Driver and vehicle monitoring feedback system for an autonomous vehicle
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172652
An apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to determine an actual driving performance of a driver in a manual driving mode and a projected driving performance if the vehicle had been operated in an autonomous driving mode, compare the driving performance in the manual driving mode and the autonomous driving mode, and transmit a feedback to the driver based on the comparison. The processing circuitry can be further configured to determine a driver state of the driver in the…
Cooling system with flow rate regulation
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12178024
A cooling system includes a first cooling passage in which a first cooling object is cooled by first coolant, a flow passage that supplies the first coolant to a second cooling object from the first cooling passage, a flow rate regulation mechanism that regulates a flow rate of the first coolant flowing in the first cooling passage, and a controller that controls the flow rate regulation mechanism. The controller controls the flow rate regulation mechanism so that the flow rate of the…
Vehicle
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172700
A vehicle includes a steering column connected to a steering wheel, a column cover that covers the steering column, and an air duct that is disposed inside an instrument panel and passes in front of the column cover. Buckling strength of the air duct in a vehicle body front-rear direction in front of the steering wheel is lower than buckling strength of the column cover in the vehicle body front-rear direction.
Vehicle front section structure
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172697
A vehicle front section structure includes left and right front side frame. A deformation portion configured to undergo compression deformation in the vehicle front-rear direction at a time of head-on collision of the vehicle is provided at a front end portion of each of the left and right front side frames. Left and right front side members that support a floor section of a vehicle cabin extend along the vehicle front-rear direction at a vehicle upper side with respect to the left and…
Delivery system, control method therefor and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172677
It is possible to suppress increase in power consumption of a delivery vehicle within a transportation vehicle. A delivery system includes: an autonomously-moving-type delivery vehicle configured to deliver an article; and a transportation vehicle configured to carry and transport the delivery vehicle, in which after the transportation vehicle carrying the delivery vehicle travels toward a delivery destination of the article, the delivery vehicle gets out of the transportation vehicle…
Information processing device, information processing system, program, and vehicle
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172676
An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires biometric information and occupant information of an occupant of a vehicle, estimates state information of the occupant based on the acquired biometric information, and compares the estimated state information and the acquired occupant information with past data for another occupant in which the state information and the occupant information are associated with facility information of a service facility…
System and method for providing friction circle feedback for vehicle safety
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172673
System and methods are provided for implementing friction circle safety controls in a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle. A system can apply a friction circle analysis during the vehicle's operation, in order to perform a safety-based evaluation of maneuvers that impact the dynamic relationship between a vehicle's tires and a road surface. The system also establishes a link between the vehicle's lateral controls (e.g., steering wheel) and the vehicle's longitudinal controls (e.g.,…
Vehicles and methods for sharing sensor data based on criticality
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172668
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a vehicle includes a controller programmed to perform operations including collecting information about an unconnected vehicle, receiving messages from another connected vehicle, identifying a scenario of the another connected vehicle being in conflict with the vehicle or the unconnected vehicle at a future time based on the messages from the another connected vehicle and the information about the unconnected vehicle, and, in…
Aiding an individual to cause a vehicle to make a turn correctly
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172664
A system for aiding an individual to cause a vehicle to make a turn correctly can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a communications module and a controller module. The communications module can cause the processor to obtain information about a specific side of a road on which the vehicle is to be operated. The communications module can cause the processor to obtain information about a degree of familiarity of the individual in operating the vehicle on the specific…
Information presentation device, information presenting method and non-transitory recording medium
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172656
An information presentation device includes a processor configured to (i) select a preceding vehicle candidate that is a candidate to be followed by an own vehicle based on information about a surrounding vehicle around the own vehicle, (ii) estimate an extended cruising range of the own vehicle obtained by a follow-up travel of the own vehicle traveling behind the preceding vehicle candidate, and (iii) output, via an output device provided in the own vehicle, the extended cruising range…
Laser welding method and laser welding apparatus
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172232
A laser welding method includes a welding process of irradiating a multiple laser beam so as to weld together a first member and a second member at a boundary. The multiple laser beam includes a first beam that is advanced while forming a first molten pool in which the first member is melted, a second beam that is advanced while forming a second molten pool in which the second member is melted, and a main beam that is advanced subsequently to the first beam and the second beam and…
Vehicle that executes a downshift delay process
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172648
The vehicle includes a drive source, a transmission that shifts power from the drive source and transmits the power to the drive wheels, and a control device that controls the drive source and the transmission. The control device executes a downshift delay process of changing the timing of the downshift of the transmission to the low vehicle speed side as compared with the case where the predetermined condition is not satisfied when the predetermined condition is not satisfied, when the…
Vehicle control device for controlling lane change operation, medium for storing computer program for controlling vehicle lane change operation, and method for controlling vehicle lane change operation
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172645
A vehicle control device has a processor configured to generate a first traveling lane plan representing the traveling lane in which the vehicle is traveling within a first driving zone of a navigation route, to generate a first lane change plan representing movement of the vehicle between lanes, based on the first traveling lane plan or on surrounding environment information and, when the first lane change plan has been generated, to determine whether or not there exists a control…
Occupant protection device
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172593
An occupant protection device includes a first side airbag disposed at an outer side in a width direction of a first seat, a second side airbag disposed at an outer side in the width direction of a second seat, and a far-side airbag disposed at an inner side in the width direction of the first seat and near the first seat, wherein when a side collision toward the first seat is detected, deployment of the far-side airbag is started after a first delay time has elapsed after deployment of…
Transport recharge level determination
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172543
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging station, a grade associated with an operation of a transport allowing, by the charging station, a recharging level related to the grade and an pact of the recharging level.
Status detection system and connection cable
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172540
A status detection system includes a connection cable, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a determination unit configured to make determination on an overall connection status among a power storage vehicle, an electrified vehicle, and the connection cable based on a detection result from the first detection unit and a detection result from the second detection unit.
Animation to visualize wheel slip
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172522
A 3D animation of the response of a vehicle to forces imparted to the vehicle during conveyance thereof over a course. Sensor data are accepted by a processor that defines an instantaneous state of the vehicle. Forces imparted to the vehicle are computed from temporal changes in the state. Wheel slip is determined by the processor from the computed forces. A 3D graphical representation of the vehicle is rendered on a display as being in motion under influence of the wheel slip.
Attachment for fuel inlet of vehicle
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172516
A vehicle may include: a fuel tank; a first fuel inlet connected to the fuel tank and configured to connect to a fuel supply nozzle; and a second fuel inlet connected to the fuel tank and configured to connect to the fuel supply nozzle. An inner diameter of the second fuel inlet may be smaller than an inner diameter of the first fuel inlet.
Vehicle air conditioner control system and non-transitory recording medium storing vehicle air conditioner control program
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172494
In a driving switching preparing section of a road wherein autonomous driving performed by an autonomous driving ECU or autonomous driving controller is switched to manual driving performed by a driver, an air conditioner ECU or an air conditioner controller is configured to prohibit air conditioner power cutting control.
Laser-beam welding method and laser-beam welding apparatus
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172233
While a laser-beam application position is moved along a locus which circularly or elliptically circles around a locus center so as to cross a weld line that is a boundary between a first metal plate and a second metal plate overlapped with each other, the locus center is moved in a direction parallel to a weld line. A moving direction of the laser-beam application position is set such that the laser beam is first applied to the first metal plate and then to the second metal plate when…
