Patents Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Publication number: 20240399864
    Abstract: When an occupant has performed a specific operation that is an operation different to an input operation on a state switching section while in a state in which a display section capable of displaying information related to an input section is not displaying the information, a processor causes the information to be displayed on the display section and places the input section in an input enabled state in which the input operation is receivable. Moreover, when the occupant has not performed the specific operation on the state switching section while in state in which the information is not being displayed on the display section, the processor does not cause the information to be displayed on the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki KOZONO, Shu NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240400011
    Abstract: A control device configured to remotely control mobile objects includes: a generation section configured to generate a control command corresponding to each mobile object; a transmission section configured to transmit, to each mobile object, the control command corresponding to the mobile object; an information acquisition section configured to acquire command information related to the control command, internal sensor information related to a state of movement of the mobile object detected by an internal sensor mounted in the mobile object, and external sensor information related to a state of movement of the mobile object detected by an external sensor located outside the mobile object; and a detection section configured to detect that the control command is transmitted from the transmission section to one of the mobile objects not corresponding to the control command, by comparing at least two of the command information, the internal sensor information, and the external sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Go INOUE, Noritsugu IWAZAKI, Takeshi KANOU, Yuki OKAMOTO, Yoshinori WATANABE, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Kento IWAHORI
  • Publication number: 20240399888
    Abstract: The electric vehicle according to the present disclosure calculates motor torque using an MT vehicle model simulating an MT vehicle having a manual transmission and an internal combustion engine. In the first operation mode, an operation amount of a pseudo-clutch pedal and a shift position of a pseudo-gearshift are input to the MT vehicle model to reflect operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal and operation of the pseudo-gearshift in electric motor control. In the second operation mode where the operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal is not needed, an operation amount of a clutch pedal calculated by a driver model is input to the MT vehicle model instead of the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiko Nishimine, Yoichiro Isami, Yoshio Itou, Hiroyuki Amano, Tatsuya Imamura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroaki Kodera
  • Publication number: 20240400125
    Abstract: Each control circuit of a control device for a vehicle drives a motor in one of driving modes that are switched according to an operation state of the control circuit of a system other than an own system. The driving modes include an own-system shutdown mode in which the power supply to a winding set of the own system is stopped when the operation state of the control circuit of a system other than the own system is abnormal. Even when the operation state of the control circuit of a system other than the own system is abnormal, each control circuit does not shift the driving mode to the own-system shutdown mode when an own operation state is a specific operation state in which safety problems are deemed unlikely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma HASEGAWA, Kenichi Abe, Yuuta Kajisawa, Takashi Koudai, Kaishi Monobe, Mika Ikeya, Masaharu Yamashita, Kenji Shibata, Yosuke Yamashita, Kazuaki Iida, Shintaro Takayama, Nobuyori Nakajima, Toyohiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240401746
    Abstract: Provided is a tank equipped with a container body to store hydrogen gas, a self-closing valve provided in the container body and configured to start and stop discharging the hydrogen gas by opening and closing, a fusible plug provided in the container body and configured to open when a predetermined temperature is reached to release the gas in the tank, and a member that delays heat transfer to the self-closing valve later than to the container body and/or a member that promotes heat transfer to the fusible plug when the hydrogen cartridge is heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chiaki KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20240405231
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and bipolar plate structure for a fuel cell stack inside a polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack. The bipolar plate structure may be created, wherein creating the bipolar plate structure may include forming a z-shaped pattern for a plurality of hydrogen flow channels. Creating the bipolar plate structure may include forming a z-shaped pattern for a plurality of air flow channels. Creating the bipolar plate structure may include forming an x-shaped crossing pattern for a plurality of coolant flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuqing Zhou, Danny J. Lohan, Ercan M. Dede, Feng Zhou, Hiroshi Ukegawa
  • Publication number: 20240401998
