Information processing device, driving diagnosis method, and storage medium
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230132
An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires travel information related to travel of a vehicle and information of regulation display that has been converted into information from a captured image of the regulation display, the image being an image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle; a preprocessing unit that sets, when a reliability of the information of the regulation display that has been converted into information is equal to or higher than a…
Apparatus and method for collecting data for map generation, and vehicle
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12232000
An apparatus for collecting data for map generation includes a processor configured to determine whether the current state of a vehicle is suitable for collection of collection target data to be used for generating or updating a map, based on suitability data received from the vehicle with a communication device. The suitability data indicates suitability of the vehicle or surroundings thereof for the collection. The processor is also configured to instruct, with the communication…
Stator and manufacturing method thereof
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12231001
First-fourth slots may be provided in an inner circumferential surface of a stator core. A coil may include first-third segments conductor. Each of the conductors may include a U-shape. The first segment conductor may be inserted in the first slot and the second slot in a state where a coupling portion of the first segment conductor is located at a position facing a first end surface. The second segment conductor may be inserted in the second slot and the third slot in a state where a…
Battery abnormality detection device, battery abnormality detection method, and recording medium recorded with battery abnormality detection program
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230984
A battery abnormality detection device that: for an equalization circuit including a discharge circuit provided with a switch that, in a case of being switched ON, causes a battery cell to discharge, and including a detector connected to the battery cell in parallel to the discharge circuit so as to detect a voltage of the battery cell, acquires a first voltage in a case in which the switch has been switched OFF and a second voltage in a case in which the switch has been switched ON, as…
Electrical cable fixing jig and vehicle
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230952
A protector includes an electrical cable fixing portion, in which an electrical cable insertion hole is provided, and a pair of plate portions that is provided on each of one side and another side of the electrical cable fixing portion in an X direction. Each of the plate portions is provided with a through hole into which a bolt for fastening the protector to a predetermined member is inserted along a Z direction. A greatest value of a width of the through hole provided in each of the…
Load applicator and power storage apparatus
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230827
A load applicator includes an elastic mechanism including elastic bodies, a first member configured to move in accordance with contraction of power storage cells, a second member provided opposite to the first member across the elastic mechanism, a switching device, and a restriction member. The elastic mechanism has a first form wherein a first restraint load is applied to a power storage module when the power storage module expands by a first dimension, and a second form wherein a…
All solid state battery
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230805
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery wherein the confining pressure variation is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector stacked in this order, and the anode active material layer includes a Si based active material, and a…
Secondary battery
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230768
A secondary battery includes a battery case, an electrode body, and a collector member connecting the battery case and the electrode body. A positive electrode includes an insulation layer provided so as to be adjacent to a positive electrode active material layer. The collector members include first portions, and second portions continuous to the first portions and bent relative to the first portions. The first portions are fixed to the battery case. The second portions are connected,…
Method of manufacturing adhered components
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230748
A method of manufacturing adhered components includes a process of applying adhesive to application areas on a surface of a first component, a process of placing a second component above the first component, and a process of pressurizing the second component toward the first component. In the pressurization process, the load applied to a pressurizer changes while sequentially undergoing a curvilinear increase period in which the load increases in a curved line as the compression amount…
Control method, server, and system
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230135
A control method for controlling a plurality of vehicles automatically traveling to follow an operation schedule includes judging, by a server, whether a first vehicle is delayed relative to the operation schedule, judging, by the server, whether passing of the first vehicle by a second vehicle has occurred when the first vehicle is judged to be delayed relative to the operation schedule, and setting, by the server, a limit on a vehicle speed of the first vehicle when the passing is…
Collision avoidance support apparatus
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227226
When a collision avoidance steering control start condition becomes satisfied, a driving support ECU starts a steering control to avoid a collision with a frontward vehicle. The ECU prohibits the steering control when an indicated direction by turn indications of the frontward vehicle is the same as a planned direction of the steering control. The ECU sets the start condition to a first start condition, when the turn indicators of the frontward vehicle are not indicating a turning…
Monitoring a traffic condition of stopped or slow moving vehicles
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230129
A system for monitoring a traffic condition can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a preliminary operations module, a calculations module, and a communications module. The preliminary operations module can include instructions that cause the processor to obtain information about the traffic condition of stopped or slow moving vehicles. The calculations module can include instructions that cause the processor to: (1) define a monitoring zone that encloses the traffic…
Sound-source search system and sound-source search method
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230078
A sound-source search system for searching a sound source that causes a noise propagated inside or outside a cabin of a vehicle. The system includes: a sound-source search device for acquiring sound data by collecting and measuring a sound; an informing device for informing a sound measuring position in which the sound-source search device should be installed for collecting and measuring the sound; and a control device for acquiring a driving information related to a driving state of the…
Information processing apparatus, vehicle system, information processing method and storage medium
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12230070
An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: detect that shutdown operation that is operation of stopping a traveling system is performed for a predetermined vehicle; and determine an operation mode after the shutdown operation for at least one of a plurality of electronic control units provided at the vehicle based on a first location that is a location at which the shutdown operation is performed.
Near-field radiative heat transfer systems and methods of use thereof
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12228353
Embodiments described herein relate a tunable heat transfer system. The tunable heat transfer system includes a controller, a first body, and a second body. The first body is communicatively coupled to the controller. The second body is communicatively coupled to the controller and spaced apart from the first body. The second body has a plurality of semimetal layers and a dielectric portion positioned between each of the plurality of semimetal layers. Each of the dielectric portions has…
Method of recycling carbon fibers
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227418
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method of recycling carbon fibers that allows efficiently obtaining carbon fibers suitable for reuse. An embodiment is the method of recycling carbon fibers that includes: preparing a carbon fiber reinforced plastic molded product containing a carbon fiber reinforced plastic containing a carbon fiber and a resin; performing a process of at least one of a heating process or an ultraviolet irradiation process on the carbon fiber…
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for process dolly synchronization with assembly line conveyors
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227366
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor, at least one stationary track positioned parallel to the conveyor, a process dolly configured to operatively couple to the at least one stationary track, and a syncing apparatus configured to couple to the process dolly and operatively couple to the conveyor. The syncing apparatus is configured to lock the process dolly in place along the conveyor such that the process dolly moves together…
Cooling system for aircraft components
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227296
A louvre system controls a flow of cooling air to a heat-generating element mounting inside a wing of an aircraft. The louvre system includes a louvre operably connected to the wing and structured to be rotatable to control airflow through an air intake of the wing into an interior of the wing. A louvre actuation mechanism is operably connected to the louvre and configured to control rotation of the louvre. A memory is communicably coupled to a processor and stores a louvre control…
Modular vehicle power source storage
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227242
Vehicles and systems for modular power source storage. A vehicle may include a power source detachable from the vehicle. The power source may supply power to the vehicle and a remote device. The vehicle may further include a cargo bed that stores the power source. The cargo bed or a portion of the cargo bed may be removable from rest of the vehicle along with the power source.
Air guides for vehicles
Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12227231
An air guide for a vehicle having a pair of side members. The air guide includes a base member having a pair of opposing ends and a pair of attachment members configured to be coupled to the pair of side members. Each of the pair of attachment members are coupled to a respective opposing end of the base member for movement between a folded position, an unfolded position, and an attachment position between the folded position and the unfolded position.