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).

  • Patent number: 11618329
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport at a first location, that the transport is not in use, determining, by the transport, a second location to transfer energy stored in the transport, maneuvering, by the transport, to the second location, discharging, by the transport, the stored energy to the second location, and maneuvering, by the transport, to the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20230044261
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, an energy transfer condition exists along a route, routing, by the transport, to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition exceeding an energy transfer value and based on one or more traffic conditions, aligning, by the transport, a position of the transport at the location to wirelessly receive an energy transfer, and receiving, by the transport, the energy transfer while the transport is in motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11571984
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing to a charging station a distance desired to be driven by a transport and determining, by the charging station, an amount of energy to retrieve from the transport such that a residual amount of energy in the transport is equivalent to the distance desired to be driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 11571983
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an estimated arrival time of a first transport to a charging station, determining an estimated remaining stored transport energy at the estimated arrival time of the first transport, notifying the first transport to provide a portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy and when a next transport is delayed to the charging station, notifying the first transport to provide an additional portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy based on the delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 11552507
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of wirelessly notifying, via a charging station, at least one transport of a group of identified transports of a needed amount of energy stored in the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport being connected to the charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20230004905
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a modified use of energy by an entity, based on a current environmental factor, and providing an energy offset to the entity based on the modified use. The offset derives an alternate benefit to overcome a negative balance by another entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11535113
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of establishing a communication channel between a computing system associated with a plurality of available power sources and a transport comprising a rechargeable battery that is configured to power the transport, determining a value of charge power for the rechargeable battery, generating a request that identifies the value of charge power in a first field and identifies a power source in a second field from among a plurality of available power sources to source the charge power for the rechargeable battery, and transmitting the request from the transport to a computing system via the established communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20220388426
    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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 11515741
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, an energy transfer condition exists along a route, routing, by the transport, to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition exceeding an energy transfer value and based on one or more traffic conditions, aligning, by the transport, a position of the transport at the location to wirelessly receive an energy transfer, and receiving, by the transport, the energy transfer while the transport is in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20220371469
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an efficiency, related to a current event of a transport, is lower than a threshold, and restricting a least intrusive future event of the transport, unrelated to the current event, until the efficiency is at or above the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20220371464
    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: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20220355701
    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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20220357406
    Abstract: An example operation includes determining that a replacement battery of a transport will degrade to a threshold capacity at an end of a specified time based on a degradation capacity of a current battery of the transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20220341741
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a transport, in a group of transports associated with a date of disposition, is operating below an efficiency threshold of the group of transports, and limiting transports, in the group of transports, that are operating most above the efficiency threshold, from performing functionality until the group of transports is at the efficiency threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20220300915
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a route and type of elements to be transported by a transport and decommissioning one or more batteries on the transport based on the determining. The one or more batteries are configured to be detachably attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11440435
    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: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20220285937
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a first energy source, a future amount of energy at each location served by the first energy source, determining, by the first energy source, a time to begin supplying the future portion of energy at each location when energy from the second energy source is not obtainable, and supplying, by the energy source, the future portion of energy at each of the locations, based on the determined time. The future amount is related to a portion of other energy available at each location and a portion of other energy previously provided to a second energy source by the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20220281452
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of storing first data related to an operation style of a transport in a first area, storing second data related to an operation style of the transport in a second area, wherein the first data and the second data is based on a combined energy consumption efficiency as the transport maneuvers through the first area and the second area, and modifying functionality of the transport based on the combined energy consumption efficiency and characteristics of one or more occupants of the transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20220281340
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, when the transport will not be in use for a time greater than an amount of time, modifying, by the transport, a current charge in the transport at a beginning of the amount of time, wherein the modifying preserves an amount of charge of at least one battery in the transport at or below a first threshold, and receiving, by the transport, a next charge at or above a second threshold at an end of the time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11422523
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a server, needed energy at a building of a plurality of buildings served by a microgrid and providing, by the server, a portion of the needed energy to the building using a priority. The portion and the priority are based on an availability of alternate sources of energy at the building as compared with alternate sources of energy at other buildings of the plurality of buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness