Managing transport occupants during transport events
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12287218
An example operation may include one or more of identifying a target device has entered a transport and has initiated a transport event at a target location, applying permissions, associated with the target device, to the transport event, determining a transport event modification has occurred, when the transport has stopped moving for a predetermined period of time and one or more transport operations have occurred, prior to arriving at a transport event destination, determining whether…
Electrified vehicle management device and electrified vehicle management system
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12288469
The server (electrified vehicle management device) includes a communication unit (second communication unit) that communicates with a mobile terminal (first communication unit) of a user of the electrified vehicle. The server includes a processor (control unit) that controls the communication unit. Then, the processor controls the communication unit so that a permission signal permitted to receive a privilege in the amusement park is transmitted to the mobile terminal of the user when a…
Taxicab system for coordinating taxicab vehicles to accommodate groups of riders
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12288468
A taxicab system includes a plurality of taxicab vehicles which are all autonomous vehicles, and a management device. Each taxicab vehicle can form a vehicle group with other taxicab vehicles according to an instruction from a customer or the management device. The vehicle group includes one representative vehicle and at least one subordinate vehicle. The representative vehicle and the subordinate vehicle execute at least one of a collective billing process for charging a representative…
Vehicle control device
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12288354
An extraction unit of a mobile terminal extracts a plurality of feature points from within a shooting range of a camera, based on shooting results of the camera provided on AR glasses. A determination unit determines a boundary between a first region corresponding to an inside of a vehicle cabin and a second region corresponding to an outside of the vehicle cabin within the shooting range of the camera based on discontinuity of movement vectors of the feature points when a vehicle moves.…
Depth estimation based on ego-motion estimation and residual flow estimation
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12288348
A method for depth estimation performed by a depth estimation system associated with an agent includes determining a first depth of a first image and a second depth of a second image, the first image and the second image being captured by a sensor associated with the agent. The method also includes generating a first 3D image of the first image based on the first depth, a first pose associated with the sensor, and the second image. The method further includes generating a warped depth…
Charging controller
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12288231
A charging controller is configured to carry out charging of a power storage with charging power to be restricted and to quit charging when a charging quitting condition is satisfied while charging is carried out. The charging controller is configured to change the charging quitting condition to move end of charging ahead in charging of the power storage by using a power feed facility when pricing of the power feed facility falls under time-based pricing and restriction of charging power…
Over the air analytics
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12288059
A system is provided for use with over-the-air (OTA) analytic data corresponding to OTA aggregate data associated with an OTA push of a software update to a plurality of devices. The system includes: a data receiver configured to receive the OTA aggregate data; a memory having instructions stored therein; and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to cause the system to: store the received OTA aggregate data into the memory; analyze the OTA aggregate data…
Transport limitation for data reads
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12287910
An example operation includes one or more of determining a portion of memory in a transport for storing sensitive temporary data, setting a hardware threshold of a maximum number of reads of the data from the portion of memory, and clearing the data from the portion of memory with a hardware-enabled trigger in response to the maximum number of reads is reached.
In-vehicle control device
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12287693
An in-vehicle control device includes a processor configured to: control a device of a first type, which has a function of switching an operation mode between a normal mode and a mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode in accordance with an instruction via communication and a device of a second type, which does not have the function; specify a limited device that is a device of which power consumption is to be limited, based on information acquired from…
Remote control device
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12287648
A remote control device includes, at least one processer configured to perform processes including, acquiring three-dimensional point cloud data measured using a distance measuring device, estimating at least one of a position and an orientation of a moving object in the three-dimensional point cloud data by matching a template point cloud indicating the moving object with the three-dimensional point cloud data, determining a start position to start matching of the template point cloud…
Vehicle controller and vehicle control method
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286133
A vehicle controller is configured to execute a recognition process of recognizing a state of an object in a recognizable area set on a front side of a host vehicle, and a driving control process of performing a vehicle control of causing the host vehicle to travel based on a recognition result of the recognition process. The recognizable area includes a regular recognition area and a quasi-recognition area when a band-shaped scheduled traveling area along a travel route on which the…
Information processing device, information processing method and information processing system
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12287214
An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: acquiring a first route based on a communication speed; and creating a first plan for a first vehicle, the first plan being a plan about execution of download of first data during traveling along the first route. The control unit acquires the first route between two predetermined spots, based on a first map indicating a distribution of a communication speed of a first communication carrier that is employed in the…
Mounting structure of micro vibrator
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12287203
In a mounting structure, a micro vibrator has: a curved surface portion having a hemispherical curved surface; a connecting portion extending from the curved surface portion toward a center of a hemispherical shape of the curved surface portion; and a surface electrode covering at least a part of the connecting portion and at least a part of the curved surface portion. A mounting substrate has two or more wirings and a part of the micro vibrator is connected to the mounting substrate.…
Controller and control method for internal combustion engine
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286939
A controller is used for an internal combustion engine including a cylinder and a direct injection valve that injects gaseous fuel into the cylinder. A CPU of the controller executes acquisition of an in-cylinder pressure that is a pressure in the cylinder during one combustion cycle and a supply fuel pressure that is a pressure of the gaseous fuel supplied to the direct injection valve, and calculation of a backflow rate that is an amount of combustion gas flowing into the direct…
Exhaust gas control apparatus for internal combustion engine
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286921
In an exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine in which a catalytic converter is attached to an engine having a plurality of cylinders and a plurality of exhaust passages communicating with the plurality of cylinders, a diffusion portion that promotes a jet flow of a main flow of the exhaust gas flowing into the merging portion is provided at a merging portion connected to a downstream side of the exhaust passage. Further, on the inner wall of the merging portion…
Transport system, transport method, and transport program
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286300
A transport system includes a transport robot and a plurality of kinds of loading platform portions each of which is able to be connected to the transport robot. The transport system includes: a determination unit that determines a loading platform portion to which the transport robot is to be connected, from the plurality of kinds of loading platform portions, based on a transport condition; and a connection control unit that controls a connecting operation between the transport robot…
Steering control device
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286172
A steering control device includes an electronic control unit configured to calculate a target reaction torque that is a target value of a steering reaction force that is a force against steering input to a steering unit and to control operation of a steering-side motor provided in the steering unit such that a motor torque corresponding to the target reaction torque is generated. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate an angle axial force, as an axial component based on…
Steering control device, vehicle power source system, and vehicle
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286171
A steering control device includes a controller configured to control driving of a motor that generates a torque. The torque is a torque applied to a steering mechanism of a vehicle using electric power from at least any one of an in-vehicle main power source and an auxiliary power source that backs up the main power source. The controller is configured to wait for the auxiliary power source to be charged to an extent that the main power source is able to be backed up and to permit the…
Steering wheel-based HMI system
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286152
A steering wheel-based HMI system for a vehicle includes a steer-by-wire system and a control module. The steer-by-wire system includes a steering wheel and a torque feedback unit mechanically connected to the steering wheel. The control module is communicatively connected to the torque feedback unit. The control module is configured to identify a communication, gather information about user securement of the steering wheel, and operate the torque feedback unit to apply a supplementary…
Vehicle controller, method, and computer program for vehicle control
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286137
A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to determine whether there is fogging on a window of a vehicle or a sign of fogging thereof, based on a fogginess sensor signal indicating a physical index related to the degree of fogging of the window of the vehicle or operation of a vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle capable of defogging operation. The fogginess sensor signal is obtained by a fogginess sensor provided on the vehicle. The processor is further configured to change…
