Patents by Inventor Shunsuke TANIMORI

Shunsuke TANIMORI 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: 12135960
    Abstract: A center configured to communicate with an OTA master configured to control software update for an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle, the center comprising includes one or more processors configured to generate a distribution package including update data of software of a target electronic control unit, first information, and second information. The first information is referenced by an external device connected to the vehicle by wire when the external device updates the software of the target electronic control unit via an in-vehicle network. The second information is referenced by the OTA master wirelessly connected to the center when the OTA master updates the software of the target electronic control unit via the in-vehicle network. The one or more processors are configured to transmit the distribution package to the OTA master based on a request from the OTA master.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Publication number: 20240359712
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiki KINDO, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 12060087
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 12050903
    Abstract: An OTA master controls a software update for an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle. The OTA master includes a processor configured to individually receive, from a center, a distribution package of update data for an electronic control unit on which a first-type non-volatile memory having one storage area is mounted and a distribution package of update data for an electronic control unit on which a second-type non-volatile memory having two storage areas is mounted, and transfer the update data to an electronic control unit to be updated with prioritizing the update data for the electronic control unit on which the second-type non-volatile memory is mounted over the update data for the electronic control unit on which the first-type non-volatile memory is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Patent number: 12049163
    Abstract: A control apparatus is a control apparatus that is communicably connected to a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the control apparatus including a controller configured to: identify the first vehicle as a transfer destination for a luggage item stored in the second vehicle; read a targeted relative relationship between the second vehicle and the first vehicle; control the second vehicle based on the targeted relative relationship; and when a difference between the targeted relative relationship and an actual relative relationship is within an allowable range, convey the luggage item from the second vehicle to the first vehicle using a conveyer of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Roger Kyle, Yuta Kodama, Corentin Marie C. Mossoux, Shunsuke Tanimori, Rio Minagawa, Dany Benjamin
  • Patent number: 12049242
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the remote operator or operation by the passenger, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 12039322
    Abstract: An OTA master includes one or more processors configured to control software update for a plurality of electronic control units mounted on a vehicle, the electronic control units including a first electronic control unit on which a first type non-volatile memory including one storage area is mounted and a second electronic control unit on which a second type non-volatile memory including two storage areas is mounted; receive, from a center, first update data for the first electronic control unit and second update data for the second electronic control unit; write the second update data on the second electronic control unit after completing reception of the first update data and the second update data; and write the first update data on the first electronic control unit at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Patent number: 12026838
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and a remote terminal device. The display device includes an image shooting device, an image recognizer, and a display controller. The image recognizer recognizes real objects in an image shot by the image shooting device, and recognizes positions of the recognized real objects on space coordinates. The display controller superimposes a virtual object at a designated position on the space coordinates in the shot image. The image recognizer recognizes a gesture of the real object at the designated position of the virtual object in the shot image. The display controller executes image processing on the virtual object in response to the recognized gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumi Serizawa, Kazuki Komoriya, Sayaka Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Masaya Miura, Kouji Tamura, Seiei Hibino, Rina Mukai, Tomoya Inagaki, Chinli Di
  • Publication number: 20240176612
    Abstract: A vehicle including an ECU configured to execute software update by using software distributed from a server includes a start switch configured to stop a control system of the vehicle when the start switch is turned OFF, and a control device. The control device is configured to request acceptance to execute activation after the start switch is turned OFF. The control device is configured to, when the ECU is a single-bank computer: download the software; and then instruct the ECU to install the downloaded software in the ECU and activate the installed software after a user accepts to execute the activation. The control device is configured to, when the ECU is a dual-bank computer, instruct the ECU to activate the installed software after the user accepts to execute the activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Publication number: 20240143311
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes: one or more processors configured to acquire vehicle configuration information including information on an electronic control unit (ECU) mounted on a vehicle and transmit the vehicle configuration information to a server; and acquire software distributed from the server; and a communication module configured to transmit the software acquired by the first acquisition unit to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Patent number: 11972248
