A vehicle has a motor that drives the vehicle, a battery that allows supplying an electric power to the motor, and a power conversion device disposed between the motor and the battery. An execution command of ripple charging and discharging that alternately charges and discharges multiple times with the battery is output to the power conversion device when a temperature of the battery is lower than a predetermined threshold temperature, and the flow rate of the heating medium is controlled such that the flow rate of the heating medium is reduced compared with a case where the temperature of the battery is lower than the temperature of the heating medium when the temperature of the battery is higher than the temperature of the heating medium that exchanges heat with the battery while the ripple charging and discharging is executed.
B60L 58/25 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries en commandant les charges électriques
B60L 1/00 - Fourniture de l'énergie électrique à l'équipement auxiliaire des véhicules à traction électrique
B60L 58/26 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries par refroidissement
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BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EQUALIZING THE CHARGES OF THE ACCUMULATOR CELLS OF THE BATTERY
This management system (1) for managing a battery of accumulator cells (2) of an electric vehicle comprises a plurality of secondary controllers (7) coupled respectively to a plurality of accumulator cells (10) of the battery (2) and a primary controller (6) configured to determine the terms for equalizing the charge of the accumulator cells (10) when the management system (1) is in an active mode, the management system (1) comprising an inactive mode in which the terms by which the charges are equalized are determined only by the secondary controllers (7).
B60L 58/22 - Équilibrage de la charge des modules de batterie
B60L 58/12 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries en fonction de l'état de charge [SoC]
B60L 58/16 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries en fonction du vieillissement de la batterie, p. ex. du nombre de cycles de charge ou de l'état de santé [SoH]
A case for housing a driving force transmission device includes a wall section defining a through-hole through which a shaft is configured to pass. The wall section, as viewed from an axial direction, includes an annular section surrounding the through-hole, first ribs that extend radially outward from the annular section, a second rib that crosses a vertical line that passes through an axial center of the shaft from one side to the other side, and a recess that opens at a bottom end surface of the wall section, and recessed in a direction along the vertical line. A bottom surface of the recess has a shape such that a side farther from the vertical line is located closer to a bottom end surface side. A region of the wall section in which the recess is provided is connected to one end of the second rib.
F16H 57/03 - Boîtes de vitessesMontage de la transmission à l'intérieur caractérisés par des moyens pour renforcer les boîtes de vitesses, p. ex. nervures
F16H 57/021 - Structures de support d'arbres, p. ex. parois de séparation, orifices de logement de paliers, parois de carter ou couvercles avec paliers
A vehicle control device is used for a vehicle that transports a user and a package. The vehicle control device includes a controller configured to: acquire an attribute of the user and an attribute of the package; partition a space in the vehicle into spaces prior to loading of at least one of the user and the package into the vehicle; and perform air conditioning control according to the attribute of an object for loading in at least one of the partitioned spaces.
A communication control device is configured to select a communication frequency band for communicating between a vehicle and an external base station when starting communication between the vehicle and the external base station. In selecting the communication frequency band, the communication control device measures or determines the amount of electromagnetic noise in each frequency band inside the cockpit module. Then, the communication control device changes the communication frequency band based on the amount of electromagnetic noise, and communicates with the external base station using the changed communication frequency band.
H04W 72/542 - Critères d’affectation ou de planification des ressources sans fil sur la base de critères de qualité en utilisant la qualité mesurée ou perçue
H04B 1/00 - Détails des systèmes de transmission, non couverts par l'un des groupes Détails des systèmes de transmission non caractérisés par le milieu utilisé pour la transmission
H04W 4/44 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p. ex. communication véhicule-piétons pour la communication entre véhicules et infrastructures, p. ex. véhicule à nuage ou véhicule à domicile
H04W 72/0453 - Ressources du domaine fréquentiel, p. ex. porteuses dans des AMDF [FDMA]
H04W 72/541 - Critères d’affectation ou de planification des ressources sans fil sur la base de critères de qualité en utilisant le niveau d’interférence
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HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
In a hybrid vehicle, the warm-up of a battery (2) is controlled in consideration of the SOC of battery (2) and the temperature of battery (2). That is, in the hybrid vehicle, for example, when the SOC of battery (2) reaches a preset predetermined value and the output of battery (2) is lower than a first threshold value, a first control valve (8) is opened to perform the heat exchange between a first cooling water and a second cooling water by a heat exchanger (6). Consequently, in the hybrid vehicle, the second cooling water in a second cooling path (4) is warmed by the first cooling water in a first cooling path (3) to warm up battery (2), thereby suppressing a decrease in output of battery (2) due to a temperature decrease in battery (2).
