Toyota Patents

Toyota Motor Corporation designs, manufactures, assembles and sells passenger cars, minivans and commercial vehicles under the Toyota and Lexus brands. The company also provides financial services products to customers and dealers seeking loans to purchase or leases of Toyota vehicles.

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  • Publication number: 20240162499
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium-ion rechargeable battery includes manufacturing a positive electrode plate that includes a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material, lithium hydroxide, and lithium acetate; manufacturing a negative electrode plate that includes a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material and a sodium salt; and injecting a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including LiBOB into a case that accommodates the positive and negative plates. When “A” represents a mole number of the lithium hydroxide added in the manufacturing the positive electrode plate, “B” represents a mole number of the lithium acetate formed in the manufacturing the positive electrode plate, and “C” represents a mole number of the sodium salt added in the manufacturing the negative electrode plate, 0.04?B/A?0.06 and 1.9?B/C are satisfied. Lithium acetate has a higher solubility in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution than sodium acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Masumi TANIMOTO, Shotaro DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240162543
    Abstract: A laminated battery has a battery element and a laminate exterior body that seals the battery element. The laminate exterior body includes at least a resin layer and a metal layer that are laminated. The battery element includes substantially right-angled portions, and horizontal portions that are horizontal shaped. At 80% or more of areas of the metal layer that face the substantially right-angled portions of the battery element, a thickness T1 of the metal layer, with respect to a thickness T2 of the metal layer of the laminate exterior body that faces the horizontal portions of the battery element, satisfies a relationship of formula |T1?T2|/T2×100(%)?10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi CHIHARA, Yutaka HIDAKA, Kenichi KAKISHITA
  • Publication number: 20240162533
    Abstract: A solid-state battery having a first current collector layer, a first active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second active material layer, and a second current collector layer in order as stated is provided. The first current collector layer and the second current collector layer have extended portions, the first current collector layer and the second current collector layer are joined to each other via a thermoplastic resin layer between the extended portions thereof, and (i) an extended portion of the solid electrolyte layer and the second current collector layer are joined to each other via the thermoplastic resin layer or (ii) an extended portion of the first active material layer and the second current collector layer are joined to each other via the thermoplastic resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yushi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240163662
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area; receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area; providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement. This enables an occupant of a transport to share personal data relating to the transport with confidence that the data will be deleted by an agreed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson, Edward Allen Cain, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240162776
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotor; a stator including a stator core and a coil; a housing that houses the rotor and the stator; and a first annular member that provides a seal between a first end face of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core and an inner wall surface of the housing. The first annular member may be arranged so as to surround an outer periphery of a first coil end. The first annular member may include first holes through which refrigerant is injected toward the first coil end. At least one opening of the first holes may have a shape in which a maximum value of a first width, which is a dimension in a circumferential direction of the stator core, is greater than a maximum value of a second width, which is a dimension in the axial direction of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo KAJIMOTO, Yukio TSUCHIYA, Yasuhiro MAKIDO, Hideyuki HIGASHI, Yuichiro KANADA
  • Publication number: 20240162969
    Abstract: A method of uplink beam selection that includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of reference signals associated with a plurality of downlink beams comprising a first downlink beam; first determining, based on a beam sweeping process comprising measurement, of the reference signals, a plurality of uplink beams associated with the first downlink beam; second determining a first subset of uplink beams, of the plurality of uplink beams, that satisfy maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limits and that are not subject to link failure; first transmitting, to a base station (BS), a configuration message including configuration parameters of the first subset of the uplink beams; and second transmitting, by the UE, uplink data or control information using one or more beams of the first subset of the uplink beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Reza KALBASI
  • Publication number: 20240162787
