14th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190100130 | LED TRAILER HITCH - The present invention is directed to an interchangeable, modular, trailer hitch system which incorporates an LED light assembly built into the hitch assembly. The LED lighting assembly may be wired directly into the towing vehicle's backup lighting system or it may be provided with an on-off switch which may be positioned inside the tow vehicle or outside the tow vehicle near where the hitch is mounted on the vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100131 | GO-KART - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a go-kart which is equipped with an LED light fixture that can efficiently shine light below the vehicle. This go-kart is equipped with: a vehicle body frame that supports an engine, front wheels, and rear wheels, and is exposed to the exterior; and elongated strips of LED tape that are affixed to both the left and right sides of the vehicle body frame extending in the front-rear direction, and shine light below the vehicle body frame. In addition, the front wheels and rear wheels are supported on the outer side of the vehicle body frame. When the front-side end of the vehicle is viewed from the left-right direction, the LED tape and the LED tape extend to positions which overlap with the front wheels, and when the rear-side end of the vehicle is viewed from the left-right direction, the LED tape and the LED tape extend to positions which overlap with the rear wheels. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100132 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A REAR LIGHT SET OF A VEHICLE CAB - A method is provided for controlling the operation of a rear light set of a tractor of a vehicle, the rear light set including a plurality of rear lights, the vehicle further including a trailer which can be pivotably connected to the tractor about a substantially vertical axis and which includes the same set of rear lights. The method including: detecting whether a trailer is connected to the tractor; detecting a steering angle of the vehicle; if a trailer is detected to be connected to the tractor and if there is at least one activated rear light in the trailer rear light set: in case the steering angle of the vehicle is below a predetermined threshold, deactivating at least the rear light(s) of the tractor rear light set which is (are) of the same type as the activated rear light of the trailer rear light set; in case the steering angle of the vehicle is above the predetermined threshold, in a so-called manoeuvring operation, activating at least the rear light of the tractor rear light set which is of the same type as the activated rear light of the trailer rear light set and which is located outside of the turn. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100133 | TURN SIGNAL MODULATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A turn signal modulation system is provided for controlling turn signals of a host vehicle. The turn signal modulation can include a vehicle braking sensor; a vehicle attitude sensor and a turn signal modulation circuit. The turn signal modulation circuit can include a communication receiver, communicatively coupled to receive information from the vehicle braking sensor and the vehicle attitude sensor; and a decision circuit with an input communicatively coupled to receive sensor information from the communication receiver. The sensor information can include information indicating an amount of braking force applied to the host vehicle and information indicating changes in vehicle attitude. The decision circuit may determine whether to actuate the turn signals using the amount of braking force applied to the host vehicle and the change in vehicle attitude. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100134 | Systems and Methods for Operation of a Brake Light - In one aspect, an example method includes (i) determining, by a computing system at a first time, a first height of a bumper of a leading vehicle relative to a reference height; (ii) determining, by the computing system at a second time that is later than the first time, a second height of the bumper relative to the reference height; (iii) making, by the computing system, a determination that the determined first height and the determined second height lack a threshold extent of similarity based on an established tolerance level; and (iv) responsive at least to making the determination that the determined first height and the determined second height lack the threshold extent of similarity based on the established tolerance level, causing, by the computing system, the light source to operate. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100135 | ACCELERATION EVENT-BASED PASSENGER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating notifications of acceleration events for a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode. As an example, instructions generated by a planning system of the vehicle are monitored. Determining whether the instructions identify changes in lateral and longitudinal acceleration for the autonomous driving mode. That an acceleration threshold will be met when the vehicle proceeds according to the changes is determined. A notification is generated based on the determination that an acceleration threshold will be met, the notification identifying that an acceleration event has occurred. The notification is displayed to a passenger of the vehicle on a display of the vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100136 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM USING SAME - A determination unit determines whether a driving behavior of a vehicle is performed by automatic driving control or manual driving control. A generation unit generates presentation instructing information for presenting the driving behavior by the automatic driving control externally from the vehicle when the determination unit determines that the driving behavior of the vehicle is performed by the automatic driving control, and generates presentation instructing information for presenting the driving behavior by the manual driving control externally from the vehicle when the determination unit determines that the driving behavior of the vehicle is performed by the manual driving control. An output unit outputs presentation instructing information generated by the generation unit. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100137 | FEEDBACK OPERATION OF A VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL - The disclosure relates to a method for operating a brake pedal unit of a vehicle, comprising feedback to a driver. The brake pedal unit has a multiplicity of pressure-sensitive or force-sensitive sensors. According to the disclosure, in the method, output signals of the multiplicity of pressure-sensitive or force-sensitive sensors are detected. At least one position and/or an orientation of the operator's foot relative to the foot support element is determined from the detected output signals. A feedback signal that characterizes the determined position and/or orientation is output at an output unit of the vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100138 | PASSENGER WAKE-UP APPARATUS - A passenger wake-up apparatus for use in a vehicle includes a detector configured to detect a state of a passenger and being capable of automated driving control or driving support control based on a result of detection by the detector. The passenger wake-up apparatus includes a rest on which the passenger can put a foot, and a driving unit configured to be able to move the rest. When determining that there is a decrease in a level of wakefulness of the passenger based on the result of the detection by the detector, the driving unit moves the rest to push the foot of the passenger, while the automated driving control or the driving support control of the vehicle is performed. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100139 | PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM USING BACKUP CAMERA - A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a rear backup camera and a control having an image processor that processes image data captured by the rear backup camera. The control, when the vehicle is driven forward into a parking slot and responsive to image processing of captured image data, determines a parking slot marker at a side boundary of the parking slot at which the vehicle is being parked. The system may include a display screen that displays images representative of the vehicle at a determined orientation relative to the determined parking slot marker so a driver of the vehicle can determine whether or not the vehicle is aligned in the parking slot. The control may determine a degree of misalignment of the vehicle relative to the parking slot and may generate an output to alert the driver that the vehicle is not aligned in the parking slot. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100140 | VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS - An ECU detects a front vehicle which is present in a traveling direction of the own vehicle, based on an image captured by an imaging unit. The ECU includes: an end portion width calculation section which, when the front vehicle is present, calculates, as an end portion lateral width, a size of the front vehicle in a lateral direction relative to the traveling direction in a front-end or rear-end portion of the front vehicle, based on the image and dictionary information on a vehicle front or rear portion; a determination section which determines whether a side portion of the front vehicle is recognized in the traveling direction of the own vehicle; and a lateral width correction section which, if the determination section has determined that the side portion of the front vehicle is recognized, calculates a corrected lateral width by increasing the end portion lateral width. