Patents by Inventor Timothy Wang

Timothy Wang 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: 12379886
    Abstract: A system for addressing a washout condition on a vehicle display includes an instrument cluster that makes up a first display panel, an infotainment cluster that makes up a second display panel positioned apart from the instrument cluster. The system also includes a conlight sensor to determine a sunlight condition, a navigation unit to determine navigational information pertaining to the vehicle, and an electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the first display panel, the second display panel, the conlight sensor, and the navigation unit. The electronic control unit determines an estimated light intensity on the first display panel based on the navigation information and the sunlight condition, and presents a prompt on the second display panel to duplicate contents displayed on the first display panel onto the second display panel when the estimated light intensity exceeds a reference light intensity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Justin K. Shen, Jackson Zhu, Xiao Xu, Michael R. Kushnerik
  • Publication number: 20250242710
    Abstract: A method of vehicle recharge matching includes establishing a data connection between a vehicle electronic control unit and a charging station upon detection of a physical coupling of a charge cable to a vehicle. Upon receiving an indication that the charge cable has been physically disconnected from the vehicle and subsequently reconnected, the method further includes deactivating a supply of power to the charge cable and/or transmitting a verification request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Justin K. Shen, Jackson Zhu, Xiao Xu
  • Patent number: 12351193
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of enabling a software portion of a vehicle, based on an operation of the vehicle and enabling another software portion of the vehicle, based on a further operation of the vehicle. The software portion and the other software portion alter the operation of the vehicle in response to the other software portion being operated for an amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Timothy Wang
  • Patent number: 12337849
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, an opportunity to perform an action, where the opportunity provides an additional result to the transport and responsive to performing the action, receiving, by the transport, the additional result, where the additional result is proportional to a level of the action performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Bryan Else Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20250117872
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of monitoring, by a transport exterior a location, an exchange performed in an interior of the location by a recent occupant of the transport, and completing, by the transport, the exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Bryan Else Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 12209871
    Abstract: Systems, vehicles, and methods for creating a vehicle network. A system includes a wireless transceiver of a master vehicle configured to broadcast a connectivity signal. The system further includes a wireless transceiver of a follower vehicle configured to receive the connectivity signal to wirelessly link the follower vehicle to the master vehicle. The wireless transceiver of the follower vehicle is further configured to transmit vehicle identifying information to the master vehicle upon the follower vehicle being linked to the master vehicle. The system further includes a remote server configured to receive the vehicle identifying information of the follower vehicle from the master vehicle and a vehicle identifying information of the master vehicle from the master vehicle to create a vehicle group. The vehicle group includes the master vehicle and the follower vehicle to enable data exchange within the vehicle group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 12190610
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining features in a vehicle. The interior of the vehicle can be scanned with a camera of a mobile device to locate one or more symbols or shapes within the interior. The one or more symbols or shapes can be processed using one or more machine learning models to obtain data associated with the one or more symbols or shapes. The data associated with the one or more symbols or shapes can be displayed to a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Justin K Shen, Prince R Remegio, Jackson Zhu
  • Patent number: 12182896
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of monitoring, by a transport exterior a location, an exchange performed in an interior of the location by a recent occupant of the transport, and completing, by the transport, the exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Bryan Else Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20240428525
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating virtual environments including virtual vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of presenting a virtual environment includes receiving vehicle sensor data from one or more vehicles in a physical environment rendering the virtual environment that represents the physical environment, rendering one or more virtual vehicle representations of the one or more vehicles using the vehicle sensor data such that movement of the one or more virtual vehicle representations within the virtual environment corresponds with movement of the one or more vehicles in the physical environment, and transmitting data for displaying the virtual environment and the one or more virtual vehicle representations to a plurality of display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nick Anthony Megariotis, Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Justin K. Shen, Imad Zahid
  • Publication number: 20240428471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and displaying virtual vehicle manufacturing environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of presenting a virtual manufacturing environment includes receiving a vehicle identification number of a vehicle being manufactured, receiving one or more parts assigned to the vehicle, determining a stage of manufacturing for the vehicle based at least in part on the one or more parts, generating a virtual representation of the vehicle in a virtual manufacturing environment, and preparing for display the virtual representation of the vehicle and the virtual manufacturing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nick Anthony Megariotis, Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Justin K. Shen, Imad Zahid
  • Publication number: 20240399962
