Patents Assigned to Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11948460
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of parking a transport in an initial space, determining an average time of an event attended by at least one occupant associated with the transport, moving the transport to at least one other space when an elapsed time of the event is less than the average time and when the at least one other space is available and closer to an event location than the initial space, and moving the transport to a final space when the event is completed, and the final space is a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Warren Reaser
  • Publication number: 20240104973
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of obtaining, by a moving vehicle, a first data including one or more of at least one first video and at least one first image of a moving transport, analyzing the first data, by the moving vehicle, to determine an initial issue, querying, by the moving vehicle, a server for a second data based on the analyzing, wherein the second data is one or more of at least one second video and at least one second image of the moving transport at a previous time, verifying, by the moving vehicle, an issue exists based on a delta above a threshold between the first data and the second data, and sending, by the moving vehicle, the verified issue to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua V. Marasigan, Robert D. Slater, Felipe G. Salles, Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri
  • Publication number: 20240106663
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of obtaining, by a server, a certificate from an IoT device associated with a vehicle, determining, by the server, the certificate is not a revoked certificate, assigning, by the server, a temporary certificate to the IoT device, and validating, by the server, the temporary certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ismail Thanickel
  • Publication number: 20240103843
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of downloading an update of a non-volatile electrically erasable memory storage of a vehicle, determining whether the memory storage is arranged in one of a block of bytes of memory and an individual byte of memory, selecting a programming protocol based on the memory storage arrangement and writing the memory storage based on the selected programming protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne, Russell K. Barker, Ryan N. Wilson, Ismail Thanickel
  • Patent number: 11940283
    Abstract: A method for matching a vehicle with a user including receiving a user ride request for a vehicle from a plurality of available vehicles from a user, receiving a threshold vehicle risk score preference for the user, receiving a user risk score for the user, receiving a threshold user risk score preference for the plurality of available vehicles, identifying a subset of the plurality of available vehicles having a vehicle risk score at or below the threshold vehicle risk score preference of the user and a threshold user risk score preference at or above the user risk score of the user, and presenting the user with ride options for selecting one of the subset of the plurality of available vehicles of the subset of available vehicles for the user ride request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Kyle, Christopher Risberg, Nikhil Rajendra, Timothy Wang, Jordan Frank, Jiju Thomas, Daniel C. Bracken, Joshua Batie, Michael D. Dorazio, Randy Kaushek
  • Patent number: 11933546
    Abstract: A thermal compensation layer includes a metal inverse opal (MIO) layer that includes a plurality of core-shell phase change (PC) particles encapsulated within a metal of the MIO layer. Each of the core-shell PC particles includes a core that includes a PCM having a PC temperature in a range of from 100° C. to 250° C., and a shell that includes a shell material having a melt temperature greater than the PC temperature of the PCM. A power electronics assembly includes a substrate having a thermal compensation layer formed proximate a surface of the substrate, the thermal compensation layer comprising an MIO layer that includes a plurality of core-shell PC particles encapsulated within a metal of the MIO layer. The power electronics assembly further includes an electronic device bonded to the thermal compensation layer at a first surface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan Mehmet Dede
  • Patent number: 11932197
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing digital key relay attacks are provided. A method includes determining a threshold response time for a wireless communications device to process a challenge. Determining the threshold response time may include determining a benchmark response time for the wireless communications device to respond to the challenge based on one or more conditions of the wireless communications device, and setting the threshold response time to the benchmark response time. The method further includes sending the challenge to the wireless communications device. The method further includes receiving a response to the challenge from the wireless communications device within a response time. The method further includes authenticating the wireless communications device based on the response time being less than the threshold response time. Associated systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Russell K. Barker, Nathan Humpal
  • Patent number: 11935147
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a computer associated with a transport, a gait of an individual from at least one camera associated with the transport, validating, by the computer, the gait, receiving, by the computer, a gesture of the individual from the at least one camera, validating, by the computer, the gesture, and performing, by the computer, one or more functions based on the validated gait and the validated gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240083284
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a station, a first group of transports in need of charge and a second group of transports capable of providing charge, prioritizing, by the station, at least one transport of the second group to come to the station at a time prior to when at least one transport of the first group comes to the station, receiving, at the station, a first amount of charge from the at least one transport of the second group, and providing, from the station, a second amount of charge to the at least one transport of the first group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240075945
    Abstract: An in-cabin audio system includes: a plurality of speakers configured to play sound within a cabin; a distracted driver detection system configured to detect when a driver is distracted and to generate a distracted driver signal; an infotainment system configured to generate sound data; and a volume controller. The plurality of speakers include a first group of speakers and a second group of speakers. The plurality of speakers are configured to play the sound based on the sound data. The volume controller is configured control the plurality of speakers so as to operate in a normal mode or a distracted driver mode. The volume controller is configured to attenuate sound played by the first group of speakers and not to attenuate sound played by the second group of speakers in the distracted driver mode based on the distracted driver signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Michael R. Kushnerik
  • Patent number: 11919423
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of validating, by a transport, a weight distribution of an individual on a bottom of a seat, a position of the individual against a back of the seat and a pressure exerted by the individual on a steering wheel of the transport, and when the weight distribution, the position and the pressure are above a threshold, altering, by the transport, a use of the transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11919429
    Abstract: A rotatable surface apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame including a contact surface, a cover having at least a first surface portion and a second surface portion, a rotating mechanism rotating the cover to selectively position not more than one of the first surface portion and the second surface portion over the contact surface of the frame simultaneously, and a sanitizing mechanism sanitizing the first surface portion and the second surface portion of the cover when positioned within a predetermined proximity of the sanitizing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Goemer, Evan Vijithakumara, Imad Zahid, Lou Pope, Yuho Kozu, Lizbeth Jurado
  • Patent number: 11922385
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20240073037
    Abstract: An example operation includes providing by a first electronic control unit (ECU) a fixed private key of a vehicle to a server; generating by the first ECU a limited life certificate based on the fixed private key, wherein the first ECU acts as a certificate authority; and providing the limited life certificate to a second ECU within the vehicle to allow the second ECU to securely communicate with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Publication number: 20240073057
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a data communication module (DCM) in a vehicle is unable to send a message, routing the message from the DCM to a device detachably connected to the vehicle, and sending, by the device detachably connected to the vehicle, the routed message to a device external to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Publication number: 20240073283
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of powering, by a transport, one or more critical components, running, by the transport, a first set of applications on the one or more critical components, responsive to a dependency of one or more noncritical components on the one or more critical components, powering, by the transport, the one or more noncritical components, and running, by the transport, a second set of applications on the one or more noncritical components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Satyajit P. Patne
  • Patent number: 11917395
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area; receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area; providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement. This enables an occupant of a transport to share personal data relating to the transport with confidence that the data will be deleted by an agreed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson, Edward Allen Cain, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240059184
    Abstract: An example operation includes determining a portion of a group of vehicles, the portion comprising at least one vehicle in the group with a battery capacity below a first threshold, where the first threshold is a battery capacity of one or more vehicles in a remaining portion of the group of vehicles; and halting a use of the portion of the group of vehicles until the battery capacity of the at least one vehicle in the halted portion of the group is around the battery capacity of the one or more vehicles in the remaining portion of the group of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: D1015369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuhin Diptiman, Daniel Hall, Louie Solomon, Ben Cline, John Weston Pierce
  • Patent number: D1016703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Echazabal, Jakin C. Wilson