31st week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220242334 | BADGE MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A TRIM ASSEMBLY - A badge mounting system that helps promote proper installation of different badges for different vehicle trim variants. The system utilizes a set of trim assembly components that include: a badge having a plurality of badge studs protruding rearwardly in a first pattern; a trim layer having a plurality of trim holes corresponding to the plurality of badge studs and arranged in the first pattern; and a backing plate having a backing plate body with an outer perimeter circumscribing a plurality of recesses extending into the backing plate body, wherein the plurality of badge studs mate with a subset of the plurality of recesses that together form the first pattern, and wherein the first pattern of badge studs is arranged such that the badge can be mounted to the backing plate through the trim layer in only a single orientation of the badge relative to the trim layer. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242335 | HEAT SHIELD SHEET AND VEHICLE WITH HEAT SHIELD SHEET - A heat shield sheet stacked at an upper surface of an upper plate of a vehicle includes a low emissivity coating layer having a white color, a base sheet on which the low emissivity coating layer is stacked, and a colored infrared transparent layer that is stacked on a solar radiation side of the low emissivity coating layer and transmits infrared rays. Since the low emissivity coating layer is a white color, the reflectance of sunlight is high. Therefore, the solar heat can be reflected efficiently by the low emissivity coating layer. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242336 | FLAT HARNESS ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE, FLAT HARNESS ATTACHMENT COMPONENT, AND ATTACHMENT COMPONENT-EQUIPPED FLAT HARNESS - An object of the invention is to be able to attach flat harnesses of varying widths to an attachment target portion. A flat harness attachment structure to be attached to an attachment target member having an attachment target surface includes: a flat harness to be installed on the attachment target surface; a fixing portion to be fixed to the attachment target member on one side portion side of the flat harness; and a pressing portion extending from the fixing portion over the flat harness so as to press the flat harness against the attachment target surface. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242337 | ROAD CONDITION REPORTER - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a road condition reporter are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, from a computing device, data that reflects characteristics of a vehicle. The actions further include, based on the data that reflects the characteristics of the vehicle, determining a characteristic of a road traveled by the vehicle. The actions further include, based on the characteristic of the road traveled by the vehicle, generating an instruction to perform an action. The actions further include providing, for output, the instruction to perform the action. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242338 | ONBOARD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SWITCHING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - An in-vehicle communication system includes a first switching device and a second switching device each configured to relay, via a transmission path, information between a plurality of function units mounted to a vehicle. Upon being supplied with a power source voltage via a power-source-dedicated line from a power source device mounted to the vehicle, the first switching device supplies a power source voltage via the transmission path to one or a plurality of the function units and the second switching device that are connected to the first switching device, and the second switching device extracts a power source voltage from the transmission path, and supplies a power source voltage via the transmission path to one or a plurality of the function units that are connected to the second switching device. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242339 | AUTOMATIC AND USER INITIATED ISOLATION TESTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SYSTEMS - A vehicle inverter is arranged to transform direct current power from a power supply to alternating current power for an outlet. The inverter includes a transformer electrically connected between the power supply and outlet, a resistive element that can be selectively electrically connected in parallel with the transformer via a multiway switch to establish a direct electrical connection between the power supply and outlet, and a controller that selectively commands the multiway switch to close according to values indicative of resistance between the power supply and outlet before and after the multiway switch is closed. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242340 | Linear Power Supply Circuit - A linear power supply circuit according to the present invention is provided with: an output transistor provided between an input end to which an input voltage is applied and an output end to which an output voltage is applied; and a driver for driving the output transistor on the basis of the difference between a voltage based on the output voltage and a reference voltage. The driver is provided with: a differential amplifier for outputting a voltage according to the difference between the voltage based on the output voltage and the reference voltage; a capacitor one end of which has an output of the differential amplifier applied thereto and the other end of which has the voltage based on the output voltage applied thereto; a converter for converting a voltage based on the output of the differential amplifier into an electrical current and outputting the electrical current; and an electrical current amplifier for amplifying the electrical current of the output of the converter. The supply voltage of the differential amplifier is a first constant voltage or the input voltage. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242341 | VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING A VEHICLE BATTERY - A vehicle power supply system ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220242342 | CORRECTING A MISMATCHED USER PROFILE FOR VEHICLE SETTINGS - A vehicle system for a vehicle includes a controller configured to: identify a user profile to be loaded based on communication with a user device; receive user preference packets containing a user ID from the user device; determine whether the user ID of the user preference packets matches with a user ID of the user profile to be loaded; and discard the user preference packets in response to determining that the user ID of the user preference packets does not match with the user ID of the user profile to be loaded. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242343 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE SCENE PROJECTION - Aspects of the present disclosure involve projecting an interactive scene onto a surface from a projecting object. In one particular embodiment, the interactive scene is projected from a vehicle and may be utilized by the vehicle to provide a scene or image that a user may interact with through various gestures detected by the system. In addition, the interactive scene may be customized to one or more preferences determined by the system, such as user preferences, system preferences, or preferences obtained through feedback from similar systems. Based on one or more user inputs (such as user gestures received at the system), the projected scene may be altered or new scenes may be projected. In addition, control over some aspects of the vehicle (such as unlocking of doors, starting of the motor, etc.) may be controlled through the interactive scene and the detected gestures of the users. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242344 | MOTOR VEHICLE BODY HAVING A BATTERY COMPARTMENT, MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle body for a motor vehicle includes a battery compartment, a sill, a crossmember arranged in front of the battery compartment in a direction of travel and orthogonally with respect to the sill, and a longitudinal member arranged in front of the crossmember in the direction of travel. A sheet-metal shell is arranged in front of the crossmember between the longitudinal member and an end side of the crossmember. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242345 | LUBRICANT CONSUMER SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Lubricant consumer system comprising at least one lubricant consumer, at least one rotating component, wherein fluid lubricant can be conveyed via the rotating component, and a lubricant distributor system, wherein the lubricant distributor system has at least two lubricant tanks, namely a first lubricant tank and at least one second lubricant tank, and a lubricant channel, wherein the two lubricant tanks are fluidically connected to one another and to the lubricant consumer via the lubricant channel, wherein one of the two lubricant tanks is designed and arranged in such a way that, in a horizontal position of the lubricant consumer system, it receives the fluid lubricant of the rotating component and supplies both the other lubricant tank and the lubricant consumer with lubricant via the lubricant channel, and wherein the other lubricant tank is designed and arranged in such a way that, in an inclined position of the lubricant consumer unit, the lubricant consumer is supplied with lubricant from at least the other lubricant tank. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242346 | BUMPER REINFORCEMENT - A bumper reinforcement includes a front wall, a rear wall disposed behind the front wall, at least one horizontal wall connecting the front wall and the rear wall, and a cutout in the at least one horizontal wall. The cutout extends laterally inward from a lateral end of the at least one horizontal wall. The cutout divides a lateral end portion of the bumper reinforcement between a front end portion located in front of the cutout and a rear end portion located behind the cutout. The front end portion includes a protruded portion which is bent rearward to be tilted with respect to the rear wall and protrudes laterally outward further than a lateral end of the rear end portion. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242347 | BUMPER ARRANGEMENT WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT - A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having an upper main cross member, which is able to be coupled via crash boxes to the motor vehicle, and a lower auxiliary cross member, wherein the main cross member and auxiliary cross member are coupled together via vertical struts. The main cross member and/or the auxiliary cross member and/or the vertical element are supported on the crash box and/or on a longitudinal member via at least one additional support element oriented in the direction of the motor vehicle, wherein the support element is configured in one piece and in a single material with the main cross member or the auxiliary cross member or the vertical element. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242348 | BUMPER ARRANGEMENT WITH END-SIDE HOLLOW PROFILE - A bumper arrangement relating to a motor vehicle, having an upper main crossmember, which is able to be coupled to the motor vehicle by way of crash boxes, and a lower auxiliary crossmember wherein the main crossmember and the auxiliary crossmember are coupled to one another by way of vertical struts, wherein the bumper arrangement extends over at least 70% of the vehicle width, and in that the main crossmember and the auxiliary crossmember have end portions which protrude laterally in the motor vehicle transverse direction with respect to the crash boxes. A vertically oriented hollow profile is arranged in an outer portion of the end region. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242349 | BUMPER ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having an upper main crossmember, which is able to be coupled to the motor vehicle by way of crash boxes, and a lower auxiliary crossmember, wherein main crossmember and auxiliary crossmember are coupled to one another by way of vertical struts. The main crossmember and the auxiliary crossmember run so as to be curved about the vertical axis at least in certain portions, wherein main crossmember and auxiliary crossmember have different radii of curvature from one another, and/or in that the auxiliary crossmember is set back with respect to the main crossmember in a motor vehicle longitudinal direction in the direction directed toward the motor vehicle, and/or in that the auxiliary crossmember has a central portion which is offset in relation to the vertical direction. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242350 | VEHICLE SEATBELT DEVICE - A vehicle seatbelt device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes circumstances around a vehicle, a steering operator that is able to adjust steering of the vehicle, a vibrator that causes a portion of the steering operator to vibrate, a seatbelt that restrains a portion of the body of an occupant of the vehicle, a tension adjustment mechanism that is able to adjust the tension of the seatbelt, and a controller that controls the vibrator and the tension adjustment mechanism on the basis of the circumstances recognized by the recognizer. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242351 | Method and System for Reporting Diagnostic Trouble Code Set in Vehicle is Collision-Related - A method and computing system for determining whether a DTC set in a vehicle involved in a collision is collision-related or non-collision-related. The method can include determining a vehicle model associated with the vehicle, determining a DTC set within an ECU in the vehicle, determining a damaged portion in the vehicle, determining the DTC is collision-related, and outputting a collision report that indicates the DTC is collision-related. The determined damaged portion indicates where the vehicle was damaged by the collision. Determining the DTC is collision-related can include determining the damaged portion in the vehicle matches a reference vehicle portion associated with both a component attributable to setting the DTC and the vehicle model associated with the damaged vehicle. The collision report can indicate that a different DTC set by the same or a different ECU in the vehicle is non-collision-related. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242352 | CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the vehicle configured to detect sensor data indicating a presence of an object, occupant, or pet within the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine whether the object, occupant, or pet is within the vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to a user of the vehicle regarding the presence of the object, occupant, or pet within the vehicle. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242353 | VEHICLE SEAT GROUP AND VEHICLE HAVING A VEHICLE SEAT GROUP - The invention relates a vehicle seat group ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220242354 | KNEE AIRBAG DEVICE - A knee airbag device according to the present invention includes: an airbag that restrains a lower extremity of an occupant by expanding and deploying below an instrument panel of a vehicle; and an inflator that supplies expansion gas to the airbag. The airbag includes, when the inside of the vehicle is a first side and the outside of the vehicle is a second side, a first portion positioned on the first side and a second portion positioned on the second side. Furthermore, the first portion of the airbag protrudes more toward the occupant side than the second portion. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242355 | DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM THEREFOR, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM - A driver seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle is proposed. The driver seat airbag apparatus includes an airbag module including an airbag cushion and an inflator, and provided in rear of a functional unit at a center portion of a steering wheel, and an actuator provided at the steering wheel and connected to the functional unit, and in operation thereof, the actuator being configured to move the functional unit to expand an unfolding space of the airbag cushion between the functional unit and the airbag module. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242356 | LATERAL AIRBAG, VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAVING A SEAT-INTEGRATED AIRBAG MODULE AND VEHICLE SEAT HAVING A SEAT-INTEGRATED AIRBAG MODULE - The invention describes a side airbag ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220242357 | FRONT AIRBAG FOR MOUNTING ON A VEHICLE ROOF AS WELL AS FRONT AIRBAG MODULE AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH FRONT AIRBAG - The disclosure relates to a front airbag for mounting on a vehicle roof, comprising an airbag mouth for filling an inflatable airbag volume with generator gas which in a mounted condition of the front airbag faces the vehicle roof, and comprising an airbag panel which defines a shape of the inflatable airbag volume and, in the mounted and inflated condition of the front airbag, includes a frontal impact surface for a vehicle occupant to be protected, wherein at a lateral edge of the frontal impact surface a support element protruding from the frontal impact surface toward the vehicle roof is provided for contacting and laterally stabilizing an occupant's head. Moreover, the disclosure also relates to a front airbag module and a vehicle comprising such front airbag. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242358 | AIRBAG ASSEMBLY SUPPORTED BY ROOF MOUNTED PIVOTABLE BASE - A vehicle includes a floor defining a seating area. The vehicle includes a roof above the floor. The vehicle includes a base supported by the roof and pivotable from a stowed position at the roof to a deployed position rearward of the seating area. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the base and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position that is forward of the base toward the seating area. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242359 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A GAS GENERATOR FOR CONTROLLING A VOLUMETRIC FLOW, AND IMPACT PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROL DEVICE OF THIS TYPE - A control device for a gas generator for controlling a volumetric flow of a fluid, which is stored under pressure, for filling an airbag of a motor vehicle, with a valve arrangement. To reduce a response time of a main valve piston, the valve arrangement has a means for controlling a fluid pressure in a control chamber, wherein the means for controlling a fluid pressure is configured to bring or hold the fluid pressure in the control chamber to/at a pressure which lies in a predefined tolerance range around an activation pressure of the main valve piston. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242360 | ACTIVE GRILLE SHUTTER WITH PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION - A grille assembly for a vehicle is disclosed and includes a forward frame portion, an aft frame portion, and a plurality of spring portions coupling the forward frame portion to the aft frame portion such that the forward frame is movable relative to the aft frame portion. A front end assembly for a vehicle is also disclosed that includes a bolster assembly and an active grille shutter system supported relative to the bolster assembly. The disclosed active grille shutter system includes a plurality of spring portions coupling forward and aft frame portions such that the forward frame is movable relative to the aft frame. Vanes are supported by at least one of the forward and aft frame portions and are rotatable for controlling airflow. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242361 | Standee Transit Pod - A standee transit pod having a padded backrest supported by a vertically reclined roll bar and a rear brace bar. The backrest is reclined from vertical by about 8 degrees over a range of 5 to 15 degrees. Additionally there is a safety restraint apparatus for a standee, a platform, a lower rear portion of the brace, which is attached proximate to a mid rear edge of the platform therein providing a right rear open space and a left rear open space on the platform. Where, in a row of transit pods, every other transit pod is staggered rearward about half a length of the platform, therein creating adjoining right rear open spaces and left rear open spaces with the adjacent transit pods, therein providing an aisle for a passenger to walk past the row of the plurality of transit pods. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242362 | PRODUCING A FORCE TO BE APPLIED TO A SEATBELT IN RESPONSE TO A DECELERATION OF A VEHICLE - A force to be applied to a seatbelt in response to a deceleration of a vehicle can be produced. Information about the deceleration of the vehicle can be received. A cause of the deceleration can be other than in response to a collision of the vehicle with an object. In response to a receipt of the information, a signal to control an actuator to produce the force can be produced. The actuator can be different from any of a pretensioner of a seatbelt assembly, a load limiter of the seatbelt assembly, and a locking mechanism of a retractor of the seatbelt assembly. A measure of the force can be proportional to a measure of the deceleration. The force can be sufficient to limit a forward movement of a person wearing the seatbelt to be less than a specific distance. The signal can be caused to be communicated to the actuator. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242363 | VEHICLE SEATBELT DEVICE - A vehicle seatbelt device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes circumstances around a vehicle, a determiner that determines the state of the vehicle, a seatbelt that restrains a portion of the body of a driver of the vehicle, a tension adjustment mechanism that is able to adjust the tension of the seatbelt, a determiner that determines whether or not driving of the driver is a preferable method of driving on the basis of the circumstances recognized by the recognizer and the state determined by the determiner, and a controller that controls the tension adjustment mechanism such that a tension of the seatbelt varies when the determiner determines that driving of the driver is the preferable method of driving. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242364 | VEHICLE SEATBELT DEVICE - A vehicle seatbelt device of an embodiment includes a seatbelt that restrains a portion of the body of a driver of a vehicle, a tension adjustment mechanism that is able to adjust the tension of the seatbelt, and a controller that controls the tension adjustment mechanism such that the tension of the seatbelt varies in response to a sound emitted by a sound instrument. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242365 | KIDNAPPING NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A kidnapping notification system, including a notification device to removably connect to at least a portion of a vehicle, a first display unit disposed on at least a portion of the notification device to alert at least one third party of a threat to a user, and a transmitter removably connected to at least a portion of the vehicle to adjust a position of the notification device. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242366 | BLUETOOTH KEY TO LOCK AND UNLOCK ACCESSORIES - A system for controlling the locking of accessories by a vehicle includes a vehicle door, a door lock, and an input device configured to receive user input including an unlock request. The system further includes an accessory lock configured to alternate between a locked accessory state and an unlocked accessory state. The system further includes a network access device. The system further includes an ECU designed to determine a door unlock event in response to the input device receiving the unlock request and to control the door lock to alternate from the locked door state to the unlocked door state in response to determining the door unlock event. The ECU is further designed to control the network access device to instruct the accessory lock to alternate from the locked accessory state to the unlocked accessory state in response to determining the door unlock event. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242367 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes an entry ECU that performs first authentication processing for access from an outside of a vehicle, a door control ECU that controls locking and unlocking of a door of the vehicle, and a central ECU, the entry ECU transmits a first startup request, which instructs to start up the central ECU, before executing the first authentication processing, and the central ECU transmits a second startup request which instructs to start up the door control ECU. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242368 | AUTOMOBILE REMOTE CONTROL KEY AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - The invention relates to automotive electronic technologies, and in particular, to an automobile remote control key, a vehicle control method using an automobile remote control key, and a computer-readable storage medium for implementing the method. According to an aspect of the invention, a vehicle remote control key includes: a sensor configured to obtain movement data of the automobile remote control key; a control unit coupled to the sensor and configured to recognize a motion pattern of a user based on the movement data; and a wireless communication module coupled to the control unit and configured to send a message about the motion pattern to a vehicle control system, so that the vehicle control system generates a corresponding control command. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE FUNCTION CONTROL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for vehicle function control includes: in response to determining that a distance between a vehicle and a terminal is within a bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication distance and the terminal has a digital vehicle key of the vehicle, establishing a BLE connection between the vehicle and the terminal and performing a BLE ranging; and when a BLE ranging result meets a preset condition, controlling the vehicle to unlock a door lock. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242370 | GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR HANDS-FREE VEHICLE ACCESS USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATION - A gesture recognition system for hands-free access to a vehicle includes a set of vehicle ultra-wideband (UWB) transceivers comprising at least three UWB transceivers and a controller configured to detect a presence of a vehicle-authorized mobile device in possession of an authorized user, determine a set of defined zones proximate to the vehicle and associated with hands-free vehicle access, communicate between the set of vehicle UWB transceivers and a device UWB transceiver of the mobile device to monitor a location of the mobile device, monitor a movement routine of the mobile device relative to the set of defined zones over a period, and in response to determining a match with one of a set of predefined movement routines associated with hands-free vehicle access, command one of a set of access actuators of the vehicle to grant hands-free vehicle access corresponding to the matched predefined movement routine. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242371 | REAL-TIME REMOTE CONTROL OF VEHICLES WITH HIGH REDUNDANCY - Described are devices, systems and methods for real-time remote control of vehicles with high redundancy. In some embodiments, two copies of at least one control command are received using two different wireless communication protocols, and are compared. The at least one control command is executed when the two copies are in agreement, but is rejected when the two copies differ. In other embodiments, additional wireless communication protocols may exist to provide a redundant mode of communication when one of the two different wireless communication protocols are unavailable. In yet other embodiments, redundant GPS units may be used to determine availability of any of the communication protocols, and relevant control commands may be downloaded in advance to circumvent the lack of coverage. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242372 | CENTER, INFORMATION REWRITING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A center, configured to communicate with an OTA master configured to control software updating of an electronic control unit via a first network, includes a processor. The electronic control unit is installed in a vehicle. The processor is configured to store vehicle management information including key information used for authenticating the vehicle, receive an authentication signal from the vehicle via the first network. The authentication signal is signed using a unique key imparted to predetermined equipment installed in the vehicle. The processor is configured to perform authentication of the vehicle based on the vehicle management information and the authentication signal, and when the processor receives the key information from the vehicle, rewrites the vehicle management information stored by the processor based on the key information. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242373 | WIPER ARM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is a wiper arm including: an arm head in which a base end is attached to a swing shaft an arm shank in which a base end is attached to a tip of the arm head; an arm piece in which a base end is attached to a tip of the arm shank; a washer tube; a washer nozzle attached to a tip of the washer tube; and a cover member covering at least the surrounding of a part of the arm piece and the washer tube in a longitudinal direction. The cover member includes: a first cover body, having a top wall portion, and side wall portions protruding from both sides of the top wall portion in a short-side direction; and a second cover body, attached to the side wall portions and disposed to face the top wall portion. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242374 | SELF CLEANING MODULAR FLOOR SYSTEM FOR ROBOTAXIS AND PASSENGER VEHICLES - An automobile vehicle self-cleaning modular floor system includes a self-cleaning modular assembly positioned in a passenger compartment of an automobile vehicle and including a tread portion, the tread portion having a first face and an oppositely directed second face. The first face of the tread portion when upwardly directed defines a first position of the tread portion, with a waste item collecting onto the first face in the first position during operation of the automobile vehicle. The tread portion is selectively moved from the first position to a second position having the first face downwardly directed and the second face upwardly directed. A waste collection tray is positioned below the tread portion to receive the waste item when the tread portion is in the second position. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242375 | VEHICLE HAVING A SENSOR THAWING DEVICE USING HEATED AIR - A sensor thawing device, applied to a vehicle, discharges high-temperature air in a target direction, which is any one of left, right, down, and up directions, to an air discharge duct extended from a molding box coupled to a radiator grill, heats outside air introduced into a heat source line with a heat source including a heating wire to convert the outside air into high-temperature air, supplies the high-temperature air to an air distribution box, moves the air discharge duct in the target direction by forming the air pressure with a part of the high-temperature air by using an air pressure actuator, and supplies the air discharge duct with the remaining high-temperature air through a moving duct. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242376 | BRAKING CONTROL DEVICE - A braking control device includes a stop holding controller and an uneven-ground traveling determination unit. After the vehicle makes a stop and a brake operation performed by a driver who drives the vehicle is canceled, the stop holding controller is configured to perform execution of a stop holding control that includes holding braking force of the vehicle and canceling the braking force in response to a predetermined start operation performed by the driver. The uneven-ground traveling determination unit is configured to determine whether the vehicle is traveling on an uneven ground. The stop holding controller is configured to disable the execution of the stop holding control in a case where the uneven-ground traveling determination unit determines that the vehicle is traveling on the uneven ground. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242377 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - The vehicle control system includes a braking force generating device ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220242378 | BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLE - A braking control system includes control circuitry configured to control first and second brakes in a vehicle. The control circuitry is configured to calculate a target braking force in accordance with the operation amount of a brake pedal by a driver, determine a first braking force and a second braking force based on the target braking force, and control each of the first and second brakes such that each of the determined braking forces is generated in the vehicle. The first and second braking forces are determined such that a sum of the first and second braking forces becomes the target braking force and a pitch behavior specified by a preset pitch behavior model occurs in the vehicle. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242379 | STRUCTURE OF CONTROL DEVICE IN BRAKE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the structure of an electronic control unit (ECU) in a brake system, in which an ECU board that constitutes redundancy is additionally arranged in a symmetrical or asymmetric structure and a plurality of motor position sensors for redundancy are arranged, to prepare for malfunction of the ECU, to thus have an effect of operating the brake system normally by another motor position sensor even if one of the motor position sensors malfunctions. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242380 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING THE ORIENTATION OF AN ACCELERATION SENSOR PROVIDED IN A VEHICLE - Disclosed embodiments relate to a method for calibrating a coordinate system of a multi-axis deceleration sensor in a rail vehicle, including calibrating the vertical axis of the sensor to the vertical axis of the vehicle, measuring the acceleration along the longitudinal and transverse axis of the sensor during a braking process of the rail vehicle at a low speed and at a standstill over a time curve, determining an offset vector at a standstill, the offset vector consisting partly of a component in the longitudinal direction and partly of a component in the transverse direction of the sensor and representing the influence of the gravitational acceleration on the measured acceleration of the rail vehicle, and ascertaining at least one resulting acceleration vector of the coordinate system of the sensor about the vertical axis of the sensor such that the at least one resulting acceleration vector faces the vehicle longitudinal direction. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242381 | ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - Disclosed is to an electronic brake system. The electronic brake system includes an integrated master cylinder having a simulation chamber, a first master chamber, and a second master chamber arranged in order from a side of a brake pedal, wherein the integrated master cylinder includes a simulation piston provided to be displaceable by the brake pedal to pressurize the simulation chamber, a first master piston configured to pressurize the first master chamber and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the simulation piston, a second master piston configured to pressurize the second master chamber and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first master piston, and an elastic member interposed between the simulation piston and the first master piston to provide the brake pedal with a reaction force. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242382 | ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE, CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKING SYSTEM - The present application provides an electromechanical brake and the controlling method thereof, and an electromechanical braking system, relate to the technical field of brake, the electromechanical brake comprising an electric motor and an electromagnetic brake, the electric motor having a shaft and outputting a torque based on a braking demand, and the electromagnetic brake being configured for locking and releasing the shaft, the controlling method comprises controlling the electric motor and the electromagnetic brake based on the braking demand; controlling a power supply of the electromagnetic brake when the electromagnetic brake needs to release or lock the shaft; obtaining a target current value corresponding to the real-time temperature value based on temperature-current relationship data; and when a difference between the real-time current value and the target current value is greater than a preset range, adjusting a duty cycle of the driving voltage level. By obtaining the real-time current value to compare with a target current value to determine whether the driving voltage level of the electromagnetic brake needs to be adjusted or not, and in the case of need, adjusting the driving voltage level by adjusting the duty cycle, the electromagnetic brake can be adjusted to a desired operating state as quickly as possible, thereby reducing the power consumption of the electromagnetic brake. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A BRAKING TORQUE, BY MEANS OF DETECTION PERFORMED BY PHOTONIC SENSORS AT A FIXING INTERFACE BETWEEN A BRAKE CALIPER BODY AND A RESPECTIVE SUPPORT - A method for determining a braking torque at at least one fixing interface between a brake caliper body and a brake caliper support includes inserting at least one washer device at the at least one fixing interface, the washer device having at least one fiber-optic strain sensor of fiber Bragg grating type, detecting, by the at least one fiber-optic strain sensor, local deformation and/or strain acting in a respective detecting position, and generating at least one respective photonic signal representative of the detected deformation and/or strain, receiving the at least one first photonic signal, by an optical reading/interrogation unit optically connected to the at least one fiber-optic strain sensor, generating at least one electric signal representative of the detected local deformation and/or strain, based on the received first photonic signal, and determining the braking torque based on the at least one electrical signal. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242384 | ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an electromechanical brake system comprising an actuator of an electromechanical brake operated by a motor, the electromechanical brake system including: a motor driving unit configured to drive the motor; and a control unit configured to be electrically connected to the motor driving unit, wherein the control unit is configured to: calculate a first rotation angle of a spindle in a brake apply mode of the electromechanical brake, calculate a second rotation angle of the spindle in a braking release mode of the electromechanical brake, and when a difference between the calculated first rotation angle and the calculated second rotation angle exists, control a notification device to notify a wear state of a brake pad. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242385 | An electric hovercraft for sports competitions - The utility model relates to an electric hovercraft for sports competitions. It mainly solves the technical problem of serious environmental pollution in the existing hovercraft for sports competitions. The technical scheme is: an electric hovercraft for sports competitions, comprising an air-cushion apron, a rudder, an elevator, a thrust cylinder, a thrust fan, a hull, a steering handle and a lift fan, wherein: it also includes two continuously variable electric motors, a motor Bracket, battery, controller, the motor bracket is arranged at the rear of the hull and in front of the thrust cylinder, the first continuously variable speed electric motor is mounted on the motor bracket, and the shaft of the first continuously variable speed electric motor is connected to the rotating shaft of thrust fan. The second continuously variable speed electric motor is arranged on the top surface of the front part of the hull through a support rod and is connected with the lift fan, the battery is installed in the rear of the hull and is located below the motor bracket, the controller is arranged on the front panel inside the hull and is electrically connected with the first continuously variable speed electric motor, the battery and the second continuously variable speed electric motor. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242386 | Device to Increase Fuel Economy - This invention provides a device for increasing fuel economy which allows manual or automatic shutoff of an automobile engine under a first set of circumstances and restarting the engine under a second set of circumstances as well as control of the gear ratio selected by an automatic transmission and the rate of fuel delivery to the engine. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242387 | ELECTRIFIED POWERTRAIN WITH CENTRALIZED POWER DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY AND DECENTRALIZED INVERTERS - A method for distributing electrical power to electric motors in an electric powertrain, in which the electric motors are electrically connected to a shared power supply, includes receiving input signals via a supervisory controller. The input signals include a total torque request of the electric powertrain and electrical limits of the power supply. The method includes determining an open-loop torque command for each respective motor in response to the input signals. In response to the total torque request and the power supply limits, the controller also determines maximum and minimum power limits of motor, with the maximum and minimum power limits including a calibrated power reserve for executing a predetermined torque operation. The method includes transmitting the open-loop torque command and the power limits to a respective motor control processor of each motor to thereby control the torque operation. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242388 | Method and apparatus for controlling power of hybrid vehicle considering driving environment - A power control method and apparatus in consideration of a driving environment of a hybrid vehicle is provided. The method and apparatus for controlling a power of a hybrid vehicle enable real-time application while having adaptability to various driving environment. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242389 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - An ENG-ECU performs a specific cylinder fuel cutoff process of stopping combustion of an air-fuel mixture in some cylinders out of a plurality of cylinders of an internal combustion engine and a transmission process of transmitting engine operation information on execution of the specific cylinder fuel cutoff process to an HV-ECU. The HV-ECU performs a torque compensation process of compensating for a decrease in engine torque due to execution of the specific cylinder fuel cutoff process using an output torque of a second MG based on the received engine operation information. The ENG-ECU performs a process of starting the specific cylinder fuel cutoff process in a combustion cycle when a waiting time which includes a time until the HV-ECU receives the engine operation information has elapsed after the transmission process has been performed. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242390 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An energy management method for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes: acquiring a state variable of an HEV; determining a speed of the HEV at a next moment by using a Markov model; according to a speed at a current moment and an acceleration at the current moment so that determining required power of the HEV at the next moment; determining battery power of the HEV according to the required power of the HEV at the next moment and engine power so that constructing a dynamic model for battery charging/discharging; determining energy costs of the HEV according to the required power at the next moment; constructing an energy optimization scheduling model of the HEV according to the energy costs; and determining an energy management model of the HEV according to the energy optimization scheduling model and the dynamic model for battery charging/discharging, to precisely manage energy of the HEV. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VEHICLE OPERATIONS - A method and system controller includes determining a power requirement for a vehicle system to complete a planned trip over a route. The method includes determining whether an amount of available power from the vehicle system is sufficient to propel the vehicle system to complete the planned trip by comparing the available power with the power requirement that is determined. The method includes changing one or more operational aspects of the planned trip based on the comparison between the amount of available power and the power requirement that is determined to generate a newly planned modified trip. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242392 | CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A control device can execute a first diagnosis process of, when first execution conditions are met, diagnosing whether an air-fuel ratio sensor has an abnormality while executing a motoring process, and a second diagnosis process of, when second execution conditions are met, diagnosing whether a GPF has an abnormality while executing the motoring process. In an execution determination process, the control device prohibits execution of both the first diagnosis process and the second diagnosis process when at least either the first execution conditions or the second execution conditions are not met, and permits execution of both the first diagnosis process and the second diagnosis process when both the first execution conditions and the second execution conditions are met. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242393 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device is capable of executing: an ignition time calculation process of calculating a target ignition time of an ignition plug; a stop process of stopping combustion control for some cylinders of a plurality of cylinders; and a compensation process of controlling a motor generator during the stop process, such that the motor generator compensates a drive power that is lost due to the stop of the combustion control. The control device prohibits the execution of the stop process when the target ignition time calculated in the ignition time calculation process is on a retard side of a predetermined prescribed time. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242394 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING FUEL ECONOMY OF A HYBRID POWERTRAIN IN A VEHICLE - Methods and systems for improving fuel economy and reducing emissions of a vehicle with an electric motor, an engine and an energy storage device are disclosed. The methods and systems involve obtaining lookahead information and current state information, wherein the lookahead information includes a predicted vehicle speed, and the current state information includes a current state of charge (SOC) for the energy storage device coupled to the electric motor; and determining, based on the lookahead information and the current state information, a target power split between the energy storage device and the engine. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242395 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - By the vehicle control method, in a vehicle provided with wheel, a sensor that acquires rotation speed of the wheel, and a sound generation device that generates sound as the sound generation device is driven, the angular acceleration of wheel is obtained from the rotation speed acquired by a sensor, and a sound generation device is controlled such that the generated sound becomes louder when conditions are met. Cases in which the angular acceleration is high are included in the conditions. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242396 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A control apparatus for a vehicle is configured to be applied to a hybrid vehicle that includes an electric motor and an engine that are coupled to a drive wheel. The control apparatus includes a transmission mechanism and a torque processor. The transmission mechanism is to be provided between the engine and the drive wheel, and configured to switch between a plurality of fixed gear ratios to perform a shift. The torque processor is configured to temporarily decrease a torque of the electric motor and a torque of the engine upon execution of an upshift of the transmission mechanism, and configured to decrease, before the execution of the upshift of the transmission mechanism, a proportion of the torque of the electric motor to a drive wheel torque of the drive wheel as compared with a recent proportion of the torque of the electric motor to the drive wheel torque. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242397 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: a motor generator as a drive source; an automatic transmission via which the motor generator is connected to driving wheels, the automatic transmission being configured to change a gear ratio; and a shift actuator for a driver to operate the gear ratio of the automatic transmission. A control device for the vehicle includes: a motor controlling portion configured to control output torque of the motor generator; and a gear shift controlling portion configured to control the gear ratio of the automatic transmission. In a case where the output torque has a negative value, when downshift is not requested by an operation on the shift actuator, the gear shift controlling portion prohibits a downshift process of downshifting the gear ratio of the automatic transmission, but when downshift is requested by an operation on the shift actuator, the gear shift controlling portion permits execution of the downshift process. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242398 | CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE - Provided is a control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a generator, a battery, and a motor, in which, in a case where the internal combination engine is in operation under a state in which the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel are not mechanically connected to each other, when exhaust gas recirculation is performed and a number of rotations and a torque of the internal combustion engine are switched from a first state to a second state, and in which the control device determines whether to execute an assistance operation or a non-assistance operation. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242399 | Vehicle Control Device and Vehicle Control System - An object is to realize a control device having operation continuity when a failure occurs with less redundancy and reduce cost. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention devises the following means. (1) Different motive power (energy) sources provided in a hybrid drive system are regarded as redundant motive power (energy) sources. (2) A control unit (first control unit) of a transmission unit that mixes motive power (energy) from different motive power (energy) sources and transmits energy to a driving wheel is provided with a failure-time operation continuation function. (3) Control units (a second control unit and a third control unit) that respectively control the different motive power (energy) sources are configured to take a common cause failure measure such that both control functions are not lost due to the same failure. (4) When one motive power (energy) source or a control unit of the motive power (energy) source fails, an energy management control unit (fourth control unit) that controls the mixing ratio of the motive power (energy) from the different motive power (energy) sources in the transmission unit controls the transmission unit to transmit the energy to the driving wheel by the motive power (energy) from the other motive power (energy) source. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242400 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - An object is to simplify a configuration of a control device having continuity of control in a case where an abnormality occurs and to reduce a manufacturing cost. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242401 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING THE PARAMETERS OF A MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER WITH LEARNED CONTROLS PARAMETERS GENERATED USING SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING - A computer implemented method for determining optimal values for controls parameters for a model predictive controller for controlling a vehicle can receive from a data store or a graphical user interface, ranges for one or more operational parameters. The computer implemented method can determine optimum values for controls parameters by simulating a vehicle operation across the ranges of the one or more operational parameters by solving a vehicle control problem and determining an output of the vehicle control problem based on a result for the simulated vehicle operation. A vehicle can include a processing component configured to adjust a control input for an actuator of the vehicle according to a control algorithm and based on the optimum values of the controls parameter as determined by the computer implemented method. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242402 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILITY DEVICE SHARING SERVICE - A mobility device sharing service system and method may include an information receiving unit to receive collision-related information of mobility device, a determination unit to determine the occurrence of collision or the degree of collision, and a user management unit to determine a deduction score with the occurrence of collision or the degree of collision analyzed by the determination unit and to apply the deduction score to a user's score is disclosed. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242403 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle electronic controller includes a peripheral obstacle identification section identifying obstacles near the vehicle, a blind spot region identification section identifying a blind spot region which is not in a detection range of the obstacle identification section, a region determination section which classifies the blind spot region into either a dangerous blind or a safe blind spot region and an obstacle region presumption section which presumes an obstacle presence region which is a region that a latent obstacle which is the latent obstacle which could be present at a previous time in the dangerous blind spot region which was classified at the previous time can be present at a present time, in which the region determination section determines that a region which overlaps with at least the obstacle presence region in the blind spot region that the blind spot region identification section identified is the dangerous blind spot region. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242404 | DETERMINING A POTHOLE-AVOIDING TRAJECTORY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for determining a trajectory of a motor vehicle for a driver assistance function includes: determining an initial trajectory of the motor vehicle on a road; setting an upper threshold for the lateral acceleration of the motor vehicle; detecting data of the road surface in the direction of travel ahead of the motor vehicle with at least one sensor; determining the vertical profile of the road surface of a plurality of paths running parallel to each other in the direction of travel ahead of the motor vehicle by using the data; determining, when the vertical profile of at least one of the paths indicates a pothole, a lateral deviation from the initial trajectory for which a limit value does not exceed the set upper threshold for the lateral acceleration, wherein the road boundary is not exceeded; and outputting an adjusted trajectory by using the determined lateral deviation. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242405 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus selects, as a first group, objects in a predetermined area from objects included in object information, selects, as a second group, an upper limit number of the objects from the first group in descending order of a priority value when the number of the objects of the first group is greater than the upper limit number, and executes a collision avoidance control when an index value satisfies a predetermined condition. The priority value represents a probability that the own vehicle collides with the object. The apparatus reduces the priority value of a particular object of the first group when the moving speed of the own vehicle is equal to or lower than a moving speed threshold. The particular object is an object which is deemed to have a moving speed lower than a moving speed of a four-wheel vehicle. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242406 | EARLY OBJECT DETECTION FOR UNPROTECTED TURNS - A system and method are provided for early detection of objects by a perception system of a vehicle, and triggering a precautionary action by the vehicle in response without waiting for a more precise detection. The vehicle has a multi-level sensor range, wherein a first level of the sensor range is adjacent an outer bounds of the sensor range and has a first confidence value, and a second level of the sensor range is within the first range and has a second, higher confidence value. In situations when oncoming traffic is traveling at a high rate of speed, the vehicle responds to noisier detections, or objects perceived with a lower degree of confidence, rather than waiting for verification which may come too late. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242407 | NAVIGATION BASED ON SENSED LOOKING DIRECTION OF A PEDESTRIAN - Systems and methods are provided for navigating a host vehicle. In an embodiment, a processing device may be configured to receive a plurality of images acquired by a camera; analyze at least one of the plurality of images to identify a crosswalk in the environment of the host vehicle; analyze the at least one of the plurality of images to determine a looking direction of at least one pedestrian in a vicinity of the identified crosswalk; if the at least one pedestrian is determined to be looking in a direction of the host vehicle, determine a navigational action for the host vehicle; and cause at least one adjustment of a navigational actuator of the host vehicle in response to the determined navigational action for the host vehicle. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242408 | AUTOMATIC DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - An automatic driving assistance system to be applied to a vehicle includes an intersection detector and an ACC-set-vehicle-speed changing section. The intersection detector detects, on the basis of a traveling environment in a predetermined range of a target traveling course in front of the vehicle, a set of intersections whose interval is shorter than a predetermined interval within the predetermined range of the target traveling course in front of the vehicle. The traveling environment is to be acquired on the basis of road map data and traveling-environment data on an environment in front of the vehicle. The ACC-set-vehicle-speed changing section changes, in a case where the intersection detector detects the set of intersections whose interval is shorter than the predetermined interval, an ACC set vehicle speed from a first ACC set vehicle speed that is set to a second ACC set vehicle speed. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242409 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD - Disclosed herein, a driver assistance apparatus includes a detector installed in a vehicle, the detector having a view in front of a vehicle and configured to obtain detection data; and a controller including a processor configured to process the detection data; wherein the controller is configured to identify operation of a wiper of the vehicle and calculate a slip rate of the vehicle with respect to a road surface while performing an adaptive cruise control (ACC) that maintains a distance with a vehicle in front at a first distance based on the detection data, and control a driving of the vehicle to maintain the distance with the vehicle in front to a second distance greater than the first distance based on the operation of the wiper and the slip rate. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242410 | METHOD FOR ACCELERATING A VEHICLE FROM REST - A method for accelerating a vehicle from rest. The method includes receiving a mode indication indicating a launch control mode selected; receiving a brake-on indication; controlling the engine according to a launch control strategy; determining an accelerator position; for an accelerator position greater than zero, controlling the engine to: increase open a throttle valve and control the engine to limit engine torque output; receiving a brake-off indication; controlling the engine according to the standard control strategy, controlling the engine according to the standard control strategy with the braking system having been released causing the vehicle to accelerate from rest, a first rate of acceleration from rest of the vehicle being greater than a second rate of acceleration from rest of the vehicle for corresponding changes in accelerator position, the first rate corresponding to accelerating from rest after controlling the engine according to the standard and launch control strategies. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242411 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVE DEVICE - A method for operating a drive unit for a motor vehicle. The drive unit has at least one internal combustion engine, an electric machine which is or may be drivingly coupled to the internal combustion engine, and a start-up clutch, via which the internal combustion engine and the electric machine are drivingly connected to an output shaft of the drive unit. In a start-up operation mode of the drive unit, the internal combustion engine is operated without ignition when the start-up clutch is open, and is cranked by the electric machine to a start-up speed, which is greater than an idle speed of the internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is ignition-operated and the start-up clutch is closed upon reaching the start-up speed. The invention further relates to a drive unit for a motor vehicle. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242412 | VEHICLE - When a vehicle control interface receives information indicating “Forward” from a VP, the vehicle control interface sets a value 0 in a signal indicating a rotation direction of a wheel. When the vehicle control interface receives information indicating “Reverse” from the VP, the vehicle control interface sets a value 1 in the signal indicating the rotation direction of the wheel. When the vehicle control interface receives information indicating “Invalid value” from the VP, the vehicle control interface sets a value 3 in the signal indicating the rotation direction of the wheel. The vehicle control interface provides the signal indicating the rotation direction of the wheel to an ADK. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242413 | VEHICLE POWERTRAIN INTEGRATED PREDICTIVE DYNAMIC CONTROL FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - Devices, systems, and methods for integrated predictive dynamic control of a vehicle powertrain in an autonomous vehicle are described. An example method for controlling a vehicle includes generating, based on performing an optimization on a blended smooth wheel domain fuel consumption map subject to a modified torque availability constraint, one or more wheel domain control commands, converting the one or more wheel domain control commands to one or more powertrain-executable engine domain control commands, and transmitting the one or more powertrain-executable engine domain control commands to a powertrain of the vehicle, the powertrain configured to operate a plurality of gears, wherein the one or more powertrain-executable engine domain control commands enable the vehicle to track a reference kinematic trajectory associated with a vehicle speed driving plan within a predetermined tolerance. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242414 | PREDICTIVE-BASED CONTROL FOR TRANSMISSION SHIFTING - A powertrain includes a transmission having an input shaft, an output shaft, and a plurality of clutches engageable in various combinations to establish varying power flow paths between the input and output shafts. A controller is programmed to, responsive to a shift of the transmission: reduce torque capacity of an off-going one of the clutches and increase torque capacity of an oncoming one of the clutches during a torque transfer phase of the shift, and, in response to an inertia phase of the shift, continue to command non-zero torque capacity to the off-going clutch such that the off-going clutch brakes the output shaft throughout an entire duration of the inertia phase. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242415 | DYNAMICALLY-LOCALIZED SENSORS FOR VEHICLES - Among other things, techniques are described for a system including at least one sensor, at least one sensor comprising at least one attachment configured to removably attach to an auxiliary vehicle, the auxiliary vehicle configured for attachment to a primary vehicle; at least one computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions; at least one first processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions, the execution carrying out operations including: receiving data corresponding to an environment of the auxiliary vehicle from the at least one sensor; determining at least one dimension of the auxiliary vehicle and a relative position of the at least one sensor from a primary vehicle based on the environment of the auxiliary vehicle; and providing the at least one dimension and the relative position of the at least one sensor to the primary vehicle based on the at least one dimension of the auxiliary vehicle and the relative position of the at least one sensor. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242416 | COMBINED VEHICLE MOUNTED BREATH ANALYZING AND HVAC SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a breath analyzing system and method. In particular the invention relates to a breath analyzing system combined with a heat, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC-system) of the vehicle, wherein the settings of the HVAC system are controlled to optimize the performance of the breath analyzing system. In particular the HVAC system may be set to a closed position facilitating a concentration build up of breath gases in the compartment. Alternatively the HVAC system may shift between open and closed positions. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242417 | Operational Assistance Method for a Vehicle, Control Unit, and Vehicle - An operational assistance method for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, is provided. A movement of an area of a body of a vehicle occupant is captured and sensor values representative of the movement are provided, sensor values for an area of the body of a vehicle occupant are weighted with one another and are combined to form an acceleration value, and the acceleration value is provided. A weighting factor for a respective sensor value, as the degree of the weighting of the sensor value in the acceleration value, is dependent on the magnitude of the sensor value. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242418 | BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION METHOD - In a behavior recognition apparatus, a secondary informational item is generated for a corresponding target state of one or more than one target state extracted from each primary informational item acquired. The secondary informational item is represented by two different values, which express respectively (i) corresponding to the target state and (ii) not corresponding to the target state, the two different values being enabled to be added or subtracted. Further, a behavior vector is updated using a determination information group extracted by using a time window from a plurality of the secondary informational items in time series, and the driving behavior of the driver is recognized using the updated behavior vector. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242419 | INTRUSION ANOMALY MONITORING IN A VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT - A system for monitoring intrusion anomalies in an automotive vehicle, the system constituted of: at least one electronic control unit; at least one security monitor arranged to detect intrusion anomalies for the at least one electronic control unit and output information regarding the detected intrusion anomalies; and an anomaly analyzer arranged to: accumulate the output information re-garding the detected intrusion anomalies; receive at least one vehicle status signal; compare, responsive to the received at least one vehicle status signal, the accumulated output information regarding the detected intrusion anomalies with an anomaly incident list, the anomaly incident list comprising at least one anomaly incident; and responsive to a predetermined outcome of the comparison, output a predetermined incident signal. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242420 | LEANING-VEHICLE-DATA-OUTPUT APPARATUS - A leaning-vehicle-traveling-state-data-output device includes a physical-quantity-data acquirer configured to acquire physical quantity data concerning a behavior of a leaning vehicle, a vehicle-traveling-state-data generator configured to generate vehicle-traveling-state data based on the physical quantity data and a vehicle-traveling-state-data-output controller configured to output the vehicle-traveling-state data. The vehicle-traveling-state-data generator generates vehicle-traveling-state data of the leaning vehicle in each of sections based on physical quantity data, the sections being obtained by dividing, into a plurality of sections, a single corner on which the leaning vehicle turns while leaning to perform a yaw motion continuously in an identical direction, the physical quantity data being acquired by the physical-quantity-data acquirer and concerning a behavior of the leaning vehicle while the leaning vehicle turns left on the corner while leaning leftward or turns right on the corner while leaning rightward. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242421 | REMOTE DRIVING DEVICE AND REMOTE DRIVING SYSTEM - A remote driving device configured to remotely operate a vehicle includes a remote operation device, a reaction force unit, a receiver, and a processor. The remote operation device is operated by an operator in order to remotely operate the vehicle. The reaction force unit is configured to generate an operation reaction force to be applied to the remote operation device. The receiver is configured to receive a parameter affecting vehicle characteristics of the vehicle from the vehicle. The processor is configured to control the reaction force unit so as to generate a magnitude of the operation reaction force according to the received parameter. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING THE PARAMETERS OF A MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER WITH LEARNED EXTERNAL PARAMETERS GENERATED USING SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING - A computer implemented method for determining optimal values for operational parameters for a model predictive controller for controlling a vehicle, can receive from a data store or a graphical user interface, ranges for one or more external parameters. The computer implemented method can determine optimum values for external parameters of the vehicle by simulating a vehicle operation across the ranges of the one or more operational parameters by solving a vehicle control problem and determining an output of the vehicle control problem based on a result for the simulated vehicle operation. A vehicle can include a processing component configured to adjust a control input for an actuator of the vehicle according to a control algorithm and based on the optimum values of the vehicle parameter as determined by the computer implemented method. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242423 | DETERMINING A SIGNAL STATE OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT DEVICE - According to a method for determining a signal state of a traffic light device ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220242424 | SAFETY SUPERVISOR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A safety controller is configured to monitor at least one vehicle controller that is separate from the safety controller. The safety controller is operatively connected to monitor inputs and outputs of the vehicle controller. The safety controller includes a standard computing module with customized input and output modules. The safety controller is configured to override vehicle controller commands to items controlled by the vehicle controller. In one form, the vehicle controller handles level 1 functions and safety controller handles level 2 and 3 monitoring. In one particular example, the safety controller is at a minimum ISO 26262 ASIL C certified. The safety controller in one aspect uses an AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture (AUTOSAR). | 2022-08-04 |
20220242425 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION - Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for a monitoring system for autonomous vehicle operation. In some embodiments, a vehicle may perform self-tests, generate a report based on the results, and transmit it to a remote monitor center over one or both of a high-speed channel for regular data transfers or a reliable channel for emergency situations. In other embodiments, the remote monitor center may determine that immediate intervention is required, and may transmit a control command with high priority, which when received by the vehicle, is implemented and overrides any local commands being processed. In yet other embodiments, the control command with high priority is selected from a small group of predetermined control commands the remote monitor center may issue. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242426 | VEHICLE FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - The present disclosure includes device controllers that output control signals to in-vehicle devices based on a target motion set by a target motion setter based on input from the sensors, and a device failure diagnostic unit provided between the device controllers and the in-vehicle devices in a communication path of an arithmetic unit, in which the device failure diagnostic unit has a device diagnostic table in which the in-vehicle devices associated with each function are specified for each function of the vehicle, and diagnoses a failure of the in-vehicle devices based on output of the in-vehicle devices and the device diagnostic table. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242427 | SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZING A VEHICLE COLLISION - Described herein are various techniques, including systems and non-transitory instructions, that, in response to obtaining information regarding a potential collision between a vehicle and an object, obtain data describing the vehicle for a time period extending before and after a time of the potential collision. The system may determine a likelihood that the potential collision is a non-collision event based on the data describing the vehicle by performing one or more assessments. The assessments may include telematics monitor assessment, driver behavior assessment, road surface feature assessment, trip correlation assessment, and/or context assessment. In response to determining that the likelihood indicates that the potential collision is not a non-collision event, the system may trigger one or more actions responding to the potential collision. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242428 | CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE CORNER MODULES AND METHODS OF OPERATION - A control system for a vehicle comprising a plurality of vehicle corner modules (VCMs) comprises a network of VCM-controllers. Each VCM comprises at least two subsystems selected from a drive subsystem, a steering subsystem, and a braking subsystem. Each VCM-controller is onboard and installed within a different respective VCM, and is operatively linked to each one of the at least two subsystems of its respective VCM to receive sensor data and to regulate operation in response to incoming signals received from outside its VCM. The control system provides a no-fault operating mode defined by the absence of a control-system fault. A VCM-controller of a first VCM is programmed to control, when operating in the no-fault operating mode, at least one subsystem in a second VCM. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242429 | METHOD FOR CHECKING PERMISSIBLE USAGE OF A ROLLING CHASSIS - The invention relates to a method for checking whether the usage of a rolling chassis, which is comprised by a motor vehicle and on which a vehicle body is arranged, is permissible, comprising the following steps: receiving first specification signals representing a first specification of the rolling chassis, wherein the first specification comprises permissible usage information of the rolling chassis in a motor vehicle; receiving motor vehicle status signals representing a motor vehicle status; checking, based on the first specification and the motor vehicle status, whether the rolling chassis is being used according to the permissible usage information; generating result signals representing a result of this check; and outputting the generated result signals. The invention also relates to a device, a computer program, a machine-readable storage medium, a rolling chassis, a vehicle body and a motor vehicle. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242430 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided is an information displaying technology for a vehicle that makes it possible to protect the privacy and security of a user who is outside of the vehicle when information is displayed to the user. A vehicle information display system ( | 2022-08-04 |
20220242431 | CONTROLLING DRIVING MODES OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES - A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control processor competence level of an on-board SDV control processor in controlling the SDV to a human driver competence level of a human driver in controlling the SDV while the SDV encounters a current roadway condition which is a result of current weather conditions of the roadway on which the SDV is currently traveling. One or more processors then selectively assign control of the SDV to the SDV control processor or to the human driver while the SDV encounters the current roadway condition based on which of the control processor competence level and the human driver competence level is relatively higher to one another. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242432 | ENCOUNTER WARNING METHOD AND ENCOUNTER WARNING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an encounter warning method, comprising: determining an approach direction and a threat level of an approaching target with respect to a host vehicle; and activating a plurality of indicators sequentially in the approach direction based on the threat level so as to indicate, to a driver, the approach direction. The method prompts a driver of an approach direction of a distant target in a manner of motion display (e.g., a flashing light strip or a moving marker), and displays the approach direction dynamically and differentially based on an emergency level of the distant target. | 2022-08-04 |
20220242433 | SALIENCY-BASED PRESENTATION OF OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE - A system for notifying a user of a vehicle includes a receiving module configured to receive detection data related to an environment around the vehicle, the detection data including an image of at least a portion of the environment. The system also includes an analysis module configured to detect an object in the image and determine a level of salience of the object to the user, an image enhancement module configured to apply one or more saliency features to a region of the image corresponding to the object, the one or more saliency features including an adjustment to an image attribute in the region, the adjustment based on the level of salience and configured to draw attention of the user to the region without occluding the region, and a display module configured to present a display including the image and the one or more saliency features to the user. | 2022-08-04 |