Vehicle authentication control apparatus, vehicle control system, vehicle, and vehicle authentication processing method to improve security while avoiding increase of in-vehicle communication traffic
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12267323
A vehicle authentication control apparatus comprises an information acquisition unit for acquiring, via an in-vehicle communication network, authenticated information, which is first format information generated by a first authentication method transmitted by at least one vehicle control unit mounted on a vehicle, authentication processing unit for executing authentication processing on the authenticated information, and an information transmitting unit for transmitting, via the…
Charging control apparatus, charging control system, and charging control method
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12266962
A charging control apparatus of an embodiment includes a history acquiring section that acquires history information indicating a usage situation and a charging situation of a battery; a pattern determining section that determines a charging period pattern that most closely resembles a charging habit of a user based on the history information; a display control section that controls a display section to display a charging end SOC, charging start SOC, and tolerable lower limit SOC…
Battery device and method for manufacturing battery device
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12266774
A battery device is provided with: an exterior body having two outer side walls; a plurality of battery cell groups that are arranged in parallel between the two outer side walls and that are each composed of a plurality of laminated battery cells; and holding mechanisms that are arranged between the plurality of battery cell groups and that hold the plurality of respective battery cell groups in the exterior body by applying, to the plurality of battery cell groups, a pressing force in…
Reactor and multi-phase interleave-type DC-DC converter
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12266462
A reactor includes a first core, a first coil and a second coil. The first and second coils each have terminals a and c, and terminals b and d, and are further wound such that a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the first core when a current flows from the terminal a to the terminal b of the first coil and a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the first core when a current flows from the terminal c to the terminal d of the second coil are opposite to each other. A second…
Driving assistance device, vehicle, and driving assistance method
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12263858
A driving assistance device comprises: an information display unit configured to display travel information based on the driving assistance function based on a power supply from a power source mounted on a vehicle having a driving assistance function; an information notification unit provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle and configured to make a notification of an operation state of the driving assistance function by turning on or off; a notification control unit configured to…
Facilitating transactions between users in a virtual world environment
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260503
An electronic device and method for rendering a virtual world for facilitating transactions between users is provided. The electronic device controls a display device to render a virtual world with a set of virtual elements to represent a set of real-world locations of a geographical area. The electronic device selects a virtual element from the set of virtual elements and further controls the display device based on the selection to render a set of objects inside the virtual world. The…
Lithium ion secondary battery electrode and method for manufacturing the same
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261303
Provided are a lithium ion secondary battery electrode that occurrence of short-circuit and contamination can be reduced and the method for manufacturing such a lithium ion secondary battery electrode. An electrode used for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a current collector formed of a metal porous body. The current collector has a mixture layer impregnated with an electrode material mixture containing an electrode active material and a non-mixture-impregnated portion not…
Liquid-type room-temperature fluoride ion batteries
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261270
The present disclosure relates to fluoride ion batteries and structures of metal based electrode materials for various fluoride ion batteries. The structures of the metal based electrode materials comprise one or more shells or interfaces, enabling the electrodes to operate at room temperature with a liquid electrolyte.
Speech processing system and speech processing method
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260872
A speech processing system includes one or more analog microphones each arrangeable within a cabin and configured to output a first analog speech signal, one or more digital microphones each arrangeable within the cabin and configured to output a digital speech signal, a digital-to-analog convertor configured to convert the digital speech signal into a second analog speech signal, and a speech signal processer including a delay processer configured to delay at least the first analog…
Distance calculation apparatus and vehicle position estimation apparatus
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260581
A distance calculation apparatus includes an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a situation around a subject vehicle, and a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing an object on the basis of a detection data detected by the in-vehicle detection unit, extracting feature points included in the detection data, recognizing a representative position of a predetermined object on the basis of a distribution…
Electric suspension apparatus and electric motor controller
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12257870
An electric suspension apparatus includes a return prevention circuit and a discharge controller. The return prevention circuit is configured to operate in one of operation modes including a return prevention mode of preventing a current from flowing from power storage to a power supply and a return allowance mode of allowing a current to flow from the power storage to the power supply. The discharge controller is configured to determine whether an electric motor is in regenerative…
Outboard engine
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258114
An outboard engine includes a steering mechanism having a pod propulsion device disposed in water outside a hull; a propulsive drive mechanism that is disposed in the hull and gives a propulsive drive force to the pod propulsion device; and a circulation cooling circuit which has an outward flow path that supplies a cooling oil to the steering mechanism and the propulsive drive mechanism, and an inward flow path which recovers the cooling oil from the steering mechanism and the…
Saddle-ride vehicle
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258087
In the saddle-ride vehicle, a front fork includes a fender support portion, the fender support portion is located on an inner side of a vehicle body relative to an inner surface of the front fender, and a fork guard is disposed on a rear side of the fender support portion, and the fork guard extends to an inner side of the vehicle body relative to the fender support portion. In the saddle-ride vehicle, the front fender includes an extending portion extending from the inner surface of the…
Steer-by-wire steering system with road wheel actuator power limit handling
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258078
A method to control a steer-by-wire steering system for a road vehicle including a steering device, a road wheel actuator to actuate road wheels, and a controller configured or programmed to generate a motor torque request for the road wheel actuator based on an actual or an estimated position and a position request, which is based on the position of the steering device, includes detecting a road wheel actuator power limit situation, modifying the position request so that it can be…
Transparent spoiler
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258076
A transparent spoiler for a vehicle including a first section, at least a portion of the first section having a first visual characteristic, and a second section, at least a portion of the second section having a second visual characteristic, the second visual characteristic defining a greater visibility through the second section than the visibility through the first section.
Vehicle hood apparatus and method
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258072
A vehicle hood assembly can include a vehicle body structure and a hood moveable with respect to the vehicle body structure from a closed state to an opened state. A first linkage can connect the hood to the vehicle body structure and include a first linkage aperture extending therethrough. A second linkage can connect the hood to the vehicle body structure and include a second linkage aperture extending therethrough. A central axis of the first linkage aperture can be coaxial with a…
System and method for providing long term and key intentions for trajectory prediction
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258047
A system and method for providing long term and key intentions for trajectory prediction that include receiving image data and LiDAR data associated with RGB images and LiDAR point clouds that are associated with a surrounding environment of an ego agent and processing a long term and key intentions for trajectory prediction dataset (LOKI dataset) that is utilized to complete joint trajectory and intention prediction for heterogeneous traffic agents. The system and method also include…
Control device
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258034
A control device for controlling a host vehicle includes processing circuitry configured to: recognize partition lines marking off left and right sides of a travel path on which the host vehicle travels; estimate a possibility of the host vehicle to depart from the travel path based on a position and a posture of the host vehicle with respect to the recognized partition lines; and control the notification based on the estimated possibility of departing from the travel path, the driving…
Vehicle controller, vehicle, and vehicle control method
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258017
A vehicle controller includes: a surrounding area recognition unit that detects a state surrounding a subject vehicle; a human detection unit that detects a specific target object in a specific area into which entry of the specific target object is restricted; an automated driving control part that provides control such that the subject vehicle follows a vehicle traveling ahead thereof, based on a result detected by the surrounding area recognition unit. The automated driving control…
Vehicle body structure
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12257964
A vehicle body structure includes an extension to be held between a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction and a side frame extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. The extension includes: a fixing plate made of a plate member and fixed to a projecting end of the side frame so as to face in the vehicle front-rear direction; a crushing body arranged on the fixing plate; and a coupling strip made of a plate member, extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and…
