BATTERY SYSTEM
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115164
Direct-current power of a battery is converted to alternating-current power by an inverter to drive a motor generator. A control ECU executes temperature raising control when the battery is at a low temperature. During the temperature raising control, the control ECU superimposes a current ripple for raising the temperature of the battery on a d-axis current command value. A frequency of the current ripple (ripple frequency) varies randomly around a resonance frequency of a battery…
TRANSMISSION OF POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250119865
A method for positioning in a sidelink communication. The method includes detecting, by an anchor component, a presence of at least one user equipment; and activating, by the anchor component, a transmission of a positioning reference signal to the user equipment responsive to the detected presence of the at least one user equipment.
STEERING SYSTEM
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115293
A steering system for a vehicle includes: a front wheel steering device configured to steer a front wheel, a rear wheel steering device configured to steer a rear wheel, and a controller configured to control the front wheel steering device and the rear wheel steering device such that the front wheel and the rear wheel are steerable independently of each other. When the front wheel passes unevenness, the controller executes a rear wheel avoidance control to avoid the rear wheel from…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED AUTONOMOUS DRIVING
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115273
Systems and methods are provided for personalizing autonomous driving. The system can receive historical data on a driver of the vehicle's performance and population data indicating a population driving style. Speed data can be recorded as the driver of the vehicle drives the vehicle during a trial period. The historical data, population data, and speed data can be input into a machine learning model to determine a style for the driver. The system can receive one or more parameters from…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING A FIRST VEHICLE USING A SECOND VEHICLE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115272
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the protection of a first vehicle using a second vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes processing sensor data about surroundings of a first vehicle to identify suspicious activity in the surroundings of the first vehicle. The method further includes, in response to identifying the suspicious activity, controlling a second vehicle to perform a reactive maneuver.
MAXIMUM SPEED INFORMING DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115265
The maximum speed informing device includes a camera device that acquires image data by capturing a scene in front of the vehicle, a display unit configured to be able to display the maximum speed, and a controller configured to be able to change the maximum speed displayed on the display unit., the controller acquires a numerical value included in the captured scene as a maximum speed candidate based on the image data, acquires road structure information indicating a structure of a road…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIVE REPLAY AND SUGGESTION FOR DRIVER SKILL IMPROVEMENT
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115263
A method for a replay driver skill improvement system is described. The method includes logging vehicle commands requested by a vehicle operator of an ego vehicle to perform a selected driving maneuver. The method also includes identifying one or more of the logged vehicle commands in which operation of the ego vehicle is outside of a predetermined threshold while performing the selected driving maneuver. The method further includes operating the ego vehicle according to the logged…
LANE CHANGE SUPPORT DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115242
A lane change support device determines whether or not the vehicle can change the lane ahead of the other vehicle by determining whether or not the sum of the distance traveled by the vehicle to move forward by the lane change by the predetermined preceding distance with respect to the other vehicle traveling ahead of the lane change destination lane, and the distance traveled by the vehicle during the predetermined allowance time is equal to or less than the distance from the current…
LANE CHANGE SUPPORT DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115241
The lane change support device is configured to estimate a lane speed of another vehicle traveling on a lane of a lane change destination, determine a minimum length of a space in a lane of a lane change destination necessary for lane change based on a lane speed of the other vehicle, estimate an actual length of a space in the lane of the lane change destination, and determine whether lane change is possible based on the minimum length and the actual length, and calculate a target…
SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR SMART MULTI-TIER POWER RUNNING BOARD WITH GROUND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115187
An apparatus, a system, and a method for providing a smart multi-tier power running board (PRB) with ground sensing technologies. The apparatus includes one or more support bars, one or more steps, an actuator connected to one end of each support bar of the one or more support bars, one or more sensors, and a controller coupled to the actuator and the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to: obtain data indicative of a request to move the one or more support bars from a…
METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOBLE METAL FINE PARTICLE-SUPPORTED CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOBLE METAL FINE PARTICLES, NOBLE METAL FINE PARTICLE-SUPPORTED CATALYST, AND NOBLE METAL FINE PARTICLES
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250114771
A method for producing a noble metal fine particle-supported catalyst includes: a step of mixing a noble metal salt, an alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a support to form a mixture; and a heating step of the mixture at a temperature of 150° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower to produce a noble metal fine particle-supported catalyst.
VEHICLE AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115154
A management method for a power storage device includes: counting, for each day of week, the number of days satisfying at least a first requirement indicating that charging of the power storage device was performed, and a second requirement indicating that a time when use of the power storage device was started is included in a predetermined time period; identifying a day of week on which usage of the power storage device by a user is patterned, by using the number of days counted for…
VEHICLE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115153
A vehicle performs power transfer between the vehicle and electrical equipment while communicating therewith. A control device requests the electrical equipment to wait during the power transfer, sets the vehicle to the standby state when the standby request is accepted by the electrical equipment, and resumes the power transfer when the resumption condition is satisfied when the vehicle is in the standby state. The standby includes a first standby in which the vehicle stands by in a…
CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115149
The server (control device) includes a communication device (acquisition unit) that acquires information about the amount of electric power required to move from EVSE (charger) to each basic point of the plurality of electrified vehicle. The server includes a processor for controlling the charge of each of the plurality of electrified vehicle by EVSE. The processor performs charging control (first charging control) so that the storage amount of each of the plurality of electrified…
VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115129
A vehicle display control device including a processor and a display section that is provided at a vehicle capable of executing driving assistance control, and that is configured to display a vehicle image representing the vehicle, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether or not a switching condition for switching the driving assistance control from a non-actuated state to an actuated state has been satisfied, and, when it has been determined that the switching condition…
DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, DISPLAY METHOD FOR VEHICLE, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115128
A display device for a vehicle that is provided at a vehicle and that, when a detecting device detects a relative moving body, which is positioned at a periphery of the vehicle, in a predetermined detection range, can display a moving image representing the relative moving body by control by a processor, wherein, in a case in which a relative distance of the relative moving body from the vehicle is in a usual range, the processor changes a display condition, which is at least one of a…
CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTENT GENERATING DEVICE, AND CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115127
A content generating device generates, on the basis of information relating to an internal space of a vehicle and information relating to traveling of the vehicle, content corresponding to a scene which changes as the vehicle travels.
VEHICLE OCCUPANT INTOXICATION DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115122
Systems and methods related to intoxication detection of one or more vehicle occupants are provided. A system includes a plurality of sensor assemblies disposed at different locations within a vehicle. The system further includes a controller configured to determine which occupant among a plurality of occupants in the vehicle is intoxicated based on an analysis of sensor signals received from the plurality of sensor assemblies. The controller is further configured to output an alert…
DRIVE DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250115107
A first drive unit including a first motor and a first gear for driving a left wheel of the vehicle, a second drive unit including a second motor and a second gear for driving a right wheel of the vehicle, a housing for accommodating the first drive unit and the second drive unit, and capable of storing the lubricant to such an extent that a part of the first gear and the second gear is immersed, and a lubricant merging portion for merging the lubricant scraped up by the first gear and…
SINTERED MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250114842
A sintered member according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a single powder compact made of a metal powder and having a stepped part, the powder compact being obtained by sintering. At a surface of a recessed corner part of the stepped part, a brazing material penetrates gaps between sintered metal powder particles.