B60L 58/24 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries
B60K 6/46 - Agencement ou montage de plusieurs moteurs primaires différents pour une propulsion réciproque ou commune, p. ex. systèmes de propulsion hybrides comportant des moteurs électriques et des moteurs à combustion interne les moteurs primaires étant constitués de moteurs électriques et de moteurs à combustion interne, p. ex. des VEH caractérisés par l'architecture du véhicule électrique hybride du type série
B60W 10/06 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des moteurs à combustion
A battery control system includes a discharge mechanism and a controller. The discharge mechanism performs balancing of residual discharge capacities among secondary batteries by discharging a battery having a residual discharge capacity greater than a residual discharge capacity of another battery in a battery group that includes a plurality of the batteries whose open circuit voltage at charge is greater than open circuit voltage at discharge. The controller executes pre-discharge that discharges the battery by at least the amount of power that causes the open circuit voltage to switch from the open circuit voltage at charge to the open circuit voltage at discharge prior to the balancing. The discharge mechanism performs the balancing based on a voltage of the battery after the pre-discharge is executed by the controller.
A modified carbon fiber includes carbon atoms in which a proportion of carbon atoms to which a functional group containing at least one of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom is bonded are 55.5 atomic % or more and 68.0 atomic % or less, when a total of carbon atoms present on a surface of the carbon fiber and a surface of an internal void inside the carbon fiber is 100 atomic %.
D06M 13/322 - Traitement des fibres, fils, filés, tissus ou articles fibreux faits de ces matières, avec des composés organiques non macromoléculairesUn tel traitement combiné avec un traitement mécanique avec des composés contenant de l'azote
C08K 9/04 - Ingrédients traités par des substances organiques
D06M 13/10 - Traitement des fibres, fils, filés, tissus ou articles fibreux faits de ces matières, avec des composés organiques non macromoléculairesUn tel traitement combiné avec un traitement mécanique avec des composés oxygénés
A battery temperature control method and a battery temperature control device uses a controller to execute a temperature control of a chargeable/dischargeable battery installed in an electric vehicle. The controller acquires battery information including a temperature of the battery, a current temperature of the battery and a heat capacity of the battery, and predicts a scheduled time at which the temperature of the battery will be within a desired temperature range, or acquiring information pertaining to the scheduled time. The controller raises the temperature of the battery to the desired temperature range by the scheduled time by repeating a charge/discharge control of the battery as a heating control of the battery prior to the scheduled time where the temperature of the battery is below the desired temperature range.
B60L 58/25 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries en commandant les charges électriques
H01M 10/637 - Systèmes de commande caractérisés par l’emploi de dispositifs sensibles à la température, p. ex. dispositifs NTC, PTC ou bimétalSystèmes de commande caractérisés par la commande du courant interne circulant à travers la batterie, p. ex. par commutation
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VEHICLE SEAT PROVIDED WITH AN INSTALLED SAFETY SYSTEM
A vehicle seat includes a backrest, a seat pan, and an airbag having two components placed on sides of the seat. Each component includes an airbag cushion and a strap sewn to the airbag cushion. The strap is fixed to an upper area of the backrest and an anti-submarining hump of the seat pan. The backrest includes a seat cushion and a rigid shell surrounding the seat cushion. Each strap passes between the seat cushion and the shell. The seat includes a seat belt provided with a retractor fixed to the backrest and placed inside a receiving portion delimited by a front casing located in a backrest upper area, the shell covers the front casing, thereby forming a space between them to pass the strap of one of the two components in the backrest upper area, and the shell delimiting the receiving portion to the rear.
B60R 21/207 - Dispositions pour ranger les éléments gonflables non utilisés ou à l'état dégonfléAgencement ou montage des composants ou modules des coussins gonflables dans les sièges du véhicule
B60R 21/231 - Éléments gonflables caractérisés par leur forme, leur structure ou leur configuration spatiale
A parking assistance method includes: storing positions of target objects detected around the target parking position as learned target object positions; when the own vehicle travels in a vicinity of the target parking position after the learned target object positions are stored, counting the number of times that the learned target object position coincides with a surrounding target object position of a target object detected around the own vehicle and providing a higher degree of reliability to the learned target object position having a larger number of times of coincidence with the surrounding target object position; by comparing the learned target object position having a degree of reliability greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold degree of reliability with a position of a target object detected around the own vehicle, calculating a relative position of the own vehicle with respect to the target parking position.
