38th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200290526 | FOLDING INTERIOR LINING PANEL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a folding interior lining panel for a motor vehicle comprising a first articulated flap and a second articulated flap, having a first front face and a second front face and a first back face and a second back face. The front faces are covered with a first front covering layer and a second front covering layer. The articulation between the flaps is provided by two first strips spaced apart from each other, the strips being integral with the first layer, the strips having a free end portion attached to the second back face. At least one second strip is arranged between the first strips, the strip being integral with the second layer and having a free end portion attached to the first back face. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290527 | SOUND INSULATION STRUCTURE - A sound insulation structure includes a mass part and a plurality of spring parts. The mass part is arranged to be spaced from a compartment member that compartmentalizes an internal space of a structure body and an outside. At least part of the mass part has a flat surface shape. The spring part is arranged on a side facing the compartment member in the mass part. The spring part includes: a hollow film material having airtightness and flexibility; and a gas encapsulated within the film material. The film material includes a recess part on one surface which is at least one of surfaces on the compartment member side and the mass part side. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290528 | SOUND INSULATING STRUCTURE - A sound insulating member includes a mass section and spring sections. The mass section is disposed so as to have a gap with respect to an outer panel which divides an internal space of a vehicle body and outside thereof, and includes at least a part which has a planar shaped form. The plurality of spring sections are disposed on the mass section at a side of the mass section facing an outer panel. Each of the spring sections has a hollow film member having airtightness and flexibility, and a gas sealed inside the film member. The film member has a first stepped section and a second stepped section that are formed in a stepped shape in an arrangement direction of the outer panel and the mass section. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290529 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A LICENCE PLATE, PREFERABLY A MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCE PLATE, WITH A DATA CARRIER - A method and device for the automatic fitting of vehicle registration plates with data carriers. A plurality of work stations interlinked by at least one conveyor are provided for this purpose. The work stations are equipped with handling devices and associated imaging devices. As a result, a respective data carrier can be automatically gripped and placed in its precise position in the opening and prefixed there. The data carriers are then each cast automatically in the opening for the permanent fixation of the data carrier in the opening of the registration plate. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290530 | VEHICLE SOFTWARE CONTROL DEVICE - Disclosed is a vehicle software control device which includes hardware, a kernel connected to the hardware and configured to execute a first operating system, a system library connected to the kernel, a first connecting unit configured to connect a library for a second operating system different from the first operating system to the system library, and a first application executed on the second operating system. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290531 | BINDING STRUCTURE OF WIRE ROUTING MATERIAL, AND ENGAGING MEMBER - A binding structure of wire routing materials are formed by: elongated wire routing materials; a binding member for binding the wire routing materials; and an engaging member including a movable body portion including an engaging portion for assembly into a vehicle body, and a bound portion to be bound and held together with the wire routing materials by the binding member. The bound portion includes a main portion facing the wire routing materials, and a leg portion extending from the main portion and being in contact with the wire routing materials. The movable body portion includes a sliding portion disposed such that sliding thereof is allowed on the wire routing materials in a gap. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290532 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A vehicle communication system includes a switching hub incorporated in a vehicle and including a switch IC and an external CPU. The switch IC includes an internal CPU and performs a transfer process of transferring information to a communication device. The external CPU is provided outside the switch IC and connected to the switch IC, and has higher information processing capability than the internal CPU. The external CPU can perform a transfer order process of ordering to transfer information to the communication device and perform a security process of securing the security of the information to be transferred when the transfer order process is performed. The internal CPU monitors the operation of the external CPU and when the external CPU is abnormal, performs the transfer order process instead of the external CPU. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290533 | Method And System For Secure Signal Manipulation For Testing Integrated Safety Functionalities - The invention relates to a method for secure signal manipulation for testing integrated safety functionalities and to a system for carrying out the method. In the first step | 2020-09-17 |
20200290534 | SEAT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A seat device for a vehicle includes: a support member detachably attached to a floor of the vehicle; an occupant seat movably supported by the support member and provided with an electrical component; and a wireless power supply mechanism configured to supply electric power to the electrical component. The wireless power supply mechanism includes a power transmitting unit attached to the floor, and a power receiving unit attached to the support member so as to face the power transmitting unit and configured to receive the electric power wirelessly from the power transmitting unit. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290535 | CAR JUMP START POWER SOURCE - A car jump start power source comprises a casing assembly having an accommodating chamber as well as a press key, an optical condenser, a light guide bar, an electrical device assembly and a battery pack provided in the accommodating chamber; the casing assembly comprising a top casing, a bottom casing, a rubber cover covering a three-hole socket, a top aluminum casing and a bottom aluminum casing; and the top casing being mounted on the bottom casing in a non-detachable manner, and the accommodating chamber being collectively surround by the top casing and the bottom casing. One first mounting hole is provided in a top of the bottom casing, and the rubber cover is mounted at the first mounting hole. A separation plate is provided on the bottom casing, and the separation plate separates the accommodating chamber into a front chamber in which the press key, the optical condenser, the light guide bar and the electrical device assembly are mounted and a rear chamber in which the battery pack is mounted. Power from the battery pack is led out via a three-hole socket to an electric accumulator of a motorcar through an intelligent cable for a jump start. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290536 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing system includes: an identifier management unit that manages a first identifier, a second identifier, and a third identifier by which a first vehicle, a second vehicle, and a user to switch from the first vehicle to the second vehicle are uniquely identified, respectively; a specification difference pinpointing unit that compares specification of a first operation unit and specification of a second operation unit, and that pinpoints an operation unit for which a specification of a function is common and a specification of the operation unit is different before and after the switching from the first vehicle to the second vehicle; and an assist information providing unit that provides assist information by which an operation of the pinpointed operation unit is assisted. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290537 | VEHICLE PIPE HOLDER - A vehicle pipe holder configured to hold two or more pipes in a vehicle, the vehicle pipe holder includes: a holding member that is made of resin and that includes a first holding portion configured to hold one of the pipes, a second holding portion configured to hold another one of the pipes, and a holding connection portion that couples the first holding portion and the second holding portion; and a mounting bracket that is made of metal, that is separate from the holding member, and that includes a vehicle mounting portion configured to be mounted to a vehicle and an insertion opening configured to be inserted with the holding connection portion. The mounting bracket is configured to be disposed between the first holding portion and the second holding portion upon assembly of the holding member and the mounting bracket. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290538 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR A TRIP CIRCUIT FOR A PERSONAL PROTECTION MEANS FOR A VEHICLE, AND TRIP CIRCUIT - A protective device for a trip circuit for a personal protection device for a vehicle, the trip circuit having an ignition device, a high-side end stage, and a low-side end stage. The protective device has a high-side interface for contacting the protective device to a high-side terminal and a low-side interface for contacting the protective device to a low-side terminal of the ignition device, a suppressor diode that is connected between the high-side interface and a second voltage potential; and at least one first diode that is connected between the low-side interface and the second voltage potential. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290539 | Method for Generating a Trigger Signal for Triggering at least one Safety Function of a Motor Vehicle - A method for generating a trigger signal for triggering at least one safety function of a motor vehicle includes receiving respective signals from at least two pressure tube sensors; determining a minimum size of a collision object and/or a speed of the motor vehicle from the signals received, and emitting the trigger signal for the at least one safety function in accordance with at least one of the parameters. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290540 | VEHICLE WITH OCCUPANT PROTECTION FUNCTION - A vehicle with an occupant protection function includes an occupant protection device and an occupant monitoring device. The occupant protection device is provided in the vehicle and configured to perform protection operation of supporting, with a seatbelt, an occupant in the vehicle upon collision of the vehicle. The occupant monitoring device is provided in the vehicle and configured to monitor the occupant in the vehicle. The occupant monitoring device is configured to determine whether the occupant in the vehicle is aware of the collision of the vehicle. The occupant protection device is configured to, in a case where the occupant monitoring device determines that the occupant is unaware of the collision of the vehicle, increase tension of the seatbelt gradually as compared with a case where the occupant monitoring device determines that the occupant is aware of the collision. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290541 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A biological information output device outputs: information about a distance to a living body obtained by processing an I signal obtained by multiplying a signal of an electromagnetic wave and a signal of a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave reflected on the living body and a Q signal obtained by delaying the I signal by a predetermined phase; a reception intensity of the reflected wave using a diameter of a circle drawn by a signal point obtained by developing the I signal and the Q signal on a complex plane; and a phase change amount of the reflected wave using a displacement angle of a range where the signal point is displaced on the circle with respect to a center of the circle. The device determines a type of the living body based on the distance, the reception intensity, and the phase change amount. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290542 | OCCUPANT MONITORING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC SYSTEM - An occupant monitoring device for a vehicle includes an image acquisition unit, a memory, a collision detector, and a controller. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire a captured image of an occupant in the vehicle. The memory is configured to record the captured image acquired by the image acquisition unit. The collision detector is configured to detect collision of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the image acquisition unit, the memory, and the collision detector. The controller is configured to detect each of consecutive collisions of the vehicle by the collision detector, acquire the captured image after each of the collisions by the image acquisition unit, and record the captured image acquired for each of the collisions on the memory. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290543 | OCCUPANT OBSERVATION DEVICE - An occupant observation device includes an imager configured to capture an image of a head of an occupant of a vehicle; an eye detector configured to detect at least a part of eyes of the occupant in an image captured by the imager; a mouth detector configured to detect at least a part of the mouth of the occupant in the image captured by the imager; and a condition estimater configured to estimate a condition of the occupant on the basis of a detection result of the eye detector and a detection result of the mouth detector, in which the condition estimater changes a ratio of reflecting each of the detection result of the eye detector and the detection result of the mouth detector in an estimation of the condition of the occupant, on the basis of the detection result of the eye detector or a result of a process performed on the basis of the detection result of the eye detector. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290544 | OCCUPANT OBSERVATION DEVICE - Provided is an occupant observation device including an imager configured to capture an image of a head of an occupant of a vehicle; and an eye detector configured to detect at least a part of eyes of the occupant in the image captured by the imager, in which the eye detector sets an eye closer to the imager among the eyes of the occupant as a detection target. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290545 | AIRBAG SYSTEMS FOR USE ON AIRCRAFT - Airbag systems for use in aircraft are described herein. In some embodiments, an occupant restraint system for use with a passenger seat on an aircraft includes an under-seat airbag and a lap belt airbag. The lap belt airbag can be operably positioned on a lap belt configured to be fastened around a seat occupant, and the under-seat airbag can be positioned proximate to a seat pan. In operation, the under-seat airbag and the lap belt airbag can inflate simultaneously, or at least approximately simultaneously, to reduce occupant forward head path excursion during a crash or other rapid deceleration event. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290546 | KNEE AIRBAG UNIT OF A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A knee airbag unit ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200290547 | AIR-BAG APPARATUS - An air-bag apparatus includes: a bag body that is provided on a vehicle seat and that is inflated and expanded at a time of an impact input and prevents at least an upper part of a body of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat from being separated from a seat back of the vehicle seat; an inflator that supplies a gas to the bag body at a time of an impact input; a body size detection part that detects a body size of the occupant seated on the vehicle seat; and an expansion degree adjustment part that adjusts a degree of an inflation expansion of the bag body in accordance with the body size of the occupant detected by the body size detection part. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290548 | AIRBAG AND OCCUPANT RESTRAINT DEVICE - An airbag includes: a first inflatable section that is inflated and deployed forward from the upper portion of a seat back through the left side of a head of an occupant; a second inflatable section that is inflated and deployed forward from the upper portion of the seat back through the right side of the head of the occupant; and a third inflatable section that is continuous with lower portions of front portions of the first inflatable section and the second inflatable section and that is inflated and deployed in front of the chest of the occupant. The front portions of the first and second inflatable sections extend in directions intersecting the vehicle front-rear direction so as to be closer to each other toward the front side. The front portions meet each other at a front end of the airbag. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290549 | VEHICLE AIRBAG SYSTEM - A vehicle airbag system includes an airbag module, a seat detector, and an electronic controller. The airbag module has an airbag that is configured to be movably mounted to a vehicle roof structure. The seat detector detects a position of a vehicle seat. The electronic controller is in communication with the airbag module and the seat detector. The controller controls the airbag module to inflate the airbag in a predetermined direction based on detected position of the vehicle seat by the seat detector. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290550 | AIRBAG APPARATUS - An airbag apparatus includes an airbag housed deployably, and an instrument panel covering the airbag in a deploying direction and forming a design surface of a vehicle cabin. The instrument panel includes, on the design surface facing the vehicle cabin, a character line including continuous protrusions toward the deploying direction. The instrument panel includes, on a surface facing the airbag along the character line, a tear line that ruptures at the time of deployment of the airbag. