Attention attracting system and attention attracting method
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280716
An attention attracting system includes plural HMI devices notifying occupants; and an attention attracting device notifying the occupants of presence of a risk of contact between a subject vehicle and an object through the HMI devices. The attention attracting device includes a risk identification section identifying a risk level of the risk of the contact and a notification section: executing a first notification to notify a driver of the presence of the risk of the contact through a…
Control apparatus and control method using captured image of external environment of vehicle
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12283111
A control apparatus for a vehicle including an image capturing device periodically acquires an image of an external environment of the vehicle from the image capturing device and recognizes a target object in the external environment of the vehicle based on the acquired image. The apparatus controls setting of a predetermined region for the acquired image and performs distortion reduction processing for reducing distortion of the image for the set predetermined region. In a case where a…
Route determination system, mobile object, and recording medium
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282329
A route determination system includes: an initial route line setting section that sets an initial route line including a plurality of split points between a starting point and a destination and connecting the first and second waypoints; and a movement route determination section that generates a candidate route line starting from the first waypoint and reaching the second waypoint by setting a predetermined number of control points at arbitrary positions within a specific range on the…
Driver assistance system for motorcycle
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280847
A driver assistance system 1 for a motorcycle is provided with: a driving force output device 82 that generates a backup output for reversing a drive wheel and backing up a vehicle body; a brake lever 810 squeezably operable by a rider; a ACC main switch 43 and an ACC lever 44 operable by the rider; and a back out assistance controller 64 that controls the driving force output device 82 on the basis of the operation of the lever 810, the switch 43, and the lever 44. The back out…
Vehicle body lower structure
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280836
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…
Vehicle body lower structure
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280835
The disclosure provides a vehicle body lower structure, which may improve aerodynamic performance and inhibit the airflow guiding plate from being over-expanded or detached. The vehicle body lower structure includes an airflow guiding plate that is arranged on the vehicle body of a vehicle and is movable between a receiving position covering the lower part of the vehicle body and a deploying position protruding downward. The vehicle body lower structure further includes: a hook member,…
Driving assistance apparatus
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280779
A driving assistance apparatus including a display part and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling a travel actuator so that a subject vehicle follows a preceding vehicle while keeping a target inter-vehicle distance, acquiring traffic light information including switching information on a traffic light, position information of the subject vehicle with respect to the traffic light, and inter-vehicle distance information on an inter-vehicle distance from…
Path generation apparatus and path generation method
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280776
Path generation apparatus configured to generate target travel path of vehicle, includes: external sensor mounted on vehicle and configured to detect external situation centered on advancing direction of vehicle; and electronic control unit including processor and memory coupled to processor. Electronic control unit is configured to perform: recognizing travel lane where vehicle travels based on external situation detected by external sensor; deriving first function representing travel…
Air exhausting method of vehicle brake system
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280754
An air exhausting method of a vehicle brake system is provided. The air exhausting method of the vehicle brake system includes: a first step of actuating a slave cylinder on a pressurization side in a state where a switching valve communicates the slave cylinder with a brake fluid pressure control device, so that air retained in a passage section from the slave cylinder to the brake fluid pressure control device is exhausted from an air exhausting hole; a second step of actuating the…
Routing structure of wire harness of sensor for door of automobile
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280724
To provide an inexpensive routing structure, which is improved in sealing performance with no harm in noise insulation performance, of a wire harness of a sensor for a door of an automobile. The routing structure includes a wire harness of a sensor. The sensor couples to a flange of a rear door of the automobile with a bracket, and detects an electric signal which provides an indication that an object is between the rear door and a front door. The wire harness passes through a through…
Alerting system and alerting method
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280717
An alerting system includes a processor that, when a risk indicator indicating a risk of colliding with an object in front falls in a predetermined value range, executes a notification at a predetermined conspicuousness level to a driver via an HMI device, decides on a notification parameter set including parameters defining a notification output timing and the conspicuousness level, records presence or absence of a reactive behavior of the driver to the notification executed using the…
Electric device arranged on the powertrain of a vehicle
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280650
A vehicle includes: an electric device mounted on the vehicle; a functional component placed on the electric device to extend further rearward than the electric device in plan view when mounted on the vehicle; a cable connecting the electric device and a battery mounted on the vehicle; and a cable mount that is provided below and within a plane of projection of the functional component on the electric device and has a terminal port facing downward in a vertical direction when mounted in…
Propulsion system of aircraft
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275313
The propulsion system have a load change detecting unit detecting a load change and an operating point control unit controlling power operating points defined using a torque T and a rotation number Ne. The operating point control unit calculates target power operating points 44 and 54 corresponding to the load after change for first power operating points 41 and 51 that are current power operating points in a case in which a change in the load is detected by the load change detecting…
Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275372
There is provided with a control apparatus. A first obtaining unit obtains position information of a vehicle. A setting unit sets a remote operation permitted range of the vehicle on a basis of movement information of the vehicle in a first predetermined period based on the position information. A second obtaining unit obtains information indicating that a specific operation for a remote operation input to the vehicle from a user terminal is performed. A controlling unit restricts the…
Defogging system
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275378
A defogging system includes: a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed; a first heater arranged outside a field of view of an imaging device and configured to heat a window; a second heater arranged inside the field of view of the imaging device, arranged to be in contact with the window, and configured to heat the window; and a controller configured to control the first heater and the second heater. The controller is configured to determine whether the vehicle is…
Control device for automatic stop of vehicle
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275385
A control device for automatic stop of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a radar and a sonar, the radar detecting a distance to an obstacle and detecting a height of the obstacle from a road surface, the sonar detecting the distance to the obstacle and detecting a signal level of a reflected wave from the obstacle. The control device includes a control unit having a processor configured to output a signal for triggering the automatic stop of the vehicle when the signal level of the…
Vehicle control apparatus
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275408
A vehicle control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform generating an action plan so that the subject vehicle moves from a first lane to a second lane when it is determined that the lane change is necessary. The target route includes a specific road in which the second lane is separated from the first lane up to a first point ahead of a current position, the second lane is adjacent to the first lane from the first point to a second point ahead of the first point, and…
Travel control system and travel control method
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275409
A travel control system for a vehicle provided with a drive source, a wheel having a wheel body connected to the drive source via a power transmission member and a tire mounted on the wheel body, and a braking device for braking the wheel includes: an estimation unit configured to estimate a tire torsional stiffness and a road surface friction coefficient based on at least the rotation speed of the drive source, the rotation speed of the wheel body, the vehicle body speed, and the torque…
Vehicle control system, vehicle, and control method
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275421
A vehicle control system includes a plurality of slave ECUs, and a core ECU including a gateway function for relaying data communication among the plurality of slave ECUs and between the plurality of slave ECUs and an external apparatus. The vehicle control system accepts operation requests from a plurality of systems that makes a request for an operation to an operating unit equipped in a vehicle and performing an operation based on an operation request. The operation requests from the…
Cooling structure of vertical motor
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12278540
A vertical motor with a cooling structure for an electrical operation machine is provided. The vertical motor includes a driving shaft, having a rotational axis and arranged along a vertical direction; a rotor, rotating with the driving shaft; a stator, arranged around the rotor; a winding, arranged around the stator; a housing, having a wall portion and a bottom portion and accommodating the driving shaft, the rotor and the stator; and an oil sump, provided on the bottom portion of the…
