Congestion management with cruise control
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12205464
A control signal related to a road segment is received by a processor of a vehicle from a remote server. Using at least a portion of the control signal, a cruise control parameter for controlling the vehicle is obtained. Responsive to determining that a cruise control module of the vehicle is enabled, the cruise control module is configured to use the cruise control parameter. The cruise control module operates to maintain the cruise control parameter for the vehicle.
Dispersion of surface-treated silica-containing inorganic oxide particles and method for producing same
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12203026
A dispersion includes silane-bonded inorganic oxide particles having surfaces modified with a hydrolyzable silane, and a liquid dispersion medium which contains a hydrolysate of the hydrolyzable silane; the ratio of (the number of moles of silicon atoms of the hydrolysate of the hydrolyzable silane in the dispersion medium)/(the number of moles of silicon atoms of the silane bonded to the surfaces of the particles) is 0.2 to 30; and Q4 is greater than that before the surface modification…
Vehicle control method and vehicle control device
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202471
A vehicle control method causes a controller to execute: vehicle speed determination processing of determining whether or not vehicle speed of an own vehicle is reduced to less than a predetermined speed threshold; lateral deviation detection processing of detecting lateral deviation of the own vehicle with respect to a lane center or a lane boundary line; target trajectory generation processing of, when determining that the vehicle speed is reduced to less than the speed threshold,…
3D occlusion reasoning for accident avoidance
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12194991
An occlusion is identified in a vehicle transportation network. A visibility grid is identified on a second side of the occlusion for a vehicle that is on a first side of the occlusion. The visibility grid is identified with respect to a region of interest that is at least a predefined distance above ground. The visibility grid is used to identify first portions of roads sensed by a sensor positioned on the vehicle and second portions of the roads that are not sensed by the sensor. A…
Method for controlling the positioning of a motor vehicle on a traffic lane
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12198444
A method is for controlling the positioning of a motor vehicle on a road including several traffic lanes defined laterally by road marking lines. The method includes receiving a signal originating from a camera equipping the vehicle, analyzing the signal in order to detect the road marking lines, identifying, according to a predefined classification of the types of road marking lines, the type of lines detected defining the vehicle's current traffic lane, determining characteristics of…
Engine malfunction determination system
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12196147
An engine malfunction determination system includes a vehicle engine, an engine sensor system, an engine control module and an electronic display device. The engine sensor system has at least one sensor configured to detect an operation condition of the vehicle engine. The engine control module is in electrical communication with the sensor system to receive a detection signal from the engine sensor system regarding the operation condition of the vehicle engine. The engine control module…
Vehicular cooling system
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12196124
A series-hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine for electric power generation and a motor generator for travelling. The internal combustion engine is cooled by a second coolant water circuit that has a main radiator. A first coolant water circuit having a sub radiator is used to cool a front wheel-side power train cooling part, a rear wheel-side power train cooling part, a water-cooled condenser, and a low temperature-side intercooler. When the vehicle is accelerating, an…
Vehicle driving mode switching control method and vehicle driving mode switching control device
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12195051
A vehicle driving mode switching control method is provided to switch from a driving assist mode in which a driving operation performed by a driver is assisted by autonomous travel control having a plurality of assist levels to a manual driving mode in which the driver performs the driving operation. The vehicle driving mode switching control method sets a threshold value higher for a driving assist mode in which the assist level is relatively high than for a threshold value of a driving…
Generation and transmission of control commands for connected vehicles based on predicted future flow, average velocity, or future density of traffic
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12195035
A server accesses vehicle data from each connected vehicle (CV) of a subset of a plurality of CVs on a roadway portion, the vehicle data comprising at least one of: a position, a velocity, or a headway. The server generates, based on the accessed vehicle data, a long-term shared world model. The server generates, using the long-term shared world model, a data structure representing predicted future velocities on the roadway portion by position and time by applying a traffic flow model to…
Driving support method and driving support device
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12194999
A driving support method and a driving support device set a timing to start an own vehicle based on an elapsed time from a stop of the own vehicle to a start of a preceding vehicle existing in front of the own vehicle, wherein the timing in case that the elapsed time is long is later than the timing in case that the elapsed time is short, and start the own vehicle at the set timing by following the preceding vehicle.
