Control system using a combined pedal and feedback for recommending speed
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291222
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to communicating a recommended speed through feedback on a combined pedal for acceleration or braking. In one embodiment, a control system includes a pedal coupled to a first device having a throttle sensor for a vehicle and a first actuator that generates throttle feedback by applying force to the pedal. The control system also includes the pedal being coupled to a second device having a brake activation sensor for the…
Vehicle and in-vehicle device
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12294923
A vehicle includes a processor that includes hardware. When an own vehicle is connected to an external network via a communication mesh network created by vehicle-to-vehicle communication that takes place between multiple vehicles, the processor outputs connection information indicating that the own vehicle is connected to the external network as information that is able to be visually recognized from outside of the vehicle.
Relay system, method for relaying wireless communication, and relay base station
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12294856
In a relay system, an authentication device determines whether a registered identifier of a registered terminal possessed by a user in a vehicle matches an identifier of a first communication terminal received from a relay base station via a base station, generates a permission signal indicating whether to permit relay of wireless communication between the first communication terminal and the base station, depending on the result of determination, and sends the generated permission…
Resin molded component
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12294209
A resin molded component includes a bus bar having conductivity, a conductive member including an insertion hole into which the bus bar is inserted along an axis line direction, a resin member covering the bus bar and insulating the bus bar and the conductive member, and a potting material charged into the insertion hole. The bus bar includes a bend terminal portion positioned at an end portion in the axis line direction, and bent along a terminal bend direction, and a bus bar crank…
Method for generating smoke in cell pack
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12294066
A method for generating smoke in a cell pack by which a very small amount of smoke can be generated from a specific single unit cell among unit cells constituting the cell pack. The method causes smoke generation in a cell pack in which unit cells are connected and which includes a positive electrode output terminal for electrically connecting the positive electrode terminal of the unit cell and an external device, and a negative electrode output terminal for electrically connecting the…
Battery system and method for equalization of battery pack
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12294062
A battery system comprises a battery pack, an equalization unit, and a battery ECU. The battery pack includes a plurality of blocks connected in series. The equalization unit performs equalization control to equalize the plurality of blocks in voltage. The battery ECU obtains a determined equalization time, and controls the equalization unit to end the equalization control when the equalization time has elapsed since the equalization control was started.
Battery resistance measurement device, vehicle and battery resistance measurement method
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12294061
A battery resistance measurement system measures an electrical resistance of a battery and comprises a determination unit and a measurement unit. The determination unit determines, based on whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, whether a target battery has switched from a charged state to a discharged state in which while the target battery receives supplied electric power the target battery outputs electric power larger than the supplied electric power. The measurement unit…
Directed energy distribution
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12292722
An example operation includes one or more of determining at least one high-priority device at a location, determining a loss of electricity at the location has occurred thereby rendering the device unusable, and directing electricity from a vehicle to the device, based on a need being over a threshold.
Method for road debris detection using low-cost LIDAR
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12292511
Improved systems and methods are provided to implement anomaly detection. The method includes a FMCW LIDAR system that steers the laser beam of the LIDAR system via the wavelength tuning of a FMCW. The direction of the laser beam can be diffracted and controlled by the optical grating antennas which may diffract the laser beam as a function of wavelength. The method may also provide a LIDAR sensor with exhibits a controlled and wide-angle fill or output without the use of conventional…
Gasket
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12292113
A first plate portion abuts against a cylinder head and has a substantially constant plate thickness. A second plate portion abuts against a cylinder block and has a substantially constant plate thickness. An intermediate plate portion is sandwiched between the first plate portion and the second plate portion and has a substantially constant plate thickness. A shim is sandwiched between the first plate portion and the intermediate plate portion and is disposed over an entire periphery of…
Information processing device, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291213
An information processing device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine, in response to a request for the vehicle, one mode out of a plurality of modes defining behavior of the vehicle, make transition of a status of the vehicle among a plurality of statuses that is based on a state and a sub-mode, and control the vehicle based on the status of the vehicle that has been achieved by the transition. The state and the sub-mode are permitted…
Vehicle speed limiting device, vehicle speed limiting method, and vehicle speed limiting program
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291208
A vehicle speed limiting device includes a control device with first and second speed limiting functions, and a first cancel function for disabling the first speed limiting function when a first condition is satisfied and the vehicle speed matches a first speed. The control device has a first cancel function canceling the second speed limiting function when an elapsed time from a first time at which the first speed limiting function is disabled by the first cancel function to a second…
Vehicle driving support device
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291203
A vehicle driving support device executes lane deviation suppression control when there is a possibility that an own vehicle deviates from a lane and when an execution prohibition condition is not satisfied, and executes the lane deviation suppression control so as to steer the own vehicle such that a behavior parameter representing a behavior of the own vehicle during the execution of the lane deviation suppression control does not exceed a behavior parameter upper limit value. The…
Control apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer readable media encoded with computer program
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291192
A control apparatus for an object moving in a specific zone while recognizing one or more markers deployed in the specific zone by a camera. The control apparatus is configured to execute detecting whether or not that the specific zone or surroundings of the object is darker than a specified brightness, and when detecting that the specific zone or the surroundings of the object is darker than the specified brightness, operating a lighting device installed in the object to illuminate the…
Charging apparatus and management device
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291116
A charging apparatus is installed in an area in which entry of a vehicle is restricted. The charging apparatus includes: a movable portion including a connection device connectable to an energy storage device; a raising device configured to raise and lower the movable portion between a first state and a second state; a communication device; and a control device. The first state is a state in which the movable portion is housed in the ground, and the second state is a state in which the…
Vehicle allocation apparatus and vehicle allocation method
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291113
A processor obtains power reception information including information on a power reception form of a power reception apparatus of each of a plurality of vehicles. The processor obtains power transmission information including information on a power transmission form of a power transmission apparatus available on a travel path through which each of the plurality of vehicles can travel. The processor selects as a vehicle to be dispatched from among the plurality of vehicles, a vehicle that…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291090
A vehicle control device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire a determination result for a first area indicating whether or not a predetermined communication terminal is in a predetermined first area outside a cabin of a vehicle, and to acquire a determination result for a second area indicating whether or not the communication terminal is in a second area that is further away from the vehicle than the first area; and a control section configured to perform a closing…
Rear bumper for an automobile
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
D1073549
Front bumper for an automobile
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
D1073547
Hybrid electric vehicle
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286118
The hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a clutch, an accelerator operation amount detecting unit, and a control device. The control device is configured to include: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the accelerator operation amount is equal to or greater than a threshold value when there is a start request for the engine; and an ignition timing control unit configured to advance an ignition timing of the engine, when an affirmative determination…
