Patents Assigned to Toyota Motor North America
  • Vehicle systems for verifying passenger protective equipment and methods for using the same
    Patent number: 11590930
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a detection device structurally configured to capture an image, a door lock, where the door lock is positionable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a controller communicatively coupled to the detection device and the door lock, the controller including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to receive a captured image of a user from the detection device, determine whether the captured image of includes protective equipment worn by the user, and direct the door lock to move into the unlocked position in response to determining that the protective equipment in the captured image meets a configurable protective equipment baseline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Bracken, Joshua Batie, Michael D. Dorazio, Randy Kaushek
  • Live view collection and transmission system
    Patent number: 11589082
    Abstract: A system including a third-party server and a live-view server is disclosed. The live-view server receives, from the third-party server, a request for a live view of each location, structure, or point of interest; identifies at least one vehicle positioned at each location, structure, or point of interest; obtains each requested live view from a live-view camera of the at least one identified vehicle; and transmits, to the third-party server, a dynamic hyperlink associated with each requested live view. The third-party server receives, from a request device, a request for a live view of a specific location, structure, or point of interest; identifies at least one live view, from a live-view database, associated with the specific location, structure, or point of interest; and serves to the request device, via the dynamic hyperlink, the at least one live view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri
  • Transport-to-transport communication network
    Patent number: 11588931
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request from an occupant in a first transport to initiate a voice communication with an occupant in a second transport, determining the occupant in the second transport is available for the voice communication based on a length of time the occupant will remain in the first transport and a length of time the occupant will remain in the second transport, and responsive to the determining, enabling the voice communication between the occupant in the first transport and the occupant in the second transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Randall M. Harris, Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri
  • Ultra-violet light sanitizing of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11584196
    Abstract: A system that can selectively activate or deactivate one or more ultra-violet light sources to sanitize a portion of a vehicle. The system can include a vehicle that has a vehicle door. The system can include one or more sensors that can be configured to detect whether the vehicle door is open or closed. In response to detecting that the vehicle door is open, the system can cause the one or more ultra-violet light sources to be activated, whereby ultra-violet light is emitted by the one or more ultra-violet light sources with respect to at least a portion of the vehicle. In some instances, the ultra-violet light can be emitted across the door frame of an open door. In some instances, the ultra-violet light can be emitted within at least a portion of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Bryan E. Yamasaki
  • CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICES PRIVACY AND PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20230047680
    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: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson, Edward Allen Cain, JR.
  • VEHICLE MATCHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING A USER WITH A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230049632
    Abstract: A method for matching a vehicle with a user including receiving a user ride request for a vehicle from a plurality of available vehicles from a user, receiving a threshold vehicle risk score preference for the user, receiving a user risk score for the user, receiving a threshold user risk score preference for the plurality of available vehicles, identifying a subset of the plurality of available vehicles having a vehicle risk score at or below the threshold vehicle risk score preference of the user and a threshold user risk score preference at or above the user risk score of the user, and presenting the user with ride options for selecting one of the subset of the plurality of available vehicles of the subset of available vehicles for the user ride request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Kyle, Christopher Risberg, Nikhil Rajendra, Timothy Wang, Jordan Frank, Jiju Thomas, Daniel C. Bracken, Joshua Batie, Michael D. Dorazio, Randy Kaushek
  • OCCUPANT INJURY DETERMINATION
    Publication number: 20230050041
    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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Simon P. Roberts, Yang Ding, Daniel Warren Reaser, Christopher J. Macpherson, Keaton Khonsari, Derek A. Thompson, Sergei Gage
  • VARIABLE TRANSPORT DATA RETENTION AND DELETION
    Publication number: 20230049953
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of encrypting, by a transport, received data based on a first biometric associated with an occupant, unencrypting, by the transport, the encrypted data, based on a verification of a second biometric, wherein the second biometric is a continuum of the first biometric, and providing, by the transport, the unencrypted data to the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
  • Driving mode assessment
    Patent number: 11577749
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, data related to an environment associated with a target transport, analyzing, by the server, the data to determine if at least one adverse condition related to the environment exists, and responsive to existence of the at least one adverse condition, sending, by the server, a recommendation related to operation of the target transport in a safe mode to overcome the at least one adverse condition to the target transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMERGENCY ALERT AND CALL REGARDING DRIVER CONDITION
    Publication number: 20230041818
    Abstract: A method includes measuring biometric data of a user at a monitoring device. The method further includes outputting, at the monitoring device, an alert to a vehicle computing device within a vehicle based upon detection of a biometric event, such that the party outside of a vehicle is notified. The method also includes analyzing and storing, within an application residing on the monitoring device, the biometric data within the application. The method still further includes outputting, within the application, a predetermined timeframe of the biometric data to the party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven S. Basra, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Swathi Manoravi, Suresh Krishnaswami Venkatesan, Raja Bose C. Leo Maria Manickam
  • WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER TO TRANSPORT BASED ON ROUTE DATA
    Publication number: 20230044261
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Transport dangerous location warning
    Patent number: 11574543
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, first data from a transport experiencing a near accident with a device external to the transport, the first data comprising a location of the transport and information related to a maneuvering of the transport, determining, by the server, that the location of the transport is a dangerous location and the maneuvering of the transport constitutes the near accident based on the first data, and sending a first notification, by the server, to another transport proximate to the dangerous location, the first notification comprises information related to the dangerous location and the near accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Lucas Smith, Jay Bartholomew
  • Distance-based energy transfer from a transport
    Patent number: 11571983
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an estimated arrival time of a first transport to a charging station, determining an estimated remaining stored transport energy at the estimated arrival time of the first transport, notifying the first transport to provide a portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy and when a next transport is delayed to the charging station, notifying the first transport to provide an additional portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy based on the delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Load effects on transport energy
    Patent number: 11571984
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing to a charging station a distance desired to be driven by a transport and determining, by the charging station, an amount of energy to retrieve from the transport such that a residual amount of energy in the transport is equivalent to the distance desired to be driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • PROCESSING OF ACCIDENT REPORT
    Publication number: 20230031358
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by an accident processing node, an accident report from a transport, determining, by an accident processing node, a time and location parameters of the accident based on the report, querying, by an accident processing node, transport profiles on a storage based on the time and location parameters, and responsive to the transport profiles containing data corresponding to the time and location parameters, sending a request to access the transport profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Neil Dutta, Anil Nagpal
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D977396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Echazabal, Jakin C. Wilson
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D977495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuhin Diptiman, Daniel Hall, Louie Solomon, Ben Cline, John Weston Pierce
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D978159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuhin Diptiman, Daniel Hall, Louie Solomon, Ben Cline, John Weston Pierce
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D978872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America
    Inventors: Tuhin Diptiman, Daniel Hall, Louie Solomon, Ben Cline, John Weston Pierce
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D978873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuhin Diptiman, Daniel Hall, Louie Solomon, Ben Cline, John Weston Pierce