Patents Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
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Publication number: 20200256695Abstract: A driver assistance system for a vehicle, including optical recognition means configured to obtain data regarding a regulation indicator in proximity to the vehicle, location providing means configured to provide location information indicating a location of the vehicle relative to one or more next links in proximity to the location and to provide feature information related to the one or more next links, and processing means. The processing means are configured to determine whether the data comprises at least one prohibited entry indication, determine a probable next link of the vehicle based on a determined path and/or an anticipated path of the vehicle, and cause display of no-entry information to an operator of the vehicle based on the determination of the at least one prohibited entry indication, the probable next link, and the feature information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Paul GIROND, Remi DELEFOSSE, Christophe GILLET, Naoki NISHIMURA, Yoshiya IWAKI
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Patent number: 10741886Abstract: A method of preparing a lithium-ion cell (10), the method including providing to an electrolyte (22) of the cell, an additive configured to improve formation of a solid electrolyte interface (24) on an anode (12), charging the cell (10) at a first predetermined charge rate (C1) up to a first predetermined voltage (V1), wherein the first predetermined voltage (V1) corresponds to a voltage at which the additive begins formation of the solid electrolyte interface (24), charging the cell (10) at a second predetermined rate (C2) to a second predetermined voltage (V2), wherein the second predetermined voltage (V2) corresponds to a voltage at which the electrolyte (22) begins formation of the solid electrolyte interface (24); and charging the cell (10) to a fully charged capacity at a third predetermined charge rate (C3), the third charge rate (C3) being greater than the second charge rate (C2).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Miura, Stephane Cotte, Kitayoshi Masanori
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Publication number: 20200234587Abstract: A driver assistance system for a vehicle, including optical recognition means configured to obtain data regarding a regulation indicator in proximity to the vehicle, the data comprising at least a camera-detected regulation value, location providing means configured to provide location information indicating a location of the vehicle and map information related to features in proximity to the location, the features comprising at least one of a map-based regulation value, a conditional indicator, current-link information, and next-link information, and processing means configured to verify and/or augment a display of driver assistance information based on the camera-detected regulation value, the map-based regulation value, current link information, and a presence of the conditional indicator and/or the next-link information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Paul GIROND, Remi DELEFOSSE, Christophe GILLET, Naoki NISHIMURA, Yoshiya IWAKI
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Publication number: 20200220229Abstract: A method for controlling a charge process of a solid-state battery having a sulfur-based positive electrode is provided. The method includes monitoring and storing a temperature of the solid-state battery and a predetermined interval, when the temperature exceeds a threshold temperature, monitoring the temperature of the solid-state battery and/or processing the stored temperature data of the solid-state battery, for an indication of sulfur sublimation, and terminating a flow of charge current upon detection of the indication of sulfur sublimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventors: Yuya ISHIHARA, Yuki KATOH
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Publication number: 20200193225Abstract: The invention relates to a system for detecting objects in a digital image. The system comprises a neural network which is configured to generate candidate windows indicating object locations, and to generate for each candidate window a score representing the confidence of detection. Generating the scores comprises: generating a latent representation for each candidate window, updating the latent representation of each candidate window based on the latent representation of neighboring candidate windows, and generating the score for each candidate window based on its updated latent representation The invention further relates to a system for rescoring object detections in a digital image and to methods of detecting objects and rescoring objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicants: Toyota Motor Europe, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.Inventors: Daniel OLMEDA REINO, Bernt SCHIELE, Jan Hendrik HOSANG, Rodrigo BENENSON
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Publication number: 20200189574Abstract: The present invention concerns a driving assistance method and system (100) for a road vehicle (1). The driving assistance system (100) comprises a sensor set (200), a data storage device (101, 102) and an output device (104, 105). The sensor set (200) observes, in a traffic scene including the road vehicle among a plurality of road users, apparent states of each road user of the plurality of road users at successive time steps. The data processor (103) assigns, to a target road user of the plurality of road users, a behavioral model stored in the data storage device (101, 102).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, INSTITUT NATIONAL de RECHERCHE en INFORMATIQUE et en AUTOMATIQUE (INRIA), INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYONInventors: Nicolas VIGNARD, David SIERRA GONZALEZ, Christian LAUGIER, Jilles Steeve DIBANGOYE, Victor ROMERO-CANO
