Patents Assigned to Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
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Publication number: 20250117872Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of monitoring, by a transport exterior a location, an exchange performed in an interior of the location by a recent occupant of the transport, and completing, by the transport, the exchange.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Bryan Else Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20250118966Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a severity and a duration of a predicted deficiency of a renewable energy source in an area, responsive to the severity being above a first threshold and the duration being above a second threshold, providing stored energy from energy storage units in the area during the duration to overcome a portion of the predicted deficiency, and responsive to the severity being further above a third threshold and the duration being above a fourth threshold, providing stored energy from vehicles in the area during the duration to overcome another portion of the predicted deficiency, wherein the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the fourth threshold is greater than the second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250117806Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: detecting a request for a software application from a vehicle computer, wherein the software application includes source code comprising one or more embedded placeholders that are mapped to one or more secrets stored in a data store of a vehicle; identifying the one or more secrets stored in the data store that are associated with the one or more embedded placeholders; replacing the one or more embedded placeholders with the one or more secrets identified from the data store into the source code of the software application; and executing the source code of the software application to cause the vehicle to perform an action.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Adam Loyd Parker, Jonathan S. Burnham
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Patent number: 12269371Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a scan of a cabin of a vehicle, wherein the scan includes a spatial region inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle proximate at least one vehicle door, determining at least one occupant characteristic based on the scan, including a classification detection and a presence detection of at least one seat inside the vehicle, determining a cabin status based on the at least one occupant characteristic and communicating the cabin status to a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOT JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Simon P. Roberts, Sergei I. Gage, Yang Ding, Christopher J. Macpherson, Michael R. Kushnerik, Naohiro J. Matsumura, Cory M. Frank, Jessica May, Matthew J. Everett
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Patent number: 12269363Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a plurality of vehicles and a first charge level of the vehicles utilizing a first charging location, determining a portion of the plurality of vehicles and a second charge level of the portion of the plurality of vehicles utilizing a second charging location, and determining a new charging location based on the plurality of vehicles, the first charge level, the portion of the plurality of vehicles, and the second charge level.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250104091Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: receiving usage data of a group of vehicles; determining an operator of a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a lowest battery degradation, based on the usage data; and predicting one or more other operators of other vehicles of the group of vehicles, with a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, based on the determining.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250094622Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: determining, by a charging station, that a vehicle requests approval to receive a charge; accessing, by the charging station, personal information related to the vehicle and related to an occupant of the vehicle; analyzing, by the charging station, the personal information related to the vehicle and related to the occupant of the vehicle; determining, by the charging station, to grant the approval, based on the analyzing; and, responsive to the approval being granted, deleting, by the charging station, the accessed personal information related to the vehicle and related to the occupant of the vehicle, after the vehicle has received the charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Patent number: 12251486Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle body defining a vehicle interior and a vehicle exterior, one or more detection devices including at least one of a microphone and a camera structurally configured to receive data indicative of conditions within the vehicle interior or on the vehicle exterior, a sanitization device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more detection devices and the sanitization device, the controller including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to receives data from the one or more detection devices, determine a surface at least one of within the vehicle interior or on the vehicle exterior contacted by a user based at least in part on the data from the one or more detection devices, and direct the sanitization device to sanitize the surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Daniel C. Bracken, Joshua Batie, Michael D. Dorazio, Randy Kaushek, James H. Kikuma, Judy K. Chen, Juan Acosta, Sergei I. Gage
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Patent number: 12252034Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Norman Lu
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Publication number: 20250088043Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Patent number: 12246595Abstract: Systems and methods of distracted driving reduction are provided which respond to vehicle display-related driver distraction by adjusting the viewing angle of the vehicle display so that the driver's visual perception of the vehicle display is reduced. In other words, the driver may no longer be able to view the vehicle display with acceptable visual performance. Accordingly, examples can reduce driver distraction, thus increasing roadway safety. In certain examples, the adjusted viewing angle may allow non-driver occupants of the vehicle to view the vehicle display with acceptable visual performance. In various examples, the vehicle display may be a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and adjusting the viewing angle of the LCD screen may comprise utilizing an electrically controllable LCD diffuser to narrow the viewing angle of the LCD screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Michael R. Kushnerik