In-vehicle structure of inverter
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12191730
The in-vehicle structure of an inverter includes an inverter and a side member. The inverter has a first high-voltage bus bar whose position in the front-rear direction of the vehicle does not overlap with a low rigidity portion and overlaps with a high rigidity portion.
Resist underlayer film-forming composition having diol structure
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12189294
A composition contains an organic solvent and compound (formula (1)), theoretical molecular weight 999 or less. (Z1 contains a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; U represents a monovalent organic group (formula (2)); and p represents 2 to 4.) (In formula (2), R1 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; A1 to A3 represent a hydrogen atom, or methyl or ethyl group: X represents —COO—, —OCO—, —O—, —S— or —NRa—; Ra represents a hydrogen atom or methyl…
Strainer
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12188614
A strainer has an inlet for oil; a filter through which the oil that has flowed in from the inlet passes from inside to outside; a first supply port for supplying, to a first oil pump, the oil that has passed through the filter; a second supply port for supplying, to an intermittently driven second oil pump, the oil that has passed through the filter. The second supply port is located more upward than the first supply port; and the filter has a region located below the second supply…
Shift control method and shift control system
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12188555
The present invention provides a shift control method include: setting a basic target synchronization rotation speed that is a basic target value of the input shaft rotation speed during the shift; determining whether or not an accelerating intention is present when the shift is a downshift with a driving force requirement to the vehicle; when the accelerating intention is present, setting a first target input shaft rotation speed as the target input shaft rotation speed, the first…
Driving force control method and driving force control device
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187135
A driving force control method controls front wheel driving force and rear wheel driving force by a front wheel motor connected to a front wheel of a vehicle and a rear wheel motor connected to a rear wheel, respectively. The driving force control method includes: executing a cooperative process of lifting up or lifting down a vehicle body by cooperation of adjustment of at least one of the front wheel driving force and the rear wheel driving force and application of friction braking…
Module attachment method
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179863
An attachment method basically includes detecting a vehicle body side error; a detecting a module side error; correcting the position of a module in the X, Y and Z directions and the angles W, P, and R with respect to each axis based on the vehicle body side and the module side errors; detecting a vehicle body center Bc by measuring both the left and right sides of a vehicle body using the vehicle body side error; detecting a module center by measuring both the left and right sides of…
Relay device, communication network system, and communication control method
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12184446
A relay device includes a relay connected between a first communication network and a second communication network. The second communication network uses a communication protocol different from the first communication network. A first frame is transmitted in the first communication network, and has a first payload including control information, a first data ID for identifying the control information, and a data length code indicating a data length of the first payload. A second frame is…
Intersection risk indicator
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12183192
A method and system for determining risk indicators for intersections. A method includes receiving, by a computing node from intersection proximate sensors at each intersection, intersection data. For each intersection, the method includes determining, by the computing node for each connected vehicle proximate to an intersection, a driver risk score based on driver distraction data from the intersection data for the intersection, determining, by the computing node, a near miss score…
Object detection method and object detecting device
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12181567
An object detection method includes irradiating a position in front of a host-vehicle with an electromagnetic wave, and detecting an object in front of the host-vehicle based on a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave. The object detection method further includes capturing an image of the position in front of the host-vehicle to acquire an image, and determining whether the object is floating matters based on the acquired image if a state where the object is not detected changes to…
Vehicle park-lock control method and park-lock control device
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12181042
A vehicle park lock control method is presented with range positions including a P-range position and an N-range position in each of which a driving force is prevented from being transmitted to a driving wheel of a vehicle. A park lock mechanism is activated when in the P-range position. An operator is allowed to select whether or not to cause the park lock mechanism to be activated in response to key-off operation when in the N-range position. In response to continuous shifting of a…