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotor; a stator comprising a stator core and a coil; a housing that houses the rotor and the stator; and a first annular member that provides a seal between a first end face of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core and an inner wall surface of the housing. The first annular member may include a plurality of first holes through which refrigerant is injected toward a first coil end of the coil protruding from the first end face of the stator core. At least one of the plurality of first holes may be covered with at least one mesh filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo KAJIMOTO, Hiroaki URANO, Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Yukio TSUCHIYA, Yuta NARISAWA, Yutaro IKEDA, Hideki NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240157829
    Abstract: A charging system that charges a traveling battery of a vehicle by supplying power to the traveling battery from a charging device that inserts and removes a connector into and from an inlet of the vehicle, includes: a relay that electrically connects and disconnects an auxiliary battery of the vehicle and the charging device in a state in which the inlet and the connector are connected. Further, in a case where a power to be supplied to the charging device is lost, the charging system operates in a manner that the relay is turned on so that the auxiliary battery and the charging device are electrically connected, power is supplied from the auxiliary battery to the charging device, and the charging device automatically removes the connector from the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240157960
    Abstract: An alert apparatus starts alerting a driver of a host vehicle, when an oncoming vehicle, that is an other vehicle traveling in an oncoming lane with respect to a traveling lane in which the host vehicle is traveling so as to approach the host vehicle and that is predicted to pass through on a specific direction side with respect to a current position of the host vehicle, is present, a turn signal indicator of the host vehicle corresponding to the specific direction side is being operated, and it is likely that the host vehicle starts turning to the specific direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mafune KAKESHITA, Chen XI, Kohei MOROTOMI, Yuto SHIMBO, Tasuku USUI, Kenichi SHIMIZU, Wataru IKE, Tsunekazu YASOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240157428
    Abstract: A hemming system includes a processing station; a processing robot for performing hemming on a workpiece in the processing station; a die storage for storing dies for hemming in association with types of workpiece; a first-stage changing station in which a die used by the processing robot when performing hemming on a next different type of workpiece and corresponds to the next different type of workpiece is disposed on standby; first transfer means for transferring the die in the first-stage changing station to the processing station; a second-stage changing station in which the die disposed in the processing station is temporarily disposed; second transfer means for transferring the die disposed in the processing station to the second-stage changing station; and a mobile robot for moving the die from the second-stage changing station to the die storage and move the die from the die storage to the first-stage changing station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TAKATSU MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi TSUDA, Akito TOJO, Hiroshi TENDA, Masashi YAMAMOTO, Ichigen SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240157800
    Abstract: In a vehicle drive system, in at least either of a case where a first ECU receives a collision detection signal or a case where an interlock line is disconnected, the first ECU controls a relay such that electrical connection between a battery and a motor device is disconnected. The motor device includes an electric motor for traveling, a PCU, a second ECU, and a backup power supply. The PCU includes one or more capacitors. When the interlock line is disconnected, the second ECU is activated by electric power supplied from the backup power supply activated along with the disconnection. Under the condition that the second ECU does not receive, from the first ECU, a discharge command to discharge residual charge or that a determination that a collision occurs is made, the second ECU controls the PCU such that the PCU executes a discharge control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240157760
    Abstract: An example operation includes detecting a vehicle is running inside an enclosed area; starting a timer when a person exits the vehicle and the enclosed area; and responsive to an expiration of the timer, ceasing the running of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Moez Padani
  • Publication number: 20240157831
    Abstract: A charging control device includes: a contact-type automatic charger arranged under a floor and having an opening that opens to an outer surface of a vehicle body; a protective cover that opens and closes the opening; a cooling water circuit that cools at least one of an internal combustion engine prime mover or an electric unit; and a heating unit that is provided on a high water temperature path of the cooling water circuit and heats the contact-type automatic charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji NAKAMURE
  • Publication number: 20240157822
    Abstract: A charging system includes: a vehicle including an inlet, a vehicle controller, a battery for traveling of the vehicle, and an auxiliary battery for supplying power to the vehicle controller; and a charging device including a connector configured to be connected to the inlet of the vehicle, a charging controller, and a power source, the auxiliary battery of the vehicle and the power source of the charging device being configured to be electrically connected to each other when the inlet of the vehicle and the connector of the charging device is connected to each other, the charging controller of the charging device being configured to supply power from the power source to the auxiliary battery to charge the auxiliary battery when communication between the vehicle controller and the charging controller is not established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240157892
