Patents Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Publication number: 20240144163Abstract: A management method performed by a management apparatus includes determining a delivery vehicle based on vehicle classification data and delivery environment information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motohiro NAKAMURA, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yosuke TOGAMI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Seii SAI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Naoko YOKOYAMA, Keishi KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240144348Abstract: The information processing apparatus acquires the first body color desired by a user as a body color of a vehicle ordered by the user. Furthermore, based on at least the appraised value of the vehicle having a first body color after a predetermined period has elapsed, the information processing apparatus determines whether or not to propose to the user to topcoat the vehicle having the second body color with an easily peelable paint of the first body color.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Yohei NAKANISHI, Yu HAMADA
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Publication number: 20240144411Abstract: A management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage one or more vehicles to be rented to users in a car sharing service. The controller is configured to, in a case in which a vehicle returned by a user does not meet a return condition, notify the user that the return condition is not met when the user inputs an operation for return.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroki TAKEISHI
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Publication number: 20240142251Abstract: An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus includes acquiring route information that indicates a route or a stop position for a delivery vehicle, the route information being generated based on driver information regarding a driver of the delivery vehicle and delivery information regarding a package to be delivered by the delivery vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motohiro NAKAMURA, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yosuke TOGAMI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Seii SAI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Naoko YOKOYAMA, Keishi KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240144156Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, a stopping location for a vehicle used for delivery, based on vehicle classification data on the vehicle, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motohiro NAKAMURA, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yosuke TOGAMI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Seii SAI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Naoko YOKOYAMA, Keishi KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240142262Abstract: An operation management system including a controller configured to execute: a position obtaining process to obtain positional information from each registered mobility; a correlating process to correlate each registered mobility and specification information stored in a storage device with each other; a travel-history storing process to store, in the storage device, a traveled route which is a travel history of each registered mobility, so as to be correlated with map information; and a road-surface-condition obtaining process to calculate a road surface condition including a position and a shape of a rut corresponding to the traveled route based on information on a detection value of a sensor of each of registered mobility, the type of a road surface included in the map information, the specification information, and the traveled route and to store, in the storage device, the road surface condition so as to be correlated with the map information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke NOZAWA, Shun Mizoo, Toru Takashima, Takahiro Okano, Kenta Osagawa, Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi
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Publication number: 20240143311Abstract: A mobile terminal includes: one or more processors configured to acquire vehicle configuration information including information on an electronic control unit (ECU) mounted on a vehicle and transmit the vehicle configuration information to a server; and acquire software distributed from the server; and a communication module configured to transmit the software acquired by the first acquisition unit to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
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Publication number: 20240142976Abstract: An information processing device for controlling a mobile object, the information processing device comprising: a communication unit that performs communication with the mobile object; a function control unit that controls a function necessary for causing the mobile object to autonomously travel; and a switching control unit that switches whether to control at least a part of the necessary functions by the information processing device or by the mobile object based on a communication state between the information processing device and the mobile object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuki WAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20240144758Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a receiving section receiving, from a user, setting processing for setting a time period in which control of a vehicle by using an information processing device is suppressed; a detecting section detecting a predetermined user operation for control of the vehicle; and a control permitting section that, in a case in which the predetermined user operation is detected in a time period that is different than the time period in which control of the vehicle is suppressed, permits control of the vehicle in accordance with the information processing device vibrating or moving, and, in a case in which the predetermined user operation is detected within the time period in which control of the vehicle is suppressed, does not permit control of the vehicle regardless of whether or not the information processing device is vibrating or moving.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Jumpei FUKE
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Publication number: 20240144310Abstract: A server (battery replacement management server) includes: a communication unit (acquisition unit) that acquires number-of-users information (situation information) in a battery replacement apparatus; and a processor (control unit) that adjusts, based on the situation information, an incentive given to a user of the battery replacement apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Takahiro OKANO, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Nobuhiro NAKANO