A power supply system is installed in a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. The power supply system includes a first load circuit connected to a first load that operates using electric power from a main battery; a second load circuit connected to a second load that operates using electric power from the main battery or an additional battery and that is necessary to continue the autonomous driving mode; and a first circuit connection/disconnection mechanism provided on a power supply line for electrically connecting the first load and the second load, the first circuit connection/disconnection mechanism that electrically connects or disconnects the first load circuit to or from the second load circuit. The first load circuit is located on an upstream side of the first circuit connection/disconnection mechanism. A current path on a downstream side of the first circuit connection/disconnection mechanism includes a first path for allowing a current flowing from the first load circuit to the first circuit connection/disconnection mechanism to flow from a branch point located on the downstream side of the first circuit connection/disconnection mechanism to the second load, and a second path for allowing the current to flow from the branch point to the additional battery. A current value allowed for conduction through the first path is higher than a current value allowed for conduction through the second path. The second load circuit includes the second load and a third load that is not necessary for traveling in the autonomous driving mode. The third load is connected to the second path between the branch point and the additional battery.
B60R 16/033 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour l'alimentation des sous-systèmes du véhicule en énergie électrique caractérisé par l'utilisation de cellules électriques ou de batteries
H02J 1/08 - Systèmes à trois filsSystèmes ayant plus de trois fils
H02J 7/34 - Fonctionnement en parallèle, dans des réseaux, de batteries avec d'autres sources à courant continu, p. ex. batterie tampon
A vehicle control method for causing an own vehicle to stop in a way that an interval between the own vehicle and a preceding vehicle coincides with a predetermined target distance includes: determining whether or not there is a crossing within a predetermined distance from the own vehicle ahead of the own vehicle and a traveling road on which the own vehicle travels includes a target lane in which a vehicle travels in the same direction as the own vehicle and an opposite lane; detecting a leading vehicle in the target lane in a section up to the crossing as a target vehicle and determining whether or not the own vehicle is a following vehicle positioned immediately behind the target vehicle; and when the own vehicle is a following vehicle, setting the target distance longer than the target distance when the own vehicle is not a following vehicle.
A secondary battery is configured by stacking a plurality of battery cells containing a lithium metal or a lithium-containing alloy as a negative electrode active material on a negative electrode layer. The battery cell has a positive electrode tab connected to the positive electrode collector and exposed to the outside, and a negative electrode tab connected to the negative electrode current collector and exposed to the outside. The positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab are provided on opposite sides of the center line in the thickness direction of the battery cell, and the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab of the adjacent battery cells are arranged and connected so as to face each other.
A power supply system is installed in a vehicle. The power supply system includes a first load circuit configured to operate using electric power from a main battery, the first load circuit being connected to a first load; a second load circuit configured to operate using electric power from the main battery or an additional battery, the second load circuit being connected to a second load; a first relay provided on a power supply line for electrically connecting the first load and the second load, the first relay that electrically connects or disconnects the first load circuit to or from the second load circuit; a second relay that electrically connects or disconnects the second load to or from the additional battery; and a controller that determines a state of a start switch for starting the vehicle. The first relay is in an on state when the start switch is off. The second relay is in an off state when the start switch is off. When determining that the start switch has been switched from off to on, the controller is configured to turn on the second relay and then turn off the first relay. A failure diagnosis for the first relay is performed with the first relay being off and the second relay being on.
H02J 9/06 - Circuits pour alimentation de puissance de secours ou de réserve, p. ex. pour éclairage de secours dans lesquels le système de distribution est déconnecté de la source normale et connecté à une source de réserve avec commutation automatique
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
H02J 7/14 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries pour la charge de batteries par des générateurs dynamo-électriques entraînés à vitesse variable, p. ex. sur véhicule
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Parking Assistance Method and Parking Assistance Device
A parking assistance method includes: detecting, from an image of surroundings of a vehicle, a first target object position; detecting a first image capturing situation when the image is captured; with respect to a second target object position of a target object detected from a past image of surroundings of a target parking position in a past, retrieving one or more combinations of a relative positional relationship between the second target object position and the target parking position and a second image capturing situation when the past image is captured; selecting, the relative positional relationship combined with the second image capturing situation having a difference from the first image capturing situation less than or equal to a predetermined difference; and calculating, based on the selected relative positional relationship and the first target object position, a relative position between a current position of the vehicle and the target parking position.
