Patents Assigned to Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
-
Publication number: 20230382350Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of entering, by a vehicle, a security mode, when sensors on the vehicle detect a movement or an irregular sound, collecting data, by the vehicle, from the sensors to record an area proximate the vehicle, analyzing, by the vehicle, the data to determine a security threat, notifying, by the vehicle, a device associated with the vehicle when the security threat is above a threshold, and performing an action, by the vehicle, based on a message received from the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA 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
-
Publication number: 20230386228Abstract: An example operation includes recording, from a vehicle sensor, data indicative of a plurality of movements of a first occupant in an interior of a vehicle; determining, from the recording, a first maximum range of extension among the plurality of movements, and a first amount of time between a first movement and a second movement of the plurality of movements; and assigning the first occupant to one of a plurality of age groups, based upon the determining.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA 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
-
Publication number: 20230373334Abstract: An example operation includes determining, by a first vehicle, that an outage of an electrical grid exists at a location in an area, wherein the first vehicle is coupled to the electrical grid through a charging station at the location; and requesting, by the first vehicle, for a second vehicle to provide electricity to the location, wherein the second vehicle is in motion in the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
-
Publication number: 20230373417Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of monitoring, by a transport, data related to behavior of an occupant of the transport, determining, by the transport, a mode of the occupant based on the data, and adjusting, by the transport, an environment of the transport based on the mode of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri, Felipe G. Salles, Christopher J. Risberg, Joshua C. Batie
-
Publication number: 20230375993Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining at least one high-priority device at a location, determining a loss of electricity at the location has occurred thereby rendering the device unusable, and directing electricity from a vehicle to the device, based on a need being over a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
-
Patent number: 11825527Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit selects determines a current motion state of a vehicle of a mesh network. The electronic control unit may calculates radio metric scores for network interfaces. The radio metric scores are weighted based on the current motion. The electronic control unit selects a desired network interface for communications between the vehicles based on the radio metric scores.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Shingo Sugimoto, Walter Accessor
-
Patent number: 11823568Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for operating a vehicle using dynamic speed limits. A vehicle can monitor current road conditions by capturing real-time data that is indicative of a driving environment associated with a roadway being traversed by the vehicle. Using the captured real-time data, the vehicle can predict a dynamic speed limit, wherein the dynamic speed limit is a driving speed for the vehicle that is adapted for the monitored current road conditions. Additionally, the vehicle can automatically perform a driving operation for the vehicle in accordance with the dynamic speed limit, wherein the driving operation causes the vehicle to move at a driving speed that is approximately equal to the predicted dynamic speed limit.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Emily Lerner, Mathew D. Gardner, Shravanthi Denthumdas
-
Publication number: 20230365150Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining whether a vehicle is located in an enclosed space based on the barometric pressure. Systems and methods may include takin pressure measurements and determining that a threshold pressure difference has been exceeded, which may suggest that the vehicle is in an enclosed space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: MICHAEL R. KUSHNERIK
-
Publication number: 20230366688Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes receiving, by a processor, a current location of a vehicle, a destination location, and a routing plan having a routing factor and a reward arrangement, planning, by the processor, a planned route from the current location to the destination location based on the routing factor of the routing plan, providing a direction to travel from the current location to the destination location via the planned route, determining a level of adherence based on a comparison of the planned route and an actual route on which the vehicle actually travels, and providing a reward based on the level of adherence and the reward arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Joshua Batie, Imad Zahid, Siva Sivalingam, Steve Basra
-
Publication number: 20230365101Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing digital key relay attacks are provided. A method includes determining a threshold response time for a wireless communications device to process a challenge. Determining the threshold response time may include determining a benchmark response time for the wireless communications device to respond to the challenge based on one or more conditions of the wireless communications device, and setting the threshold response time to the benchmark response time. The method further includes sending the challenge to the wireless communications device. The method further includes receiving a response to the challenge from the wireless communications device within a response time. The method further includes authenticating the wireless communications device based on the response time being less than the threshold response time. Associated systems are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Russell K. Barker, Nathan Humpal