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100141 | Ascertainment of Vehicle Environment Data - A method for establishing data representing an environment below a vehicle include capturing surroundings data representing at least a part of the environment of the vehicle, assigning position information items to the surroundings data, determining a position parameter of the vehicle, and determining vehicle ground data from the surroundings data, wherein the position information items correspond to the position parameter of the vehicle such that the vehicle ground data represent a region of the environment of the vehicle above which the vehicle is currently situated. The vehicle ground data is then output on a display apparatus of the vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100142 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH REAR BACKUP VIDEO DISPLAY - A vision system for a vehicle includes a rear backup camera and a display device including a video display screen. Within two seconds of shifting the vehicle transmission into reverse gear, the display device displays rear backup video images derived from captured image data. Rear backup video images derived from captured image data can be displayed after shifting out of reverse gear until a threshold condition is met. A user input is actuatable by the driver of the vehicle to change display of rear backup video images to display of other video images. Display of the other video images occurs after a delay period has elapsed since shifting into reverse gear. During the delay period and commencing when the vehicle transmission was shifted into reverse gear, only rear backup video images derived from image data captured by the rear backup camera are displayed by the video display screen. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100143 | ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROLLER, ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM, ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An on-vehicle display control device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data from multiple bird's-eye view video cameras for videos of a front, a rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, and video data from rear side cameras for videos of rear left-side and rear right-side views of the vehicle; a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by performing a viewpoint conversion and synthesizing processes on the videos of the bird's-eye view video cameras; a confirmation request detecting unit that detects a left-right situation confirmation request; and a display controller that displays, when the confirmation request is detected, on a display in a direction of the confirmation request, the video from the rear side camera in the confirmation request direction and the video in a direction corresponding to the confirmation request direction in the bird's-eye view video. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100144 | BIRD'S-EYE VIEW VIDEO GENERATION DEVICE, BIRD'S-EYE VIEW VIDEO GENERATION SYSTEM, BIRD'S-EYE VIEW VIDEO GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires videos from multiple cameras capturing videos of front, rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, an obstacle information acquiring unit that acquires information from an obstacle sensor detecting at least one obstacle around the vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by synthesizing videos converted by a viewpoint conversion process on the acquired videos and generate, when the obstacle information acquiring unit detects the obstacle, the bird's-eye view video where a display region in a direction of the detected obstacle is extended by reducing a display area of the video in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the detected obstacle toward a direction opposite to the direction of the detected obstacle, and a display controller that displays the generated bird's-eye view video on a display. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100145 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A three-dimensional image driving assistance device is applied to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle body pillars. The three-dimensional image driving assistance device includes a lens group, a three-dimensional image processing module, an image retrieval module, and a plurality of display modules. The lens group photographing a plurality of external images around the vehicle and outputting the external images. The three-dimensional image processing module receives the external images, combines the external images into a planar panoramic image, and then synthesizes the planar panoramic image into a three-dimensional panoramic projection image. The image retrieval module retrieves a part of the three-dimensional panoramic projection image, and converts the part of the three-dimensional panoramic projection image into a plurality of partial three-dimensional blind spot images. The plurality of display modules is respectively disposed on the vehicle body pillars, and each display module displays a partial three-dimensional blind spot image. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100146 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DRIVING IMAGE REMINDER DEVICE - A three-dimensional driving image reminder device includes a lens group, a three-dimensional image synthesis module, an image processing module, and a display module. The lens group includes a plurality of lenses, respectively photographing a plurality of external images around a vehicle. The three-dimensional image synthesis module receives the external images and synthesizes a three-dimensional panoramic projection image. The image processing module receives the three-dimensional panoramic projection image. The image processing module includes an obstacle recognition unit and a labeling unit. The obstacle recognition unit detects an obstacle in the three-dimensional panoramic projection image. The labeling unit sets a recognition label corresponding to a position of the obstacle to form a three-dimensional label image. The image processing module selectively outputs the three-dimensional label image. The display module receives and displays the three-dimensional label image. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100147 | PARKING ASSISTANT PANORAMIC IMAGE SYSTEM - A parking assistant panoramic image system includes a lens group, a three-dimensional image synthesis module, a guidance computation module, and a display module. The lens group includes a plurality of lenses for separately shoot a plurality of external images around the vehicle. The three-dimensional image synthesis module is electrically connected to the lens group, and synthesizes the external images into a three-dimensional panoramic projection image. The guidance computation module is electrically connected to the three-dimensional image synthesis module, receives the three-dimensional panoramic projection image, detects and analyzes relative locations of the virtual vehicle body and the parking position image, and computes a parking guidance track accordingly that is a simulative route track along which the virtual vehicle body is capable of simulating driving into the parking position image. The display module receives and displays at least a part of the three-dimensional panoramic projection image and the parking guidance track. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100148 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus has: an imaging device ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190100149 | SUN VISOR FITTING WITH INTEGRATED SUNGLASS CLIP - A sun visor fitting for holding sunglasses or other objects in a readily accessible position along the face of sun visor includes a body having a mounting section, a visor pin, a first clip and a second clip projecting from the first clip. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100150 | CROSSBAR CLAMP ACTUATOR - A crossbar clamp actuator of a crossbar-to-vehicle coupler may include a horizontally traveling wedge block having a ramped, downward-facing first slide surface, and a wedge follower having a second slide surface in frictional contact with the first slide surface of the traveling wedge block. Substantially horizontal repositioning of the traveling wedge block may cause the ramped first slide surface to urge the wedge follower downward, thereby actuating a crossbar clamp. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100151 | VEHICLE PRIVACY SCREEN - A vehicle has a vehicle cabin having a front vehicle seat system and a rear seat vehicle system. The front vehicle seat system is located in front of a rear seat vehicle system. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100152 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for providing entertainment on a vehicle for passengers in which the system includes a network and a content data source onboard the vehicle. The content data source stores media files and is connected in communication with the network. Seat displays disposed in the vehicle are connected in communication with the network and configured to present media selections to passengers corresponding to media files available from the content data source. Each seat display is configured to receive an input from a passenger for playing a selection and includes a data processor executing program logic. The program logic performs tasks including accepting authentication information from a passenger, verifying the authentication information received by comparison with information available from the network, and if the authentication information is verified, presenting a media selection corresponding to a media file associated with the authentication information. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100153 | FIXING DEVICE FOR PANEL MEMBER - A panel case of a display panel is provided with a first fixing piece extending rearward (in the Y2 direction), and a female threaded hole is formed in the first fixing piece. A support bracket is provided with a second fixing piece extending rearward (in the Y2 direction), and an attachment hole is formed in the second fixing piece. The first fixing piece has a first elongate hole portion opened between the female threaded hole and a first base portion, and the second fixing piece has a second elongate hole portion formed between the attachment hole and a second base portion. Therefore, the fastening force from a fixing screw is less likely to be transmitted to the first base portion of the first fixing piece, and strain of the display panel can be regulated. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100154 | Smartphone Attachment Means with Magnetic Plate having Opposing Polarities - A magnetic attachment means for smartphone that includes a one single magnetic plate, a magnet casing and a metal plate. The one single magnetic plate has opposing diagonal polarities. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100155 | HOLDER FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A charging assembly for a mobile device in a vehicle includes a slot positioned in a vehicle console wherein the slot comprises a floating floor having at least one connector. The charging assembly further includes a spring positioned between the floating floor and a bottom surface of the charging assembly. The floating floor retracts into the vehicle console to both support and charge the mobile device. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100156 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A display system includes a camera configured to capture raw images of a region proximate a vehicle. A housing is coupled to an interior portion of the vehicle and is movable between distinct first and second positions. A position sensor is coupled to the housing and configured to produce a first signal in response to the housing being in the first position and a second signal in response to the housing being in the second position. A controller is in communication with the camera and the sensor. The controller is configured to process the raw images, output display images with a first field of view in response to the first signal, and output display images with a second field of view in response to the second signal. A display screen is disposed in the housing, and is in communication with the controller and configured to display the display images. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100157 | VEHICLE AUXILIARY DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND VEHICLE - A vehicle auxiliary display device includes: a first camera configured to acquire a first image of a position of a user; a second camera configured to acquire a second image within a first range on an outside of a pillar of a vehicle; and a processor configured to determine a shielding area of the pillar shielding the user's line of sight based on the first image, extract an image of the shielding area from the second image based on the second image, and send the image of the shielding area to the user. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100158 | VEHICULAR CAMERA APPARATUS - In a vehicular camera apparatus, at least one imaging unit captures an image of a region located outside a vehicle, and a first housing configured to install the at least one imaging unit thereto. A housing assembly includes a second housing configured as a separate member from the first housing, and includes a vehicle attachment provided to the second housing and attached to a part of the vehicle. The housing assembly is configured to fixedly support the first housing between the part of the vehicle and the second housing while the vehicle attachment is attached to the part of the vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100159 | ILLUMINABLE EMBLEM - The invention relates to an illuminable emblem, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a housing with a front cover which is at least regionally transparent on a front side, a rear-side housing base, which are connected to one another and enclose a cavity, wherein, in the cavity, there is arranged a light conductor which at least regionally forms webs, which directly adjoin transparent regions of the front cover, for the defined emergence of light from the web of the light conductor into the front cover and through the front cover, wherein the light conductor furthermore has at least one light coupling-in region at which there is arranged at least one illuminant for the coupling-in of light into the light conductor, wherein the light conductor, between the webs, forms free spaces which are filled by the front cover and/or by the housing base. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100160 | CONNECTOR, CONNECTION STATE DETECTION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL - A technique disclosed in this specification relates to a technique for detecting a location of a conduction failure due to aging degradation or the like by a simple method. A connector relating to the technique of this specification includes a connector housing ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190100161 | VEHICLE FRONT PORTION STRUCTURE - A vehicle front portion structure includes a lower absorber installed in a lower region of a vehicle front portion and having a longer length in a width direction of a vehicle, at least one load bearing member disposed on a rear side of the lower absorber and connected to the lower absorber so as to receive a load transferred from the lower absorber, in which at least a part of the lower absorber is equipped with a reinforcement member, and the reinforcement member is formed, in cross section, in a shape of substantially a wave composed of a series of upward protruding parts protruded upward of the vehicle and downward protruding parts protruded downward of the vehicle, the upward and downward protruding parts alternating along the width direction of the vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100162 | SENSOR PROTECTOR AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - There is provided a sensor protector including: mounting portions that are mounted to a bracket for fixing a sensor, which is provided at a vehicle inner side of a bumper cover, to a body of a vehicle; a covering portion that is plate-shaped, that extends from lower portions of the mounting portions toward the bumper cover, and that covers a lower portion of the sensor; and a weak portion that is provided at the covering portion and makes the covering portion elastically deformable. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100163 | GAS-BAG UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - It is provided a gas-bag unit for a motor vehicle, having an inflatable gas bag which comprises at least two material layers that are fastened to one another by means of a circumferential seam in such a manner that the at least two material layers surround a gas-bag interior. A first portion of the gas bag is folded down to form a fold in such a manner that a first portion of the circumferential seam, which is located in the first portion of the gas bag, and the first portion of the gas bag are separated from the gas-bag interior by the fold. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100164 | PASSENGER AIRBAG MODULE - One general aspect includes an airbag module, including: a housing. The airbag module also includes a cushion disposed within the housing. The airbag module also includes a chute having a first side and a second side with a seam centrally formed therebetween, where each of the first and second sides include a plurality of fingers which operatively cooperate to define a track configured to slidably attach the housing to the chute such that the chute sufficiently encloses the cushion within the housing, and where the chute is configured to open during deployment of the cushion. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100165 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag device includes: a gas generator which is extended along an axial line thereof and which includes: a generator body including a gas injection section at one end section; and an installing protrusion protruding from an outer face of the generator body; and an airbag which includes a bag body developed and inflated by an inflation gas supplied from the gas injection section. The gas generator and the airbag are installed on a vehicle by the installing protrusion. The bag body includes an insertion port having a size allowing the gas injection section to pass through and not allowing a portion of the gas generator provided with the installing protrusion to pass through. The gas injection section is disposed inside the bag body, and the installing protrusion is disposed outside the bag body. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100166 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - An electronic unlocking system includes an electronic lock and an electronic key. The electronic key includes processing circuitry and transmission circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain at least one piece of feature data when an unlock operation is triggered. The at least one piece of feature data includes data representing a user that triggers the unlock operation. The processing circuitry is configured to encrypt the obtained at least one piece of feature data to obtain encrypted data. The transmission circuitry is configured to send the encrypted data to the electronic lock to cause the electronic lock to execute the unlock operation. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100167 | LIDAR DEVICE WITH HEATED COVER USEFUL FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES - An illustrative example embodiment of a detector device includes a sensor portion that is configured to at least emit or receive a first type of radiation. A cover near the sensor portion is transparent to the first type of radiation to allow the first type of radiation to pass through the cover. A radiation source emits a second, different type of radiation. A plurality of reflecting surfaces are transparent to the first type of radiation and at least partially opaque to the second type of radiation to at least partially reflect the second type of radiation into the cover to increase a temperature of at least a portion of the cover. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100168 | VEHICLE SENSOR CLEANING - A system includes a first computer including a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a message from a second computer indicating one of a cleaning command specifying a sensor and a precipitation condition. If the message does not indicate a precipitation condition, the instructions include instructions to actuate a reservoir pump to clean the sensor specified in the cleaning command. If the message does indicate the precipitation condition, the instructions further include instructions to actuate a windshield wiper. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100169 | WIPER AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A wiper for a motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a blade having an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion has an increased thermal conductivity relative to the outer portion, and the outer portion is softer than the inner portion. A method is also disclosed. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100170 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A WIPER BLADE TO A DRIVE ARM FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a connecting device ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190100171 | ONBOARD OPTICAL SENSOR CLEANING DEVICE - An onboard optical sensor cleaning device ejects fluid against a sensing surface of an onboard optical sensor installed in a vehicle and removes foreign matter from the sensing surface. The onboard optical sensor cleaning device includes a cleaning liquid ejection port that ejects supplied cleaning liquid and an air ejection port that ejects supplied air. The cleaning liquid ejection port and the air ejection port are independent from each other, an air ejection axis of the air ejection port is set so that the ejected air mixes with the cleaning liquid ejected from the cleaning liquid ejection port and to be directed toward the sensing surface. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100172 | ACTUATOR OF ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed is an actuator of an electronic brake system including: a drive unit generating a power and including a motor having a stator and a rotor; a piston unit operated by the drive unit and including a piston reciprocating in a bore chamber provided in a piston housing to contain a fluid; a power transmission unit having one end coupled to the rotor and the other end coupled to the piston to convert a rotational motion of the rotor into a linear motion of the piston; a sensing magnet coupled to the power transmission unit to rotate along the motor; and a motor position sensor disposed coaxially with and spaced apart from the sensing magnet to sense a position of the motor based on the rotation of the sensing magnet. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100173 | INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR PEDAL STROKE SENSOR - Disclosed herein is an installation structure for a pedal stroke sensor, including: a piston configured to move forward and backward by an operation of a pedal; a mounting member disposed on the piston; a first shaft coupled with the mounting member; a second shaft including a second gear engaged with a first gear of the first shaft; and a measuring portion disposed on the second shaft. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100174 | SPEED CONTROL DEVICE - A speed control device includes: a first calculation unit to calculate first location information and first speed information from output of a speed generator; a second calculation unit to calculate second location information and second speed information from output of a speed sensor; a route database storage unit to store information to select one of a calculation result of the first calculation unit and a calculation result of the second calculation unit in accordance with a location of a vehicle; and a selection unit to select one of the calculation results on the basis of the information of the route database storage unit to output the information as location information and speed information, in which speed of the vehicle is determined on the basis of the location information and speed information. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100175 | AUTOMATIC BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An automatic brake control apparatus controls a braking device of a vehicle to execute a brake operation at a brake operating timing. The automatic brake control apparatus includes a brain activity state acquirer unit configured to acquire an activity state of a brain of a driver of the vehicle; a change determiner unit configured to use the activity state of the brain of the driver acquired after the braking device has executed a brake operation at a brake operating timing to determine whether changing the brake operating timing is necessary or unnecessary; and a change controller configured to change the brake operating timing in response to that changing the brake operating timing is determined to be necessary. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100176 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE - A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle that includes a wheel speed obtaining device to obtain wheel speed, and a vehicle body deceleration calculating means to calculate a vehicle body deceleration on the basis of the wheel speed. If a condition is satisfied in which the vehicle body deceleration continues to stay at a low rate of less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value for a predetermined period of time, the pressure increasing rate in pressure increasing control is altered to a higher value than before the condition is satisfied. The brake fluid pressure of a brake caliper can quickly be brought close to the fluid pressure of a master cylinder. Therefore, it is possible to improve the brake responsiveness when the brake is re-operated by the driver during the ABS control, thereby reducing the driver's feeling of wrongness and strangeness. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100177 | METHOD FOR CHANGING A FORWARD DISPLACEMENT OF AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE DURING BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE AND CONTROL UNIT - The invention relates to a method for changing a forward displacement ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190100178 | PRESSURE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL BRAKE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - An electronic control brake system for a vehicle, comprising: a pressure sensor connected to an electronic control device for electrically controlling a brake hydraulic pressure and sensing the brake hydraulic pressure generated in a master cylinder, the electronic control device includes a PCB separated from the pressure sensor, and an elastic connecting body of a conductive material provided on the PCB, the pressure sensor includes a sensor housing, a sensing portion provided inside the sensor housing for sensing the brake hydraulic pressure, and a lead portion of inelastic and conductive material and having a first end electrically connected to the sensing portion while passing through the sensor housing and a second end exposed to the outside and electrically connected to the electronic control device. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100179 | SIMULATOR VALVE AND ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A simulator valve and an electronic brake system using the same are disclosed. The electronic brake system includes a master cylinder provided with at least one cylinder chamber having a volume changeable according to operation of a pedal, a pedal simulator connected to the cylinder chamber, configured to provide reaction force corresponding to a pedal effort of the pedal, a hydraulic-pressure supply device configured to provide hydraulic pressure to at least one wheel cylinder, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to operate the hydraulic-pressure supply device, and a simulator valve provided in a flow passage through which the master cylinder is connected to the pedal simulator, and provided with a unidirectional flow passage that allows fluid to flow from the pedal simulator to the cylinder chamber and a bidirectional flow passage that is electronically opened or closed. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100180 | ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electric brake system, and more particularly, to an electric brake system and a control method thereof configured for controlling an amount of current applied to a valve in response to a driver's braking intent. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100181 | BRAKING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - This invention is characterized in being provided with: a determining unit for determining the execution of a state transition from a pressure increase mode in which an electric pump is operated with a differential valve being in a closed state and a holding valve being in an open state to a pressure decrease mode in which the electric pump is operated with the holding valve being in a closed state and the differential valve being in an open state; and a control unit for controlling, when the determining unit determines the execution of the state transition, one or more of the differential valve, the holding valve, a pressure reduction valve, and the electric pump, and reducing the amount of a braking fluid retained in a path between the differential valve and the holding valve. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100182 | ACTUATION DEVICE FOR A HYDRAULIC ACTUATION SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE OR AN ELECTRIFIED CLUTCH ACTUATOR, OPTIONALLY WITH GEAR ACTUATOR - The invention relates to an actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, in particular a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, comprising the following components:
