APPLYING A CUSTOMIZED VEHICLE APPLICATION
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026355
An example operation includes one or more of identifying, via a vehicle application of a vehicle, one or more topics of interest associated with a vehicle occupant based one or more vehicle occupant behaviors detected by the vehicle, applying, via the vehicle application, one or more enhanced services to a device associated with vehicle occupant based on the one or more topics of interest and an occupant profile, and modifying, via the vehicle application, the one or more enhanced…
HANDOFF SEQUENCE FOR CITY NODES
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250030505
An example operation includes one or more of establishing a communication between a first vehicle and a computing node, determining data to be transmitted from the computing node to the first vehicle responsive to a portion of the data being stored on a second vehicle, determining the second vehicle will be in proximity to the first vehicle, and transmitting the portion of the data from the second vehicle to the first vehicle when the vehicles are in proximity and a remaining portion of…
SCANNING CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250028345
In a solar module including a solar panel and a power generation control unit, a scanning control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires information on power generation of the solar panel, a setting unit that sets a target power that is a target value of power generated by the solar panel based on information on power generation of the solar panel, and an instruction unit that permits execution of a scanning process by the power generation control unit when a difference…
REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250028325
A remote support system includes a moving body and a remote support terminal operated by a remote supporter. The remote support terminal includes a display device configured to display a support image transmitted from the moving body. The display device displays an auxiliary display being a combination of a first indicator and a second indicator, together with the support image. The first indicator is displayed with a continuous positional change according to an elapsed time from a start…
VALIDATING APPLICATION RESPONSE WITH VEHICLE OPERATION
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250027789
An example operation includes one or more of receiving a first response, from an application associated with a vehicle, including one or more factual statements determined by the application based on a set of data, retrieving vehicle data from the vehicle related to the factual statements, parsing the first response into one or more portions of the one or more factual statements, comparing the one or more portions to other portions of other factual statements included in a first…
RECOMMENDATION METHOD
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250027783
The recommendation method is a recommendation method of recommending a stop location to a user based on a predetermined rule. The recommendation method includes a receiving step of receiving input of feedback information indicating whether or not recommendation of a stop location is appropriate by a user, a determination step of determining whether or not feedback information satisfies an improvement condition related to a predetermined rule, and an updating step of updating a…
REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD AND REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250027778
A processing load of a server configured to manage a remote support or data traffic per unit time in sending/receiving between a target mobile vehicle of the remote support and the server is calculated. Positional information of a current location and a destination of the target mobile vehicle and map information containing the current location and the destination are obtained. When the processing load is equal to or greater than an upper limit load or when the data traffic per unit time…
ROUTE PREDICTION WITH CITY NODES
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250027776
An example operation includes one or more of determining data to be provided to a vehicle, determining data to be retrieved from the vehicle, determining a route for the vehicle based on an amount of time the data is provided to the vehicle and the data is retrieved from the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, and a location of at least one computing node that is configured to provide and retrieve the data.
TURNING CONTROL DEVICE, STEERING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026401
A turning control device includes: a target steering angle acquisition circuit; a differential value calculation circuit; a short-term target steering angle calculation circuit that calculates, by distributing a differential value, a short-term target steering angle that is a target value of the steering angle for each control cycle shorter than an acquisition cycle; and a motor control circuit. The short-term target steering angle calculation circuit calculates the short-term target…
CONTROLLING APPLICATION USE DURING VEHICLE OPERATION
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026373
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, that an occupant assist application is operating in the vehicle to assist a vehicle occupant during vehicle operation, determining, by the vehicle, that an unsafe driving condition is likely to occur via a monitoring application, prior to a time that the unsafe driving condition is expected to occur, ceasing, by the vehicle, the occupant assist application, and executing, by the vehicle, a driving assist application…
SWITCHING DEVICE AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026172
The switching device includes a first five-way switching unit, a second five-way switching unit, and a drive unit. The first five-way switching unit includes a first switching plate, and the second five-way switching unit includes a second switching plate. The drive unit includes a first gear part capable of driving the first switching plate, a second gear part capable of driving the second switching plate, and a drive portion for driving the first gear part and the second gear part. The…
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026353
A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether a difficult traveling zone exists between a lane change completion location and a current location of the vehicle, to calculate a first distance between an end point of the difficult traveling zone in the traveling direction of the vehicle and the lane change completion location when the difficult traveling zone exists, to determine whether the first distance is at least a reference distance, and to decide to…
VEHICLE OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR MONITORING APPLICATION
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026294
An example operation includes one or more of monitoring, via a vehicle, a behavior of an occupant of the vehicle, responsive to the behavior being above a threshold, generating via an application of the vehicle, a first suggested action intended for the occupant based on the behavior and an amount the behavior is above the threshold, monitoring, by the vehicle, whether the first suggested action is being performed by the occupant, determining an alternate action is being performed by the…
DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026288
A driving assistance device includes an acquisition unit which acquires a voice question about ADAS accepted from a driver driving a vehicle, a voice recognition unit which recognizes the voice question about the ADAS acquired by the acquisition unit, and a response generation unit which uses LLM and generates a voice response corresponding to the voice question about the ADAS recognized by the voice recognition unit.
ELECTRICAL CONNECTION UNIT
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026287
Provided is an electrical connection unit disposed in an automobile and performing relay in supplying electrical power from a first power source to a load apparatus. An electrical connection unit includes: a first electrical power path and a second electrical power path connected to a load apparatus; a third electrical power path connected to a first power source; a power source connection part which can be connected to a second power source; a first fuse attachment part which can attach…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE CENTER CONSOLE INSIDE WALL STORAGE
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026275
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a vehicle include a compartment having an edge surrounding a cavity and an inside wall at least partially defining the cavity, a lid coupled to the compartment, and a retainer sized and configured to removably couple to the inside wall. A plurality of wall apertures can be disposed in the inside wall. The wall apertures can be configured to receive an attachment feature for securing the retainer to the inside wall. The retainer can be selectively…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE CENTER CONSOLE LID STORAGE
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026274
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a vehicle include a compartment having an edge surrounding a cavity, a lid pivotally coupled to the compartment, the lid including an inner surface sized to span over the cavity and enclose the compartment, and a retainer sized and configured to removably couple to the inner surface. A plurality of attachment features can be used to selectively couple the retainer to the interior surface of the lid for retaining one or more items at the underside of…
CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE, ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026235
In an electrified vehicle of traveling using a battery, it is determined whether the driving mode of the vehicle is a first driving mode in which the driver's involvement in the traveling of the vehicle is low, or a second driving mode in which the driver's involvement is higher than the first driving mode. When it is determined that the driving mode is the first driving mode, the upper limit of the amount of electricity per unit time of entering and leaving the battery is set to the…
AUTHORIZATION FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026199
An example operation includes one or more of determining an event has occurred at a location, responsive to a level of the event being above a threshold, determining vehicles heading toward the location that can display information on an exterior portion of the vehicles, requesting to display the information on the vehicles, and responsive of an approval to the requesting, sending the information to the vehicles to display.
VEHICLE DOOR LUBRICANT APPLICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF APPLYING LUBRICANT TO VEHICLE DOORS
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250026186
A vehicle door lubricant application system includes a pump connected to a fluid line that is connected to a fluid reservoir. The pump is configured to provide a preselected amount of a lubricant to a spray nozzle assembly. The spray nozzle assembly is configured to dispense the lubricant. A sensing device is configured to detect presence of a vehicle door. The sensing device is configured to provide a signal in response to the presence of the vehicle door that is used to activate the…
