BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BATTERY
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250096249
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a battery with excellent discharge capacity properties. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a battery utilizing a deposition and dissolution reaction of a metal lithium as an anode reaction, the battery including: layers in the order of an anode current collector, a metal layer, an electrolyte layer, and a cathode active material layer in a thickness direction, wherein the metal layer contains a Li—Mg alloy phase…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL FOR CONNECTED VEHICLES
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250095410
An ego vehicle includes a controller configured to determine a degree of conflict in a conflict zone between the ego vehicle and a remote vehicle based on a position and a velocity of the ego vehicle, and driving information of the remote vehicle, select a negotiation protocol based on the degree of conflict, initiate a negotiation with the remote vehicle based on the selected negotiation protocol, and operate the ego vehicle based on the negotiation.
SELF EXTRINSIC SELF-CALIBRATION VIA GEOMETRICALLY CONSISTENT SELF-SUPERVISED DEPTH AND EGO-MOTION LEARNING
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250095380
Systems and methods described herein relate to self-supervised scale-aware learning of camera extrinsic parameters. One embodiment processes instantaneous velocity between a target image and a context image captured by a first camera; jointly training a depth network and pose network based on scaling by the instantaneous velocity; produce depth map using the depth network; produce ego-motion of the first camera using the pose network; generate synthesized image from the target image…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TWO-STAGE 3D OBJECT DETECTION NETWORK FOR SENSOR FUSION
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250095345
Systems and methods are provided that implement two-stage three-dimensional (3D) object detection, which includes a distinct fusion of radar data and camera data. The radar data includes a four-dimensional (4D) millimeter-wave (MMW) radar point cloud, and the camera data includes a high-resolution image in the two-dimensional space (2D). Thereafter, a 3D ROI proposal is fused with 2D image data generating a 2D proposal projection. The 2D proposal projection comprises proposals that…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IMAGES USING DIFFUSION MODEL
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250095246
Provided are a method, system, and device for generating synthetic images. The method may include, receiving an input image; removing at least one pre-existing object from the input image; inpainting the region where the at least one pre-existing object was removed; estimating a position of another pre-existing object from the input image; generating a layout over the input image based on the estimated position; and generating a synthetic object based on the layout.
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250094917
A control unit configured to execute: acquiring a past processing result of each of a plurality of companies constituting a supply chain that manufactures a product by a plurality of processes using a recycled material, a current load state, an inventory amount, and a required amount of recycled material; generating a combination of companies in which the load of each company corresponding to each process is equal to or less than a predetermined load in accordance with a past processing…
PRIVACY-RELATED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250094622
An example operation includes one or more of: determining, by a charging station, that a vehicle requests approval to receive a charge; accessing, by the charging station, personal information related to the vehicle and related to an occupant of the vehicle; analyzing, by the charging station, the personal information related to the vehicle and related to the occupant of the vehicle; determining, by the charging station, to grant the approval, based on the analyzing; and, responsive to…
SOFTWARE UPDATE APPARATUS, SOFTWARE UPDATE METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, VEHICLE, AND OTA MASTER
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250094169
A software update apparatus includes a communication unit that sends a request for downloading update data to a center, a storage unit that stores the downloaded update data, and a control unit that executes, based on the update data, a control for installing, or installing and activating update software on one or more target electronic control units from among a plurality of electronic control units connected to each other via an in-vehicle network. The control unit acquires software…
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250084809
When EGR gases are introduced into the intake passage through EGR passage, the control device determines whether or not the condensed water is generated in the merging portion of the intake passage, which is the portion to which EGR passage is connected. The control device determines whether or not the internal combustion engine is in a high-load operation based on the engine speed and the engine torque. The control device determines that the condensed water is generated in the merging…
Fabrication, Apparatus, and Characterization of Mesoporous Carbon-Nickel Silver Powder-Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Coated Mandrel-coiled Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fishing Line (TCPFL) Artificial Muscles for Enhanced Performance
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250084835
A mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator, method, and computer program product for creating the mandrel-coiled TCPFL) actuator. A plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may be fabricated, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may include synthesizing mesoporous C-NiAg-PVA solution and coating the TCPFL with the mesoporous C-NiAg-PVA solution.
EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083102
An exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate and a catalyst layer on the substrate. The catalyst layer includes lower and upper catalyst layers. The lower catalyst layer includes a powder material containing a powdered carrier, and catalyst metal particles containing Rh on the carrier. The upper catalyst layer includes an upstream catalyst layer in an upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a downstream catalyst layer in a downstream side in the exhaust gas flow…
BLOW-BY GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250084808
The blow-by gas recirculation device includes first to third passages and first and second check valves. The first to third passages respectively connect a portion of an intake passage downstream of a throttle valve, connect a portion of the intake passage downstream of an intercooler, and connect a portion of the intake passage upstream of a compressor to an interior of the crankcase. In the first passage, a first check valve is configured to permit a flow of gas from the interior of…
TRANSPORT METHOD SWITCHING DEVICE, TRANSPORT SWITCHING METHOD, AND MOVING OBJECT
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083902
A transport method switching device includes a transport information acquisition unit that acquires transport status information indicating a transport status of a moving object capable of moving by unmanned driving, the moving object being transported by a transport device, the transport device being capable of transporting the moving object in a predetermined transport section while movement control for the moving object is stopped; a movement control determination unit that determines…
STATE SWITCHING DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MOVING OBJECT
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083761
A state switching device includes: a progress status acquisition unit that acquires a progress status of processing performed on a moving object in a manufacturing process of the moving object in a factory for manufacturing the moving object movable by unmanned driving, the moving object including at least one device; a device determination unit that determines a device to be switched to an actuation state, the determined device being included in the at least one device and being set to…
INSPECTION SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND INSPECTION METHOD
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083759
An inspection system of remotely or autonomously inspecting a mobile body movable through unattended operation includes: a processor that generates and outputs a control instruction that causes the mobile body to operate; and executes an abnormality process in a case where a difference obtained by comparing at least two of physical quantities for the mobile body as a target is more than a criterion value, the physical quantities including a first physical quantity related to operation of…
VEHICLES INCLUDING TRUCK BED STORAGE SYSTEMS WITH ROTATING RACK ASSEMBLIES
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083753
A vehicle includes a truck bed that includes a bed deck and a storage system that includes a rack assembly including a housing having a fixed size that occupies at least 10 percent of a total area of the bed deck in a stowed position. The rack assembly includes a pivot mechanism that is mounted to a rear pillar of the vehicle and provides a fixed pivot location. The rack assembly is configured to pivot about the pivot location from the stowed position entirely within the truck bed…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMAL VERIFICATION OF CORNER CASES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083694
Systems and methods are provided that implement virtual dataset creation and formal verification for artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) models in a manner that improves the performance of AI/ML models when encountering corner cases. For example, a corner case correction system is configured to synthesize new samples by recontextualizing samples related to corner cases, in new environments. The corner case correction system can implement an energetic neural process which…
IN-VEHICLE COMPUTER
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083678
An in-vehicle computer includes an execution device and a storage device including a RAM. The storage device stores programs of a plurality of applications to be executed by the execution device. The RAM stores temporary data of the applications. When the execution device determines that the RAM is running out of capacity, the execution device compresses the temporary data of the application stored in the RAM. At this time, the execution device compresses only the temporary data of the…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLES NAVIGATING ROADS USING A CONTROL MODEL TRAINED WITH RESIDUAL POLICIES
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083672
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to an automated vehicle (AV) navigating on roads with a control model trained using residual policies for reducing error. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a generic policy for a control model used to navigate a road having multiple agents with traffic data acquired, the generic policy applying to general traffic scenarios associated with the road. The method also includes training a task policy with…
CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250083318
A control system, a control method, and a program for causing a robot to perform a plurality of types of operations using handwritten input information are provided. A control system causes a robot to perform an operation based on handwritten input information input to an interface. The control system includes: a handwritten input information reception unit that displays a captured image obtained by capturing an environment in which the robot is located and receives an input of the…
