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…
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is a specific vehicle mounting a repair part scheduled for repair, a replacement part scheduled for replacement, or an outdated part and, when there is a specific vehicle, to transmit an…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…
Vehicle front part structure
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202549
Instrument panel side parts are provided integrally with an instrument panel main body part. Vehicle-mounted components are housed in the instrument panel side parts. Thus, even in a vehicle in which an engine compartment is not provided on a vehicle front side in a vehicle cabin it is possible to ensure a housing space for these vehicle mounting parts. Further, the instrument panel side parts are provided integrally with the instrument panel main body part. Thus, compared to a case in…
Greasing device and greasing method
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12203506
A greasing device that feeds grease to a portion requiring greasing that is housed inside a housing, and includes a jig and a greasing pipe fixed to the jig. The housing includes a though-hole that extends through the housing. The jig includes an insertion part that is inserted into the through-hole of the housing. A side surface of the insertion part bear a marking-off line at a position a predetermined distance away from a leading end side of the insertion part. A positon of the…
Motor-driven compressor
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12203480
A motor-driven compressor includes a rotary shaft, an electric motor, a compression unit, an inverter, a housing, and an inverter case. The housing includes a housing end wall and a housing circumferential wall, which extends from a housing end wall in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. The inverter case includes a case end wall, which extends in the axial direction from the case end wall. The seal circumferential wall includes a proximal end connected to the case end wall and an…
Device for canceling acoustic noise generated by a pump
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12203469
A device for canceling acoustic noise generated includes, in one example, an inlet channel configured to be fluidly connected to an inlet port of a pump and an outlet channel configured to be fluidly connected to an outlet port of the pump. The device also includes an inlet resonator and an outlet resonator, both having open ends and closed ends. The open ends of the inlet and outlet resonators are fluidly connected to the inlet and outlet channels, respectively. When in operation, the…
Autonomous driving kit, vehicle platform, vehicle control interface box, and vehicle
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202559
An ADK is attachable to and removable from a VP and issues an instruction for autonomous driving to the VP. The VP includes a steering system for steering of the VP. (An ADS of) the ADK includes a compute assembly and a communication module configured to communicate with the VP. The compute assembly obtains from the VP, a torque value relating to a steering system 33 through the communication module and transmits to the VP, a wheel steer angle command indicating the wheel steer angle in…
Exterior member for vehicle and method for manufacturing the same
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202552
A vehicle exterior member having a self-neutralizing function which can improve running characteristics and steering stability of a vehicle without impairing the design property has a fiber molded member containing a needle-punched nonwoven fabric or knitted fabric. The fibers constituting the fiber molded member contain a conductive fiber.
Vehicle lower structure
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202327
A vehicle lower structure, including: a base member provided under a floor of a vehicle; a pair of reinforcement members; a slope device accommodated above the base member and between the pair of reinforcement members; and a vehicle body floor, both the slope device and the vehicle body floor being fastened to each of a rear flange of a front reinforcement member and a front flange of a rear reinforcement member of respective pairs of the flanges of each of the pair of reinforcement…
Vehicle control system and vehicle control method
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202526
A processor of a vehicle determines whether remote assistance from a remote facility is necessary during autonomous driving control. When determination is made that the remote assistance is necessary, the processor generates a target trajectory of the vehicle that includes an expected waiting position. The expected waiting position is a position where the vehicle is expected to wait for reception of an assistance signal from the remote facility. The processor calculates a traveling…
Vehicle control system
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202515
A vehicle travel control device executes vehicle travel control such that a vehicle follows a target trajectory. An automated driving control device generates a first target trajectory that is the target trajectory for automated driving of the vehicle. The vehicle travel control device further determines whether or not an activation condition of travel assist control is satisfied. When the activation condition is satisfied, the vehicle travel control device generates a second target…
Driving assistance system
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202509
On the basis of a target completion position as a position for completing an ON operation of a brake in front of a corner of a predetermined traveling course in a predetermined traveling course, a target completion vehicle speed as a target completion position in the target traveling pattern, a target deceleration as a deceleration at the target completion position in the target traveling pattern, and a vehicle speed of the vehicle, a start timing for starting an ON operation of the…
Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202494
A control unit of an information processing apparatus acquires the number of times of operations or an operation time of an operation unit provided in a vehicle at a time at which the operation unit has operated, acquires surroundings information around the vehicle at the time at which the operation unit has operated, and calculates a wear degree of the operation unit by multiplying a wear coefficient which corresponds to surroundings indicated by the acquired surroundings information by…
Driving assistance device and driving assistance method
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202483
A driving assistance device includes a determination unit configured to, in a case where a preceding vehicle located in front of a vehicle in a stopped state starts, determine whether an object is located inside a specified area that is a predetermined area in front of the vehicle, and a driving assistance unit configured to maintain the stopped state of the vehicle in a case where an object is located inside the specified area in a case where the preceding vehicle starts.
Systems and methods for displaying a following camera image on a lead vehicle display device
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202410
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a system for facilitating reverse travel of a vehicle convoy. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and a memory storing machine-readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect a rotational position of a steering wheel of a lead vehicle of a convoy when the lead vehicle is in a reverse mode. The machine-readable instructions, when executed…
Seat slide device
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202385
The present invention pertains to a seat slide device having: a lower rail fixed above a floor and extending in one direction; an upper rail connected to a seat and capable of moving along the lower rail; a drive pulley connected to a drive source and attached to the seat or the upper rail; an ended belt wound on the drive pulley so that one surface contacts the drive pulley, both ends of the ended belt being fixed to the floor or the lower rail; and a first and second pressing member…
Remote control for vehicle interface
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202339
A remote control an automotive vehicle, the remote control including a 3-D shaped object, stretch sensors connecting the 3-D shaped object to a structure of the vehicle and a control unit configured to collect information from the stretch sensors, the remote control being configured to control a display of the automotive vehicle, the remote control being configured to be integrated in a stretchable fabric part of an interior of the vehicle.
Display device for vehicle
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202337
A display device for a vehicle includes: a display unit including a display surface that is configured to display information to an occupant of a vehicle; a display control unit that is configured to set the information displayed at the display surface and a display area in which the information is displayed at the display surface; a drive unit that is configured to drive the display unit in and out of an interior member that is disposed in a vehicle cabin; and a drive control unit that…
