Operation system and operation method
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12115686
An operation system and an operation method that may improve operability are provided. The operation system includes a circuitry configured to determine a predicted value of an operator motion after a predetermined prediction latency from a current time based on a bio-signal using a prescribed machine learning model, the bio-signal captured from the operator and a controller configured to control a motion of a robot based on the predicted value. The operation method includes a step of…
Capacitance detection sensor, capacitance detection sensor module and state determination method using capacitance detection sensor
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12117354
A pair of first electrodes 111, 112 is arranged in a state being separated in a direction parallel to a contact surface 102 of a base material 10 made of a dielectric and being at least partially in contact with the base material 10. A pair of second electrodes 121, 122 is arranged in a state of overlapping at least one of the pair of first electrodes and sandwiching the base material 10 at a position farther from the contact surface 102 of the base material 10 than the pair of first…
Engine control apparatus
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116942
Engine control apparatus includes: engine including injector configured to inject fuel into combustion chamber and ignition plug configured to ignite air-fuel mixture of fuel and air in combustion chamber; temperature sensor configured to detect temperature of engine; and controller configured to control injector based on temperature detected by temperature sensor. Fuel injected by injector is at least one of gasoline fuel and reformed fuel obtained by reforming part of gasoline fuel…
Storage box seal structure
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116074
A storage box seal structure includes a recess, a seal member provided in the recess, and a projection that comes into contact with the seal member for sealing, and has, at an opening, a centering structure for guiding opening and closing of a lid member. The centering structure includes a first rib and a second rib projecting from opposite edges of the recess, and a guide portion that guides at least one of the first rib and the second rib at opening and closing.
Degradation concept for a steer-by-wire steering system
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116051
A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle or a steering system for an autonomous driving motor vehicle includes a controller configured or programmed to control steering of steerable road wheels depending on a driver's input or an input of an autonomous driving unit and to include a normal mode of operation with full steering functionality and no quality problems, and at least two degraded modes with degraded operation of the steering system. The steering system includes an…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12116019
A vehicle control device recognizes a surrounding situation of a vehicle, controls steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle without depending on an operation of a driver, determines any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, changes the driving mode of the vehicle to a driving mode in which the task is heavier when a task is not executed by the driver, determines whether there is an error…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording program
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12115984
A vehicle control device includes: a first obtaining part obtaining gripping information indicating a driver of a vehicle is gripping a steering wheel; a second obtaining part obtaining operation information indicating the driver is performing a driving operation; a recognition part recognizing a road marking line of a lane traveled by the vehicle; and a support part providing a support so that the vehicle does not deviate from the road marking line when a deviation probability is…
Parking support system and control method thereof
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12115975
A parking support system of a vehicle, comprises: a detection unit configured to detect information of a periphery of the vehicle; a control unit configured to control, based on the information detected by the detection unit, a parking space entry operation of the vehicle to a parking space and a parking space exit operation of the vehicle from the parking space; and a stationary state control unit configured to maintain a stationary state of the vehicle after one of the parking space…
Air guide duct with splitter and underbody tray
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12115850
An air guiding system for a vehicle including an air guide duct having at least one air inlet, the air guide duct further having a first air outlet, a second air outlet, and an internal flow splitter. The flow splitter is disposed within the air guide duct such that a first portion of incoming air flows to the first and second air outlets, and a second portion of incoming air flows through the flow splitter. The first air outlet is configured to discharge air into one of the pair of…
Printing method
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
12115798
A printing method for printing a first image and a second image while changing a relative position and a relative attitude of a print head relative to a printing object, includes a first printing step of printing a first print image obtained by forming an unprinted region in the first image, a detecting step of detecting the unprinted region, an adjusting step of adjusting the print head such that the second image adjoins the first image, and a second printing step of printing a second…
Front grille for an automobile
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
D1046706
Motorcycle or motorcycle replica
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
D1046696
Motorcycle or motorcycle replica
Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number:
D1046695
Battery unit
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12111362
A battery unit includes: a module including m cell groups that are connected in series and each include n cells connected in parallel; m voltage detectors; (m×(n?1)) heat flow detectors; a storage; and a state estimator. The storage stores a table map of OCV vs. SOC characteristics (A1) and a table map of HF vs. SOC characteristics (A2). For each of the m cell groups, the state estimator is configured to: determine, based on the (A2), a true SOC of (n?1) cells that corresponds to a heat…
Vehicle interior lighting assembly with flexible LED sheet
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12114405
A vehicle interior lighting assembly includes a housing configured to contain lighting components, a lens through which light may be projected from the housing, and a light source including a flexible sheet including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The flexible sheet includes a first, larger portion disposed at a first orientation at an oblique angle with respect to the lens, and a second, smaller portion disposed at a second orientation that is substantially aligned with the…
Systems and methods for heterogeneous multi-agent multi-modal trajectory prediction with evolving interaction graphs
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12112622
The systems and methods herein utilize interactive Gaussian processes for crowd navigation. For example, an encoder receives sensor data and context information. The encoder also extracts interaction patterns from observed trajectories from the sensor data and context information. The encoder further generates a static latent interaction graph for a first time step based on the interaction patterns. A recurrent module generates a distribution of time dependent static latent interaction…
Contact detection device
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12112590
A contact detection device includes an electrostatic capacitance sensor provided on a steering wheel of a vehicle, and configured to detect contact of a human body with the steering wheel, an estimation unit configured to estimate whether the human body is in contact with the steering wheel, and a diagnosis unit configured to conduct a failure diagnosis related to the electrostatic capacitance sensor, based on a detection result of the electrostatic capacitance sensor in a case where the…
Information processing device, information processing method, and program
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12112336
An information processing device of an embodiment includes an acquirer configured to acquire secondary battery information about a secondary battery transmitted from a vehicle equipped with the secondary battery storing electric power for traveling, an analyzer configured to analyze value information of the secondary battery on the basis of the secondary battery information acquired by the acquirer and request information from a secondary-use-related user who uses the secondary battery,…
Work area zone boundary demarcation apparatus of autonomously navigating work machine
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12112103
A work zone boundary demarcation apparatus to demarcate boundaries that divide a work area (AR) to be serviced by at least one autonomously navigating work machine into multiple zones (ARn), equipped with a computer having at least a processor, a memory, an input-output circuit and a simulation program loaded in the memory to simulate work of the work machine in the work area; wherein the processor is configured to perform as a boundary demarcation unit that demarcates boundaries which…
Simulator device
Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number:
12111425
Provided is a simulator device allowing simplification and cost minimization. A simulator device that generates and emits, to a LiDAR shining a laser light at a plurality of scanning locations, a false light corresponding to said laser light, and comprises: a light focusing unit that focuses the laser light shined at the plurality of scanning locations; and a simulator that, in accordance with the laser light focused by the light focusing unit, generates the false light resembling…
