28th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220219598 | LAMP FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lamp for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same. One aspect provides a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including: a first circuit configured to connect, in series, a plurality of LEDs disposed in first and second LED groups; and a second circuit branching off from the first circuit and connected to FET elements disposed in a matrix IC unit, in which the first circuit includes: a first region configured to connect two LEDs respectively disposed in the first and second LED groups and spaced apart from each other in a second direction; and a second region configured to connect two LEDs respectively disposed in the first and second LED groups and spaced apart from each other in a direction intersecting a first direction and the second direction. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219599 | VEHICLE DEPARTURE NOTIFICATION DISPLAY DEVICE - A vehicle departure notification display device includes a road surface rendering unit which uses light to render a departure notification display having a prescribed shape on a road surface in the direction of travel of a vehicle, and a control unit which determines whether the departure notification display is required when the vehicle departs, controls the road surface rendering unit to render the departure notification display when determined to be required, and again controls the road surface rendering unit to stop the rendered departure notification display upon determining that notification of the departure notification display is to stop, wherein the control unit causes the road surface rendering unit to render the departure notification display upon detecting information indicating that a brake with which the vehicle is provided has switched from ON to OFF, serving as a determination that the departure notification display is required. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219600 | VEHICLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SYSTEM, LAMP UNIT AND VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219601 | LIGHT SIGNAL DEVICE FOR A DRIVERLESS TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A light signal device for a driverless transport system, includes a front element having a plurality of optically transparent light exit openings and at least one light generating unit having a light guide and having two light sources arranged at opposite ends of the light guide. The light guide has a plurality of light decoupling elements in order to emit light through the light exit openings. Light exit openings are arranged on the front element in a plurality of rows and a separate light generating unit is provided for each of the rows. A light signal arrangement for a driverless transport system includes a plurality of such light signal devices. A driverless transport system includes the light signal device and a controller. Use of the light signal device is for visualizing an operating state of a driverless transport system. An operating method for the light signal device is also disclosed. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219602 | ASSEMBLING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHTING DEVICE - A mounting hole of an interior material includes continuous first and second through portions. The second through portion is wider than the first through portion. An inner periphery of the second through portion includes a pair of connecting portions extending to widen. A first sandwiching portion of a housing of a vehicle interior lighting device includes a first facing portion facing an inner end face of the mounting hole, and sandwiches a first part located across the first through portion from the second through portion in the interior material. A pair of second sandwiching portions of the housing each includes a second facing portion facing an associated one of the pair of connecting portions of the mounting hole. Each of the pair of second sandwiching portions sandwiches a second part located across the pair of connecting portions from the second through portion in the interior material. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219603 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHTING SYSTEM - A method for controlling a lighting system in an interior chamber of a vehicle having controllable light sources that generate at least one reading light with a defined light cone and a light spot is provided. A gesture camera recognizes gestures of a person located in the interior chamber and the lighting system is controlled by the recognized gestures. A light controller is active between a starting point in time and an end point in time. When the light controller is active and in the event of a gripping or pointing gesture of a hand in the region of the light cone or light spot, the light cone or light spot is guided along with the hand carrying out the gesture. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219604 | TRAILER SIDESWIPE AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - A trailer sideswipe avoidance system for a vehicle towing a trailer is disclosed. The trailer sideswipe avoidance system includes a sensor system configured to detect objects in an operating environment of the vehicle. The trailer sideswipe avoidance system may include a controller that processes information received from the sensor system to determine whether the object detected in the operating environment of the vehicle is in the travel path of the towed trailer. A visual display displays a trailer collision alert zone and a trailer collision avoidance zone. The position of the trailer collision avoidance zone on the visual display relative to the position of the trailer collision alert zone on the visual display directionally corresponds with a collision avoidance steering angle of the vehicle relative to a current steering angle of the vehicle when the controller determines that the object is in the travel path of the towed trailer. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219605 | CONTROL DEVICE AND PROVISION SYSTEM - Provided is a control device including a control section configured to control provision of information by a provision section that provides information. The control section causes the provision section to provide the information regardless of whether or not a user has issued a request in a case where a situation that should be understood by the user is detected. Provided is a provision system including: a provision section configured to provide information to a user; and a control section configured to control the provision of the information by the provision section. The control section causes the provision section to provide the information regardless of whether or not the user has issued a request in a case where a situation that should be understood by the user is detected. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219606 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) MONITORING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to the technical field of recreational vehicles (RVs), and provides an RV monitoring system. The RV monitoring system includes a display screen, and a rear-view camera assembly, a side-view camera assembly, a door-top camera assembly, and a reversing camera that are electrically connected to the display screen, where the display screen is detachably disposed inside an RV, the reversing camera is detachably disposed at a lower end of the tail of the RV, the rear-view camera assembly is mounted at a stop lamp of the RV, the door-top camera assembly is disposed on the top of a door of the RV, and the side-view camera assembly is disposed at a turn lamp of the RV. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219607 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS - Aspects of the present invention relate to a driver assistance system for a towing vehicle coupled to a towed vehicle. The driver assistance system includes a controller. The driver assistance system is configured to receive first image data from a towed vehicle imaging device disposed on the towed vehicle. The first image data represents a first scene behind the towed vehicle. The first image data is processed to identify object image data representative of one or more objects of interest in the first scene. An object distance is determined from a reference point to the or each object of interest identified in the first scene. A signal indicative of the object distance is output by the driver assistance system. Aspects of the present invention also relate to a vehicle including a driver assistance system; a method of assisting a driver; computer software; and a computer readable medium. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219608 | ADJUSTING INSTRUMENT - Adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit, comprising: a base shaft, a housing surrounding the base shaft, which is pivotable around a longitudinal axis of the base shaft in an adjustment range, wherein the housing is provided with a housing ring, and a drive ring surrounding the base shaft. The drive ring is provided with a cam which can cooperate with the housing ring so as, upon pivoting of the housing relative to the drive ring in a pivoting direction around the base shaft, to move the housing via the housing ring from a high housing position along the base shaft downwards into a low housing position, and upon pivoting of the drive ring relative to the housing in an opposite pivoting direction around the base shaft, to move the drive ring along the base shaft upwards from a low drive ring position into a high drive ring position. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219609 | VEHICLE MIRROR DEVICE - A vehicle mirror device includes a main body, a drive unit, and a control unit. The main body includes a mirror member and a case member. The mirror member and the case member are provided to be movable integrally with each other. The drive unit is configured to rotate the main body around a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis. The first rotation axis extends along an up-down direction in a vehicle mounted state, and the second rotation axis extends along a left-right direction in the vehicle mounted state. The control unit is configured to control the drive unit such that the main body rotates in a rotation direction and at rotational speed in accordance with a type of a signal from a vehicle. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219610 | VEHICULAR CABIN MONITORING CAMERA SYSTEM WITH DUAL FUNCTION - A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing at least a head region of a driver of the vehicle. Image data captured by the camera is provided to an electronic control unit (ECU) and is processed at the ECU for determining attentiveness of the driver. The vehicular driver monitoring system, responsive to selection by the driver of a video-conference function, initiates a video conference telecommunication whereby video image data derived from the provided captured image data is wirelessly communicated to an external receiver that is located remote from the vehicle for viewing by another person communicating with the driver of the vehicle via the external receiver. Communication data generated at the external receiver is wirelessly communicated to the vehicular driver monitoring system. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219611 | Multifunction Ladder Structure - The present invention discloses a multifunction ladder structure, it includes a first ladder frame; a second ladder frame; and two combining assemblies that combine the second ladder frame with the first ladder frame, altogether with an optional adjustable band and plural optional foot rods each slides or fixes individually in the first or the second ladder frame. With the implementation of the present invention, the multifunction ladder structure has the special benefit of being easy to install or operate; being able to insert and set firmly in between a tire and the wheel fender as a tire ladder; being able to stand firmly beside a car or places as an A-shaped ladder; with further adding of an adjustable band on the first ladder frame to encircle the tire for even better stability when being used as a tire ladder, or to encircle the second ladder frame for safer storing or transporting; adopting plural foot rods each slides or remains still individually in the first or the second ladder frame, the multifunction ladder structure further applies better on tires of different size, and stands firmly on rough or inclined ground, roads or object surfaces; and with the top rod of the first ladder frame or the further installing of a second stepping unit, the stepping height of the A-shaped ladder can be further raised for even more convenient applications. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219612 | VEHICLE AND VEHICLE STEP APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE DRIVE MOTORS - A vehicle step apparatus comprises a first extending and retracting device comprising a first mounting bracket, a first step bracket, and a first arm assembly configured to drive the first step bracket to move between a first extended position and a first retracted position; a second extending and retracting device comprising a second mounting bracket, a second step bracket, and a second arm assembly configured to drive the second step bracket to move between a second extended position and a second retracted position; a step mounted on the first and second step bracket; a first permanent magnet direct current motor mounted on the first mounting bracket and coupled with the first arm assembly to drive the first arm assembly; and a second permanent magnet direct current motor mounted on the second mounting bracket and coupled with the second arm assembly to drive the second arm assembly. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219613 | QUICK DISCONNECT FOR DETACHABLE STAIR SYSTEM - A quick disconnect mechanism for a detachable stair system for vehicles. The apparatus includes mounting brackets for installation at either side of a doorway in a recreational vehicle such as motorhome, camping trailer, or camper on a pickup truck. Fixed plates in the form of open jaw brackets are provided at each side of a sill cover plate, to enable operation of a pivotable detachable stair portion. The open jaw of the fixed plates are pivotable about pivot studs located in the mounting brackets. The fixed plates further include an arcuate channel defined radially outward from the pivots studs. The arcuate slot is sized and shaped for engagement with a pivot lock also located on the mounting brackets. The pivot locks extend inward for sliding operation with the arcuate slot, but not so far inward as to interfere with the pivoting motion of the sill cover plate. A slide latch is provided, with a latch tongue sized and shaped for interfitting mating engagement in a latch slot located one or both of the mounting brackets, to secure the detachable stair portion when the stairs are not being used. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219614 | VEHICULAR RACK HAVING MODULAR DESIGN WITH OUTSIDE HANDLE AND QUICK RELEASE - A hitch-mount bicycle carrier including a stinger, a support member coupled to the stinger by a variably configurable hub, a foot having a distal end disposed distally from the support member, and a manual actuator disposed at a distal end of the support member. The stinger is configured to be inserted into a hitch receiver of a vehicle. The support member is configured to be disposed in a plurality of orientations relative to the stinger. The support member supports one or more bicycles. The manual actuator includes a trigger coupled to the variably configurable hub to dispose the support member in the plurality of orientations. A portion of the foot is disposed below the trigger when the support member is in a bicycle carrying position. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219615 | SNOWBOARD CARRIER FOR A VEHICLE - A snowboard carrier for a vehicle allows a snowboard to be mounted to a vehicle via the employment of at least one rotatable member for rotating relative to a snowboard from an open position, which provides access to operably position the snowboard, to a closed position, wherein the at least one rotatable member extends over the top surface of the snowboard, securing the snowboard to the snowboard carrier. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219616 | VEHICLE MOUNTING SYSTEM - A system for mounting an object within a vehicle. The system has a housing, a pair of rotatable objects at least partially received within a respective opposed end of the housing, a pair of locking elements within the housing and movable between a locked position in which they exert a locking force against a respective rotatable object, and an unlocked position in which the locking element does not exert the locking force against the respective rotatable object. A handle extends from the housing and is coupled to the locking elements through a rigid linkage within the housing. The handle is pivotable between an extended position in which the handle moves the pair of locking elements via the rigid linkage to the unlocked position and a locked position in which the handle moves the pair of locking elements via the rigid linkage to the locked position. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219617 | Vehicle Interior Mountable and Adjustable Bottle Holder - A vehicle interior mountable and adjustable bottle holder apparatus is provided having an L-shaped base, a slidably removable clip, and an adjustable elastic strap for securely holding and mounting bottles of soap, sanitizer, and similar hygienic products of various dimensions within multiple interior areas of a vehicle. The slidably removable clip is adapted for three positions; an extended, a closed, and a removed position relative to the L-shaped base. The slidably removable clip has a headrest attachment aperture or an interlocking headrest clamp, each adapted to receive and securely retain a headrest pole. In another embodiment the L-shaped base has an extruding air vent clip retention channel with air vent clips for mounting the apparatus to the vehicle's air vent. The apparatus is also adapted for insertion and retention into a side window panel in a door, attachment to an inside door handle, and an armrest of the vehicle. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219618 | CLAMP-TYPE FITTING SEAT AND HOLDER - Disclosed is a fitting seat which may include an interconnecting piece and a coupling head arranged on the interconnecting piece. Two ends of the interconnecting piece may be bent toward each other to form first clamping parts. Each of the first clamping parts may have a first bending portion and a second bending portion which are bent in opposite direction. When the fitting seat is clamped to two connecting rods, the two second bending portions are abutted and pressed against the two connecting rods so that the fitting seat is able to clamp the connecting rods; meanwhile, the first bending portions may increase the deformability of the fitting seat, making the first clamping parts difficult to break and resulting in good stability and simple structure. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219619 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM ON A BODY ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE - An assembly is used to mount an optical system on a body element of a vehicle. The optical system comprises an image-capturing device and a device for projecting a fluid for cleaning the image-capturing device. The arrangement comprises a housing element for retaining the optical device in a mounting position, the housing element having an electrical interface configured to couple to an electrical connector of the image-capturing device when the latter is disposed in the mounting position, an element for holding the fluid projection device, and an element for fastening the housing element and the holding element to the body element of the vehicle. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219620 | A VEHICLE CAMERA DEVICE - A camera device ( | 2022-07-14 |
