30th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220234554 | MILITARY VEHICLE - A military vehicle includes a passenger capsule, a driver seat, a passenger seat, and a belly deflector. The passenger capsule includes a roof, a floor, and sidewalls that define an interior. The sidewalls include mounting interfaces positioned along bottom edges thereof and extending directly therefrom past the floor. The driver seat and the passenger seat are disposed within the interior of the passenger capsule. The belly deflector is positioned beneath the floor. The belly deflector has lateral ends that are coupled to the mounting interfaces such that the lateral ends of the belly deflector are engaged with the passenger capsule. The belly deflector is spaced from the floor such that the floor is configured as a floating floor. The floor and the belly deflector provide two levels of underbody protection. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234555 | MILITARY VEHICLE - A military vehicle includes a passenger capsule having a front end and a rear end, a front module coupled to the front end of the passenger capsule, a rear module coupled to the rear end of the passenger capsule, a generator, and an export power kit. The front module includes a front subframe, a prime mover, a front axle assembly, and a front differential coupled to the front axle assembly. The rear module includes a rear subframe, a rear axle assembly, and a transaxle coupled to the rear axle assembly, the prime mover, and the front differential. The generator is configured to be driven by the prime mover to generate electricity. The export power kit is coupled to the generator and configured to facilitate exporting power off of the military vehicle. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234556 | Automatic Emergency Braking Using a Time-to-Collision Threshold Based on Target Acceleration - Techniques and systems are described that enable automatic emergency braking (AEB) using a time-to-collision (TTC) threshold that is based on target acceleration. The TTC may be a combination of a first TTC sub-threshold and a second TTC sub-threshold. The first TTC threshold may be based on a vehicle velocity of a host vehicle and a relative velocity between the host vehicle and a target object. The second TTC sub-threshold may be based on a target acceleration of the target object and a distance between the host vehicle and the target object. By utilizing the target acceleration in the TTC threshold determination, the techniques and systems described herein enable AEB to work as planned to prevent a collision between a vehicle and a target, in a wider variety of environments and situations. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234557 | RCTB SYSTEM OF VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method for controlling a rear collision traffic assist brake (RCTB) system of a vehicle includes: receiving information on an ego vehicle and an obstacle; performing braking by calculating the received information and generating a reference braking pressure when a collision with the obstacle is predicted; storing a location of the ego vehicle at a reference point in time for generating the reference braking pressure, a speed of the ego vehicle, an estimated reference collision distance, which is a distance from the ego vehicle to an estimated collision point with the obstacle, and an estimated reference collision time; monitoring whether normal braking is performed based on the stored data; and generating an additional braking pressure to increase a total braking pressure when it is determined that the normal braking is not performed during the monitoring. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234558 | ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - An electric brake system for a vehicle is provided, wherein the vehicle has a brake value encoder, at least one first axle having at least two wheels and a second axle having at least two wheels. A first axle modulator is associated with the first axle. A second axle modulator is associated with the second axle. A single central control unit is further provided, which generates and outputs a first brake signal for the first axle modulator and a second brake signal for the second axle modulator as a function of a brake signal from the brake value encoder or as a function of a further brake request. The first and second axle modulator are each configured to decelerate the wheels of the first and second axle as a function of the first and second brake signal from the central control unit. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234559 | SERIES-CONNECTED BRAKE ACTUATORS AND AUTOMATIC BRAKE HOLD METHOD EMPLOYING SAME - A brake system includes a master cylinder configured to generate a hydraulic pressure, a primary brake actuator configured to increase and decrease the hydraulic pressure generated in the master cylinder, a secondary brake actuator connected in series with and downstream of the master cylinder and in series with and upstream of the primary brake actuator, and configured to increase and decrease the hydraulic pressure generated in the master cylinder, and at least one wheel cylinder configured to apply brake torque to a wheel of a vehicle based on the hydraulic pressure generated by the master cylinder and increased or decreased by the primary actuator or the secondary actuator. An automatic brake hold control method includes sequential performing an automatic brake hold control on at least one wheel cylinder by the primary brake actuator and then the secondary brake actuator. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234560 | POWER BRAKE-PRESSURE GENERATOR FOR A HYDRAULIC VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - Displacement of a piston of a power brake pressure producer of a hydraulic assembly of a hydraulic vehicle brake system by an electric motor, via a cycloidal gear and a sliding screw gear having a trapezoidal thread. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC BRAKE - At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electric hydraulic brake apparatus including a reservoir, a plurality of wheel brake mechanisms, a main braking system, and an auxiliary braking system, wherein the auxiliary braking system includes a first hydraulic pressure input unit and a second hydraulic pressure input unit, a third hydraulic pressure input unit configured to receive brake fluid from the main braking system without passing through booster valves, a first inlet line and a second inlet line configured to transfer a hydraulic pressure between the main braking system and the plurality of wheel brake mechanisms, and a split line configured to receive and supply the brake fluid delivered from the third hydraulic pressure input unit to the plurality of wheel brake mechanisms. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234562 | BRAKING SYSTEM OF VEHICLE CAPABLE OF REGENERATIVE BRAKING AND HYDRAULIC BRAKING AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a braking system comprising: a pedal master unit; an electric booster unit; a reaction disc that generates a pedal force when compressed by at least one of the operating rod or the motor piston; and a controller that, upon receiving a regenerative braking interruption signal during the cooperative braking of the vehicle, senses a pressure change in the master cylinder and compensates for a displacement of the motor piston by an amount corresponding to the pressure change. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234563 | BRAKE SYSTEM - A vehicle brake system, including: a wheel brake device including an actuator including a piston, a working fluid chamber, an electric motor, and a piston moving mechanism; a working-fluid supply device; and a controller configured to execute: a normal brake control to control a hydraulic braking force to a magnitude corresponding to a braking request; and a parking brake control to cause the wheel brake device to be operated as a parking brake, wherein, in the parking brake control, the controller controls the wheel brake device to generate the hydraulic braking force at a start timing of an operation as the parking brake, controls the actuator to perform a lock operation in which the electric motor is operated to move the piston forward in a state in which the hydraulic braking force is generated, and controls the wheel brake device to release the hydraulic braking force after the lock operation. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234564 | COMPACT ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE - An electromechanical drum brake comprises two brake segments intended to come into contact with a drum, and at least one actuator configured to apply the segments against the drum, and an electric motor configured to activate the actuator, the actuator comprising at least one member which is movable upon activation of the actuator, the movable member being movable between a braking position and a position beyond a release position, in which the segments are no longer in contact with the drum. The actuator comprises a stop which is arranged only in the actuator and against which the movable element bears when it assumes a position beyond the release position, and the motor powers the actuator until the movable element bears against the stop. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234565 | METHOD FOR CHECKING AN ELECTROHYDRAULIC VEHICLE POWER BRAKE SYSTEM OF AN AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVING LAND VEHICLE FOR THE PRESENCE OF AIR IN THE BRAKE FLUID - To check an electrohydraulic power vehicle brake system of a passenger car traveling autonomously on public roads for air in the brake fluid, the method provides for a consecutive generation of a brake pressure using a first power brake-pressure generator and a redundant, second power brake-pressure generator. The brake pressure is intermittently lowered to ambient pressure. In the method, a comparison of the brake fluid volumes required for generating the brake pressure is provided. If the brake fluid volume required for generating the brake pressure using the second power brake-pressure generator is greater, then the presence of air in a brake fluid of the vehicle brake system is inferred. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234566 | RAISED SEATING SYSTEM FOR A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT - A personal watercraft has a hull, a deck, a motor, a motor control unit operatively connected to the motor for controlling at least one parameter associated with the motor, a seat assembly including a seat portion selectively connected to the deck, and a raised seating system including a seat support selectively connected to the deck for selectively supporting the seat portion above the deck. A sensor is connected to at least one of the hull and the deck and is communicating with the motor control unit. In response to the seat support being connected to the deck, the sensor detects a presence of the seat support, and in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the seat support, the motor control unit limits at least one of the at least one parameter associated with the motor. A method for adjusting performance of a personal watercraft is also provided. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234567 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234568 | DRIVE CONTROLLER OF HYBRID VEHICLE, AND DRIVE CONTROLLING METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - Limiting torque of a motor to avoid its overheating results in switching to engine-driven traveling, thus leading to lower fuel efficiency, which is a problem. FIG. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234569 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device is configured to control a vehicle. The vehicle control device is capable of deriving a required driving force required for traveling of the vehicle based on an output requirement received from a driver, and controlling a driving force of the vehicle using the required driving force as a target value. The vehicle control device is configured to transition to a second traveling mode when the required driving force increases while the vehicle is traveling in a first traveling mode. The vehicle control device is configured to perform driving force reduction control, in which an amount of increase in the required driving force accompanying an increase in the output requirement is made smaller than an amount of increase in the required driving force in a normal state, at a time of performing transition to the second traveling mode. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234570 | System and Method for Adaptive Control of Vehicle Dynamics - A vehicle dynamics control system receives a feedback state signal including values of a roll rate and a roll angle of the motion of the vehicle and updates parameters of a model of roll dynamics of the vehicle by fitting the received values into the roll dynamics model. The roll dynamics model explains the evolution of the roll rate and the roll angle based on the parameters including a center of gravity (CoG) parameter modeling a location of a CoG of the vehicle, and a spring constant and a damping coefficient modeling suspension dynamics of the vehicle. The system determines a control command for controlling at least one actuator of the vehicle using a motion model including the updated CoG parameter and submits the control command to the vehicle controller to control the motion of the vehicle. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234571 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes a driving force source configured to generate torque for driving drive wheels, a steering wheel, a steering angle sensor, and a controller. Based on the detected steering angle, the controller reduces the driving torque to add deceleration to the vehicle when the steering wheel is being turned in one direction, and increases the torque to add acceleration when the steering wheel is being turned back in the other direction. The controller controls the torque, when the steering wheel is being turned in the returning direction from a state where it is turned in the one direction, so as to add forward acceleration until the steering wheel returns to a neutral position, and when the steering wheel is then being turned in the other direction after passing through the neutral position, so as not to add the forward acceleration. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234572 | AUTOMATED VALET PARKING SYSTEM - An automated valet parking system includes a parking lot management server configured to: acquire information on a plurality of traveling coordinates arranged along a runway of a parking lot to an entrance of a target parking space based on a vehicle position of an autonomous driving vehicle, a position of the target parking space, and parking lot map information; generate a trajectory of the vehicle based on the information on the traveling coordinates and a result of detection from an in-vehicle external sensor; and determine whether the entrance of the target parking space is recognizable based on an object recognition range; and generate the trajectory that brings the vehicle closer to the target parking space so that the object for recognizing the entrance of the target parking space is included in the object recognition range when it is determined that the entrance of the target parking space is not recognizable. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234573 | MOVING OBJECT DETERMINATION DEVICE - A moving object determination device applied to a vehicle, the device includes at least a predicted time calculation unit, a time difference calculation unit, and a moving/stationary determination unit. The predicted time calculation unit calculates a predicted time from when an obstacle starts to be detected by the first sensor to when the obstacle will no longer be detected by the second sensor based on a traveling speed of the obstacle and a length of the obstacle. The time difference calculation unit calculates a real time from when the obstacle has been detected by the first sensor to when the obstacle has no longer been detected by the second sensor, and calculates a time difference between the real time and the predicted time. The moving/stationary determination unit determines that the obstacle is a stationary object in response to the time difference being equal to or greater than a predetermined value. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234574 | Method for Removing User-Specific and/or Drive -Specific User Data in a Motor Vehicle, and Corresponding Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for removing user-specific and/or drive-specific user data which are saved distributedly on multiple controllers in a motor vehicle. A trigger apparatus is provided, and the trigger apparatus checks whether a trigger condition has been satisfied. If the trigger condition has been satisfied, a specified common delete command is transmitted to the plurality of controllers of the motor vehicle via a data bus of the motor vehicle, and each controller carries out a specified delete routine if the controller has received the delete command from the data bus, said delete routine being used to overwrite and/or delete user data saved on the particular controller. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234575 | VEHICLE OPERATION USING MANEUVER GENERATION - Multiple trajectories for a vehicle are generated based on a road segment. Sensor data is received from at least one sensor. The vehicle is traveling the road segment in accordance with a first trajectory of the multiple trajectories. A potential collision is predicted between the vehicle and an object based on the sensor data and the first trajectory. A set of constraints is determined to avoid the potential collision. The set of constraints is determined based on the sensor data. A maneuver is determined for the vehicle by superimposing each constraint of the set of constraints on each other constraint of the set of constraints. The maneuver includes a second trajectory independent of the multiple trajectories. Instructions are transmitted to a control circuit of the vehicle to override the first trajectory and traverse the road segment according to the second trajectory to perform the maneuver. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234576 | TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS - A travel control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: recognizing a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle; generating a target path of the subject vehicle according to the surrounding situation; calculating a correction amount for correcting the target path in a direction away from a first other vehicle traveling in a first adjacent lane in the vehicle width direction, when the subject vehicle is predicted to pass a side of the first other vehicle or the first other vehicle is predicted to pass a side of the subject vehicle; when a second other vehicle traveling in a second adjacent lane is recognized, determining whether to correct the target path based on a traveling situation of the second other vehicle; and correcting the target path based on the correction amount when the target path is determined to be corrected in the determining. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234577 | MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD,AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile object control device recognizes an object which is located near a vehicle, generates a movement plan for the vehicle, which includes generation of a target trajectory in which the vehicle is to travel and which is obtained by connecting a plurality of trajectory points, and generates, when generating the movement plan, the target trajectory such that a line which is obtained by connecting trajectory points adjacent to each other with respect to a traveling direction of the vehicle does not pass through a risk area including the recognized object. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING - The pedestrian tracking system implemented in a host vehicle is disclosed. The system estimates trajectories of the host vehicle and the pedestrian based on factors of position and velocity of the host vehicle and parameters of position and velocity of the pedestrian. The trajectories of the host vehicle and the pedestrian are estimated to estimate a point of intersection of the host vehicle and the pedestrian. Further, the system estimates time to collision based on the estimated point of intersection and determines trajectory of the pedestrian in path of the host vehicle. Furthermore, the system assesses collision risk to select the pedestrian as a target and generates a deceleration actuation command to decelerate the host vehicle based on the selected target, which is provided to an automatic emergency braking (AEB) actuation unit. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234579 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VEHICLE-MOUNTED SURROUND-VIEW MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for adjusting a vehicle-mounted surround-view model includes acquiring the vehicle-mounted surround-view model; acquiring a lateral distance and a longitudinal distance between a vehicle and an obstacle; and adjusting the vehicle-mounted surround-view model based on the lateral distance and the longitudinal distance. An apparatus for adjusting a vehicle-mounted surround-view model includes an electronic device and a storage medium, and relates to the field of smart transportation, and in particular, to the field of automobiles. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234580 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - The present invention provides a vehicle control device capable of ensuring safety and ride comfort. The device includes: a self-location estimation processing unit | 2022-07-28 |
20220234581 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control method, a vehicle control device, and a vehicle control system including same. Specifically, a vehicle control device according to the present disclosure includes: a vehicle travel route estimation unit which estimates a first travel route of a vehicle on the basis of the turn radius and traveled distance of the vehicle, when the speed of the vehicle is equal to or less than a preset speed; a target travel route predicter which confirms a target from periphery detection information about the periphery of the vehicle, and predicts a second travel route of the target; a collision determiner which determines whether there is a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and the target; and a vehicle control unit which controls to perform at least one among an alert control, a brake control, and an avoidance control, when there is a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and the target. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234582 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a driver assistance system, which performs lane following assist control to keep a vehicle in the center of a lane by generating a required steering torque by a lane following assist system, including a controller configured to determine whether a driving situation is a situation in which steering intervention of a driver is required when the lane following assist control is performed, and adjust at least one of an attenuation amount of a required steering torque and a threshold value of a driver override determination for determining a driver override when the driving situation is the situation in which the steering intervention of the driver is required. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234583 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD - A driver assistance system that may rapidly determine cutting out of a preceding vehicle based on lane information obtained from a camera, the driver assistance system includes: a first sensor mounted on a vehicle and configured to acquire front image data; a second sensor selected from a group comprising a radar sensor and a lidar sensor, mounted on the vehicle, and configured to acquire front detection data; and a controller configured to select a preceding vehicle as a target vehicle based on the front image data and the front detection data and control a speed of the vehicle to follow the target vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to: recognize a left land and a right lane of a driving lane based on the front image data, calculate a lateral speed of the preceding vehicle based on the front detection data, when a difference between a length of the left lane and a length of the right lane is greater than or equal to a preset value and the lateral speed of the preceding vehicle is greater than or equal to a preset speed, recognize the preceding vehicle as a cut-out vehicle, and recognize a preceding vehicle of the cut-out vehicle as the target vehicle. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234584 | VEHICLE DISPATCH SUPPORT SYSTEM, VEHICLE DISPATCH SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - A vehicle dispatch support system includes a recording section at which comparison vehicle sensitivity information and candidate vehicle sensitivity information are recorded, the comparison vehicle sensitivity information being information relating to a driving sensitivity of a comparison vehicle that is a vehicle that a user has ridden in the past, and the candidate vehicle sensitivity information being information relating to a driving sensitivity of each of a plurality of candidate vehicles, a processor coupled to the recording section and configured to compute a sensitivity difference, which is a difference between the driving sensitivity expressed by the comparison vehicle sensitivity information and the driving sensitivity expressed by the candidate vehicle sensitivity information, and a display section configured to display sensitivity difference-related information, which is information based on the sensitivity difference. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING BATTERIES OF ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES - A system for recharging batteries of electric and hybrid vehicles by recovering and converting kinetic energy produced by rotational movement of wheels into electric current is provided. The system includes an electric current generator having a rotor integrated in an inner surface of a tire-carrying rim and a circular-shaped stator anchored to a fixed part of a wheel-carrying hub in a volume between a brake and the inner surface of the tire-carrying rim. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234586 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize an environment in a vicinity of a vehicle; and a traveling control unit configured to execute a lane change of the vehicle based on a recognition result 1w the recognition unit. The traveling control unit selectively executes a lane change of the vehicle based on proposal information of a lane change output to a driver of the vehicle by the traveling control unit and a lane change of the vehicle not based on the proposal information in response to a first operation of the same content by the driver. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234587 | Method For Generating A Change Of Travel Lane Recommendation, Lane Change Assistance System, And Motor Vehicle Having A Lane Change Assistance System - The disclosure relates a method for generating a change of travel lane recommendation for a motor vehicle from a starting travel lane into a target travel lane, wherein the motor vehicle moves along the starting travel lane at an own speed. A current position of the motor vehicle along the starting travel lane is determined in a digital environment map. A known starting travel lane speed is stored in the digital environment map for the current position along the starting travel lane. A lane change assistant compares the own speed of the motor vehicle with the starting travel lane speed and generates the change of travel lane recommendation as soon as a deviation between the own speed and the starting travel lane speed reaches a predefined threshold. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234588 | Data Recording for Advanced Driving Assistance System Testing and Validation - A system for assessing progress of a data recording campaign performed to collect sensor data recorded by a sensor data recorder mounted on a vehicle, the system including a metadata generating apparatus arranged to process data acquired by a sensor module to generate metadata for the sensor data, the metadata comprising classifications of an attribute of a driving environment the vehicle was in during the acquisition of the sensor data into respective classes of a predefined set of classes of the attribute, and transmit the metadata to a remote metadata processing apparatus, which is arranged to determine whether the metadata comprises at least a predetermined number of classifications in a predefined class of the set of predefined classes and, based on the determination, generate an indicator for use in the data recording campaign. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234589 | SURFACE GUIDED VEHICLE BEHAVIOR - Among other things, techniques are described for receiving, from at least one sensor of a vehicle, a sensor measurement indicative of at least one of a sound or a vibration associated with a road element; identifying the road element based on a pattern in the sensor measurement; determining, based on the road element, a vehicle behavior for the vehicle; and controlling the vehicle to operate according to vehicle behavior. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234590 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING A CUSTOMIZED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION FOR A VEHICLE ON A SECTION OF ROAD - A method for predicting, for a motor vehicle traveling on a first road segment, a future coefficient of friction of the vehicle on a second road segment. The method includes steps of obtaining operating parameters of the vehicle and at least one characteristic of the first road segment, of computing an indicator on the basis of the obtained operating parameters of the vehicle, of determining a frictional category of the vehicle according to the value of the computed indicator and of the at least one obtained characteristic of the road segment, of selecting a friction profile of the vehicle on the basis of the determined frictional category, and of determining a coefficient of friction of the vehicle by applying the selected profile to at least one characteristic of the second road segment. A device for implementing the prediction method is also disclosed. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234591 | GRIP STRENGTH SMART SLEEVES - Systems and methods are provided for influential control over a driver's hand(s) that grip a vehicle's steering wheel. Upon issuing an autonomous control signal to control motive operation of the vehicle, an autonomous control system of the vehicle may further reinforce the application of the autonomous control signal by inducing the driver's hand(s) to grip/increase grip strength on the vehicle's steering wheel or by releasing the grip/decreasing grip strength on the vehicle's steering wheel. Moreover, the increasing/decreasing of the driver's grip may alternatively, or in addition to the reinforcement aspect, induce augmentative or intervening action(s)/behavior(s) by the driver. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234592 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VEHICLE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device associated with a vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to presume that a person or an item has been left behind in a rear seat of the vehicle, based on whether a rear door was opened and closed in a predetermined period before running of the vehicle and whether the rear door was opened and closed in a predetermined period after running of the vehicle. The processor is configured to perform sensing of the rear seat based on a presumption result. The processor is configured to notify the user based on a sensing result. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234593 | INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT COCKPIT, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM - An interaction method for an intelligent cockpit is provided. It relates to the technical field of artificial intelligence, and in particular to intelligent interaction. An implementation is: acquiring multimodal information associated with the intelligent cockpit according to an interaction instruction of a user; preprocessing the multimodal information; determining, by using a pre-trained multimodal information alignment model, whether the preprocessed multimodal information is aligned with the interaction instruction; and determining a response strategy for the interaction instruction based on a result of the determination and the preprocessed multimodal information. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234594 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A monitoring system includes an arithmetic processor. The arithmetic processor receives captured image information representing a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a subject and generates notification information representing a particular notification content depending on a condition of the subject. The arithmetic processor includes a first arithmetic processor and a second arithmetic processor. The first arithmetic processor obtains a condition quantity by quantifying the condition of the subject by reference to the captured image information and based on a parameter about a human activity status. The second arithmetic processor selects, according to the condition quantity, the particular notification content from contents of notification classified into N stages, where N is an integer equal to or greater than three. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234595 | TRAVELING TRAJECTORY ESTIMATION SYSTEM, TRAVELING TRAJECTORY ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND TRAVELING TRAJECTORY ESTMATING METHOD - A traveling trajectory estimation system obtains traveling record information indicating a past traveling record of a vehicle, and characteristic object position information indicating the installation position of a characteristic object, and performs a vehicle position estimation process to estimate an object vehicle position at an object time, based on the traveling record information and the characteristic object position information. In the vehicle position estimation process, not only a time previous to the object time, but also a time subsequent to the object time, is used as a reference time. The traveling trajectory estimation system sets each of a plurality of successive times as the object time, and performs the vehicle position estimation process, to estimate the object vehicle positions at the respective times, and determines a collection of the estimated object vehicle positions as a traveling trajectory of the vehicle. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234596 | TARGET ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR CALIBRATION - A system and method for aligning a target to a vehicle for calibration of a vehicle sensor includes positioning a target adjustment stand relative to a vehicle, where the target stand has a base and a target mount moveably mounted on the target stand with the target mount configured to support a target, and with the target stand including actuators configured to selectively move the target mount relative to the base. The system further includes a pair of distance targets and distance sensors configured for use in measuring the distances between respective ones of aligned distance targets and sensors. The distance sensors and targets are arranged for measuring the distances from the target stand to either side of a vehicle for use in adjusting the position of the target mount. The target mount is vertically and laterally movable on a tower of the target stand, with the tower configured to rotate about a vertical axis. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234597 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle control device has a processor that is configured to determine the level of active operation by the driver, to determine the relationship between the speed of the vehicle and a predetermined reference speed, and to generate a first driving plan whereby a first deceleration is used to decelerate the vehicle without activating the brake light, when it has been determined that the level of active operation by the driver is lower than the predetermined reference level and the speed of the vehicle is faster than the reference speed, and to generate a second driving plan whereby a second deceleration that is greater than the first deceleration is used to decelerate the vehicle when it has been determined that the level of active operation by the driver is lower than the predetermined reference level and the speed of the vehicle is equal to or below the reference speed. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234598 | HIGH ACCURACY VEHICLE LOAD MANAGMENT - A method of calculation a vehicle load comprising a first vehicle load value based at least on air pressures in air springs and height data of suspension of a vehicle axle, determining a second vehicle load value based on a change of track width of the vehicle axle, and calculating the vehicle load based on the first vehicle load value and the second vehicle load value. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234599 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle, a driving control unit configured to control at least one of acceleration and deceleration and steering of the host vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognition unit and to perform driving control of the host vehicle, and a driving request unit configured to execute a driving change request or a driving operation request based on the surrounding situation during execution of the driving control. The driving request unit is configured to output a first request and a second request different from the first request. The driving request unit comprises a first mode in which the first request is output, and the second request is output when the first request is not satisfied, and a second mode in which the second request is output without outputting the first request. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234600 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FAILURE OF ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY VEHICLE - A system for controlling a failure of an environment-friendly vehicle is provided to which a highway driving pilot (HDP) system is applied. The system includes a vehicle control unit (VCU) controller that operates a driving motor, an integrated electric booster (IEB) controller that operates IEB for controlling a brake of the environment-friendly vehicle and generate a request to the VCU controller for regenerative braking, and an HDP controller that calculates a required deceleration of the environment-friendly vehicle based on the situation around the environment-friendly vehicle, determined through cognitive control sensors applied to the environment-friendly vehicle. The HDP controller transmits the required deceleration to the IEB controller. At least one of regenerative braking of the driving motor or braking through the brake is performed based on a type of a fault message output by the IEB controller or a failure in communication between the HDP controller and the IEB controller. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234601 | SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION ACCURACY VERIFICATION METHOD AND SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A self-position estimation accuracy verification method includes a step of moving a mobile object to a first check point, a step of acquiring first check information, a step of starting a self-position estimation using the first check information as an initial value, a step of moving the mobile object to a second check point while continuing the self-position estimation, a step of acquiring second check information, and a step of calculating a deviation between a position and a posture of the mobile object on the map estimated by the self-position estimation at the second check point and a position and a posture of the mobile object on the map indicated in the second check information, and verifying the accuracy of the self-position estimation based on the deviation. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234602 | AUTOMOBILE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed are an automobile diagnosis device, system and method. The automobile diagnosis device includes: a diagnosis protocol transceiver configured to fault code data of an automobile to be diagnosed; a communication module; a master controller electrically connected to the diagnosis protocol transceiver and the communication module; a multimeter circuit electrically connected to the master controller and configured to send multimeter data to the master controller; an oscilloscope circuit electrically connected to the communication module and configured to send oscilloscope data to the host computer by means of the communication module; a signal generating circuit electrically connected to the master controller and configured to generate an analog waveform signal in response to a driving signal of the master controller. The adaptability of the automobile diagnosis device is improved. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234603 | Vehicle Lateral-Control System with Adjustable Parameters - The techniques of this disclosure relate to a vehicle lateral-control system with adjustable parameters. The system includes a controller circuit that receives identity data from a driver-monitoring sensor indicating an identity of a driver of a vehicle. The controller circuit receives vehicle lateral-response data from vehicle sensors based on steering maneuvers performed as the vehicle operates under control of the driver. The controller circuit determines lateral-steering parameters of the vehicle based on the vehicle lateral-response data. The controller circuit adjusts lateral-control parameters of the vehicle based on the lateral-steering parameters. The controller circuit associates the adjusted lateral-control parameters of the vehicle with the identity of the driver. The controller circuit operates the vehicle according to the lateral-control parameters associated with the identity of the driver. The system can reproduce the driver's steering behavior while the vehicle is operated in an autonomous-driving mode. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234604 | HAZARD CONDITION WARNING FOR PACKAGE DELIVERY OPERATION - Systems and methods for administering a hazard condition warning during a package delivery operation are provided. The system may include one or more sensors, e.g., radar sensors, ultrasonic sensors, or cameras, configured to detect a hazard condition in a vicinity of a delivery vehicle and to generate data indicative of the hazard condition. The system further includes an operator sensor configured to detect a location of an operator of the delivery vehicle relative to the delivery vehicle, and one or more indicators, e.g., lights, a mobile application installed on a mobile phone, or an HMI of the vehicle, configured to generate an alert corresponding to the hazard condition. A processor of the system may determine whether the hazard condition is present based on the data indicative of the hazard condition from the one or more sensors, and cause, based on a presence of the hazard condition and the detected location of the operator relative to the delivery vehicle, the one or more indicators to generate the alert. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234605 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING EARLY WARNING INFORMATION, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - The present disclosure discloses a method for outputting early warning information, a device, a storage medium and a program product, including: acquiring, according to vehicle traveling information, both a preset sensing frame rate and a preset early warning frame rate corresponding to the vehicle traveling information; performing, according to the preset sensing frame rate, sensing processing on acquired sensor data to obtain a sensing result; and determining, according to the sensing result and the preset early warning frame rate, a target early warning frame rate, and performing, according to the target early warning frame rate, early warning processing on the sensing result to obtain an early warning result of the vehicle. Both the number of times of processing the sensor data and the number of times of processing the sensing result can be reduced, and the early warning information is output based on the driving assistance system. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234606 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control controller is configured to acquire information on an obstacle in front of a vehicle acquired by an external world recognition device, and to output, based on the acquired obstacle position and own vehicle position, a first notification command for controlling a notification unit so as to give to a driver a notification for urging the driver to avoid touching a steering wheel when transitioning to an autonomous emergency avoidance steering mode for avoiding the obstacle based on control by an electric power steering device. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234607 | Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance System - A driving assistance method includes the steps of, by a controller, acquiring state information of a driver during travelling of autonomous driving and issuing a warning to the driver when the controller determines that the driver is not facing forward based on the state information of the driver. In the driving assistance method, a warning is prohibited when the driver is facing a lane change direction during the travelling of autonomous driving. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234608 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING CONTROLLING METHOD - Provided is a driving apparatus including a body, a surroundings detection unit detecting surroundings of the body, the surrounding detection unit including a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device and a camera, and at least one processor configured to control the driving of the body based on a detection result from the surroundings detection unit, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect a ramp and flat ground that are present on a driving path based on an image obtained by the camera, and determine the detected ramp or the detected flat ground from a detection result from the LIDAR device as a non-obstacle. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234609 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT - A vehicle control apparatus, which controls an execution of an autonomous driving of a vehicle, is configured to: acquire a current area of the vehicle; acquire a driving characteristic information item indicating a numerical value or a degree of a driving characteristic to be used in an autonomous driving of the vehicle; and set the driving characteristic to be used in the autonomous driving of the vehicle with the acquired driving characteristic information item. The driving characteristic to be used in the autonomous driving is set with the area characteristic information item, which is the driving characteristic information item corresponding to the acquired current area. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234610 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT-AWARE DECISION MAKING OF AN AUTONOMOUS AGENT - A system for context-aware decision making of an autonomous agent includes a computing system having a context selector and a map. A method for context-aware decision making of an autonomous agent includes receiving a set of inputs, determining a context associated with an autonomous agent based on the set of inputs, and optionally any or all of: labeling a map; selecting a learning module (context-specific learning module) based on the context; defining an action space based on the learning module; selecting an action from the action space; planning a trajectory based on the action S | 2022-07-28 |
20220234611 | VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL INTERFACE - A vehicle is a vehicle on which an ADK is mountable. The vehicle includes: a VP that controls the vehicle in accordance with an instruction from the ADK; and a VCIB that serves as an interface between the ADK and the VP. The VP outputs an accelerator pedal position signal in accordance with an amount of depression of an accelerator pedal by a driver, and outputs an accelerator pedal intervention signal, to the ADK through the VCIB. The accelerator pedal intervention signal indicates that the accelerator pedal is depressed, when the accelerator pedal position signal indicates that the amount of depression is larger than a threshold value, and indicates beyond autonomy acceleration of the vehicle, when an acceleration request in accordance with the amount of depression is higher than a system acceleration request. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234612 | LOCATION INDICATOR DEVICES - In one example, a location indicator device can include a location identifier to identify an area that is proximate to the location indicator device, and a transmitter to: send the identified area to an autonomous robotic device, and send instructions to the autonomous robotic device to alter a direction from a different area to the identified area. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234613 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND VEHICLE FOR ASSISTING AN OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE IN ASSESSING A TRAFFIC SITUATION WITH SHARED TRAFFIC SPACE - A method and system for assisting operation of an ego-vehicle in the traffic situation with shared traffic space is provided, in which a future path for the ego-vehicle and a future path for another traffic participant and a relevant path corridor for each determine future path is determined. Based thereon, an overlap of the path corridors to define a shared traffic space is determined and individual distance measures between the ego-vehicle and the shared traffic space and between the other traffic participant and the shared traffic space are calculated to determine an asymmetry. Based on the asymmetry an order is determined and (partially) automated in accordance with trajectory determined based on the order, or information on the intended passing order is provided to the ego-vehicle driver. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234614 | SAMPLING-BASED MANEUVER REALIZER - Enclosed are embodiments for a sampling-based maneuver realizer. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, using at least one processor, a maneuver description for a vehicle, the maneuver description describing a union of dynamic station-time constraints and station-spatial-time constraints on the vehicle, wherein the dynamic station-time constraints are parameterized in time and the dynamic station-spatial-time constraints are parameterized in station and time; sampling, using the at least one processor, the dynamic station-time constraints and dynamic station-spatial-time constraints; solving, using the at least one processor, an optimization problem using a cost function of the sampled dynamic station-time constraints, the sampled dynamic station-spatial-time constraints and a motion model; and generating, using the at least one processor, a trajectory based on the solved optimization problem, wherein the trajectory fulfills the dynamic station-time constraints and the dynamic station-spatial-time constraints imposed by the maneuver description. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234615 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSIST METHOD - An in-vehicle device includes a travel planning portion configured to plan, as a travel plan, at least positioning of a vehicle during traveling according to a driving policy; and a verification portion that is configured to: evaluate the travel plan set by the travel planning portion based on driving rule determination information in conformity with a traffic rule; and determine whether to permit the travel plan based on an evaluation result. The travel planning portion is configured to plan positioning of the vehicle according to the driving policy that is set to reduce a frequency of occurrence of a blind area entry situation under which a different vehicle other than the vehicle causes a moving object other than the different vehicle to be positioned within a blind area of a detection range for a periphery monitoring sensor that is configured to monitor surroundings of the vehicle. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234616 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT - A vehicle control apparatus, which controls an execution of an autonomous driving of a vehicle, is configured to: acquire a driving characteristic information item indicating a numerical value or a degree of a driving characteristic used in an autonomous driving of the vehicle; and set the driving characteristic to be used in the autonomous driving of the vehicle with the acquired driving characteristic information item. The driving characteristic to be used in the autonomous driving is set using the acquired driving characteristic information item to be different from a driving characteristic of a manual driving operation performed by a user of the vehicle. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234617 | UNSEEN ENVIRONMENT CLASSIFICATION - A system comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions such that the processor is programmed to: process vehicle sensor data with a deep neural network to generate a prediction indicative of one or more objects based on the data and determine an object uncertainty corresponding to the prediction and when the object uncertainty is greater than an uncertainty threshold, segment the vehicle sensor data into a foreground portion and a background portion. Classify the foreground portion as including an unseen object class when a foreground uncertainty is greater than a foreground uncertainty threshold; classify the background portion as including unseen background when a background uncertainty is greater than a background uncertainty threshold; and transmit the data and a data classification to a server. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234618 | HOMOTOPIC-BASED PLANNER FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Among other things, techniques are described for planning a route for an autonomous vehicle. As an example, a set of candidate constraints for a road segment to be traversed by a vehicle is obtained. A plurality of homotopies are determined, each including a different respective combination of the candidate constraints. For each homotopy, a first prediction of a motion of the vehicle is generated according to a first degree of precision, and a determination is made that the vehicle can traverse the road segment according to a subset of the homotopies. Further, a plurality of trajectories are determined according to the subset of the homotopies, including generating at least one second prediction of the motion of the vehicle according to a second degree of precision greater than the first degree of precision, and selecting one of the trajectories. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234619 | REMOTE ASSIST SYSTEM AND REMOTE ASSIST METHOD OF AUTOMATED DRIVE VEHICLES - A vehicle determines whether or not a passage permit condition of the vehicle according to an instruction content of a traffic light in front of the vehicle is satisfied. If it is determined that the passage permit condition is not satisfied, the vehicle temporally stops in front of the traffic light and transmits an assist requiring signal to a remote facility. A display device of the remote facility displays reference image information indicating shot image information of the vehicle that temporally stops in front of the traffic light. An operator of the remote facility inputs positional information of pixels that make up the traffic light contained in the reference image information. The remote facility transmits assist information including the positional information to the vehicle. Based on the positional information, the vehicle determines again whether or not the passage permit condition is satisfied. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234620 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - The vehicle control system is configured to execute autonomous driving and collision avoidance assistance. The autonomous driving is a process in which an ego-vehicle is autonomously driven based on necessary information for traveling including map information and information on a surrounding environment of the ego-vehicle. The collision avoidance assistance is a process in which the ego-vehicle is operated to avoid a collision in response to that a risk of collision of the ego-vehicle with a forward obstacle exceeds a threshold. The vehicle control system is configured to lower the threshold when the ego-vehicle travels, by the autonomous driving, in an area in which either one of an ego-lane and an opposite lane adjacent to the ego-lane is not travelable. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234621 | AUGMENTED 3D MAP - The present technology provides systems, methods, and devices that can dynamically augment aspects of a map as an autonomous vehicle navigates a route, and therefore avoids the need for dispatching a special purpose mapping vehicle to keep navigating a route. As the autonomous vehicle navigates a route, the autonomous vehicle can determine that current data captured by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle describing a location is inconsistent with the primary map of the location. The autonomous vehicle can determine that a portion of the current data describes a second feature that is distinct from a first feature described by a primary map. The second feature can be added to an augmented map that is based on the primary map, and the position of the autonomous vehicle can be located with respect to the first feature rather than the second feature on the augmented map. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234622 | Systems and Methods for Autonomous Vehicle Control - Systems and methods for training AV models in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes an autonomous vehicle (AV), a vehicle, a processor, and a memory, where the memory contains an AV model capable of driving the vehicle without human input, where the AV model is trained on a plurality of edge case scenarios. In a still further additional embodiment, a method for training AV models, including obtaining a data structure storing a plurality of scenarios that an AV can encounter, and distance metrics indicating the distance between each scenario, generating a list of edge case scenarios within the plurality of scenarios, identifying hazard frames within the edge case scenarios, encoding the hazard frames into one or more records interpretable by an AV model, and training the AV model using the one or more records. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234623 | BIASED DRIVING SYSTEM AND BIASED DRIVING METHOD UTILIZING LANE AND ROAD SHAPE INFORMATION - A biased driving system and a biased driving method are capable of controlling biased driving of a vehicle in consideration of host vehicle location recognition accuracy, nearby vehicle risk, driving style, road curvature, and road shape. The biased driving system includes a control parameter creation unit configured to extract an object causing biasing of a host vehicle using converged object information, which is map information including location and speed of a vehicle around the host vehicle, to create an imaginary line of the extracted object by reflecting at least one of risk of a nearby vehicle, location recognition accuracy, driving style of a driver of the host vehicle, road curvature, or road shape, and to create a control parameter using the imaginary line. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234624 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM - An autonomous driving vehicle includes a first reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a first reference straight steering angle which is a steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle in a straight travelling state, a second reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a second reference straight steering angle which is the steering angle when a magnitude of a difference between an estimated yaw rate estimated from the steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle and the yaw rate of the autonomous driving vehicle detected from the yaw rate sensor is less than a yaw rate threshold value, and an autonomous driving permission unit configured to permits an autonomous driving of the autonomous driving vehicle when both the first reference straight steering angle and the second reference straight steering angle are acquired. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234625 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing method to be executed by a computer includes: obtaining a departure place and a destination; obtaining driving information concerning driving of a moving body by a passenger or a remote worker, the moving body being switchable between autonomous driving and manual driving; calculating a travel route according to the departure place, the destination, and the driving information, the travel route being at least one of a first route including a manual zone where the passenger or the remote worker is requested to drive or a second route not including the manual zone; and outputting the travel route calculated. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234626 | TRUSTED CONTEXT SELF LEARNING METHOD FOR AN IN-VEHICLE NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM DEVELOPED TO LIMIT CALIBRATION PROLIFERATION AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A method for determining a trusted context of operation by an in-vehicle Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) for learning of a vehicle platform, including executing the NIDS to monitor a set of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) and vehicle state elements by receiving a set of vehicle derived inputs about a vehicle's operating state; in response to a determination about the vehicle's operating state, identifying the trusted window during which learning about network topology and whitelisted messages contained in a vehicle platform is allowable; creating a vehicle-specific configuration containing a list of networks of topologies and whitelisted messages in use by the ECUs in the vehicle platform, and preventing misconfiguring of at least one network in the list of network topologies and whitelisted messages of the vehicle-specific configuration in the vehicle platform outside the trusted window. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234627 | USER-SPECIFIED LOCATION-BASED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BEHAVIOR ZONES - Systems and methods for creation of custom behavior zones for autonomous vehicles, providing a more tailored experience for passengers as well as businesses. Custom behavior zones allow passengers to request or select a specific pick-up/drop-off location on private property. In some examples, custom behavior zones are created in private gated communities, on residential properties with long driveways, on government property, and at businesses that have multiple entrances and/or offer different services at various locations on the business property. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234628 | UNIVERSAL HITCH INTERMODAL WELL CAR SYSTEM - A system for a well car includes a frame, a hitch coupled to the frame near the first end of the frame, and a first deck coupled to the frame. The frame includes a first pair of sockets located near a first end of the frame and a second pair of sockets located near a second end of the frame. Each socket of the first pair of sockets is configured to engage a support casting of a first pair of support castings located at a first position along a length of a well car. Each socket of the second pair of sockets is configured to engage a support casting of a second pair of support castings located at a second position along the length of the well car. The first deck is configured to hold wheels of a trailer when the trailer is coupled to the hitch. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234629 | A LATERALLY DISPLACEABLE RAILWAY WAGON - A railway wagon comprising a load carrier, and front and rear bogies, wherein each bogie comprises a platform, which is rotatably mounted. The load carrier is releasably connected to, and laterally displaceable in relation to, the platforms. The load carrier has a front end and a rear end and is provided, at each end, with a connection portion, and two support devices, which are laterally spaced, and which support the load carrier in a position where it is laterally displaced in relation to the platform. The support devices are vertically operable between an idle position and a support position, in which the support devices abut against the ground. Further, the railway wagon comprises a displacement device for laterally displacing the load carrier. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234630 | END CAP FOR VACUUM DISCHARGE OUTLET GATE AND METHOD - A vented end cap for an outlet gate comprises a generally cylindrical body, a disc-shaped end wall with at least one flow aperture; a vent hood on the exterior of the end wall defines an air flow passage having an inlet opening and communicates with the flow aperture; a filter support housing on the interior surface of the end wall, defines an air flow chamber having an exit opening communicating with the flow aperture, and with the interior of the vented end cap. A filter media is supported on filter support housing between the flow aperture and the exit opening. A railroad car outlet gate includes one of the vented end caps at each end of a discharge tube with outlet openings at each end. A method includes removal of one vented end cap and applying a vacuum to the uncovered discharge opening. In one form, a filter clean seal is disposed at each outlet opening. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234631 | Coupling between moving cars of a transportation system - A coupling assembly ( | 2022-07-28 |
