VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375662
A vehicle control device is a vehicle control device that is connected between an automated driving system and a vehicle platform that performs automated driving according to commands from the automated driving system, and includes: a memory that stores a program and a memory that executes the program; and a processor that interfaces between the autonomous driving system and the vehicle platform. When the processor receives a manual startup command in the unknown state, it transitions to…
MULTI-CONNECTIVITY WITH QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENT
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240381405
A method of multi-connectivity with quality of experience (QoE) measurement in 5G includes receiving, by a first base station (BS) from a. second BS, at least one application layer message comprising at least one information element (IE) associated with QoE measurement, determining, by the first BS and based on the at least one IE, to add the second BS as a secondary BS to allocate resources of the second BS for dual connectivity operation of a user equipment (UE), transmitting, by the…
SYNTHESIZING COMPLEMENTARY PROBE DATA USING IMAGING DATA
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240377221
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the generation multiple vehicle traces for a roadway. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring sensor data about a roadway, including at least imaging data of an overhead view of the roadway. The method includes generating complementary traces of the roadway using a trace model that iteratively generates the complementary traces according to learned perturbations that imitate information acquired from…
MAP INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MAP INFORMATION STORAGE, AND MAP INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240377215
A map information storage device stores map information which includes information relating to traffic lanes shown as a series of multiple lane position information items, and has a storage device that stores lane position information items in a number necessary for control of a vehicle, for a first zone oriented from a current location of the vehicle toward a traveling direction of the vehicle, and stores lane position information items in a number necessary to verify the end of a…
NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION METHOD
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240377214
In a navigation system, a data center is connected to a plurality of vehicles via a communication network. The data center receives video data and stores the received video data in a storage device, the received video data being data of a video captured by a drive recorder and provided from a first vehicle among the plurality of vehicles, the first vehicle having a destination that is set such that route guidance until arrival at the destination cannot be accomplished by the navigation…
NFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240377203
An information processing device has a processor configured to detect a vanishing point where two lane marking lines in a front image representing environment ahead of a vehicle intersect, to detect a moving direction of the vehicle from a predetermined reference location to the vanishing point in the front image, to determine whether or not each of two moving directions has a different orientation in excess of a predetermined reference range with respect to the previously detected…
SIX-WHEELED VEHICLE
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375735
To realize a six-wheeled vehicle that can move omni-directionally. A six-wheeled vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a main body; middle wheels arranged on the left and right sides of the main body; front wheels arranged in front of the middle wheels; rear wheels arranged behind the middle wheels; and a drive mechanism configured to cause each of the middle wheels to turn about a steering axle extending in a vertical direction and to each of the middle…
VEHICLE LOWER STRUCTURE
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375722
A vehicle lower structure includes an electricity storage device, a rocker, a front suspension member, a torque box, a floor panel, and a protector. The front suspension member is disposed on a front side of the electricity storage device. The torque box lies side-by-side with the electricity storage device in a horizontal direction. The torque box connects the rocker and the front suspension member to each other. The floor panel is disposed on an upper side of the electricity storage…
AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM, AND MOBILE DEVICE CASE FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375680
An autonomous driving system connected communicably to a mobile device of a driver or to a mobile device case attached to the mobile device, and configured to perform autonomous driving control. the autonomous driving system comprises a display cover of the mobile device case, capable of switching a display of the mobile device between a visible state and a shielded state. The display of the mobile device is switched from the visible state to the shielded state by controlling the mobile…
DISTRACTION JUDGMENT DEVICE, DISTRACTION JUDGMENT METHOD, AND NONTRANSITORY COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375665
A distraction judgment device detecting an object present in a front direction of a vehicle based on surrounding data showing a situation around that vehicle, detecting a gaze origin and gaze direction of the driver based on driver data showing a state of the driver, changing an up-down direction viewing judgment range for judging whether the driver is looking at inside equipment arranged inside at the front in accordance with a positional relationship with the object, judging that the…
ONBOARD DISPLAY DEVICE, ONBOARD DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375513
A MET and a HUD are provided inside a cabin of an host vehicle so as to be capable of being viewed by an occupant. An acquisition section is configured to acquire information regarding surrounding objects around the host vehicle. A control section is configured to suppress display on the HUD of an image of a surrounding object other than a first preceding vehicle traveling ahead in a current traveling lane of the host vehicle from out of images of surrounding objects for which the…
VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375660
A vehicle control apparatus executes a lane change control of providing a driver of an own vehicle with a proposal of changing lanes and automatically changes lanes when the driver approves of the proposal. When the driver performs an acceleration operation when the vehicle control apparatus provides the driver with a proposal of changing lanes to move the own vehicle to a next lane for overtaking a preceding vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus determines that the driver approves of…
TRAVEL CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375652
A travel controller generates a candidate parameter set including one or more parameters for controlling travel of a vehicle by inputting input data including a surroundings image into a classifier that has been trained to output the one or more parameters in response to input of the input data. The travel controller predicts a future motion of the vehicle under control of travel with the candidate parameter set. The travel controller controls travel of the vehicle, with the candidate…
CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE, AND NONTRANSITORY COMPUTER RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375641
A control device is configured to: detect an object present around a vehicle to which attention should be paid based on surrounding data showing a situation around the vehicle; detect a gaze origin and gaze direction of the driver based on driver data showing a state of a driver of the vehicle; set a field of vision of the driver toward the gaze direction of the driver based on a speed of the vehicle, a type of road, or a shape of road, set a virtual plane on which the object is…
SIDE MIRROR CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SIDE MIRROR CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375588
A side mirror control device for controlling side mirrors of a vehicle includes a mobile object detection unit that detects entry of a mobile object into a side warning area set on left and right sides of the vehicle, and a side mirror control unit that rapidly retracts the side mirror on the side corresponding to the side warning area when the entry of the mobile object into the side warning area is detected when a vehicle speed of the vehicle is lower than a side mirror retraction…
NOTIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375583
A notification control device is configured to, when the number of objects requiring attention present in surroundings of a vehicle is less than or equal to a predetermined number, respectively set virtual planes on which the objects are projected at positions of the objects so as to face the vehicle and notify a driver to inform him or her of the presence of an object requiring attention if the field of vision of the driver does not overlap a projected location of the object on the…
INFORMATION NOTIFICATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375579
An information notification device is provided with a notification control unit configured to notify a rear vehicle that a host vehicle is giving right of way to others via a first display provided in the host vehicle so as to be visually recognized from the rear vehicle in a stop state in which the host vehicle is stopped in order to give right of way to others.
ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375535
The electrified vehicle includes a power storage device, a connector, a buck-boost converter that exchanges power with voltage conversion between a first power line to which the power storage device is connected and a second power line to which the connector is connected; A charging relay provided on the second power line, and a control device that controls the buck-boost converter and the relay, and the control device is connected to the connector and the external power supply device…
METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375527
An information processing apparatus acquires information indicating a route for a going and/or return trip of a power supply vehicle to supply power to a first vehicle at a first destination. The information processing apparatus then acquires positional information for and SOCs of a plurality of second vehicles. The information processing apparatus then identifies, from among the plurality of second vehicles, one or more second vehicles that are present in a vicinity of the first…
DRIVE DEVICE
Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240375523
An art configured to suppress a temperature difference between two drive motors while charging a battery is provided. A drive device for an electric vehicle having a battery may comprise a first motor and a second motor electrically connected to the battery and configured to drive at least one driving wheel of the electric vehicle, and a controller configured to respectively control a current that flows in the first motor and a current that flows in the second motor. The controller may…
