Patents by Inventor Yuya Aoki
Yuya Aoki 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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Publication number: 20250135989Abstract: A battery electric vehicle includes a recess provided on a vehicle body, a charging port disposed in the recess and configured to allow connection of a battery charging plug, a cover that opens and closes an opening of the recess, and an indicator that is provided in the recess or on an outer surface of the cover. The indicator is configured to be turned off when the cover is locked, and configured to be turned on when the cover is unlocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuya AOKI
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Patent number: 12263751Abstract: A display device is configured to display a screen showing, on the same graph in which an axis indicates time, a predicted transition of a first parameter relating to a remaining charge of a power storage device and a predicted transition of a second parameter relating to an amount of reward for energy management under an assumption that charge and discharge control is executed on the power storage device in response to a request for the energy management.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kentaro Munemoto, Kenji Nakao, Toru Ando, Yoshiyuki Tsuchiya, Shigeki Kinomura, Yuya Aoki
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Publication number: 20250074239Abstract: EVSE (electric equipment) externally feeds the power of the battery to the electric load. EVSE externally charges the power of the power grid to the battery. The vehicle-side ECU and ECU are connected by a CPLT signal line. When a short circuit occurs EVSE of the charger/discharger during external power supply or external charge, ECU identifies a short circuit location based on the detected current sensor. Also, from ECU to ECU of the vehicle, information on the point of short circuit is communicated using CPLT signal line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuya AOKI, Toru ANDO
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Publication number: 20250025725Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, a battery case accommodating the battery, and a propeller shaft extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The propeller shaft is covered by a propeller shaft case. An internal space of the propeller shaft case communicates with an internal space of the battery case. The vehicle is provided with at least one fire extinguishing hole communicating with the internal space of the propeller shaft case.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Yoshinobu YAMAZAKI, Satoshi UETAKE, Hisae SAWADA, Yuya AOKI, Tokito KOBAYASHI, Toshiaki NARUKE
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Patent number: 12128777Abstract: A vehicle includes a first power receiving port, a first lid provided at the first power receiving port, a first lid lock device configured to switch the first lid between locked and unlocked states, and a controller configured to control the first lid lock device to a locked or unlocked state. When an entry door of the vehicle is locked while the first lid is open, the controller is configured to set the first lid lock device to the unlocked state until the first external charging is started, set the first lid lock device to the locked state when the first external charging is started, and set the first lid lock device to the unlocked state when the first external charging completes.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuya Aoki, Toru Ando
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Publication number: 20240278661Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle inlet to which a vehicle plug that allows external power feed is connected, an electronic lock that locks the vehicle inlet and the vehicle plug, and a vehicle controller that controls the electronic lock. When output in external power feed is larger than 16 A (a prescribed value) at the time of reception of a request for release of locking by the electronic lock from a user, the vehicle controller prohibits release of locking by the electronic lock. When the output in external power feed is equal to or lower than 16 A at the time of reception of the request for release of locking by the electronic lock from the user, the vehicle controller releases locking by the electronic lock.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuya AOKI
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Publication number: 20240253486Abstract: When the external power supply is connected to the connector, the control device determines whether the external power supply is a system power supply or another vehicle, and when the external power supply is the other vehicle, the control device executes a change process of changing a charging setting from a first setting for charging the power storage device using electric power from the system power supply to a default setting or a second setting for charging the power storage device using electric power from the other vehicle, and then executes charging control in which the charger is controlled such that the power storage device is charged, in accordance with the charging setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuya AOKI
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Patent number: 12000198Abstract: A lid system is a system including a plurality of lids of a vehicle, the system including: a first lid that covers a power supply port that receives AC power, the first lid being openable and closable; a second lid that covers a power supply port that receives DC power, the second lid being openable and closable; a lid opener for opening the first and second lids; a position detecting unit that detects a current position of the vehicle; and an ECU that controls the lid system. The ECU obtains positions of power supply facilities of the AC power or the DC power, specifies a power supply facility located at a position close to the current position detected by the position detecting unit, and performs a prescribed process for opening, by the lid opener, the lid corresponding to an energy source supplied by the specified power supply facility.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuya Aoki