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20190100183 | ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed is an electronic brake system including: a reservoir to store oil; a master cylinder connected to the reservoir and including first and second master chambers and first and second piston provided in the first and second master chambers, respectively, to discharge the oil according to an pedal effort of a brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure generating apparatus provided on at least one of a first reservoir passage connecting the reservoir and the first master chamber and a second reservoir passage connecting the reservoir and the second master chamber; a hydraulic pressure supply apparatus operated by an electrical signal to generate a hydraulic pressure and connected to the master cylinder; and a hydraulic pressure control unit transmitting alternatively the hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure generating apparatus or the hydraulic pressure supply apparatus to a wheel cylinder provided on each of four wheels. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100184 | BRAKING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A braking device includes: a reservoir; a master cylinder in which when the amount of operation performed on a brake pedal reaches or exceeds a predetermined amount, a port communicating between a pressure chamber and the reservoir is cut off and hydraulic pressure corresponding to the brake pedal operation amount is generated; a hydraulic pressure unit for adjusting the wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure; and a control unit for controlling the hydraulic pressure unit. The control unit determines, based on a temperature-related value related to the temperature of a friction member pressed by the wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure against a rotating member fixed to a wheel, whether the friction member is in a fade state. When the friction member is in a fade state, the control unit controls the hydraulic pressure unit to suction brake fluid from the reservoir through the port, and is fed to the wheel cylinder. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100185 | ELECTRIC BRAKING SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an electronic braking system and operation method thereof. The electronic braking system and operation method thereof includes a hydraulic pressure supplier configured to create hydraulic pressure by moving a hydraulic piston based on an electric signal output to correspond to displacement of a brake pedal, and a hydraulic controller configured to control hydraulic pressure of a pressure medium applied to each wheel cylinder, and performs normal operation mode, abnormal operation mode, regenerative braking mode, and check mode by controlling a plurality of valves equipped in the hydraulic controller. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100186 | ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An electronic brake system and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The electronic brake system includes a hydraulic-pressure supply device and a hydraulic-pressure control unit. The hydraulic-pressure supply device operates a hydraulic piston using an electric signal corresponding to a displacement of a brake pedal, and thus generates hydraulic pressure. The hydraulic-pressure control unit controls hydraulic pressure of a pressure medium supplied to individual wheel cylinders. The electronic brake system controls a plurality of valves mounted to the hydraulic-pressure control unit, and thus performs a normal operation mode, an abnormal operation mode, a regenerative braking mode, and an inspection mode using the valves. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100187 | ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an electronic brake system and an operating method thereof: including a master cylinder for discharging a pressurized medium in accordance with a displacement of a brake pedal, a simulation apparatus for providing a pedal feeling to a driver, a hydraulic pressure supply apparatus for generating a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston by an electrical signal outputted corresponding to the displacement of the brake pedal, and a hydraulic pressure control unit for controlling the hydraulic pressure of the pressurized medium supplied to each of wheel cylinders, and performing a normal operation mode, an abnormal operation mode and an inspection mode. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100188 | ACTUATOR OF ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed is an actuator of an electronic brake system including: a motor having a stator and a rotor for generating a rotational force by an electrical signal, the rotor having an accommodating space therein; a power conversion unit disposed in the accommodating space, and including a spindle rotated by a rotational force of the rotor and a nut coupled to the spindle to be linearly moved by rotation of the spindle; a piston coupled to move with the nut; and a sleeve coupled to one end of the rotor by a bearing so that the rotor is relatively rotatable and having an inner space communicating with the accommodating space and accommodating the piston so as to be able to move forward and backward. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100189 | VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - A brake system includes first and second wheel brakes, a reservoir, and a brake pedal unit having a housing and a pair of output pistons slidably disposed in the housing. The output pistons generate brake actuating pressure during a manual push-through mode for actuating the first and second wheel brakes. The system further includes a plunger assembly having a housing having a motor driving an actuator, and a piston connected to the actuator. The piston pressurizes a chamber when the piston is moving in a first direction to provide fluid flow out of a first port and through a pair of parallel valves. The piston pressurizes a second chamber when the piston is moving in a second direction opposite the first direction to provide fluid flow out of a second port. The first and second ports are selectively in fluid communication with the wheel brakes. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100190 | EFFLUENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE AIR BRAKE CHARGING SYSTEM - An effluent processing apparatus is provided for a vehicle air brake charging system. The effluent processing apparatus comprises an inlet port through which effluent from a purge valve of an air dryer can be received and an outlet port. The effluent processing apparatus also comprises a spiral-shaped effluent channel having a portion of decreasing channel width disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port. The spiral-shaped effluent channel is provided for increasing velocity of an effluent stream as the effluent stream flows through the decreasing channel width portion of the spiral-shaped effluent channel. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100191 | VEHICLE BRAKE PAD MONITORING - A method for operating a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a processor, a brake pad signal from a braking system of the vehicle, each brake pad signal including information on a pad wear value associated with a set of source brake pads. The processor determines whether the pad wear value from the brake pad signal exceeds a pad wear threshold and in response to the brake pad signal exceeding the pad wear threshold further determines a degradation delay from an initial detection of the pad wear threshold being exceeded wherein the degradation delay is determined based on vehicle operating data. The processor causes the disabling of one or more first level vehicle features including an autonomous or semi-autonomous mode of operating the vehicle based on the degradation delay reaching a delay threshold. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100192 | DYNAMIC POWERTRAIN TRIM TEMPLATE SELECTION AND VEHICLE FLEET OPTIMIZATION - One embodiment is a system comprising an internal combustion engine including an output shaft, a pulley system structured to be driven by the output shaft, a first alternator and a second alternator structured to be driven by the pulley system, and an electromagnetic clutch integrated within one of the pulley system, the first alternator and the second alternator and structured to selectably couple and decouple at least one of the first alternator and the second alternator from the output shaft. The system includes a controller in operative communication with the internal combustion engine system and structured to evaluate power demand and power production capability parameters of the system and to control the electromagnetic clutch to engage or disengage in response to the evaluation. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100193 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE THEREFOR - An engine operation control method of a hybrid vehicle for minimizing non-driving fuel consumption upon stopping includes steps of receiving traffic information including signal information of a front traffic signal lamp, determining whether a proceeding-signal change condition is satisfied based on the received signal information upon stopping, setting any one of different engine operation conditions according to the result of determination, and comparing the set engine operation condition with a current vehicle state to determine whether an engine operates or not. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100194 | ACTIVELY CONTROLLING REAR DIFFERENTIAL COUPLING WITH AERO LOAD INFORMATION - A method for actively controlling the balance characteristics of a vehicle includes the following steps: (a) determining an aerodynamic balance, vehicle balance, or both of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a vehicle body, an aerodynamic element coupled to the vehicle body, a rear axle, a front axle, a pair of wheels coupled to the rear axle, a pair of rear wheels coupled to the rear axle, a pair of front wheels coupled to the front axle, an electronic limited slip differential (eLSD) coupled to the rear axle, and the vehicle balance is based on an aerodynamic downforce on the vehicle; (b) determining that there is surplus downforce capacity available based on the vehicle balance; and (c) controlling, by a controller, the eLSD in response to determining that there is surplus downforce capacity available. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100195 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A CONTROLLER OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE - A method for adjusting a controller of a transportation vehicle, wherein the controller has at least one variable controller parameter, includes receiving transportation vehicle state information and information about a current value of the variable controller parameter, calculating a setpoint value for the variable controller parameter using an artificial neural network based on the transportation vehicle state information and the information about the current value of the variable controller parameter, and outputting the setpoint value for the variable controller parameter. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100196 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control device ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190100197 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSIST APPARATUS - An avoidance route calculation part calculates an avoidance route for avoiding a collision between an own vehicle and an obstacle through a collision avoidance assist control (an automatic brake control and an automatic steering control). A post-avoidance route calculation part calculates a post-avoidance route. A post-avoidance route collision determination part determinates whether a secondary obstacle is present on the post-avoidance route. When the secondary obstacle is determined to be present, the automatic steering control is prohibited from being performed. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100198 | Collision Detection and Avoidance System - A system and method for detecting and avoiding a collision includes measuring speed of one or more vehicles and at least one parameter indicating road surface and condition, weather, and tire pressure. Rear image dimensions are proportional to the speed of the trailing vehicle and front image dimensions are proportional to the speed of the index vehicle. The timing of the projected images will allow for safe deceleration of trailing and of the index vehicles | 2019-04-04 |
20190100199 | Course Prediction Method and Course Prediction Device - A course prediction method uses a position acquisition circuit configured to acquire a position of a surrounding vehicle and a course prediction circuit configured to predict a course of a host vehicle based on a traveling path of the surrounding vehicle obtained from a history of the position of the surrounding vehicle. In the course prediction method, the course of the host vehicle is predicted by increasing or reducing the size of the traveling path of the surrounding vehicle, based on a turning direction and a lateral position of the surrounding vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100200 | TRAVEL LANE IDENTIFICATION WITHOUT ROAD CURVATURE DATA - One or more dynamic trailing objects can be detected in an external environment of a vehicle. Position data of the dynamic trailing object(s) can be acquired. It can be determined whether a current position of one of the trailing objects is at substantially the same longitudinal position as a previous position of the ego vehicle. If the current position of the dynamic trailing object is at substantially the same longitudinal position as a previous position of the ego vehicle, a lateral offset between the current position of the trailing object and the previous position of the ego vehicle can be determined. The lateral offset can be used to identify a current travel lane of the ego vehicle, determine lane crossings, and/or determine travel lane probability distributions. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100201 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - A driving support apparatus is provided to improve accuracy of the driving support such as a notification to the driver and the vehicle control. In the apparatus, a common parameter indicating a location of a lane boundary is calculated for the vehicle control, based on an actual boundary line where a location of the lane boundary line existing at both sides of the vehicle is actually measured. A common error is defined as an error between the location of an estimated boundary indicated by the common parameter and a location of the actual boundary line. In the case where the common error is lager than or equal to a common threshold in which an amount of the common error is set in advance, the apparatus determines that the travelling road where the vehicle travels is branched and stops the vehicle control using the common parameter. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100202 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM, ROUTE GUIDE SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a technique for reducing a possibility that a route guide and driving control are respectively performed on roads which are not consistent with each other. A driving support system includes a route guide portion that specifies a traveling road for guide that is a road on which a vehicle is traveling, and that performs a route guide based on the traveling road for guide. The driving support system also includes a driving control portion that specifies a traveling road for control that is the road on which the vehicle is traveling, and that performs driving control based on the traveling road for control. The driving support system also includes a cancel control portion that cancels at least one of the route guide and the driving control when the traveling road for guide and the traveling road for control are not consistent with each other. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100203 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRIVING FORCE OF VEHICLE - A method of controlling driving force of a vehicle includes estimating a first maximum road surface frictional coefficient based on a driving stiffness defined by a micro slip ratio and driving force of drive wheels, in a first driving state where the vehicle travels straight at a constant acceleration, estimating a second maximum road surface frictional coefficient based on a steering reaction force detected by an electric power steering device, in a second driving state different from the first state and where the vehicle is steered, estimating a third maximum road surface frictional coefficient to be a given value in a third driving state different from the first and second states and where an outdoor air temperature is above a determination temperature, and controlling the driving force to settle within a friction circle defined by each of the highest frictional coefficients and a ground contact load of the drive wheels. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100204 | METHOD OF ASSISTING IN THE CONTROL OF A PRIME MOVER OF A VEHICLE, APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN THE CONTROL OF A PRIME MOVER OF A VEHICLE, AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH AN APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for assisting in the control of a prime mover of a vehicle. A target speed that must be reached by the vehicle at a target position on a current path of the vehicle is determined. At least one coasting profile is estimated for at least part of the vehicle path before the target position. The coasting profile(s) are estimated at least partly based on a geometry (such as elevation) of the vehicle path. Coasting profile(s) that meet at least one predetermined coasting requirement is determined. A coasting signal is output based on the determined coasting profile. Based on the coasting signal, the prime mover may be controlled to place the vehicle into a coasting mode based on the at least one determined coasting profile. Alternatively, based on the coasting signal, feedback is provided to a vehicle user to place the vehicle into a coasting mode, such that the vehicle if placed in the coasting mode by the user will coast in accordance with the at least one identified coasting profile. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100205 | METHOD OF USING PREDICTED VEHICLE ACCELERATIONS TO IMPROVE ROLL AND PITCH MEASUREMENT ACCURACY IN A TRACKED MACHINE - A work machine includes a vehicular controller, an IMU, an IMU controller, a hydrostatic transmission, and an operator control. The machine can move a commanded machine motion that includes movement of the machine from a first position to a second position or movement of a linkage relative to a chassis. The vehicular controller predicts an acceleration based on the commanded machine motion and communicates the predicted acceleration from the vehicular controller to the IMU controller. The IMU measures a current acceleration and the IMU controller determines an adjusted acceleration from the combination of the predicted acceleration and the current acceleration. The adjusted acceleration is communicated from the IMU controller to the vehicular controller for use by the vehicular controller. The two-way communication between the IMU controller and the vehicular controller continues while the machine is in motion for a more accurate determination of the acceleration and location of the machine. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100206 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYBRID POWERTRAIN, A HYBRID POWERTRAIN, AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A HYBRID POWERTRAIN - The present invention relates to a method to control a hybrid powertrain, comprising a combustion engine, an electric machine, a gearbox with input shaft and output shaft, wherein the combustion engine and the electric machine are connected to the input shaft. The method comprises the following steps: a) disconnecting the combustion engine from the input shaft with a coupling device, b) engaging a starting gear in the gearbox, which starting gear is higher than the gear at which the combustion engine's torque at idling speed is able to operate the input shaft, c) generating a torque in the input shaft with the electric machine, d) accelerating the electric machine, and e) connecting the combustion engine to the input shaft with the coupling device when the electric machine has reached substantially the same rotational speed as the combustion engine. The invention also relates to a hybrid powertrain and a vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100207 | Vehicle Control Device - The purpose of the present invention is to improve fuel efficiency during coasting by calculating, with high accuracy, travel resistance during coasting. This vehicle control device comprises: a first travel resistance acquisition unit that acquires a first travel resistance, which is determined on the basis of road information or external information; and a second travel resistance acquisition unit that acquires a second travel resistance, which is determined on the basis of the result of actual traveling of the vehicle. This vehicle control device determines the content of coasting travel control during traveling of the vehicle on the basis of the result of a comparison of the first travel resistance and the second travel resistance in a predetermined zone where the vehicle has actually traveled. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN THE MAINTENANCE OF A VEHICLE SPEED WITHIN A SPEED RANGE, AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH AN APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for maintaining a speed of a vehicle within a target speed range. A plurality of coasting profiles are generated for the vehicle, each having an initial speed and a starting point on a predicted vehicle path. Each coasting profile represents a predicted vehicle speed over a time and/or distance from the starting point and is generated based on a geometry of at least a portion of the predicted vehicle path. At least one of the coasting profiles that maintains the speed of the vehicle within the target speed range is identified. A prime mover of the vehicle is controlled to place the vehicle into a coasting mode in accordance with the at least one identified coasting profile. Alternatively, feedback is provided to a user to place the vehicle into a coasting mode, such that the vehicle will coast in accordance with the at least one identified coasting profile. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100209 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PRIME MOVER OF A VEHICLE, APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PRIME MOVER OF A VEHICLE, AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH AN APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for controlling a prime mover of a first vehicle following a first path. A likely speed behaviour of a second vehicle ahead of the first vehicle is estimated based on a predicted path of the second vehicle. At least one coasting profile for the first vehicle is estimated for at least part of the first path and/or the predicted path. At least one of the coasting profiles is determined that meets at least one predetermined coasting requirement. The prime mover may be controlled to place the vehicle into a coasting mode based on the at least one determined coasting profile. Alternatively, feedback is provided to a user to put the vehicle into a coasting mode. The predetermined coasting requirement may include, for example, a minimum coasting mode period, a minimum coasting mode distance, a minimum coasting mode speed, a maximum coasting mode speed, or maintaining the first vehicle's speed with a predetermined tolerance of one or more desired speeds. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100210 | VEHICLE DRIVING FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - The vehicle driving force control device comprises: a behavior control mechanism for reducing a driving force of an engine according to a steering speed; a driving force distribution mechanism for distributing the driving force of the engine to rear road wheels; and an ECU for controlling the mechanisms. The behavior control mechanism reduces the driving force by a target torque reduction amount set based on the steering speed, to thereby generate a deceleration, and the driving force distribution mechanism distributes the driving force to the front road wheels and the rear road wheels based on a distribution rate set for the rear road wheels depending on a traveling state, and the ECU corrects the distribution rate based on the target torque reduction amount during cornering of the vehicle. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100211 | VEHICLE LANE-CHANGING CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE LANECHANGING CONTROL DEVICE AND RELATED EQUIPMENT - Provided are a vehicle lane-changing control method and a vehicle lane-changing control device. The method includes controlling a host vehicle to travel into a neighboring to-be-turned-into lane with a first control rule, acquiring a location relation between the host vehicle and a referential lane line in a real time manner. The referential lane line is located between the host vehicle and the to-be-turned-into lane. The method further includes determining whether the location relation meets a preset changing rule, and controlling an action of the host vehicle with a second control rule corresponding to the preset changing rule in a case that the location relation meets the preset changing rule. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100212 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LANE-KEEPING - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling lane-keeping. An embodiment provides an apparatus for controlling lane-keeping, including a sensing unit configured to recognize lane lines of a driving lane in which a host vehicle travels and configured to sense a plurality of other vehicles traveling in the driving lane or lanes next to the driving lane, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first transverse separation distance between the sensed other vehicles or a second transverse separation distance between the host vehicle and the other vehicles, a determination unit configured to determine an optimum position of the host vehicle within the driving lane by comparing space widths for the calculated first transverse separation distance and the calculated second transverse separation distance, and an output unit configured to output a speed control signal to control a travel speed of the host vehicle so as to have the host vehicle located at the determined optimum position. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100213 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle control system and a control method thereof are disclosed. The vehicle control system according to an embodiment includes an inputter configured to receive a wheel speed of a vehicle; and a controller configured to determine a wheel spin based on the wheel speed, determine whether the vehicle passes over a pothole based on the tendency of the wheel spin, and cancel engine traction control entry for a time corresponding to the wheel speed when it is determined that the vehicle passes over the pothole. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100214 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A power control ECU controls electric power and engine power of a hybrid vehicle. The power control ECU includes a request driving force calculating portion that calculates a request driving force calculated in accordance with an accelerator operation amount, a travel driving force calculating portion that calculates a travel driving force as a value that belatedly follows the request driving force, and a dashpot control processing portion. The dashpot control processing portion sets a value of the request driving force as a value of a final request driving force used to calculate request engine power when a difference of the request driving force with respect to the travel driving force is less than a predetermined positive value, and sets a value that belatedly follows the request driving force when the difference is greater than or equal to the predetermined positive value. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100215 | ROAD SURFACE DETECTING APPARATUS - A road surface detecting apparatus comprises imaging means | 2019-04-04 |
