Driving assistance device and driving assistance method
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122402
A driving assistance device includes an unable-to-drive state detection unit configured to detect that a driver is in an unable-to-drive state, the unable-to-drive state detection unit being provided in a vehicle, and a stop control unit configured to execute an automatic stop control causing the vehicle to decelerate and stop based on whether the unable-to-drive state is detected by the unable-to-drive state detection unit, wherein the vehicle is provided with an operator configured to…
Active noise reduction system
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12125467
An active noise reduction system includes a reference signal generator configured to generate a reference signal, a canceling sound generator configured to generate a canceling sound, an error detector configured to detect an error between a noise and the canceling sound and generate an error signal corresponding to the error, and a controller configured to control the canceling sound generator based on the reference signal and the error signal, wherein the controller is configured to…
Method for structural optimization of a design and cost of a physical object
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12124995
A computer-implemented method for optimizing a design of a physical object comprises: obtaining a data representation of the design of the physical object, including a plurality of elements, determining plural element clusters comprising a plurality of elements and estimating a cost model for the physical object. The method determines derivatives of the cost model with respect to a material density of each cluster. At least one analytical derivative of a performance metric for each…
Autonomous working machine
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12124281
The autonomous working machine including: a magnetic field detection part for detecting a magnetic field generated by the energization to the area wire; a storage part for storing a reference value of the magnetic field detection by the magnetic field detection part; a control part for controlling a traveling route based on the reference value stored in the storage part and the magnetic field detected by the magnetic field detection means; and an input part for receiving a selection of a…
Map generation apparatus
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12123739
A map generation apparatus includes: an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a situation around a subject vehicle in traveling; and a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: extracting one or more feature points from a detection data acquired by the in-vehicle detection unit; generating a map using the feature points extracted in the extracting while the subject vehicle is traveling; collating the feature points…
Opening-closing member
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12123227
An opening-closing member including an outer panel that faces an outside of a vehicle body, and opening and closing a rear opening of the vehicle body in response to operation of an operation part arranged at a rear end part, the opening-closing member including a bracket member in the operation part, the bracket member including a bracket member body extending along a vehicle body front-rear direction, and a vertical wall extending in a vehicle body vertical direction from at least one…
Austenitic non-magnetic steel, powder metal material for additive manufacturing, and method for producing austenitic non-magnetic steel
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12123083
An austenitic non-magnetic steel containing: 8.0 to 15.0 mass % of Mn; 0.05 to 0.50 mass % of N; 0.20 to 1.00 mass % of C; 2.0 to 15.0 mass % of Cr; and 3.0 mass % or less of V, and a powder metal material for additive manufacturing, which is an austenitic non-magnetic steel containing: 8.0 to 15.0 mass % of Mn; 0.20 to 1.00 mass % of C; 2.0 to 15.0 mass % of Cr; and 3.0 mass % or less of V.
Control device of a rideable mobile body including speed limiting unit for limiting target speed of the rideable mobile body according to positional relationship with virtual wall
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122474
A control device 20 of a rideable mobile body 1 determines a target speed of the rideable mobile body 1 according to at least the steering operation by a rider, and controls the travel of the rideable mobile body 1 according to the target speed. In the processing for determining a target speed, the target speed is restricted according to the positional relationship between a virtual wall set in a travel environment of the rideable mobile body 1 and the rideable mobile body 1. Thus, the…
Mobile object control system, mobile object, control method, and storage medium
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122426
A mobile object control system includes: a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: acquire an image in which a road surface around the mobile object is imaged; recognize support information for supporting walking of a specific traffic participant who is a traffic participant having a predetermined attribute obtained from the road surface imaged in the image…
Information display device
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122406
An information display device includes a display unit configured to display information about an object such that the information about the object at least partially overlaps with forward view of a user, and a controller configured to control display of the display unit. The controller is configured to estimate or acquire a prospective moving direction of the object, acquire a sight-line frequency representing a frequency with which a sight-line of the user is directed to the object…
Vehicle power supply system
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122399
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…
Motion detection device
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122393
A motion detection device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes configured to detect static capacitance, and a sensor bracket to which the plurality of sensor electrodes are attached. The sensor bracket is provided with an engagement portion to be engaged with an engaged portion of each of the sensor electrodes. The engagement portion of the sensor bracket and the engaged portion of the sensor electrode are formed in a shape that allows mutual engagement between regular combinations…
Surrounding vehicle monitoring device and surrounding vehicle monitoring method
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122389
A surrounding vehicle monitoring device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a midpoint between a rear left end position and a rear right end position of another vehicle, acquire a width of the other vehicle, and change a current position of a great change position to a corrected position and acquire a midpoint between a current position of a small change position and the corrected position as a position of the other vehicle in a case where a changing amount of the width is…
Vehicle control device and method
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122385
The disclosure provides a vehicle control device and method for controlling a vehicle. The vehicle control device includes a gear shift member, having a parking brake keeping a vehicle in a stationary state, a drive gear keeping driving the vehicle, and a park gear keeping the vehicle in a parked state; a control switch configured to be able to control the parking brake and shift to the park gear; a control member performing following controls when the vehicle is in the parked state:…
Traveling control apparatus
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122377
A traveling control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: determining whether a second other vehicle is located within a predetermined range from a subject vehicle when the subject vehicle and a first other vehicle are closer than a predetermined degree in a traveling direction, when the first other vehicle traveling in a first adjacent lane adjacent to a current lane, which has a same traveling direction as the current lane, and the second other vehicle traveling in…
Vehicle control system, server, and vehicle control method
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122322
The present invention includes: a vehicle exterior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle exterior image, a vehicle interior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle interior image, a person recognition unit recognizing, based on the vehicle exterior and interior images, a presence of a person in the vehicle and a motion of a person outside the vehicle, a door control unit controlling a state of a door of the vehicle, and a motion determination unit determining a specific motion to…
Article receiving device and electric vehicle
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12122260
Provided is an article receiving device that allows an article to be put into and taken out of an article receiving portion without causing any undue burden on the body of the user. The article receiving device (30) for receiving an article (200) therein, comprises a receiving portion (48) having an opening (60) for passing the article into and out of the receiving portion, and a lid (70) rotatable around an axial line extending horizontally along a lower part of the opening to…
System and method for material fingerprinting
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12117421
Methods and systems for material identification include generating a plurality of first fingerprints for a plurality of material sheets supplied by a supplier at a first step of processing the plurality of material sheets. Each first fingerprint in the plurality of first fingerprints represents a first attenuation measurement of each material sheet in the plurality of material sheets as captured by an array of transducers. Further, the methods and systems include generating a batch mask…
Holding device
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12120837
A battery exchanger in which a mobile battery that has a connector is held by being accommodated or placed therein, wherein the battery exchanger has: a slot for holding the mobile battery; a connector provided to the slot in a manner allowing relative movement, the connector being connected to the connector; a through-hole provided to the slot, the connector being passed through the through-hole; and a shutter provided to the slot in a manner allowing relative movement, the shutter…
System and method for presenting electric vehicle charging options based on a predicted charging speed
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12117498
A system and method for presenting electric vehicle charging options based on a predicted charging speed. According to one aspect, a method includes determining a current geo-location of an electric vehicle and determining a current state of charge of a battery. The method also includes identifying a plurality of charging stations that are within a remaining distance that the electric vehicle is capable of traveling based on the current geo-location of the electric vehicle and the…