INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND VEHICLE
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018889
The information processing device includes a communication unit that communicates with the vehicle, a control unit that acquires reservation information including a schedule in which the user uses the vehicle and an attribute of the user, creates profile information indicating, based on the acquired reservation information, one or more setting values associated with the attribute, a setting value for setting a device included in the vehicle by being downloaded to the vehicle as a…
VEHICLE ON-BOARD NETWORK SYSTEM, GATEWAY, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250023923
A vehicle on-board network system includes networks, each including electronic control units and a communication bus connecting the electronic control units, and a gateway connected to the networks and configured to allow the electronic control units to communicate with each other in compliance with a CAN protocol. The gateway device includes a processing device configured to refer to a frame included in an activation request message identifying an electronic control unit that needs to…
AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018973
An automated driving system comprises one or more processors configured to perform automated driving control of a vehicle in accordance with a control parameter and one or more storage devices. The automated driving system stores log data related to the automated driving control in the one or more storage devices while performing the automated driving control. When a free capacity of the one or more storage devices is less than a threshold value, the automated driving system adjusts the…
DRIVER MONITORING DEVICE, DRIVER MONITORING METHOD AND DRIVER MONITORING COMPUTER PROGRAM
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018968
The driver monitoring device includes a processor configured to: detect an object having a possibility of affecting traveling of a vehicle based on an external sensor signal, detect, among a gaze direction of a driver of the vehicle and an orientation of a face of the driver, at least the gaze direction based on a driver image, determine whether an object direction to the detected object is included within a peripheral visual range corresponding to a peripheral visual field of the driver…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018967
The information processing device includes a control unit that determines a traveling lane in which the host vehicle and the target vehicle travel from position information of the host vehicle and the target vehicle and map information, determines a traveling direction of the target vehicle with respect to the host vehicle from a difference in traveling azimuth angle of the host vehicle and the target vehicle, and outputs alert information corresponding to a determination result of the…
CONTROL SYSTEM
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018958
A control system comprises one or more processors configured to perform vehicle control of a vehicle including a plurality of control functions and one or more storage devices. The control system stores log data related to the vehicle control in the one or more storage devices while performing the vehicle control. When a free capacity of the one or more storage devices is less than a threshold value, the control system restricts operation of one or more target control functions selected…
VEHICLE SPEED ACQUISITION DEVICE AND ABNORMAL NOISE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018955
The vehicle speed acquisition device of the present disclosure acquires the position information at a predetermined first time interval, acquires the sound pressure of the sound emitted from the vehicle at the second time interval shorter than the first time interval, estimates the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the position information and the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the sound pressure based on the acquired position information and the first and second…
VEHICLE
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018951
The vehicle comprises a vehicle platform configured to be capable of receiving commands related to autonomous driving from the autonomous driving kit. The autonomous driving kit is configured to transmit a wake command to the vehicle platform requesting transition of the power mode of the vehicle platform to the wake mode. The vehicle platform transitions to the wake mode by the wake command only when the shift lever indicates parking and the vehicle speed is 0 km/h.