-
Publication number: 20230356712Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a server, an event associated with a transport, receiving, by the server, atypical data related to the transport from a plurality of devices over various times prior to the event, analyzing, by the server, the atypical data, forming, by the server, a consensus based on the analyzed atypical data to determine a severity of the event, and determining, by the server, an action to take based on the severity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Lucas Smith, Jay Bartholomew
-
Publication number: 20230359666Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of associating a vehicle with an impact, saving media captured before and after the impact as a media segment, transmitting, by a computing device associated with the vehicle, the media segment to another computing device, and building a sound profile from the media segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
-
Publication number: 20230356706Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing electricity to a vehicle by a plurality of elements in a battery, determining an element of the plurality of elements is operating below a threshold, disabling the element, and providing the electricity by remaining elements of the plurality of elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
-
Publication number: 20230356614Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing, by a battery of a vehicle, energy to a location, departing, by the vehicle, when a condition at the location is above or below a threshold, receiving a charge at the battery of the vehicle, from a charging station until the condition is at the threshold, and returning, by the vehicle, to the location when the condition is at the threshold and a capacity of the battery is above a level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
-
Patent number: 11807258Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a vehicle includes a millimeter-wave radar sensor, a processor, and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory stores a sensor control module configured to control operation of the radar sensor to acquire data for determining and updating a number of occupants in the vehicle. Upon receiving a control command whose execution will result in movement of the vehicle, a pre-movement radar scan of the vehicle interior is performed. Using information acquired by the pre-movement scan, the sensor control module determines if an excessive occupant condition exists in the vehicle interior. Responsive to a determination that an excessive occupant condition exists, the sensor control module may control an operation of the vehicle other than executing the control command.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Simon P. Roberts, Yang Ding, Daniel W. Reaser, Christopher J. Macpherson, Keaton Khonsari, Derek A. Thompson, Sergei I. Gage
-
Patent number: 11807257Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to sensing interactions of a passenger with components within a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, from a radar of a vehicle, radar data about a passenger cabin of the vehicle. The method includes determining a current state of the passenger cabin according to the radar data. The method includes, responsive to identifying that the current state indicates that a passenger satisfies a threshold in relation to an unpermitted action, generating a response that counters the unpermitted action.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Simon P. Roberts, Yang Ding, Daniel W. Reaser, Christopher J. Macpherson, Keaton Khonsari, Derek A. Thompson, Sergei I. Gage
-
Patent number: 11810363Abstract: The system described herein includes a vehicle comprising one or more imaging devices configured to capture one or more images, and a first mobile computing device communicatively coupled to the vehicle. The first mobile computing device includes one or more processors; one or more memory modules; and machine readable and executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first mobile computing device to: receive the one or more images including an external object from the vehicle; process the image to determine an identification of the external object; and transmit information about the identification of the external object to a remote server or the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Charan Lota, Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri
-
Publication number: 20230349707Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of identifying a target device has entered a transport and has initiated a transport event at a target location, applying permissions, associated with the target device, to the transport event, determining a transport event modification has occurred, when the transport has stopped moving for a predetermined period of time and one or more transport operations have occurred, prior to arriving at a transport event destination, determining whether the permissions permit the transport event modification, and notifying one or more registered devices associated with the target device of the transport event modification.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Emily S. Lerner, Nutonya L. Parker, Randall M. Harris, Anil Nagpal
-
Publication number: 20230347767Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of establishing communication between a transport and a location via a module including a battery, determining an energy amount in the transport and an energy requirement at the location, and initiating a transfer of a portion of the energy amount from the transport to the battery based on an intended use of the portion at one or more devices at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
-
Patent number: D1004514Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Alberto Echazabal, Jakin C. Wilson