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Publication number: 20250078642Abstract: A computer-implemented method for identifying parts and determining errors in parts receiving at a parts receiving area and includes determining an output using a first sensor. The output is associated with at least one parts container. The computer-implemented method includes comparing the output to a stored expected output; and determining that the comparison exceeds a threshold. The comparison exceeding the threshold indicates an error with parts receiving. The computer-implemented method includes determining a cause of the error, using a second sensor, in response to determining that the comparison exceeded the threshold; and outputting, to a display, a notification about the cause of the error.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Enrique David Espinosa
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Publication number: 20250078134Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: determining an impact to a location with an energy storage device, when an energy-related event will occur, recommending an amount of charge at the energy storage device prior to the event; and, responsive to the energy storage device being charged within a threshold of the recommended amount at the event, providing a first amount of energy to the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250077987Abstract: A method of determining a wait time at a point of interest includes obtaining a current occupancy signal of a parking establishment associated with one or more points of interest, obtaining a historic occupancy signal of the parking establishment, determining, with one or more processors, a predicted wait time for the one or more points of interest associated with the parking establishment based on the current occupancy signal and the historic occupancy signal, and communicating the predicted wait time to a user with a user interface device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Jake Morrow, Eduard VanderSmitte
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Patent number: 12242843Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a software update at a transport of a subset of transports, validating the software update based on one or more of: a period of time when the software update is in use, and a number of utilizations of the software update by the subset of the transports, propagating the software update based on the validating, to a further subset of transports, wherein the further subset of the transports is larger than the subset of the transports.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Louis Brugman, Devang H. Parekh, Wilson-Boon Siang Khoo
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Patent number: 12240347Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle charging and supplying backup power to a structure while reducing system complexity (e.g., installation). In one embodiment, a system includes a charger including a charging circuit and a discharge circuit coupled to a charging connector for an electric vehicle (EV), and the charging connector is bi-directional. The system also includes that the charging circuit supplies an ingoing power from a main electric panel of a structure to the charging connector. The system also includes that the discharge circuit receives an outgoing power through the charging connector and splits the outgoing power in voltage levels using a transformer. The system also includes a manual transfer switch within the discharge circuit that feeds backup power using the voltage levels to a sub-panel for electrical circuits of the structure during a power interruption and the sub-panel is external from the charger.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norman Ning Lu, Ronnie Nomoto, Geoffrey David Gaither
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Publication number: 20250065757Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a class of a vehicle at a charging point; determining a level of content to deliver to the vehicle, based on the class of the vehicle; and delivering the level of the content to the vehicle when the vehicle is charging at the charging point.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Geoffrey David Gaither, James D. Wilder, Frederick W. Mau
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Publication number: 20250065765Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of iteratively receiving sensor data of current waiting times at a plurality of charging stations and iteratively generating updated sensor data for the plurality of charging stations based on the iteratively received sensor data, identifying a charging station among the plurality of charging stations that has a queue length that is below a predetermined threshold based on the updated sensor data, dynamically generating content associated with the charging station based on the queue length being below the predetermined threshold, notifying a vehicle about the charging station and the content, detecting the vehicle performing a charging operation at the charging station while the queue length is still below the predetermined threshold, and presenting the content on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a software application of the vehicle in response to detecting the charging operation being performed while the queue length is still below the predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Geoffrey David Gaither, James G. Swartz, Frederick W. Mau
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Publication number: 20250071363Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving an input from a display device associated with a vehicle, wherein the input comprises a request to view content on the display device, determining content-consuming attributes of a user of the display device, based on content that has been consumed by the user on the display device, determining that a different user of a different vehicle has content-consuming attributes within a threshold of the user based on content that has been consumed by the different user on a different display device associated with the different vehicle, and outputting a content-sharing session to the display device associated with the vehicle and the different display device associated with the different vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: James D. Wilder, Frederick W. Mau, Geoffrey David Gaither
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Patent number: D1068610Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Alberto Echazabal, Jakin C. Wilson