METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING AN OPERATOR OF AN EGO-AGENT
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250104561
A method and system for assisting an operator of an ego-agent by communicating a risk in a future situation to the operator. A behavior planning algorithm is applied using a first value and a second value of the parameter in a cost function of the behavior planning algorithm to determine a first and second planned behavior. A current state of the ego-agent is determined to determine an actual behavior. Based on a relation of the first and second planned behavior and an actual behavior of…
METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING EGO-AGENT AND VEHICLE
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250100584
The disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for assisting an ego-agent, the method comprising: estimating a visibility area of another agent being present in an environment of the ego-agent; computing a visibility state of the other agent with regard to the ego-agent using the estimated visibility area of the other agent; estimating a collision risk between the ego-agent and the other agent using the computed visibility state of the other agent; planning a behavior of the…
BATTERY STATE DETERMINATION METHOD AND BATTERY STATE DETERMINATION SYSTEM
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250100419
A method of determining the state of a battery includes acquiring measurement values of a magnetic field of the battery, which is mounted on a device, measured by a magnetometer, calculating information regarding the relative position of the magnetometer based on the measurement values of the magnetic field of the battery and reference values of the magnetic field of the battery, and determining the state of the battery based on the information regarding the relative position of the…
HEAT EXCHANGER FOR STIRLING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT EXCHANGER
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250092843
A heat exchanger for a Stirling machine that includes an expansion chamber and a compression chamber, the heat exchanger including: a heater; a regenerator; and a cooler, the heater includes a first flow channel communicating with the expansion chamber and the regenerator and configured to allow the working fluid to flow therethrough, and a second flow channel configured to allow a first fluid for exchanging heat with the working fluid to flow therethrough, a heat transfer coefficient in…
SYSTEM FOR PRIORITIZING MONITORING OF LOCATION AND MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250097663
A system and method for prioritizing monitoring of location and body movement of individuals in a facility is provided. The system and method may use a plurality of tag sensor devices. Each of the plurality of tag sensor devices may be worn by an individual in the facility. A plurality of anchor devices may be positioned around the facility for transferring data to and from each of the plurality of tag sensor devices. A server may monitor a location of each of the plurality of tag sensor…
POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250096592
A power supply device includes: a first and second main power supply lines connecting a main power supply to an electrical equipment; a first auxiliary power supply line connecting an auxiliary power supply to the first main power supply line; a second auxiliary power supply line connecting the auxiliary power supply to the second main power supply line; a first, second, third and fourth switching elements respectively provided on the first and main power supply lines and the first and…
POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250096260
A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes particles of a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel in the composition thereof and has a layered structure. The particles have an average particle size DSEM based on electron microscopic observation in a range of 1 ?m to 7 ?m in which a ratio D50/DSEM of a 50% particle size D50 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle size based on…
HEAT EXCHANGER FOR STIRLING MACHINE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT EXCHANGER, AND STIRLING MACHINE
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250093078
A heat exchanger for a Stirling machine that includes an expansion chamber and a compression chamber, the heat exchanger including: a heater; a regenerator; and a cooler, in which the heater includes a first flow channel communicating with the expansion chamber and the regenerator and configured to a working fluid to flow therethrough, and a second flow channel configured to allow a first fluid for exchanging heat with the working fluid to flow therethrough, the cooler includes a third…
HEAT EXCHANGER FOR STIRLING MACHINE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT EXCHANGER, AND REGENERATOR
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250092845
A heat exchanger for a Stirling machine, the Stirling machine including an expansion chamber and a compression chamber, the heat exchanger including: a heater; a regenerator; and a cooler, in which the heater, the regenerator, and the cooler are connected in series in a flow direction of a working fluid, and communicate the expansion chamber with the compression chamber, the regenerator includes a heat storage that is capable of storing heat of the working fluid, and a housing that…
STIRLING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STIRLING MACHINE
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250092844
A Stirling machine including: a heat exchanger; an expansion chamber; and a compression chamber, in which the Stirling machine is configured to perform a Stirling cycle to convert heat into mechanical power, a heater of the heat exchanger includes a first flow channel configured to allow a working fluid to flow therethrough, and a second flow channel configured to allow a first fluid for exchanging heat with the working fluid to flow therethrough, a fluid introduction chamber for…
VEHICLE BOTTOM STRUCTURE
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250091659
A vehicle bottom structure that may improve the rigidity of the vehicle body and suppress the height of the vehicle body floor is provided in the disclosure. The vehicle bottom structure includes a floor panel, a side beam, and a floor cross member. The side beam is disposed on an outer side of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction and extends toward a vehicle front-rear direction. The floor cross member extends along the vehicle width direction and has an end portion connected to…
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250091578
A control device of a vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a traveling angle of a preceding vehicle relative to a traveling direction of the vehicle, the preceding vehicle being followed by the vehicle, and the processor is configured to control an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle based on the traveling angle.