An image processing method includes: capturing, by a first image capturing device installed at a position located on a side surface outside a vehicle interior of a vehicle and anterior to a rear end of the vehicle, a first image, the first image being an image of a region including a rear lateral side of the vehicle; capturing, by a second image capturing device installed on a rear end of the vehicle, a second image, the second image being an image of a region in a rear of the vehicle; generating a synthetic image serving as an image of a rear view of the vehicle by synthesizing the first image and the second image with each other; and superimposing an outline, the outline being a line segment extending along a contour of a side surface of the vehicle, in the synthetic image.
G06T 11/20 - Traçage à partir d'éléments de base, p. ex. de lignes ou de cercles
B60R 1/26 - Dispositions de visualisation en temps réel pour les conducteurs ou les passagers utilisant des systèmes de capture d'images optiques, p. ex. des caméras ou des systèmes vidéo spécialement adaptés pour être utilisés dans ou sur des véhicules pour visualiser une zone extérieure au véhicule, p. ex. l’extérieur du véhicule avec un champ de vision prédéterminé vers l’arrière du véhicule
G06T 7/73 - Détermination de la position ou de l'orientation des objets ou des caméras utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
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Parking Assistance Method and Parking Assistance Device
A parking assistance device includes: a sensor-information processing circuit that detects an empty parking space around a host vehicle; a surrounding-image generation circuit that generates a surrounding image that is a view of surroundings of the host vehicle from above; an image display circuit that displays a first assistance image at a position of the empty parking space in the surrounding image, the first assistance image indicating the empty parking space; and a stop determination circuit that determines whether the host vehicle has stopped. In a case where it is determined by the stop determination circuit that the host vehicle has stopped, the image display circuit displays the first assistance image.
B60R 1/27 - Dispositions de visualisation en temps réel pour les conducteurs ou les passagers utilisant des systèmes de capture d'images optiques, p. ex. des caméras ou des systèmes vidéo spécialement adaptés pour être utilisés dans ou sur des véhicules pour visualiser une zone extérieure au véhicule, p. ex. l’extérieur du véhicule avec un champ de vision prédéterminé fournissant une vision panoramique, p. ex. en utilisant des caméras omnidirectionnelles
G08G 1/14 - Systèmes de commande du trafic pour véhicules routiers indiquant des places libres individuelles dans des parcs de stationnement
H04N 23/698 - Commande des caméras ou des modules de caméras pour obtenir un champ de vision élargi, p. ex. pour la capture d'images panoramiques
H04N 23/90 - Agencement de caméras ou de modules de caméras, p. ex. de plusieurs caméras dans des studios de télévision ou des stades de sport
A controller executes processing including: before a lane change of an own vehicle to an adjacent lane by autonomous driving is started, acquiring lane marking information in front of the own vehicle and first lane width information from a camera and controlling a yaw angle of the own vehicle, based on the lane marking information and the first lane width information so the own vehicle travels within an own vehicle lane; when the lane change is started, acquiring second lane width information from map information and controlling the yaw angle, based on the second lane width information in such a way that the own vehicle performs the lane change; and after the lane change is completed, controlling the yaw angle, based on the lane marking information and the first lane width information in such a way that the own vehicle travels within an own vehicle lane after lane change.
A parking assistance method including: detecting a target object position that is a relative position with respect to the own vehicle; retrieving a known target object and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position from a storage device; based on the detected target object position detected and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position, estimating a relative position of the target parking position with respect to a current position of the own vehicle; based on the estimated relative position, calculating a target travel trajectory from a current position of the own vehicle to the target parking position; determining estimation precision of the estimated relative position; when the estimation precision is low, limiting a speed limit of movement speed at which the own vehicle is caused to travel along the target travel trajectory to a speed lower.
A vehicle control method causes a controller to execute: processing of determining whether or not a first other vehicle traveling on a second lane, the second lane merging with a first lane on which an own vehicle travels in front of the own vehicle, is traveling diagonally in front of the own vehicle; and processing of, when determining that the first other vehicle is traveling diagonally in front of the own vehicle, controlling vehicle speed of the own vehicle in such a way that a front-rear direction distance from a rear-end position of the first other vehicle to a front-end position of the own vehicle in a front-rear direction of the first lane is shorter than a first target inter-vehicle distance in vehicle speed control to maintain an inter-vehicle distance to a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the own vehicle on the first lane.
A vehicle control method causes a controller to execute: vehicle speed determination processing of determining whether or not vehicle speed of an own vehicle is reduced to less than a predetermined speed threshold; lateral deviation detection processing of detecting lateral deviation of the own vehicle with respect to a lane center or a lane boundary line; target trajectory generation processing of, when determining that the vehicle speed is reduced to less than the speed threshold, generating a first target travel trajectory of the own vehicle in such a way as to suppress change in the lateral deviation at and after a vehicle speed reduction time point; avoidance target detection processing of detecting an avoidance target; and avoidance processing of avoiding the avoidance target by, after the vehicle speed reduction time point, adjusting deceleration of the own vehicle while the own vehicle travels along the first target travel trajectory.
