Patents by Inventor Maximilian Parness
Maximilian Parness 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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Patent number: 12292722Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining at least one high-priority device at a location, determining a loss of electricity at the location has occurred thereby rendering the device unusable, and directing electricity from a vehicle to the device, based on a need being over a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Patent number: 12277810Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a usage of an internal combustible engine (ICE) vehicle and a usage of an electric vehicle over a period of time, where the vehicles are associated with an entity, determining an impact of carbon output, based on the usage determination, determining a usage amount of the electric vehicle to offset the impact, when the impact is greater than a first threshold, and sending a notification to a device associated with the entity, where the notification includes the amount of usage of the electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250118966Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a severity and a duration of a predicted deficiency of a renewable energy source in an area, responsive to the severity being above a first threshold and the duration being above a second threshold, providing stored energy from energy storage units in the area during the duration to overcome a portion of the predicted deficiency, and responsive to the severity being further above a third threshold and the duration being above a fourth threshold, providing stored energy from vehicles in the area during the duration to overcome another portion of the predicted deficiency, wherein the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the fourth threshold is greater than the second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Patent number: 12269363Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a plurality of vehicles and a first charge level of the vehicles utilizing a first charging location, determining a portion of the plurality of vehicles and a second charge level of the portion of the plurality of vehicles utilizing a second charging location, and determining a new charging location based on the plurality of vehicles, the first charge level, the portion of the plurality of vehicles, and the second charge level.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250104091Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: receiving usage data of a group of vehicles; determining an operator of a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a lowest battery degradation, based on the usage data; and predicting one or more other operators of other vehicles of the group of vehicles, with a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, based on the determining.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250094622Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: determining, by a charging station, that a vehicle requests approval to receive a charge; accessing, by the charging station, personal information related to the vehicle and related to an occupant of the vehicle; analyzing, by the charging station, the personal information related to the vehicle and related to the occupant of the vehicle; determining, by the charging station, to grant the approval, based on the analyzing; and, responsive to the approval being granted, deleting, by the charging station, the accessed personal information related to the vehicle and related to the occupant of the vehicle, after the vehicle has received the charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250088043Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20250078134Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: determining an impact to a location with an energy storage device, when an energy-related event will occur, recommending an amount of charge at the energy storage device prior to the event; and, responsive to the energy storage device being charged within a threshold of the recommended amount at the event, providing a first amount of energy to the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Patent number: 12172543Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging station, a grade associated with an operation of a transport allowing, by the charging station, a recharging level related to the grade and an pact of the recharging level.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20240419141Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a location in an area that may lose electricity during an event related to a grid, conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location, storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location, and using the conserved energy at the location when the event occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20240403804Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining objects to be delivered by a group of vehicles, and choosing a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a most degraded battery to transport a heaviest object of the objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20240364112Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: determining an inability for an entity to provide electrical energy over a threshold to an area; determining an available amount of energy from a group of electric vehicles and a group of energy storage units at one or more locations currently receiving electrical energy in the area, wherein the available amount of energy is at least equivalent to the threshold; and providing at least a portion of the determined available amount of energy to one or more locations in the area not currently receiving electrical energy from the entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20240364113Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, an amount of energy to provide to a location, the energy located in one or more energy sources including the vehicle, an energy storage device, and an electric grid, the determining based on an ambient temperature of the vehicle, an ambient temperature of the energy storage device, a capacity of a battery in the vehicle, a capacity of the energy storage device, a demand of the electric grid, and an internal temperature of the location; and directing, by the vehicle, at least one of the energy sources to provide the amount of energy, based on determining.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20240338616Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a total environmental impact of a group of vehicles during a period, wherein at least one of the vehicles is an internal combustion engine vehicle and wherein at least one of the vehicles is an electric vehicle; receiving a request to use a vehicle of the group to reach a destination; determining an environmental impact associated with each of the vehicles in the group to reach the destination during the period; and recommending a vehicle in the group to use, based on its determined environmental impact and the total environmental impact being less than a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSKIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Patent number: 12111625Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a location in an area that may lose electricity during an event related to a grid, conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location, storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location, and using the conserved energy at the location when the event occurs.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20240326631Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an inability for an entity to provide electricity over a threshold to an area; determining available energy from a group of electric vehicles from locations currently receiving energy in the area and a group of energy storage units in the area greater than the threshold; providing the determined available energy to locations not currently receiving energy from the entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20240326646Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: determining a degradation of a battery of each vehicle in a group of electric vehicles, wherein the degradation is at a rate greater than a threshold; determining a return when the degradation is lowered; and providing a portion of the return to each of the vehicles in the group, wherein the portion is commensurate with the lowering.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Publication number: 20240326597Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing, by a battery, electricity to a device, determining a configuration of the provided electricity based on a first battery management system (BMS) that contains voltage and current requirements, and configuring a second BMS, based on the determining.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Patent number: 12090888Abstract: An example operation includes determining a portion of a group of vehicles, the portion comprising at least one vehicle in the group with a battery capacity below a first threshold, where the first threshold is a battery capacity of one or more vehicles in a remaining portion of the group of vehicles; and halting a use of the portion of the group of vehicles until the battery capacity of the at least one vehicle in the halted portion of the group is around the battery capacity of the one or more vehicles in the remaining portion of the group of vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Patent number: 12068608Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, an amount of energy to provide to a location, the energy located in one or more energy sources including the vehicle, an energy storage device, and an electric grid, the determining based on an ambient temperature of the vehicle, an ambient temperature of the energy storage device, a capacity of a battery in the vehicle, a capacity of the energy storage device, a demand of the electric grid, and an internal temperature of the location; and directing, by the vehicle, at least one of the energy sources to provide the amount of energy, based on determining.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness