公开(公告)号：US20240208334A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18390810

申请日：2023-12-20

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yuko TERASAWA ,  Makoto Kakuchi ,  Toshiaki Karasawa ,  Takeshi Higashi ,  Yoshihiko Endo

IPC: B60L3/00 ,  B60L53/80 ,  B60L58/16 ,  G01R31/367 ,  G01R31/392 ,  G07C5/08 ,  H01M10/42

CPC classification number: B60L3/0046 ,  B60L53/80 ,  B60L58/16 ,  G01R31/367 ,  G01R31/392 ,  G07C5/0816 ,  H01M10/425 ,  H01M2010/4271 ,  H01M2220/20

Abstract: A battery management system is a system for managing a battery that is mounted on a vehicle capable of traveling with electric power and stores the electric power, and includes: an identification unit that identifies a degree of degradation of the battery before and after an accident of the vehicle; and a processing unit that executes a specific process for the battery in accordance with the degree of degradation identified by the identification unit. An action can be taken in accordance with the degree of degradation of the battery due to an accident such as collision.

公开(公告)号：US20240202794A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18538175

申请日：2023-12-13

Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Yuko TERASAWA ,  Makoto Kakuchi ,  Toshiaki Karasawa ,  Takeshi Higashi ,  Yoshihiko Endo

IPC: G06Q30/0601

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0623 ,  G06Q30/0641

Abstract: A management server performs a process including: in response to receiving a request to display a selection screen, acquiring vehicle body information and displaying a selectable vehicle type; in response to receiving vehicle type selection information, specifying a selected vehicle type, extracting a compatible battery, calculating an estimated range, extracting a performance-unachieved battery, and displaying a selectable battery and the performance-unachieved battery; and, in response to receiving battery selection information, calculating a sales fee and displaying the sales fee.

公开(公告)号：US11287273B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US16572608

申请日：2019-09-17

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Ryohei Obara ,  Masaki Ito ,  Makoto Kakuchi ,  Mutsumi Matsuura ,  Hiroaki Sugiyama ,  Yuichi Tashiro

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  G07C1/20 ,  G08G1/13 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00

Abstract: A patrol system includes a vehicle and a server. The server includes: a first decision unit that decides a priority of each of a plurality of patrol points to be patrolled and located in a prescribed area, based on resident data including data of the number of residents living in the prescribed area and addresses of the residents; a second decision unit that decides a patrol route for patrolling the patrol points, based on map information of the prescribed area and the priorities; and a transmission unit that transmits the patrol route to the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10351202B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15675858

申请日：2017-08-14

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Takeshi Kama ,  Makoto Kakuchi ,  Makoto Mori

IPC: B62K5/025 ,  B62K5/06 ,  B62K21/02 ,  B62K25/02

Abstract: In a traveling apparatus, a front wheel supporting member is coupled to a rear wheel supporting member rotatably around a pivot axis and with a support shaft in such a way that a wheel base length will become variable according to a relative posture of the front wheel supporting member and the rear wheel supporting member. Control is performed so that the greater the wheel base length, the greater a speed of the traveling apparatus in a forward direction will become. When the wheel base length is one at which the speed in the forward direction becomes substantially zero, while the front wheel is oriented in a straight traveling direction, an intersection point where the pivot axis crosses a road surface is located at a position offset from a grounding point where the front wheel is grounded on the road surface toward a side of the rear wheel.

公开(公告)号：US11780344B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17396858

申请日：2021-08-09

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yoichi Onishi ,  Makoto Kakuchi ,  Masashi Takahashi ,  Masakazu Habu ,  Kenji Kimura

IPC: B60L53/62 ,  B60L58/12

CPC classification number: B60L53/62 ,  B60L58/12

Abstract: A management apparatus is configured to adjust an upper limit amount of electric power for charging. The management apparatus may be provided in an electric vehicle or a charging apparatus. The management apparatus may include a dial for adjusting the upper limit amount of electric power, and a user may be able to adjust the upper limit amount of electric power by operating the dial. A user who drives 300 km per week for commute may set the amount of electric power corresponding to 300 km (plus extra travel distance) for the upper limit amount of electric power. The user may connect a battery to the charging apparatus on weekends. When the battery has a capacity to store the amount of electric power corresponding to, for example, 500 km, the management apparatus may stop charging when the battery is charged with the set upper limit amount of electric power.

