Toyota Patent Applications

ROLLER UNIT OF FILAMENT WINDING MACHINE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240400346
A roller unit in which loosening of a fiber bundle is suppressed and the fiber bundle is easily held and released is provided. A roller unit 70 includes a guide roller 71 onto which a fiber bundle F is placed and a first yarn holding member 82 and a second yarn holding member 83 attached to a leading end portion of the guide roller 71 in the axial direction. The first yarn holding member 82 and the second yarn holding member 83 are arranged to be able to make contact with each other and…

DELIVERY SUPPORT DEVICE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240403803
The delivery support device is a device that notifies a customer of a magnitude of an environmental load caused by delivery of a package using a shipping vehicle. The control device of the delivery support device performs, when the redelivery of the package is required, calculation of the magnitude of the environmental load associated with the redelivery and notification of the magnitude of the environmental load associated with the redelivery to the customer who needs the redelivery . .…

DELIVERY SYSTEM AND DELIVERY METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240403760
A delivery system according to the present disclosure includes: a delivery robot configured to deliver a package to a storage place; a prediction unit configured to predict a time during which a receiver of the package is absent; and a scheduling unit configured to set a schedule so that the delivery robot delivers the package to the storage place during the time when the receiver is absent.

IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND METHOD TO BE EXECUTED BY IN-VEHICLE DEVICE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240403058
The in-vehicle device processes one process by a plurality of threads. The process is configured to perform at least three N tasks, and the process is configured to process the N tasks by dividing them into threats fewer than N threads.

CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT, AND CONTROL METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240402723
A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result by a detector, wherein the detector is mounted on a moving object movable by unmanned driving; a determination unit configured to determine a landmark to be detected by the detector, wherein the landmark is located outside the moving object; and a control unit configured to move the moving object by unmanned driving, wherein the control unit performs different processing for moving the moving object…

REMOTE SUPPORT APPARATUS

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240402717
A remote support apparatus remotely supports a travelling of a vehicle. The remote support apparatus communicates wirelessly with the vehicle. The remote support apparatus wirelessly acquires an image of a view in a travelling direction of the vehicle and display the acquired image by a displaying device of the remote support apparatus. The image is taken by an imaging device of the vehicle. The remote support apparatus displays a set steering angle line in the image displayed by the…

REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240402712
A remote control device that generates a control command for remote control of a movable body, using measurement results of a plurality of distance measurement devices, and that sends the control command to the movable body, includes one or more memories, and one or more processors in communication with the one or more memories, configured to perform processes including, specifying one or more processing-object distance measurement devices from the plurality of distance measurement…

MOVING OBJECT, REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240402711
A moving object operable by remote control includes a detection unit configured to detect a signal transmitted from a control device for remotely controlling the moving object; and a control signal acceptance unit configured to switch to either an activation state of accepting a control signal transmitted from the control device for remotely controlling the moving object or a deactivation state of not accepting the control signal, wherein the control signal acceptance unit switches to…

HYDROGEN CARTRIDGE AND GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240401746
Provided is a tank equipped with a container body to store hydrogen gas, a self-closing valve provided in the container body and configured to start and stop discharging the hydrogen gas by opening and closing, a fusible plug provided in the container body and configured to open when a predetermined temperature is reached to release the gas in the tank, and a member that delays heat transfer to the self-closing valve later than to the container body and/or a member that promotes heat…

DRIVE DEVICE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240401694
A drive device includes: a first electric motor that drives a left wheel of a vehicle; a second electric motor that drives a right wheel of the vehicle; a first oil pump that supplies oil to the first electric motor via a first oil supply passage; a second oil pump that supplies oil to the second electric motor via a second oil supply passage; a connecting channel that connects the first oil supply passage and the second oil supply passage; and a flow regulating device that is installed…

SPATTER DETECTION METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240399511
A spatter detection method for accurately determining whether or not spatter has been generated when resistance spot welding is performed is provided. A spatter detection method including: a welding step for welding a plurality of welding materials by sandwiching parts to be welded of the welding materials between a pair of electrodes and then pressurizing the parts to be welded while simultaneously energizing the pair of electrodes; a calculation step for calculating an amount of…

STEERING CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240400134
A steering control device includes a processor that controls, as a target, a steering system including a reaction force motor that applies a steering reaction force to a steering shaft and a turning motor that turns a turning wheel in a state where power transmission from the steering shaft is cut off. The processor executes a reaction force setting process, a reaction force application process, and an interlocking process. The reaction force setting process is a process of setting the…

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240400125
Each control circuit of a control device for a vehicle drives a motor in one of driving modes that are switched according to an operation state of the control circuit of a system other than an own system. The driving modes include an own-system shutdown mode in which the power supply to a winding set of the own system is stopped when the operation state of the control circuit of a system other than the own system is abnormal. Even when the operation state of the control circuit of a…

CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240400091
A control device includes: a determination unit for determining an action to be performed by a moving object, wherein the moving object is operable by unmanned driving; a control unit for causing a controlled moving object to perform the action while the controlled moving object is moving; an action information acquisition unit for acquiring an action information, wherein the action information is an information regarding the action that is observed from the outside a moving object; and…

VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240400050
A vehicle driving assistance system performs traveling assistance control under which an own vehicle automatically travels with. The traveling assistance control includes first constant-speed control for automatically controlling the acceleration of the own vehicle, based on a first vehicle-speed range including a set vehicle speed, such that the vehicle speed of the own vehicle is kept equal to the set vehicle speed, and second constant-speed control for automatically controlling the…

CONTROL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240400011
A control device configured to remotely control mobile objects includes: a generation section configured to generate a control command corresponding to each mobile object; a transmission section configured to transmit, to each mobile object, the control command corresponding to the mobile object; an information acquisition section configured to acquire command information related to the control command, internal sensor information related to a state of movement of the mobile object…

GEAR DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240399934
A gear device is provided which transmits a rotational force to a movable portion of a vehicle seat. The gear device of the present disclosure includes a rotation body, a second gear, a third gear, a fourth gear, and a thrust bearing portion. The thrust bearing portion is configured to make a sliding contact with an axial end surface of a shaft protruding from the second gear. The thrust bearing portion is configured to make the sliding contact with an area of the axial end surface on a…

VEHICLE OPERATION INPUT DEVICE, VEHICLE OPERATION INPUT METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240399864
When an occupant has performed a specific operation that is an operation different to an input operation on a state switching section while in a state in which a display section capable of displaying information related to an input section is not displaying the information, a processor causes the information to be displayed on the display section and places the input section in an input enabled state in which the input operation is receivable. Moreover, when the occupant has not…

VEHICLE VENT DUCT

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240399834
Vehicle vent duct is attached to the vehicle body, and has a duct body configured to include an opening portion for communicating the vehicle cabin and the outside of the vehicle cabin, and a retaining claw portion provided on the upper edge of the opening, and a valve body that is swingably retained by the retaining claw portion in the duct body and covers the opening, the duct body, the sound insulation wall portion extending from the lower edge of the opening to the outside and upper…

ADJUSTABLE TOOL HOLDER FOR A GUN-SHAPED POWER TOOL

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240399559
A tool holder for a gun-shaped power tool includes a base including a first slot and a second slot extending parallel to the first slot, a first support member adjustably securable along the first slot and along a first side of the base, and a second support member adjustably securable along the second slot and along the first side of the base. A tool bit and/or a barrel of the tool may be supported by surfaces of the support members when the tool is stored in the tool holder, so that a…