BOTTOM STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250091539
A bottom structure of vehicle includes a side sill disposed at outside in a width direction of vehicle and extending in a front/rear direction of vehicle; a power unit housing disposed between the side sills and including a battery component inside; and a frame connecting the side sill and the power unit housing. An upper surface of the frame and an upper surface of the power unit housing are formed as a floor member.
BOTTOM STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250091422
A bottom structure of vehicle includes a power unit housing. An upper surface of the power unit housing is formed as a floor surface. The power unit housing includes a front seal portion disposed at a front-end portion as well as a rear seal portion disposed at a rear end portion. The front seal portion and the rear seal portion are disposed at a same height in an up/down direction of vehicle.
AIR EXHAUSTING METHOD OF VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083655
An air exhausting method of a vehicle brake system is provided. The air exhausting method of the vehicle brake system includes: a first step of actuating a slave cylinder on a pressurization side in a state where a switching valve communicates the slave cylinder with a brake fluid pressure control device, so that air retained in a passage section from the slave cylinder to the brake fluid pressure control device is exhausted from an air exhausting hole; a second step of actuating the…
FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083632
A front structure of a vehicle includes a front vehicle component and a wiper device installed on the front vehicle component. The wiper device includes a first supporting component and a second supporting component. The first supporting component rotatably supports a first wiper component and is installed at a first position in the front vehicle component close to a driver's seat side. The second supporting component is spaced apart from the first supporting component, rotatably…
SUSPENDED STRUCTURE OF LOWER PART OF VEHICLE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083623
A suspended structure for suspending a suspended object from a lower part of a vehicle includes: a front structure connected to the lower part of the vehicle and connected to a vehicle front side of the suspended object; and a rear structure connected to the lower part of the vehicle and connected to a vehicle rear side of the suspended object. The rear structure is configured to guard the suspended object from the rear of the vehicle and detach from the lower part of the vehicle in…
BONDING DEVICE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083250
A bonding device is used to bond a plate assembly including a first plate and a second plate and includes an anvil, a probe, a shoulder component, a driving mechanism, a power supply, and a control part. The anvil is configured to support a first surface of the plate assembly provided by the first plate. The probe is disposed at a position corresponding to the anvil to be opposite to a second surface of the plate assembly provided by the second plate. The shoulder component is disposed…
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074188
A vehicle control device controls a vehicle. The control device includes circuitry configured to: detect a speed limit of a road on which the vehicle travels based on peripheral information on the vehicle obtained by an external sensor that the vehicle has; present a user of the vehicle, as a suggested speed, either a first speed based on the detected speed limit or a second speed set by the user; and perform travel control of controlling a travel speed of the vehicle in response to the…
SYSTEM AND METHOD TRANSFORMING VISUAL COMMONSENSE REASONING AS COMMONSENSE REASONING AND VISUAL RECOGNITION WITH LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250078462
A method for visual commonsense reasoning (VCR) to infer information from an image is provided. The method may separate a VCR matter into a visual commonsense understanding (VCU) matter and a visual commonsense inference (VCI) matter. The method may provide a visual content of the image using a VCU model. The method may provide conclusions based on content of the image using a VCI model.