INITIATING OPERATING BEHAVIOR BETWEEN VEHICLES
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018946
An example operation includes one or more of: determining an operating behavior of a first vehicle that is not part of a connected vehicle system from a device communicatively coupled to the first vehicle, wherein the device is configured to operate with the connected vehicle system; determining that the operating behavior is not associated with a second vehicle that is part of the connected vehicle system; and initiating the operating behavior in the second vehicle when the device is…
VEHICLE
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018925
Vehicles include a battery, a MG, and an ECU. The battery stores electric power as an energy source of the vehicle. MG generates the driving force of the vehicles by consuming power. ECU controls MG. Battery power includes green power and non-green power, each classified according to the greenhouse gas emission intensity. The emission intensity of green power is smaller than that of non-green power. ECU controls MG so as to limit the driving force in a case where the amount of green…
CUSHION SPRING
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250017381
There is provided a cushion spring including: a pair of formed wires bridged to a seat cushion frame in a seat front-rear direction and are arranged side by side in a seat width direction; and a resin member joined to the pair of formed wires. The resin member includes a rear connecting portion and a pair of deflection restricting portions, the rear connecting portion extending to connect between a side wire and a center wire and between the center wires in the seat width direction in a…
VEHICLE SEAT BACK FRAME
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018845
In a back frame applied to a seatback, a first flange of a first reinforcing member is joined to a panel member at either or both of a portion on at least either of sides across a diagonal center line of the panel member and a portion crossing the diagonal center line, and second flanges of the first reinforcing member are joined to the panel member at respective portions on one side and the other side across the diagonal center line. A part of a second reinforcing member on a side of an…
CUSHION SPRING
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018844
There is provided a cushion spring including: a formed wire bridged to a seat cushion frame in a seat front-rear direction; and a resin member joined to the formed wire. A center wire and a side wire of the formed wire each include a plurality of crank-shaped portions that are bent to fold in a crank shape to one side and the other side in a seat width direction alternately. The resin member includes a deflection restricting portion that connects the plurality of crank-shaped portions to…
AUTOMATIC CHARGING SYSTEM
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018812
An automatic charging system includes: a vehicle driven by power; a charger having a charging cable having a charging connector; a position information acquisition device for obtaining position information of a charging port of the vehicle; a charging robot having a robot arm; and a detection device, which detects an operation of the charging port displaced in a vertical direction. Further, the charging robot insert the charging connector into the charging port based on the position…
CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018806
A control system for an electric vehicle for allowing a driver to virtually enjoy a manual shifting operation as performed in the conventional vehicles having transmissions without reducing stability and operability of the electric vehicle. A controller is configured to set a required drive torque in accordance with a selected operating range, and to selectively allow an execution of a skip shifting of the operating range to the range further than two ranges from the current operating…
INSTRUMENT PANEL SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018796
The instrument panel support structure supports the instrument panel on the vehicle body via the support member, and includes a panel displacement allowing mechanism that allows displacement of the instrument panel with deformation of the support member in response to an impact applied to the instrument panel. The deformation of the support member causes resistance, and the instrument panel is displaced while being subjected to the resistance, whereby the impact energy is absorbed.
COOLING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018785
A cooling control system for an electric vehicle configured to prevent ingestion of air into an oil pump cooling a motor when the electric vehicle is accelerated or decelerated abruptly. A controller comprises: a detector that detects acceleration and deceleration of the electric vehicle; an abrupt acceleration/deceleration determiner that determines that the acceleration or the deceleration exceeds than a threshold; and an oil reducer that reduces an amount of oil supplied from an oil…
SUPPORT MECHANISM OF RESERVOIR TANK FOR VEHICLE
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018784
The support mechanism of the vehicle reservoir tank includes a reservoir tank and a displacement device. The coolant is stored in the reservoir tank. Further, the reservoir tank is connected to a cooling circuit. The displacement device includes a V actuator and an H actuator. The V actuator and the H actuator make the attitude of the reservoir tank variable.
ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018783
A case in which a terminal block having a main body to which an electric motor is connected at one end side and a bus bar to which a power control device is connected at the other end side is integrally fixed is installed has an opening that matches the shape of the main body, and a hole into which the main body is fitted is formed. As a result, the terminal block is positioned by fitting the main body into a hole formed in the case and having an opening that matches the shape of the…
MORPHABLE BODY
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250018559
A body can be configured to be selectively morphable. One or more body support members can be operatively connected to an outer surface of the body. The one or more body support members can be arranged in a pattern to define at least one morphing region. A contracting member (e.g., a shape memory polymer) can be operatively connected to the outer surface of the body. When activated, the contracting member can contract, which can cause the body to morph (e.g., bend) from a non-activated…
