INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118296
A prompt text including a list of a plurality of first language models each specialized for intention understanding in a plurality of predetermined domains and a content of the utterance is generated, the prompt text is input to a second language model, the first language model having a domain corresponding to the content of the utterance is identified based on the content of the response obtained from the second language model, and the content of the utterance is transferred to the…
DATA RELAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250119473
The relay device includes multiple communication ports to which the in-vehicle ECU can be connected, a CPU, and a port storage area for each communication port. CPU can perform a reprogramming process for multiple in-vehicle ECUs in parallel. CPU performs: receiving a list of update data that has not been sent to the in-vehicle ECU and a data volume for each of the update data that has not been sent to the in-vehicle ECU; acquiring a rate of increase in free space for each port storage…
ELECTROSTATIC CLUTCHES WITH HIGH STRENGTH SUBSTRATE FABRIC
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250119077
An electrostatic clutch includes a pair of electrodes configured to be attached to a base material of the electrostatic clutch. The pair of electrodes individually comprise a high strength substrate fabric configured to be attached to the base material and a dielectric layer coupled to the high strength substrate fabric.
ROTOR
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250119010
A rotor includes a rotor core that includes a magnet housing hole, multiple magnet members that are accommodated in the magnet housing hole in a state of being separated from each other in a planar direction orthogonal to the stacking direction, and multiple fixing members that respectively fill spaces between an inner surface of the magnet housing hole and outer surfaces of the multiple magnet members. The fixing members press the magnet members against the inner surface of the magnet…
MANAGING RENEWABLE ENERGY DISRUPTION
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118966
An example operation includes one or more of determining a severity and a duration of a predicted deficiency of a renewable energy source in an area, responsive to the severity being above a first threshold and the duration being above a second threshold, providing stored energy from energy storage units in the area during the duration to overcome a portion of the predicted deficiency, and responsive to the severity being further above a third threshold and the duration being above a…
POWER STORAGE DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118845
The power storage device includes a first power storage module and a second power storage module, a case that houses the first power storage module and the second module, a cross member, a mount member fixed to an upper surface of the cross member, and an electronic device. The height of the mount member in the vertical direction is higher than the height of the electronic device, the electronic device is disposed so as to be adjacent to the mount member in the second direction, and…
METHOD OF PRODUCING BATTERY, AND BATTERY
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118809
A method of producing a battery, the method including: a first process of disposing an electrode body at an internal space of an exterior body; a second process of supplying an electrolytic solution to the internal space of the exterior body at which the electrode body has been disposed; and a third process of pressurizing the exterior body, to which the electrolytic solution has been supplied, at a portion corresponding to a periphery of the electrode body, the internal space of the…
POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118742
The disclosure relates to a positive electrode material. The positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material and two or more kinds of lithium alloys, and the two or more kinds of lithium alloys each include a metallic element having a lithium-alloying potential of 0.5 V (vs. Li/Li+) or more.
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CURRENT COLLECTOR FOIL
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118723
A first electrode foil having a pinhole, a second electrode foil, a method of manufacturing a current collector foil to obtain a current collecting foil for a liquid-based battery by laminating, the first electrode foil and the second electrode foil, one is a positive electrode foil, the other is a negative electrode foil, the application step of applying an adhesive to the first electrode foil, suction from the surface side opposite to the surface to which the adhesive is applied in the…
SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118470
A soft magnetic material and a method for producing the same. The soft magnetic material is: Fe100-x-y-z-wBxNiySizMw (In the formula, M is one or more inevitable elements selected from Nb, Mo, Ta, W, Co, and Sn, and x, y, z, and w are in atomic percent satisfying 12?x?17, 1?y?3, 0<z?1, 0<w?0.1). Soft magnetic material includes ?-Fe phase which contains crystals whose average particle size is 30 nm or less. The average particle size of crystals is average value of projected area…
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.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNCERTAINTY AWARE MONOCULAR 3D OBJECT DETECTION
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250118094
A method for 3D object detection is described. The method includes predicting, using a trained monocular depth network, an estimated monocular input depth map of a monocular image of a video stream and an estimated depth uncertainty map associated with the estimated monocular input depth map. The method also includes feeding back a depth uncertainty regression loss associated with the estimated monocular input depth map during training of the trained monocular depth network to update the…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING: GUESS-THEIR-ADVENTURE FOR PRACTICING PERSPECTIVE TAKING
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250117116
A method for an interactive storytelling system is described. The method includes parsing collected story narratives into a plurality of story narratives linked by story development questions. The method also includes presenting a selected story narrative, including a selected story development question regarding a prediction of a story development in the selected narrative. The method further includes determining a difference between the story development in the selected narrative and…
AUTOMATED VALET PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND AUTOMATED VALET PARKING MANAGEMENT METHOD
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250117028
An automated valet parking management system manages automated valet parking in a parking lot. The automated valet parking management system includes: one or more recognition sensors configured to recognize a surrounding situation of the parking lot; and one or more processors configured to execute: an allocation process of allocating a first target exit space to an exit vehicle from the parking lot; a monitoring process of using the one or more recognition sensors to detect entry or…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND OPERATION SYSTEM
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250116524
The information processing device performs searching for a route including a plurality of target points and a target charging location, and generating an operation plan such that electrified vehicle is operated according to the route in each of a first operation period set prior to the prohibited time period and a second operation period set after the prohibited time period. Electrified vehicle operation is prohibited during the prohibited time period. The information processing device…
BLOW-BY GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE
Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number:
20250116215
A first passage communicating a portion downstream side of the compressor in the intake passage and an upstream side of the intercooler with the crankcase, a second passage communicating a portion downstream of the intercooler in the intake passage with the crankcase, and a third passage communicating a portion upstream of the compressor in the intake passage with the crankcase are installed in the turbocharged engine, and a switching valve for switching between a state in which the…
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.
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…
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…
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…