20190100216 | Risk Assessment System For Assessing Current Driver Behavior Relative to Past Behavior and Behaviors of Other Drivers - A risk assessment system is provided and includes a behavior description generator, driving behavior comparator, and risk assessment modules and a transceiver. The behavior description generator module receives a set of driving features and topics corresponding to a driving behavior of a first driver in a location and under a set of driving conditions. The driving behavior comparator module: compares the set of driving features and the topics to other sets of features and topics, which correspond to driving behaviors of other drivers for the location and same or similar driving conditions as the set of driving conditions; and generates an anomaly score for the first driver based on results of the comparison. The risk assessment module calculates a risk assessment score for the driver based on the anomaly score, where the risk assessment score is indicative of a risk level of the first driver relative to the other drivers. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100217 | LINEARIZED MODEL BASED POWERTRAIN MPC - A propulsion system, control system, and method are provided for optimizing fuel economy, which use model predictive control systems to generate a plurality of sets of possible command values and determine a cost for each set of possible command values based on weighting values, a plurality of predicted values, and a plurality of requested values. The set of possible command values having the lowest cost is determined. A linearized axle torque requested value and a linearized axle torque measured value are each created by subtracting an estimated disturbance. The estimated disturbance is determined based on a model of a relationship between measured engine output torque and measured transmission ratio. The linearized axle torque measured value is used to compute the predicted values, which are used to determine the cost. The linearized axle torque requested value is also used to determine the cost. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100218 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD - A brake control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a braking device configured to generate a braking pressure based on a hydraulic pressure to provide a main braking force to a vehicle; and a controller configured to control at least one control module selected based on the speed of the vehicle among a plurality of control modules including an engine control module (EMS) of the vehicle, a motor control module and a parking brake control module to provide an auxiliary braking force to the vehicle when the braking device is in an abnormal state. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100219 | DROWSINESS PREVENTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a drowsiness prevention system installed in a vehicle. The drowsiness prevention system includes: a light emitting unit irradiating infrared light toward the driver's iris, an infrared camera capturing images of the driver's iris, and a warning sound generating unit determining the driver to be drowsy to generate a warning sound when the driver's iris is not detected from the images captured by the infrared camera within a preset reference time. The distribution angle pattern of the infrared light is inclined from a central axial line. The light emitting unit is mounted in an area other than the driver's front area. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100220 | A PATH FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENT HAVING A CATENARY STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT - There is provided to a path following arrangement having a catenary structure and a method for operating such an arrangement. The path following arrangement permits a ride participant or a passenger to traverse tracts of land having a relatively wide range of scenic variety in that the path of travel can include linear portions and non-linear (change of direction) portions. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100221 | Railway Traction Vehicle With Roof Joint Element - A railway traction vehicle, in particular a locomotive, is provided for pulling at least one coupleable railway car, which may be a two-level car, having a car body with a car roof which defines a car height. The locomotive includes a vehicle body with a vehicle roof which defines a vehicle height. If the vehicle height is lower than the car height, a roof transition element is disposed on a rear-side end region of the vehicle body. Since the cross-sectional profile of the roof transition element expands from the front edge, which follows a contour line of the vehicle roof, to the rear edge, which follows a contour line of the car roof, the flow resistance in the transition region from the locomotive to the subsequent two-level car is reduced in a simple way, so that traction energy losses and vehicle noise can be reduced. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100222 | RAILWAY VEHICLE COMPRISING A LIGHT STRIP - The rail vehicle ( | 2019-04-04 |
20190100223 | RAILWAY TRUCK WITH ELASTOMERIC SUSPENSION - A railway freight car truck is provided with an elastomeric suspension device between the bolster end and the sideframe spring support surface. The elastomeric device is usually of an elongated oval shape. The elastomeric device takes the place of one or more rows of coil springs that comprise the suspension resting on the sideframe support surface. The freight car truck bolster is supported on the coil springs under empty car conditions and both the coil springs and the elastomeric device under fully loaded car conditions. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100224 | Railcar Coupling Aid and Method of Using the Same - A railcar coupling aid is provided to link a sequentially aligned pair of railcars having unactuated couplers so that such couplers may become engaged on a portion of rail more conducive to their actuation or so that such couplers may be serviced at a more convenient location along the rail. It may comprise a first and second length of rugged and flexible material spaced apart by a first and second crossed portion of such material. The crossed portions define a space configured to receive both of a pair of opposing coupler draw heads therethrough. When the net is draped over the opposing draw heads, each of the first and second lengths may be secured to themselves around one each of the coupler's draw shafts. Thus, each railcar may be at least temporarily linked to one another in a manner that avoids risking injury to railworker limbs. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100225 | Self Centering Railcar Brake Shoe - An apparatus includes a frame, a braking material and a guide material. The frame includes a braking portion and a guide portion. The braking portion extends generally circumferentially around a surface of a wheel. The guide portion is coupled to the braking portion. A first part of the guide portion extends from the braking portion proximate to a first end of the braking portion over a portion of the wheel. The braking material is coupled to the braking portion of the frame. The braking material provides frictional force opposing rotational movement of a wheel when a force is applied between the braking material and the wheel. The guide material is couple to the guide portion of the frame. The guide material is coupled to the guide portion of the frame. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100226 | ATO DEVICE, RAIL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED DRIVING OF A RAIL VEHICLE - A method is provided for the automated driving of a rail vehicle on tracks equipped with different track-side vehicle protection devices. Information items necessary for the automated driving are transferred at least partially from different on-board or vehicle-side vehicle protection devices to an ATO device, and the rail vehicle is controlled by the ATO device according to the transferred information items. An ATO device, a rail vehicle and a railway-technical installation are also provided. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100227 | CART - A cart, in particular a golf trolley, means including a bottom frame having a first transverse frame member and a longitudinal frame member, a first and a second back wheel, a first front wheel mounted to the bottom frame, a carrier frame mounted to the bottom frame, a collapsing mechanism for bringing the carrier frame from a carrying position into a collapsed position, and a folding mechanism for folding the first and second back wheel and the first front wheel from a drive position into a stow position. The folding mechanism has a first and a second back wheel holder pivotably connecting the first and the second back wheel to the opposite ends of the first transverse frame member, respectively, a first slide block for sliding along the longitudinal frame member, a first guide unit connecting the first slide block to the first back wheel holder and a second guide unit connecting the first slide block to the second back wheel holder, a connecting member connecting the carrier frame to the first slide block, a first front wheel holder pivotably connecting the first front wheel to the bottom frame and a third guide unit for guiding the first front wheel holder. The folding mechanism further comprises a longitudinal connecting atm connecting the first slide block to the third guide unit for the first front wheel holder. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100228 | Car Seat Holder - A car seat holder is used to support a portable infant car seat by providing a flexible support. The apparatus comprises a first support, a second support, and a canvas. The first support and the second support are elongated members that extend across a shopping cart. The first support and the second support are rigid members that distribute the weight of an infant carriage device. The canvas is a flexible surface that extends from the first support to the second support across the shopping cart. The canvas provides a mechanism for transmitting the weight of the infant carriage device to the first support and the second support. In this way, the first support and second support hold the canvas in optimal position for holding an infant car seat. This arrangement frees up space within a shopping cart. | 2019-04-04 |
20190100229 | A Steering Column Assembly - A steering column assembly comprises a telescopic shroud having an outer shroud portion and an inner shroud portion, a clamp rail fixed to the inner shroud portion, a clamp bolt that extends perpendicular to the shroud, a toothed block that is connected to the clamp bolt and is displaced on rotation of the clamp bolt, and a carrier element that supports the toothed block and is movable in response to rotation of the clamp bolt to in turn move the toothed block between a clamped position and an unclamped position and is free to move from side to side relative to the slot. A frangible pin secures the toothed block to the carrier element, the frangible pin having a first end located in a bore in the toothed block and a second end located in a bore in the carrier element, the toothed block being supported on a. shoulder of the frangible pin, and a clearance is provided between the frangible pin and the walls of one of the bores to permit side to side movement of the toothed block relative to the carrier element. | 2019-04-04 |