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Publication number: 20240078128Abstract: A control device is mountable on a vehicle. The control device includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to implement a first hypervisor and a second hypervisor. The first hypervisor controls execution of a first virtual machine. The second hypervisor performs communication with the first hypervisor via a gateway and controls execution of a second virtual machine. The hardware processor is configured to dynamically limit at least one of a communication traffic of application communication or a communication traffic of evaluation and verification communication, based on the application communication executed between the first hypervisor and the second hypervisor, and the evaluation and verification communication executed between the first hypervisor and the second hypervisor during activation of the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine, and based on a communication capacity of the gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshinari MORIKAWA, Ikuya MITSUYA, Motoyasu TAGUCHI, Takashi NISHIWAKI, Yuya AOKI, Mitsunori ETO
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Publication number: 20230325295Abstract: An information processing system according to the present disclosure includes one or more virtual machines and a hypervisor configured to control the one or more virtual machines. The information processing system includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: acquire, from each of the one or more virtual machines and the hypervisor, first log information including operation information representing an operation state of the virtual machine or the hypervisor and time information corresponding to the operation information; and visualize the acquired first log information based on time input by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuya AOKI, Ikuya MITSUYA, Jiancong ZHAO, Takashi NISHIWAKI, Syuhei YAMAOKA
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Publication number: 20230107766Abstract: A vehicle includes a first power receiving port, a first lid provided at the first power receiving port, a first lid lock device configured to switch the first lid between locked and unlocked states, and a controller configured to control the first lid lock device to a locked or unlocked state. When an entry door of the vehicle is locked while the first lid is open, the controller is configured to set the first lid lock device to the unlocked state until the first external charging is started, set the first lid lock device to the locked state when the first external charging is started, and set the first lid lock device to the unlocked state when the first external charging completes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuya AOKI, Toru ANDO
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Publication number: 20230063810Abstract: A charging system includes a charging device that includes a plug and a charger which supplies electric power to the plug, a vehicle that includes an inlet to which the plug is connected and a power storage device to which electric power is supplied through the inlet, and a notification device that notifies a user of information. The charging device is capable of switching a charging mode from a normal charging mode to a power limited mode in which the charging power is smaller than the normal charging mode. When the charge fee required to complete the charging in the power limited mode is higher than the charge fee required to complete the charging in the normal charging mode, the notification device inquires the user about whether or not to switch the charging mode to the power limited mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventor: Yuya AOKI
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Patent number: 11498400Abstract: In a sunroof device, each support member and each driving shoe include a pressing portion and an elastic body, respectively, that, when the driving shoe moves from a first position toward a second position, come close to each other and, when the driving shoe is positioned between the second position and a third position, come into contact with each other. When the driving shoe is positioned between the second position and the third position, the pressing portion presses the elastic body in a direction perpendicular to a width direction. A length in the width direction of the elastic body is longer than the pressing portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Aisin CorporationInventors: Yuya Aoki, Shota Motomura, Katsutoshi Kato
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Publication number: 20220305948Abstract: A display device is configured to display a screen showing, on the same graph in which an axis indicates time, a predicted transition of a first parameter relating to a remaining charge of a power storage device and a predicted transition of a second parameter relating to an amount of reward for energy management under an assumption that charge and discharge control is executed on the power storage device in response to a request for the energy management.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kentaro MUNEMOTO, Kenji NAKAO, Toru ANDO, Yoshiyuki TSUCHIYA, Shigeki KINOMURA, Yuya AOKI
