ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION METHODS FOR MAKING OMNIDIRECTIONAL STRUCTURAL COLOR MULTILAYER STRUCTURES
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250011928
A method of forming a multilayer structure that reflects an omnidirectional structural color by atomic layer deposition (ALD) includes introducing at least one reflective core particle into a reaction chamber and depositing a conformal dielectric layer encapsulating the at least one reflective core particle in a dielectric-layer ALD cycle. Subsequently, a conformal barrier layer encapsulating the conformal dielectric layer is deposited in a barrier-layer ALD cycle, and a conformal…
COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250015370
A communication device includes: a communication unit; and a control unit that executes an activation process by receiving electricity supply from an external battery or sends a report through the communication unit by receiving electricity supply from an internal battery instead of the external battery, when an electric power source is turned on, in which the control unit has a first mode in which the control unit continues the activation process by the electricity supply from the…
POWER STORAGE CELL
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250015366
The power storage cell includes a case, an electrolyte solution, and an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator, and an interposition film. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are alternately stacked. The separator separates the first electrode from the second electrode. The interposition film is interposed between the first electrode and the separator. The interposition film includes a first region and a second…
MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250015330
Provided is a membrane electrode assembly having excellent durability. A membrane electrode assembly includes: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; an anode catalyst layer disposed on one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane; and a cathode catalyst layer disposed on the other surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The membrane electrode assembly includes metal ions selected from cerium ions and manganese ions and a host compound capable of forming an inclusion…
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INDUCING AUTOMOTIVE BODY VIBRATION
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250012663
A system generates realistic vibrations in a vehicle body. The system includes the vehicle, a power supply, a processor circuit including a processor and memory, and a user interface configured to select a frequency and amplitude for a sound or vibration. The system also includes at least one amplifier in communication with the user interface and configured to: receive power from the power supply and output an electrical signal at the selected frequency and amplitude. The system also…
DEFORMABLE SENSORS HAVING AN INTERNAL STEREO DEPTH SENSOR AND AN INFRARED SENSOR
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250012634
Deformable sensors having a stereo depth sensor and an infrared sensor and methods of their use are disclosed. In one embodiment, a deformable sensor includes an enclosure having a housing and a deformable membrane, wherein the deformable membrane is transparent to a wavelength band in the infrared spectrum, a stereo depth sensor that is disposed within the enclosure and is configured to view an underside of the deformable membrane, and output a deformation region of the deformable…
NAVIGATION SYSTEM
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250012588
When the second mobile terminal is brought close to the first mobile terminal, the installation information of the passenger application is transmitted to the second mobile terminal. When the installation is confirmed, the passenger application is installed. After that, when the operation of designating the destination is performed in the second mobile terminal, the destination information is transferred from the destination setting application to the passenger application. The user is…
NAVIGATION SYSTEM
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250012586
In a navigation system, a data center and a plurality of vehicles are connected via a communication network. The data center accepts specific section information, which can identify a specific section for which the capturing of road conditions is requested, from a capturing requester. The data center proposes capturing-requested routes, each of which goes through a specific section, to a user who performed a route search with a destination set using a navigation device, based on the…
ROUTE GUIDANCE DEVICE AND MaaS PROVIDING METHOD
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250012580
The route guidance device guides the route to the user based on the destination information and the departure point information. The route guidance device determines, based on the location information of the vehicle associated with the route selected by the user and the location information of the user, whether the user has ridden on the vehicle associated with the route selected by the user.