    Abstract: The power conversion unit of the vehicle includes a power converter, a wire harness electrically connected to the power converter, a housing that houses the power converter and the wire harness, and a lid that covers an opening of the housing. The housing has a rib that is a part of the side wall portion thereof and protrudes to the inside of the housing and extends toward the lid, and forms a recessed portion that opens toward the lid with a part of the side wall portion. The rib and the lid define a holding portion of the wire harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sho ITO
  • Publication number: 20240162537
    Abstract: A power storage cell includes: an electrode assembly constituted of a wound body in which a plurality of positive electrode tabs and a plurality of negative electrode tabs are wound to protrude upward; a cell case; and an insulating member. The cell case has a case main body and a lid. The insulating member has a covering portion that covers an upper surface of the electrode assembly, and the covering portion has a holding portion that holds an electrolyte solution leaked from the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satomi YAMAMOTO, Masayoshi Haga, Masashi Chihara, Takenori Ikeda, Nana Kurashita
  • Publication number: 20240162773
    Abstract: An electric motor disclosed herein may comprise a rotor core fixed to a shaft, a stator, and first and second refrigerant passages. The stator may include coil ends at both ends. The first refrigerant passage may be provided in the shaft and arranged outside the rotor core in an axial direction of the shaft. The second refrigerant passage may extend inside the rotor core. A first outlet of the first refrigerant passage may be provided on the shaft, and an ejecting direction of refrigerant at the first outlet may be directed towards one of the coil ends. The rotor core is cooled by the refrigerant flowing in the second refrigerant passage. The coil ends are cooled by the refrigerant flowing in the first refrigerant passage, that is, the refrigerant that has not cooled the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei OHTA, Hideaki MIYAZONO, Junya KOBAYASHI, Junichi DEGUCHI, Hironori ASAOKA, Sho OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240157839
    Abstract: A server includes a storage storing data on chargers each configured to charge or discharge electric power to or from a vehicle with an electrical storage device, and a processor configured to send a user of the vehicle a message that makes a proposal to charge or discharge the vehicle by using at least one of the chargers when the vehicle travels toward a destination. The processor is configured to acquire, for each of the chargers, power supply and demand information on power demand or supply in a power grid of a region in which the charger is installed, extract a charger installed in a region with larger power demand or supply than another region from among the chargers based on predetermined information including the power supply and demand information, and send the message that makes a proposal to charge or discharge the vehicle by using the extracted charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki Miyazaki, Masami Suganuma, Hideki Tamoto, Akinori Morishima, Masakazu Motohashi
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240157849
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery including an all-solid-state battery configured to be externally chargeable with electric power supplied from outside of the vehicle, a heater configured to heat the battery, and a control device configured to control the heater. The control device controls the heater such that when a predetermined condition related to the external charging is satisfied, the temperature of the battery during execution of the external charging is higher than when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. The predetermined condition includes a condition that an elevation of the vehicle during the execution of the external charging is higher than a predetermined height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Hiroshi NAGASE, Yoichi OGURA, Daisuke MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20240157943
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus comprises a camera, and a controller for executing a support control for supporting the vehicle turning at an intersection. The controller stores a prohibited direction in which a road arrow marked on a lane prohibits the vehicle from turning. The controller executes the support control when the controller detects the intersection and a turn direction is not the prohibited direction. The controller deletes the prohibited direction when the vehicle travels on a lane that is not a one-lane on one side and a travel distance after the vehicle passes through the road arrow is equal to or longer than a first delete distance, and deletes the prohibited direction when the vehicle travels on the one-lane on one side and the travel distance is equal to or longer than a second delete distance shorter than the first delete distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuta IKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240157741
    Abstract: A tow hook assembly including a housing, a receiving member, and a pin. The housing includes a side wall defining an asymmetric opening having a cam surface and an end wall. The pin is rotatably couples the receiving member to the housing between an extended position and a rotated position. The pin includes an extended portion received within the asymmetric opening of the housing. In the extended position, the extended portion abuts against the end wall to inhibit rotation of the receiving member with respect to the housing in a first direction. Upon an application of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold, the extended portion abuts and deforms against the cam surface to permit rotation of the receiving member in a second direction opposite the first direction to rotate the receiving member from the extended position towards the rotated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Noth America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jeremiah T. Hammer