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Publication number: 20200185699Abstract: A method (100) for producing a sintered component being a solid electrolyte and/or an electrode including sulfur for an all-solid state battery, the method including mixing powders (102) so as to obtain a powder mixture, at least one of the powders comprising sulfur, pressing (106) a component with the powder mixture and sintering (108) the component under a partial pressure of sulfur comprised between 150 Pa and 0.2 MPa so as to obtain a sintered component comprising sulfur, the sintered component exhibiting the peaks in positions of 2?=15.08° (±0.50°), 15.28° (±0.50°), 15.92° (±0.50°), 17.5° (±0.50°), 18.24° (±0.50°), 20.30° (±0.50°, 23.44° (±0.50°), 24.48° (±0.50°), and 26.66° (±0.50°) in a X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventors: Yuki KATOH, Geoffroy HAUTIER, Anna MIGLIO
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Publication number: 20200184285Abstract: A method for processing video data comprising a plurality of image frames, the method comprising: obtaining a forward model and a backward model of the plurality of image frames; processing the forward model and the backward model to propagate at least one label in the region or patch to at least one other image frame of the video sequence, using a probabilistic method for estimating the label in the at least one other image frame in forward and backward correspondences, wherein, during the processing, a pixel having a most likely label with a probability lower than a threshold value is assigned a predetermined generic label; and generating a labelled result for any given image frame by applying an image label difference, based on label uncertainty between the forward and backward correspondences, to the given image frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITEDInventors: Patrick Sauer, Ignas Budvytis, Roberto Cipolla
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Publication number: 20200143183Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (1) for a vehicle for determining the perceptual load of a visual and dynamic driving scene. The control device is configured to: ?receive a sensor output (101) of a sensor (3), the sensor (3) sensing the visual driving scene, ?extract a set of scene features (102) from the sensor output (101), the set of scene features (102) representing static and/or dynamic information of the visual driving scene, ?determine the perceptual load (104) of the set of extracted scene features (102) based on a predetermined load model (103), the load model (103) being predetermined based on reference video scenes each being labelled with a load value, ?map the perceptual load to the sensed driving and ?determine a spatial and temporal intensity distribution of the perceptual load across the sensed driving scene. The invention further relates to a vehicle, a system and a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, UCL BUSINESS PLCInventors: Jonas AMBECK-MADSEN, Ichiro SAKATA, Nilli LAVIE, Gabriel J. BROSTOW, Luke PALMER, Alina BIALKOWSKI
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Patent number: 10608245Abstract: A calcium-based secondary cell including, as a positive-electrode active material, a molybdenum oxide-based material containing molybdenum in an oxidation state of 4 or more and 6 or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICASInventors: Fanny Barde, Maria Rosa Palacin, Alexandre Ponrouch, Maria Elena Arroyo de Dompablo
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Patent number: 10601083Abstract: A discharging control system for a battery includes temperature sensing means configured to provide a temperature value associated with the battery, voltage sensing means configured to provide a voltage value associated with the battery, pressure sensing means configured to provide a pressure value associated with an internal portion of the battery, and a controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventors: Keita Komiyama, Yuki Katoh
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Patent number: 10601039Abstract: A mixed oxide of sodium and transition metals having the formula (1): Nax[MnaNibCoc]O2+y??(1) wherein: 0.5?x?0.9, ?0.1?y?0.1, a+b+c=1, 4a+2b+3c=4?x+2y, and 0<c?0.5. Further a process for producing such a mixed oxide, a positive electrode including such a mixed oxide and a sodium ion secondary battery including such a positive electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Jun Yoshida, Claude Delmas, Marie Guignard, Dany Carlier-Larregaray
