Patents Assigned to Toyota
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Publication number: 20240262207Abstract: A driving force control device in which, based on the rotational speed of the motor mounted on the vehicle, it is determined whether resonance occurs in the vehicle with respect to the road, and when it is determined that resonance occurs in the vehicle, the torque of the motor is limited. Only the fluctuation component of the rotation speed is extracted from the rotation speed of the motor with a band-pass filter. When limiting the torque of the motor, the torque reduction is started at the timing of 270 degrees in the phase of the waveform which regards the extracted fluctuation component as the COS waveform.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki IGUMA, Akira Hibino
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Publication number: 20240266637Abstract: The battery cooling device that cools a battery by circulating a refrigerant by a compressor and cools air blown into a vehicle compartment, and when the battery is being rapidly charged, the rotation speed of the compressor is increased. More specifically, the upper limit rotation speed of the compressor is increased to a predetermined rotation speed. At this time, the predetermined number of revolutions is determined based on a maximum allowable noise level at the time of rapid charge of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shiho HIROKAWA, Hirotaka SASAKI
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Publication number: 20240262259Abstract: A latch for a vehicle seat includes a latch body and a bracket having a plate defining a pivot point and a slot is provided. The latch body is pivotably coupled to the bracket at the pivot point and movably coupled to the bracket at the slot such that the latch body pivots about the pivot point between a latched position and a variation absorbing position. The latch body has a supporting shaft slidably supported by the plate at the slot. A biasing assembly is disposed between the pivot point and the supporting shaft and biasing the latch body toward the latched position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nicholas J. Schutzman, Vikas Bhatia, Yi-Ru C. Sosnowski
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Publication number: 20240262200Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a processor, the processor being configured to acquire a deceleration state of a vehicle achieved by driver assistance and a reason for decelerating the vehicle, and cause a display to display a deceleration image indicating that the vehicle is decelerating and a reason image indicating the reason, based on the acquired deceleration state and the acquired reason.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki DABA, Miki Tsujino, Masashi Hatanaka, Makoto Konishi
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Publication number: 20240262179Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: an intake device provided upstream of an intake pipe of an engine; a power transmission device configured to transmit a power of an electric motor to drive wheel; an electric-power control device configured to control an electric power transferred between a driving battery and the electric motor; and a charger configured to charge the driving battery with the electric power supplied from an external power supply. The electric motor and the power transmission device constitute at least a part of a driving apparatus. The driving apparatus and the electric-power control device constitute a mechanical-electrical integrated unit which is housed in a single casing and which is located in a position adjacent to the engine. The charger and the intake device are located on an upper side of the mechanical-electrical integrated unit in a vertical direction of the electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki KUNIFUDA, Yoji KIYOKAWA, Noriyuki YAMANAKA
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Publication number: 20240261883Abstract: A brazing method for brazing metal pieces together via a brazing material includes the step of, in a heating chamber controlled to a preset oxygen concentration or less, sandwiching a workpiece of which the metal plates are stacked via the brazing material between a first heating plate and a second heating plate in such a manner that the first heating plate and the second heating plate cover the workpiece entirely as viewed in a thickness direction of the workpiece, and heating the workpiece to braze the metal plates together via the brazing material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihisa NISHIMURA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Koji KASAHARA
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Publication number: 20240263740Abstract: The tank has a liner configured by joining a plurality of liner components, each of which is at least partially cylindrical, and a reinforcing layer arranged on the outer circumference of the liner. The plurality of liner components includes a first liner component having a first joint portion and a second liner component having a second joint portion. The first joint portion has a plurality of resin layers, and the bottom layer of the first joint portion is a heat-sealable layer containing an absorbent. The second joint portion contains absorbent material. The first joint portion is laminated on the second joint portion, and the first joint portion and the second joint portion are joined by a heat-sealing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Youjirou IRIYAMA
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Publication number: 20240262380Abstract: A driver monitor includes a processor configured to detect orientation of the face of a driver of a vehicle from a plurality of driver images generated by a camera mounted on the vehicle to take a picture of the driver, determine whether a duration during which the orientation of the driver's face inclines more than a predetermined angle in a yaw direction of the vehicle with respect to a reference direction is not less than a predetermined time threshold, when the vehicle is under autonomous driving control, notify a transition demand for taking over driving of the vehicle to the driver via a notification device when the duration is less than the predetermined time threshold, and omit to notify the transition demand to the driver when the duration is not less than the predetermined time threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATIONInventor: Takuhiro Omi
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Publication number: 20240265709Abstract: An anomaly detection device includes a processor configured to identify a path region in an image representing surroundings of a vehicle, the path region representing a host vehicle lane on which the vehicle is traveling, extract a feature indicating the condition of a road surface regarding the path region from the image by inputting the path region in the image into a feature extractor that has been trained to extract the feature, and detect an abnormal condition in which the vehicle is unable to travel normally on the host vehicle lane, when the feature is outside a normal range that is a tolerable range in which the vehicle is able to travel normally.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Wataru Kawashima, Keita Sato, Takehiko Hanada, Soichiro Oura
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Publication number: 20240262288Abstract: The driver monitoring device includes a judgment part configured to judge whether a driver of a vehicle is driving distracted by a predetermined judgment criteria based on an image generated by an imaging device capturing a face of the driver, a notification part configured to issue a warning to the driver when it is judged that the driver is driving distracted, and a change part configured to change the judgment criteria when an emergency warning light mounted in the vehicle is turned on.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso CorporationInventors: Masataka Sano, Hiromi Nemoto, Yutaro Tsugawa
