Patents by Inventor Ercan M. Dede

Ercan M. Dede 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).

  • Publication number: 20260346853
    Abstract: In one embodiment, obtaining physiological signal data; preprocessing the physiological signal data to remove motion artifacts; extracting, via signal processing, one or more biomarker data from the physiological signal data; and phase segmenting a first biomarker data of the one or more biomarker data into general adaptation syndrome (GAS) phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hossein Hamidi Shishavan, Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini, Paul D. Schmalenberg, Ercan M. Dede
  • Patent number: 12773949
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for displaying an image of an obstructed blind spot on a pillar of a vehicle. The system includes an internal camera and an external camera. The system also includes a projector configured to beam light in the form of an image onto the pillar, and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to determine, from the internal camera, the position of a head or an eye of a driver, cause adjustment of the external camera to capture images of an area of a blind spot of the driver, receive, from the external camera, images depicting the area of the blind spot, apply a transformation of the plurality of images to generate a transformed image of the blind spot, and control the projector to emit light in the form of the transformed image towards the pillar to display the transformed image onto the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ercan M. Dede, Sean P. Rodrigues, Paul Donald Schmalenberg
  • Publication number: 20260333564
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic assembly comprising a printed circuit board (PCB), the PCB comprising a PCB surface; one or more heat generating devices coupled to the PCB surface, the one or more heat generating devices separated from one another by an insulation layer; and PCB trace connected to at least one of the one or more heat generating devices; and a cooling plate directly coupled to the PCB, the cooling plate comprising: a porous layer directly coupled to at least one portion of the PCB; and a covering cap, wherein the electronic assembly is configured to passively transfer heat from the heat generating devices to the covering cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny J. Lohan, Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan M. Dede
  • Publication number: 20260333646
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a cooling assembly including a plate includes a surface and a plurality of openings; a plurality of angled fins extending from the plate, wherein the plurality of angled fins define a plurality of channels comprising converging channels and diverging channels; and one or more blocking mechanisms extending from the plate, the one or more blocking mechanisms configured to regulate airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ercan M. Dede, Danny J. Lohan, Shailesh N. Joshi
  • Publication number: 20260309812
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for fabricating a quantum sensor embedded within a part, and a part with a quantum sensor embedded within the part. The quantum sensor embedded within a part may be fabricated. The quantum sensor embedded within the part may include a quantum material hosting quantum vacancy defects. The quantum vacancy defects may have quantum color centers. The quantum vacancy defects, when exposed to a stimulus, may emit a measurable signal from the quantum color centers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ercan M. Dede, Paul Donald Schmalenberg
  • Publication number: 20260293222
    Abstract: A quantum sensor includes a 3D lattice structure including a silicon carbide core and voids, and a plurality of color centers located within a boundary of the 3D lattice structure, wherein each of the plurality of color centers includes a single-defect photon emitter. A method includes forming a porous mask in a substrate via interference lithography, the porous mask defining a 3D grid pattern, introducing silicon carbide into the porous mask, wherein the silicon carbide is in the form of silicon carbide powder or a silicon carbide slurry, sintering or curing the silicon carbide at a first temperature to form a green body ceramic part, and after removing the porous mask, sintering the green body ceramic part at a second temperature to form a 3D lattice structure, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature, and wherein the 3D lattice structure comprises a silicon carbide core and voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ercan M. Dede, Paul Donald Schmalenberg, Shailesh N. Joshi
  • Publication number: 20260279328
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of capturing sound data generated by a sound source with at least one sensor associated with a cabin of a vehicle, converting the sound data into frequency data, determining a first subset of frequency bands that include sound and a second subset of frequency bands that do not include sound based on the frequency data, generating supplemental audio that includes supplemental sound during the second subset of frequency bands based on execution of an AI model on the second subset of frequency bands and the sound data, and playing the supplemental audio within the cabin of the vehicle as additional sound data is generated by the sound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2025
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Paul D. Schmalenberg, Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini, Ercan M. Dede, Hossein Hamidi Shishavan
  • Publication number: 20260246308