A driving control device executes driving assistance control for a subject vehicle using a processor having a first controller and a second controller. The first controller executes lane keeping control while the second controller executes deviation preventing control. The processor determines whether or not the second controller starts the deviation preventing control during execution of the lane keeping control with the first controller. Upon a determination that the second controller starts the deviation preventing control during execution of the lane keeping control, the processor concludes the lane keeping control under execution, starts deceleration control for the subject vehicle, continues the deviation preventing control until the subject vehicle stops, and concludes the deviation preventing control under execution when the subject vehicle stops by the deceleration control.
An electric vehicle control method includes: basic torque distribution processing of determining a basic torque command value for each drive motor based on a total required driving force for the electric vehicle and driving force distribution for each of the drive systems; vibration damping processing of obtaining a corrected torque command value by performing correction for reducing vibration of a driving force transmission system on each basic torque command value; and driving force control processing of controlling a driving force generated by each drive motor based on the corrected torque command value. The vibration damping processing includes estimating whether each of the drive systems is in a dead zone section individually, and adjusting a correction amount for the basic torque command value of the drive system in the dead zone section according to the driving force distribution.
B60L 15/20 - Procédés, circuits ou dispositifs pour commander la propulsion des véhicules à traction électrique, p. ex. commande de la vitesse des moteurs de traction en vue de réaliser des performances désiréesAdaptation sur les véhicules à traction électrique de l'installation de commande à distance à partir d'un endroit fixe, de différents endroits du véhicule ou de différents véhicules d'un même train pour la commande du véhicule ou de son moteur en vue de réaliser des performances désirées, p. ex. vitesse, couple, variation programmée de la vitesse
B60K 1/02 - Agencement ou montage des ensembles de propulsion électriques comprenant plus d'un moteur électrique
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STARTUP CONTROL METHOD FOR IN-CYLINDER DIRECT INJECTION SPARK IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM
For an in-cylinder direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine including an intake port provided with a tumble control valve, a startup control method is presented. When a startup of the engine satisfies a predetermined cold start condition requiring a retard operation of the engine for catalyst warmup, a startup process is performed. The startup process includes: closing the tumble control valve; after the closing of the tumble control valve, starting to crank the engine; implementing fuel injection of the engine by a single-injection operation during a time period from an initial cycle of combustion of the engine to an event that the engine rises and reaches a predetermined rotation speed; after the event, shifting from the single-injection operation to a multiple-injection operation; and substantially simultaneously with the shifting to the multiple-injection operation, starting an ignition timing retard.
F02D 41/06 - Dispositions de circuits pour produire des signaux de commande introduisant des corrections pour des conditions particulières de fonctionnement pour le démarrage ou le réchauffage du moteur
F02D 41/00 - Commande électrique de l'alimentation en mélange combustible ou en ses constituants
F02D 41/02 - Dispositions de circuits pour produire des signaux de commande
F02D 41/38 - Commande de l'injection de combustible du type à haute pression
F02D 41/40 - Commande de l'injection de combustible du type à haute pression avec des moyens pour commander la synchronisation ou la durée de l'injection
A control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including a belt continuously variable transmission including a mechanical oil pump driven by an engine and an electric oil pump driven by an electric motor, the engine being configured to drive a drive wheel, in which when a rotation speed of the engine is less than or equal to a prescribed rotation speed as the vehicle decelerates, driving of the electric motor is controlled to supply a hydraulic pressure from the electric oil pump to the belt continuously variable transmission, and when the deceleration of the vehicle exceeds a prescribed deceleration, the driving of the electric motor is restricted not to supply the hydraulic pressure from the electric oil pump to the belt continuously variable transmission.
F16H 61/00 - Fonctions internes aux unités de commande pour changements de vitesse ou pour mécanismes d'inversion des transmissions transmettant un mouvement rotatif
F16H 59/72 - Entrées de commande vers des transmissions transmettant un mouvement rotatif pour changements de vitesse ou pour mécanismes d'inversion les entrées étant fonction de l'état de la transmission fonction des caractéristiques de l'huile, p. ex. température, viscosité
An arrangement structure of an intake duct includes an air inlet for introducing outside air from outside of a vehicle, a heat bump, an intake duct, and a first shielding member. The heat bump radiates heat to the introduced outside air introduced from the air inlet. The intake duct has an intake port for taking in a part of the introduced outside air. The intake duct is connected to an engine of the vehicle. The first shielding member defines a flow path of the introduced outside air and shielding the intake port from a flow of the introduced outside air. The first shielding member includes at least an upper wall for defining an upper part of the flow path from the air inlet to the heat bump and side walls for defining a side part of the flow path. The intake port is located above the upper wall.
