RECOGNITION STATE NOTIFICATION DEVICE
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050900
A recognition state notification device includes: a confidence level calculation unit configured to calculate a confidence level in recognition of a recognition target recognized by a recognition unit; and a notification unit configured to notify a supervisor of a vehicle of a recognition target whose confidence level is equal to or lower than a reference value.
METHOD FOR REDUCING STACKING FAULTS IN SILICON CARBIDE, AND STRUCTURE CREATED BY MEANS OF SAID METHOD
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250051962
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel technique for reducing stacking faults SF in silicon carbide. Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel technique capable of reducing the stacking faults SF under a small number of growth conditions. The present invention is a method for reducing stacking faults in silicon carbide including a growth step S10 of growing an epitaxial layer 20 on a bulk layer 10 of silicon carbide having stacking faults SF under a…
VEHICLE TIRE GUARD DEVICE
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050952
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a vehicle tire guard that retracts in response to a force. In one embodiment, the vehicle tire guard device includes a tire guard extending downward from a vehicle frame and a retraction system attached to the vehicle frame. The retraction system includes a spring-loaded wheel with circumferential interface elements to engage with and retract the tire guard responsive to a vertical force applied to the tire guard, a…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VISUAL SONAR FOR ADAPTED VEHICLE GEOMETRY
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050946
Embodiments of systems and methods for adapted vehicle geometry include a vehicle and one or more processors. The vehicle includes a camera operable to generate an image of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The environment includes a parking space and an object removably attached to the vehicle. The one or more processors operable to identify the object as attached to the vehicle, generate, using a pre-trained depth algorithm, a depth map based on the image, generate a boundary of…
CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE, AND NONTRANSITORY COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050944
A control device for a vehicle is configured to detect road markings on a road based on outside environment data relating to an environment around the vehicle, perform driver's assistance for warning of or avoiding departure of the vehicle from a running lane based on results of detection of road markings, and, if the road markings include markings indicating a neutral zone in which running of the vehicle is not recommended, change the conditions for actuation of driver's assistance so…
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREVENT LATERAL CONTROL BY LIMITING TURNING BY A STEERING WHEEL
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050943
A system is provided for implementing steering wheel controls, namely steering wheel rotation locking. In accordance with embodiments of the disclosed technology, a system may comprise a steering wheel rotation locking device; and a controller communicatively connected to the steering wheel rotation locking device to determine a presence and location of one or more objects or conditions surrounding a vehicle, and produce steering wheel control feedback to physically prevent rotational…
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050942
When the driver performs a steering operation when the scene in which the host vehicle is traveling is a predetermined learning scene, the vehicle control device stores a value corresponding to the steering operation in association with the learning scene. Thereafter, when the scene specified by the peripheral information changes to the learning scene during the execution of the driving support control, and/or when the scene specified by the peripheral information at the time when the…
CONVEYANCE CART
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050931
A conveyance cart capable of traveling with a conveyed object placed on the conveyance cart, the conveyance cart includes a traveling portion configured to travel along a traveling surface, and an engaging portion configured to be engaged with an engaged portion protruding from the traveling surface by movement in a cart forward direction. The engaging portion includes a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion, which are disposed on a bottom portion of a cart body so as to…
TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS FROM MALFUNCTIONING SENSORS
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050909
An example operation includes one or more of determining a sensor on a transport is not functioning properly, determining a severity of the malfunction, responsive to the severity exceeding a threshold, lowering an autonomous level of the transport, and responsive to the severity continuing to exceed the threshold, limiting an operation of the transport based on an intended output of the malfunctioning sensor.
AUTONOMOUS DRIVING DEVICE
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050905
The autonomous driving device automatically generates a route from the departure point to the destination as a target route, and executes autonomous travel control for automatically driving the host vehicle to the destination along the target route. The automatic traveling control is configured such that, when an operator of the host vehicle sets a specific point and a specific traveling, which are points at which the host vehicle traveling along the target route wants to perform a…
ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250055133
This disclosure provides an all-solid-state battery having a first current collector, a first electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second electrode layer, and a second current collector in this order. The first electrode layer includes a first active material. The second electrode layer includes a second active material. When the all-solid-state battery is seen in a plan view from a thickness direction, the area of the second electrode layer is larger than the area of the first…
REVERSE SUPPORT APPARATUS
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050887
A reverse support apparatus comprises a storage device in which a forward path passed by a vehicle when the vehicle travels forward is stored, and a controller configured to be able to execute a reverse support control for the vehicle to travel backward along the forward path. The controller makes a suggestion to a driver of the vehicle to execute the reverse support control, when it is determined that a suggestion condition is satisfied based on a situation around the vehicle or a…
VEHICLE DECELERATION ASSIST CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050880
A vehicle deceleration assist control device has a control unit for performing deceleration assist control in an accelerator operation amount mode for decelerating the vehicle according to the accelerator operation amount when the deceleration target is detected in a situation where the accelerator operation amount exceeds the reference value and the deceleration target is detected by controlling the deceleration device. The control unit calculates a target deceleration speed for making…
DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050877
A display device includes a display section provided in a cabin of a vehicle that is capable of autonomous driving, memory, and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is configured to, before conducting a lane change by autonomous driving from a first lane in which the vehicle is running to a second lane that is distinct from the first lane, display a lane display and a confirmation display at the display section. The lane display corresponds to the first lane and the second…
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050778
An electricity supply information provision system includes: an information processing device including a first processor; and a terminal device including a second processor. The second processor transmits, to the information processing device, information related to a request to use a charging service from an electricity supply vehicle that performs charging of a user vehicle. The first processor identifies, based on road information, one or more places that satisfy a condition of use…
CHARGING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050774
The charging system includes a power storage device including a first battery and a second battery, and a control device that performs charging control of the power storage device. The power storage device is configured to execute series charging in a state in which the first battery and the second battery are connected in series, and parallel charging in a state in which the first battery and the second battery are connected in parallel. The control device is configured to switch a…
MARKING LINE DETECTION DEVICE
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050735
There is provided a marking line detection device for detecting a marking line in front of a vehicle. The marking line detection device includes: a known marking line recognition unit configured to recognize a known marking line in front of the vehicle based on past marking line detection information or map information including marking line information and location information of the vehicle; a marking line detection unit configured to detect a marking line in front of the vehicle with…
ADJUSTABLE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STROKE
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050732
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a regenerative braking and powertrain pedal system. The powertrain system includes an electric motor that is configured to generate regenerative energy and provide a regenerative braking torque. The powertrain system includes an electronic control unit coupled to the electric motor. The electronic control unit is configured to cause an accelerator pedal to rotate about its pivot point to increase a total available stroke in response to an energy…
INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050708
An information processing method executed by a vehicle system that controls an air conditioner of a vehicle via a communication line includes: an output step of outputting a user interface corresponding to a type of the air conditioner provided in a target vehicle; an acquisition step of acquiring a parameter related to air conditioning, the parameter being set via the user interface; and control step of issuing a control command for controlling the air conditioner of the target vehicle…
VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250050699
A vehicle behavior control device includes: an ith suspension mounted on an ith wheel of a vehicle (where i=1 to 3); a fourth suspension mounted on a fourth wheel; and a controller. The ith suspension includes an ith actuator. The controller converts a required value of a behavior parameter to an ith required control force for the ith actuator. When a kth required control force (k is any of 1 to 3) is greater than a kth output range according to an output capability of a kth actuator,…