20220234632 | BROKEN RAIL DETECTOR - A method and apparatus to detect breaks in tracks and/or detect the presence of a vehicle, which can include for example a train, in a monitored section of the track or rail. Embodiments of the present invention measure the change in amplitude and/or phase angles. Electrical shunts are connected between the rails at spaced-apart intervals. At least two different frequencies of alternating current are generated and fed into the segments of rail (for example at or near a mid-point between the shunts). If a rail break occurs, the total inductance of the rail at that segment will change. Using two or more frequencies allows a rail break to be differentiated from environmental rail-to-rail and rail-to-earth leakage. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234633 | GRADE ADJUSTED COMPENSATION FOR SLIP OR SLIDE CONDITION - A system for measuring motion of a locomotive vehicle includes a speed sensor, a decelerometer and an onboard processing unit. The speed sensor is configured to measure wheel speed of the locomotive vehicle. The decelerometer includes a level-sensitive device configured to measure acceleration or deceleration of the locomotive vehicle as a function of a tilt from a level position. The onboard processing unit computes a current grade traversed by the locomotive vehicle prior to detection of a slip or slide condition based on a first measurement signal from the decelerometer. Upon detection of the slip or slide condition, the onboard processing unit obtains a second measurement signal from the decelerometer and filters out the current grade from the second measurement signal. The onboard processing unit determines an actual acceleration or deceleration of the locomotive vehicle during the slip or slide condition from the filtered second measurement signal from the decelerometer. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234634 | VEHICLE POSITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicle positioning system includes processing circuitry in communication with the vehicle. The system further includes a memory connected to the processing circuitry, where the memory is configured to store executable instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, facilitate performance of operations. The operations include to receive vehicle-speed data from a first set of sensors operably coupled to the vehicle. The operations further include to predict a vehicle location based on the vehicle-speed data. The operations further include to receive inertial data from a second set of sensors operably coupled to the vehicle, and update the predicted vehicle location based upon the inertial data. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234635 | DETERIORATION DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, DETERIORATION DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND DETERIORATION DIAGNOSIS METHOD - A deterioration diagnosis apparatus includes: a measurement condition storage unit in which first measurement conditions under which measurement is performed for diagnosing a state of a device installed on a train are stored; a measurement condition determination unit determining whether or not the first measurement conditions meet second measurement conditions in operation data that has been acquired from the train and includes a measurement result indicating the state of the device, the second measurement conditions being conditions under which the measurement result has been obtained; a difference condition extraction unit extracting a difference between the first measurement conditions and the second measurement conditions when it is determined that there is inconsistency between the first measurement conditions and the second measurement conditions; a control command generation unit generating a control command for eliminating the difference; and a control command transmission unit transmitting the control command to the train. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234636 | CART WITH CABINET CLOSURE - One embodiment of the invention provides kit that can be used for closing off the volume between the top and bottom trays of a hand cart for more secure storage of items on the bottom tray. The kit comprises a first wall section, a second wall section, and a third wall section. The first wall section is generally flat. The second wall section has a first generally flat section and a second generally flat section connected by a corner section. The third wall section has a first generally flat section and a second generally flat section connected by a corner section, and a generally flat door section connected to the second generally flat section by a hinge. The kit preferably comprises a plurality of fastener pairs for attaching the wall sections to the angle-stock legs. Preferably, each fastener pair comprises a bolt and a nut, and the kit further comprises a bushing for each fastener pair. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234637 | STROLLER - A stroller includes a rear leg, a restraining member, a front leg, a wheel base and a wheel. The restraining member is disposed on the rear leg. The front leg is capable of being folded with respect to the rear leg. The wheel base is pivotally connected to the front leg. The wheel is pivotally connected to the wheel base. When the front leg is folded with respect to the rear leg, the restraining member restrains the wheel from rotating, so as to prevent the wheel from deflection. Accordingly, the folded stroller can stand stably and will not topple. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234638 | STROLLER - A collapsible stroller comprising a handle assembly, a front leg assembly and a rear leg assembly pivotably connected to one another such that the stroller is able to be moved between a folded configuration, where the front leg and handle assemblies are folded to positions substantially adjacent to the rear leg assembly, and an unfolded configuration, where the front leg and handle assemblies are unfolded to positions away from the rear leg assembly, and a link assembly comprising a front member and a rear member pivotally connected to one another, wherein the front member is pivotally connected to an intermediate portion of the front leg assembly and the rear member is pivotally connected to an intermediate portion of the rear leg assembly, such that when the stroller is moved to its folded configuration the front and rear members are folded toward each other to lie substantially adjacent to one another and the front and rear leg assemblies, and when the stroller is moved to its unfolded configuration the front and rear members are folded away from each other and the front and rear leg assemblies such that they are substantially coplanar with one another, and wherein the link assembly further comprises a biasing means for biasing the front and rear link members toward their unfolded positions. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234639 | FOLDING HOOK STRUCTURE AND CARRIAGE FRAME AND AS WELL AS BABY CARRIAGE HAVING THE SAME - A folding hook structure comprising: a shell, fixed to the first object, and at least partially accommodates other parts of the folding hook structure; a rotating disk , fixed to the second object, and disposed in the shell to be rotatable around a rotation center in respect to the shell, with a folding hook groove disposed on a disk surface of the rotating disk, the folding hook groove including a circumferential section extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating disk with the rotation center as a center, and a radial section extending from the circumferential section along a radial direction of the rotating disk; a folding hook , disposed in the shell, and arranged movable between a locked position and a released position along the radial direction of the rotating disk, the folding hook being inserted in the folding hook groove. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234640 | FIXING DEVICE AND PASSENGER DEVICE AS WELL AS CARRYING DEVICE USING THE SAME - The disclosure provides a fixing device, and a passenger device and a carrying device using fixing device. The fixing device is used to detachably fix the carrying device to the passenger device, and includes an engaging mechanism and an engaging seat. Among them, after the engaging mechanism is engaged into the engaging seat, the engaging mechanism and the engaging seat are able to be locked or unlocked, and an unlocked state holding mechanism is disposed in the engaging mechanism, and after the engaging mechanism and the engaging seat are unlocked, the unlocked state holding mechanism is able to hold the engaging mechanism and the engaging seat in an unlocked state. The fixing device according to the disclosure can fix the carrying device to the passenger device more safely. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234641 | SEAT BAFFLE, BABY STROLLER AND BABY CARRIER - A seat baffle and a baby stroller are introduced. The baby baffle is disposed in a baby carrier. The baby carrier includes a seat and a support rod erected relatively to the seat and straddling a front end of the seat, the seat baffle includes a baffle cloth, one end of the baffle cloth is fixed to the front end of the seat, the other end of the baffle cloth is detachably fixed to the support rod for shielding the front end of the main body. When the baffle cloth is fixed on the support rod, the front end of the main body is shielded, which is suitable for small babies; after the baffle cloth is detached from the support rod, the front end of the main body becomes open, which is suitable for large babies. The seat baffle can switch between two usage statuses in the baby carrier. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234642 | BABY STROLLER HAVING A FRAME WITH ADJUSTABLE WIDTH - The invention relates to a field of a transport driven manually, namely, to baby strollers, and it is intended to allow an alternate use of different variants of a baby cradle or seat which differ in a size and in a weight on a frame thereof. A baby stroller having a frame with adjustable width, the frame consists of front wheel supports hingedly connected between each other, rear wheel supports which are equipped with wheel mounting assemblies, and handle supports, comprising a removable seat or cradle fixed on mounting places, wherein horizontal cross-bars are arranged between the supports of the rear wheels and front wheels. According to the invention, the frame consists of two semi-frames, and the horizontal cross-bars are made adjustable in length and arranged on each of the semi-frames so as to be fixable at least in a first frame adjustment position and at least in a second frame adjustment position. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234643 | WHEEL MECHANISM AND CHILD CARRIER - The present disclosure relates to a wheel mechanism and a child carrier. The wheel mechanism includes a wheel quick-release mechanism and/or a wheel orientation mechanism. The wheel quick-release mechanism detachably installs the wheel seat onto the frame, and includes a connecting rod having an end connected with the frame and the other end provided with a snapping portion; a receiving hole arranged in the wheel seat for receiving the connecting rod; an inserting channel arranged in the wheel seat and communicated with the receiving hole; an operating member movably arranged in the inserting channel; and a spring. The wheel orientation mechanism orients a wheel seat with respect to a frame and includes an orientating portion on the frame; a receiving slot arranged in the wheel seat corresponding to the orientating portion; and an oriented-locking element interposed into the receiving slot and sliding between a released position and a locked position. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234644 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A driver assistance system is provided that allows a driver to easily perform an accelerator operation by a finger of his/her hand while grasping a steering holding section. The driver assistance system includes an operation member near a steering wheel held by a driver, which rotates about a rotation shaft in a vehicle front-rear direction and thereby steers the vehicle. The operation member has an operation section that the driver can manually operate to accelerate/decelerate the vehicle, and includes a support member on the steering wheel, the support member supporting the operation member in a slidingly displaceable manner along a steering axial direction. The operation section is disposed near a radially inner side of a rim section of the steering wheel, and the operation section and the rim section overlap in the steering axial direction within a movable range of the operation member along the steering axial direction. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234645 | VEHICLE STEERING ASSEMBLY - A vehicle steering assembly for controlling movement of a vehicle having independently rotatable left and right ground-engaging traction elements. The steering assembly comprises a steering handle coupled to the panel support structure and extending generally upwardly from the panel support structure. The steering handle comprises a laterally-extending crossmember and at least one upright extension member. The crossmember and the upright extension member are rigidly connected to one another so that shifting of the crossmember relative to the extension member is substantially prevented. The steering handle is shiftable in forward and rearward directions to thereby cause corresponding forward and rearward rotation of both of the left and right traction elements. The steering handle is rotatable in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to thereby cause a change in the relative speeds and directions of rotation of the left and right traction elements. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234646 | STEERING DEVICE - In a steering device according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a driven cam includes a lock position restriction surface with which a cam portion of a drive cam engages in a locked state and a release position restriction surface that is provided to be separated front the lock position restriction surface in a bolt circumferential direction and that engages with the drive cam in the bolt circumferential direction in an unlocked state. The cam portion includes a sliding surface that faces the driven cam in the unlocked state and a flank surface that faces the release position restriction surface in the bolt circumferential direction. The angle of the flank surface with respect to the bolt circumferential direction is smaller than the angle of the release position restriction surface with respect to the bolt circumferential direction. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234647 | STEERING DEVICE - In a steering device according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a holding portion of a driven cam that is held in a tilt guide hole includes a lock contact portion that faces one side in a bolt circumferential direction and comes into contact with an inner peripheral edge of the tilt guide hole in a locked state to restrict the driven cam from rotating toward the one side in the bolt circumferential direction with respect to a rear side plate portion and a release contact portion that faces the other side in the bolt circumferential direction and comes into contact with the inner peripheral edge of the tilt guide hole in an unlocked state to restrict the driven cam from rotating toward the other side in the bolt circumferential direction with respect to the rear side plate portion. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234648 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE, STEERING ASSIST DEVICE AND METHOD - The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a steering control device, and a steering assist device and method. The steering control device may control an input-side steering motor included in a input-side steering actuator to assist an input-side mechanism connected to a steering wheel, and control an output-side steering motor included in a output-side steering actuator to assist an output-side mechanism mechanically separated from the input-side mechanism and connected to a wheel. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234649 | STEER-BY-WIRE TYPE STEERING APPARATUS - According to the present embodiments, it is possible to provide a steer-by-wire type steering apparatus which: limits a steering wheel operation of a driver within a maximum rotation angle, thereby increasing steering feel for the driver; prevents a clock spring installed on a steering wheel from being damaged, and enables parts to be manufactured and processed more easily; enables simple assembly; has small interference with surrounding parts, and thus the apparatus can be designed in various structures; and is advantageous in terms of packaging. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234650 | STEERING SYSTEM OF ENGINEERING VEHICLE AND BACKHOE LOADER - The present disclosure provides a steering system of an engineering vehicle, and a backhoe loader. The steering system includes: a direction control device, including a steering wheel, a steering cylinder and steerable wheels, the steering cylinder being in transmission connection with the steering wheel and the steerable wheels; a displacement sensor configured to detect a piston displacement of the steering cylinder; a return motor in transmission connection with the steerable wheels to drive the steerable wheels to return to a normal position; and a controller in signal connection with the displacement sensor and the return motor, and configured to output a control signal according to the piston displacement detected by the displacement sensor to manipulate the return motor to drive the steerable wheels to return. The backhoe loader includes the steering system. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234651 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR ADAPTIVE DRIVER OVERRIDE FOR PATH BASED AUTOMATED DRIVING ASSIST - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A method for implementing phases of steering override control in a vehicle using a Deep Neural Network (DNN) including receiving, by a steering assist unit disposed of in the vehicle, a set of vehicle inputs including lane data and vehicle sensor interpretation information and driver steering input; configuring a mission planning module to determine a desired path of the vehicle; configuring a vehicle path prediction module to determine a set of a predicted dynamics of the vehicle; configuring a driver override determination module in communication with the DNN to override the automated steering control torque based on a phase of steering control operation and by information of a corresponding intervention phase classified in the DNN, and configuring a lateral control module to override the steering control torque for automated steering assist based on a determined phase of steering control operation and driver input such as driver steering torque and torque rate. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234652 | CONTROL EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING A STEERING ANGLE OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH EQUIPMENT - Control equipment is capable of controlling a steering angle of an autonomous motor vehicle that has at least one steered wheel. The control equipment includes a primary controller configured to determine a steering setpoint; and a primary actuator configured to impart a steering angle to the steered wheel of the vehicle in accordance with the steering setpoint when the primary actuator receives the steering setpoint. The primary actuator includes an internal sensor configured to transmit to the primary controller an internal measurement signal corresponding to a measurement of the steering angle imparted by the primary actuator. The control equipment also includes an external sensor; and an auxiliary actuator configured to impart a steering angle to the steered wheel of the vehicle when the auxiliary actuator receives the steering setpoint. | 2022-07-28 |
20220234653 | VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSIST APPARATUS - A vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus executes a steering avoidance control of setting an avoidance route for avoiding the collision of the own vehicle with the object in a lane in which the own vehicle moves and executing an avoiding steering process of forcibly steering the own vehicle so as to move the own vehicle along the avoidance route when an index value representing a probability of collision of an own vehicle with an object ahead of the own vehicle becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined index value. The apparatus stops executing the steering avoidance control when the object is a moving object which moves in the same direction as a moving direction of the own vehicle, and a deceleration of the moving object becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined deceleration. | 2022-07-28 |