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Publication number: 20220243520Abstract: A lid system is a system including a plurality of lids of a vehicle, the system including: a first lid that covers a power supply port that receives AC power, the first lid being openable and closable; a second lid that covers a power supply port that receives DC power, the second lid being openable and closable; a lid opener for opening the first and second lids; a position detecting unit that detects a current position of the vehicle; and an ECU that controls the lid system. The ECU obtains positions of power supply facilities of the AC power or the DC power, specifies a power supply facility located at a position close to the current position detected by the position detecting unit, and performs a prescribed process for opening, by the lid opener, the lid corresponding to an energy source supplied by the specified power supply facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuya AOKI
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Patent number: 11104240Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a system main relay attached to an electric power line for motive power and a charging relay attached to a charging electric power line through which a portion of the electric power line for motive power positioned between the system main relay and a drive circuit and a vehicle-side connection portion connected to a station-side connection portion of a direct current charging station are connected to each other. When the vehicle-side connection portion and the station-side connection portion are disconnected from each other while an electric storage device is being charged with electric power from the direct current charging station, diagnosis about double-pole welding abnormality of the charging relay is performed after the charging relay is turned off with the system main relay being in a turned-on state and the system main relay is turned off after the diagnosis.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akito Motohira, Tomoya Ono, Yuya Aoki, Koichi Kojima, Takeshi Aridome
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Patent number: 10974611Abstract: A motor-driven vehicle includes a system main relay that is attached to a running electric power line connecting a power storage device to a drive circuit, a capacitor that is attached to the running electric power line between the system main relay and the drive circuit, and a charging relay that is attached to a charging electric power line connecting a vehicle-side connector to the running electric power line between the system main relay and the drive circuit. When a stand-side connector is disconnected from the vehicle-side connector while the power storage device is being charged with electric power from a direct-current charging stand, the charging relay and the system main relay are turned off, a two-pole welding abnormality of the charging relay is diagnosed using a voltage of the capacitor, and then the capacitor is discharged.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichi Kojima, Akito Motohira, Tomoya Ono, Yuya Aoki, Shingo Yumoto, Takeshi Aridome
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Publication number: 20210061076Abstract: In a sunroof device, each support member and each driving shoe include a pressing portion and an elastic body, respectively, that, when the driving shoe moves from a first position toward a second position, come close to each other and, when the driving shoe is positioned between the second position and a third position, come into contact with each other. When the driving shoe is positioned between the second position and the third position, the pressing portion presses the elastic body in a direction perpendicular to a width direction. A length in the width direction of the elastic body is longer than the pressing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuya AOKI, Shota MOTOMURA, Katsutoshi KATO
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Publication number: 20200139837Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a system main relay attached to an electric power line for motive power and a charging relay attached to a charging electric power line through which a portion of the electric power line for motive power positioned between the system main relay and a drive circuit and a vehicle-side connection portion connected to a station-side connection portion of a direct current charging station are connected to each other. When the vehicle-side connection portion and the station-side connection portion are disconnected from each other while an electric storage device is being charged with electric power from the direct current charging station, diagnosis about double-pole welding abnormality of the charging relay is performed after the charging relay is turned off with the system main relay being in a turned-on state and the system main relay is turned off after the diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akito Motohira, Tomoya Ono, Yuya Aoki, Koichi Kojima, Takeshi Aridome
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Publication number: 20200139832Abstract: A motor-driven vehicle includes a system main relay that is attached to a running electric power line connecting a power storage device to a drive circuit, a capacitor that is attached to the running electric power line between the system main relay and the drive circuit, and a charging relay that is attached to a charging electric power line connecting a vehicle-side connector to the running electric power line between the system main relay and the drive circuit. When a stand-side connector is disconnected from the vehicle-side connector while the power storage device is being charged with electric power from a direct-current charging stand, the charging relay and the system main relay are turned off, a two-pole welding abnormality of the charging relay is diagnosed using a voltage of the capacitor, and then the capacitor is discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichi Kojima, Akito Motohira, Tomoya Ono, Yuya Aoki, Shingo Yumoto, Takeshi Aridome