IP Library Granted Patent US 12,259,248
Granted Patent B2
US 12,259,248 · App. 18/147,795 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Information processing device, system, and method

Inventors: Katsumi Kono (Toyota, JP); Yuuichi Kohara (Toyota, JP); Yuki Hirooka (Chofu, JP); Osamu Kaneko (Chofu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01C21/343B60W20/15G01C21/3469
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Patent No.
US 12,259,248
App. No.
18/147,795
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device that determines a route by which a circuit of a plurality of points is made includes an acquisition unit that acquires point information regarding the points, a determination unit that determines a circuit route that satisfies a first condition for the points based on the point information acquired by the acquisition unit and traffic information, and a transmission unit that transmits the circuit route determined by the determination unit to the outside.

Claims (13)

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle that is equipped with an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as power sources; and

an information processing device that is configured to determine a route for the vehicle by which a circuit of a plurality of points is made, wherein the information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to:

acquire information regarding the points;

determine a circuit route that minimizes fuel consumption of the vehicle for the points based on the information regarding the points;

transmit the circuit route to the vehicle;

acquire a traveling power profile that is power information that shows expected changes in traveling power that occur in the respective power sources at each point in time while the vehicle is traveling on the circuit route;

estimate a regenerative energy that is an energy obtained by a regenerative braking of the electric motor and by at least one of an increase in weight of the vehicle due to loading of cargo or bad weather;

set a first section in which the vehicle is to travel by driving the electric motor and a second section in which the vehicle is to travel by driving the internal combustion engine, based on at least the regenerative energy and a target state of charge after the vehicle travels the circuit route; and

control travel of the vehicle based on the first section and the second section.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to set the first section and the second section such that energy consumed while traveling in the first section is generated while traveling in the second section.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the point information includes at least one of a distance, a road type, a gradient, and the number of traffic lights between each pair of travelable points from among the points.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the road type includes a general road and an expressway.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2022
From: KONO, KATSUMI; KOHARA, YUUICHI; HIROOKA, YUKI; KANEKO, OSAMU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062233/0168 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-031917 · Mar 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230280168A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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