Patents by Inventor Norman Lu

Norman Lu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230415609
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: determining an event of a vehicle consuming a required amount of energy greater than a first threshold; providing, by a removable auxiliary battery of the vehicle, at least a portion of the required amount of energy during the event; and providing, by a core battery of the vehicle, a second amount of energy upon completion of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230408277
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of obtaining a destination of a vehicle, determining an amount of traffic in an area proximate a route to the destination within a time frame, determining a best time to leave in the time frame and a worst time to leave in the time frame, where the best time to leave provides a minimum traffic in the area and the worst time to leave provides a maximum traffic in the area, and determining one or more of a degradation of a battery of the vehicle and an energy usage of the vehicle for one or more of the best time to leave and the worst time to leave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230406138
    Abstract: An example operation includes determining that a non-electric vehicle associated with a location has a utilization level greater than a threshold; and limiting energy at the location commensurate with an energy related to the utilization level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230398895
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a portion of a needed charge of a battery of a vehicle at a first time; and determining a remaining portion of the needed charge at a second time; preserving a charge of the vehicle's battery to be between around 20% capacity and around 80% capacity, based on the determined portion and the determined remaining portion; wherein the preserving avoids an electric grid's peak usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230375993
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining at least one high-priority device at a location, determining a loss of electricity at the location has occurred thereby rendering the device unusable, and directing electricity from a vehicle to the device, based on a need being over a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230373334
    Abstract: An example operation includes determining, by a first vehicle, that an outage of an electrical grid exists at a location in an area, wherein the first vehicle is coupled to the electrical grid through a charging station at the location; and requesting, by the first vehicle, for a second vehicle to provide electricity to the location, wherein the second vehicle is in motion in the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230356706
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing electricity to a vehicle by a plurality of elements in a battery, determining an element of the plurality of elements is operating below a threshold, disabling the element, and providing the electricity by remaining elements of the plurality of elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230356614
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing, by a battery of a vehicle, energy to a location, departing, by the vehicle, when a condition at the location is above or below a threshold, receiving a charge at the battery of the vehicle, from a charging station until the condition is at the threshold, and returning, by the vehicle, to the location when the condition is at the threshold and a capacity of the battery is above a level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230347767
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of establishing communication between a transport and a location via a module including a battery, determining an energy amount in the transport and an energy requirement at the location, and initiating a transfer of a portion of the energy amount from the transport to the battery based on an intended use of the portion at one or more devices at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11801771
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a first energy, at a target transport, from a charging station at a first value during a first amount of time, and the target transport and the charging station are physically connected, and receiving a second energy, at the target transport, from a providing transport at a second value greater than the first value during a second amount of time less than the first amount of time, and the target transport and the providing transport are wirelessly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 11801768
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sensing that a transport in a group is performing at an efficiency below a threshold and modifying at least one other transport in the group to perform at an efficiency above the threshold, wherein the efficiency above the threshold is similar to efficiency below the threshold, wherein the modification occurs at a final portion of a route of the at least one other transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230342874
    Abstract: An example operation includes directing a vehicle to a first proposed user of the vehicle in lieu of a second proposed user of the vehicle, based on a first need of the first proposed user being greater than a second need of the second proposed user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230322114
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, via a transport, a state of charge of a storage unit of the transport, determining, via the transport, an environment at a location, determining, via the transport, a status of a charging station at the location including at least one of a location energy cost and a location power level and providing, via the transport, a needed amount of energy to the charging station at the location based on the status of the charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20230322110
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of halting, by a vehicle, charge to a location when a battery capacity of the vehicle is below a threshold; determining, by the vehicle, another vehicle that is available to provide charge to the location; maneuvering, by the vehicle, to a charging station; maneuvering, by the another vehicle, to the location; and providing, by the another vehicle, charging to the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230311695
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, an energy transfer request from a charging station, determining, by the server, a current priority level of the at least one transport within an accessible range of the charging station, and responsive to the current priority level being below a threshold, sending an instruction to the at least one transport to transfer energy to the charging station based on the energy transfer request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20230316433
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, a future energy need at a location, reserving, by the vehicle, an initial portion of the future energy need, determining, by the vehicle, one or more other vehicles at the location configured to store a remaining portion of the future energy need, transferring, by the vehicle, the reserved initial portion to an energy storage at the location, and instructing, by the vehicle, the one or more other vehicles to transfer the remaining portion to the energy storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20230311697
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: predicting that an event related to an electric grid will affect an area comprising at least one of a first location or a second location; ranking the first and second locations in the area based on a first electricity need at the first location and a second electricity need at the second location, to determine a highest-ranking location with a greatest electricity need among the first location and the second location; determining a vehicle type based upon the greatest electricity need; and dispatching a vehicle of the vehicle type to the highest-ranking location prior to or during the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11760223
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging station, a first amount of energy required by a transport for a full charge, determining, by the charging station, a second amount of energy that the transport will provide back to the charging station at a later time, and charging, by the charging station, the transport to a charge level equal to a difference between the first amount of energy and the second amount of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20230286406
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining transports able to provide supplemental energy when an event occurs related to an electrical grid, selecting one or more of the determined transports to appear in order at a location affected by the event, where the order is based on a size of the selected transports, and provide the supplemental energy from the selected transports to the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11752889
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of directing, by a server, a transport to provide charge to a stationary energy source when a grid demand is above a threshold, and directing, by the server, one or more other transports to retrieve a portion of the provided charge from the stationary energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness