IP Library Granted Patent US 11,657,243
Granted Patent B2
US 11,657,243 · App. 17/533,875 · Granted May 23, 2023

Vehicle and vehicle system

Inventor: Hideo Hasegawa (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06K7/1417G06F16/9554
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Patent No.
US 11,657,243
App. No.
17/533,875
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes one or more interface devices, and a member on which an image obtained by encoding digital data for giving guidance on a use method of the interface device to a user is printed, in which the member is disposed in a vicinity of the corresponding interface device.

Claims (36)

1. A vehicle comprising:

an interface device; and

a member on which an image obtained by encoding digital data for giving guidance on a use method of the interface device to a user is printed, wherein

the vehicle is capable of switching a mode from a traveling mode to a mode of supplying electric power to outside of the vehicle,

the interface device is an emergency power outlet including a power source connector that is provided with an insertion port, the emergency power outlet being configured to supply the electric power to the outside of the vehicle by inserting a plug into the insertion port, and

the member is disposed so as to surround the insertion port.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the digital data includes first data indicating a distribution location of an electronic manual corresponding to the vehicle on a network.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the digital data includes second data indicating a place at which the use method of the interface device is described in an electronic manual corresponding to the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the digital data includes both of first data indicating a distribution location of an electronic manual corresponding to the vehicle on a network and second data indicating a place at which the use method of the interface device is described in the electronic manual.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein:

the first data is represented by a URL; and

the second data is represented by a query parameter associated with the URL.

6. A vehicle system comprising:

a vehicle; and

a portable terminal, wherein:

the vehicle includes

an interface device, and

a member on which an image obtained by encoding digital data for giving guidance on a use method of the interface device to a user is printed,

the portable terminal includes a controller configured to execute

optically reading the member to acquire the digital data, and

outputting the guidance on the use method of the interface device based on the digital data,

the vehicle is capable of switching a mode from a traveling mode to a mode of supplying electric power to outside of the vehicle,

the interface device is an emergency power outlet including a power source connector that is provided with an insertion port, the emergency power outlet being configured to supply the electric power to the outside of the vehicle by inserting a plug into the insertion port, and

the member is disposed so as to surround the insertion port.

7. The vehicle system according to claim 6 , wherein the digital data includes first data indicating a distribution location of an electronic manual corresponding to the vehicle on a network.

8. The vehicle system according to claim 7 , wherein the controller provided in the portable terminal is configured to, in a case where the electronic manual is not stored in the portable terminal, acquire the electronic manual in response to the first data.

9. The vehicle system according to claim 8 , wherein the controller provided in the portable terminal is configured to, in a case where the electronic manual is stored in the portable terminal, output the stored electronic manual.

10. The vehicle system according to claim 6 , wherein the digital data includes second data indicating a place at which the use method of the interface device is described in an electronic manual corresponding to the vehicle.

11. The vehicle system according to claim 10 , wherein the controller provided in the portable terminal is configured to, in a case where the electronic manual is stored in the portable terminal, output a place indicated by the second data in the stored electronic manual.

12. The vehicle system according to claim 6 , wherein the digital data includes both of first data indicating a distribution location of an electronic manual corresponding to the vehicle on a network and second data indicating a place at which the use method of the interface device is described in the electronic manual.

13. The vehicle system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller provided in the portable terminal is configured to

in a case where the electronic manual is not stored in the portable terminal, acquire the electronic manual in response to the first data, and

in a case where the electronic manual is stored in the portable terminal, output a place indicated by the second data in the stored electronic manual.

14. The vehicle system according to claim 12 , wherein:

the first data is represented by a URL; and

the second data is represented by a query parameter associated with the URL.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2021
From: HASEGAWA, HIDEO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058198/0225 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2021-018279 · Feb 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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