CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140273
A control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a position at which one or more occupants of a vehicle are seated, and a controller configured to determine necessity of reduction of noise of a drive source of the vehicle based on a distance between the position and the drive source of the vehicle, and reduce the noise by controlling the drive source according to a determination result of the necessity of the reduction of the noise.
NON-REGENERATIVE RELAY CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240147511
In a communication system that a relay station non-regeneratively relays a signal from a transmitting station to a first receiving station, when the relay station performs non-regenerative relay using a first resource block that is assigned to the relay station and the first receiving station for the non-regenerative relay and a second resource block that uses a baseband signal obtained by inverting the frequencies of a baseband signal relating to the first resource block, an information…
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140394
A hybrid electric vehicle comprising: an engine; a filter for collecting particulate matter from the engine; a motor provided on a power transmission path between the engine and the drive wheels; a torque converter having a lock-up clutch provided on the power transmission path between the motor and the drive wheels; and a control device, wherein the control device includes: a first determination unit that determines whether there is a request for regeneration control of the filter by a…
CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ALL-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140391
A control apparatus for an all-wheel drive vehicle that includes (i) a power source, (ii) a power distribution device for distributing a power from the power source to front and rear wheels, (iii) a differential limiting mechanism for placing the power distribution device in a differential limiting state in which a rotational difference between the front wheels and the rear wheels is limited, and (iv) a braking device for applying a wheel braking torque to each of the front and rear…
SEATBELT DEVICE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140353
A seatbelt device, including: a seatbelt formed in a belt shape; a tongue plate through which the seatbelt has been inserted; a buckle that is provided at one side in a seat width direction of a vehicle seat, with the tongue plate being attachably and detachably anchored to the buckle; and a belt-end anchor section that is provided at another side in the seat width direction of the vehicle seat, and that includes a separation operation portion, with an end portion of the seatbelt being…
LOWER LIMB RESTRAINT AIRBAG DEVICE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140345
A lower limb restraint airbag device, including: an airbag that is configured to be inflated and deployed toward a knee and a shin of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat by gas ejected from an inflator, and to make contact with at least the knee; a reaction force plate that is configured to be pulled out to a seat front side of the airbag in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the airbag; and a lock mechanism that is configured to block movement toward a seat front side of the…
OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140343
An occupant protection device includes a first side airbag disposed at an outer side in a width direction of a first seat, a second side airbag disposed at an outer side in the width direction of a second seat, and a far-side airbag disposed at an inner side in the width direction of the first seat and near the first seat, wherein when a side collision toward the first seat is detected, deployment of the far-side airbag is started after a first delay time has elapsed after deployment of…
VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING SYSTEM, VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140311
In a video processing section of a vehicle periphery monitoring system, a virtual mirror video is generated in which a virtual vehicle image virtually illustrating a vehicle and a left-right direction display image indicating left-right directions of the vehicle are overlay displayed on a synthesized video that has been synthesized so as to connect videos captured by a rear camera, a first side camera, and a second side camera together and so as to be reversed in a vehicle width…
VEHICLE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140310
A vehicle may include a camera configured to capture surroundings around the vehicle; a receiver; a display device; and a controller configured to display an image that the camera is currently capturing on the display device with reception of a signal transmitted from a vehicle washer by the receiver as a trigger.
LIGHT ILLUMINATION CONTROL DEVICE, LIGHT ILLUMINATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140300
A light illumination control device that controls light emission of front lamps based on results of sensing an object present at a front side of an own vehicle, including a processor coupled to a memory, wherein: when the object is a target of light adjustment, the processor computes a light adjustment area that is an area including the object that is a target of light adjustment and when an amount of light that is illuminated is made to be different than that of illuminated regions…
EXERCISE SYSTEM
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240139580
An exercise system includes a rowing exercise device and a chair. The rowing exercise device achieves a lower limb exercise which includes repetitive extension and flexion of at least a knee joint and a hip joint. The chair is the one on which a user who performs the lower limb exercise using the lower limb exercise device sits. The chair includes a seat on which the user sits and a support mechanism capable of supporting the seat in such a manner that the seat can carry out a roll…
MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER DEVICE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140266
A management method for a power storage device includes: when a discharging request for energy management is received, determining (S172) whether or not a degree of deterioration of a power storage device is larger than a first reference value with regard to a battery lease vehicle (vehicle including a power storage device having been lent); and based on a result of the determination, instructing (S18) the battery lease vehicle in which the degree of deterioration of the power storage…
Method for Informing of Battery Replacement Facility, and Server
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140246
A method for informing of a battery station (battery replacement facility) includes acquiring information (condition information) about a condition emphasized by a user of an electric vehicle, out of a plurality of conditions for a plurality of battery stations for replacement of a battery (secondary battery) mounted on the electric vehicle. The method for informing of the battery station includes determining at least one battery station, which is recommended to the user out of the…
CHARGE OPTIMIZATION FOR CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140238
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle at a charging location, an electric grid intensity at a time period; responsive to the intensity being below a threshold, charging a battery of the vehicle; and responsive to the intensity being above the threshold, ceasing the charging of the battery; wherein the charging and the ceasing of the charging achieve a set state of charge of the battery by a set time.
POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140226
A power supply includes: a wiring to which direct current (DC) electric power is supplied from an external power supply; a first DC/DC converter that converts a voltage value of the DC electric power supplied to the wiring into another voltage value to output the DC electric power to a load group; a first filter unit having a first cutoff frequency; a second DC/DC converter that converts the voltage value of the DC electric power supplied to the wiring into another voltage value to…
Controller
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140203
The controller is installed in the vehicle together with a motor for driving, an air conditioning unit for air conditioning the passenger compartment, auxiliary equipment, and a battery that supplies power to the motor, air conditioning unit, and auxiliary equipment. The controller is programmed to calculate the driving electricity cost based on the battery energy consumption integrated value, the integrated distance traveled, the air conditioning energy consumption integrated value, the…
POWER STORAGE DEVICE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140186
A power storage device is a power storage device provided on a lower surface of a floor panel of a vehicle, the power storage device including: a housing case; a power storage module housed in the housing case; and a cooler housed in the housing case to cool the power storage module, wherein the housing case includes a bottom plate, a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant flows is formed in a portion of the housing case, the portion being located above the bottom plate, and the…
DIGITAL LIGHT PROCESSING 3D PRINTED MONOLITHIC SUBSTRATES WITH INTEGRATED AND EMBEDDED SENSORS
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140022
A sensor includes a grayscale digital light processing (g-DLP) 3D printed monolithic substrate with at least one microfluid channel. The monolithic substrate is formed from a resin configured to form a solid polymer using g-DLP 3D printing with a Young's modulus ranging from 0.1 MPa to 100 MPa. The resin includes a donor moiety, an acceptor moiety different than the donor moiety, a rigid moiety, a photoinitiator, and a photoabsorber. The donor moiety is in the form of an acrylate monomer…
EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240139716
Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst providing a catalyst performance and an OSC performance at the same time even at low temperature. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer includes a first catalyst coating layer containing Pd and/or Pt and a second catalyst coating layer containing Rh. The first catalyst coating layer is formed from an end…
LOWER LIMB EXERCISE DEVICE AND LOWER LIMB EXERCISE SYSTEM
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240139583
A lower limb exercise device that enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise effectively is achieved. A lower limb exercise device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise while the user is seated on a chair. The lower limb exercise device includes exercise equipment for the user to perform the lower limb exercise, and a restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of at least one caster of the chair from a…