20220219621 | CONTROLLED DETACHMENT FEATURES OF STEERING COLUMN MOUNTED CAMERA - A camera assembly adapted for mounting to an interior of a motor vehicle on an upper surface of the steering column assembly. The camera assembly has mounting features interacting with a mounting structure that cause the camera assembly to separate from the mounting structure upon the occurrence of a collision with an object or through inertial forces acting on the camera assembly. The separation in such conditions is provided in a controlled manner through the use of cam or ramp surfaces provided in the camera assembly or mounting structure. A cable or tether may be attached to the camera assembly and mounted to the vehicle to further control movement of the camera assembly after separation. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219622 | VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS AT THE REAR CAMERA HOUSING PORTION AND AT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A vehicular camera assembly includes a camera housing, a circuit board having an imager and a first electrical connector. A rear portion of the camera housing includes an attachment portion having an aperture, and includes a first electrically conductive element at the aperture. A second electrical connector is attached at the rear portion of the camera housing. The second electrical connector includes (i) a connector portion for connecting to a vehicle wire harness, (ii) a connecting end for connecting to the first electrical connector, and (iii) a second electrically conductive element for electrically connecting to the first electrically conductive element. As the second electrical connector is attached at the rear portion of the camera housing, the first electrically conductive element engages the second electrically conductive element to establish and maintain electrically conductive connection between the first and second electrically conductive elements. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219623 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR PART - A vehicle exterior part includes a decorative body, a heater sheet, a connector pin. The decorative body includes a base material, and a transparent resin layer. The heater sheet includes a heat generating body, and an extending portion. A part of the heater wire in the extending portion is joined to the connector pin inside an outer periphery of the base material by a joining portion made of a conductive material. The outer periphery is formed with a window configured to join the heater wire to the connector pin by the joining portion in a state where a joining position is exposed to an outside of the outer periphery. The window is provided with a waterstop portion configured to restrict water from entering the joining position. The waterstop portion is formed by filling the window with a potting material. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219624 | MULTI-PANEL PLATFORM SUPPORT FOR PICK-UP TRUCK BED - A vehicle includes a two-panel support structure for each side of a bed of a pick-up truck. Each side includes an upper panel and a lower panel between the upper panel and the bed. The upper panel includes multiple indentations from a cab-side to a tailgate side of the bed. The lower panel includes a plurality of extensions that extend into one or more of the multiple indentations. The combination of each indentation and extension creates a pocket into which a platform, board, or other support structure, such as cross-brace, can be placed. The support structure can extend from one indentation on one side to a corresponding indentation on another side of the bed. The support structure creates support in conjunction with other support structures for a larger platform, such as a piece of plywood the size of the bed. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219625 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COVER - A cover for an electrical connector may include an outer wall having a first edge and a second edge, a first side wall connected to a first end of the outer wall, a second side wall connected to a second end of the outer wall, a first clip portion disposed proximate the first edge and configured for rotational connection with a first wire frame portion, and/or a second clip portion disposed proximate the second edge configured for connection with a second wire frame portion. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219626 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED LOCAL NETWORK SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted local network system, comprising a main control unit, a hybrid cable, and several intelligent electrical terminals. The hybrid cable has a built-in power line for power transmission and a signal line for signal transmission; several intelligent electrical terminals are all connected to the hybrid cable, and are connected to the main control unit through the hybrid cable; the vehicle-mounted local network system can quickly connect the main control unit and several intelligent electrical terminals through one integrated hybrid cable, thereby forming a simple, high-performance and low-cost local vehicle-mounted network system. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219627 | HARNESS WITH SENSOR - A harness with sensor includes a sensor including a plurality of detection units to detect a physical quantity, a cable including a plurality of electric wires connected to the plurality of sensor units and a sheath collectively covering the plurality of electric wires, and a connector provided at an end portion of the cable opposite to the sensor. The connector includes a plurality of connector-connecting portions to respectively output detection signals of the plurality of sensor units. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219628 | WIRE HARNESS ROUTING DEVICE - Provided is a wire harness routing device that includes a rail in which an insertion hole through which a wire harness is to be inserted is formed, and a slider that performs a sliding movement together with the wire harness with respect to the rail, the wire harness routing device including a harness regulating portion that is arranged along the wire harness in the insertion hole, and is configured to regulate the movement of the wire harness in a direction different from a direction of performing the sliding movement, and move in the insertion hole accompanying the sliding movement of the slider. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219629 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOBILE BODY - A control device has an arithmetic unit that controls onboard devices of a mobile body. The arithmetic unit includes: a first functional section that is actuated regardless of a status of the mobile body and generates a control signal to one or more of the onboard devices; second functional sections that are each actuated in accordance with the status of the mobile body and each generate a control signal to the onboard devices other than the one or more onboard devices; power transmitters disposed in a power transmission path between a power source and the respective second functional sections; and a power source controller that controls supply and cutoff of power to the second functional sections in accordance with the status of the mobile body. The first functional section and the power source controller are mounted on a single chip configured as an integrated circuit. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219630 | VEHICLE ROOF RAIL INTEGRATED POWER OUTLET SYSTEMS - This disclosure details roof rail power outlet systems for establishing power sources on vehicle roofs. An exemplary roof rail power outlet system may include a roof rail cover and a power outlet assembly received by a housing of the roof rail cover. The power outlet assembly may be snap connected to the housing of the roof rail cover. The power outlet assembly includes a power socket that is capable of providing a source of power at the vehicle rooftop. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219631 | AUTOMOTIVE CRASHWORTHINESS ENERGY ABSORPTION PART AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An automotive crashworthiness energy absorption part provided at a front part or a rear part of an automotive body and absorbing crashworthiness energy by undergoing axial crush when receiving input of a crashworthiness load from a front or a rear of the automotive body includes: a tubular member configured to absorb crashworthiness energy by undergoing axial crush, the tubular member including a top portion and side wall portions continuous with the top portion; and resin coated or patched on first outer surfaces including at least outer surfaces of the top portion and the side wall portions of the tubular member. The coated or patched resin has a thickness of 8 mm or less after being heated, forms at least part of a peripheral wall portion of a closed cross section space, and is bonded to the first outer surfaces with an adhesive strength of 10 MPa or more. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219632 | BUMPER ATTACHMENT DEVICE - A bumper attachment device for attaching a bumper face to a vehicle body includes a main portion, a vehicle body connection portion provided at the main portion and adapted to be connected to the vehicle body, and an elastic claw provided at the main portion and adapted to engage an engaging hole formed at the bumper face. The elastic claw extends from the main portion, and includes a beam having elasticity and a claw portion projecting from a tip portion of the beam to a side portion. The claw portion includes a check surface engaging a hole wall of the engagement hole, and the check surface has a dent and projection shape. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219633 | RETRACTABLE STEP AND SIDE BAR ASSEMBLY FOR RAISED VEHICLE - A retractable step and side bar assembly that can be used for raised vehicles, such as trucks. The retractable step can be configured to provide for significant reach in a deployed position to allow for a user to enter the raised vehicle. Further, in the stowed position the retractable step can be located within the side bar, thereby providing a low profile as well as an enhanced aesthetic appearance. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219634 | ACCIDENT DETERMINATION DEVICE - An accident determination device comprising: a first sensor that detects an impact having occurred in a moving object; a second sensor that acquires position information of the moving object; an area determining unit that determines the area attribute of the area where said moving object is located; and a processor that compares impact value of the impact with a determination threshold. The processor sets the determination threshold according to the area attribute defined by the area determining unit. When the area attribute of the area indicates a parking space, the processor sets said determination threshold to be at a lower value than when the area attribute indicates a road. The processor determines whether the accident has occurred based on the result of comparing the impact value with said determination threshold. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219635 | IMPACT ABSORPTION STRUCTURE - A vehicle knee bolster to which an impact absorption structure according to the present disclosure is applied includes a blow molding body attached to an instrument panel reinforcement of a vehicle via a bracket. When the vehicle has a collision, the blow molding body deforms plastically by being compressed between the bracket and a knee of an occupant. The blow molding body has an orifice (air discharge hole) through which air inside the blow molding body is discharged to outside when an internal pressure of the blow molding body increases due to the compression. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219636 | OCCUPANT PROTECTING SYSTEM - In a vehicle, an occupant is suitably protected even when the occupant is seated in the vehicle with the seat inclined and facing a direction different from the advancing direction of the vehicle. A system for protecting an occupant boarding on a seat in a vehicle, where a seat back of the seat is configured to be inclinable with respect to a seat cushion of the seat. The system includes an acquiring unit that acquires environment information related to the vehicle in traveling or the surrounding environment thereof; and a control unit that, when the seat is facing a direction different from an advancing direction of the vehicle and the seat back is in an inclined state with respect to the seat cushion by greater than or equal to a predetermined angle, executes a support control to support the occupant in the seat to resist an inertial force that is assumed to act on the occupant boarding on the seat, based on the environment information. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219637 | ROLL CAGE - The invention relates to a roll cage for a motor vehicle that has Isofix attachment points in the rear section of the motor vehicle interior, wherein the roll cage is formed by a rollbar that has at least four mounting points for securing and supporting the rollbar in the motor vehicle, two of which mounting points form two first mounting points in the form of clamp elements that clamp onto at least two Isofix attachment points, and the other two of which form two support elements, which support the rollbar in the passenger compartment, in particular on its floor. Such a roll cage can be installed quickly, and does not require approval. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219638 | VEHICLE SEAT DEVICE - A vehicle seat device includes: a detection unit that detects a side collision in a vehicle; a seat that is provided in a vehicle cabin so that the seat can be located at a center portion of the vehicle cabin in a vehicle width direction and that can face at least one of a front side and a rear side in a vehicle front-rear direction; a restraint portion that is provided on a seat side portion and that is movable between a retracted position in which the restraint portion does not face a seated occupant seated in the vehicle width direction, and a facing position in which the restraint portion faces the occupant in the vehicle width direction; and a movement control unit that positions the restraint portion at the facing position when the seat is located at the center portion and the detection unit detects the side collision. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219639 | VEHICLE BODY UPPER STRUCTURE - The vehicle body upper structure includes a rear roof rail, a retractor, a webbing, and an anchor. The rear roof rail extends along a roof panel of the vehicle body. The retractor is housed inside the rear roof rail and is fixed to the rear roof rail with a first fastening bolt. For example, the webbing is pulled out in a pull-out direction orthogonal to an axis of the first fastening bolt. A through ring changes a stretching direction of the webbing that restrains an occupant with the webbing to have an acute angle with respect to the pull-out direction. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219640 | RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE SEAT OPERATIVELY MOUNTED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - An occupant restraint system for a vehicle seat operatively mounted in a motor vehicle may include a restraint web operatively coupled to at least one of the vehicle seat and the motor vehicle, an elongated sleeve received on and at least partially about the restraint web, and a sleeve position adjuster coupled to the sleeve and including an actuator normally engaging a portion of the restraint web to fix a position of the sleeve relative to the restraint web and responsive to actuation thereof to disengage from the restraint web to allow the sleeve to be moved along the restraint web. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219641 | MULTI-POINT RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR AN OCCUPANT SEAT MOUNTED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle, seat and multi-point restraint system combination may include one or a combination of means for selectively preventing forward pivoting of the seat, one or more web attenuators for dampen forces applied thereby by one or more respective shoulder webs of the multi-point restraint system, at least one sleeve received on at least one shoulder web and a corresponding sleeve adjuster for adjusting a position of the sleeve along the respective shoulder web, web retractors operatively coupled to each of a pair of lap webs and to each of a pair of thigh webs of the multi-point restraint system, and at least one web retractor operatively coupled to the shoulder webs of the multi-point restraint system. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219642 | IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLE OPERATORS - A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to, in response to a mobile device synchronizing with a vehicle, identify a first profile from a plurality of profiles stored in the memory as associated with the mobile device by extracting a predetermined set of information from data storing contact information for a plurality of contacts on the mobile device and determining that the predetermined set of information matches data in the first profile; determine that a person associated with the first profile is an operator of the vehicle; and then perform an operation in accordance with at least one setting stored in the first profile. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219643 | PROGRESSIVE LOCKOUT POLICY FOR DEVICELESS VEHICLE ACCESS AND REMOTE LOCKOUT MANAGEMENT INTERFACE - A vehicle for improved user authentication is provided. The vehicle includes a biometric sensor; and a controller programmed to initiate a biometric authentication of a user within a vicinity of a vehicle using data received from the biometric sensor, and responsive to occurrence of a secondary trigger condition initiated by the user to gain access to the vehicle, complete the authentication to grant or deny access to the user. A system for remote management of lockout states for a vehicle is provided. A server is programmed to receive a lockout notification from the vehicle, responsive to occurrence of a failed access attempt using an access modality, the lockout notification including contextual information with respect to the occurrence of the failed access attempt; and send, responsive to the lockout notification, an indication of an administrative action to be performed by the vehicle. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219644 | GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a body supporting at least one camera. The at least one camera is positioned to collect images of objects outside of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a selectively operable vehicle system and a controller operatively connected to the at least one camera and the selectively operable vehicle system. The controller includes a gesture recognition system operable to process a gesture made by a person associated with the vehicle collected by the at least one camera and activate the selectively operable vehicle system associated with the gesture. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219645 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURE SESSIONS WITH EXTERNAL DEVICES - Vehicles and a method for initiating, maintaining, and terminating an image capture session with an external image capture component. The method includes initiating an image capture session with an image capture component that is external to the vehicle, receiving, from the image capture component, an image, determining whether image data of the image includes identifying information associated with the vehicle, and instructing the image capture component to maintain the image capture session associated with the vehicle in response to determining that the image data includes identifying information associated with the vehicle. Additionally, the method includes terminating the image capture session with the image capture component in response to determining that the image data does not include the identifying information. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219646 | WIPER DEVICE - A wiper device ( | 2022-07-14 |
20220219647 | WIPER DEVICE - A wiper device ( | 2022-07-14 |
