CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250137867
The control device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires moving object information that is information about a moving object in a water leak inspection of a movable body that can travel by unmanned driving; and a control unit that controls at least one of a travel mode of the moving object and a control mode of the ejector according to the moving object information so that a positional relationship between the ejecting device that ejects liquid or gas to the moving object in the…
POSITIONING AND TRACKING USING LOW-EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250142513
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to using non-terrestrial network (NTN) nodes, such as low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, to provide location services. In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a communication link from a device to a non-terrestrial network (NTN) node. The method includes acquiring environmental characteristics associated with the device and the NTN node. The method includes determining whether a signal from the NTN node is a…
COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250141536
A communication device includes an NTN communication unit configured to connect to a non-terrestrial network, a sensor unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: acquire, via the sensor unit, presence information regarding a range of presence of an obstruction in space including an outgoing or incoming direction of radio waves during communication via the NTN communication unit; and performs a process based on a line of sight in which the radio waves are transmittable…
BATTERY SYSTEM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250140944
The battery system includes a battery and a control device for estimating an SOC of the battery. When SMR is not connected when the replacement of the battery is detected, SOC is estimated based on SOC-OCV property from the voltage of the unit cell when the battery ECU is activated. When SMR is connected, the SOC estimated from the voltage is corrected using an integrated value of current charged or discharged via SMR, and SOC is estimated.
BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING BATTERY
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250140892
A battery 10, including an electrode body 30 that includes an electrode and a separator, and an exterior body 20A, 20B that is disposed around the electrode body 30, the battery being restrained by a restraining member, the electrode body 30 having a bonded portion at which the electrode and the separator are bonded to each other, and a non-bonded portion at which the electrode and the separator are not bonded to each other, and at least a part of the non-bonded portion of the electrode…
BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BATTERY
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250140870
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a battery of which degrade in discharge properties caused by an anode current collector (Al current collector) is inhibited. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte layer arranged between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode includes an anode current collector that is an Al current collector, and an anode active material layer containing an anode…
POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND BATTERY
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250140838
A positive electrode active material includes a positive electrode active material particle that has a composition expressed as LixNiaCobMncMdOy, a sphericity standard deviation (Z) of the positive electrode active material particle satisfying Z?0.018 (in the composition, 0.1?x?1.5, 0.5?a?1.0, 0?b?0.3, 0?c?0.3, 0?d?0.1, a+b+c+d=1.0, 1.5?y?2.1 are satisfied, and the M expresses at least one kind of element that is selected from the group consisting of B, Nb, W, Sr, Pr, La, Ba, Mg, Al, Zr,…
CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250140028
The present disclosure provides a control system for an unmanned vehicle that does not require a driver or conductor on board. The control system calculates an index relating to the maintenance of the in-cabin environment on the basis of information of items related to the in-cabin environment of the vehicle, determines whether the index is equal to or greater than a threshold value, notifies a predetermined message using a notification device in the indoor of the vehicle when the index…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE-OPTIMIZED MIXED REALITY USING USER-CENTRIC ADAPTIVE OBJECT DETECTION
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250139966
System and method for reducing latency and bandwidth usage in reality devices include a reality device and one or more processors. The reality device includes a camera to operably capture a set of consequent frames of views external to a vehicle. The one or more processors are operable to monitor movements of one or more eyes of a user to obtain eye-tracking data using the reality device, identify an area of interest (AoI) in the frame based on the eye-tracking data, AoI history, or…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EDGE-DRIVEN OBJECT DETECTION FOR RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250139913
System and method for reducing latency and bandwidth usage include a reality device and one or more processors. The reality device includes a camera to operably capture a frame of a view external to a vehicle. The one or more processors are operable to send the frame to an edge server, receive object detection data from the edge server, wherein the object detection data includes object information in the frame, and instruct the reality device to render a mixed reality environment with…
CABLE ADJUSTER
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250137482
A cable adjuster has a main case, an outer casing fixing member, a number of sliders, and a locking member. The main case is configured to insert the inner cable in the cable axial direction. The outer casing fixing member affixes to an end of a pre-branch outer casing, which is the tube section of the outer casing before branching, to the main case. The sliders are arranged in parallel in the slots formed in the main case so as to slide in the cable axial direction. The sliders affixes…
VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136119
A vehicle capable of performing autonomous driving at a predetermined level or more at which monitoring obligation around the vehicle is unnecessary includes a vehicle surroundings confirmation device that is attached to the outside of the vehicle in order for a vehicle occupant to confirm a situation outside the vehicle, and a control device. The vehicle surroundings confirmation device is configured to switch between a first state in which the vehicle surroundings are confirmable to…
VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136097
The driving support ECU calculates a first avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure only by automatic braking, a second avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure by forward automatic steering, and a third avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure by reverse automatic steering when it is determined that there is a possibility that the host…
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136085
An electronic control unit of a hybrid electric vehicle including an engine and an electric motor, which are power sources for traveling, and a torque converter with a lockup clutch provided in a power transmission path between the electric motor and a pair of drive wheels, is capable of switching between automatic driving and manual driving traveling, and controls the engagement and disengagement of the lockup clutch LU in accordance with a predetermined engagement and disengagement…
VEHICLE BRAKING CONTROL APPARATUS
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136072
A vehicle braking control apparatus includes a controller and a determiner. The controller is configured to switch between a braking-force generating control and a braking-force release control. The controller causes a braking device mounted on a vehicle to generate a braking force in the braking-force generating control and causes the braking device to release the generated braking force in the braking-force release control. The determiner is configured to determine whether an…
COMPONENT OF SUSPENSION STRUCTURE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250135819
Provided is a component of a suspension structure, which can achieve weight reduction while ensuring rigidity. As the component of the suspension structure for a vehicle, a lower arm includes a body made of metal. A reinforcing member that increases a rigidity of the body is securely attached along an edge of the body. The reinforcing member is made of a resin material or a rubber material.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VEHICLE FRAME WITH AN INTEGRATED FLAT TOW ADAPTER
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250135812
A vehicle configured to be flat towed. The vehicle includes a body structure including a front side member support having an end portion and a bumper beam mounted to the end portion. The body structure further includes a front side member plate mounted to the end portion of the front side member support. A towing bracket can be mounted to the vehicle via the front side member plate. A nut fastener can be mounted to the front side member plate whereby a towing bracket adapter is…
ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE
Granted: April 24, 2025
Application Number:
20250130289
An abnormality detection method of a sub battery (LFP type battery) for backing up a main battery that includes the steps of charging the sub battery to a fully charged state, discharging a predetermined current amount from the fully charged sub battery, maintaining the sub battery in a state where the current becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value until a predetermined time elapses, discharging a detection current for detecting an abnormality of the sub battery from the sub…
DEVICE, AND POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD FOR VEHICLE
Granted: April 24, 2025
Application Number:
20250130577
A device includes: a vehicle velocity acquisition unit configured to acquire a vehicle velocity of a vehicle capable of traveling by unmanned driving; a conveyance velocity acquisition unit configured to acquire a conveyance velocity of a conveyor which the vehicle is on; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of the vehicle using the acquired vehicle velocity and the acquired conveyance velocity.
DYNAMICAL LIQUID SENSORS
Granted: April 24, 2025
Application Number:
20250130296
A sensor includes a tweezer source configured to manipulate a defect nanoparticle in a liquid to a desired position in an enclosure containing the liquid and a light source configured to optically excite the defect nanoparticle in the liquid at the desired position. The sensor also includes a radio frequency (RF) excitation source configured to RF excite the defect nanoparticle in the liquid at the desired position and an optical detector configured to receive an optical signal emitted…
