CATHODE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087683
The cathode composite material of the present disclosure contains a cathode active material composed of a lithium transition metal oxide having a layered crystalline structure, a binder, and a conductivity aid. The lithium transition metal oxide includes nickel, cobalt, and manganese. The binder includes polyvinylidene fluoride. The conductivity aid includes carbon nanotubes. The amount of lithium hydroxide contained in the cathode active material is 0.15% by mass or more and 0.35% by…
METHOD FOR PRODUCING SECONDARY BATTERY
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087662
To provide a method for producing a secondary battery, which is configured to suppress the occurrence of warpage of a current collector during the welding of the resin member to the current collector. A method for producing a secondary battery comprising a current collector comprising a first metal foil and a second metal foil and a resin member welded to a peripheral portion of the current collector, wherein the method comprises welding the resin member to the current collector that is…
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER FOR BATTERY, ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER FOR BATTERY, AND BATTERY
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087661
A method of manufacturing an active material layer for a battery, the method including: preparing an active material layer, the active material layer containing a binder and an active material; and irradiating a femtosecond laser onto the active material layer under a condition of an inputted heat amount being greater than or equal to 0.04 J/mm2 and less than or equal to 0.32 J/mm2.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING AN ELECTRIC CHARGING CABLE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087386
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for cooling an electric charging cable. The system includes a conductor core, a wick placed around an exterior of the conductor core, an outer cover surrounding the wick, wherein the outer cover comprises an inner surface, and wherein a space is formed between the wick and the inner surface of the outer cover, and one or more channels disposed within the space between the wick and the inner surface of the outer cover and coupled…
TRAFFIC RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250087083
A traffic risk estimation device includes: a data generation unit that generates aggregated data regarding a predetermined dangerous phenomenon from vehicle data acquired in an entire target area including a plurality of unit areas; and a risk determination unit that determines a traffic risk for each of the plurality of unit areas based on the aggregated data.
DETECTING DRIVER SURPRISE WITH PUPILLOMETRY AND FACIAL VIDEO
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250086987
Systems and methods are provided for determining driver surprise. The system can receive image data of a driver's pupils and video data of the driver's face over a time interval and determine a diameter of the driver's pupils over the time interval based on the image data. This diameter can be used to generate a pupil confidence value based on the diameter over the time interval. The system can extract facial features from the video data and generate a facial confidence value based on…
DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250086986
There is provided a driver monitoring system configured to perform face recognition of a driver from a face image of the driver of a vehicle, the system including: an infrared image capturing unit configured to capture an infrared image of a face of the driver using an infrared light emitting unit and an infrared light receiving unit; a visible light image capturing unit configured to capture a visible light image of the face of the driver using a visible light receiving unit; a color…
TRANSPORT METHOD SWITCHING DEVICE, TRANSPORT SWITCHING METHOD, AND MOVING OBJECT
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250085711
A transport method switching device includes a position estimation unit estimating a position of a moving object capable of moving by unmanned driving, using moving object information detected by a moving object detector, the moving object information being at least one of an image of the moving object and 3D point cloud data of the moving object, a command generation unit generating and outputting a control command to move the moving object by movement control using the estimated…
ELECTRIC CRAWLER VEHICLE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074508
An electric crawler vehicle includes a pair of left and right traveling crawlers, a traveling electric motor that generates traveling power to be transmitted to the pair of left and right traveling crawlers, and a turning electric motor that generates turning power to be transmitted to the pair of left and right traveling crawlers. The traveling electric motor and the turning electric motor are disposed on one lateral side of the vehicle.