20220219648 | A WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE OF THE FLAT BLADE TYPE - A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal slit, in which slit at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for a rod-like extension of an oscillating arm, wherein said rod-like extension can be pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near a free end thereof, with the special feature that said connecting device comprises a channel arranged to receive said free end of said rod-like extension, wherein said windscreen wiper device comprises a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto said windscreen to be wiped, wherein said nozzle is mounted onto said rod-like extension by sliding a ring-like mounting part of said nozzle over the free end of said rod-like extension in a direction away from said free end. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219649 | A SENSOR HEAD FOR CLEANING THE SURFACE OF ONE OR MORE SENSORS - A sensor head configured for facilitating cleaning a surface of one or more sensors, the sensor head comprising a shell defining a surround for accommodating the one or more sensors therein. Said shell further comprises at least one conduit for receiving a volume of a fluid to facilitate the cleaning of the surface of one or more sensors. The conduit is operably connected to a pressure vessel having a pressure release valve configured to be openable when the pressure in the pressure vessel reaches a predefined value, to facilitate the flow of fluid to the conduit at a desired release pressure. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219650 | MOBILE FUEL DISTRIBUTION STATION - A fuel distribution station includes a first fuel tank for releasably holding a first fuel, and a second fuel tank for releasably holding a second fuel. A connection member extends between the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank, and provides a rigid connection between the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank. A support structure supports the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank in an elevated position a predetermined distance above ground, sufficient to allow for passage of land vehicles beneath the support structure during a fueling operation. A control system is utilized for selectively permitting and monitoring a discharge of fuel from the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank to the land vehicles during the fueling operation. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219651 | MOTORCYCLE LIFT SYSTEM - A vehicle lift includes a mechanical lift including a platform and at least one extension being movable relative to the platform. Systems, devices and methods are disclosed. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219652 | ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC MODULATING VALVE PEDAL ASSEMBLY - An improved electro-hydraulic modulating valve pedal assembly is adapted to control the flow of hydraulic fluid manually through actuation of a pedal, electrically through activation of a solenoid, or in combination through actuation of a pedal and activation of a solenoid. In one embodiment, the pedal assembly includes a pedal that is pivotably mounted to a base, a push rod that is operatively coupled to the pedal, a spool valve that is configured to vary the hydraulic output in response to the position of the push rod, and a solenoid that is magnetically coupled to the push rod. The pedal assembly is well suited for electronic-hydraulic braking control systems, including brake electronic control units for anti-lock braking, emergency braking, and autonomous operation. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219653 | VEHICULAR OPERATION PEDAL DEVICE - Provided is a vehicular operation pedal device having a small number of parts required for preventing backward movement of a step portion of an operation pedal mechanism at the time of a vehicle collision. A brake pedal device | 2022-07-14 |
20220219654 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A brake operation portion that allows a manual brake operation is included in a vehicle cabin, the brake operation portion includes a grip portion, and an elbow rest member is provided at, in the vehicle rear side of the grip portion, a position on which an elbow of a driver can abut in a state in which the driver grips the grip portion so as to be capable of operating the grip portion. Thus, even a physically disabled driver may freely perform a driving operation and easily manually perform a delicate brake operation. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219655 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus that includes a brake operation portion that applies a brake to a vehicle, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, the brake operation portion including a brake operation body and a grip portion to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body, and a shift-down switch that shifts-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219656 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes an automatic driving control device configured to execute automatic driving control on a vehicle, and an anti-lock braking system configured to control a longitudinal slip ratio of wheels of the vehicle to be equal to or smaller than a threshold during braking of the vehicle. The automatic driving control to be executed by the automatic driving control device includes braking force control for changing a braking force to be applied to the wheels of the vehicle depending on a target deceleration set without being based on a deceleration request by a driver. The automatic driving control device is configured to, when a failure of the anti-lock braking system is detected during execution of the automatic driving control on the vehicle, set the target deceleration in the braking force control to a value equal to or smaller than an upper limit deceleration value. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219657 | SURGICAL TREATMENT INSTRUMENT - This instrument for surgical treatment, in particular for tenolysis, tenotomy or neurolysis, comprises a main body and a distal part. The distal part has a curved portion forming a hook and is provided with a cutting blade on the inner side of the hook. The main body has a longitudinal lumen for passage of fluid from a proximal end to a distal end of the main body, as well as an elbow with concavity facing the same side as the hook such that the main body has, in the vicinity of its distal end, an injection channel which is in fluidic connection with the lumen via an over-pressure chamber. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219658 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A control device includes an additional deceleration calculation unit that calculates an additional deceleration (G×add) to be applied to the vehicle based on the steering angle, a target control amount calculation unit that calculates the control amount for the vehicle behavior changing device based on the additional deceleration, a rough road level calculation unit that calculates a rough road level of a road based on a wheel speed, and a control amount correction unit that corrects the control amount based on the rough road level, the rough road level calculation unit being configured to correct the wheel speed so as to remove a change thereof caused by the cornering maneuver of the vehicle, and to calculate the rough road level by using the corrected wheel speed. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219659 | VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL WITH LINEAR PEDAL RESISTANCE AND DAMPENER ASSEMBLY AND FORCE/POSITION SENSOR - A vehicle pedal resistance and dampener assembly includes a dampener module defining an interior fluid-filled cavity and adapted for generating a dampening force on the vehicle pedal. A pedal resistance module generates a resistance force on the vehicle pedal. The dampener module and the resistance module are moveable relative to each other. A shaft in the dampener module extends into and is moveable in a fluid-filled sleeve in the resistance module. A pedal position sensor senses and measures the position of the vehicle pedal. A pedal force sensor senses and measures the force on the vehicle pedal. A first resistance spring is located in the sleeve of the pedal resistance module, a second resistance spring surrounds the sleeve of the pedal resistance module, a third resistance spring surrounds the shaft of the dampener module, and a fourth resistance spring surrounds the third resistance spring. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219660 | Vehicle Braking System - A vehicle braking system which includes at least one primary feature and at least one redundant feature and a braking control system which is operable to determine whether a predetermined condition, which is not indicative of failure of the primary feature or the redundant feature, is met, wherein if the predetermined condition is met, the braking control system causes the primary feature to be operable and if the predetermined condition is not met, the braking control system causes the redundant feature to be operable. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219661 | Brake System of Vehicle, Vehicle, and Control Method for Brake System - The technology of this application relates to a brake system of a vehicle, a vehicle, and a control method for a brake system. In the brake system, a first control valve is used to connect a first brake pipe and a second brake pipe, so that when the first control valve is in a closed state, the first brake pipe is connected to the second brake pipe, and brake fluid in the two brake pipes can flow in the two brake pipes, thereby helping improve redundancy performance of the brake system. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219662 | BRAKING ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE - A braking arrangement for a vehicle includes a source of pressurized air, a first wheel with a first pneumatic brake arrangement including a first brake, the first brake being arranged to be engaged when connected to the source of pressurized air and disengaged when disconnected from the source of pressurized air, a second wheel with a second pneumatic brake arrangement including a second brake, the second brake being arranged to be engaged when connected to the source of pressurized air and disengaged when disconnected from the source of pressurized air, and a proportional valve between the source of pressurized air and the first brake, opening of the proportional valve being proportional to pressure in a line between the source of pressurized air and the proportional valve. The first pneumatic brake arrangement and the second pneumatic brake arrangement function differently. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219663 | Trailer Braking System - A brake system is provided for a trailer vehicle having a plurality of axles, each of which has a wheel end on a respective side of the vehicle, the brake system including first and second pneumatic circuits for supplying air pressure to brake devices at the wheel ends. The system includes a spring brake modulator valve arrangement adapted to control pressure to spring brakes on the vehicle, which modulator valve arrangement receives an input from at least one of the pneumatic circuits and a control pressure from the trailer brake module. Flow of air to the brakes is controllable either by the trailer brake module or by the spring brake modulator valve arrangement to provide redundancy. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219664 | ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - Provided is an electronic brake system including: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; an integrated master cylinder including a simulation chamber, a simulation piston provided in the simulation chamber to be displaceable by a brake pedal, a master chamber, a master piston provided in the master chamber to be displaceable by a displacement of the simulation piton or a hydraulic pressure of the simulation chamber, an elastic member provided between the simulation piston and the master piston, a piston spring elastically supporting the master piston, a simulation flow path connecting the simulation chamber to the reservoir, and a simulator valve provided in the simulation flow path to control a flow of a pressurized medium; a hydraulic pressure providing unit provided to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston according to an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of the brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure control unit including a first hydraulic circuit provided to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred to two wheel cylinders, and a second hydraulic circuit provided to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred to other two wheel cylinders; an electronic control unit configured to control valves based on hydraulic pressure information and displacement information of the brake pedal; a backup flow path connecting the simulation chamber to the first hydraulic circuit; an auxiliary backup flow path connecting the master chamber to the backup flow path; and an inspection valve provided in the auxiliary backup flow path to control a flow of the pressurized medium. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219665 | Distributed Braking System in Automobile, Automobile, and Control Method Therefor - A distributed braking system for an automobile, an automobile, and a control method for the distributed braking system are disclosed. A first control valve is connected between a first brake circuit and a second brake circuit, to connect brake circuits corresponding to pressurizing apparatuses belonging to a same group. When one of the two brake circuits fails, the first control valve may be controlled to be in an open state, so that brake fluids in the two brake circuits can circulate, thereby helping improve redundancy performance of the distributed braking system. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219666 | REMOTELY CONTROL IN-CABIN FEATURES - Methods, systems, and apparatus for an infotainment system. The infotainment system includes a first mobile device and an in-vehicle infotainment platform. The in-vehicle infotainment platform includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to receive, from the first mobile device, a first request to control, adjust or manage a first vehicle component. The electronic control unit is configured to receive, from the first mobile device, a second request to control, adjust or manage a second vehicle component. The electronic control unit is configured to control, adjust or manage the first vehicle component based on the first request. The electronic control unit is configured to control, adjust or manage the second vehicle component based on the second request. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219667 | ADAPTIVE REFUELING FOR EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for an evaporative emission control system. In one example, a method may include halting a dispensing of fuel to a fuel tank during a refueling event by increasing a backpressure in the fuel tank. The halt to fuel dispensing may be executed based on one or more of an upcoming fuel vapor canister purge event and an estimated fuel vapor canister loading capacity to determine a predicted canister breakthrough. The predicted canister breakthrough may be compared to a threshold to regulate a refueling volume. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219668 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICES, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS, AND HYBRID VEHICLES - A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes: a prediction unit that acquires position information of a parking point where parking time of the hybrid vehicle on a travel route is predicted to exceed a threshold value; and a target setting unit that sets a target charge rate of the battery and changes the target chare rate to a second charge rate that is lower than a first charge rate in a normal state when the hybrid vehicle satisfies an approach condition of approaching the parking point. A charge and discharge amount is controlled such that a charge and discharge amount of the battery corresponding to the second charge rate when the target setting unit sets the target charge rate to the second charge rate is larger to a discharge side than a charge and discharge amount of the battery corresponding to the second charge rate in the normal state. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219669 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a processor including hardware. When a vehicle equipped with a battery that supplies electric power to a traction motor acquires disaster information indicating that occurrence of a predictable disaster is predicted around a current position while the vehicle is traveling, the processor sets an area that is reachable with a current state of charge of the battery and is a safe area for the disaster, guides the vehicle to the set area, and switches to an energy saving mode in which power consumption is smaller than a normal mode when the vehicle reaches the area. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219670 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A TWO-SPEED ACCESSORY DRIVE OF AN ENGINE - Methods and systems are provided for engaging and disengaging an electromagnetic clutch of a two-speed accessory drive of an engine of a vehicle. In one example, a method comprises, responsive to an electrical demand being higher than a threshold electrical demand, operating an electric machine of the vehicle in a motor mode to reduce a speed of a grounding gear of a planetary gear set of a two-speed accessory drive (TSAD) of the vehicle; and engaging an electromagnetic clutch responsive to the speed of the grounding gear reaching a clutch engagement threshold speed. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219671 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a battery, an electric motor, and a controller. The controller is configured to set a traveling schedule to a destination by assigning any control mode out of a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode to each of a plurality of traveling sections on a scheduled traveling route from a current position to the destination. The traveling sections include at least one of a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section is a traveling section that requires traveling with the internal combustion engine stopped. When the traveling sections include the first section, the controller is configured to execute a suppression process for suppressing consumption of electric power in the battery as compared to a case where the traveling sections do not include the first section. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219672 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND HYBRID VEHICLE - A vehicle controller includes: a prediction unit that acquires position information on a parking place where parking time is predicted to exceed a prescribed threshold value in a travel route of the hybrid vehicle; and a target setting unit that sets a target state of charge of the battery and to change setting of the target state of charge from a first state of charge to a second state of charge that is lower than the first state of charge when the hybrid vehicle satisfies an approach condition to the parking place. A charge and discharge amount of the battery when the state of charge of the battery becomes equal to or less than the second state of charge is controlled to be smaller than the charge and discharge amount of the battery when the state of charge of the battery is larger than the second state of charge. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219673 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A control system for a hybrid vehicle that is configured to generate a driving force as required even if it is necessary to charge a battery rapidly. The hybrid vehicle may be propelled in a parallel mode in which power of the engine is partially translated into electric power by a motor and the remaining power of the engine is delivered to drive wheels. In a case that a rapid charging command is transmitted and that a required driving force is greater than a first driving force, the motor is operated to generate electric power in a predetermined amount, and the driving force is restricted to the first driving force. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219674 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING ENGINE OPERATING POINTS BASED ON EMISSIONS SENSOR FEEDBACK - A method is provided for reducing emissions from a hybrid vehicle having an exhaust aftertreatment system. The method includes: receiving, by a controller, emissions data regarding an emissions level of a hybrid vehicle having an exhaust aftertreatment system from a sensor; determining, by the controller, that the emissions level is at or above a predefined threshold; adjusting, by the controller, an operating point of an engine of the hybrid vehicle based on the emissions level being at or above the predefined threshold; and controlling, by the controller, an elector motor in response to the adjustment of the operating point of the engine to compensate for a change in power output from the engine and to reduce the emissions level to below the predefined threshold. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219675 | CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A controller for a hybrid electric vehicle includes processing circuitry configured to execute a manual filter regeneration process when satisfying a condition including that execution of the manual filter regeneration process is requested to decrease a PM deposit amount on the filter and that the hybrid electric vehicle is in a stopped state. In the manual filter regeneration process, when a state of charge of the battery becomes less than a discharge threshold value, an output of an internal combustion engine is converted to electric power for charging the battery while the filter is supplied with oxygen from the engine. Further, when the state of charge of the battery becomes greater than or equal to a charge threshold value that is greater than or equal to the discharge threshold value, an output shaft of the engine is rotated with the motor to supply the filter with oxygen from the engine. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219676 | System and Method For Vehicle Turning Radius Reduction - A vehicle control system for reducing turn radius of a vehicle may include a controller and a torque control module operably coupled to the controller and to front wheels of a front axle of the vehicle and rear wheels of a rear axle of the vehicle. The controller may also be operably coupled to components and/or sensors of the vehicle to receive information including vehicle wheel speed and steering wheel angle. The torque control module may be operable, responsive to control by the controller, to apply a negative torque to an inside rear wheel during a turn and apply a positive torque to the front axle during the turn to compensate for the negative torque applied to the inside rear wheel to reduce the turn radius based on the steering wheel angle and the vehicle speed. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219677 | APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH TORQUE VECTORING CONTROL FOR VEHICLES WITH INDEPENDENT DRIVING MOTOR - An apparatus with torque vectoring control of a vehicle with an independent driving motor includes: one or more processors configured to: measure driving information including a steering angle, a yaw rate, a longitudinal velocity, lateral acceleration and longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; calculate a driving aggressiveness (DA) index representing driving aggressiveness of a driver through an exponential weighted moving average (EWMA) operation using the driving information; calculate a target yaw rate based on the driving information and the DA index; and generate a control moment based on the driving information, the DA index and the target yaw rate, wherein, for the calculating of the DA index, the one or more processor are configured to calculate the DA index to have a higher value than a case of generating only longitudinal acceleration or a case of generating only lateral acceleration, in response to the longitudinal acceleration and the lateral acceleration being generated at a same time. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219678 | Parking Assist Method and Parking Assist Apparatus - A parking assist method and apparatus shorten the time required for parking a vehicle along a route requiring cutting of the wheel. The method includes detecting a parking space for parking a subject vehicle, setting a position of turning the steering wheel, generating a parking route from a current position of the subject vehicle to the parking space via the position of turning the steering wheel, and controlling the subject vehicle so as to autonomously travel along the parking route. When generating the parking route, the method determines a turning direction to which the subject vehicle turns in the route, and generates a route from the current position of the subject vehicle to the position of turning the steering wheel such that the steering direction corresponds to the turning direction at the time when the subject vehicle is stopped at the position of turning the steering wheel. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219679 | SPATIAL PARKING PLACE DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - The present disclosure provides a spatial parking place detection method and device, a storage medium and a program product, which relate to the field of data processing and, in particular, to the fields of computer vision, autonomous parking and autonomous driving. A specific implementation lies in: acquiring ultrasonic data around a vehicle collected by an ultrasonic sensor on the vehicle, and image data around the vehicle collected by an image collection apparatus; determining a first spatial parking place around the vehicle according to the ultrasonic data, and determining a second spatial parking place around the vehicle according to the image data; fusing the first spatial parking place and the second spatial parking place that are located at an identical position to determine a spatial parking place at that position; and checking the availability of the detected spatial parking place, and determining available spatial parking places of the vehicle. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219680 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing device including: a detecting section detecting an observed amount relating to a change in acceleration of a vehicle due to a driving operation; an inertial measurement section detecting an actually measured value of acceleration of the vehicle; and an estimating section that determines that the vehicle has collided in a case in which an acceleration difference, which is a difference between an actually measured value of acceleration of the vehicle detected by the inertial measurement section and an estimated value of acceleration of the vehicle derived on the basis of the observed amount, is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219681 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MOBILE PHONE USE BY DRIVERS - A system for limiting use of an electronic mobile device by a driver of a vehicle. The system includes a mobile device controller for removable connection with a vehicle and for wireless communicating with one or more electronic mobile devices and an electronic mobile device for wireless communicating with the mobile device controller. The mobile device controller comprises a radio frequency receiver or transmitter. The electronic mobile device includes a radio frequency transceiver in wireless communication with the radio frequency receiver or transmitter of the mobile device controller, an application installed thereon and an electronic mobile device processor programmed to execute one or more instructions of the application stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium of the electronic mobile device. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219682 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAFE OUT-OF-LANE DRIVING - Systems and methods are provided for navigating a vehicle to veer around a lane obstruction safely into a neighboring lane. The system may plan a trajectory around the obstructed lane. Over a temporal horizon, the system determines temporal margins by measuring an amount of time between a predicted state of a moving actor in the neighboring lane and a predicted state of the vehicle. The system identifies a minimum temporal margin of the temporal margins and determines whether the minimum temporal margin is equal to or larger than a required temporal buffer. If the minimum temporal margin is equal to or larger than the required temporal buffer, the system generates a motion control signal to cause the vehicle to follow the trajectory to veer around the obstruction into the neighboring lane. Otherwise, the system generates a motion control signal to cause the vehicle to reduce speed or stop. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219683 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided is a vehicle control system for avoiding a collection between a right-turning vehicle and a straight-through vehicle without decreasing comfort for an occupant. In the system, a first vehicle V | 2022-07-14 |
20220219684 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - The present invention provides a vehicle control device capable of enhancing the ability of reducing or avoiding collision damage in a vehicle where a behavior of the vehicle when a braking operation is performed is largely influenced corresponding to a state of load (a loaded state), for example. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219685 | METHODS FOR COGNITIVE SITUATION AWARENESS USING AN ATTENTION-BASED EVENT STRUCTURE - A method of using perception-inspired event generation for situation awareness for a vehicle, including receiving perception input data from a sensor of the vehicle and processing the perception input data to classify and generate parameters related to an external entity in a vicinity of the vehicle. The method includes generating a hierarchical event structure that classifies and prioritizes the perception input data by classifying the external entity into an attention zone and prioritizing the external entity within the attention zone according to a risk level value for the external entity. A higher risk level value indicates a higher priority within the attention zone. The method further includes developing a behavior plan for the vehicle based on the hierarchical event structure. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219686 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, BASE POINT SIDE DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND IN-VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A vehicle driving assistance system includes a vehicle side communication system and a base point side communication system. The base point side communication system includes: a receiving part which receives the vehicle information and the video image information; a drive route operation part which searches for a drive route of the vehicle; an object discrimination part which recognizes an object existing on the drive route; a collision judgment part which judges about whether there is a risk of collision with the object; an information determination part which selects video image information for transmitting, according to the type of collision; a transmitting part which transmits the video image information to the vehicle, having the vehicle side communication system. The vehicle driving assistance system is configured so that the video image information from a vehicle can be transmitted according to the situation of driving assistance. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219687 | Method for Detecting a Potential Collision by a Vehicle with a Living Thing, and Car Park Management System - The invention relates to a method for recognizing a potential collision of a vehicle with a living creature, wherein at least one operating state is monitored of a functional unit in a parking garage in which the vehicle is located, wherein when such a characteristic operating state of the functional unit is recognized by a monitoring device that characterizes a direct, potential appearance of a living creature in the parking garage, a notice is transmitted to the vehicle, and/or an operating mode of the vehicle is changed. The invention also relates to a parking garage management system. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219688 | DRIVING ASSIST METHOD AND DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE - A vehicle speed/headway control function and a lane-keeping function are provided as driving assist functions to assist in a driving operation by a driver. A mode-switching controller is provided for switching between the modes. In the lane-keeping assist mode, it is assessed whether or not a traveling condition has been met that an actual vehicle speed of the host vehicle exceeds a speed limit of a roadway on which the host vehicle is traveling during lane-keeping travel in which “hands-off mode,” which allows the driver to remove their hands from the steering wheel, has been selected. The mode is switched from “hands-off mode” to “hands-on mode,” which has as a condition that the driver has their hands on the steering wheel, upon assessing that the traveling condition that the actual vehicle speed exceeds the speed limit has been met. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219689 | ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM AND ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL METHOD SUPPORTING TRAFFIC LIGHT RECOGNITION - An adaptive cruise control system and an adaptive cruise control method supporting traffic light recognition are provided. The adaptive cruise control system in the present disclosure includes: a wireless receiver adaptive with a wireless transmitter of each traffic light on a current lane and configured to receive first traffic light state information about the traffic light on the current lane sent by the wireless transmitter; and a main controller being in communication with the wireless receiver and configured to obtain the first traffic light state information received from the wireless receiver, and perform a stop control or adaptive cruise control based on the first traffic light state information. By implementing the adaptive cruise control method, an adaptive cruise control for avoiding a driver from violation of traffic light is further realized based on the state information of the traffic lights, so that a safety of driving can be improved. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219690 | VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure discloses a vehicle driving control system including a road information device calculating road information of a curved road on which the vehicle drives; a road surface information device calculating road surface condition of a road; a neighboring vehicle information device calculating location information or movement information of the neighboring vehicle located close to the vehicle; and a computing device computing a target speed based on the road information calculated by the road information device, the road surface condition calculated by the road surface information device, and the location information or movement information of the neighboring vehicle calculated by the neighboring vehicle information device. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219691 | AUTOMATED CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM - An automated cruise control system is disclosed. Sensors detect driving parameters associated with the ground vehicle as the ground vehicle maneuvers along a segment of the roadway. A ground vehicle control detector detects ground vehicle control inputs associated with an operation of the ground vehicle. The ground vehicle control inputs are generated from a longitudinal operation of the ground vehicle. A energy consumption cruise controller automatically adjusts the operation of the ground vehicle as the ground vehicle maneuvers along the segment of the roadway to maintain the operation of the ground vehicle within an operation threshold based on the detected driving parameters and ground vehicle control inputs. The operation threshold is the operation of the ground vehicle that decreases an amount of overall energy consumed by the ground vehicle and maintains a longitudinal speed of the ground vehicle within a longitudinal speed threshold. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219692 | Vehicle Travel Control Method and Vehicle Travel Control Device - An autonomous speed control function for autonomously controlling a traveling speed of the vehicle and an autonomous steering control function for autonomously controlling steering of the vehicle include executing first autonomous control where, when an external situation of the vehicle is recognizable from a captured image by a camera on the vehicle, the vehicle is autonomously controlled using information recognized from the captured image; executing second autonomous control in which information indicating the external situation of the vehicle is acquired from stored map information provided in the vehicle and the vehicle is autonomously controlled using the acquired information; specifying an unrecognizable area in which the external situation of the vehicle is unrecognizable from the captured image; and when the unrecognizable area is present on a travel route of the vehicle, switching from the first autonomous control to the second autonomous control before the vehicle enters the unrecognizable area. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device (or a vehicle control device) includes: a vehicle information obtainer that obtains a first moving speed of a vehicle; a communicator that obtains an operation amount of an operation related to a speed by an instrument for a remote operation of the vehicle; a vehicle speed instruction generator that generates a second moving speed based on the operation amount; and an outputter that outputs the operation amount as a moving speed control amount, when the first moving speed is lower than a first threshold, and a control amount converted from the second moving speed as the moving speed control amount, when the first moving speed is higher than or equal to a second threshold. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219694 | VEHICLE SENSOR SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS AND METHODS - A vehicle includes a vehicle controller communicating over a first communication system with actuators for changing the state of vehicle systems. A signal module communicates with the vehicle controller via the first communication system. One or more signal sources communicate with the signal module via a second communication system, and transmit signals to the signal module. Based on one or more signals and one or more user inputs, the signal module generates and transmits control signals to the vehicle controller. The vehicle controller actuates the actuator based on the control signal. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219695 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR BEHAVIORAL BASED ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL (ACC) TO DRIVER'S VEHICLE OPERATION STYLE - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A method for implementing adaptive cruise control (ACC) established by Reinforcement Learning (RL) including executing, by a processor, adaptive cruise control to receive a set of vehicle inputs about a host vehicle's operating environment and current operations; identify, by the processor, a target vehicle operating in the host vehicle environment and quantifying a set of target vehicle parameters about the target vehicle derived from sensed inputs; modeling a state estimation of the host vehicle and the target vehicle by generating a set of speed and torque calculations about each vehicle; generating a set of results from at least one reward function based on one or more modeled state estimations of the host and target vehicle; processing the set of results with driver behavior data established by RL to correlate one or more control actions to the driver behavior data. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219696 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSIST APPARATUS - A vehicle driving assist apparatus suspends executing a following moving control and starts executing a process of measuring an elapsing time which elapses since suspending executing the following moving control when a control suspending condition that a driver of an own vehicle carries out an accelerating operation of accelerating the own vehicle in order to pass the next lane preceding vehicle, becomes satisfied, resets the elapsing time and start measuring the elapsing time which elapses since resetting the elapsing time when the own vehicle has passed the next lane preceding vehicle before the elapsing time reaches a predetermined time, and restarts executing the following moving control when a control restarting condition that the elapsing time reaches the predetermined time, is satisfied. | 2022-07-14 |
20220219697 | MULTI-OPERATIONAL LAND DRONE - A multi-operational land drone includes a vehicle body, one or more batteries, one or more sensors, and a removeable dashboard. The one or more batteries are disposed on a lower portion of the vehicle body. The one or more sensors are disposed on the vehicle body. | 2022-07-14 |