CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: June 8, 2023
Application Number:
20230174070
A control device for performing a travel control of a vehicle includes: a lane change intention detection unit configured to detect an intention of a driver to change a lane based on a predetermined operation on an operation device by the driver; and a travel control unit configured to determine whether a lane change of the vehicle is possible based on a surrounding situation, and to control the lane change based on a detection result of the lane change intention detection unit and a…
VEHICLE BODY LOWER STRUCTURE
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230166801
The disclosure provides a vehicle body lower structure. The vehicle body lower structure includes: a deflector, disposed on a vehicle body and movable between a stowed position covering a lower part of the vehicle body and a deployed position protruding downward; and a shaft member, extending in a vehicle left-right direction and rotatably connecting a front end of the deflector to the vehicle body. The deflector is maintained in the deployed position protruding downward by its own…
DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230170917
The disclosure provides a data acquisition device. The data acquisition device includes a sensor that detects a physical quantity as analog data; a digital storage circuit that stores the physical quantity as digital data; a difference circuit that calculates a difference between a previous value of the physical quantity stored in the digital storage circuit and a current value of the physical quantity detected as analog data; and a comparison circuit that compares the difference with a…
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230169803
An information processing is provided. An acquisition unit acquires, from a server that accumulates vehicle information, the vehicle information including a trouble code stored by a control device of a vehicle, a status about an event to be identified by the trouble code, and date and time information associated with the trouble code and the status. A generation unit generates display data for displaying a sequence of a trouble in the vehicle, based on the vehicle information that has…
TUTORIAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TUTORIAL MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSIENT COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230169469
A tutorial management device manages, for a user of a moving body, attendance of a pre-use tutorial on an operation method of the moving body conducted before use of the moving body. The tutorial management device includes: an exemption range determination part that determines an exemption range for the user who is exempted from attending a part or all of the pre-use tutorial based on a predetermined exemption condition; and a tutorial management part that manages the attendance of the…
MOVING BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSIENT COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230168690
The disclosure provides a moving body control device, a moving body control method, and a non-transient computer-readable recording medium recording a program capable of moving multiple vehicles as a group with a higher degree of freedom. A moving body control device includes: a positional relationship grasping part that grasps a positional relationship of multiple vehicles; and a vehicle control part that controls a movement mode of the multiple vehicles based on the positional…
TRAVEL ROUTE CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS WORK VEHICLE
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230168687
An autonomous work vehicle is adapted to be guided by a signal emitted by a wire disposed at a working area. The autonomous work vehicle includes a control unit comprising a processor, and at least one sensor detecting the signal emitted by the wire. The wire includes an area wire surrounding the working area, and a shortcut wire disposed inside the working area. When the at least one sensor detects the shortcut wire while the autonomous work vehicle is tracing the area wire at a…
MOVING BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSIENT COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230168680
The disclosure supports accident prevention or evacuation action of a user who is on board a moving body when a disaster occurs. A moving body control device includes: a moving body control part that controls a moving body maintained in a first state or a second state that is more stable than the first state by a balance control mechanism; and an event detection part that detects an occurrence of a predetermined event. The moving body control part stops the moving body from traveling and…
TRAVEL ROUTE CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS WORK VEHICLE USING GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230168678
An autonomous work vehicle including a positioning information obtaining unit including a GNSS receiver acquiring a position of the autonomous work vehicle, a driving unit including a motor, a memory storing position coordinates used to establish an entry avoidance zone, and a control unit including a processor. The control unit is configured to function as a zone entry judgement unit determining whether the autonomous work vehicle has approached the entry avoidance zone, and a zone…
TRAVEL ROUTE CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS WORK VEHICHLE USING GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230168672
An autonomous work vehicle including a position information obtaining unit, a driving unit, a control unit, and a memory storing a destination position. The position information obtaining unit includes a GNSS receiver acquiring a position of the autonomous work vehicle. The driving unit includes a motor. The control unit includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a direction of the destination position relative to a current position of the autonomous work vehicle,…
INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSIENT COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230166806
The disclosure allows an occupant to control a vehicle as needed for the vehicle that automatically moves to a destination. An inverted pendulum type vehicle that travels while balancing an inverted pendulum type body includes: an operation input part that receives a driving operation of its own vehicle by a weight shift of an occupant; and a movement control part that causes the own vehicle to start automatic movement on a predetermined route at a predetermined time. The movement…
AUTONOMOUSLY NAVIGATING VEHICLE
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230166796
A suspension mechanism has a tube member that is movably attached to an attachment shaft, a first attachment shaft retaining member provided on the chassis to swingably retain the attachment shaft with an outer peripheral surface of the tube member abutted on its inside surface, a shaft lower end portion of slip surface shape provided at lowermost part of the attachment shaft, a second attachment shaft retaining member provided on the chassis below the first attachment shaft retaining…
VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230166748
A vehicle power supply system includes a main power supply system including a main low-voltage power supply and a normal load; and a backup power supply system including a backup low-voltage power supply and an emergency important load. The backup power supply system includes a backup power supply control device. The backup power supply control device executes a suppliable electrical energy estimation process of estimating suppliable electrical energy suppliable from the backup…
ELECTRIC POWER EQUIPMENT
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230166603
An electric power equipment includes a drive source, a clutch provided in a power transmission path between the drive source and the travel unit and a controller for controlling an operation of the drive source. Wherein the controller is configured that in a process of increasing a speed in accordance with a rotational speed command value, when a rotational speed of the drive source reaches the clutch connection rotational speed, the increasing of the speed in accordance with the…
WHEEL AND OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOVING DEVICE
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230166559
A wheel for an omnidirectional moving device includes an annular core body formed by connecting joint members in an annular shape, and free rollers rotatably supported by the core body. Each of the joint members includes a shaft portion having a first end and a second end, a first connecting portion provided at the first end, and a second connecting portion provided at the second end. Each of the free rollers is rotatably supported by the shaft portion of the corresponding joint member.…
WHEEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WHEEL
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230166558
The disclosure provides a wheel for an omnidirectional moving device which takes fewer man-hours for manufacturing, and a manufacturing method of the wheel for an omnidirectional moving device which takes fewer man-hours. The wheel includes an annular core body 36; a plurality of bearings 75 each including an inner ring 76 and an outer ring 77 relatively rotatable with respect to the inner ring, and the inner ring being fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the core body; and a…
VEHICLE
Granted: May 25, 2023
Application Number:
20230158889
A vehicle is provided. A detector detects an object at least ahead of the vehicle. A display is provided on an instrument panel of the vehicle and displays a signal at a position corresponding to a direction of the object detected by the detector. The display includes a part recessed forward in a vehicle longitudinal direction in plan view.
CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: May 25, 2023
Application Number:
20230158957
A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate a surroundings image of a moving body based on imaging data obtained by an imaging device provided in an openable and closable side mirror of the moving body; cause a display device to display the generated surroundings image; and determine whether the side mirror is in an opened state or a closed state. The circuitry is configured to set, in the surroundings image, a mask area of a range that is based on a determination result…
CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: May 25, 2023
Application Number:
20230158957
A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate a surroundings image of a moving body based on imaging data obtained by an imaging device provided in an openable and closable side mirror of the moving body; cause a display device to display the generated surroundings image; and determine whether the side mirror is in an opened state or a closed state. The circuitry is configured to set, in the surroundings image, a mask area of a range that is based on a determination result…
CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: May 25, 2023
Application Number:
20230158956
A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate a bird’s-eye view image and a three-dimensional image that show a moving body and surroundings of the moving body, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of the moving body: cause a display device to display the generated bird’s-eye view image and the generated three-dimensional image; and determine whether a predetermined object is present in a boundary region between the…