公开(公告)号：US11703867B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US17015221

申请日：2020-09-09

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shunji Inoue ,  Kunihiro Iwamoto ,  Daisuke Sato ,  Takuya Watabe ,  Makoto Kakuchi ,  Seiichi Tsunoda ,  Keima Fukunaga ,  Kenta Miyahara

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B60S3/04 ,  G06V20/56

CPC classification number: G05D1/0212 ,  B60S3/042 ,  G06V20/56

Abstract: A vehicle traveling from a first area to a second area includes a traveling mechanism having a plurality of wheels and a traveling function, and a control unit configured to cause the traveling mechanism to perform a wheel cleaning operation and then cause the vehicle to enter the second area.

公开(公告)号：US20210150507A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US17095171

申请日：2020-11-11

Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Makoto Kakuchi ,  Masashi Takahashi ,  Shunji Inoue ,  Takumi Hamajima ,  Hiroaki Sugiyama ,  Nobukatsu Fujishita ,  Katsuhiko Takeuchi ,  Tomoya Shimizu

IPC: G06Q20/32 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/12 ,  G06Q20/18 ,  G06Q30/06

Abstract: A serving system may comprise an acquiring unit configured to acquire order information from an external terminal, the order information indicating a content of an order inputted to the external terminal by a user; a presenting unit configured to present the content of the order indicated by the acquired order information to a serving entity that is to serve a serving-target article corresponding to the content; and a delivery vehicle configured to deliver the serving-target article corresponding to the presented content of the order to the user, and including a traction mechanism provided with a power source.

公开(公告)号：US10457342B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15590287

申请日：2017-05-09

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Takeshi Kama ,  Makoto Kakuchi ,  Makoto Mori

IPC: B62D51/02 ,  B62D21/14 ,  B62D51/04 ,  B62H1/02 ,  B62K3/00 ,  B62K5/027 ,  B60L3/08 ,  B60L15/20 ,  B62K5/00 ,  B62K15/00

Abstract: Provided is a traveling apparatus including at least, with respect to a traveling direction, a front wheel and a rear wheel and on which a user rides when travelling. The traveling apparatus includes a front wheel supporting member configured to rotatably support the front wheel, a rear wheel supporting member configured to rotatably support the rear wheel, an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a wheel base length between the front wheel and the rear wheel by changing a relative position of the front wheel supporting member and the rear wheel supporting member, and a driving unit configured to drive at least one of the front wheel and rear wheel. The wheel base length adjusted by the adjusting mechanism is associated with a speed of the traveling apparatus achieved by driving the driving unit in such a way that the longer the wheel base length, the greater the speed becomes.

公开(公告)号：US12083241B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US17649624

申请日：2022-02-01

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Makoto Kakuchi ,  Osamu Izumida ,  Shunji Inoue ,  Takumi Hamajima ,  Mitsushi Kintaka ,  Toshihiro Andou ,  Masamitsu Takahira

IPC: A61L2/24 ,  A61L2/07 ,  A61L2/10 ,  A61L2/18 ,  A61L2/20 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  B60S1/64 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G07B15/00

CPC classification number: A61L2/24 ,  A61L2/07 ,  A61L2/10 ,  A61L2/18 ,  A61L2/202 ,  B60S1/64 ,  B60W60/00253 ,  A61L2202/14 ,  A61L2202/25 ,  B60Q1/5037 ,  G07B15/00

Abstract: A taxi vehicle that autonomously transports a user to a destination with no driver in the vehicle includes a cleaning device and a notification device. The cleaning device is configured to perform cleaning processing for removing at least one of harmful materials and odors from a vehicle cabin after the user has finished using the taxi vehicle. The harmful materials are those harmful to a human body. The notification device is configured to notify a person of the cleaning degree of the vehicle cabin. The person is a person outside the vehicle who wishes to use the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20230296689A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18090939

申请日：2022-12-29

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Makoto Kakuchi

IPC: G01R31/392 ,  G01R31/385 ,  G01R31/367

CPC classification number: G01R31/392 ,  G01R31/385 ,  G01R31/367

Abstract: A system to support reuse of a mounted secondary battery mounted on a vehicle includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire supply time information on supply time of a used secondary battery that will be removed from the vehicle and first battery performance information on battery performance of the mounted secondary battery mounted on the vehicle, and generate supply information on supply of a used secondary battery, including battery performance of the used secondary battery at the supply time, in accordance with the supply time information and the first battery performance information.