Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12253377
An information processing device includes a control unit that performs prediction, from a first movement route including a predetermined number of continuous road links, of one or more road links that are traveled by a first mobile object subsequent to the first movement route, based on movement history information on one or more mobile objects traveling on a road. The control unit performs the prediction by using a machine learning model that, for an input of sequential data, outputs…
Data management apparatus and data management method
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12256031
When a controller of a client server updates component data D12 to component data D13, the controller creates in a distributed ledger which is a first proof chain, a record (Age [3]) including a hash value of the component data D13. Then, the controller generates a terminal hash value which is a hash value of a terminal record (Age [3]) in the first proof chain. The controller has the generated terminal hash value stored in a record in a distributed ledger which is a second proof chain,…
Power conversion system
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12255547
In discharging of electric power in a smoothing capacitor arranged between a battery and an inverter provided with three-phase power modules, a control circuit alternately and periodically switches between all-phase upper on control and all-phase lower on control. With a power module in which a current flows in a direction from a motor toward the inverter among the three-phase power modules being defined as a negative current module and a power module in which a current flows in a…
Power supply device and vehicle
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12255479
A power supply device for controlling power supply from a power supply source to loads, comprising: a power storage element; a first circuit that connects the power supply source and the power storage element so as to be chargeable; a second circuit that connects the power storage element and the loads so as to be dischargeable; a third circuit that connects the power supply source and the loads so as to be able to supply power; and a control unit that controls the first circuit so as to…
Fuel cell separator
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12255360
A separator for a fuel cell includes protrusions that extend in parallel and are spaced apart from each other. The protrusions are configured to contact a power generation portion. The separator includes a gas passage that extends between two adjacent ones of the protrusions along the protrusions. The gas passage is configured to allow reactant gas to flow through the gas passage. The gas passage includes at least one rib that protrudes toward the power generation portion and extends in…
Method for manufacturing switching device
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12255243
A method for manufacturing a switching device includes: forming a trench at a top surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate insulation film for covering an inner surface of the trench; forming a gate electrode inside the trench to locate a top surface of the gate electrode below the top surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an oxide film by oxidizing the top surface of the gate electrode; forming an interlayer insulation film by vapor phase growth at a top surface of…
Server, system, and information processing method
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12254774
A server includes: a communication device configured to acquire information on a user who is to receive a physical exam, the information including a residence of the user and an examination item of the user; and one or more processors configured to determine a travel schedule of a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform one or more of a plurality of the examination items of the physical exam, the travel schedule being a schedule for the vehicles that offer the examination items…
Cooperative-contrastive learning systems and methods
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12254691
Systems and methods for multi-view cooperative contrastive self-supervised learning, may include receiving a plurality of video sequences, the video sequences comprising a plurality of image frames; applying selected images of a first and second video sequence of the plurality of video sequences to a plurality of different encoders to derive a plurality of embeddings for different views of the selected images of the first and second video sequences; determining distances of the derived…
Vehicle control system and method for confirming software consistency
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12254309
A specific on-board device, that is any one of a plurality of on-board devices, is configured to acquire the versions of software included in other on-board devices when the power source of a vehicle is turned on. The specific on-board device determines whether or not the versions of the software of all the on-board devices that constitute a vehicle control system are consistent, by comparing the version of the software of the specific on-board device and the versions of the software…
Method of evaluating power storage device, method of manufacturing power storage device, and test system
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12253566
A method of evaluating a power storage device includes at least [a] to [f] below. [a] A power storage device is prepared. [b] A charge level of the power storage device is adjusted to produce a first potential difference between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. [c] The positive electrode or the negative electrode is selected as a reference electrode. [d] After the charge level is adjusted, an operation to insert a conductive rod-shaped member into a stack portion along a…
Front combination lamp for a motor vehicle
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
D1067479
Vehicle controller and vehicle control method
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12253040
A vehicle controller includes processing circuitry configured to execute a counter updating process, first and second starting processes, and a resetting process. The resetting process includes resetting the crank counter when a crank counter has a value outside of a range corresponding to a tooth-missing portion in a case in which a magnitude of a difference obtained by subtracting a value of a pre-update crank counter from the value of the crank counter that was increased by receiving…
Control device for internal combustion engine
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12253019
The processing device of the control device performs first control of controlling the opening degree of the wastegate valve to an opening degree in which the inner peripheral surface of the insulating portion is positioned on the extension line of the seal surface of the wastegate valve, when the internal combustion engine is started. The processing device determines whether the warm-up of the internal combustion engine is completed. When the warm-up is completed, the processing device…
Vehicle door lock system
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252909
A vehicle door lock system is applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body having a door opening and a door, and the vehicle door lock system includes a striker structure installed at one of the vehicle body and the door and a door lock device installed at the other of the vehicle body and the door, the striker structure includes a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion disposed away from each other in the width direction, the door lock device includes a hook that is…
Vehicle and method for diagnosing deterioration of on-vehicle component
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252141
A vehicle includes a storage device configured to store an estimation algorithm configured to output a degree of deterioration of a component mounted on the vehicle in response to an input of a value of a parameter related to the component, a sensor configured to detect the value of the parameter, and a control device. The control device is configured to execute a performance test by autonomous driving of the vehicle, acquire data indicating performance of the component during the…
In-vehicle component protection structure
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252082
An in-vehicle component protection structure includes a first in-vehicle component, a second in-vehicle component that is an object to be protected from collision with the first in-vehicle component, and a protector disposed between the first in-vehicle component and the second in-vehicle component so as to face the first in-vehicle component. When the first in-vehicle component collides with the protector, the protector allows the first in-vehicle component to slide on the protector…
Light distribution control apparatus that irradiates different regions with a different illuminances
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252069
A light distribution control apparatus includes an imaging device capable of capturing an image of a front vehicle existing in front of an own vehicle, a headlight capable of irradiating a front region of the own vehicle, and a control unit capable of executing light distribution control for controlling light distribution of the headlight so that a predetermined first region including the front vehicle and a predetermined second region other than the first region are irradiated with…
Dual battery fuel cell system
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252037
A dual-battery fuel cell system is provided, including two supplemental batteries, each battery supporting/supplementing operation of a fuel cell stack in the system. Driving conditions associated with a fuel cell vehicle can be obtained. Based on the driving conditions, power sources of the fuel cell vehicle to provide power to fuel cell vehicle system can be determined, the power sources comprising the fuel cell stack and the two supplemental batteries. Operating conditions of each of…
Roll vibration damping control system for vehicle and target roll moment computing method therefor
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12251974
A roll vibration damping control system includes an electronic control unit configured to: compute a sum of a product of a roll moment of inertia and a roll angular acceleration of a vehicle body, a product of a roll damping coefficient and a first-order integral of the roll angular acceleration, and a product of an equivalent roll stiffness of the vehicle and a second-order integral of the roll angular acceleration, as a controlled roll moment to be applied to the vehicle body; compute…
Transport system with protruding portions
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12251819
A transport system is a transport system in which an autonomous mobile robot transports an object. The autonomous mobile robot includes a mounting portion on which the object is mounted. The mounting portion includes a guide that engages with the object and regulates a moving direction of the object on a surface of the mounting portion to a predetermined direction.
