Patents Assigned to Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240083284
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a station, a first group of transports in need of charge and a second group of transports capable of providing charge, prioritizing, by the station, at least one transport of the second group to come to the station at a time prior to when at least one transport of the first group comes to the station, receiving, at the station, a first amount of charge from the at least one transport of the second group, and providing, from the station, a second amount of charge to the at least one transport of the first group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240075945
    Abstract: An in-cabin audio system includes: a plurality of speakers configured to play sound within a cabin; a distracted driver detection system configured to detect when a driver is distracted and to generate a distracted driver signal; an infotainment system configured to generate sound data; and a volume controller. The plurality of speakers include a first group of speakers and a second group of speakers. The plurality of speakers are configured to play the sound based on the sound data. The volume controller is configured control the plurality of speakers so as to operate in a normal mode or a distracted driver mode. The volume controller is configured to attenuate sound played by the first group of speakers and not to attenuate sound played by the second group of speakers in the distracted driver mode based on the distracted driver signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Michael R. Kushnerik
  • Patent number: 11922385
    Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Manish Kumar, James H. Kikuma
  • Patent number: 11919429
    Abstract: A rotatable surface apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame including a contact surface, a cover having at least a first surface portion and a second surface portion, a rotating mechanism rotating the cover to selectively position not more than one of the first surface portion and the second surface portion over the contact surface of the frame simultaneously, and a sanitizing mechanism sanitizing the first surface portion and the second surface portion of the cover when positioned within a predetermined proximity of the sanitizing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Goemer, Evan Vijithakumara, Imad Zahid, Lou Pope, Yuho Kozu, Lizbeth Jurado
  • Patent number: 11919423
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of validating, by a transport, a weight distribution of an individual on a bottom of a seat, a position of the individual against a back of the seat and a pressure exerted by the individual on a steering wheel of the transport, and when the weight distribution, the position and the pressure are above a threshold, altering, by the transport, a use of the transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240073037
    Abstract: An example operation includes providing by a first electronic control unit (ECU) a fixed private key of a vehicle to a server; generating by the first ECU a limited life certificate based on the fixed private key, wherein the first ECU acts as a certificate authority; and providing the limited life certificate to a second ECU within the vehicle to allow the second ECU to securely communicate with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Publication number: 20240073057
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a data communication module (DCM) in a vehicle is unable to send a message, routing the message from the DCM to a device detachably connected to the vehicle, and sending, by the device detachably connected to the vehicle, the routed message to a device external to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Publication number: 20240073283
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of powering, by a transport, one or more critical components, running, by the transport, a first set of applications on the one or more critical components, responsive to a dependency of one or more noncritical components on the one or more critical components, powering, by the transport, the one or more noncritical components, and running, by the transport, a second set of applications on the one or more noncritical components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Satyajit P. Patne
  • Patent number: 11917395
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area; receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area; providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement. This enables an occupant of a transport to share personal data relating to the transport with confidence that the data will be deleted by an agreed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson, Edward Allen Cain, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240059184
    Abstract: An example operation includes determining a portion of a group of vehicles, the portion comprising at least one vehicle in the group with a battery capacity below a first threshold, where the first threshold is a battery capacity of one or more vehicles in a remaining portion of the group of vehicles; and halting a use of the portion of the group of vehicles until the battery capacity of the at least one vehicle in the halted portion of the group is around the battery capacity of the one or more vehicles in the remaining portion of the group of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11903885
    Abstract: A wheelchair armrest storage system may include a housing for a wheelchair, where: the housing includes a proximal portion, a distal portion, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side, the housing extends longitudinally between the proximal portion and the distal portion, and at least one cover receiving cavity is defined in each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side. The wheelchair armrest storage system may further include a storage area defined within the housing, and a cover configured to translate within each of the at least one cover receiving cavity defined in each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Lee, Douglas A. Moore
  • Publication number: 20240054823
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a usage of an internal combustible engine (ICE) vehicle and a usage of an electric vehicle over a period of time, where the vehicles are associated with an entity, determining an impact of carbon output, based on the usage determination, determining a usage amount of the electric vehicle to offset the impact, when the impact is greater than a first threshold, and sending a notification to a device associated with the entity, where the notification includes the amount of usage of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11896536
    Abstract: Systems and methods of wheelchair systems having a companion control mode are disclosed. The wheelchair system includes a companion and a wheelchair. The wheelchair includes one or more wheels, at least one actuator coupled to the one or more wheels, a processing device, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine the companion, generate a companion profile based on the determined companion, determine a movement of the companion, and actuate the at least one actuator to drive the one or more wheels to follow the movement of the companion. The actuation of the at least one actuator to drive the one or more wheels to follow the movement of the companion is an autonomous control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dario Jose Villarreal Suarez, Sarah Darrow, Douglas A. Moore, Christopher Lee
  • Patent number: 11897450
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by sensors on a transport, a slope of a road and a surface condition of the road and engaging one or more wheels of the transport, based on the slope, the surface condition, and a characteristic of the one or more wheels. Engaging includes braking to the one or more wheels at a different rate as the transport is moving on the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240046797
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an issue exists with a resource delivery to an electricity provider, determining an electric impact, based on the issue, determining an area that will be affected by the electric impact, and dispatching vehicles to provide electricity to locations within the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11893527
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a delivery system for returning a property item left in a transportation environment to a passenger of the transportation environment. A method can include determining a first waypoint based on a location of the property item, determining a second waypoint based on a pickup location identified by the passenger, constructing a delivery route between the first waypoint and the second waypoint in which the delivery route has at least one segment that corresponds with at least a portion of at least one selected trip from a plurality of trips to be carried out in the transportation environment, obtaining confirmation of acceptance of the delivery route from at least one participant of the at least one selected trip, and obtaining confirmation of delivery of the property item by the at least one participant and/or the passenger in accordance with the delivery route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas D. Smith, Jay N. Bartholomew
  • Patent number: 11894136
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of collecting, by the transport, data from a device associated with an occupant containing an amount of movement of the device and an amount of time elapsed during the movement, and determining an injury level of the occupant based on the data after a collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Simon P. Roberts, Yang Ding, Daniel Warren Reaser, Christopher J. Macpherson, Keaton Khonsari, Derek A. Thompson, Sergei Gage
  • Patent number: 11890901
    Abstract: A system for providing tire change information is provided. The system includes a processor, and a memory module storing one or more processor-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: determine a number of vehicles within a first region that requested a tire change, determine whether the number of vehicles is greater than a first threshold number, and provide information about a first tire change group discount to the vehicles that requested the tire change in response to determining that the number of vehicles is greater than the first threshold number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Equan Tompkins
  • Patent number: D1015369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuhin Diptiman, Daniel Hall, Louie Solomon, Ben Cline, John Weston Pierce
  • Patent number: D1016703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Echazabal, Jakin C. Wilson