Dynamic scene reconstruction using neural radiance field technology
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12211282
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to reconstructing a dynamic scene using Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) technology. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from one or more sensors, a plurality of video clips of an environment. The method includes generating a second plurality of video clips based on the plurality of video clips, and reconstructing, using NeRF technology, a scene as a continuous function based on the second plurality of video clips.
Transmission power control method, terminal, and wireless communication system
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12213082
There is provided a transmission power control method for a terminal. In this method, when reception power is divided into at least two ranks at equal intervals, each of the at least two ranks has an allowable range having an identical size, a margin is set between a lower limit of the allowable range in an upper rank and an upper limit of the allowable range in a lower rank in the at least two ranks, and the allowable range is equal to or larger than the margin, the terminal adjusts…
Communication apparatus, vehicle, information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and server
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12213021
A communication apparatus according to the present disclosure is a communication apparatus included in a first vehicle, the communication apparatus including a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface communicates with a server. The controller detects a second vehicle located in a vicinity of the first vehicle. The controller generates positional information for the second vehicle based on a position of the first vehicle when the second vehicle is detected.…
Systems and methods for maintaining a service session in an automotive edge computing environment
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12212954
Systems and methods for maintaining a service session in an automotive edge computing environment are disclosed herein. One embodiment computes a first estimation result pertaining to computation resources of a current edge server with which a vehicle is in communication; computes a second estimation result pertaining to link quality; computes a third estimation result pertaining to service quality; compares the first, second, and third estimation results with first, second, and third…
Centrifugal compressor
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12212211
A centrifugal compressor includes a compressor impeller, a motor, an inverter, a housing including a motor chamber and an inverter chamber, a conductive member, an insertion hole, and a resin member sealing the insertion hole. A pressure in the motor chamber is higher than that in the inverter chamber. The resin member includes a first resin portion fixed to the housing and a second resin portion which is covered with the first resin portion and which covers the conductive member, the…
Cooling system, stator for rotating electric machine, and segment coil
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12212201
A cooling system is provided. Coil ends protrude outward from a first end of a stator core in a direction along a central axis. An imaginary straight line is orthogonal to both of a central axis of a core body and an axis extending in an up-down direction. Half the coil ends above the imaginary straight line are in a first portion. Each of the segment coils in the first portion includes an outer peripheral surface that faces in a direction opposite from the central axis. The outer…
Power management apparatus and power management method
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12212139
In a server, an acquisition unit obtains, from a vehicle through a communication apparatus, history information indicating that demand and supply of electric power has been performed for a power grid PG, and information on the state of charge of a battery. A control unit determines priorities of a plurality of DERs for a DR request. The control unit determines a priority of the vehicle so that the vehicle is less likely to be selected for the DR request, when the SOC obtained by the…
Wet mixture, coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles, and method of producing lithium ion secondary battery, and wet mixture, coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles, and lithium ion secondary battery
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12211987
A method of producing a wet mixture includes a stirring and mixing process in which lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having surplus lithium compounds on the surface and crystalline ferroelectric ceramic particles are dried, stirred and mixed to obtain a mixed powder; and a solution mixing process in which a lithium conductor forming solution is mixed with the mixed powder to obtain a wet mixture containing coated lithium-containing positive electrode active…
Elongated sound isolation devices and systems
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12211475
Systems and devices are disclosed herein for absorbing unwanted target sounds. In one example, an acoustic scatterer for absorbing a target sound includes a housing defining a plurality of channels having an open end and a terminal end. The terminal ends of the plurality of channels are separate from each other and extend along a length of the housing. The acoustic scatterer also includes one or more spacers subdividing the plurality of channels along the length of the housing. In…
Apparatus, method, and computer program for detecting lane boundary
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12211291
An apparatus for detecting a lane boundary includes one or more processors configured to: input an image representing a region around a vehicle into a classifier to identify the types of objects represented in respective pixels of the image, and detect a boundary of the travel lane by determining, for each of pixel lines in a direction crossing the travel lane in the image, whether the position corresponding to a pixel group including a predetermined number of contiguous pixels is inside…
Controller for hybrid electric vehicle and method for controlling hybrid electric vehicle
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12209565
A controller executes a first restarting process when restarting of an engine is requested under a condition where an engine speed is less than a determination speed. In the first restarting process, cranking of the engine is performed by a motor generator in a state in which the motor generator is connected to a crankshaft through engagement of a clutch, and fuel injection and ignition are initiated in the engine when a combustion initiation condition is satisfied in this state. The…
Power management system
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12211059
A store terminal executes a process including a step S500 for determining whether or not to receive the allocation fee and a step S502 for determining whether or not there is a request for termination of use, and further including, when the allocation fee is received (YES in S500) and it is determined that there is a request for termination of use (YES in S502), a step S504 for acquiring a usage time, a step S506 for setting a discount amount, a step S508 for setting a usage fee, and a…
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12211011
A controller is provided that determines, in response to an order for a sticker indicating that a predetermined part of a vehicle has been upgraded, the number of issues of the sticker according the predetermined part.
Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12210347
A vehicle control device includes a scene determination unit determining whether or not a current traveling scene is a traveling-restricted scene, an order setting unit setting priorities corresponding to a restriction with respect to driving behaviors previously classified for different purposes in a case where it is determined that the traveling scene is the traveling-restricted scene and setting priorities with respect to the plurality of driving behaviors in a case where it is not…
Model learning system, control device for vehicle, and model learning method
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12210341
A model learning system comprises a server and a plurality of vehicles having control devices configured to be able to communicate with the server and configured to perform learning related control relating to machine learning. The server is configured to judge if among the plurality of vehicles, there is a specific vehicle mounting a repair part scheduled for repair, a replacement part scheduled for replacement, or an outdated part and, when there is a specific vehicle, to transmit an…
Non-color shifting multilayer structures
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12210174
A multilayer thin film that reflects an omnidirectional structural color includes a multilayer stack comprising having: a reflector layer; a first dielectric layer extending over the reflector layer; an absorbing layer extending over the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer extending over the absorbing layer. The multilayer thin film reflects a single narrow band of visible light when exposed to broadband electromagnetic radiation, and the single narrow band of visible…
Trip simulator for increased time-efficiency when charging
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12209872
A method for an electric vehicle trip simulator is described. The method includes determining parameters for an upcoming trip of an electric vehicle, including at least a start location and a destination location. The method also includes analyzing data associated with a plurality of points of interest between the start location and the destination location. The method further includes selecting a set of locations from the plurality of points of interest for the upcoming trip of the…
Systems, vehicles, and methods for creating a vehicle network
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12209871
Systems, vehicles, and methods for creating a vehicle network. A system includes a wireless transceiver of a master vehicle configured to broadcast a connectivity signal. The system further includes a wireless transceiver of a follower vehicle configured to receive the connectivity signal to wirelessly link the follower vehicle to the master vehicle. The wireless transceiver of the follower vehicle is further configured to transmit vehicle identifying information to the master vehicle…
Electric compressor
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12209588
An electric compressor includes a compression member compressing fluid drawn from a suction chamber and discharging the compressed fluid to a discharge chamber, an electric motor driving the compression member, an inverter driving the electric motor, a housing in which the suction chamber and the discharge chamber are formed and that accommodates the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter, the housing including an inverter accommodation portion, a soundproof cover…
Scroll compressor
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12209583
A scroll compressor includes a housing, a first scroll, a second scroll being configured to rotate relative to the first scroll about a driving axis of the scroll compressor. The second scroll has an end plate, a spiral element, and an adjustment portion adjusting a center-of-gravity of the second scroll. The adjustment portion has a bottom surface, a peripheral surface enclosing the bottom surface, and a connection surface connecting the bottom surface to the peripheral surface. The…
