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Toyota
Stories selected from published Toyota patents, using drawings as a way to see ideas beyond the products that eventually reached the public.
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Companies · Toyota
Ride It, Wear It, Follow It: 8 Toyota Patents for Mobility That Moves Closer to People
An adjustable-wheelbase personal mobility device, a wearable robot, a wheelchair that follows a companion, a moving display experience, morphing seat bolsters, a hitch-mounted robot, an autonomous trolley drive unit, and a locker that drives to the recipient: eight Toyota patents that shrink mobility down toward the human scale.
Things · Pets
Read the Bark, Take the Walk: 10 Patents Automating Pet Care
From bark-based emotion analysis and smart collars to remote video calls, a dog-scratching robot arm, self-play ball launchers, an autonomous dog-walking vehicle, automatic washing, and a rotating litter box: ten patents that move pieces of pet care from people to machines.
Things · Clothing
When Clothing Becomes the Interface: Patents for the Future of What We Wear
Self-lacing shoes, touch-sensitive fabric, wearable airbags, heating and cooling garments, ECG shirts, haptic VR vests, inflatable jackets, OLED clothing, cable-adjusted support wear and shoes with tunable stiffness. Ten patents that turn clothing into an active interface around the body.
Things · Mobility
Walking Cars and Laser Wipers: 10 Unusual Automotive Patents
Walking cars, laser-cleaned windshields, removable controls, AR glass and rotating cabins: ten patents that rethink what a car has to be.