A motor mount system includes a motor unit and a frame that supports the motor unit via four bush mounts. The four bush mounts have configurations that are identical to each other. Among the four bush mounts, a bush mount is closest to a center of gravity of driving reaction force input to two bush mounts disposed in front of the motor unit, or a center of gravity of driving reaction force input to two bush mounts disposed behind the motor unit, and the bush mount is disposed in a state where the bush mount is rotated in a direction in which rigidity to a load in a vertical direction is higher than rigidity of other bush mounts.
B60K 6/40 - Agencement ou montage de plusieurs moteurs primaires différents pour une propulsion réciproque ou commune, p. ex. systèmes de propulsion hybrides comportant des moteurs électriques et des moteurs à combustion interne les moteurs primaires étant constitués de moteurs électriques et de moteurs à combustion interne, p. ex. des VEH caractérisés par des appareils, des organes ou des moyens spécialement adaptés aux VEH caractérisés par l'assemblage ou la disposition relative des organes
An all solid-state battery and a method for manufacturing all solid-state battery that are capable of reducing damage during the manufacturing process include: a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode active material layer provided on a surface of the positive electrode current collector; a first elastic member covering a periphery of the positive electrode active material layer and having an elastic modulus less than or equal to an elastic modulus of the positive electrode active material layer; a solid electrolyte layer facing the positive electrode current collector with the first elastic member and the positive electrode active material layer in between; a negative electrode current collector facing the positive electrode current collector with the solid electrolyte layer in between; and a negative electrode active material layer provided between the negative electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer and disposed inside a periphery of the solid electrolyte layer.
An abnormality detection device detects an abnormality of a screen display displayed on a display. The abnormality detection device is configured to monitor screen display data displayed by the display; determine, based on the screen display data and a user operation regarding the screen display performed by a user, whether or not the screen display has transitioned according to the user operation; extract a screen region which is a target of transition by the user operation within the screen display as a target region; and compare the screen display data corresponding to the target region of when the user operation was performed with the screen display data corresponding to the target region of after a lapse of a predetermined period from the user operation, so as to determine whether or not the screen display has transitioned; and when the screen display does not transition within the predetermined period, determine that the screen display is in a freeze state of being unresponsive to the user operation.
G06F 11/14 - Détection ou correction d'erreur dans les données par redondance dans les opérations, p. ex. en utilisant différentes séquences d'opérations aboutissant au même résultat
A travel assistance method and device, when performing a first lane change with autonomous lane change control and then performing a second lane change for traveling along a set travel route, determines whether or not a distance from a position at which the first lane change has concluded to a position at which the second lane change can be started is a predetermined distance or less. When it is determined that the distance is the predetermined distance or less, whether assistance with the autonomous lane change control is enabled for the second lane change is determined. When assistance with the autonomous lane change control is enabled, whether a lane change can be made from a subject vehicle lane to an adjacent lane is determined. When the lane change to the adjacent lane can be made, the second lane change is made with the autonomous lane change control.
A vehicle travel assistance method and a travel assistance device for a vehicle include determining whether or not a route-following lane change that is a lane change for traveling along a set travel route can be assisted with autonomous lane change control, and when determining that the route-following lane change cannot be assisted with the autonomous lane change control, notifying a driver that a lane change with the autonomous lane change control cannot be made, and prohibiting the autonomous lane change control from assisting a lane change in a direction opposite to a direction in which the vehicle moves during the route-following lane change.
A communication control device is configured to select a communication frequency band for communicating between a vehicle and an external base station when starting communication between the vehicle and the external base station. In selecting the communication frequency band, the communication control device measures or determines the amount of electromagnetic noise in each frequency band inside the cockpit module, and including the communication frequency band. Then, the communication control device identifies an electrical device that is a source of the electromagnetic noise based on frequency bands in which the amount of electromagnetic noise is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The communication control device sets an operating clock frequency of the electrical device to a first frequency band that differs from the communication frequency band.
