IP Library Granted Patent US 11,952,048
Granted Patent B2
US 11,952,048 · App. 17/215,701 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Information processing device, control device, vehicle, and sprinkling method

Inventors: Naoki Uenoyama (Nagoya, JP); Koichi Suzuki (Nagoya, JP); Ryo Kamimura (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Daisuke Nakata (Seto, JP); Yuki Tatsumoto (Nagoya, JP); Yusuke Futakuchi (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D25/24B60W60/001
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Patent No.
US 11,952,048
App. No.
17/215,701
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a sprinkling mode based on information indicating the environment of a sprinkling place. The control unit is configured to send, through the communication unit, a notification indicating the sprinkling mode to at least one vehicle scheduled to travel in the sprinkling place.

Claims (13)

1. A control device comprising a control unit configured to cause a sprinkling device to sprinkle discharge water at a sprinkling place, using a sprinkling mode determined based on information indicating an environment of the sprinkling place,

wherein when the sprinkling mode is a mode in which discharge water with a temperature equal to or higher than a preset set temperature is sprinkled, the control device is configured to cause the sprinkling device to sprinkle discharge water maintained at a temperature equal to or higher than the preset set temperature by heat generated by a battery of a vehicle or generated by a motor of a vehicle.

2. A vehicle comprising:

the control device according to claim 1 ; and

the sprinkling device.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein, when the sprinkling mode is a dripping mode, the control device is configured to cause the sprinkling device to drip an amount of discharge water according to a speed of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein:

the vehicle is driven autonomously at a preset level; and

the control unit is configured to control driving of the vehicle so that the sprinkling place is included in a route on which the vehicle is scheduled to travel.

5. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the discharge water is generated by an air conditioner mounted on the vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein:

the vehicle is a fuel cell vehicle (FCV); and

the discharge water is generated in an FC stack of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2021
From: UENOYAMA, NAOKI; SUZUKI, KOICHI; KAMIMURA, RYO; NAKATA, DAISUKE; TATSUMOTO, YUKI; FUTAKUCHI, YUSUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-080719 · Apr 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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