Minimizing airborne objects in a collision
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214779
An example operation includes one or more of determining one or more objects in a transport that may become airborne and altering a portion of the transport to minimize the one or more objects from becoming airborne during a collision.
Method for producing electrode
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12218336
According to the present disclosure, an electrode having an electrode mixture layer with a desired film thickness can be stably produced. A producing method disclosed herein includes detecting the surface position of a mixture coated film by a first sensor; detecting the surface position of a second roll by a second sensor; detecting the film thickness of the mixture coated film based on detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor; and adjusting a relatively rotation…
Rare-earth magnet and method of manufacturing the same
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217907
A rare-earth magnet and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes: preparing Sm—Fe—N magnetic powder; preparing reforming material powder containing metallic zinc; mixing the magnetic powder and the reforming material powder to obtain mixed powder; subjecting the mixed powder to compression molding in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic-field molded body; subjecting the magnetic-field molded body to pressure sintering to obtain a sintered body; and…
Information processing device, information processing method, storage medium, and information processing system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217556
An information processing device includes at least one processor. The processor communicates with a vehicle and receives deterioration information that is involved in deterioration of a part provided within a cabin of the vehicle; stores the received deterioration information; and estimates a deterioration degree of the part on the basis of the stored deterioration information.
Systems and methods for uncertainty aware monocular 3D object detection
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217519
A method for 3D object detection is described. The method includes predicting, using a trained monocular depth network, an estimated monocular input depth map of a monocular image of a video stream and an estimated depth uncertainty map associated with the estimated monocular input depth map. The method also includes feeding back a depth uncertainty regression loss associated with the estimated monocular input depth map during training of the trained monocular depth network to update the…
Autonomous driving system, autonomous driving control method, and nontransitory storage medium
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214810
An autonomous driving system includes one or more storage devices configured to store specific position information indicating specific positions at which there is a possibility that remote assistance is required; and one or more processors configured to: determine presence or absence of an abnormality in a remote assistance system configured to provide the remote assistance to an autonomous driving vehicle; set, when an abnormality is detected in the remote assistance system, any one of…
Remaining battery level display method
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214798
A remaining battery level display method is a method of displaying a remaining battery level of a rental electric vehicle, and includes: setting an allocated battery capacity allocated to a user of the rental electric vehicle; and displaying, on a display of the rental electric vehicle, remaining level information based on the allocated battery capacity. The displaying of the remaining level information includes: displaying, as 100%, a remaining battery level at a start of rental to the…
Vehicle information providing system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214797
A vehicle information providing system is realized, which is capable of providing appropriate vehicle information depending on a used driving energy source. The kind of fuel used when refueling a vehicle is identified based on image information from a camera provided in a service station, and/or payment information for the refueling. The magnitude of the environmental burden caused by the identified fuel is specified so as to change, according thereto, a background color of an instrument…
Driving support device for vehicle, driving support method for vehicle, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214789
A driving support ECU (21) of a driving support device (11a) executes automatic deceleration control for decelerating a vehicle (10) without a driver operating a brake pedal (105) when it is determined that a specific condition indicating that the driver intends to turn the vehicle (10) to the right or left at an intersection present in front of the vehicle (10) is satisfied. When a direction indicator (34, 35) stops operating during execution of the automatic deceleration control, the…
Autonomous driving system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214783
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…
Retainer installation tool
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214475
A retainer installation tool can facilitate installation of a retainer onto a vehicle body structure. In some arrangements, the retainer can be for a vehicle sonar sensor, and the vehicle body structure can be a bumper. The retainer installation tool can help to ensure proper placement of retainer, sufficient adhesion time, and/or placement of an adhesive. The retainer installation tool can include an outer casing. The retainer installation tool can include a central shaft extending…
Control device for vehicle
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214774
The control device of the vehicle performs slip control for engaging the connection and disconnection clutch as an instruction hydraulic pressure for engaging the connection and disconnection clutch by the hydraulic control mechanism after the internal combustion engine is started by the starter, as an instruction hydraulic pressure for maintaining the speed of the internal combustion engine at a higher speed than a lower limit speed for avoiding the stop of the internal combustion…
Vehicle control device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214773
A vehicle control device for a vehicle includes an engine; and a power converter, so that the vehicle travels by selectively executing one of a first traveling mode, a second traveling mode, and a third traveling mode in which the vehicle travels by a torque of both the engine and the rotation electric machine. Further, in a case where an air pressure around the vehicle and a system voltage are in a predetermined area of a preset map indicating a relationship between the air pressure and…
Systems and methods of indirectly illuminating a step surface of a vehicle running board
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214718
Systems and methods of indirectly illuminating a step surface of a vehicle running board are provided. A running board may include an upper step surface and at least one lighting element provided at an inboard underside of the running board to directly illuminate the undercarriage of the vehicle and a ground surface below the running board. The lighting element may be configured to direct light to a reflecting element provided at the undercarriage for reflecting light provided by the at…
Vehicle transport planning device, management server, and vehicle transport device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214709
A vehicle transport planning device includes a transport proposal unit that proposes, to an occupant of a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, transport of the vehicle in a predetermined area where driving of the internal combustion engine is prohibited or restricted, and a transport arrangement unit that requests arrangement of a vehicle transport device for transporting the vehicle when the occupant desires the transport of the vehicle.
Vehicle seat
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214699
Provided is a vehicle seat having a variable cushion length. The vehicle seat includes: a front panel of metal arranged on a front-end side of a seat cushion to form a frame of the seat cushion; a sliding device allowing a movable portion to be displaceable and including a sliding member of resin displaceable relative to the front panel in seat front-rear directions; and a bracket of metal that is coupled to the front panel in a manner displaceable relative to the front panel in the seat…
Abnormality determination apparatus and abnormality determination method
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214692
An abnormality determination apparatus includes a processing unit, a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of mobile bodies and a storage unit configured to store power reception history information received from each of the mobile body. The power reception history information includes a power receiving location of the received power received by the power receiving device, and a power transmission efficiency calculated based on the received power, or the received…
Shared clutch control for manual transmission with a hybrid drive
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214668
Systems and methods of controlling a clutch in a hybrid vehicle with a manual transmission, are provided. With the goal of enabling autonomous/assisted clutch control in a hybrid vehicle, while preserving the familiar mechanical feeling at the clutch pedal that driving enthusiasts prefer, embodiments of the disclosed technology use a shuttle valve to blend control of clutch engagement between a driver and an ECU. In these embodiments, a clutch pedal in the vehicle may be mechanically…
Vehicle electric fluid machine
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214647
A vehicle electric fluid machine includes: a housing provided with a mounting leg having an insertion hole; a fastener having a shaft portion inserted into the insertion hole and a head portion at one end of the shaft portion, the fastener fastening the other end of the shaft portion to a mounting object; a sleeve disposed between the mounting leg and the shaft portion, elastic vibration dampers disposed on opposite sides of the mounting leg in its axial direction, each of the elastic…
Vehicle state grasping system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214631
After the air pressure of the tire of the vehicle has decreased to a predetermined abnormal value, the system management server determines that the vehicle has returned to a normal value without performing a tire replacement operation or a tire repair operation (for example, there is a driver that continuously drives the vehicle by replenishing air without performing a tire replacement even if the tire is punctured), and transmits abnormality notification information to the administrator…