    Abstract: A weight calculation device includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories are configured to store a plurality of specific speed ranges in advance, the specific speed ranges being obtained by dividing a travel speed of a vehicle into a plurality of speed ranges. The one or more processors are configured to: acquire the travel speed of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, and a driving force of the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling; store a combination of the acquired acceleration of the vehicle and the acquired driving force of the vehicle in the one or more memories in a distinguishable manner for each of the specific speed ranges; and calculate a weight of the vehicle for each of the specific speed ranges based on a plurality of the combinations of the acquired acceleration and the acquired driving force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki MIYAKE, Takaya UCHIDA, Naoki TAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20240400081
    Abstract: A driving support device includes an operation unit configured to receive an operation of a driver related to driving support of a vehicle; a driving control unit configured to execute the driving support based on the operation of the driver; a storage unit configured to store an explanation of the driving support corresponding to the operation unit; a notification unit configured to provide the explanation of the driving support to the driver through any one of augmented reality, mixed reality and virtual reality; and a control unit connected to the driving control unit, the notification unit, and the storage unit, configured to switch between a travel mode and an explanation mode and to operate in a mode switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshifumi IWASE, Hironori ITO, Hisanobu INOUE, Takahiro KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20240400133
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a control circuit that controls driving of a reaction force motor that generates steering reaction force that is given to a steering wheel, dynamic power transmission being not performed between the steering wheel and a turning wheel of a vehicle. The control circuit requests a vehicle control device to stop operation of a powertrain in a case where a vehicle electric power source has been turned on and where exchange of information has been performed with the vehicle control device so as not to follow a preset pattern. The vehicle control device controls traveling of the vehicle. The powertrain includes a traveling drive source of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kaishi MONOBE, Kenichi ABE, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Mika IKEYA, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Yosuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240400051
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance system performs traveling assistance control under which an own vehicle automatically travels with. The traveling assistance control includes first constant-speed control for automatically controlling the acceleration of the own vehicle, based on a first vehicle-speed range including a set vehicle speed, such that the vehicle speed of the own vehicle is kept equal to the set vehicle speed, and second constant-speed control for automatically controlling the acceleration of the own vehicle, based on a second vehicle-speed range including the set vehicle speed, such that the vehicle speed of the own vehicle is kept equal to the set vehicle speed. The second vehicle-speed range is set to a wider range than the first vehicle-speed range. The vehicle driving assistance system switches the traveling assistance control between the first constant-speed control and the second constant-speed control, according to the traveling state of the own vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki KAMATANI, Hideaki ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240404329
    Abstract: An information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an information processing device that collects data from a plurality of vehicles, wherein the information processing device acquires a predetermined condition for extracting, from a plurality of vehicles, a vehicle possessing first data, which is data desired by a user who receives the information provision, from the plurality of vehicles; and a control unit that refers to a first database that stores travel data collected from the plurality of vehicles, identifies one or more first vehicles corresponding to travel data satisfying the predetermined condition from the plurality of vehicles; transmits a first data provision request to a terminal associated with the first vehicle; and provides the first data transmitted from the first vehicle to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shintaro MATSUTANI, Ryuichi DANNO, Atsushi IKEGAYA, Masashi NOMOTO, Oral KAPLAN
  • Publication number: 20240400114
    Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided for use with a semi-autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Raymond P. Viviano
  • Publication number: 20240403058
    Abstract: The in-vehicle device processes one process by a plurality of threads. The process is configured to perform at least three N tasks, and the process is configured to process the N tasks by dividing them into threats fewer than N threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihiro MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240400092
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control device that generates a control command for controlling a mobile body by using three-dimensional point cloud data of the mobile body measured by a distance measurement device. The control device includes an estimation unit configured to, in a case where a defective portion is generated in the three-dimensional point cloud data acquired from the distance measurement device, execute matching between a substantial point cloud portion obtained by excluding a defect corresponding portion corresponding to the defective portion from a template point cloud and the three-dimensional point cloud data, to estimate at least one of a position and an orientation of the mobile body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keigo IKEDA, Yasuhiro SAITO, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240400131
