Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Sakayanagi
Yoshihiro Sakayanagi 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: 11945429Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium for use in an information processing device in a vehicle control system.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki Kageura, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Daiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20240092215Abstract: A server comprising a processor. Further, the processor acquires credit card information and a one-time password from a vehicle connected to a charging device through a secure first communication path; acquires the one-time password from the vehicle through the charging device and a non-secure second communication path which is different from the first communication path; and charges an amount of money corresponding to an amount of power supplied by the charging device to the vehicle based on the credit card information when the one-time password acquired through the first communication path matches the one-time password acquired through the second communication path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumihiko NAKAMURA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Masato EHARA, Koichi UEDA
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Patent number: 11932132Abstract: A power supply system includes a vehicle equipped with a battery, a power supply device, and a control device that controls power supply from the power supply device to the vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine and a motor that receives the power supplied from the battery to generate traveling drive force. When the power supply by the power supply device is requested from the vehicle, the control device (a) acquires a remaining amount of fuel for the engine from the vehicle, (b) outputs an instruction to urge the vehicle to shorten a charging time when the remaining amount of fuel is larger than a reference value, and (c) sets at least one of a unit price for charging power or a unit price for fuel lower when a response to accept the instruction is received from the vehicle compared with when the instruction is not accepted.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Matsumori, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Manabu Handa, Midori Sugiyama, Hirotaka Saito, Yuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240083451Abstract: A remaining battery level display method is a method of displaying a remaining battery level of a rental electric vehicle, and includes: setting an allocated battery capacity allocated to a user of the rental electric vehicle; and displaying, on a display of the rental electric vehicle, remaining level information based on the allocated battery capacity. The displaying of the remaining level information includes: displaying, as 100%, a remaining battery level at a start of rental to the user, displaying, as 0%, a remaining battery level lower than an actual remaining battery level at the start of the rental by the allocated battery capacity, and displaying the remaining battery level so as to decrease between 100% and 0% in accordance with a decrease in the actual remaining battery level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventor: Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI
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Patent number: 11904833Abstract: A boundary is at an engine drive restricted zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted. An adjusting device adjusts of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin using electric power, the humidity inside the cabin using electric power, or the air pollution degree inside the cabin. In response to a prediction that (1) a host vehicle will enter the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and that (2a) the time period for the host vehicle to reach the boundary is within a preset time period or that (2b) the distance between the host vehicle and the boundary is within a preset distance, the value of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin, the humidity inside the cabin, and the air pollution degree inside the cabin is reduced before the host vehicle enters the inside of the engine drive restricted zone.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroya Chiba, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Sui Kurihashi, Hiroki Morita, Makoto Ogiso
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Patent number: 11904882Abstract: A setting device including a processor is provided. The processor is configured to, when occurrence of a secondary disaster is predicted after occurrence of a disaster, set a region in which the secondary disaster is predicted to a charging-prohibited zone in which use of a charging facility for charging a battery installed in a vehicle is prohibited.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Hiroki Morita
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Publication number: 20240051408Abstract: A vehicle capable of receiving electric power from a ground power supply device includes: a first communication device that wirelessly communicates with the ground power supply device by means of a first communication method; a second communication device that wirelessly communicates with the ground power supply device by means of a second communication method having a higher directivity than the first communication method; and a control device connected to the first communication device and the second communication device. The control device configured to pair the vehicle and the ground power supply device when the control device receives identification information of the same ground power supply device by communication in the first communication method and communication in the second communication method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Midori SUGIYAMA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI
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Patent number: 11834032Abstract: A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroya Chiba, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Sui Kurihashi, Hiroki Morita, Makoto Ogiso
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Patent number: 11828609Abstract: A vehicle information DB holds information on whether or not a vehicle falls under a welfare vehicle provided with an assistance apparatus for a driver who has a lower limb impairment. A power feed facility DB holds position information of a power feed facility and information indicating whether the power feed facility falls under a contact type power feed facility or a wireless power feed facility. A processing apparatus creates a travel route such that a larger number of wireless power feed facilities are included along the travel route when the vehicle falls under the welfare vehicle than when the vehicle does not fall under the welfare vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Midori Sugiyama, Tomohiro Kaneko, Hirotaka Saito
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Patent number: 11807244Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control switching of drive mode of a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor includes a processor configured to switch, in a case where a road surface of a perimeter of a geofencing zone is a road surface on which there is a high probability that the vehicle slips, in a movement route from an outside of the geofencing zone to an inside of the geofencing zone, the drive mode of the vehicle to drive by the motor in a state in which there is a low probability that the vehicle slips, outside the geofencing zone.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Hiroki Morita
