Patents Assigned to Toyota
  • Publication number: 20240264821
    Abstract: A CPU receives update data, stores the received update data in a first memory, transmit the update data via an internal communication line and a specific communication line while prohibiting data transmission from an internal device via the internal communication line and permitting data transmission from a specific device via the specific communication line, erase from the first memory the update data that has been successfully transmitted via the internal communication line and the specific communication line, and when a data volume stored in the first memory becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined set volume, erase from the first memory the update data for the internal device even if this update data is the update data that has not yet been transmitted via the specific communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaho NAKAMURA, Keisuke TSUJI, Takehiro KAWAGUCHI, Kei MORIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240264602
    Abstract: A remote support system is a remote support system for one remote operator to remotely support a plurality of mobile objects. The remote support system includes a situation acquisition unit, a support difficulty level calculation unit, and a notification unit. The status acquisition unit acquires the work status of the remote operator based on information transmitted from an operator interface operated by the remote operator. The assistance difficulty level calculation unit calculates the assistance difficulty level of the remote operator based on the work status of the remote operator. The notification unit notifies the mobile objects of the assistance difficulty level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ruiko ITO
  • Publication number: 20240264587
    Abstract: A system used in a factory for manufacture of a vehicle comprises: a remote controller remotely controlling running of the vehicle capable of running in the factory during a course of manufacture in the factory, the vehicle including a communication device having a communication function for remote control and a secondary battery for running; a power feeder available for charging the secondary battery; a manufacturing status acquisition unit acquiring information about a manufacturing status in the factory; and a feeding judgment unit judging whether to feed the vehicle using the acquired information about the manufacturing status. When the feeding judgment unit judges that the vehicle is to be fed, the vehicle is fed using the power feeder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keigo IKEDA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240262356
    Abstract: A downhill target acceleration control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes the vehicle, a road grade sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a processor. The processor stores an acceleration target value, determines the mass of the vehicle, and detects whether a downhill acceleration of the vehicle exceeds the target value by more than a threshold amount. If so, the processor is configured to receive and implement a driver-initiated change to the downhill target acceleration value, without input from the accelerator or brake. Based on the downhill acceleration, the target value, and the mass, the processor generates a negative power train torque request to reduce the downhill acceleration of the vehicle. If the acceleration of the vehicle is then below the target acceleration by more than a second threshold amount, the processor reduces the negative power train torque request to increase the downhill acceleration of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Thomas S. Hawley
  • Publication number: 20240262369
    Abstract: An execution device is configured to execute a detection process for detecting a state that a preceding vehicle is approaching a host vehicle, an acquisition process for acquiring a deceleration of the host vehicle and a deceleration of the preceding vehicle when the preceding vehicle is approaching the host vehicle, and a calculation process for calculating, based on the deceleration of the host vehicle and the deceleration of the preceding vehicle, an index value indicating a tendency of a brake operation force of a driver of the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi UENO, Yoshihisa YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240262235
    Abstract: When an abnormality that disables charging and discharging is detected, the processor estimates a predicted recovery time until recovery from the abnormality, in accordance with a type of the abnormality. The processor sets the charging and discharging vehicle equipped with the battery that was connected to the EVSE when the abnormality was detected as a vehicle to be used for the electric power supply-and-demand plan after the EVSE's predicted recovery time has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Fukuoka, Tomoya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240262612
    Abstract: A tank mounting structure includes a tank, a frame for mounting the tank, and a neck mount for holding the tank, the neck mount having projecting portions at both ends in the width direction, the frame having a bracket for fixing the neck mount, the bracket having a hook-shaped portion covering the projecting portion, and the neck mount being secured to the bracket with the projecting portion sandwiched between the hook-shaped portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240265806
    Abstract: An information processing system is applied to a vehicle. The information processing system includes: one or more processors configured to acquire information on a posted traffic rule that is a traffic rule indicated by a traffic sign installed on a road where the vehicle travels, acquire information on a first traffic rule applied to the vehicle, based on the posted traffic rule and a first vehicle category that is a vehicle category of the vehicle, and notify a user of the vehicle of the first traffic rule or control travelling of the vehicle based on the first traffic rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiya IWAKI
  • Publication number: 20240265807
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a movement route receiving unit, an operation-related information acquiring unit, and a display control unit. The movement route receiving unit configured to receive, from an outside, a movement route of a passenger of a vehicle that includes transfer from the vehicle to a scheduled transportation system. The operation-related information acquiring unit configured to acquire operation-related information of the scheduled transportation system to which the passenger is expected to transfer. The display control unit configured to display the operation-related information on a display screen disposed in a cabin of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naotoshi KADOTANI, Yuki NISHIKAWA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Nana KIKUIRE, Takahiko KUWABARA, Ryusei GICHU, Takashi OTA, Toshifumi IWASE, Hironori ITO, Hisanobu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240263618
