CABIN MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140467
A cabin management apparatus according to the present disclosure is a cabin management apparatus configured to manage a cabin of a vehicle, the cabin management apparatus including an acquisition interface, a communication interface, an output interface, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to acquire, by the acquisition interface, passenger information including a characteristic and/or a boarding position of a passenger in the cabin, receive, by the communication…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240142976
An information processing device for controlling a mobile object, the information processing device comprising: a communication unit that performs communication with the mobile object; a function control unit that controls a function necessary for causing the mobile object to autonomously travel; and a switching control unit that switches whether to control at least a part of the necessary functions by the information processing device or by the mobile object based on a communication…
METHOD OF PRODUCING ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240142529
A method of producing an all-solid-state battery includes forming an insulating layer-attached stack unit including an insulating layer and a stack unit that includes a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer and a negative electrode layer; performing a dielectric breakdown test on the insulating layer included in the insulating layer-attached stack unit, and determining that the insulating layer-attached stack unit is a non-defective product if no dielectric breakdown is…
FLUID MACHINE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240141898
A fluid machine includes a plurality of fluid dynamic plain bearings supporting a rotating member. The fluid dynamic plain bearings each include: a top foil; a bump foil; and a bearing housing. The top foil has a bearing surface that has one end portion and the other end portion in a circumferential direction of the bearing surface. The top foil has a fixed end and a free end respectively formed at the one end portion and the other end portion. A movement of the free end in an axial…
CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240141847
When the element temperature of the air-fuel ratio sensor becomes equal to or higher than the activation temperature, the electronic control unit starts the detection of the air-fuel ratio based on the sensor output of the air-fuel ratio sensor and the air-fuel ratio feedback control based on the detection result. The electronic control unit calculates the air-fuel ratio detection value by setting the gain of the air-fuel ratio detection value with respect to the sensor output when the…
VEHICLE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240141846
An engine having a throttle valve, a filter for collecting an exhaust particulate matter from the engine, and a control device are provided, and the control device includes an acquisition unit for acquiring a temperature of the engine, a regeneration control unit for increasing an opening degree of the throttle valve as the temperature increases, and executing a regeneration control of the filter by a fuel cut. A vehicle comprising: a retard amount control unit that increases a retard…
COOLANT STOP LOGIC
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240141820
Method and systems for determining when to cancel coolant stop. An initial coolant temperature value is measured. The initial coolant temperature value is used to create Multiple Control Valve (MCV) opening thresholds. A first threshold is generated for MCV opening threshold for engine speed. A second threshold is generated for MCV opening for intake air mass flow. A comparison is made between the first threshold and the currently measured engine speed and/or a comparison is made between…
WATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240141509
A water electrolysis cell includes a separator having, on its front and back, grooves serving as channels. The separator has, in its ends in a planar direction, an oxygen electrode- side supply hole, an oxygen electrode-side discharge hole, a hydrogen electrode-side supply hole, a hydrogen electrode-side discharge hole, an inter-cell channel supply hole, and an inter-cell channel discharge hole, as viewed in plan. A sealing member surrounding the oxygen electrode-side supply hole and a…
DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140529
A driving assistance device includes a sensor configured to detect a moving object ahead of a target vehicle and obstacles including a first obstacle and a second obstacle, and a control device. The control device is configured to determine whether the second obstacle is present. The second obstacle is located opposite to a traveling lane of the target vehicle with respect to the first obstacle in a lateral direction and forces the moving object to move in the lateral direction toward…
VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140493
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle capable of autonomous driving. When an operation condition is satisfied, the vehicle control system performs driving support control that controls at least one of steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle for improving travel safety of the vehicle or for stabilizing behavior of the vehicle. When receiving an autonomous driving start request to start the autonomous driving during operation…
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…
CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140466
A control device includes: a controller controlling a first vehicle, the controller being configured to estimate a degree of concentration of a driver in the first vehicle during traveling of the first vehicle based on a first distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle traveling in front of the first vehicle, a second distance between the first vehicle and a third vehicle traveling behind the first vehicle, and a relationship between a vehicle speed of the first vehicle and…
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140455
An information processing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a data set including a requested acceleration as information representing movement of a vehicle in a front-rear direction and any one of a steering angle, a yaw rate, and a rotation radius as information representing movement of the vehicle in a lateral direction from each of a plurality of applications, an arbitration unit configured to perform arbitration of information representing the movement of the…
VEHICLE, VEHICLE PLATFORM, AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING KIT
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140451
A vehicle includes a VP, the VP including a specific system, an ADK attachable to and removable from the VP, the ADK giving an instruction for autonomous driving, a main communication bus, a sub communication bus, a main VCIB configured to communicate with the ADK through the main communication bus, the main VCIB giving a control instruction to the specific system in accordance with an instruction from the ADK, and a sub VCIB configured to communicate with the ADK through the sub…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUALLY HITCHING AND ALIGNING A FOLLOWING VEHICLE TO A LEAD VEHICLE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140425
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving initiating hitchless towing between a lead vehicle and a following vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes in response to initiating hitchless towing between a lead vehicle and a following vehicle, generating a hitching path that provides a route from the following vehicle to the lead vehicle, controlling the following vehicle to travel the hitching path, aligning the following vehicle with the lead…
DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140416
A driving support apparatus including a processor, where the processor acquires operation information for an own vehicle by a driver at the time of a driving assistance intervention for keeping a lane of the own vehicle, environmental information including another vehicle around the own vehicle, and biometric information of the driver, estimates emotion of the driver based on the operation information, the environmental information, and the biometric information, estimates control…
VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140411
A vehicle control apparatus executes a collision avoidance control when a collision condition becomes satisfied. The collision condition includes a condition that a lap rate of the own vehicle and the object is equal to or greater than a lap rate threshold. The threshold set when the own vehicle turns, is greater than the threshold set when the own vehicle does not turn. The threshold set when a condition satisfaction period of time is equal to or greater than a predetermined period of…
CABIN MANAGEMENT APPARATUS
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140408
A cabin management apparatus according to the present disclosure is a cabin management apparatus configured to manage a cabin of a vehicle, the cabin management apparatus including a communication interface, an output interface, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to receive, by the communication interface, emergency stop information for the vehicle, receive, by the communication interface, the degree of automated controllability over a door of the vehicle, and…
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…
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…
