Vehicles with seat assemblies including vehicle seats and backpacks
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179705
A vehicle includes a seat assembly includes a seat portion and a back portion connected to the seat portion. The back portion has an opening sized to receive a backpack that extends through both a front-facing surface and a rear-facing surface. A backpack is located in the opening in a stowed configuration. The backpack is accessible at the front-facing surface and the rear-facing surface and is removable from the opening.
Direction change detection device, vehicle, direction change detection method, and storage medium
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179778
An on-board unit as a direction change detection device is configured to acquire a steered angle and a mileage of a vehicle at a time point at which a right turn event related to a right turn of the vehicle occurs when the right turn event occurs, and detect the right turn on condition that a maximum value of the steered angle is equal to or less than a first threshold value, and the mileage is equal to or greater than a second threshold value.
Attention ability test device, attention ability test method, and vehicle
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179770
An attention ability test device includes a display having a display area, an input device for receiving an operation performed by an examinee, and a test controller. While displaying a central image in the central area of the display area and displaying one or more peripheral images in the peripheral area of the display area, the test controller generates at random at least one of a center task of changing the central image and a periphery task of changing the peripheral image, and…
Determining a lane change decision based on a downstream traffic state
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179763
A system for determining a lane change decision based on a downstream traffic state can include a processor, a communications device, and a memory. The processor can be disposed on an ego vehicle. The memory can store an acceleration gain module and a communications module. The acceleration gain module can include instructions that cause the processor to: (1) obtain, via the communications device and from a monitoring system, information about an end of stopped or slow moving downstream…
Vehicle control device, storage medium for storing computer program for vehicle control, and method for controlling vehicle
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179760
A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine a set speed for a vehicle representing a target speed based on a speed limit of a road, and a current correction value corresponding to the speed limit of the road, count a number of changes the set speed for the vehicle has been changed by a driver, and calculate a new correction value for the set speed for the vehicle based on a correction coefficient determined based on the number of changes, and speed difference between…
Vehicle control device
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179759
To effectively improve drivability during travel control, provided is a vehicle control device comprising a travel control unit configured to set a target acceleration of the vehicle based on a target vehicle speed and an actual vehicle speed, and execute a travel control for automatically controlling travel of the vehicle by operating the drive device based on the target acceleration; a shift control unit configured to set a target driving force, and execute a shift control for…
Vehicle collision determination apparatus
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179753
In a vehicle collision determination apparatus, a position calculation unit calculates a trajectory of a target that is a movement trajectory of the target, and calculates an entrainment trajectory of the vehicle that is a movement trajectory of the vehicle during a turn, and calculate a position of collision where a collision is likely to occur between the vehicle and the target based on the trajectory of the target and the entrainment trajectory of the vehicle. A time calculation unit…
Control device, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179750
A vehicle comprises a plurality of drive assist devices configured to implement a plurality of drive assist functions, respectively. The plurality of drive assist devices includes a first drive assist device, which includes an update information generation device configured to generate update information to update a middle point in steering control performed by at least one of the drive assist devices, and a second drive assist device which does not include the update information…
Vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus and vehicle collision avoidance assist program
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179746
A vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus keeps stopping a collision avoidance control to avoid a collision of an own vehicle with an object ahead of the own vehicle when the own vehicle turns, a predetermined condition is satisfied, and a collision condition is satisfied. While the own vehicle turns, the apparatus acquires an own vehicle turning angle which is an angle which the own vehicle has turned about a turning center from when the own vehicle starts turning and change the…
Moving object determination device
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179743
A moving object determination device applied to a vehicle, the device includes at least a predicted time calculation unit, a time difference calculation unit, and a moving/stationary determination unit. The predicted time calculation unit calculates a predicted time from when an obstacle starts to be detected by the first sensor to when the obstacle will no longer be detected by the second sensor based on a traveling speed of the obstacle and a length of the obstacle. The time difference…
Front portion for an automobile
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
D1055811
Systems and methods for countering security threats in a passive keyless entry system
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179699
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to securing wireless communications for passive keyless entry (PKE) to an asset. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to acquiring sensor data about at least a surrounding environment of a vehicle that provides access according to wireless communications with a remote device, analyzing the sensor data to define operating conditions identifying security characteristics of the vehicle and interactions of the remote…
Vehicle seat
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179692
Provided is a vehicle seat in which a transverse guide of a belt guide is located on a seat front side and an upper side with respect to two fixation portions of the belt guide and in which two side guides each include a linear portion extending linearly from the transverse guide toward a back frame.
Airbag device and passenger protecting device
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179685
An airbag device has an airbag. The airbag has a front-rear chamber and an airbag main body. The front-rear chamber has a left and right pair of front-rear extending portions that pass by respective left and right sides of a head of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat and inflate and deploy toward the seat front side, and a connecting portion connecting front end portions of the pair of front-rear extending portions in a seat left-right direction. The airbag main body inflates and…
Airbag device and passenger protection device
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179684
An airbag device has an airbag. The airbag has a front-rear chamber and an airbag main body. The front-rear chamber has a left and right pair of front-rear extending portions that pass by respective left and right sides of a head of a passenger and inflate and deploy toward the seat front side, and a connecting portion connecting front end portions of the pair of front-rear extending portions in a seat left-right direction. Gas is supplied to the airbag main body via a communication hole…
Vehicle control method and vehicle
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179634
A vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a brake device and an electronic control unit. The brake device is configured to change a front-rear distribution ratio of braking force with respect to front and rear wheels. The electronic control unit is configured to: control the brake device such that the front-rear distribution ratio is in accordance with a fixed distribution characteristic in which the front-rear distribution ratio is constant regardless of deceleration of the…
Display system and vehicle including the same, and method of showing state of secondary battery
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179595
In representation processing, when a capacity retention is higher than a threshold value while a warranty condition is satisfied, an ECU has the capacity retention shown in a first manner. When the capacity retention is equal to or lower than the threshold value while the warranty condition is satisfied, the ECU has the capacity retention shown in a second manner.
Motor attachment structure for electric vehicle
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179570
A motor attachment structure for an electric vehicle includes: a motor generator including a tubular rotor configured to rotate together with a motor output shaft in an integrated manner, and a tubular stator placed radially outwardly from the rotor; a tubular bearing configured to rotatably support a rotating body rotating together with the motor output shaft in an integrated manner; a case in which the motor generator and the bearing are accommodated; and an attachment attached to the…
Motion data generation system, motion data generation method, and motion data generation program of robot
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179349
A motion data generation system of a robot including an upper body, a waist, and a lower body is provided. The motion data generation system includes a subject motion data acquisition unit that acquires upper body motion data captured from motion of the upper body of a subject and captured waist motion data captured from motion of the waist of the subject, a manually generated motion data acquisition unit that acquires lower body motion data and manually generated waist motion data, the…
Push pin installation devices and methods of installing push pins
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179323
A push pin installation device includes a handle, a shaft that extends outwardly from the handle and a sliding collar provided on the shaft that includes head with a bore that is sized to receive a push pin. The shaft and sliding collar are configured such that pushing on the handle moves the shaft through the bore farther into the sliding collar to apply a force against a push pin located in the bore.
