Toyota Patent Applications

MINIMIZING AIRBORNE OBJECTS IN A COLLISION

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145150
An example operation includes one or more of determining one or more objects in a transport that may become airborne and altering a portion of the transport to minimize the one or more objects from becoming airborne during a collision.

CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE OBJECT, AND CONTROL METHOD

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250147521
A control system is configured to control movement of a mobile object that is configured to be conveyed by unmanned driving at least in a manufacturing process, and the control system includes: a stop position identification section configured to identify a stop position at which the mobile object is stopped on a conveying part of a conveyance apparatus including the conveying part configured to convey the mobile object; and a control command section configured to generate and output a…

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250146831
A control unit is provided which is configured to execute: acquiring an occurrence position of an abnormal interruption in communication with a vehicle and an occurrence position of an abnormal interruption in communication; detecting that a flood damage has occurred in the first area in response to an abnormal interruption in communication occurring a predetermined number of times or more at a position lower than a predetermined altitude in the first area; and outputting information on…

BLOWER, OZONE-DEGRADABLE COATING FILM-BEARING ARTICLE, AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, OZONE DEGRADATION METHOD, AND METHOD OF FORMING OZONE-DEGRADABLE FILM

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250146687
A blower including a blowing unit that suctions and blows air, and at least one of a first venting member that has a first venting hole through which air blown from the blowing unit passes and that includes a coating film including a manganese oxide-based catalyst, activated carbon, a polyacrylate-based dispersant, and a resin, provided on a wall surface of the first venting hole, or a second venting member that has a second venting hole through which air suctioned into the blowing unit…

FILM FORMING APPARATUS FOR METAL FILM

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250146157
A metal film in a predetermined pattern can be accurately formed using a masking member including a mask portion made of a rubber material. The masking member of a film forming apparatus includes the mask portion that has a penetrating portion formed therein and that is made of a rubber material. A contact prevention member (cover sheet) made of a resin material is disposed on an opposing surface, which opposes an electrolyte membrane, of surfaces of the mask portion, the contact…

VEHICLE FRONT PART STRUCTURE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145224
A vehicle front part structure includes: a framework member having a closed section and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction at a front part of a vehicle; a reinforcing member extending in the vehicle front-rear direction within the closed section of the framework member, the reinforcing member including both ends in the vehicle front-rear direction that are attached to a wall portion of the framework member on a first side in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the vehicle…

COLLISION AVOIDANCE SUPPORT APPARATUS

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145216
When a collision avoidance steering control start condition becomes satisfied, a driving support ECU starts a steering control to avoid a collision with a frontward vehicle. The ECU prohibits the steering control when an indicated direction by turn indications of the frontward vehicle is the same as a planned direction of the steering control. The ECU sets the start condition to a first start condition, when the turn indicators of the frontward vehicle are not indicating a turning…

STEERING CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145211
The vehicle fixing control unit fixes the vehicle during the charging of the backup power supply, and the vehicle fixing by the vehicle fixing device is not released regardless of the vehicle fixing release request by the operation of the vehicle fixing device operation switch until the remaining charge amount of the backup power supply reaches the fail-safe executable remaining charge amount determination value set in advance. Thus, when the vehicle travels with the vehicle fixing…

VEHICLE TRAVELING CONTROL SYSTEM

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145175
A vehicle traveling control system installed on a vehicle and including a traveling control device configured to control traveling of the vehicle, wherein a traveling line, along which the vehicle is to travel when the vehicle turns a corner in a travel route, is determined based on specifications of the vehicle, and the traveling control device is configured to cause the vehicle to turn along the traveling line.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL SYSTEM

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145160
An electric vehicle is configured to be switchable to an autonomous driving mode. The electric vehicle comprises an accelerator pedal, a shift device, a speaker, and a controller. The speaker outputs a pseudo engine sound. When the electric vehicle is not in the autonomous driving mode, the controller changes a motor torque and the pseudo engine sound in response to an operation state of the accelerator pedal and the shift device operated by a driver. When the electric vehicle is in the…

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145005
A battery electric vehicle includes an electric motor as a driving source. The battery electric vehicle includes: a driving operation member that is used to drive the battery electric vehicle; a pseudo shifting operation member imitating an operation member that is used to perform a shifting operation of a manual transmission internal combustion engine vehicle; a processor that controls the battery electric vehicle according to operation of the driving operation member; and an in-vehicle…

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145146
A battery electric vehicle includes: an electric motor configured to serve as a driving source for the battery electric vehicle; a driving operation member configured to be used to drive the battery electric vehicle; a pseudo shifting operation member that imitates an operation member configured to be used to perform a shifting operation of a manual transmission internal combustion engine vehicle; a transmission mounted between the electric motor and a drive wheel and configured to allow…

VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145080
A vehicle headlight control apparatus controls a headlamp capable of adjusting the amount of light for each of a plurality of light distribution areas. The vehicle headlight control apparatus includes: a high-luminance target detection unit that detects a high-luminance target ahead of a vehicle based on a camera image of a camera; a dimming control unit that performs dimming control to reduce the amount of light in the light distribution area including the high-luminance target based on…

CUSHION BODY FOR VEHICLE SEAT

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145068
A cushion body for vehicle seat which is placed on variety of battery cases attached on a floor, wherein the cushion body has an upper surface and a lower surface and when a shape of an upper surface of the battery cases attached on the floor are superimposed on each other, the lower surface of the cushion body has a shape that does not interfere with the upper surface of any of the battery cases and contacts with a part of the upper surface of any of the battery cases.

BATTERY MANAGEMENT DEVICE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145050
A battery management device for managing a battery mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit that acquires, from the vehicle, data including information on a current of the battery and information on activation of the vehicle; a derivation unit that derives, based on the data, an integrated value of a current charged and discharged by the battery and an average value of a current charged and discharged by the battery during an activation period of the latest vehicle; and a…

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145035
A battery electric vehicle includes a controller, a battery and a plurality of charging ports. Each of the charging ports allows a charging plug of a charging apparatus to be connected. The charging apparatus is configured to supply electric power to the battery. Each of the charging ports is provided with a flap. The controller is configured to, while the flap of any one of the charging ports is open, lock the flap of each of the remaining charging ports.

ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145032
ECU performs a process including: a step of determining whether or not the current value of the value indicating the state of the lid is a value indicating the open state; a step of determining whether or not the previous value of the value indicating the state of the lid is a value indicating the closed state; a step of performing an offset learning process if the current value is a value indicating the closed state; and a step of using the current value as the value of the previous…

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145020
A battery electric vehicle includes a driving operation member for driving the vehicle, a processing circuit, and a memory storing a database that manages vehicle models obtained by modelling virtual vehicles among which acceleration characteristics for a driver's driving operation vary. The processing circuit is configured to read, from the database, a vehicle model of an intended virtual vehicle selected from among the virtual vehicles by the driver, acquire an operating status of the…

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145018
A battery electric vehicle includes an electric motor as a driving source. The battery electric vehicle includes: a driving operation member used to drive the battery electric vehicle; a pseudo shifting operation member that imitates an operation member used to perform a shifting operation of a manual transmission internal combustion engine vehicle; and a processor that controls the battery electric vehicle according to operation of the driving operation member. The processor is…

FUEL CELL POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number: 20250145014
A vehicle includes a fuel cell power management system including: a fuel cell; a battery; a charge sensor operatively coupled to the battery; a speedometer; and a processor that includes a memory. The processor is configured to calculate a mapping of desired fuel cell power output as a function of the battery charge and the speed of the vehicle and, using the mapping, the battery charge, the speed of the vehicle, and a motor power request, calculate the desired traction power output of…