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Patent number: 10573175Abstract: A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes image obtaining unit configured to obtain data in proximity to the vehicle, determine a regulation value based on the data, and at least one sensor unit configured to provide state information related to a state of the vehicle. Processing unit also includes being configured to determine whether a zone condition applies based on the data, confirm a validity of the detected regulation value based on the state information, the determined regulation value, the zone condition, and an age of the data, the processing unit is configured to revoke the validity, and wherein, upon determination of a zone condition, the processing unit is configured to increase the predetermined threshold duration. The processing unit is also configured to cause the regulation value to be displayed when the validity is confirmed and to prevent display of the regulation value when the validity is revoked.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventors: Yuzo Kaneshige, Tomoya Kawasaki, Christophe Gillet, Tom Rycken, Tomoya Sano
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Patent number: 10553910Abstract: A method of performing a formation process for a lithium-ion cell having an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte and a separator, the formation process including adding an additive to the electrolyte for improving a solid electrolyte interface build-up on the anode, performing a first charge of the cell at a first predetermined rate, performing a cycle of discharging/charging the cell at the first predetermined rate, repeating the cycle until a cycle maximum dQ/dV peak value is smaller than or equal to a predetermined dQ/dV value during charging of the cell and charging the cell to a fully charged capacity at a second predetermine rate, the second predetermined rate being greater than the first predetermined rate.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Sakurai, Tomohide Sumi, Yoshio Matsuyama
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Patent number: 10547195Abstract: A charging control system for a battery includes a temperature sensor, a voltage sensor, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a threshold pressure change associated with a full charge of the battery based on map data selected from a predetermined data map associated with the battery, monitor a present voltage value obtained by the voltage sensing means and a total pressure change based on a present pressure value obtained by the pressure sensing means, continue the charging process when the present voltage value exceeds an upper limit voltage value, and total pressure change is less than threshold pressure change, and terminate the charging process when the present voltage value exceeds the upper limit voltage value, and the total pressure change is greater than or equal to the threshold pressure change.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventors: Keita Komiyama, Yuki Katoh
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Publication number: 20200020991Abstract: A method for controlling a charge process of a solid-state battery having a sulfur-based positive electrode is provided. The method includes monitoring the solid-state battery for production of sulfur fluid, and terminating a flow of charge current when sulfur fluid is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventors: Yuya ISHIHARA, Yuki KATOH
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Publication number: 20200017066Abstract: A child seat misuse warning system for a vehicle, comprising a child seat having one or more misuse sensors embedded in the child seat, the one or more misuse sensors being configured to obtain data regarding a state of installation of the child seat; and transmission means configured to transmit data obtained by the misuse sensors to a vehicle; a terminal configured to be embedded in a vehicle and to receive data transmitted by the transmission means, the terminal comprising display means configured to display signals to a user; the child seat being communicatively connected to the terminal; wherein the child seat warning system is configured to, on the basis of the data obtained by the misuse sensors and received by the terminal, display a signal with the display means indicating whether the installation of the child seat is in a misuse state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Toyota Motor EuropeInventors: Venu Gopal GORU, Etienne LEQUELLEC, François RENAUDIN
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Publication number: 20200014091Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic circuit having a three-dimensional design by comprising a set of two-dimensional electronic circuits, wherein the two-dimensional electronic circuits are coupled with each other by radiation. The disclosure further relates to a radar antenna system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, TEADE ABInventors: Gabriel OTHMEZOURI, Harald MERKEL
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Publication number: 20200014253Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of aligning a set of objects, the method comprising the steps of: providing each object with at least one resonant circuit, the resonant circuits having at least one resonance frequency, and aligning the objects until a field coupling between the resonant circuits reaches a predetermined value. The disclosure further relates to an electronic alignment system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, TEADE ABInventors: Gabriel OTHMEZOURI, Harald MERKEL
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Publication number: 20200014114Abstract: The disclosure relates to a waveguide system comprising a plurality of stacked layers. The system further comprises a waveguide in a direction across the layers by providing each layer with a predetermined metal pattern. The disclosure further relates to a method for forming a waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, TEADE ABInventors: Gabriel OTHMEZOURI, Harald MERKEL