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…
Battery module and battery module manufacturing method
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12218373
A battery module includes a box shaped housing case that is open at an upper side, a battery stack in which plural battery cells are stacked along a horizontal direction, and that is housed inside the housing case, and plural types of shim that are made of different materials and that are disposed between the battery stack and the housing case in a state in which the battery stack is pressed along the stacking direction of the battery cells.
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…
Systems and methods for machine learning evaluation pipeline
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12216647
Provided are a method, system, and device for a neural architecture search (NAS) pipeline for performing an optimized neural architecture search (NAS). The method may include obtaining a first search space comprising a plurality of candidate layers for a neural network architecture; performing a training-free NAS in the first search space to obtain a first set of architectures; obtaining a second search space based on the first set of architectures; performing a gradient-based search in…
System and method for adjusting one or more properties of a deformable lens
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12216267
Systems and methods for adjusting one or more properties of a deformable lens are described herein. The deformable lens includes a photoswitch material that, when irradiated by a radiation, causes a curvature of a surface of the deformable lens to change from a first curvature to a second curvature based on the intensity of the radiation.
Map data output device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215987
A map data output device includes: a map storage that stores map data that represents lane network information; a position determination portion that determines a current position of a vehicle; a read processing portion that reads the map data of an area established based on the current position; a control map generation portion that generates control map data obtained by adding information to the map; and an output portion that outputs the control map data to a vehicle control device.
Abnormality diagnosis device for internal combustion engine
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215646
A setting unit which is connected to an intake passage and defines a reference value for a pressure in a passage through which gas flows, an accumulating unit which integrates a difference between the reference value and the pressure from a point in time when the pressure falls below the reference value and acquires an cumulative value, and a diagnosis unit which diagnoses an abnormality of the passage based on the cumulative value, wherein when there is no peak in the pressure, the…
Turning control device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214831
A turning control device includes a precursor detection circuit configured to detect a precursor of an abnormality by which a smooth operation of a turning device is impaired. The precursor detection circuit is configured to start measurement of a total running time of a vehicle when the precursor is detected, and is configured to execute a process of reporting the precursor, based on the measured total running time. The precursor detection circuit is configured to perform the…
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…
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…
Supported catalyst particles
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214334
A supported catalyst particles include oxide carrier particles and noble metal particles supported on the oxide carrier particles, wherein the mass of the noble metal particles is less than or equal to 5 mass % based on the mass of the oxide carrier particles, and the average particle size of the noble metal particles measured by transmission electron microscopy is 1.0-2.0 nm, with the standard deviation ? less than or equal to 0.8 nm.
Rear portion for an automobile
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
D1060175
Instrument panel for an automobile
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
D1060169
Terminal apparatus, image display method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12210789
A terminal apparatus includes a controller configured to generate, based on a positional relationship between a virtual light source, a display object corresponding to a first display, and a user object corresponding to a first user who operates a first image displayed on the first display, which are disposed in a virtual three-dimensional space, an image of a shadow of the user object, as a second image, display the first image on a second display toward a second user and superimpose…
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.
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.
Information processing device and information processing method for vehicle inspection or repair
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12211010
An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: selecting a single or plurality of shops where inspection or repair of a vehicle is capable of being performed; acquiring a single or plurality of destinations; and calculating a total time length of a first time length, a second time length and a third time length, about all combinations of a first shop and a first destination, the first shop being one of the single or plurality of shops, the first destination being…
Systems and methods for investigating interactions between simulated humans
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12210808
A system includes a processor configured to build a model of human behavior that can be assigned to a simulated human, where the model is trained on a dataset of interactions between humans, and parameters of the model can be adjusted. The processor is further configured to build a model of a task to be engaged in by a plurality of simulated humans, simulate interactions between the plurality of simulated humans, and display behavior of the simulated humans and information about the…
