Driving assistance device and driving assistance method
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233896
A driving assistance device includes a storage device configured to store a program and a processor connected to the storage device. The processor executes the program stored in the storage device to acquire information about a target position decided on as a position relative to another moving object located in a second lane when a host moving object merges or changes lanes from a first lane to the second lane and cause a speaker to output a sound obtained by combining a basic sound for…
Engine generator
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237801
A starter starts an engine. A power supply supplies power to the starter. A generator is driven by the engine. An inverter including a first conversion circuit for converting an AC generated by the generator into a DC, and a second conversion circuit for converting the DC into an AC. An outlet outputs the AC from the inverter to a load. A detection circuit detects the load connected to the outlet. A control circuit stops or starts the engine in accordance with the load. The control…
Motor control device
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237784
A motor control device of the present invention includes a magnetic-flux command value generator and a current-command value generator. The magnetic-flux command value generator is configured to generate a magnetic-flux command value based on a torque-command value. The current-command value generator is configured to generate a current-command value on the basis of the magnetic-flux command value. The magnetic-flux command value generator includes a magnetic-flux command calculator, a…
Electric power supply apparatus
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237709
The present invention provides an electric power supply apparatus that supplies power to an external load, characterized by comprising: a generator capable of generating electric power by motive power of an engine; a container capable of housing a battery; a first detector configured to detect a remaining amount of the battery housed in the container; a determining unit configured to determine a maximum amount of electric power that can be output from the electric power supply apparatus,…
Active noise reduction system, active noise reduction method, and non- transitory computer-readable storage medium
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236933
An active noise reduction system includes a controller configured to acquire a plurality of noise signals output from a plurality of noise microphones, select a plurality of reference signals and an error signal from among the plurality of noise signals, the plurality of reference signals corresponding to a noise, the error signal corresponding to an error between the noise and a canceling sound, generate a control signal from the plurality of reference signals by using a plurality of…
Mirror distortion correction apparatus, method, storage medium, and vehicle control apparatus
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236561
An image processing apparatus performs external recognition for driving assistance or automated driving of a vehicle based on a captured image obtained from a photographing apparatus capturing an image requiring distortion correction. The image processing apparatus: moves and sets a partial region to be a target of distortion correction processing according to a rule, and applies the distortion correction processing to the set partial region of the captured image to acquire a partial…
Communication device, computer-readable storage medium, and system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236455
Provided is a communication device including: a first receiving unit configured to receive distribution information from a second moving object that is different from a first moving object on which the communication device is mounted; a storage unit configured to store the distribution information; a transmission unit configured to transmit the distribution information to a third moving object that is different from the first moving object; and a communication relay unit configured to…
Identifying a limited function of a mobile object during update of a mobile object control unit
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236225
The control system comprises: a mobile object control unit configured to control a mobile object; an update control unit configured to control reception of an update program for the mobile object control unit from an external device and to control an update of the mobile object control unit with the update program; and a notification control unit configured to notify a user of information on a function to be limited in the mobile object that occurs during the update of the mobile object…
Calibration device, calibration method, drive recorder, vehicle, and storage medium
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236009
A calibration device for calibrating line-of-sight detection processing based on an image of a face of a user includes an instruction unit configured to instruct the user to look at each of a plurality of positions, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each of the plurality of positions, the image of the face of the user looking at each position. The instruction unit is configured to, when giving an instruction to look at a position that is not in front of the user of the…
Display method and system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233919
Provided is a vehicle control device including: a storage device storing a program; and a hardware processor executing the program stored in the storage device to: recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; determine whether or not the surrounding situation includes a road division line; control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle; determine a driving mode of the vehicle as any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving…
Wheel for an automobile
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
D1063782
Control device
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233873
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 system for determining recommended lane
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233872
A vehicle system includes: a controller configured to communicate with a map server; and a vehicle position acquiring device configured to acquire own vehicle position information. The controller includes: a vehicle position determining unit configured to determine a lane in which an own vehicle is traveling based on the own vehicle position information; a recommended lane determining unit configured to determine a recommended lane; and a storage unit configured to store preference of an…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording program
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233866
A vehicle control device includes: a recognition part recognizing a first road marking line on a first side of a lane traveled by a vehicle; an obtaining part obtaining information on a second road marking line on the first side of the lane from map information; and a support part that executes a support processing for preventing the vehicle from deviating from a road marking line when a probability that the vehicle deviates from the road marking line is greater than or equal to a…
Vehicle behavior control method
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233842
A vehicle behavior control method is suitable for a vehicle behavior control device. The vehicle behavior control device includes: a lateral acceleration sensor, detecting lateral acceleration occurring in a vehicle body; a wheel speed sensor, detecting a wheel speed of a wheel; a steering angle sensor, detecting a steering angle of the wheel; a steering angle lateral acceleration calculation unit, calculating steering angle lateral acceleration from the wheel speed and the steering…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233834
A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; an input unit configured to receive an input operation from an occupant of the host vehicle; a controller configured to perform automatic stop control of decelerating and stopping the host vehicle when the input operation is received by the input unit; and a setter configured to perform a setting process of setting a first time after the input operation has been received by…
Vehicle body structure fitted with environment sensor
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233802
A vehicle body structure includes an environment sensor (22) positioned in an inner space defined between a bumper face and an internal structural member, and attached to the internal structural member, and a cover member (23) including a lower wall (24) extending from the internal structural member to a point adjacent to the bumper face to substantially close the inner space from below. The cover member including a main part (28) forming a base end part thereof and a tip end part (29)…
Exterior light structure for vehicle
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233773
An exterior light structure is mounted in a vehicle including fender members and a hood member. The fender members are disposed in side parts of a vehicle body. The hood member is disposed adjacent to upper parts of the fender members. The exterior light structure includes lamp bodies 22. The lamp bodies 22 are disposed between the upper parts of the fender members and side edge parts of the hood member substantially in a vehicle body forward-rearward direction. The lamp bodies 22…
Vehicle system, control method of vehicle system, and control program of vehicle system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233750
A vehicle system includes a fuel cell system, a battery, a drive device that operates with power, a load different from the drive device, a positional information acquisition unit, a traveling route setting unit, and a control device configured to control power to be supplied to the load from the fuel cell system and the battery based on positional information acquired by the positional information acquisition unit and a traveling route set by the traveling route setting unit.
Charging control apparatus, moving body, charging control system, and charging control method
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233736
With a charging control apparatus, first, a chargeable amount is acquired. Then, the charging control apparatus calculates a minimum SOC that is the lowest SOC needed by the vehicle for the following travel. Then, the charging control apparatus sets a target SOC that restricts deterioration of the battery and is greater than or equal to the minimum SOC. Alternatively, the charging control apparatus sets a target charging amount that restricts deterioration of the battery and is less than…