HYDROPHOBIC TWISTED AND COILED POLYMER ACTUATORS
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250075686
An actuator includes a twisted and coiled polymer fishing line and an untwisted resistance heating wire (TCPFLRHW) actuator and a coating on the TCPFLHRW actuator. The coating includes a mixture of carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles, and mesoporous carbon nanoparticles, and in some variations, the coating includes a polymer matrix with the carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles, and mesoporous carbon nanoparticles disposed in the polymer matrix. And the actuator exhibits enhanced…
METHOD FOR DEVELOPING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074439
A method for developing an autonomous driving vehicle including an external sensor including a number, a type, and a detection performance as a sensor specification, wherein the autonomous driving vehicle includes a machine learning model to configured to output a route with respect to at least a recognition process and a planning process to plan the route among the recognition process, the planning process, and a vehicle control process, the method comprising: a first step of training…
WHEELED PLATFORM AND WHEELED PLATFORM SYSTEM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074492
The wheeled platform of the present disclosure includes a base on which an object is placed; wheels attached to the base; a lock device having a latch that is lockable to a striker that is fixed; a guide member configured to guide the striker to a position where the striker is lockable to the latch; and a wheeled platform side terminal contactable with a fixed side terminal disposed on a member to which the striker is fixed, the wheeled platform side terminal being disposed at a position…
MANUAL OPERATED SWING ARM DOLLY
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074490
Systems and methods are provided for a swing arm dolly. A swing arm dolly can comprise a swing arm mounted on a frame. A lever and locking mechanism can lock the swing arm to the frame. One or more wheels can extend downward from the swing arm. The swing arm dolly can also comprise a spring-loaded plunger secured to the frame, wherein upon disengaging the locking mechanism, the one or more wheels roll onto the spring-loaded plunger, pushing the spring-loaded plunger downward to lock the…
SHARED CONTROL APPROACH FOR HIGHLY DYNAMIC VEHICLE OPERATION
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074476
A method for a shared control, dynamic driving system is described. The method includes determining a vehicle command requested by a vehicle operator of an ego vehicle. The method also includes predicting the ego vehicle entering an unstable, controllable operating range if the vehicle command is performed. The method further includes adjusting the vehicle command to maintain control of the ego vehicle in the unstable, controllable operating range. The method also includes performing an…
AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074459
The autonomous driving system includes an external sensor, an internal sensor configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, a machine learning model configured to receive a detection results of the external sensor and the internal sensor as input values and outputs an instruction value of autonomous driving, an operation unit configured to perform the autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the instruction value output, a transmission unit configured to transmit information…
AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074458
An automated driving system for deciding to change a travel state of a host vehicle using a machine learning model in an automated driving control process for the host vehicle includes an automated driving control unit configured to decide to change the travel state of the host vehicle using the machine learning model on the basis of a preset target route and position information of the host vehicle and map information, or a detection result of an external sensor of the host vehicle, and…
AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074447
An autonomous driving system includes an external sensor, an internal sensor, a machine learning model configured to receive a detection result of the external sensor and the internal sensor as input values and output an instruction value of autonomous driving, an operation unit configured to perform the autonomous driving based on the instruction value, a user interface, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes, determining at least one risk candidate scene, and extracting…
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074446
When a preceding vehicle condition is satisfied, a vehicle control device reduces either or both of deviation warning and deviation control compared to when the preceding vehicle condition is not satisfied. The preceding vehicle condition is satisfied when the condition that the other vehicle is detected in front of the host vehicle, and the left lateral distance or the right lateral distance is equal to or greater than the first threshold distance, the condition that the vehicle speed…
DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074442
The driving assistance device includes: a fluctuation amount recognition unit; a driver abnormality recognition unit that recognizes an abnormality of a driver of another vehicle based on a captured image of an external camera provided in a vehicle; an abnormal state determination unit that determines whether the other vehicle is in a fluctuation abnormality state based on a comparison result between a fluctuation amount of the other vehicle and the fluctuation threshold; and a…
DETECTION AND REMEDIATION OF AN INSTABILITY CONDITION IN A VEHICLE-TRAILER SYSTEM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074440
A stability monitoring system for detecting an instability condition in a moving vehicle-trailer system includes a processor and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory may store a stability evaluation module configured to determine if a measured value of at least one stability evaluation parameter satisfies an associated predetermined condition. The stability evaluation module may be configured to, if the measured value of the stability evaluation parameter satisfies…
