terminal device operated by a user of the vehicle; a road surface drawing device that draws a road surface around the vehicle; a road surface drawing ECU that controls the operation of the road surface drawing device, and when the road surface drawing ECU determines that the user of the vehicle is within a reference distance from the vehicle based on the target information acquired by the target information acquisition device or that the keyless entry terminal device has been operated based on the communication between the communication device and the keyless entry terminal device, the road surface drawing device is activated to draw the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobukazu UEKI