    Abstract: A center configured to communicate with an OTA master configured to control software update for electronic control units mounted on a vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to store security information in which security levels required for the software update are associated with the electronic control units mounted on the vehicle, respectively, and generate a distribution package applied encryption at the security level associated with a target electronic control unit based on the security information. The target electronic control unit is an electronic control unit that is a target of the software update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Publication number: 20240126535
    Abstract: A vehicle including an electronic control unit configured to update software, the vehicle includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with user equipment; and a control unit configured to request the user equipment to display on a display unit of the user equipment, a first operation unit that is used when a user accepts download of software distributed from a server in a case where the software is downloaded to the vehicle via the user equipment, and a charge level of a battery of the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Publication number: 20240118886
    Abstract: Mobile equipment includes one or more first processors and a communication module. The one or more first processors are configured to generate a package including update software and rollback data. The one or more first processors are configured to control the communication module to send the package to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Publication number: 20240118882
    Abstract: A server that distributes software, includes one or more processors configured to: classify a plurality of vehicles that is software distribution targets into a first vehicle and a second vehicle; and prioritize software distribution to the second vehicle over software distribution to the first vehicle. The first vehicle is configured to wirelessly communicate with the server, and receive the software distributed by the server directly from the server. The second vehicle is configured to communicate with mobile equipment that wirelessly communicates with the server, and receive the software distributed by the server via the mobile equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Publication number: 20240118885
    Abstract: User equipment includes one or more processors configured to: receive data on updating software on an in-vehicle electronic control unit (ECU); transmit the received data to a vehicle; and display progress of a first update process when the first update process is performed. The first update process is a process of updating the software on the in-vehicle ECU using the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Patent number: 11954480
    Abstract: A center comprising one or more processors configured to: communicate with an OTA master configured to control, based on update data, a software update for a plurality of electronic control units mounted on a vehicle; transmit, to the OTA master, first-type update data that is the update data for a first electronic control unit on which a first-type non-volatile memory having one storage area is mounted and second-type update data that is the update data for a second electronic control unit on which a second-type non-volatile memory having two storage areas is mounted, the first electronic control unit and the second electronic control unit being included in the electronic control units; and control transmittance of the first-type update data and the second-type update data to the OTA master based on a communication state between the center and the OTA master.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Patent number: 11947950
    Abstract: A center configured to communicate with an OTA master configured to control software update for an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to store security information in which regions are associated with security levels required for the software update, receive, from the vehicle, position information indicating a position of the vehicle, and generate a distribution package applied encryption at a security level associated with the region where the vehicle is located based on the security information and the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Publication number: 20240103839
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes: one or more memories; and one or more processors configured to receive, from a vehicle, pre-update software of a single-bank computer mounted on the vehicle; and transmit, to the vehicle, update software acquired from a server after the received pre-update software is stored in the one or more memories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Publication number: 20240086171
    Abstract: A vehicle equipped with an electronic control unit includes: one or more communication devices configured to receive from a server an approval request to a user regarding update of software used in the electronic control unit; and one or more processors configured to receive a predetermined vehicle-side operation for the approval request, perform control for notifying, to an information processing device of the user, a vehicle-side operation result of the predetermined vehicle-side operation without going through the server when the predetermined vehicle-side operation is received, and perform control for withdrawing the approval request received by the one or more communication devices when the vehicle receives from the information processing device a device-side operation result of a predetermined device-side operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi INOUE, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Publication number: 20240086175
    Abstract: An update control system includes: a vehicle including an in-vehicle control device; an information processing terminal configured to communicate with the in-vehicle control device by wire communication; and a center configured to communicate with the in-vehicle control device over a wireless network. The in-vehicle control device is configured to: determine whether the vehicle is in a first state in which a wireless update process is possible or a second state in which a wired update process is possible; and when the state of the vehicle is switched between the first state and the second state after start and before completion of an update process using a distribution package, carry over a progress of the update process performed until the state is switched; and perform the update process in the switched state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Nana KIKUIRE