Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Sui Kurihashi

Daiki Yokoyama

Yoshihiro Sakayanagi

Yoshiyuki Kageura

Hiroki Morita

Hiroya Chiba

Makoto Ogiso

Masanori Shimada

Hayato Shirai

Masaki Ito

Eiki Kitagawa

Takashi Nishikiori

Yoshiaki Atsumi

Koichi Asamoto

The follow-up travel support device includes a processor configured to detect a surrounding vehicle around a host vehicle, and set a target vehicle speed of the host vehicle. The processor is configured to set the target vehicle speed to a speed different from a set speed of the host vehicle until a partner vehicle that performs a follow-up travel in which a following vehicle follows a preceding vehicle together with the host vehicle is detected as the surrounding vehicle.

Follow-up travel support device, follow-up travel support method and non transitory recording medium

A vehicle control system includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of an outside of a host vehicle to generate an image and a control device. The control device is configured to determine a road type of a road on which the host vehicle is traveling by recognizing a specific object in the image, and take a determination measure for determining the road type of the road on which the host vehicle is traveling when the specific object cannot be recognized.

Determining road types with imaging and non-imaging determination measures

The preceding vehicle selection device includes a processor configured to estimate a continuous running distance from a present time of a surrounding vehicle based on information relating to the surrounding vehicle for each of a plurality of surrounding vehicles, estimate a followable distance when the host vehicle follows the surrounding vehicle based on the continuous running distance from the present time of the surrounding vehicle for each of the plurality of surrounding vehicles, and select the preceding vehicle from among the plurality of surrounding vehicles based on the followable distance. The information relating to the surrounding vehicle includes at least one of an SOC or an amount of remaining fuel of the surrounding vehicle, and a continuous running time or a continuous running distance up to the present time of the surrounding vehicle.

Preceding vehicle selection device, preceding vehicle selection method, and non-transitory recording medium

An information presentation device includes a processor configured to (i) select a preceding vehicle candidate that is a candidate to be followed by an own vehicle based on information about a surrounding vehicle around the own vehicle, (ii) estimate an extended cruising range of the own vehicle obtained by a follow-up travel of the own vehicle traveling behind the preceding vehicle candidate, and (iii) output, via an output device provided in the own vehicle, the extended cruising range as extension information of a cruising range of the own vehicle when the own vehicle follows the preceding vehicle candidate.

Information presentation device, information presenting method and non-transitory recording medium

An information presentation device includes a processor configured to (i) acquire vehicle information relating to a plurality of peripheral vehicles around an own vehicle, (ii) calculate an effect index representing an effect due to follow-up travel of traveling behind each of the plurality of peripheral vehicles based on the vehicle information for each of the plurality of peripheral vehicles, and (iii) cause an output device of the own vehicle to output position information and the effect index relating to at least a portion of the plurality of peripheral vehicles.

A control device that executes display control to perform emphasis display of a preceding vehicle, includes a detection unit that detects a candidate vehicle for a following target from among a plurality of the preceding vehicles; a calculation unit that calculates, a reduction effect of energy consumption to be obtained when traveling following the candidate vehicle; and an emphasis display setting unit that performs setting for performing emphasis display of the candidate vehicle. Further, when the display control is executed, the emphasis display of the candidate vehicle is performed according to a degree of emphasis set by the emphasis display setting unit.

Control device, vehicle, mobile terminal, and display device

A boundary is at an engine drive restricted zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted. An adjusting device adjusts of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin using electric power, the humidity inside the cabin using electric power, or the air pollution degree inside the cabin. In response to a prediction that (1) a host vehicle will enter the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and that (2a) the time period for the host vehicle to reach the boundary is within a preset time period or that (2b) the distance between the host vehicle and the boundary is within a preset distance, the value of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin, the humidity inside the cabin, and the air pollution degree inside the cabin is reduced before the host vehicle enters the inside of the engine drive restricted zone.

Vehicle control device

A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode.

Vehicle control device and vehicle control method

A control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a driving plan preparing part preparing a driving plan setting one or more via-points on a projected route from a starting point to a destination to divide the projected route into a plurality of driving routes and divide the driving routes further into pluralities of driving sections and setting which driving mode of an EV mode or HV mode to drive over in each driving section and with a driving mode switching part switching the driving modes according to a driving plan. The driving plan preparing part is configured to be able to prepare a driving plan setting the driving modes of all driving sections in at least one driving route to the EV mode.

Control device

A model aggregation device includes a communication device able to communicate with a plurality of vehicles in which neural network models are learned, a storage device storing a part of the neural network models sent from the plurality of vehicles, and a control device. The neural network model outputs at least one output parameter from a plurality of input parameters. The control device is configured to, if receiving a new neural network model from one vehicle among the plurality of vehicles through the communication device, compare ranges of the plurality of input parameters which were used for learning the new neural network model and ranges of the plurality of input parameters which were used for learning a current neural network model stored in the storage device to thereby determine whether to replace the current neural network model with the new neural network model.

Model aggregation device and model aggregation system

A control device for a vehicle includes a catalyst temperature raising control part configured to perform catalyst temperature raising control raising a temperature of an exhaust purification catalyst of an internal combustion engine while driving in an EV mode on an EV section of a driving route when driving over the driving route in accordance with a driving plan when, while driving on the EV section: (i) the temperature of the exhaust purification catalyst is less than a predetermined temperature raising reference temperature that is higher than an activation temperature at which an exhaust purification function of the exhaust purification catalyst is activated, (ii) the exhaust purification catalyst was previously heated while driving on the driving route, and (iii) there is a CS section to be driven on while in a CS mode in a remaining driving section of the driving route after the EV section.

Control device for a hybrid vehicle

A servercomprises a communication deviceable to communicate with terminalsof a plurality of vehicles, a storage devicestoring identification information and positional information of the plurality of vehicles, and a control device. The control device is configured to receive capture request information input to the terminal by a party desiring image capture, select an image capturing vehicle for capturing an image of a vehicle to be captured designated by the party desiring image capture from among the plurality of vehicles based on the capture request information, the identification information and the positional information, generate image data based on a captured image of the vehicle to be captured acquired by a vehicle-mounted camera of the image capturing vehicle, and provide the image data to the party desiring image capture.

Server, vehicle image capturing system, and vehicle image capturing method

A control device of a hybrid vehicle' comprises a driving plan generating partsetting a driving mode, an output control partcontrolling outputs of the internal combustion engineand the motor, and a lower limit value setting partsetting a lower limit value of a state of charge of the battery. The driving plan generating part divides a plurality of routes into pluralities of sections, and sets driving modes of all sections of at least one route to an EV mode. If an actual state of charge of the battery becomes lower than the lower limit value, the output control part changes the driving mode so that the actual state of charge is maintained or becomes higher. The lower limit value setting part lowers the lower limit value at an EV route, compared with a non-EV route other than the EV route.

Control device of hybrid vehicle

A control device of a hybrid vehicle' comprises a driving plan generating partconfigured to set in advance a driving mode and a target state of charge of the battery; and an output control partconfigured to control outputs of the internal combustion engine and the motor. If the hybrid vehicle is being driven from a departure point through at least one via point to a final destination, the driving plan generating part is configured to divide a plurality of routes into pluralities of sections, and set a driving mode of all sections of at least one route to an EV mode. If a value of the target state of charge minus an actual state of charge of the battery becomes larger than a threshold value, the output control part is configured to change the driving mode in a section of a non-EV route.

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Sui Kurihashi