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Publication number: 20240144166Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, an acceptable range of a delivery time based on a delivery condition of goods ordered from a store, and determining, by the management apparatus based on the acceptable range of the delivery time and vehicle classification data on a vehicle that delivers goods, goods to be loaded into the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motohiro NAKAMURA, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Yosuke TOGAMI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Seii SAI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Naoko YOKOYAMA, Keishi KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240142056Abstract: A tank arranged such that an axis is horizontal, and filling portions are arranged at both ends in the axial direction, and both filling portions are configured to inject gas toward an upper portion of an inside of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naoki OGIWARA
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Publication number: 20240144638Abstract: A method for adjusting an information system of a mobile machine, the information system being configured to calculate 3D information relative to a scene in which the mobile machine is moving, the method including: acquiring at least a first image of the scene at a first time and a second image of the scene at a second time; detecting one or more scene features in the first image and the second image; matching the one or more scene features across the first image and the second image based upon detection of the one or more scene features; estimating an egomotion of the mobile machine based upon the matching of the one or more scene features across the first image and the second image; and adjusting the information system by taking into account the estimation of the egomotion of the mobile machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVENInventors: Wim ABBELOOS, Frank VERBIEST, Bruno DAWAGNE, Wim LEMKENS, Marc PROESMANS, Luc VAN GOOL
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Publication number: 20240144521Abstract: An information processing device is provided, which includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: acquire a satellite image of the ground photographed by an artificial satellite; and provide, to a user, point information indicating points at which a number of persons present on the ground is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number, the points being identified based on the acquired satellite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240144241Abstract: An entity server includes a communication apparatus and a processor. The communication apparatus is configured to receive a temporary use request that requests temporary use of a vehicle by a user, the vehicle being associated with an NFT. When the communication apparatus receives the temporary use request, the processor performs locking processing for locking the NFT.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya OWASHI, Kuniaki Murakami, Koji Hetsugi, Tomokazu Ishii, Naoki Ishihara
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Publication number: 20240144808Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of vehicles configured to perform automated driving includes a controller configured to execute operations, the operations including receiving, from each of the plurality of vehicles, a notification of a content of an abnormality, in-vehicle images, and the number of persons in the vehicle, prioritizing the plurality of vehicles based on determination results by determining, for each of the plurality of vehicles, a load of an automated driving process and the number of persons in the vehicle, and displaying with emphasis the content of the abnormality of a vehicle of a highest priority and the in-vehicle images of the vehicle of the highest priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Tomoyuki KOZUKA
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Publication number: 20240144699Abstract: A vehicle includes an object sensor configured to detect an object around the vehicle; a warning device configured to alert a driver when an object is detected by the object sensor at a position at which a distance from the vehicle is less than or equal to a threshold; a receiver; and a controller configured to reduce the threshold when the receiver receives a signal transmitted from a vehicle washer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki SATO, Takeru SHIRASAWA, Teruaki HAIBARA, Kenji HOSHI
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Publication number: 20240146072Abstract: A power supply system is a power supply system that performs charging and discharging between the power supply system and an external system. The power supply system includes a plurality of battery units and a controller. The plurality of battery units include a plurality of battery packs and a plurality of converters provided corresponding to the plurality of battery packs. The plurality of battery units are connected together in parallel. The controller controls the plurality of converters to charge each of the plurality of battery packs to a fully charged state. For each of the plurality of battery packs, the controller is configured to perform equalization control to equalize voltages of cells included in the battery pack when the battery pack is charged to the fully charged state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshiaki KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20240144752Abstract: A vehicle inspection system acquires a first camera image captured by a first camera and a second camera image captured by a second camera, calculates a first optical axis coordinate value from the first camera image and a second optical axis coordinate value from the second camera image, determines whether there is an abnormality in each of the first optical axis coordinate value and the second optical axis coordinate value, and identifies an abnormality factor portion causing an abnormality in one or both of the first optical axis coordinate value and the second optical axis coordinate value from among the first camera, the second camera, and the vehicle body of the vehicle, based on a combination of the presence or absence of the abnormality in the first optical axis coordinate value and the presence or absence of the abnormality in the second optical axis coordinate value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yusuke TATESUMI
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Publication number: 20240144740Abstract: The controller of the information processing apparatus obtains a first evaluation amount that is an evaluation amount of the first vehicle in a case that the body color of the first vehicle is assumed to be the color of the first paint coating film. The controller obtains a second evaluation amount that is an evaluation amount of the first vehicle in case that the body color of the first vehicle is assumed to be the color of the second paint coating film. The controller determines whether the second paint coating film should be removed from the first vehicle based on the first evaluation amount and the second evaluation amount. The controller outputs the above determination result.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Yohei NAKSNISHI, Yu HAMADA