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Patent No.:

US 12754027 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2024

Guidance apparatus, guidance method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Kohei Watanabe, Tokyo-to, JP;

Shinya Hirosawa, Nisshin, JP;

Ryusaku Yamamoto, Tokyo-to, JP;

Takehira Ota, Inazawa, JP;

Yuto Kaida, Nagoya, JP;

Shintaro Matsutani, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

Hai H Huynh

Assistant Examiner:

Johnny H Hoang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/3632 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3682 (2013.01);
Abstract

A guidance apparatus is for guidance to a charging facility and includes a positional information acquisition interface, a display and a controller. The positional information acquisition interface is configured to acquire information on the current position of a mobile object. The display is configured to display the charging facility. The controller is configured to extract a charging facility located within an area based on the current position, predict a recovery amount of a state of charge of a battery of the mobile object, expressed as a charging rate relative to a full charge of the battery, in a case in which the battery is charged at the charging facility for a predetermined charging time, and vary a display form of the charging facility displayed on a map image, according to a predicted value of the recovery amount of the state of charge.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Watanabe, Kohei. (2026). Guidance apparatus, guidance method, and non-transitory computer readable medium (U.S. Patent No. 12754027). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12754027

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