Patents by Inventor Daiki Yokoyama
Daiki Yokoyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240329652Abstract: A moving object movable by remote control comprises: a moving object communication unit for receiving a request for driving control from outside the moving object; a driving controller capable of implementing driving control over the moving object in response to the request for driving control during a course of manufacture in a factory for manufacture of the moving object; a signal detection unit for detecting an disablement signal at a predetermined place along a moving route of the moving object; and an disablement implementation unit that performs an disablement process for disabling the remote control if a first condition is fulfilled. The first condition includes an event that the disablement signal is detected or an event that the disablement signal having been detected becomes no longer detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keigo IKEDA, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20240327122Abstract: An unmanned driving system includes a moving object configured to be movable by remote control; a remote control unit configured to perform remote control for the moving object, wherein the remote control unit moves the moving object that has been finished a first work at a first place in a factory to a second place in the factory by the remote control, wherein the moving object is produced in the factory, wherein the second place is a place for performing a second work on the moving object; and an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating that a predetermined number or more of another moving objects of the same type as the moving object and having an abnormality arrive at the second place within a predetermined period, wherein when the information acquisition unit acquires the information, the remote control unit moves the moving object that has not been started the second work to a third place in the factory, wherein the third place is different from both the first place andType: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORl, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240329648Abstract: A remote control system includes: a moving object configured to be movable by remote control, the moving object including a deactivation execution unit configured to reversibly or irreversibly deactivate the remote control; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information regarding the moving object; a determination unit configured to determine whether the moving object is located inside a predetermined first region and whether the moving object is located inside a predetermined second region using the position information, the second region being different from the first region; and a deactivation command unit configured to supply a first command to the moving object when the determination unit determines that the moving object is located inside the first region, the first command being a command for causing the deactivation execution unit to reversibly deactivate the remote control, the deactivation command unit configured to supply a second command to the moving object wheType: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keigo IKEDA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240329656Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes: an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality by analyzing a result of detection of at least one of a target object on a track of a vehicle, a target object around the vehicle, and a target object installed in the vehicle, the vehicle being capable of running by unmanned driving, the result of detection being by a detection device that is capable of detecting the at least one target object; and an output unit that, when the abnormality is detected, outputs a signal that is different from a signal output when the abnormality is not detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento Iwahori, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20240329649Abstract: A system includes: a remote control unit that causes a moving object to move by remote control, the moving object being able to move by the remote control in a manufacturing process in a factory that manufactures the moving object, and in a conveyance process outside the factory, the conveyance process shipping the moving object after manufacturing from the factory and conveying the moving object to a destination, the moving object including a communication unit and a driving control unit, the communication unit having a communication function, the driving control unit executing driving control of the moving object; a disabling execution unit that executes disabling processing for disabling the remote control; and a disabling instruction unit determining whether or not to execute the disabling processing using transit point information related to the remote control at at least one transit point at which the moving object transits in the conveyance process, the disabling instruction unit instructing the disablType: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo YASUYAMA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240329645Abstract: A remote control system includes: a moving object configured to be movable by remote control, the moving object including a deactivation execution unit configured to deactivate the remote control; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information regarding the moving object; a determination unit configured to determine whether the moving object is located inside or outside a predetermined first region using the position information; and a deactivation command unit configured to transmit a deactivation command to the moving object when the determination unit determines that the moving object is located outside the first region, the deactivation command being a command for causing the deactivation execution unit to deactivate the remote control.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keigo IKEDA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 12107451Abstract: A charge control system includes: a charging device having a first processor configured to store electric power to be supplied to a preset area; and a charge control device having a second processor configured to acquire brightness information in the area, calculate a charge amount of the charging device on a basis of the acquired brightness information, and perform charge control of the charging device on a basis of the calculated charge amount. Further, when calculating the charge amount, the second processor calculates the charge amount in such a manner that the charge amount decreases as brightness in the area increases.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Daiki Kawachino, Shota Tsukamoto, Rie Yayabe, Masaaki Sato
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Publication number: 20240317340Abstract: A control system for controlling transport of a vehicle in any of steps from production to shipment of the vehicle includes a state identification unit that identifies a vehicle state that is a state of the vehicle, and a control notification unit that determines a control content of the vehicle by using the identified vehicle state and notifies the vehicle of the control content. The control notification unit determines to control at least either one of a transport route of the vehicle and a timing of starting the transport as the control content such that a magnitude of a difference between the vehicle state and a preset target state is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo YASUYAMA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240319740Abstract: A system comprises: a remote controller that causes a vehicle to run by remote control, the vehicle being capable of running along a track in a factory during a course of manufacture, the vehicle including a vehicle communication unit and a driving controller, the vehicle communication unit having a communication function, the driving controller implementing driving control over the vehicle; a track information acquisition unit that acquires track information that is information about an environment of a track on which the vehicle is configured to run by the remote control; and a running method determination unit that determines a running method using the acquired track information, the running method including at least one of a possibility or impossibility of running of the vehicle and a running route along which the vehicle is to run.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo YASUYAMA, Takeshi KANOU, Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240310844Abstract: An automatic driving system allows a vehicle with a higher shipment priority to be transported preferentially, by controlling transport of each of several vehicles in any of steps from production to shipment includes: a priority acquisition unit configured to acquire a shipment priority set for each vehicle; and a control instruction unit configured to determine control content for at least some of the vehicles using the priority acquired by the priority acquisition unit such that a vehicle of the several vehicles that is given a first priority is transported in preference to another vehicle of the several vehicles that is given a second priority lower than the first priority, and to instruct the at least some of several vehicles on the control content. Each vehicle includes a driving control unit configured to execute driving control according to instructions from the control instruction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro Saito