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290551 | AIR-BAG APPARATUS - An air-bag apparatus includes: a frame member that is tiltable along a seat back of a vehicle seat; and a bag body that is embedded in the frame member, that is inflated and expanded to a front of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat at a time of an impact input, and that prevents a body of the occupant from being separated from the seat back. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290552 | AIR-BAG APPARATUS AND AIR-BAG SYSTEM - An air-bag apparatus includes an inflator that generates a gas at a time of an impact input; and a bag body that is inflated and expanded from a seat back of a vehicle seat upon supply of the gas from the inflator, wherein the bag body includes a pair of front extension parts each of which extends in a vehicle frontward direction from each of both sides in a width direction of the seat back, and a front bag that is provided continuously to the front extension part, that is expanded to a vehicle frontward side of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat, and that comes into contact with an upper part of a body of the occupant. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290553 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFLATOR-BASED ACTUATION - An inflator-based system provides for the actuation of valves and other devices using automotive air bag inflators, for example. One or more inflators can be connected to a valve body with an adapter such that upon inflator activation, inflator gases can act on a piston or similar device to achieve desired movement or operation of the valve or device. An inflator-based actuator can provide for a single action or multiple actions of a valve or other device. Such a system can provide safer and more reliable alternatives to electro-explosive ordnance devices found in pyrovalves, for example. Other uses for an inflator-based actuation system can include a lanyard pull initiator, a dual cartridge cutter, a bolt cutter, a hot gas generator (HGG) body, and a HGG pressure cartridge, to name a few examples. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290554 | GAS GENERATOR - The present invention relates to a gas generator including a cylindrical filter in a housing including a gas discharge port, the housing including a plurality of independent protrusions or an annular protrusion protruding inwardly from an inner wall surface of the housing, the independent protrusions including an annular protruding wall surface, the annular protrusion including an annular tip surface, the cylindrical filter including a first annular end surface and a second annular end surface, a support member which includes an annular surface portion for supporting the cylindrical filter being arranged, the annular surface portion being an annular planar portion, or including an annular planar portion and a deformed portion for which all or a part of at least one of the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion of the annular planar portion is deformed, the support member being configured such that a part of the support member including an outer peripheral portion of the annular planar portion is arranged abutting against the annular protruding wall surface of the independent protrusions or the first annular protruding wall surface of the annular protrusion, and the second annular end surface of the cylindrical filter abutting against the annular planar portion of the support member, and the first annular end surface abutting against an inner wall surface of the housing. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290555 | MULTI-POINT SEAT BELT SYSTEM - A multi-point seat belt system is applied to a seat of a vehicle and has a webbing locking device, an emergency locking-retracting mechanism, and two automatic locking retractors. The webbing locking device has a buckle assembly and a tongue assembly detachably disposed on the buckle assembly. The emergency locking-retracting mechanism is disposed on the seat and has two shoulder webbings connected to the buckle assembly and the tongue assembly respectively. The two automatic locking retractors are disposed on two sides of the seat and have two lower webbings connected to the buckle assembly and the tongue assembly respectively. The two shoulder webbings locked by the two emergency locking retractors and the two lower webbings tightened by the two automatic locking retractors are distributed around the body of the occupant and can fasten the occupant on the seat steadily for promoting the safety protection performance. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290556 | Work Vehicle - A seatbelt of a work vehicle includes: a first stay provided in correspondence with a first fixing portion of a vehicle body on either one of right/left sides of a seat; a belt reeling portion that reels and stores a belt main body and is attached to the first fixing portion via the first stay; a second stay provided in correspondence with a second fixing portion on the other one of the right/left sides of the seat; and a buckle portion that fixes an insertion fixture extending from the belt reeling portion and is attached to the second fixing portion via the second stay. A first cover member is mounted to the first stay and covers an outward exposed portion of the first stay. A second cover member is mounted to the second stay and covers an outward exposed portion of the second stay. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290557 | WEBBING LENGTH ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - A webbing length adjustment device has an outer shell, an adjustment assembly, and an elastic member. The adjustment assembly is disposed in and is moveable relative to the outer shell, and has an operating member having a lateral pressing plate portion and a sliding member moving relative to the operating member. The lateral pressing plate portion is formed on the operating member, is located above the outer shell, and is located beside the second through hole for giving more areas to exert force easily and operate conveniently. The lateral pressing plate portion is located at an outer side of a first webbing. There is no interference between the first webbing and user's hand. The elastic member is disposed in the outer shell, and is connected to the outer shell and the operating member for giving a restoring force to the operating member. The outer shell is hard to damage. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290558 | SEAT BELT DEVICE - A seat belt device includes a buckle provided on a side portion of a seat for a vehicle, and configured such that a tongue plate is inserted into the buckle; a buckle force limiter mechanism connected to the buckle via a connecting member having an elongate shape, the buckle force limiter mechanism being configured to allow the buckle to move in a pulling direction when a tensile load equal to or larger than a predetermined tensile load is applied to the buckle; and a case covering the connecting member from an inner side in a seat width direction, the case having a corner at an upper end portion of the case, the corner facing the connecting member, and the corner having an arc shape. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290559 | SEATBELT ASSIST DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT - Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290560 | SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR WITH A LOAD LIMITING DEVICE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A safety belt retractor having a load limiting device is provided. The load limiting device comprises: a hollow spool ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200290561 | SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WITH AUXILIARY SPOOL LOCKING SYSTEM - A vehicle seat belt assembly having a seat belt retractor with a spool rotatable with respect to a retractor frame, the spool storing a seat belt webbing wrapped thereon. The retractor also includes a primary locking mechanism for selectively locking the spool with respect to the retractor frame to provide vehicle occupant restraint. The retractor further includes an auxiliary locking mechanism for selectively locking the spool with respect to the retractor frame upon a predetermined restraint load acting on the spool. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290562 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device performs predetermined control on a vehicle by communicating with a portable device held by a user. The Vehicle control device includes: a living body sensor that detects whether or not a living body is present in the vehicle by acquiring biological information of the living body; an output device that outputs an alarm; and an alarm output determination unit that determines the alarm to be output by the output device by detecting the presence of the living body in the vehicle by the living body sensor and satisfying a predetermined condition for outputting the alarm. When the portable device and the vehicle control device communicate with each other after the alarm is output by the output device, the output device stops outputting the alarm. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290563 | DELIVERY ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DELIVERY ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A delivery assistance device assists in an operation of a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a requester is able to be designated as a luggage delivery destination. The delivery assistance device includes a key information distribution unit configured to distribute key information that a deliverer of a company that provides the delivery service is to use to unlock a door for access to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle, to the company, and an entry authority information distribution unit configured to distribute entry authority information regarding an authority for the deliverer to enter a predetermined area in which the vehicle is present, to the company when the key information is distributed to the company by the key information distribution unit. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290564 | ACCESS CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLES, COMPRISING A SECURITY DEVICE - Access control equipment for vehicles with an electronic remote key which is accommodated in a housing, includes a controller that is designed for temporary activation of the remote key. The controller has an interface for wireless communication and is designed to cause an activation of the remote key in dependence on a wireless communication. A voltage supply is coupled to the controller and the remote key. The voltage supply, under actuation from the controller, applies an electrical breakdown voltage via at least one contact of the remote key for at least a first predetermined duration, which is greater than a designated operating voltage for the remote key, in order to destroy the remote key by the resulting current flow. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290565 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY - A control system for construction machinery includes a smart key configured to store a plurality of authentication codes and activate any one of the authentication codes, and a plurality of construction machines including a plurality of smart key modules mounted thereon respectively, the smart key modules communicating wirelessly with the smart key and having respective registration authentication codes which match with the authentication codes respectively. The construction machine including the smart key module having the registration authentication code which matches with the activated authentication code is controlled by the smart key. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290566 | PROGRAM AND CONTROL DEVICE - A program and a control device capable of calibrating a detection value of a sensor that detects contact with a steering wheel are provided. The program in accordance with the present invention is characterized by causing a computer to execute processing of distinguishing whether or not a user is on a driver's seat of a vehicle; acquiring, from a sensor ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200290567 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT DETECTION - A vehicle occupant detection system and method for using the same. The vehicle occupant detection system includes: a controller; a plurality of life detection sensors, wherein the plurality of life detection sensors are installed within an interior cabin of a mass-transit vehicle and are each associated with a life detection zone; a local warning system having at least one human-machine interface (HMI) output device; and a vehicle interface that communicatively couples the controller to a vehicle electrical system of the mass-transit vehicle. The vehicle occupant detection system is configured to: (i) acquire sensor data by scanning the life detection zone using the plurality of life detection sensors; (ii) determine whether an occupant is present based on the sensor data; and (iii) provide an indication to a user that an occupant is present using the HMI output device when it is determined that an occupant is present. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290568 | Mirror Cleaning System - A mirror cleaning system, an improved mirror for a vehicle having the system installed thereto, and a method of cleaning the improved mirror using the system. The system includes a housing attachable to a vehicle side mirror, a heating element operably connected to a power source, a wiper, and a spray nozzle fluidly connected to a cleaning fluid source. The system is designed to de-ice and de-frost the improved mirror, spray cleaning fluid thereon, and wipe debris and fluids to improve driver visibility. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290569 | CONNECTION UNIT FOR A WIPER MOTOR AND WIPER MOTOR - The invention relates to a connection unit ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200290570 | SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD FOR READING A STATUS OF AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for synchronizing acquisition of an analog signal value with a read signal for a state of an electrical contact of a motor vehicle. The method includes: controlling, at each start time of the first task, the power supply module so that the power supply module generates a read signal voltage pulse at the interface module input; at the same start time, triggering a counter for a predetermined duration shorter than the duration of the read signal voltage pulse; on the expiration of the counter duration, measuring the value of an analog signal generated by the interface module based on the state signal and of the read signal; and controlling, at the next start time of the second task, the power supply module so that the power supply module generates a zero voltage signal at the interface module input until the next start time of the first task. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290571 | VARIABLE CURVATURE WIPER - A variable curvature wiper comprises a wiper arm with a first and second distal ends. The first distal end is pivotally supported on a pivot post. A flexible wiper blade has a first end, a second end and a mounting hub. The mounting hub is pivotally attached to the second distal end of the wiper arm. A first push rod includes a first end attached to the first end of the wiper blade and a second end attached to a push rod pivot point. The push rod pivot point is spaced from the pivot post axis. Pivotal motion of the wiper arm about the pivot post axis in a first direction causes the first push rod to push against the first end and flex the wiper blade. Pivotal motion of the wiper arm about the pivot post axis in a second direction causes the first push rod to pull the first end of the wiper blade back toward a flat position. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290572 | TELESCOPING DEVICE FOR CLEANING A VEHICLE SURFACE - The present disclosure provides a telescoping device for cleaning a vehicle surface. The telescoping device includes an extendable piston moveable from an inactive position to active position at a predetermined extension pressure. The piston includes a supply tube, a cleaning fluid outlet provided at a distal end of the supply tube, and a check valve comprising a cracking pressure that is greater than the predetermined extension pressure. Vehicles and systems incorporating a telescoping cleaning device are also provided. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290573 | Spray Gun and Car Washer with Spray Gun - Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a spray gun and a car washer with the spray gun. The spray gun includes a spray gun housing and an operating handle, wherein the operating handle is provided on the spray gun housing. The spray gun further includes: a spray gun main body; a sealing assembly, at least a part of the sealing assembly being movably provided in the spray gun main body of the spray gun, and the operating handle being connected with the sealing assembly, so as to drive the sealing assembly to move by pulling the operating handle, so that the connection and disconnection of the fluid in the spray gun main body is controlled; and a locking switch, mounted on the spray gun housing in a position-adjustable manner, the locking switch being located on one side of the operating handle and cooperating with the operating handle in a limiting manner. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290574 | METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for maintenance of a vehicle, comprising—determining (S | 2020-09-17 |
20200290575 | Accessory System for ATV and Method of Use - An ATV jack may include an adjustable jack leg and an engagement member configured to engage a bracket disposed on an ATV to non-pneumatically lift the ATV to enable changing of a tire. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290576 | VEHICLE BRAKE DEVICE - A vehicle brake device includes a stroke simulator, a stroke sensor, and a brake start determination unit. The stroke simulator includes a cylinder, a piston, an orifice, and a pressure sensor. The cylinder defines a liquid pressure chamber to which a brake liquid is supplied via a fluid path. The piston slides in the cylinder by the brake liquid supplied to the liquid pressure chamber. The orifice is formed in the fluid path. The pressure sensor detects a reaction pressure. The stroke sensor is configured to detect the stroke. The brake start determination unit determines an operation of the brake operation member has been started in a case where the reaction pressure detected by the pressure sensor becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold value and the stroke detected by the stroke sensor becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold value. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290577 | System and Method for Determining Friction Curve of Tire - A system calibrates a function of a tire friction of a vehicle traveling on a road from motion data including a sequence of control inputs to the vehicle that moves the vehicle on the road and a corresponding sequence of measurements of the motion of the vehicle moved by the sequence of control inputs. The system updates iteratively the probability distribution of the tire friction function until a termination condition is met, wherein, for an iteration, the system samples the probability distribution of the tire friction function, determines a state trajectory of the vehicle to fit the sequence measurements according to the measurement model and the sequence of control inputs according to the motion model including the sample of the tire friction function, and updates the probability distribution of the tire friction function based on the state trajectory of the vehicle. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290578 | BRAKING CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE - In the case that the road surface is determined to have different friction coefficients on the left and right wheels, this braking control device performs antiskid control for adjusting the increase slope of front wheel braking torque on the side with the higher friction coefficient. A steering angle sensor detects the steering angle, and a yaw rate sensor detects the yaw rate. The device calculates a reference turning amount on the basis of the steering angle, calculates an actual turning amount on the basis of the yaw rate, and sets the increase slope on the basis of the deviation between the reference turning amount and the actual turning amount. Also, if this deviation becomes larger, a correction is made such that the set increase slope becomes smaller. Further, if the deviation becomes smaller, a correction is made such that the set increase slope becomes larger. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290579 | AXLE SENSOR MOUNTING - A vehicle weight sensing system is particularly useful for trailers. An axle tube is mounted to the vehicle or trailer through its suspension members that may be leaf springs. A mounting block is affixed to the axle tube for mounting a strain gauge. The mounting block is fixed to the axle tube between the suspension members connected to the axle tube. The mounting block has a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface and a notch extends from the mating surface toward the mounting surface. The notch terminates between the mating surface and the mounting surface. The notch separates rigidified sections of the mounting block and the rigidified sections straddle the notch. The stain gauge measures strain in the axle and thereby generates a signal proportional to the weight on the trailer. The signal can be used to properly proportion a brake system on the trailer. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290580 | SHUTOFF VALVE CONTROL SYSTEM - Systems and methods for shutoff valve control are provided. The system may receive a first hardware logic input, a second hardware logic input, and a weight-on-wheels (WOW) status wherein each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, and the WOW status report a binary true or a false. The system may open the shutoff valve when each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, and the WOW status report true. The system may close the shutoff valve when any of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, and the WOW status report false. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290581 | Breaking Device and Breaking System - Provided is a braking device capable of increasing boost responsiveness of wheel cylinders. The braking device includes a second chamber from which a brake fluid is discharged by a movement of a piston caused by inflow of the brake fluid flowed out from a master cylinder to a first chamber through a brake operation by a driver, and a pump configured to discharge the brake fluid into an oil passage for supplying the brake fluid flowed out from the second chamber to a wheel cylinder. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290582 | Brake Reservoir with Internal Conduit for Integrated Power Brake Unit - An integrated power brake unit ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200290583 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM - In a hydraulic brake system, when a main power supply is in an abnormal condition in which it cannot supply electric power to a pump motor, etc., the pump motor is operated with electric power supplied from an auxiliary power supply, irrespective of the presence of a braking request. Thus, when the main power supply is in the abnormal condition, the number of times inrush current flows is reduced. As a result, the voltage of the auxiliary power supply is less likely to be lower than an operation minimum voltage, and the hydraulic brake system is less likely to be unable to be operated. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290584 | BOOSTER OF BRAKING FORCE - There is provided a booster of a braking force | 2020-09-17 |
20200290585 | BY-PASS OF AIR SUPPLY PROTECTION FOR ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH SYSTEM - The invention concerns an electronic parking brake system ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200290586 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, AND BRAKE SYSTEM - A method for operating a brake system for motor vehicles, comprising a master brake cylinder actuable by a brake pedal, an electrically controllable pressure provision device, a pressure medium reservoir tank, from which the master brake cylinder and the pressure provision device are supplied with pressure medium, and at least two hydraulically actuable wheel brakes and at least one electrically actuable inlet valve per wheel brake, wherein the wheel brakes are actuable either by the master brake cylinder or by the pressure provision device, the pressure medium reservoir tank is monitored by a device for determining a level of the pressure medium, wherein the wheel brakes are divided into at least one first wheel brake group and one second wheel brake group, and wherein the inlet valves of the first wheel brake group are closed when the determined level falls below a first limit value (s | 2020-09-17 |
20200290587 | WIRELESS WHEEL CHOCK - A wheel chock system includes a wheel chock comprising a tire contact surface, one or more support elements, and a base portion, and a sensor located proximate the wheel chock for use in detecting a chocked vehicle tire. The sensor includes an axis, a lever arm pivoting about the axis, the lever arm comprising a forward portion and a rearward portion, the forward leg portion protruding through an aperture in the tire contact surface of the chock, the lever arm having a range of motion defined by a first position wherein the forward leg protrudes through the aperture a first distance, an intermediate position wherein the forward leg protrudes through the aperture a second distance greater than zero and less than the first distance, and a third position wherein the forward leg is flush with or below the tire contact surface. A wireless module coupled to the trigger arm, the wireless module comprising a transmitter and an electrodynamic energy generator for inducing a voltage to power the transmitter. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290588 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A STEERING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a steering system of a vehicle ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200290589 | TORQUE VECTORING HAVING AUTOMATIC YAW TORQUE EQUALIZATION - A method and a system for automatic yaw torque equalization (AYTE) in an electrically driven vehicle having wheel-individual torque distribution (torque vectoring drive). | 2020-09-17 |