  • Publication number: 20240157966
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that is mounted on a vehicle and controls the vehicle includes a sensor unit that detects a target, a first acquisition unit that acquires information from a roadside sensor that detects the target, a second acquisition unit that acquires position information of the vehicle, and a control unit that determines whether to use one or both of the first target information obtained by the sensor unit and the second target information obtained by the roadside sensor based on the first position of the target, the second position of the vehicle, and the third position of the roadside sensor, and controls the vehicle based on the determination content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norikazu KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240158195
    Abstract: In a manufacturing process of a battery or a circuit board, or a printing process, there is a case where a long sheet material is conveyed from an unwinding unit to a winding unit. One object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of preventing the long sheet material from being rubbed by a roller when the material is conveyed. The present disclosure relates to a conveyor adapted for a battery manufacturing process. The conveyor comprises a roller configured to convey a long sheet material, a shaft through the roller; a bearing installed between the roller and the shaft, and a driver configured to rotate the shaft in the same direction as a rotating direction of the roller conveying the long sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Taichi URAKAMI, Seiji ISHIZU, Masakazu UMEHARA, Naohiro ISHIZUKA, Naoya KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240158004
    Abstract: A steering control device controls a steering device. The steering device includes a steering shaft, a turning wheel of a vehicle, the turning wheel turning due to rotation of the steering shaft, and a motor rotating the steering shaft. The steering control device includes a processor that executes a traveling environment information acquisition process and a look-ahead compensation process. In the traveling environment information acquisition process, the processor acquires information relevant to a traveling environment of the vehicle. In the look-ahead compensation process, the processor preliminarily rotates the steering shaft depending on a play compensation amount relevant to a predetermined turn direction. The processor determines an appropriate turn direction for the vehicle, as the predetermined turn direction, from the information relevant to the traveling environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro OKADA, Kazuki ITAZURI
  • Publication number: 20240158540
    Abstract: A seaweed recycling system includes an alginate production apparatus configured to perform processing of washing the seaweed, processing of extracting an aqueous solution containing an alginate component, processing of diluting the extracted aqueous solution, processing of separating the diluted aqueous solution from the seaweed, processing of solidifying and precipitating alginate from the aqueous solution separated from the seaweed, and processing of dehydrating the precipitated alginate, a water purification apparatus configured to perform purification processing of wastewater, a fresh water production apparatus configured to produce fresh water from one of seawater and the purified wastewater, a hydrogen production apparatus configured to produce hydrogen from one of the seawater, the fresh water produced by the fresh water production apparatus, and the purified wastewater; and a control apparatus configured to supply the purified wastewater to one of the fresh water production apparatus, the hydrogen pro
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadayoshi SUMIYA, Yuto KAWATA, Koseki SUGIYAMA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO
  • Publication number: 20240158003
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute a target rudder angle correction process, a restriction process, and a rudder angle control process. The target rudder angle correction process is a process of correcting the value of the target rudder angle variable by a play compensation amount corresponding to a steering direction. The restriction process is a process of restricting the magnitude of the play compensation amount to a small side depending on the traveling route at a current position of the vehicle and the traveling route at a movement-directional forward position. The rudder angle control process is a process of operating the motor by a control in which a steering angle is adopted as a control amount and the value of the target rudder angle variable is adopted as a target value of the control amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro OKADA, Kazuki Itazuri
  • Publication number: 20240157916
    Abstract: In the power supply system, DC/DC converter may perform a first operation of converting a voltage of the output node into a charging voltage and supplying the charging voltage to the sub power supply, and a second operation of converting a voltage of the sub power supply into an output voltage and supplying the output voltage to the output node. The load is connected to the output node via a power supply line, and includes a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage output from the power supply line. Control unit (control unit and the control unit) is to conduct the first switch, by causing DC/DC converter to execute the first operation, to charge the sub power supply, after charging the sub power supply, switching the first switch to non-conductive, DC/DC converter to execute the second operation, detects an abnormality based on the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazutoshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240159549
