Vehicle control device, vehicle, method of controlling vehicle control device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227171
This invention provides a vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle, which comprises a first detection unit configured to detect an out-of-lane region outside a lane in which the vehicle is traveling; a second detection unit configured to detect an obstacle; and a determination unit configured to determine that performing steering control in the out-of-lane region is approved by a driver when the vehicle enters the out-of-lane region in response to a steering operation by the…
Communication system and gripping system
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12231484
The disclosure provides a communication system and a gripping system. When two or more nodes transmit the frames at the same time, a communication system performs, among the nodes starting transmission at the same time, communication arbitration by stopping transmission except for the node transmitting the frame having a highest priority. The frame ID includes a type ID indicating a type of the node that is a transmission source, a change ID changeable by the node that is the…
Communication control apparatus, communication system, communication control method, and storage medium for determining whether to permit data transmission
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12231348
There is provided a communication control apparatus comprising a processor. The processor receives, from a first mobile communication apparatus, a request for permission of data transmission to a second mobile communication apparatus, the second mobile communication apparatus including a buffer memory to store received data. The processor determines whether to permit the data transmission based on a free capacity of the buffer memory and a reserved capacity indicated by a reservation…
Control device, wireless relay device, computer readable storage medium, and control method
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12231213
Provided is a control device comprising an information obtaining portion configured to obtain a type of a cell of which a wireless relay device is within range, the wireless relay device being within range of the cell of a radio base station and for relaying communication between the radio base station or a communication terminal, or to obtain a communication allowance of communication between the radio base station and the wireless relay device; and a determination portion configured to…
Systems and methods for dynamic charger reservations
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12229693
Systems and methods for dynamic charger reservations are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an initial reservation for an electric vehicle to receive a charge from a charging entity at a first place at a first time. The method also includes calculating an estimated time of arrival and an arrival state of charge of at a reservation time. The method further includes detecting a grid event that changes the first cost for the charging entity. The method yet further…
Autonomous work machine, control device, autonomous work machine control method, control device operation method, and storage medium
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12228933
An autonomous work machine that works in a work area, the autonomous work machine comprising: a storage unit that stores past captured images including one or more markers arranged to define the work area; a specifying unit that specifies a past captured image stored in the storage unit and similar to a current captured image captured by an image capturing unit; and a control unit that controls the autonomous work machine based on the past captured image specified by the specifying unit.
V-type engine, outboard motor, and ship
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12228058
A V-type engine, an outboard motor, and a ship capable of restricting exposure of a catalyst to water. The engine includes cylinders where pistons operate are arranged in a V-shape, a crankshaft driven by driving of the pistons is disposed vertically, and exhaust pipes communicating with exhaust openings in the respective banks of a cylinder head and a catalyst holder that holds a catalyst in a merge portion where the exhaust pipes are merged in a site located on an upper side of the…
Adaptive trust calibration
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227202
Aspects of adaptive trust calibration may include receiving a trust model for an occupant of an autonomous vehicle calculated based on occupant sensor data and a first scene context sensor data, and/or receiving a second scene context sensor data associated with an environment of the autonomous vehicle, determining an over trust scenario or an under trust scenario based on the trust model and a trust model threshold, and generating and implementing a human machine interface (HMI) action…
Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227179
A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; a driving controller; an acquirer configured to acquire map information including lane information near the vehicle and reference information for identifying a position of the vehicle; and an identifier configured to identify a traveling lane of the vehicle out of one or more lanes included in a road on which the vehicle is traveling from the map information. The identifier is…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227178
A vehicle control device according to an embodiment includes an imager configured to image surroundings of a host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a surroundings situation of the host vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a result of the recognition of the recognizer, and a controller configured to control the driving controller on the basis of imaging content of the imager, and the…
Vehicle body structure
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12220978
A vehicle body structure includes: a battery case that is disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle body and houses a battery; and a case-mounting frame that connects the battery case to a side sill provided on a side of the battery case in a vehicle width direction to support the battery case. The case-mounting frame includes a lower frame that straddles between the side sill and the battery case, and an upper frame that rises from the lower frame, supports the battery case, and is…
Vehicle body rear portion structure
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221171
A vehicle body rear portion includes a vehicle body floor and a fuel tank. The vehicle body floor has a tire storage area that is hollowed downward. The fuel tank is supported by a lower surface of the vehicle body floor on a forward side of the tire storage area. A stiffener is attached to the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area. The stiffener extends along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and reinforces an upper region of the fuel tank of the…
Control device, control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221129
A control device mounted on a mobile object acquires surrounding situation information indicating a surrounding situation of a mobile object recognized by an object recognition device mounted on the mobile object, detects a predetermined reference object present in a traveling direction of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, identifies a travelable area of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, controls traveling of…
Notification control device, notification control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221126
A control device performs: setting a moving area including a trajectory along which a mobile object is scheduled to move with behavior of the mobile object and a surrounding area when the mobile object moves straight, turns right, or turns left; controlling an information provision device configured to provide a driver with information such that the driver is notified of presence of a first type of object when a first type of object is present in the surrounding area and the driver does…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221103
A vehicle control device of the embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; and a driving controller that controls one or both of steering or acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle to cause the host vehicle to travel, wherein the driving controller causes the host vehicle to travel in any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode in which the host vehicle travels so that the speed of the host vehicle reaches a…
In-vehicle electronic system, vehicle, control method, and computer readable storage medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221063
An in-vehicle electronic system is mounted to a vehicle. The in-vehicle electronic system includes one or more sensors used to determine a security state of the vehicle, an alarm apparatus configured to issue an alarm when the security state is abnormal, and a first ECU directly connected to the sensor and the alarm apparatus without the intermediation of another ECU and also connected to a plurality of other ECUs, in which the first ECU includes a processor configured to determine a…
Door mirror harness sealing system and method
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221041
A sealing system and method for a mirror assembly of a vehicle is provided. The mirror assembly includes a wire harness assembly in which at least a first wire harness and a second wire harness are coupled together. The first wire harness is protected within a rigid encasing but for an exposed portion. The exposed portion permits freer movement of the internal pins in that area, which promotes a better fit with the adjacent second wire harness. In one example, a foam sheath can used to…
Control device
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221034
A control device for controlling a vehicle that includes a headlight switchable between a first state and a second state in which the headlight is able to illuminate farther than in the first state, the control device including: a processing circuitry configured to execute automatic illumination switching control for setting the headlight to the first state or the second state and to execute an out-of-vehicle notification for switching the headlight between the first state and the second…
Vehicle seat
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221017
A vehicle seat including a seat that includes a seat cushion and a seat back; an inclination drive portion configured to incline the seat back; and a slide mechanism configured to enable the seat to slide in a vehicle front-rear direction, in which the slide mechanism includes: a slide rail that includes an upper rail and a lower rail and supporting the seat to be able to move in a sliding manner in the front-rear direction, a slide drive portion configured to enable the upper rail to…
Vehicle, server device, display control method, and program
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12220993
A vehicle includes: a secondary battery configured to supply electric power for travel driving; a first communication unit configured to communicate with a server device and uploads information on the state of the secondary battery to the server device; a display unit configured to display images; and a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display an image in which a deterioration degree of the secondary battery with respect to a mileage or the number of years run…