COATED DISCRETE METALLIC PARTICLES AND MULTILAYER STRUCTURES COMPRISING REFLECTIVE CORE LAYERS
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250011965
A discrete metallic particle having a metallic material, and a coating covering at least a portion of the metallic component. The discrete metallic particle has a thickness from 50 nm to 1000 nm, and the discrete metallic particle has a skin depth ? of greater than or equal to 1.0 ?m in a frequency range from 20-40 GHz. The skin depth ? is calculated by: ? = 2 ? ? ( 2 ? ? ? f ) ? ( ? 0 ? ? r ) ? 503 ? ? ? r ? f Where ? is skin depth in meters (m);…
INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010863
An information processing method is a method executed by an information processing system including: a vehicle including an imaging unit and a communication unit; and a server device. The information processing method includes: requesting, by the server device, the vehicle positioned in an information collecting area including a stop position of a train that moves on a railroad track to provide a peripheral image when the train stops between stations; and transmitting, by the…
VEHICLE
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010923
A vehicle includes: a floor panel; a first crossmember that extends in a vehicle left-right direction along the floor panel; a second crossmember that extends in the vehicle left-right direction along the floor panel and is positioned rearward of the first crossmember in a vehicle front-rear direction; a joining member that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction along the floor panel and joins the first crossmember and the second crossmember to each other; and a seat bracket which…
ROOF STRENGTH MOMENT CANCELLING BULKHEAD
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010920
A vehicle roof support structure on a vehicle. The vehicle roof support structure includes a roof rail member extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle. The vehicle roof support structure also includes a side pillar member disposed at least partially below the roof rail member on a lateral side of the vehicle and extending substantially in a vertical direction of the vehicle. The vehicle roof support structure further includes a load force transfer member. The load force…
VEHICLE-BODY LOWER STRUCTURE
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010917
A vehicle-body lower structure includes: a front suspension member, a lower arm supported by the front suspension member; and a battery case that is disposed on the rear side of the front suspension member and houses a battery. The battery case includes: a front plate; and a frame extending in the left-right direction on a lower portion of the front plate. A block is attached to a front portion of the frame so as to be positioned on the rear side of the lower arm.
STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND STEERING CONTROL METHOD
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010910
A steering control device is applied to a vehicle steering system for steering traveling of a vehicle. The steering control device includes a rudder angle control unit that executes a control in which a rudder angle variable obtained about the steering is referred to. The rudder angle control unit executes a control information setting process of setting control information that is a value indicating straight movement of the vehicle and that is a reference of the rudder angle variable.…
STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010889
The vehicle control program is executed in a VCIB connected between DS and VP that performs autonomous driving in accordance with a command from DS. VCIB includes a memory in which a program including a predetermined API defined for each signal is stored, and a processor that controls VP in response to an instruction from DS by executing the program. VCIB has a manual/automatic mode. VP can accept a manual driving operation in the manual mode, and can accept a command from DS in the…
CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010886
A vehicle includes an autonomous driving device and a navigation device. A control device for the vehicle is configured to display on the navigation device an evaluation window for evaluating a driver assistance function performed by the autonomous driving device. The control device is configured to adjust a parameter that is used when the autonomous driving device performs the driver assistance function, based on an input operation from a driver to the evaluation window.
VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010874
A vehicle control apparatus performs an alert notification of alerting an operator of at least one of an own vehicle and an oncoming vehicle of a collision probability. The vehicle control apparatus performs the alert notification when a predicted lane departure period of time is equal to or longer than a second threshold period of time at a point of time when a predicted collision period of time becomes shorter than a first threshold period of time, and performs the alert notification…
MOTION MANAGER FOR VEHICLE
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010872
A motion manager for a vehicle, includes one or more processors configured to: receive motion requests from a plurality of applications, one or more of the applications being travel applications for controlling at least one of an acceleration of the vehicle or a steering angle of the vehicle, and another one or more of the applications being human-machine interface (HMI) applications for implementing transfer of information from the vehicle to an occupant; perform arbitration of the…
HANDS-FREE STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250010871
A hands-free state determination device including: a torque imparting device configured to apply control torque to a steering transmission system between a steering wheel and a steered wheel; a steering torque sensor provided in the steering transmission system between the steering wheel and the torque imparting device; and a control unit configured to determine that the driver is in a hands-free state in which the steering wheel is not held when the steering torque detected by the…