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: acquire a satellite image of the ground, which is captured by an artificial satellite, for a target area based on disaster information; based on the satellite image, detect an obstruction on a road which relates to passage of a vehicle; and output a road for which no obstruction is detected as a traversable road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIK KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Yoshie SAKAKIBARA, Hirotaka NOGAMI, Makoto TAMURA, Daigo ICHIKAWA, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240157938
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes a tollgate type determiner and a travel controller. The tollgate type determiner determines whether or not a tollgate present in front of a vehicle is a speed-limit tollgate, on the basis of positional information on the vehicle and map information. The travel controller controls a travel speed of the vehicle in accordance with the result of determination by the tollgate type determiner. When the tollgate is the speed-limit tollgate, the travel controller performs speed-limiting control such that, while passing through the tollgate, the vehicle has the travel speed limited not more than a speed limit for the speed-limit tollgate. When the tollgate is not the speed-limit tollgate, the travel controller does not perform the speed-limiting control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinari TODA
  • Publication number: 20240158008
    Abstract: A steering control device is configured to control a steering device. The steering device includes a steering wheel, a steering shaft coupled to the steering wheel, a turning wheel of a vehicle, and a motor configured to rotate the steering shaft. The turning wheel is configured to turn along with rotation of the steering shaft. The steering control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute an alarm information acquisition process of acquiring information indicating that an alarm needs to be issued to a driver of the vehicle, and a vibration process of vibrating the steering wheel in a predetermined region by operating the motor, in a situation where the alarm needs to be issued. The predetermined region is a region where a turning angle of the turning wheel does not change even when the steering wheel rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro OKADA, Kazuki ITAZURI
  • Publication number: 20240157945
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a technique regarding a control apparatus for controlling a vehicle. The control apparatus is configured to execute the following first to third processes. The first process is determining whether or not a required space for performing a lane change is secured in an adjacent lane in response to a request for the lane change to the adjacent lane of the vehicle. The second process is operating a direction indicator of the vehicle when the required space is not secured. The third process is starting the lane change to the adjacent lane of the vehicle by autonomous driving when the required space is secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro FUKAYA, Kentaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240158894
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy member having a satisfactory mechanical strength, an aluminum alloy for casting from which such an aluminum alloy member having a satisfactory mechanical strength can be manufactured, and a method for manufacturing such an aluminum alloy member are provided. In an aspect according to the present disclosure, an aluminum alloy for casting contains, in mass %, Si: 4.0-7.5%, Cu: 1.5-4.0%, Zn: 1.0% or more, and Mg: 0.2-0.8%, in which a remainder of the aluminum alloy for casting consists of Al and unavoidable impurities. Note that a content of Zn may be limited to, in mass %, 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less. Further, a content of Mg may be limited to, in mass %, 0.5% or more and 0.8% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masakura TEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240157955
    Abstract: A processing server detects an incident of a vehicle by analyzing one of position information about the vehicle, image information about the periphery of the vehicle, and traveling data about the vehicle, which are acquired from the vehicle, and selects a new function corresponding to the detected incident. Then, the processing server gives notice of the proposal for the new function to the vehicle, as an estimated timing when a user having encountered the incident has cooled down while the user's memory about the incident is clear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMADA, Hideo SUGANUMA, Tetsuo HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240159311
    Abstract: A control system for preventing a drop in driving force in a vehicle having a momentary type shifting device. In the shifting device, the N position corresponding to the N range and the default position are located between the D position corresponding to the D range and B position corresponding to the B range. The controller is configured to establish the neutral range in a case that the shift lever which is moved to the N position is maintained thereto for the threshold, and the neutral range maintaining action is executed after the lapse of the threshold time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240157946
