Lighting device
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145502
A lighting device includes a first light source portion, a light guide that includes a light guide body with an elongated shape, guides light incident from the first light source portion in a longitudinal direction of the elongated shape, and emits a first light including the guided light to illuminate an illuminated object, and a second light source portion that emits a second light to illuminate the illuminated object. The second light source portion is provided independently of the…
Method, information processing device, and non-transitory storage medium
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12150022
A method that is performed by an information processing device that communicates with a plurality of vehicles includes identifying any vehicle located in a disaster area out of the plurality of vehicles, sending a first message asking a user of the identified vehicle whether the vehicle is being used as an evacuation spot for spending the night, and determining whether the vehicle is being used as the evacuation spot, based on a first response to the first message.
Steer-by-wire steering system
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145665
A steer-by-wire steering system includes: a steering device including a steering motor powered by a main power source and/or a backup power source; and a controller configured to control the steering device based on a steering request. When the backup power source is normal, the controller executes an abnormal-situation control based on electric power supplied to the steering motor by the main power source and/or the backup power source when the controller determines that the voltage of…
Vehicle assist server, processing method for vehicle assist server, and storage medium
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145624
A vehicle assist server performs a vehicle assist for an object vehicle using a previously generated assist content, based on object vehicle data including a traveling state of the object vehicle and position information about the object vehicle on a map. The vehicle assist server includes a prevalence degree estimation unit, a prevalence degree determination unit, and a registration unit.
Vehicle control device and method for controlling vehicle
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145602
A vehicle control device including a motion condition detector detecting motion conditions including a rotational motion and a longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle on which a load is to be loaded, a wheel load acquisition unit acquiring wheel loads of wheels, a loading state acquisition unit acquiring a loading state of the load loaded on the vehicle, an inertia value calculator calculating an inertia value including principal axes of inertia about a center of gravity of the vehicle…
Vehicle control method, vehicle control system, and vehicle control program
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145574
A vehicle control method controls a vehicle adapted to automated valet parking in a parking lot. The vehicle control method includes a localization process of estimating a vehicle position of the vehicle in the parking lot based on a detection result by a sensor mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle control method further includes a process of accumulating an estimation error of the vehicle position estimated through the localization process. The vehicle control method further includes a…
Purposeful brake-induced wheel lockup for vehicle stability control in autonomous vehicles
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145558
Systems and Methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle, may include: receiving sensor data, the sensor data comprising vehicle parameter information for the autonomous vehicle; using the sensor data to determine a vehicle state for the autonomous vehicle, wherein the vehicle state comprises information regarding a magnitude of an actual or predicted effective understeer gradient for the vehicle; computing a yaw moment required to correct the effective understeer gradient based on the…
In-seat airbag device
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145526
An in-seat airbag device, includes: an airbag main body having a front-rear chamber that, expands past one side of a head of a passenger toward a seat front side and is disposed at the one side of the head of the passenger, a left-right chamber that expands from a seat front side end portion of the front-rear chamber toward a seat width direction inner side and is disposed at a seat front side of a face of the passenger, and a distal end chamber that expands from a seat width direction…
Lateral vehicle position and seat orientation control
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145521
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to keeping a vehicle within a safety envelope. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a safety envelope having a boundary, determining a risk level for an environment surrounding the vehicle, and associating an index value with a location within the safety envelope based on at least one of the risk level and a relationship between the location and the boundary. The method includes, in response to a vehicle being…
Sensor mounting structure for vehicle
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145509
A sensor mounting structure for a vehicle, includes: first mounting members extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, being separated by a spacing in a vehicle width direction, and being mountable at arbitrary positions of a roof of the vehicle; and second mounting members extending in the vehicle width direction, being separated by a spacing in the vehicle front-and-rear direction, and being configured to span between arbitrary positions of the first mounting members, the second…
Front combination lamp for an automobile
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
D1052116
Stowable seat assemblies and vehicles including same
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145486
A vehicle including a floor surface and a seat. The floor surface has a floor striker. The seat is movable between a seated state and a stowed state. The seat includes a seat cushion frame, a sear back, and a seat latch. The seat cushion frame has a seat striker. The seat back is rotatably coupled to the seat cushion frame. In the seated positon, the seat latch engaged with the floor striker. In the stowed state, the seat latch engages with the seat striker.
Vehicle backrest structure
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145483
A vehicle backrest structure includes a lateral handrail fixed within a vehicle cabin and extending horizontally, and a backrest having a cushion formed of a soft material and configured to receive a back portion of a wheelchair user in a wheelchair that is supported within the cabin of the vehicle. The backrest has a recessed part that is opened downward and is to be engaged with the lateral handrail. The backrest is configured to be removably supported on the lateral handrail.
Braking control device of industrial vehicle
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145470
A braking control device of an industrial vehicle includes a travel motor configured to generate regenerative braking force and a mechanical brake configured to generate mechanical braking force as a braking unit and including a battery configured to be charged by the regenerative braking force. The device is configured to acquire vehicle speed information of the industrial vehicle, acquire a regenerative current of the travel motor, execute autonomous driving with a required braking…
Control device that controls electrically powered vehicle and method of controlling electrically powered vehicle
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145464
An ECU controls a vehicle including a power reception unit that can wirelessly receive electric power from a power feeding facility placed on a travel road. The ECU includes a memory in which a user-desired condition is stored, the user-desired condition being a condition under which a user of the vehicle desires on-road power reception, the on-road power reception being power reception from the power feeding facility placed on the travel road, and a processor connected to the memory.…
Vehicle and charging system
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145458
The vehicle includes an inlet configured to be connected to a charging connector provided in a charging station, a lock device configured to switch between a locked state where the charging connector is locked to the inlet and an unlocked state where the charging connector is removable from the inlet, a power storage device configured to be charged with an electric power supplied through the charging connector, and a control device configured to control charging of the power storage…
Vehicle display control device, vehicle display control system, vehicle, vehicle display control method, and non-transitory storage medium storing a program
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145444
A vehicle display control device includes: a display section that is configured to cause display at a plurality of display areas provided adjacent to each other inside a vehicle cabin; and a display item changing section that is configured to change respective display items displayed at the plurality of display areas by the display section.
System and method for adjusting the light intensity of an analog needle
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145442
A system and method for adjusting the intensity of light provided to an analog needle are disclosed herein. The system and method adjust the intensity of light provided to the analog needle based on an operating state of an engine of a vehicle.
Method for manufacturing cast product
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145196
A method for manufacturing a cast product in which a core can be easily discharged from a casting roughly-shaped material is provided. A method for manufacturing a cast product according to the present disclosure includes: a step of hermetically sealing a casting roughly-shaped material formed by casting using a core in a container containing water; a step of heating the water contained in the container while keeping the casting roughly-shaped material hermetically sealed and thereby…
Boarding/deboarding controller
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12144768
Provided is a boarding/deboarding controller that enables reduce time and effort for boarding and deboarding a vehicle of which canopy is opened or closed to allow a user boards or deboards. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a boarding/deboarding controller for a vehicle including a seat, an occupant compartment provided with the seat, and a canopy that moves to a closed position where the canopy covers the occupant compartment and to an opened position, which is situated…
