Patents Assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT, INC.
  • Publication number: 20210118246
    Abstract: Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a management computing device, a plurality of electronic control units, and a plurality peripheral devices, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device. The vehicle developer device further includes a plurality of ports for receiving one or more of at least one additional electronic control units and at least one additional peripheral devices. The management computing device configures the plurality of electronic control units, and simulates operation of a full-scale simulated vehicle. The vehicle developer device is smaller in size than the full-scale simulated vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Nikos Michalakis, Paul Sastrasinh, Thor Lewis, Shang-Poh Yu, Sho Mikuriya, Hiroko Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20210117166
    Abstract: Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a plurality of electronic control units, a plurality peripheral devices communicatively coupled to the plurality of electronic control units, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device, and a management computing device including one or more processors and a memory device storing computer-readable instructions. The vehicle developer device receives one or more sets of software instructions, compiles the one or more sets of software instructions for execution by at least one electronic control unit of the plurality of electronic control units, and receives output from one or more of: 1) at least one electronic control unit of the plurality of electronic control units and 2) at least one peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Nikos Michalakis, Paul Sastrasinh, Thor Lewis, Shang-Poh Yu, Sho Mikuriya, Hiroko Okuyama