    Abstract: The vehicle control device includes an imaging device capable of capturing an image of a lane marking line and acquiring lane marking line information, and a control unit capable of executing lane tracing assist control that assists a steering operation of a driver of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to switch a target position from the predetermined first position in the first lane to the predetermined second position in the second lane when the predetermined specific condition including the predetermined first condition that is satisfied when the intention to change the lane in the predetermined direction of the driver is detected during execution of the lane tracing assist control in the first lane and the predetermined second condition that is satisfied when there is a high possibility that the second lane adjacent to the first lane in the predetermined direction is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroto KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240158006
    Abstract: A steering control device that controls a steering device, includes a processing unit. The processing unit executes; a target rudder angle variable acquisition process of acquiring a value of a target rudder angle variable, an attention information acquisition process, a target rudder angle correction process of correcting the value of the target rudder angle variable by a play compensation amount corresponding to a steering direction, a restriction process of restricting the correction of the value of the target rudder angle variable by the play compensation amount depending on the information, and a rudder angle control process of operating a motor. In the rudder angle control process a steering angle depending on a rotation angle of a steering shaft is adopted as a control amount and the value of the target rudder angle variable is adopted as a target value of the control amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Okada, Kazuki Itazuri
  • Publication number: 20240158005
    Abstract: A steering control apparatus includes a processing unit configured to execute, a target steering angle variable acquiring processing of acquiring a value of a target steering angle variable, a target steering angle correcting processing of correcting the value of the target steering angle variable by a play compensation amount according to a steering direction, a gradually changing processing of gradually changing a magnitude of the play compensation amount, and a steering angle control of operating the motor through control with a steering angle according to a rotation angle of the steering shaft being as a control amount and with the value of the target steering angle variable being as a target value of the control amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro OKADA, KAZUKI ITAZURI
  • Publication number: 20240159550
    Abstract: The information processing device acquires a satellite image captured by an artificial satellite in a range from a current position of the vehicle to a destination, acquires preference information regarding a preference of the driver, evaluates a traveling route to the destination based on the satellite image and the preference information, and outputs an evaluation result of the traveling route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osami HASHIMOTO, Hiroki TASHIMA, Toshihiko INOUE, Kazuma TOYA, Takashi TAZOE, Ryota BINGO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20240157967
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for performing autonomous driving of a host vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus includes an operating section information acquisition unit configured to acquire operating section information that is information of an operating section in which vehicle stability control by brake control has been operated in a vehicle in autonomous driving in the past; an operation plan generation unit configured to generate an operation plan of autonomous driving of the host vehicle based on a preset target route and map information; and a vehicle controller configured to perform autonomous driving along the operation plan, wherein the operation plan generation unit generates the operation plan so that the host vehicle does not stop in the operating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yokota, Atsushi Kodama, Hiroki Fukuda, Taichi Kawanai, Daichi Hotta, Nobuhide Kamata
  • Publication number: 20240160173
    Abstract: An automated transportation system comprises: an automated transportation device configured to transport an object to be conveyed, a stereo camera configured to obtain an image of the identification code and the stop position confirmation marker, and an information processing device configured to obtain a three-dimensional stop position information of the automated transportation device and the identification information from the taken image. The automated transportation device includes an identification code and a stop position confirmation marker attached to the automated transportation device. The identification code indicates an identification information to identify at least either one of the object to be conveyed and the automated transportation device. The stereo camera is arranged at a predetermined stop position of the automated transportation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TADOKORO, Ellie MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20240157977
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling and predicting scene occupancy in an environment of a robot are disclosed herein. One embodiment processes past agent-trajectory data, map data, and sensor data using one or more encoder neural networks to produce combined encoded input data; generates a weights vector for a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) based on the combined encoded input data; produces a volumetric spatio-temporal representation of occupancy in an environment of a robot by generating, for a plurality of modes of the GMM in accordance with the weights vector, corresponding sample probability distributions of scene occupancy based on respective means and variances of the plurality of modes, wherein the respective means and variances sample coefficients of a set of learned basis functions; and controls the operation of the robot based, at least in part, on the volumetric spatio-temporal representation of occupancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Guy Rosman, Igor Gilitschenski, Xin Huang