H04W 72/0453 - Ressources du domaine fréquentiel, p. ex. porteuses dans des AMDF [FDMA]
H04W 72/541 - Critères d’affectation ou de planification des ressources sans fil sur la base de critères de qualité en utilisant le niveau d’interférence
A vehicle mounted antenna is inside a cockpit module. The vehicle mounted antenna is positioned above a duct in the cockpit module at least a certain distance from an on-board device that is a source of noise and that is positioned below the duct. The duct is installed via a metal bracket that has a higher heat conductivity than the vehicle mounted antenna.
A charging/discharging control method and a charging/discharging control device, when controlling a power module connected to any of a plurality of power systems, receive a signal broadcast for each of the power systems via a receiver included in the power module, calculate a degree of relationship between the acquired signal and an input voltage inputted to the power module for each of the power systems, and control the power module based on the signal relating to the power system having the degree of relationship greater than or equal to a prescribed threshold.
A driving control device controls driving of a subject vehicle at a predetermined driving assistance level using a processor under a condition of traveling behind a preceding vehicle. The processor determines whether another vehicle is detected in a second lane when the subject vehicle traveling in a first lane at the predetermined driving assistance level changes a lane to the second lane different from the first lane, keeps the traveling of the subject vehicle in the first lane until the other vehicle is detected when the other vehicle is not detected, and executes lane-change control at the predetermined driving assistance level after the other vehicle is detected.
This is a control method for a vehicle, the vehicle including an electric generator, an engine coupled to the electric generator, a drive motor configured to drive the vehicle, and a battery electrically connected to the electric generator and the drive motor, electric power generated by the electric generator being configured to be supplied to at least one of the battery and the drive motor. The control method is including: calculating, when a temperature of the battery is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature, a drive torque target value based on required electric power of the vehicle and a state of the battery, controlling a torque of the electric generator based on the drive torque target value, and controlling a rotation speed of the engine based on a predetermined reference low rotation speed, thereby performing a low electric power generation control for causing the electric generator to generate electric power.
B60W 30/188 - Commande des paramètres de puissance de la ligne de transmission, p. ex. déterminant la puissance requise
B60W 10/08 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des unités de traction électrique, p. ex. des moteurs ou des générateurs
A mounting structure for an electrical device includes a vehicle electrical device and a supporting member which supports the electrical device. The supporting member includes: a body portion to which the electrical device is supported and fixed; and a front extension portion extending from the body portion toward a vehicle front side further than an end portion of the electrical device at a vehicle front side. The body portion and an end portion of the front extension portion at the vehicle front side are fixed to the vehicle body floor, and a rigidity of the front extension portion in a vehicle front-rear direction is lower than a rigidity of the body portion in the vehicle front-rear direction.
A cylinder block (1) includes a main block body (2) made of a metal material and an outer member (3) made of a resin material and welded to the main block body (2). The main block body (2) has a cylinder wall (13) defining therein a cylinder bore (16) and a second columnar part (14B) formed at a position apart from the cylinder wall (13). The outer member (3) has a second columnar part insertion hole (53) and defines a water jacket between the outer member (3) and the cylinder wall (13). The second columnar part (14B) is placed in the second columnar part insertion hole (53) with a predetermined clearance left between the second columnar part insertion hole (53) and the second columnar part (14B), in a state of being isolated from the water jacket, and extends to a cylinder head.
An information processing method and an information processing device acquire a path information on a path included in a road network set on a map data, acquire a reroute request indicating an instruction to regenerate a route when generating the route that a vehicle is scheduled to travel in correspondence with the road network based on the path information stored in the database, acquire a path type indicating whether a target path on which the vehicle is traveling at a timing when the reroute request is acquired is a first path or a second path bifurcating from the first path, included in the road network, and delete the path information stored in the database based on the path type.
A repair place transmission device is configured to: acquire a movement schedule for moving a user to a destination using a vehicle; acquire a current location of the vehicle; an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether or not an abnormality is present in the vehicle; extract, from the movement schedule, a travel route from the current location to the destination and a plurality of destinations located on the travel route; extract, for each of the destinations, a repair place for repairing the vehicle located within a predetermined range from the destination as the repair place corresponding to the destination when the abnormality is determined to be present in the vehicle; compute, for each of the repair places, an influence level indicating a level of influence on the movement schedule by repairing the vehicle in the repair place; and transmit a control signal for outputting repair place data on the repair place having a lower influence level in priority over repair place data on the repair place having a higher influence level.