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Publication number: 20240308608Abstract: A controller used in a system that moves a moving object by remote control comprises: a whereabouts determination unit, if a first detection unit provided at the system detects a target person, the whereabouts determination unit determining whereabouts of the target person on the basis of a detection result of the target person by the first detection unit; a moving object specification unit that specifies the moving object being controlled by the remote control and likely to approach the target person on the basis of the determined whereabouts; and a signal transmission unit that transmits a control signal to the specified moving object. The control signal is a signal for changing a driving mode of the moving object to an alert mode for giving an alert against the target person.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Takuro SAWANO, Yuka YOKOI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240294223Abstract: A moving object comprises an unmanned driving mode that has at least one of a first driving mode in which the moving object moving by autonomous control and a second driving mode in which the moving object moving by remote control: an on-moving object device mounted on the moving object; and a moving object control device configured to control an operation of the moving object, wherein the moving object control device includes: a device identification information acquisition unit that acquires device identification information, which is identification information of the on-moving object device; a moving object identification information acquisition unit that acquires moving object identification information, which is identification information of the moving object; and a transmission unit that transmits the device identification information and the moving object identification information to a server device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240280998Abstract: A system used in a factory for manufacture of a moving object comprises: a remote controller that moves the moving object by remote control, the moving object being movable in the factory during a course of manufacture in the factory, the moving object including a communication device having a communication function for the remote control and a driving controller that implements driving control over the moving object; a manufacturing status acquisition unit that acquires information about a manufacturing status in the factory including delay in a step; and a speed setting unit that sets a moving speed of the moving object using the acquired manufacturing status. The remote controller moves the moving object in a transport zone between steps at the set moving speed of the moving object by the remote control.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 12061092Abstract: A vehicle controller includes a processing unit which creates a power-supply plan that ensures a first amount of electric power needed for the vehicle to arrive at the destination from the current location along a travel route. The travel route includes a specified section on which wireless power-supply equipment, among a plurality of power-supply equipment, is disposed. Using weather information including the specified section, the processing unit creates the power-supply plan in which a ratio of a second amount of electric power, which is supplied from the at least one wireless power-supply equipment to the vehicle, to the first amount of electric power is less in a first case in which deposition is determined to be present on the specified section than in a second case in which deposition is determined to be not present on the at least one specified section.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro Kaneko, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20240262244Abstract: A system used in a factory for manufacturing a vehicle includes: a remote control unit remotely controlling a vehicle capable of running in a factory in a manufacturing process at the factory, the vehicle including a communication device having a communication function for remote control and a secondary battery for running; a state-of-charge acquisition unit acquiring a state of charge of the secondary battery; and a state-of-charge adjustment determination unit acquiring a target value of the state of charge and determining whether or not to adjust the state of charge using the acquired target value and a current state of charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kento IWAHORI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240264587Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keigo IKEDA, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 12056627Abstract: A vehicle allocation device allocates a vehicle in response to a vehicle allocation request from a terminal of a user, and includes a vehicle selector configured to, when acquiring the vehicle allocation request, select a vehicle having a relatively large degree of progress in learning of a relation between input and output of a parameter depending on an area to be traveled by the user from a plurality of vehicles learning a relation between input and output of a parameter depending on a predetermined area, and output a vehicle allocation instruction to the selected vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke Nagasaka, Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroshi Oyagi
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Patent number: 12030394Abstract: A contactless power feeding system includes: a power feeding device including a plurality of power feeding coils along a road, and configured to transmit electric power to a power receiving coil of an electric vehicle in a contactless manner; a receiver configured to receive traffic congestion information of the road; and an electronic control unit configured to: control transmission power transmitted from each of the plurality of power feeding coils to the power receiving coil, and control the power feeding device such that the transmission power of one or more power feeding coils located in a congestion occurrence section is higher than the transmission power of one or more power feeding coils located in a non-congestion occurrence section, wherein each of the congestion occurrence section and the non-congestion occurrence section are along a portion of the road including the plurality of power feeding coils.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Toshiya Hashimoto
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Patent number: 12024044Abstract: A charge control system includes: a charging apparatus; and a charge control device including a processor calculating a charge amount of the charging apparatus and perform charging control. Further, the charge amount is calculated in a manner that a first charge amount is greater than a second charge amount, the first charge amount being the charger amount which is charged in a first time period which is from a predetermined reference time point until the engine driving prohibited zone is set, the second charge amount being the charger amount which is charged in a second time period which is from the predetermined reference time point until the engine driving prohibited zone is set, and the first time period being shorter than the second time period.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Daiki Kawachino, Shota Tsukamoto, Rie Yayabe, Masaaki Sato
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Patent number: 12027889Abstract: The processing part is configured to calculate an elapsed time from an inspection date or installation date of a power transmission apparatus installed at a location of occurrence of an abnormality to a date of occurrence of an abnormality based on the inspection information and information on occurrence of an abnormality relating to the location of occurrence of an abnormality and date of occurrence of the abnormality where the power transfer efficiency from the power transmission apparatus to the power reception apparatus received from the mobile object through the communication part becomes less than a predetermined value, and is configured to judge an operating state of the power reception apparatus based on the elapsed time.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiya Hashimoto, Daiki Yokoyama