  • Publication number: 20240162763
    Abstract: A mounting structure for an electric motor including a stator core having a cylindrical shape along an axis, having a plurality of teeth in an inner peripheral portion, and having a plurality of holes in an outer peripheral portion at equal angular intervals about the axis, (a) the stator core is fastened to the case by bolts inserted through at least three fastening holes out of the plurality of holes, (b) by different fastened states between the stator core and the case by the bolts, respectively, the radial rigidity of the stator core attached to the case symmetry about the axis is broken, (c) polygon formed by connecting the fastening holes as viewed in the direction of the axis includes the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240160378
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a control section controlling rewriting of a recording device installed in a vehicle; and a setting section that, on the basis of a first maximum number of times of rewriting that corresponds to a first interval in which functions of the recording device are guaranteed, sets a second maximum number of times of rewriting in a second interval that is an interval that is shorter than the first interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun IWAMOTO, Junichiro TAMAO, Norihide KOHMOTO, Toshiaki ISOGAI, Tomohiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240159690
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquiring section acquiring small angle scattering data obtained by measuring a material, and supplemental information that is two-dimensional data of the material; and a predicting section that, by using the small angle scattering data and the supplemental information as input, predicts a three-dimensional structure of the material from output of a prediction model that is learned in advance and that is for predicting the three-dimensional structure of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hanae SHIRATORI, Masao YANO, Tetsuya SHOJI, Yasuhiro TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240158031
    Abstract: An optical axis position adjuster according to the present disclosure includes a target board, a leg portion that supports the target board, and an installation auxiliary jig that connects the leg portion and the vehicle. The leg portions can be installed horizontally with respect to the ground. The installation auxiliary jig is connected to a connecting portion provided in the leg portion and is connected to an emblem provided in the vehicle. The connecting portion is disposed at the center of the leg portion, and the emblem is disposed at the center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, it is possible to connect the vehicle and the leg portions such that the center of the target board and the center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction coincide with each other in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki IIDA, Yusuke TATESUMI
  • Publication number: 20240161145
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute, as a specification of a vehicle to be ordered, receiving order data specifying a first body color and a first vehicle model from a user, and determining a content of an incentive to be provided to the user based on order records of the first vehicle model having the first body color in a past predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Yohei NAKANISHI, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240158722
    Abstract: Bioactive coatings that include a base and a protein associated with the base for actively promoting the removal of organic stains are provided. In aspects, bioactive coatings that are stabilized against inactivation by weathering are provided including a base associated with a chemically modified enzyme, and, optionally a first polyoxyethylene present in the base and independent of the enzyme. The coatings are optionally overlayered onto a substrate to form an active coating facilitating the removal of organic stains or organic material from food, insects, or the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation, Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Andreas Buthe, Ping Wang, Songtao Wu, Hongfei Jia, Masahiko Ishii, Minjuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240160697
    Abstract: An information processing device, that acquires, from a plurality of user terminals, measurement data measured by a plurality of analytical method; quantifies the acquired measurement data using a predetermined statistical method; and displays, on a display of at least one user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, a necessary analytical method among the plurality of analytical method based on results of the quantification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato HOZUMI, Masao YANO, Tetsuya SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20240159617
    Abstract: A leak diagnosis device for a fuel vapor treatment apparatus, comprising: a first diagnosis unit that performs a leak diagnosis of a fuel tank based on a tank internal pressure in a closed state of a sealing valve; a determination unit that opens a sealing valve in a state where a purge valve and a switching valve are closed when the tank internal pressure is within a normal range, and determines whether there is an influence on the valve openability of the switching valve; and a second diagnosis unit that performs a leak diagnosis of the canister based on the tank internal pressure or the canister internal pressure when the determination unit makes a negative determination, and performs a leak diagnosis of the canister based on the canister internal pressure after closing the closed valve when the determination unit makes an affirmative determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuusaku NISHIMURA, Keita Fukui, Hideki Miyahara