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Publication number: 20240267430Abstract: A vehicular arbitration system includes: a main manager configured to receive one or more requests from a plurality of first application execution units and to determine a request for operating a predetermined on-vehicle device based on the received one or more requests and a predetermined rule; and a plurality of sub-managers respectively configured to arbitrate the request determined by the main manager and a request input from at least one second application execution unit that is different from the plurality of first application execution units and to control the on-vehicle device based on an arbitration result.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazumutsu AZUMA
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Publication number: 20240263948Abstract: The travel control device includes a processor, the processor generates a target route to a destination, estimates the self-position of the vehicle, calculates a target destination on the target route, and calculates a viewing angle in front of the vehicle and a vehicle A target point candidate including a target point is generated within a predetermined distance and a predetermined angle from the vehicle's self-position based on the look ahead distance from the self-position to the target reach point, and during the search for the target point candidate When the target point is outside the front viewing angle of the vehicle, the point at that time is calculated as the target point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shigehiro SUGIHIRA
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Publication number: 20240262418Abstract: The driving assistance device controls lateral movement of the vehicle. The driving assistance device includes a steering operation actuator that steers the wheels, a detection device that detects the position of the driver's hand touching the steering wheel, and an electronic control unit that controls the lateral direction of the vehicle. In lateral control, the electronic control unit controls the steering operation actuator so that the vehicle laterally moves to the right when a hand touches the right portion of the steering wheel, and when the hand touches the left portion of the steering wheel. In this case, the steering operation actuator is controlled so that the vehicle laterally moves to the left.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yukikazu TSUDA
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Publication number: 20240262271Abstract: A back surface member placed on the back surface of a seat pad, which is a seat's cushioning material. The back surface member is formed into a three-dimensional shape by covering a plurality of pieces on a mold having a three-dimensional shape corresponding to the shape of the back surface of the seat pad, and connecting the edge of pieces by adhesive or welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTSU VEHITECS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota MATSUSHITA, Ryo IWASAWA, Futoshi TAKAHASHI, Masaya KADOTA
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Publication number: 20240264261Abstract: The direction of an acoustic wave can be determined using a single microphone. The single microphone can be operatively positioned within an interior of a resonator. The resonator can include a body that includes an aperture, such as a slit, which allows communication between the interior and an exterior of the resonator. The resonator can be configured to rotate. The single microphone can be configured to acquire sound data of an incident acoustic wave. One or more processors can be operatively connected to the single microphone. The one or more processors can be configured to determine a direction of the incident acoustic wave based on the acquired sound data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taehwa Lee, Xiaopeng Li, Ziqi Yu
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Publication number: 20240265810Abstract: An information processing system for estimating whether the activation of a collision warning in a predetermined target vehicle is reproduced in another target vehicle, comprising: an acquisition unit for acquiring target vehicle data, which is information about the target vehicle; and a target of the predetermined target vehicle. By inputting the target vehicle data acquired by the acquisition unit into the collision warning reproduction model generated by extracting the feature amount that contributes to the reproduction of the collision warning from the vehicle data, it is possible to determine whether the collision warning will be reproduced in other target vehicles and a reproduction estimation unit for estimating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi UNO
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Publication number: 20240265812Abstract: A terminal program, which is configured to request a service to dispatch a service staff or a service vehicle to a location in which a user vehicle is parked and supply an energy source to the user vehicle, is configured to cause a computer to execute operations that include receiving, from a server apparatus, location data indicating locations in which respective user vehicles have been parked when the service has been used by multiple users, and displaying the received location data on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Shun HASHIMOTO, Kota YAMAZAKI, Akane MASAKI, Wataru ETO, Makoto AKAHANE
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Publication number: 20240263991Abstract: A processing apparatus capable of preventing the motivation to lose weight from being reduced is provided. A processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a personal data acquisition unit configured to acquire personal data including body weight data of a dieter; a life data acquisition unit configured to acquire life data of the dieter; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a corrected body weight based on a correction term generated from the personal data and the life data and a measured body weight of the dieter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Shotaro YASUDA
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Publication number: 20240262284Abstract: A vehicle lamp that includes: a light source that emits light due to a drive current that is supplied from a light source drive circuit; and a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the light source or surroundings of the light source, wherein the light source drive circuit reduces the drive current when the temperature that has been measured by the temperature sensor becomes equal to or greater than a control start temperature, and, in a case in which an illuminance of surroundings of a vehicle that has been measured by an illuminance measurement sensor is equal to or greater than an illuminance threshold, the control start temperature is set to be lower than in a case in which the illuminance of the surroundings of the vehicle is less than the illuminance threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kakeru NEMOTO
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Publication number: 20240262378Abstract: A vehicle display device includes one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to acquire a state of driver assistance provided by pulse and glide that repeats acceleration and coasting, and cause a display to display a state image based on the acquired state of the driver assistance, the state image representing an accelerating state or a coasting state of the driver assistance and a rough indication of when each state is going to end.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miki TSUJINO, Masashi Hatanaka, Makoto Konishi
