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…
Control device, work machine, and work system
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12225843
An aspect of the present invention is a control device for performing travel control of a work machine, the work machine executes work while traveling in a work region based on a reference line, and the control device comprises a setting unit that sets a distance from the reference line, a first control unit that controls the work machine to travel along a first virtual line, the first virtual line being a virtual line away from the reference line on one side, a second control unit that…
Sound reducing device for internal combustion engine
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221908
A sound reducing device (30) for an internal combustion engine (1, 101) comprises a chamber forming member (33) defining a sound reducing chamber (32) having a prescribed column length jointly with a belt cover, and the sound reducing chamber communicates with the belt chamber via an opening (31), and the opening opposes a part of a timing belt passed around the cam pulley.
Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12225428
A vehicle control device including: a first terminal position recognition unit that recognizes a first position of a user terminal with respect to a vehicle by activating a first prescribed number of a plurality of second communication antennas and by performing second wireless communication between the vehicle and the user terminal; and a terminal distance recognition unit that: recognizes a distance between the vehicle and the user terminal by activating a second prescribed number,…
Imaging system, guidance control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12225282
Provided is an imaging system including an imager configured to image a ridable moving object positioned at a registered photo spot, and a processor configured to execute a program to cause a guide to guide the ridable moving object on which a user gets and which is positioned near the photo spot to a recommended position in the photo spot.
Aircraft
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224688
An aircraft includes: rotors each driven by an electric motor; a PCU that converts AC power output from a generator into DC power; an inverter that converts DC power supplied from the PCU into AC power and outputs the AC power to the electric motor; a DC wire that connects the PCU and the inverter; and an AC wire that connects the inverter and the electric motor. The AC wire is disposed in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which rotation shafts of the generator and a gas turbine…
Rotating electric machine system, and combined power system equipped therewith
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224646
In a combined power system, a rotating shaft of a rotating electric machine includes a hollow cylindrical outer shaft and an inner shaft inserted into the hollow interior part of the outer shaft. The inner shaft includes a projecting distal end exposed from the outer shaft. On the projecting distal end, a rotational parameter detector, a retaining member and a restraining member are disposed. The retaining member supports the rotational parameter detector at the projecting distal end.…
Power output device, power input device, and power output/input device
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224609
A better power output device is provided. A charging and power supply device having a power source in a housing, wherein the housing has USB power output terminals to which a load that receives DC output power is connected, AC power output terminals to which a load that receives AC output power is connected, a USB switch that receives an instruction from a user to output power from the USB power output terminals, and an AC switch that receives an instruction from the user to output power…
Containing device
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224607
A containing device equipped with: a casing formed in a substantially polyhedral shape, the casing having six substantially quadrilateral faces facing mutually different directions; and a containing part formed in the casing, the containing part containing a contained object so as to be insertable/removable. An opening continuous with the containing part, or a peripheral edge part of an opening continuous with the containing part, is disposed at a position corresponding to a first side,…
Autonomous work machine, autonomous work machine control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12222721
An autonomous work machine that works in a work area, comprising: a detection unit that detects a plurality of markers arranged to define the work area; a specifying unit that specifies marker information based on a detection result of the detection unit; a setting unit that sets a virtual line connecting the plurality of markers based on the marker information specified by the specifying unit; and a control unit that controls the autonomous work machine such that the autonomous work…
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…
Door opening prevention system for motor vehicles
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221815
A system for preventing sliding vehicle doors from opening during collisions is disclosed. The system includes at least one roller assembly of a sliding door connected to a guiderail on a vehicle body. The roller assembly includes a protruding member that interfaces with a protrusion engaging member attached to the vehicle body. During normal operation, the protruding member clears the protrusion engaging member. During a collision in which the sliding door is pushed laterally outwards,…
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…
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…