    Abstract: The electric power generating device includes a first generator, a differential gear mechanism provided between a blade and the first generator, a first ring gear connected to the first generator, and a case that rotates integrally with the first ring gear about a first axis. The differential gear mechanism includes a pinion shaft that rotatably supports a pair of pinion gears about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The differential gear mechanism includes a first drive shaft having a first side gear at one end and a blade connected to the other end. The differential gear mechanism comprises a second drive shaft having a second side gear at one end and having an interference portion at one end extending toward the pinion shaft. The interference portion faces the pinion shaft in a direction of a third axis that is orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takuya MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240266927
    Abstract: A drive apparatus is provided, including: an electric motor; a gear that is mechanically connected to the electric motor; an electric power control unit that is electrically connected to the electric motor; and a casing that houses the electric motor, the gear, and the electric power control unit. The casing includes a fixation portion to which an electric unit for function expansion is attached in a detachable manner and a connection portion by which the electric unit fixed to the fixation portion is electrically connected to the electric power control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroto KUSAKA
  • Publication number: 20240262414
    Abstract: A vehicle control device executes a lateral position control to control. In the lateral position control a lateral position of a vehicle in a travel area is controlled to maintain a predetermined target lateral position. An electronic control device of the vehicle control device controls, in the lateral position control, a controlled variable that is able to control the lateral position of the vehicle so as to match a target controlled variable acquired so that the lateral position maintains the target lateral position, controls the target controlled variable to be smaller than when the vehicle is traveling on a motorway, when the vehicle is traveling on a local road other than the motorway, and executes the lateral position control even when the vehicle is traveling on the local road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kosei OMORI
  • Publication number: 20240267178
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for prioritizing downlink vehicle communication. Such systems and methods leverage transit-impacting event category determinations, and transit-impacting event category-specific parameters to quickly (and efficiently) provide tailored downlink vehicle communication priority orders to requesting transit-related services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20240262225
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply device applied to a vehicle including an electric motor including coils for a plurality of phases. The vehicle power supply device includes: a battery; a power conversion device including, for each of phases of the electric motor, a switching element and a current sensor; and a control device configured to control the power conversion device such that electric power supplied via a neutral point of the electric motor is stepped up and then supplied to the battery, execute a feedback control to control currents of the respective phases such that an input current from the external power supply and an output current to the battery are equal, set an upper limit of the currents of the respective phases based on a maximum value of the input current, and limit the currents of the respective phases so as not to exceed the set upper limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshio IKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240262186
    Abstract: A vehicle may include: a fuel tank; a first fuel inlet connected to the fuel tank and configured to connect to a fuel supply nozzle; and a second fuel inlet connected to the fuel tank and configured to connect to the fuel supply nozzle. An inner diameter of the second fuel inlet may be smaller than an inner diameter of the first fuel inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiaki NAGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20240262203
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a display control unit configured to display a main image and an auxiliary image in a display portion mounted on a vehicle such that the main image is provided with a display taste that is common to a hands on mode and a hands off mode and a display mode of the auxiliary image is changed between the hands on mode and the hands off mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Kentaro MATSUMOTO, Ryusei GICHU
  • Publication number: 20240266564
    Abstract: The fuel cell unit includes an air compressor, a first fuel cell stack, a second fuel cell stack, a first supply pipe, a first discharge pipe, a second supply pipe, and a second discharge pipe. there is The first supply pipe has a first main pipe connected to a first location of the first fuel cell stack and a first bypass pipe connected to a second location of the first fuel cell stack. The second supply pipe has a second main pipe connected to a third location of the second fuel cell stack and a second bypass pipe connected to a fourth location of the second fuel cell stack. A flow regulating valve is provided in each of the first bypass pipe and the second bypass pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji SATO
  • Publication number: 20240264237
    Abstract: An evaluation device includes: a first database that contains as data a measurement factor of a first type power storage device; a second database that contains as data a measurement factor of a second type power storage device which is different from the first type; and a conversion model that converts the data by machine learning. The evaluation device converts the data in the first database to the data in the second database using the conversion model, obtains a post-conversion database with data points greater in number than data points of the second database, and performs evaluation related to the second type power storage device using the post-conversion database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Hirofumi HAZAMA, Hiroki KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240266839
    Abstract: A power source system includes a first battery string, a second battery string, and a third battery string. Each of the battery strings includes a plurality of batteries capable of outputting direct-current power. The battery strings are Y-connected so as to output three-phase alternating-current power to three-phase output terminals (alternating-current output terminals) as well as connected to a neutral line. On the neutral line, a neutral line capacitor for blocking a direct current, a neutral line switch disposed in series to the neutral line capacitor, and an electric resistance element disposed in parallel to the neutral line switch are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Junta IZUMI, Hironori MIKI, Kenji KIMURA, Takayuki BAN, Takuya MIZUNO, Shuji TOMURA, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20240265325
    Abstract: A workload analysis device includes: a workpiece detecting unit configured to recognize a process segment in which a worker is working by detecting a workpiece which is a work object in an image of a work flow such as a production line or a fixing or repairing line captured by a camera and acquired via an image acquiring unit; and a worker detecting unit configured to detect a worker in the process segment in the image of the work flow acquired in a time series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi MORISHITA, Toshiyuki ISHIHARA