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for multi-use wireless charging. An example multi-use wireless charging apparatus may comprise: (1) a body configured to be used for one or more purposes other than wireless charging; and (2) one or more coil repeater assemblies attached to the body. The one or more coil repeater assemblies may be configured to increase inductive flux linkage between an active power supply located proximate the body and receiving inductive coils of one or more devices placed proximate the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2026
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YANGHE LIU, MASANORI ISHIGAKI, ERIN J. RUTLEDGE, JAIME N. MOORE, PHOUVADOL P. KHOUPHONGSY, ERCAN M. DEDE, MICHAEL P. ROWE, FREDERICK W. MAU
  • Publication number: 20260243659
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods provide for predicting a remaining useful life of apparatus utilizing quantum sensors. A layer of functionalized quantum silicon carbide material of a quantum sensor embedded within a device is excited via a light source of the quantum sensor, where the layer of functionalized quantum silicon carbide material has color centers. The excitation of the layer of functionalized quantum silicon carbide material is sensed via a photodetector of the quantum sensor. One or more of a magnetic field, a temperature, or a strain field effect of the device is measured based on the sensed excitation of the layer of functionalized quantum silicon carbide material. A remaining useful life of the device is predicted based on one or more of the measured magnetic field, the measured temperature, or the measured strain field effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ercan M. Dede, Paul Donald Schmalenberg, Taishi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20260235773
    Abstract: A system for use with a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes: a quantum material magnetometer configured to measure a magnetic field in an area and to output an area signal based on the magnetic field in the area; and an augmented positioning system configured output a parking instruction signal based on the area signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ercan M. DEDE, Debasish BANERJEE, Paul D. SCHMALENBERG
  • Publication number: 20260235711
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is drawn to a sensor including: a light source configured to generate input light having an input wavelength ?i; an optical waveguide; an array of a plurality of quantum material chiplets; and an imaging array, wherein the optical waveguide is configured to transmit the input light to the array of the plurality of quantum material chiplets, wherein each quantum material chiplet is configured to absorb a portion of the input light from the optical waveguide and to emit a respective emission light having a respective emission wavelength ?re in response to the absorption of the portion of the input light and based on a respective parameter value at each quantum material chiplet, and wherein the imaging array is configured to detect each respective emission light and output a detection signal based on the respective parameter value at each quantum material chiplet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Paul D. SCHMALENBERG, Ercan M. DEDE
  • Publication number: 20260231339
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an integrated power electronics (IPEs) embedded printed circuit board (PCB) assembly may include providing a dielectric panel having a first plurality of openings configured to receive power devices and a second plurality of openings configured to receive thermal slugs. The method may include inserting power devices into the first plurality of openings and thermal slugs into the second plurality of openings. The method may include securing a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) structure to the dielectric panel having the inserted power devices and thermal slugs. The method may include securing a cold plate panel to the dielectric panel opposite the multi-later PCB structure to form an integrated power electronics fabrication panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Zhou, Tianzhu Fan, Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan M. Dede
  • Publication number: 20260223329
    Abstract: An immersion cooling assembly for controlling the temperature of electronic devices in a vehicle includes a tank and a liquid coolant disposed in the tank. The immersion cooling assembly includes a first electronic device disposed in the tank and at least partially submerged in the liquid coolant. The immersion cooling assembly includes a second electronic device disposed in the tank and at least partially submerged in the liquid coolant, the second electronic device spaced from first electronic device along a lateral direction. The immersion cooling assembly includes a perforated baffle disposed in the tank between the first electronic device and the second electronic device along the lateral direction and at least partially submerged in the liquid coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan M. Dede
  • Publication number: 20260223674
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are direct to a method for fabricating a substrate with graphite embedded for customized heat spreading that includes bonding a plurality of graphite members having a planar orientation into a single-layer plate arrangement, the plurality of graphite members are arranged such that one of the plurality of graphite members has a high thermal conductivity in a lateral direction and a low thermal conductivity in a longitudinal direction and at least two of the plurality of graphite members each have a high thermal conductivity in the longitudinal direction and a low thermal conductivity in the lateral direction, bonding the single layer plate arrangement into a recess, and positioning a cover member in a closed state to enclose the single layer plate arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Zhou, Tianzhu Fan, Ercan M. Dede, Shailesh N. Joshi
