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).

  • Patent number: 12292722
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 12277810
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20250118966
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 12269363
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20250104091
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20250094622
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20250088043
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20250078134
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 12172543
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240419141
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240403804
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240364112
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240364113
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240338616
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSKIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 12111625
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240326631
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240326646
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Publication number: 20240326597
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 12090888
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 12068608
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness