Patents Assigned to Toyota Jidosha
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY MEMORY MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220188952
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a controller including at least one processor configured to execute acquiring location information and a current status for each of a plurality of cooperators capable of performing rescue of a person to be rescued, and transmitting, a rescue request to a cooperator who is located within a predetermined range from the person to be rescued and is in a predetermined status, among the plurality of cooperators, as a target cooperator when a person to be rescued is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Makoto Tamura, Yusuke Mitoma, Kosuke Kotake, Junko Katoh, Noriko Koreyasu, Hiromi Tonegawa, Aiko Fujii, Yuutarou Miyashita
  • AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVEN VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220185335
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system includes a control device and a request input device. The control device executes one or more controls of a vehicle including an autonomous traveling control. The request input device sends various requests to the control device by a human operation. The control device executes, during execution of the autonomous traveling control, a process for determining whether an operator who operates the request input device is a qualified person. Then, the control device approves the request when the operator is a qualified person, and disapproves the request when the operator is not a qualified person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Nemoto, Shin Tanaka, Satoshi Nakamura
  • ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220187811
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis system includes an image acquisition unit and an abnormality determination unit. The image acquisition unit acquires a circuit image to be diagnosed which is an image visually representing a logical circuit in a control apparatus that controls an apparatus in a facility and a control state in the logical circuit, and is a subject of an abnormality diagnosis. The abnormality determination unit determines whether or not there is a deviation between the circuit image to be diagnosed acquired by the image acquisition unit and a normal circuit image, which is a circuit image in a state in which a facility related to the control apparatus corresponding to the circuit image to be diagnosed is in a normal state. The abnormality determination unit determines that an abnormality has occurred in the facility when it is determined that there is a deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Misato SHIMADA, Takahisa YAMAKAWA, Ryo MIZUNO, Shun SATO, Daisuke NORITAKE
  • ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY
    Publication number: 20220190345
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery wherein the confining pressure variation is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector stacked in this order, and the anode active material layer includes a Si based active material, and a graphite, when a graphite wherein an angle formed by a plane direction of (002) plane of the graphite, and a stacking direction surface of the anode current collector is 45° or more and 90° or less, is regarded as a crossing graphite, a proportion of the crossing graphite among the graphite is more than 20 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideki Hagiwara
  • VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD IN VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, PORTABLE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR PORTABLE DEVICE, IN-VEHICLE CONTROLLER, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20220185232
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a portable device configured to store information on an electronic lock of a vehicle and an in-vehicle controller configured to communicate with the portable device, the in-vehicle controller being installed in the vehicle. The in-vehicle controller is configured to generate a permission command to permit the specific operation to be performed when the in-vehicle controller determines that the operation requested to be performed on the vehicle is a specific operation that needs permission from the authorized user, in-vehicle controller when the in-vehicle controller determines that the portable device is within a predetermined range around the vehicle, and when the in-vehicle controller determines that near field communication between the portable device and the communication terminal based on a first telecommunications standard is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi KOMEYA
  • VEHICLE UNDERBODY COVER STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20220185098
    Abstract: A vehicle underbody cover structure includes: a first splash shield placed below a cooling object and having a service hole; and a service lid detachably attached to the first splash shield such that the service lid covers the service hole. The service lid includes a lid-side vertical wall standing in the up-down direction, the lid-side vertical wall being placed ahead of the cooling object in the vehicle front-rear direction. The lid-side vertical wall has an air-cooling hole provided in a penetrating manner in the vehicle front-rear direction such that travel wind passes through the air-cooling hole, the air-cooling hole being provided to at least partially overlap with the cooling object in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eitaro Yamakawa
  • AQUEOUS POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
    Publication number: 20220190385
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aqueous polymer electrolyte comprising a polymer electrolyte of a polymer of a single lithium salt, or a polymer of a single lithium salt and short-chain dimethylsiloxane or single fluoro ether, and water. The present disclosure further provides a lithium rechargeable battery comprising such an aqueous polymer electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun YANG, Zhixin XU, Yixi KUAI, Koji SUTO
  • ONBOARD SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220191106
    Abstract: An onboard system includes a first ECU and a second ECU respectively installed in a vehicle and configured to communicate with each other via a transmission path using session information. A first processor and a second processor are configured to detect a precursor to a communication anomaly. In a case in which the communication anomaly precursor has not been detected, the first processor and the second processor cause first session information to be stored in first volatile memory and second volatile memory, while not causing the first session information to be stored in second non-volatile memory or fourth non-volatile memory. In a case in which the communication anomaly precursor has been detected, the first processor and the second processor cause the first session information to be stored in at least the second non-volatile memory and the fourth non-volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori KAKIYA
  • HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOY FOR ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY, ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY USING THE SAME AS NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220190327
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy suitable for a negative electrode of an on-board alkaline storage battery, an alkaline storage battery using this hydrogen storage alloy, and a vehicle; wherein a fine-grained hydrogen storage alloy is used for an alkaline storage battery that has a crystal structure of an A2B7-type structure as a main phase and is represented by a general formula: (La1-aSma)1-bMgbNicAldCre (where suffixes a, b, c, d, and e meet the following conditions: 0?a?0.35, 0.15?b?0.30, 0.02?d?0.10, 0?e?0.10, 3.20?c+d+e?3.50, and 0<a+e), and an alkaline storage battery using this hydrogen storage alloy for a negative electrode. A vehicle also includes this alkaline storage battery as an electricity supply source for a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: JAPAN METALS AND CHEMICALS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takao SAWA, Saki NOTOYAMA, Tomoki SOUMA, Katsuyuki KUDO, Takuya WATANABE, Masato HOZUMI, Motoyoshi OKUMURA, Masashi KODAMA, Takuro KIKUCHI, Takeo OKANISHI, Atsushi MINAGATA, Shuhei MOCHIDA, Hiroyuki SASAKI, Satoshi KONO
  • STEERING CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220185367
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a first calculator configured to calculate a first axial force, a second calculator, and a third calculator configured to calculate a third axial force. The third calculator is configured to, when a specific situation occurs in which a current of a turning motor has to be limited, decrease a reflection degree of the first axial force in the third axial force and increase a reflection degree of the second axial force in the third axial force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao NAMIKAWA, Satoshi MATSUDA, Tomoyuki IIDA, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Kenji SHIBATA
  • TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220186811
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper having improved abrasion resistance at a portion of a rotary member to which a rolling mass is contacted, and a manufacturing method thereof. The torsional vibration damper comprises: a rotary member; an inertia body oscillating around the rotary member; and a retainer formed on the rotary member to hold a rolling mass between a pair of stoppers. A hardness of an inner surface of at least one of the stoppers is increased higher in a radially outer portion than in a radially inner portion, within a reciprocating range of the rolling mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki ISHIBASHI, Yu SHIRAISHI, Hiroyuki AMANO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220188730
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor including hardware. The processor: predicts a power generation amount of a next day and derive a predicted value of the power generation amount based on the weather information and the power generation information in the solar power generation facility; predicts a demand amount of electric power to be used in the predetermined area on the next day and derives a predicted value of the demand amount based on the weather information in the predetermined area; and outputs a request signal for requesting distribution of a distributed item from an outside of the predetermined area to the predetermined area based on the predicted value of the power generation amount and the predicted value of the demand amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Kazuhiro SHIMIZU, Satoshi TANABE, Nanae TAKADA, Naohiro SEO
  • UPDATE SYSTEM FOR RELATED VALUE INFORMATION AND UPDATE METHOD FOR RELATED VALUE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220185292
    Abstract: An update system for related value information, comprises a first vehicle and a storage device which stores related value information. The first vehicle provides, to the storage device, travel information formed by associating a sensor value for identifying a road surface displacement-related value, and a measurement position at which the sensor value is measured, with each other, in a period from a time at which a predetermined measurement start condition is satisfied to a time at which a predetermined measurement end condition is satisfied. The storage device updates the related value information based on based on the road surface displacement-related values from which a low frequency component is removed. The storage device updates related value information based on the road surface displacement-related values obtained by excluding, at least one of start-stage related values or end-stage related values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki FURUTA
  • ON-BOARD SYSTEM, ON-BOARD SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220191058