  • Publication number: 20260192749
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for displaying an image of an obstructed blind spot on a pillar of a vehicle. The system includes an internal camera and an external camera. The system also includes a projector configured to beam light in the form of an image onto the pillar, and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to determine, from the internal camera, the position of a head or an eye of a driver, cause adjustment of the external camera to capture images of an area of a blind spot of the driver, receive, from the external camera, images depicting the area of the blind spot, apply a transformation of the plurality of images to generate a transformed image of the blind spot, and control the projector to emit light in the form of the transformed image towards the pillar to display the transformed image onto the pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ercan M. Dede, Sean P. Rodrigues, Paul Donald Schmalenberg
  • Patent number: 12663226
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a self-adaptive thermal management system. The thermal management system includes a first body, a second body, and a third body. The second body has a first layer and a second layer formed from a Weyl semimetal and a third layer sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The third layer is formed from a vanadium dioxide film. The second body is spaced apart from the first body. The third body is spaced apart from the second body. The second body is a modulator configured to transition between a metallic phase and an insulating phase dependent on a temperature to regulate a heat from the first body to the third body through the second body in a self-adaptive manner dependent on the temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ziqi Yu, Xiaopeng Li, Ercan M. Dede, Taehwa Lee
  • Patent number: 12621962
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for cooling electronic devices. The system includes a capillary cooler assembly comprising a housing, a plurality of feeding tubes within the housing, a wick within the housing, and one or more vapor outlets, a fluid feed line fluidly coupled to the plurality of feeding tubes, a fluid bypass line fluidly coupled to the fluid feed line, a fluid bypass valve fluidly coupled to the fluid feed line and the fluid bypass line, wherein the fluid bypass valve is selectively operable between at least two positions that control a flow of cooling fluid through the fluid bypass line, a vapor line fluidly coupled to the one or more vapor outlets, a condenser fluidly coupled to the fluid bypass line, the vapor line, and the fluid feed line, and a pump fluidly coupled to the condenser and the fluid feed line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Danny J. Lohan, Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan M. Dede
  • Patent number: 12610503
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a cooler assembly. The cooler assembly includes a cold plate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, a base wick fluidly coupled to the first surface, a heat-generating device, and a fluid wicking structure. The heat-generating device coupled to the second surface of the cold plate. The fluid wicking structure includes a plurality of mesh layers. Each one of the plurality of mesh layers are spaced apart from one another. Each of the plurality of mesh layers have a portion in fluid communication with the base wick. The manifold, the plurality of mesh layers and the base wick are configured to direct a liquid coolant to the first surface of the cold plate in an equidistant wicking delivery path to the cold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ercan M. Dede, Danny J. Lohan, Shailesh N. Joshi
  • Publication number: 20260088754
    Abstract: A system and method for phase-change cooling and thermal management includes electrically coupling an evaporation apparatus to an external circuit, wherein the evaporation apparatus includes a top planar layer including a top electrode, a bottom planar layer including a bottom electrode, and an evaporation layer between the top planar layer and the bottom planar layer, thermally coupling the evaporation apparatus to a heat source, and monitoring, using the external circuit, an operation status of the evaporation apparatus. The evaporation layer includes a carbon structure. The carbon structure is electrically coupled to the top electrode and the bottom electrode. Water is vaporized at a surface of the carbon structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tianzhu Fan, Shailesh Joshi, Feng Zhou, Yohei Iwahashi, Ercan M. Dede
  • Publication number: 20260062019
    Abstract: A vehicle biometric system includes a processor and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor, the non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium including one or more instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain benchmark biometric data from a first data source; obtain in-vehicle biometric data from a second data source; transmit the benchmark biometric data from the first data source and the in-vehicle biometric data from the second source to a neural network; update a model based on training data by processing the benchmark biometric data and the in-vehicle biometric data; transmit the updated model; ascertain at least one of an occupant condition and an emotional state of an occupant based on the updated model; and control one or more vehicle action events based on ascertaining at least one of the occupant condition and the emotional state of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini, Kleanthis Avramidis, Parveen Singh, Ercan M. Dede, Paul D. Schmalenberg