    Abstract: A method for a deployable power running board of a vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving sensor data from the vehicle, the sensor data indicating a distance between the power running board and an object, an approaching angle of the object approaching the power running board, and/or a vehicle position status, calculating a distance and/or speed of deployment or retraction of the power running board based on the sensor data, and deploying or retracting the power running board based on the calculated distance and/or speed of deployment or retraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Justin K. Shen, Jackson Zhu, Sean Xu
  • Patent number: 12043235
    Abstract: An automatic braking system for a vehicle includes a sensor system configured to detect the previous speed of the vehicle, occupancy of a driver's seat of the vehicle, and an input to at least one of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and a brake pedal of the vehicle. The automatic braking system also includes a control module communicatively connected to the sensor system and configured to automatically brake the vehicle when the vehicle was previously stopped, the driver's seat is occupied, and there is no input to the accelerator pedal or the brake pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan E. Yamasaki, Justin K. Shen
  • Patent number: 12005834
    Abstract: An autonomous seat sanitizing system for a vehicle includes a vehicle seat sanitizing system control module configured to detect a person approaching a vehicle. Responsive to a person approaching the vehicle, a distance of the person from the vehicle is determined. The distance of the person from the vehicle is compared to a predetermined threshold distance. If the distance of the person from the vehicle is less than the predetermined threshold distance, the control module determines if at least one seat in the vehicle occupant compartment is unoccupied. If at least one seat is unoccupied, the module controls operation of the vehicle to direct a sanitizing ultraviolet (UV) light onto the unoccupied seat until a vehicle door is opened from an exterior of the vehicle, or until the distance of the person from the vehicle is no longer less than the predetermined threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Bryan E. Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20240185200
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software described herein manages the allocation of values to application programming interface (API) requests by an end user. In one example, a monitoring service can determine at least one usage value associated with a user of an API provider based on conditional statements for the user and API usage information associated with the user. The monitoring service can further format the at least one usage value for the user based on a billing service for the user and communicate the at least one usage value to the billing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Derric Stephen Gilling, Xingheng Timothy Wang, Akash A. Nankani
  • Publication number: 20240157951
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of enabling a software portion of a vehicle, based on an operation of the vehicle and enabling another software portion of the vehicle, based on a further operation of the vehicle. The software portion and the other software portion alter the operation of the vehicle in response to the other software portion being operated for an amount of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Timothy Wang
  • Patent number: 11945437
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a cruise control deactivation system. The system includes a cruise control system, and a user control that, when activated, commands deactivation of the cruise control system. The system also includes a processor configured to permit or override the commanded deactivation of the cruise control system while the vehicle is moving, based on at least one criterion. Criteria may include whether or not a first sensor detects a foot of a driver of the vehicle on an accelerator pedal of the vehicle, and whether or not a first computation indicates that the deactivation of the cruise control system will cause a collision with a second vehicle located behind the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Justin K. Shen
  • Patent number: 11940283
    Abstract: A method for matching a vehicle with a user including receiving a user ride request for a vehicle from a plurality of available vehicles from a user, receiving a threshold vehicle risk score preference for the user, receiving a user risk score for the user, receiving a threshold user risk score preference for the plurality of available vehicles, identifying a subset of the plurality of available vehicles having a vehicle risk score at or below the threshold vehicle risk score preference of the user and a threshold user risk score preference at or above the user risk score of the user, and presenting the user with ride options for selecting one of the subset of the plurality of available vehicles of the subset of available vehicles for the user ride request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Kyle, Christopher Risberg, Nikhil Rajendra, Timothy Wang, Jordan Frank, Jiju Thomas, Daniel C. Bracken, Joshua Batie, Michael D. Dorazio, Randy Kaushek
  • Publication number: 20240054563
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of exchanging data collected from sensors on a vehicle with data collected from sensors on another vehicle based on a severity of an event between the vehicles, sending the vehicle data to an entity associated with the other vehicle and sending the other vehicle data to an entity associated with the vehicle, and sending by the entities an action to take by each of the vehicles based on the sent vehicle data and the other vehicle data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Justin K. Shen, Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Nick Megariotis
  • Publication number: 20240010166
    Abstract: A method for a vehicle having a main battery and a reserve energy storage device is provided. The method includes determining occurrence of a triggering event associated with the vehicle, and transferring power from the main battery to the reserve energy storage device in response to the triggering event to render the vehicle not drivable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Roger Akira Kyle, Timothy Wang, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Justin K. Shen, Prince Ramos Remegio
  • Publication number: 20230406062
    Abstract: A control system includes at least one temperature sensor positioned in an interior of a vehicle, an imaging device positioned at a footwell of the vehicle, and a controller communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor and the imaging device. The controller is configured to: determine an interior temperature from a temperature signal received from the temperature sensor, determine a footwear type from image data received from the imaging device, and direct air to the footwell when the footwear type is a predetermined footwear type and the interior temperature exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Justin K. Shen, Prince R. Remegio