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a processor that controls, as a target, a steering system including a reaction force motor that applies a steering reaction force to a steering shaft and a turning motor that turns a turning wheel, and that executes a reaction force setting process, a phase compensation process, and a reaction force application process. The reaction force setting process is a process of setting the steering reaction force using the phase compensation process. The reaction force application process is a process of operating the reaction force motor so as to produce a reaction force as set by the reaction force setting process. The phase compensation process is a process of performing phase compensation of the steering reaction force in a different manner when a travel mode of a vehicle is different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi HOSONO, Terutaka TAMAIZUMI, Yuki INDEN, Saki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240400342
    Abstract: It is possible to suppress damage to a yarn path guide mechanism and a textile machine. There is a first supporter which makes contact with a supporting shaft supporting a roller, a second supporter which is capable of making contact with the supporting shaft, and a biasing member which biases the second supporter in a direction in which the supporting shaft is sandwiched between the second supporter and the first supporter. When a virtual straight line which passes through a winding center and a rotation center is a first virtual straight line whereas a virtual straight line which extends in a direction orthogonal to the first virtual straight line and passes through the rotation center is a second virtual straight line, the second supporter makes contact with a part of the supporting shaft, which is positionally opposite to the winding center over the second virtual straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: Murata Machinery, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motohiro Tanigawa, Masatsugu Goyude, Toshihiro Matsui, Hirotaka Wada, Yoshihiro Kino, Hidehiro Takeoka, Yasuhiro Sakanashi, Dai Shimizube, Daigoro Nakamura, Yoshinori Miura
  • Publication number: 20240405390
    Abstract: A battery including electrode bodies connected in series, wherein the battery is capable of detecting the voltage of each electrode body. The battery includes electrode bodies, and an exterior body including an inner region configured to house the electrode bodies, and the battery includes at least a first electrode body and a second electrode body, the first electrode body includes an electrode tab P, the second electrode body includes an electrode tab R having an opposite polarity to the electrode tab P, the electrode tab P and the electrode tab R are connected in the inner region, the battery includes a voltage detector placed so as to extend from the inner region to an outer region of the exterior body, and as the voltage detector, the battery includes a voltage detector ? connected to a connecting portion of the electrode tab P and the electrode tab R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satomi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240402717
    Abstract: A remote support apparatus remotely supports a travelling of a vehicle. The remote support apparatus communicates wirelessly with the vehicle. The remote support apparatus wirelessly acquires an image of a view in a travelling direction of the vehicle and display the acquired image by a displaying device of the remote support apparatus. The image is taken by an imaging device of the vehicle. The remote support apparatus displays a set steering angle line in the image displayed by the displaying device. The set steering angle line is a line along which an outer portion of the vehicle during vehicle turning is predicted to move when the vehicle turns at a set steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kosuke AKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20240405224
    Abstract: A coating solution used for forming a coating film on a surface of a positive electrode active material, wherein the coating solution includes a solvent and a solute, the solvent includes water, the solute includes M element, the M element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of phosphorus and boron, a content of the M element in the coating solution is 0.05% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less, a content of lithium in the coating solution is less than 0.1% by mass, an absorbance in a wavelength 660 nm of the coating solution is 0.1 or less, and a surface energy of the coating solution is 50 mN/m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaru KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20240404524
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a portable terminal and a vehicle on-board device that carries out wireless communication with the portable terminal. The vehicle on-board device includes a first voice recognition unit that recognizes a voice and a control unit that executes control of a vehicle according to the voice recognized at the first voice recognition unit. The portable terminal includes a second voice recognition unit that recognizes a voice, a specification unit that specifies control of the vehicle according to the voice recognized at the second voice recognition unit, an instruction unit that instructs the control unit to execute the specified control of the vehicle, and a notification unit that, in a case in which the control of the vehicle according to the voice recognized at the second voice recognition unit cannot be specified at the specification unit, performs notification according to at least an operation state of the first voice recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryuta ATSUMI