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…
Vehicle controller, method, and computer program for controlling vehicle
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221135
A vehicle controller detects a travel lane on which a vehicle is traveling, and determines whether the position of the detected travel lane relative to an edge of a road may differ from an actual position. The vehicle controller further identifies first control of the vehicle required on the travel lane and second control of the vehicle required on an adjoining lane. The vehicle controller transfers control of the vehicle to a driver in the case where the position of the detected travel…
Fuel cell system
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224464
An FC system disclosed herein may comprise a plurality of FC units, a cooler, and a controller. Each of the FC units may comprise a FC stack, a supply passage/a return passage/a circulating passage through which refrigerant passes, and first temperature sensor. The supply passage supplies the refrigerant from the cooler to the FC stack. The return passage returns the refrigerant to the cooler. The circulating passage is connected to the supply passage and the return passage. The first…
Analysis of transport damage
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12223780
An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a server, an accident report from a transport, accessing, by a server, at least one media file associated with the report on a remote storage, analyzing, by the server, the media file to assess a damage to the transport, and storing the damage assessment onto the remote storage.
Turbo fluid machine
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221999
A turbo fluid machine includes a rotating member having a bearing-contact surface; an operating part configured to rotate together with the rotating member to compress and discharge a fluid; a housing accommodating the rotating member and the operating part; and a foil bearing having a bearing surface that faces the bearing-contact surface and supporting the rotating member such that the rotating member is rotatable relative to the housing. At least one of the bearing-contact surface or…
Remote startup system, center server, and remote startup method
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221944
A remote start system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to…
Compositions for facilitating the removal of a fingerprint
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221593
Bioactive coatings that include a base and a protein associated with the base for actively promoting the removal of organic stains are provided. In aspects, bioactive coatings that are stabilized against inactivation by weathering are provided including a base associated with a chemically modified enzyme, and, optionally a first polyoxyethylene present in the base and independent of the enzyme. The coatings are optionally overlayered onto a substrate to form an active coating…
Vehicle lid seal structure
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12220982
In a vehicle lid seal structure, one of a housing and a lid is provided with an annular sealing member on a face facing the other. A cross-sectional structure of the annular sealing member includes a base portion and a lip portion. The base portion is attached to one of the housing and the lid. The lip portion extends from the base portion toward the other of the housing and the lid. The lip portion includes a connecting end between the lip portion and the base portion, and a free end…
Vehicle, vehicle control interface box, and autonomous driving vehicle
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221127
A VP carries out vehicle control in accordance with an instruction from an ADK. A vehicle control interface interfaces between the VP and the ADK. The vehicle control interface receives from the ADK, a power supply mode request which is an instruction for controlling a power supply mode of the VP. The power supply mode includes a sleep mode in which a vehicle is in a Ready OFF state, a driving mode in which the vehicle is in a Ready ON state, and a wake mode in which the vehicle control…
Vehicle platform, vehicle control interface box, and autonomous driving system
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221111
When a power status of a vehicle makes transition regardless of control by an autonomous driving system while the autonomous driving system is controlling a power mode of a vehicle platform, the autonomous driving system is notified that transition was caused by a driver input. A VP is configured such that an ADS is mountable thereon. The VP includes a base vehicle and a VCIB. The VCIB interfaces between the base vehicle and the ADS. Then, the VCIB provides a signal that indicates a…
Autonomous driving system
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221099
An autonomous driving system mounted on a vehicle determines a target path based on necessary information and performs vehicle travel control such that the vehicle follows the target path. A first coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a first timing when the necessary information is acquired. A second coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a second timing later than the first timing. The autonomous driving system calculates, based on the necessary information…
Power supply system
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221086
In the power supply system, DC/DC converter may perform a first operation of converting a voltage of the output node into a charging voltage and supplying the charging voltage to the sub power supply, and a second operation of converting a voltage of the sub power supply into an output voltage and supplying the output voltage to the output node. The load is connected to the output node via a power supply line, and includes a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage output from the…
Seating position determination system and vehicle controller
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221066
In a technique for determining a seating position of each of users in a vehicle based on wireless signals from mobile devices carried by the users, a controller identifies a position of a mobile device within a distance from a door outside the vehicle via communication between exterior communicators and the mobile devices. When receiving a signal of boarding, the controller determines whether the mobile device is present in the vehicle via communication between an interior communicator…
Smart key system for automobile
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221064
A key system for an automobile according to the present disclosure includes an on-vehicle device configured to transmit and receive a radio signal to and from an electronic key, and a resin panel through which the on-vehicle device is fixed to and held by a body of the automobile. The on-vehicle device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a search signal to the electronic key, a receiver configured to receive a response signal transmitted from the electronic key in response to…
Engine-type industrial vehicle
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221032
An engine-type industrial vehicle includes a power transmission; a main controller; an object detector configured to detect a position of an object; a predicted trajectory calculator configured to derive a predicted trajectory followed by a vehicle body; and a vehicle-speed upper-limit setter configured to impose a vehicle speed limitation on the vehicle body by setting a vehicle-speed upper-limit value when the detected object is positioned on the predicted trajectory and a traveling…
System for estimating required battery power for moving bodies
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221005
A server 40 includes a control unit 47, and the control unit 47 acquires respective planned use positions of plural users, respective destinations of the plural users, and remaining battery levels of rechargeable batteries of moving bodies which the plural users are scheduled to use, estimates, for each of the moving bodies, a required power amount of the battery based on the planned use position and the destination, determines, for each of the moving bodies, whether the remaining…
Charging system and charging device
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221002
A charging system includes three charging stands, an exhaust heat pipe provided underground, and a heat utilization device that utilizes exhaust heat. The charging stand has an opening and an exhaust heat port. The exhaust heat port is connected to an exhaust heat pipe. Cooling air taken in through the opening exchanges heat with a power supply circuit of the charging stand, and is then discharged from the exhaust heat port into the exhaust heat pipe. The temperature of the cooling air…