20200290590 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE - An HV-ECU performs processing including calculating requested system power, calculating requested engine power when an engine activation request has been issued, obtaining a turbo temperature, setting an operating point on a predetermined operating line when the turbo temperature is equal to or lower than a threshold value Ta, setting as the operating point, a position on a higher rotation speed side by a predetermined value along an equal power line when the turbo temperature is higher than the threshold value Ta, carrying out engine control, and carrying out MG control. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290591 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE SYSTEM - An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes an energy predictor to predict an available energy using a battery energy based on a charging energy in battery charging and a battery energy based on a learned value of a state of health (SOH) of a battery, a distance calculator to calculate a driving range using the predicted available energy and a fuel efficiency which is previously learned, and a controller to update information on the calculated driving range. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290592 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first MG, a second MG, a planetary gear mechanism, and an HV-ECU. The engine includes a supercharger and a purge device. The purge device introduces fuel vapor into an intake passage of the engine. Upon request for fuel purge, when an operating point of the engine is included in an area A, the HV-ECU controls the engine and the first MG to move the operating point to outside of the area A. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290593 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF COOLING TURBOCHARGER - When a prescribed execution condition is satisfied at the time of transition from HV traveling (that is, traveling performed by an engine and a motor with generation of traveling driving force by the engine) to EV traveling (that is, traveling performed by the motor without generation of traveling driving force by the engine), a controller of a hybrid vehicle performs motoring (or a self-sustaining operation) of an engine and thereafter stops the engine. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290594 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR STARTING A HYBRID VEHICLE - Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine and an integrated starter/generator are described. In one example, a torque output of an electric machine is increased via a rotation ratio changing device to reduce engine noise and vibration during engine starting. After the engine is started, the rotation ratio changing device is adjusted so that the engine and the electric machine rotate at a same speed. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290595 | CONTROL METHOD FOR A VEHICLE HYBRID DRIVETRAIN - A method for operating a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle (X) which has a combustion engine (VM), a transmission (G), an electric machine (EM), as well as a separation clutch (KO) positioned between the combustion engine (VM) and the electric machine (EM). During a purely electric drive operation in which the separation clutch (KO) is disengaged and, when a gear is selected in the transmission (G), and during expectation, reaching, or exceeding a rotational speed difference of the separation clutch (KO) is larger or equal to a limit value, and/or in an expectation, reaching, or exceeding a rotational speed limit of the electric machine (EM), the separation clutch (KO) is engaged. Further, an electronic control unit (ECU) executes the method and a motor vehicle (X) having such an electronic control unit (ECU). | 2020-09-17 |
20200290596 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE - A method for controlling a vehicle. The method includes receiving data relating to a wheel slip event and determining a predicted vehicle yaw rate in dependence on the data relating to the wheel slip event. The method further includes comparing the predicted vehicle yaw rate to a target yaw rate, and controlling a braking torque applied by a braking mechanism to at least one wheel of the vehicle, in dependence on the predicted vehicle yaw rate. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290597 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE PITCHING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A system and method for controlling a balance of a moving motor vehicle whose pitching motion when overcoming an unevenness of the road is corrected by means of an acceleration and/or a deceleration of the vehicle by a value correlated to a level of unevenness of the road. The level of unevenness is detected by monitoring the road ahead of the moving vehicle and the pitching motion is predictively corrected based on such monitoring. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290598 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control device includes a detector configured to detect a vicinity situation of a vehicle, a first controller configured to cause the vehicle to move to a position at which a user of the vehicle gets on or gets off the vehicle by controlling a speed and steering of the vehicle on the basis of the vicinity situation detected by the detector, and a second controller configured to reduce a detection load of the detector when the vehicle moves to the position as compared to when the vehicle does not move to the position. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290599 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, and a schedule information acquirer configured to acquire schedule information of a rider of the vehicle, wherein the driving controller is configured to determine an exiting mode for the vehicle letting the rider exit or a boarding mode for the vehicle letting the rider board on the basis of the schedule information acquired by the schedule information acquirer. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290600 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A parking assistance device includes: a marking line detector that detects a plurality of marking lines delineating a parking area from an image taken by an imaging unit; a second determiner that determines whether or not the type of parking for parking a vehicle in a parkable area is angle parking, on the basis of the angle obtained between a parking baseline joining the endpoints on the vehicle side of the detected plurality of marking lines and the plurality of marking lines, or the angle obtained between the parking baseline and one marking line selected from among the plurality of marking lines; and a parking position setter that, in the case where the second determiner determines that the type of parking corresponds to angle parking, sets a parking position inside the parkable area in which to park the vehicle, on the basis of the parking baseline. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290601 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control device includes a communicator configured to communicate with a parking lot management device having a function of guiding a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform driving control including at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle, and an abnormality determiner configured to determine the presence or absence of an abnormality in the parking lot management device. The driving controller is configured to perform the driving control based on guidance of the parking lot management device on the basis of information received by the communicator from the parking lot management device and to restrict the driving control based on the guidance of the parking lot management device in a case where the abnormality determiner determines that the abnormality has occurred in the parking lot management device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290602 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT FOR A SINGLE-TRACK MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling movement for a single-track motor vehicle. The distance from or the speed relative to a vehicle following behind the motor vehicle is sensed by a rear driving-environment sensor system sensing the rearward area behind the motor vehicle. In response to a drop below a distance limiting value or if a relative-speed limiting value is exceeded, warning information is output for the driver of the single-track motor vehicle. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290603 | MOBILE BODY, CONTROL DEVICE, SURROUNDING OBJECT DETECTOR, AND MONITORING DEVICE - A mobile body, a control device, a surrounding object detector, and a monitoring device capable of controlling a safety system of a mobile body having an omnidirectional movement mechanism with a simple configuration are provided. A mobile body according to an embodiment includes drive wheels, a rotational velocity detector, an object detector, a controller, and a changer. The drive wheels are three or more drive wheels that allows the mobile body to move in all directions, and the respective drive wheels are driven independently. The rotational velocity detector detects respective rotational velocities of the drive wheels. The object detector detects an object around the mobile body. The controller decelerates or stops the mobile body when an object is detected in a monitoring area by the object detector. The changer changes a range of the monitoring area on the basis of the respective rotational velocities of the drive wheels detected by the rotational velocity detector. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290604 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A method for controlling driving of an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes recognizing a target vehicle approaching a host vehicle, receiving a d-riving plan of the target vehicle based on absolute coordinates, comparing a driving plan of the host vehicle based on the absolute coordinates with the driving plan of the target vehicle, generating relative coordinates with respect to the host vehicle and the target vehicle, transmitting information about the generated relative coordinates to the target vehicle and requesting the target vehicle to reflect the information about the relative coordinates in the driving plan of the target vehicle to change a driving path of the target vehicle, receiving a signal for approving to reflect the information about the relative coordinates to change the driving plan of the target vehicle, and reflecting the information about the relative coordinates to control driving of the host vehicle. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290605 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE CONTROL - Provided are an apparatus, system, and method for vehicle collision avoidance control. When a velocity of a vehicle is determined to be a control-involved velocity or higher, blinking of hazard lights of a preceding vehicle in front of the vehicle is recognized, and one or more of driver warning and deceleration control are performed on the basis of recognition of blinking of the hazard light of the preceding vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to recognize a probability of vehicle collision and avoid vehicle collision. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290606 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A hazard prediction and a hazard avoidance procedure are performed based on a predetermined hazard avoidance condition during an autonomous driving operation of a vehicle. User-input information about a driving operation of the vehicle; is received, and area or object information is checked to determine the area or the object as a monitoring target. The monitoring target is tracked. At least one additional hazard avoidance procedure for the monitoring target is set, and the at least one additional hazard avoidance procedure is performed in addition to the hazard avoidance procedure when the monitoring target approaches the vehicle. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290607 | Method for Performing a Reaction to Persons on Vehicles - A method initiates a reaction of a first vehicle to a person in the environment of a second vehicle. The person is on a road on which the first vehicle is travelling and the second vehicle is detected. Measurement data determined by at least one sensor unit are received by a control unit. The control unit carries out a classification and registers the evaluated data as a person and as a second vehicle. Motion vectors of the person are determined and the expected movement of the person is calculated. A position and width of the vehicle doors of the second vehicle are determined or estimated on the basis of the measurement data. A probability of the person opening a vehicle door is calculated. A reaction of the first vehicle is initiated by the control unit depending on the calculated probability. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290608 | FORWARD COLLISION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose forward collision control methods and apparatuses, electronic devices, programs, and media, where the forward collision control method includes: detecting a forward suspected collision object on a road where a current traveling object is located on the basis of a neural network; predicting the collision time between the current traveling object and the suspected collision object; and performing forward collision control on the current traveling object according to the collision time, where the forward collision control includes forward collision warning and/or driving control. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290609 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a control device for a vehicle including an operation amount calculation unit for calculating, in a first travel mode using an automatic control that is not dependent on a driving operation by a driver, an operation amount for controlling a drive device and/or a braking device on a basis of a travel resistance value and a request value indicative of a level of acceleration of the vehicle; a correction value calculation unit for calculating, in a second travel mode based on the driving operation by the driver, a correction value corresponding to an error of the travel resistance from a drive output value, a travel resistance value, and an acceleration value obtained in a state where a predetermined condition is fulfilled; and a travel resistance value correction unit for correcting the travel resistance value with the correction value. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290610 | ECO-CRUISE: TORQUE MANAGEMENT - A cruise control method to control a vehicle includes: receiving, by a controller of the vehicle, a set speed, a maximum allowed speed, and a minimum allowed speed, wherein each of the maximum allowed speed and the minimum allowed speed is a speed boundary; a propulsion system to produce a commanded axle torque to maintain the set speed; monitoring a current vehicle speed of the vehicle; determining a current vehicle acceleration of the vehicle; determining a time that the vehicle will take to reach the speed boundary; determining whether the time that the vehicle will take to reach the speed boundary is less than a predetermined time threshold; and in response to determining that the time that the vehicle will take to reach the speed boundary is less than the predetermined time threshold, commanding the propulsion system of the vehicle to adjust the commanded axle torque. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290611 | SMOOTH TRANSITION BETWEEN ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL AND CRUISE CONTROL USING VIRTUAL VEHICLE - An autonomous vehicle with adaptable cruise control in which a virtual vehicle object is generated to pace the autonomous vehicle for a smooth acceleration when transitioning between an ACC mode and a CC mode. An acceleration profile sets a virtual vehicle object acceleration as a function of a speed difference between the current road speed limit and the current autonomous vehicle speed, and the current autonomous vehicle acceleration. The perception data may be generated for the virtual vehicle object to simulate the existence of the virtual vehicle object on the road traveled by the autonomous vehicle. The generated perception data and acceleration data are provided to an ACC module to control the acceleration of the autonomous vehicle. The acceleration profile of the virtual vehicle object is tunable. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290612 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device disclosed in the present disclosure includes: a first control unit configured to control a speed of the vehicle in accordance with the route distance and the set speed until the detection unit determines that the vehicle has passed through the ETC toll gate, while the vehicle is performing the constant-speed traveling by the cruise control unit; a vehicle frontward detecting unit configured to detect road information about a road frontward of the vehicle; and a second control unit configured to change control content in the cruise control unit on the basis of a detection result from the vehicle frontward detecting unit, when the detection unit determines that the vehicle has passed through the ETC toll gate, while the vehicle is performing the constant-speed traveling by the cruise control unit. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290613 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - System and method configured to determine a direction of movement of a vehicle in response to a brake being released or in response to initiating movement of the vehicle from a stopped position along a route. The direction of movement is determined based on a selected travel direction of the vehicle, a grade of the route, and at least one of applied tractive efforts or applied braking efforts. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290614 | Enabling Reverse Motion of a Preceding Vehicle at Bunched Traffic Sites - A method for adjusting a safety distance between a first vehicle and a second vehicle preceding the first vehicle at a bunched traffic site by at least one control device is disclosed which includes receiving measurement data of at least one sensor unit with the at least one control device. The method includes evaluating the measurement data of the at least one sensor unit with the at least one control device to identify a bunched traffic site in front of the second vehicle and identifying a safety distance of the first vehicle from the second vehicle, wherein the identified safety distance accounts for a possible reverse motion of the second vehicle. The method further includes establishing the identified safety distance with the at least one control device based upon the identified bunched traffic site. A control device, a computer program and a machine-readable storage medium are further disclosed. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290615 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle travel control apparatus configured to set an operation mode of automatic start control to any one of a first mode, in which the automatic start control is executed, and a second mode, in which the automatic start control is not executed, the vehicle travel control apparatus being further configured to: issue to a driver a notification for inquiring whether the driver desires the automatic start control to be executed when the current travel state of an own vehicle is a specific state; and set the operation mode of the automatic start control to the first mode when the driver has performed a predetermined response operation in response to the notification. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290616 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM FALLING - An apparatus and a method for preventing a vehicle from falling into a sinkhole are provided. The apparatus prevents the vehicle from being unnecessarily stopped by determining whether to stop the vehicle based on a size of the sinkhole while preventing the vehicle from falling into the sinkhole on a road. The apparatus includes a sensor that is mounted on the vehicle to measure a distance to a ground and a controller that determines a size of the sinkhole based on the distance to the ground and determines whether to stop the vehicle while preventing the vehicle from falling into the sinkhole on a road. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290617 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR AN ARTICULATED VEHICLE - A brake system for an articulated vehicle is disclosed. The brake system includes a brake assembly coupled to a traction device, the brake assembly being configured to apply a brake-assembly pressure based on one of a hydro-mechanical pressure signal and an electro-mechanical pressure signal. A blocking valve is configured to block the hydro-mechanical pressure signal when closed. A brake controller, is configured to transmit an isolation signal configured to close the blocking valve and transmit an ABS control signal that is based on a commanded ABS brake pressure. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290618 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF AUTOMATED LANE CHANGE IN VEHICLE - Systems and methods of performing adaptive control of an automated lane change in a vehicle include positioning a target vehicle with a target speed in a target lane at a target distance behind the vehicle. The target speed is greater than a speed of the vehicle, and the vehicle will move into the target lane based on the automated lane change. The method includes determining a deceleration needed by the target vehicle over a braking distance, which is less than the target distance, to match the speed of the vehicle, and determining whether the deceleration exceeds a threshold deceleration. The automated lane change is prohibited based on the deceleration exceeding the threshold deceleration. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290619 | AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS AND CONTROL LOGIC USING MANEUVER CRITICALITY FOR VEHICLE ROUTING AND MODE ADAPTATION - Presented are automated driving systems and control logic for intelligent vehicle operation in transient driving conditions, methods for constructing/operating such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A method for controlling an automated driving operation includes a vehicle controller receiving path plan data with location, destination, and predicted path data for a vehicle. From the received path plan data, the controller predicts an upcoming maneuver for driving the vehicle between start and goal lane segments. The vehicle controller determines a predicted route with lane segments connecting the start and goal lane segments, and segment maneuvers for moving the vehicle between the start, goal, and route lane segments. A cost value is calculated for each segment maneuver; the controller determines if a cost values exceeds a corresponding criticality value. If so, the controller transmits commands a resident vehicle subsystem to execute a control operation associated with taking the first predicted route. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH DEFINITION MAP BASED VEHICLE CONTROL FOR ASSISTED DRIVING - The present application generally relates to a method and apparatus for generating an action policy for controlling an autonomous vehicle. In particular, the method and apparatus are operative for determining a following distance between a host vehicle and a lead vehicle and a lead vehicle speed, generating a lane change request in response to the following distance, a host vehicle speed and the lead vehicle speed, determining an available lane in response to an image and the lane change request, generating a lane change command in response to the available lane, generating a control signal in response to the lane change request and a map data and controlling the vehicle to execute a lane change action in response to the control signal. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290621 | VEHICLE LANE CHANGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A vehicle lane change control apparatus includes a condition information acquisition unit that acquires condition information of an occupant of a vehicle, a lane change rate database unit that stores a lane change rate that is determined based on a lane change pattern of a driver analyzed based on driving information when a lane of the vehicle is changed and road condition information when the lane of the vehicle is changed and indicates a speed of the lane change, and a control unit that changes the lane of the vehicle through steering control according to operation information of the vehicle, and based on the condition information of the occupant acquired by the condition information acquisition unit, controls the lane change of the vehicle by selectively using the lane change rate and a corrected lane change rate determined by increasing or decreasing the lane change rate. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290622 | VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM - Vehicle monitoring employs three-dimensional (3D) information in a region adjacent to a vehicle to visually highlight objects that are closer to the vehicle than a threshold distance. A vehicle monitoring system includes a 3D scanner to scan the region adjacent to the vehicle and provide a 3D model including a spatial configuration of objects located within the scanned region. The vehicle monitoring system further includes a 3D electronic display to display a portion of the scanned region using the 3D model and to visually highlight an object within the displayed portion that is located less than the threshold distance from the vehicle. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290623 | RECOGNITION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECOGNITION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECOGNITION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A recognition processing apparatus includes a video acquisition unit configured to acquire first captured image data of surroundings of a host vehicle captured by a far-infrared camera, an other vehicle detection unit configured to detect another vehicle parked or stopped in the surroundings of the host vehicle, a heat detection unit configured to detect radiated heat associated with an operation of the other vehicle based on a thermal distribution in a region corresponding to the other vehicle in the first captured image data, and a person detection unit configured to, when the radiated heat has been detected, preferentially execute person recognition in a vicinity of the other vehicle to detect a person. The recognition processing apparatus can ascertain the possibility that a person gets out of a detected vehicle and promptly detect such a person. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290624 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle and a driving controller configured to perform driving control according to speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the recognizer is configured to recognize a depression on a road where the vehicle travels, and wherein the driving controller is configured to cause the vehicle to travel while riding over the depression in a case where a width of the depression is less than or equal to a predetermined width. | 2020-09-17 |
20200290625 | Friction Adaptive Vehicle Control - A system control a vehicle using a friction function describing a friction between a type of surface of the road and a tire of the vehicle as a function of a slip of a wheel of the vehicle. The parameters of each friction function include an initial slope of the friction function defining a stiffness of the tire and one or combination of a peak friction, a shape factor and a curvature factor of the friction function. Upon estimating a slip and a stiffness of the tire, the system selects from the memory parameters of the friction function corresponding to the current stiffness of the tire, determines a control command using a value of the friction corresponding to the slip of the tire according to the friction function defined by the selected parameters, and submits the control command to an actuator of the vehicle. | 2020-09-17 |