    Abstract: An on-board system that includes: a plurality of electronic controllers; and a gateway electronically connected to the plurality of electronic controllers, the gateway including memory and a processor coupled to the memory, and the processor being configured to perform control to cause the plurality of electronic controllers to sleep when no sleep-disabling request is sent from outside the on-board system, and perform control to prevent the plurality of electronic controllers from sleeping when a sleep-disabling request is sent from outside the on-board system, wherein the processor is configured to, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, perform control to cause the plurality of electronic controllers to sleep even when the sleep-disabling request is sent from outside the on-board system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Erika ISHII, Yasuaki MORITA
  • SPEED CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220185281
    Abstract: A speed control device sets a target speed of the own vehicle to a basic speed that is a set speed set in advance or sets the target speed of the own vehicle to a basic speed that is a speed equal to or less than the set speed in which a distance to a preceding vehicle is maintained at a predetermined distance or more when there is a preceding vehicle. The speed control device sets the target speed of the own vehicle to a correction speed instead of the basic speed when the speed control device determines that an adjacent lane is congested and a speed difference between the speed of the own vehicle and an average speed or a lowest speed of another vehicle in the adjacent lane is equal to or more than a first reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chiemi Noguchi
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220185318
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided with a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire image information acquired by capturing an image of an item collected by a moving body and store the image information in a storage unit; determine whether the item in the image information read from the storage unit is waste; when the processor determines that the item is not waste, output an instruction signal for keeping the item in the moving body and output information related to the item based on the image information; and when user identification information associated with the information related to the item exists in the storage unit, output an instruction signal for moving to a predetermined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Kazuhiro SHIMIZU, Satoshi TANABE, Nanae TAKADA, Naohiro SEO
  • FILM FORMATION DEVICE AND FILM FORMATION METHOD FOR METAL PLATING FILM
    Publication number: 20220186378
    Abstract: Provided is a device and a method for forming a metal plating film having a thick film thickness by a solid substitution-type electroless plating method. The present disclosure relates to a film formation device for forming a film of a first metal on a plating film of a second metal by a solid substitution-type electroless plating method, comprising: a conductive mounting base; a third metal; an insulating material; a microporous membrane; a plating bath chamber; and a pressing unit, wherein the third metal has an ionization tendency larger than ionization tendencies of the first metal and the second metal, and wherein the insulating material is installed between a base material and the third metal so as to contact respective materials of the base material and the third metal when the base material having the plating film of the second metal is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki SATO
  • SENSOR EVALUATION SYSTEM, SENSOR EVALUATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220185297
    Abstract: A sensor evaluation system includes an infrastructure device installed outside a vehicle, and an information processing device. The infrastructure device includes an infrastructure sensor that detects the environment around the infrastructure device, and an infrastructure information processing device that performs information processing. The infrastructure information processing device calculates first feature point position information indicating information on a position of a feature point in the environment around the infrastructure device, based on detection information of the infrastructure sensor. The information processing device calculates second feature point position information indicating information on a position of a feature point in the environment around the vehicle, based on the detection information of a sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Urano
  • CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, VEHICLE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND OPERATION METHOD OF CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220189218
    Abstract: A control device includes a storage unit configured to store information and a control unit configured to receive, from another control device pair that has a portion located on a bottom portion of a vehicle and that detects an operation of predetermined equipment, a signal that each control device of the other control device pair outputs when detecting an abnormality, and to store information indicating a predetermined event in the vehicle in the storage unit in response to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA
  • STATOR FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND COOLING STRUCTURE FOR STATOR
    Publication number: 20220190683
    Abstract: A stator for a rotating electric machine includes a stator core, a coil having a coil end, a cooling jacket that is attached to the stator core so as to house the coil end in the cooling jacket and that allows cooling oil to flow therethrough, introduction parts, and discharge parts. The coil end includes first portions, extending parallel to an end surface of the stator core, and pairs of second portions, each pair being connected to both ends of a corresponding one of the first portions, the pairs extending in a direction parallel to an axial direction. The cooling jacket includes an inner circumferential wall and an outer circumferential wall. The introduction parts are provided on the outer circumferential wall, and the discharge parts are provided on the inner circumferential wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sumio SHIRAI, Daichi MARUYAMA