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Patent number: 11772631Abstract: The home position estimation system includes a GNSS receiver, an object detection device for detecting an object in surroundings of the hybrid vehicle, an identifying part configured to identify the object detected by the object detection device, and a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the hybrid vehicle based on an output of the GNSS receiver. If a predetermined condition is satisfied and the object identified by the identifying part is an object indicating a boundary of a low emission zone which requires that the internal combustion engine be stopped, the position estimating part is configured to judge whether the hybrid vehicle is located within the low emission zone, regardless of the output of the GNSS receiver, based on a result of identification by the identifying part.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroya Chiba, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi
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Patent number: 11760334Abstract: The control device of a vehicle includes a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the vehicle, and a power output part configured to control the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to output power for running use. The power output part is configured to determine a startup position of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle when the vehicle exits from a low emission zone requesting the internal combustion engine be stopped so that startup positions of internal combustion engines of a plurality of vehicles are dispersed at surroundings of the low emission zone.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroya Chiba, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi
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Publication number: 20230278450Abstract: A communication controller includes an activation control unit configured to activate signal output processes of respective first communication units of a plurality of noncontact power supply devices so that signals output from the respective first communication units cause no radio frequency interference with each other, and a pairing control unit configured to pair a vehicle with the noncontact power supply device including a first communication unit corresponding to a signal having a highest radio field intensity among the signals output from the respective first communication units and received by a second communication unit of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Midori Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11686589Abstract: A charging amount calculation apparatus calculates an amount of power consumption by a battery for running along a running route and a during-running charging amount received by a power reception apparatus from at least one second power feeding facility. The charging amount calculation apparatus calculates a pre-running charging amount based on the amount of power consumption and the during-running charging amount.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Midori Sugiyama, Tomohiro Kaneko, Hirotaka Saito
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Publication number: 20230140698Abstract: A power supply system includes a vehicle equipped with a battery, a power supply device, and a control device that controls power supply from the power supply device to the vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine and a motor that receives the power supplied from the battery to generate traveling drive force. When the power supply by the power supply device is requested from the vehicle, the control device (a) acquires a remaining amount of fuel for the engine from the vehicle, (b) outputs an instruction to urge the vehicle to shorten a charging time when the remaining amount of fuel is larger than a reference value, and (c) sets at least one of a unit price for charging power or a unit price for fuel lower when a response to accept the instruction is received from the vehicle compared with when the instruction is not accepted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MATSUMORI, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Manabu HANDA, Midori SUGIYAMA, Hirotaka SAITO, Yuki TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230083648Abstract: A CO2 emission amount calculation apparatus includes a processor to search for a route from a departure place of a movable object to a destination, calculate, in response to re-routing of the movable object on the route searched for, a first CO2 emission amount that the movable object emits in a route before the re-routing and a second CO2 emission amount that the movable object emits in a route after the re-routing, and calculate, with the first CO2 emission amount and the second CO2 emission amount, a CO2 emission amount that the movable object emits over an entire route from the departure place to the destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Masanori SHIMADA, Koichi UEDA, Naoto SUZUKI, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI
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Publication number: 20230083650Abstract: A communication device acquires schedule information in which a schedule of a user who uses a hybrid electric vehicle is recorded. The schedule information includes a traveling schedule for causing the hybrid electric vehicle to travel in a predetermined period. The predetermined period is a period from when fuel of an engine is refueled to a predetermined deterioration time. When a traveling distance in a long-distance traveling schedule is a first distance, an ECU increases a usage ratio of the engine in the predetermined period than when the traveling distance is a second distance that is longer than the first distance. The long-distance traveling schedule is a schedule included in the traveling schedule and in which the hybrid electric vehicle travels for a predetermined distance or longer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MATSUMORI, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Manabu HANDA, Midori SUGIYAMA, Hirotaka SAITO, Yuki TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230075549Abstract: A CO2 emission calculation device includes a processor configured to calculate a CO2 emission factor of a moving body based on a CO2 emission factor of an energy source supplied to the moving body, and calculate a CO2 emission at a time of a movement of the moving body based on the CO2 emission factor of the moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Masanori SHIMADA, Koichi UEDA, Naoto SUZUKI, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI
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Publication number: 20230028631Abstract: A vehicle information DB holds information on whether or not a vehicle falls under a welfare vehicle provided with an assistance apparatus for a driver who has a lower limb impairment. A power feed facility DB holds position information of a power feed facility and information indicating whether the power feed facility falls under a contact type power feed facility or a wireless power feed facility. A processing apparatus creates a travel route such that a larger number of wireless power feed facilities are included along the travel route when the vehicle falls under the welfare vehicle than when the vehicle does not fall under the welfare vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Midori SUGIYAMA, Tomohiro KANEKO, Hirotaka SAITO
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Publication number: 20230028323Abstract: A charging amount calculation apparatus calculates an amount of power consumption by a battery for running along a running route and a during-running charging amount received by a power reception apparatus from at least one second power feeding facility. The charging amount calculation apparatus calculates a pre-running charging amount based on the amount of power consumption and the during-running charging amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Midori SUGIYAMA, Tomohiro KANEKO, Hirotaka SAITO