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Granted Patent B2
US 12,447,843 · App. 18/486,366 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Information transmission device

Inventors: Kenichi Yamada (Nisshin, JP); Toshiki Kashiwakura (Tokyo, JP); Akane Umezu (Nagoya, JP); Kayo Tsumoto (Nisshin, JP); Yuta Shishime (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Komamine (Nagoya, JP); Kenji Ishiyama (Kasugai, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L53/305B60L53/66
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Patent No.
US 12,447,843
App. No.
18/486,366
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The information transmission device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit receives position information indicating the current position of the power supply vehicle from at least one of the power supply vehicle and the general vehicle when the power supply vehicle moves to the position of the general vehicle and charges the general vehicle. The control unit generates display information based on the received position information, and causes the communication unit to transmit the display information to one or more information terminals.

Claims (7)

1. An information transmission device comprising:

a communication unit that receives, when a power supply vehicle moves to a general vehicle and charges the general vehicle, position information indicating a current position of the power supply vehicle from at least one of the power supply vehicle and the general vehicle;

a control unit that generates display information based on the position information that has been received, and causes the communication unit to transmit the display information to one or more information terminals; and

a storage unit for storing map information including road width information, and does not include the power supply vehicle in the display information when the power supply vehicle is located on a road with a road width equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

2. The information transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit further acquires information on the remaining time until charging is completed from at least one of the power supply vehicle and the general vehicle via the communication unit, and includes the information on the remaining time in the display information.

3. The information transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit causes the communication unit to transmit the display information to the one or more information terminals within a predetermined area including the current position of the power supply vehicle.

4. The information transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit acquires detection information detected by a detection device provided on a road via the communication unit, and corrects the position information of the power supply vehicle based on the detection information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: YAMADA, KENICHI; KASHIWAKURA, TOSHIKI; UMEZU, AKANE; TSUMOTO, KAYO; SHISHIME, YUTA; KOMAMINE, SATOSHI; ISHIYAMA, KENJI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065209/0941 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-207185 · Dec 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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