When vibration sensed by knock sensor configured to sense the vibration of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine is greater than a predetermined knock threshold value, a controller performs a first ignition timing control to retard ignition timings of cylinders so that the vibration becomes equal to or smaller than the knock threshold value; previously specifies a specific cylinder relating to a specific vibration due to a bending of a crank shaft; and in a state in which a driving state is in a predetermined specific driving region where there is a possibility that the specific vibration will be generated, when the vibration of the specific cylinder is greater than a predetermined specific vibration judgment threshold value that is smaller than the knock threshold value, performs a second ignition timing control to retard only the ignition timing of the specific cylinder by a predetermined amount.
A warning system includes an information acquisition unit, a risk degree calculation unit and an alarm. The information acquisition unit acquires a heart rate and an acceleration, which are items of biological information pertaining to a monitored person, as well as temperature and humidity, which are items of environment information pertaining to surroundings of the monitored person. The risk degree calculation unit calculates a degree of risk relating to heatstroke in the monitored person based on the heart rate, acceleration, temperature, and humidity. The alarm issues a warning based on an extent of the calculated degree of risk. The alarm modifies a scope of the warning according to the extent of the degree of risk.
An exhaust gas purification catalyst or the like may inhibit poisoning of a noble metal component by a Si-containing compound generated or detached from silicon carbide, may inhibit degradation of exhaust gas purification performances over a long period, and may have excellent long-term durability. An exhaust gas purification catalyst may have a stacked structure including at least a substrate and a first and second coat layer, in that order. The substrate may be selected from a silicon carbide carrier including silicon carbide and a silicon carbide-covering carrier on which a coating layer including silicon carbide is provided. The first coat layer may include a compound including one or more alkaline-earth metals selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba. The second coat layer may includes one or more platinum group elements selected from Rh, Pt, and Pd.
B01J 35/00 - Catalyseurs caractérisés par leur forme ou leurs propriétés physiques, en général
F01N 3/10 - Silencieux ou dispositifs d'échappement comportant des moyens pour purifier, rendre inoffensifs ou traiter les gaz d'échappement pour rendre les gaz d'échappement inoffensifs par conversion thermique ou catalytique des composants nocifs des gaz d'échappement
A processor 10 of a driving control device 100 that controls driving of a subject vehicle at a predetermined driving assistance level determines whether a transition request that requires transition of a driving assistance level from a first driving assistance level to a second driving assistance level higher than the first driving assistance level is input, and relaxes the transition condition for the transition of the driving assistance level from the first driving assistance level to the second driving assistance level when the transition request is input.
An image processing device includes an acquisition unit, a detection unit, a calculation unit and a correction unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire an image including a person from an imaging device mounted on at least either one of the person or an article carried by the person. The detection unit is configured to detect an orientation of the person from the image. The calculation unit is configured to calculate a positional offset of the imaging device from the image using a reference position that serves as a reference for calculating the positional offset. The correction unit is configured to correct the orientation using the positional offset.
An in-vehicle robot includes a base member, an outer member, an inner member, and first, second, and third power transmission units. The base member is rotatably mounted to a mounting object. The outer member is supported by the base member. The inner member is positioned inside the outer member and supported by the outer member. The first power transmission unit allows the inner member to rotate around a first axis with respect to the outer member. The first axis passes through a portion of the inner member supported by the outer member. The second power transmission unit allows the outer member to rotate around a second axis. The second axis passes through a portion of the outer member supported by the base member. The third power transmission unit allows the outer member to rotate around a third axis that is non-parallel to both the first axis and the second axis.
A steering control method includes detecting a current state of a vehicle, setting a target state of the vehicle, setting a basic steering command value based on a difference between the current state and the target state, calculating a first steering command value and a second steering command value by distributing the basic steering command value between the first steering command value and the second steering command value in a prescribed ratio, driving a first steering motor of a steering mechanism based on the first steering command value, and driving a second steering motor of the steering mechanism based on the second steering command value.
B62D 15/02 - Indicateurs de direction ou aides de direction
B62D 5/04 - Direction assistée ou à relais de puissance électrique, p. ex. au moyen d'un servomoteur relié au boîtier de direction ou faisant partie de celui-ci
B62D 6/00 - Dispositions pour la commande automatique de la direction en fonction des conditions de conduite, qui sont détectées et pour lesquelles une réaction est appliquée, p. ex. circuits de commande
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Driving force control method and driving force control device
A driving force control method controls front wheel driving force and rear wheel driving force by a front wheel motor connected to a front wheel of a vehicle and a rear wheel motor connected to a rear wheel, respectively. The driving force control method includes: executing a cooperative process of lifting up or lifting down a vehicle body by cooperation of adjustment of at least one of the front wheel driving force and the rear wheel driving force and application of friction braking force to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel.
B60L 15/20 - Procédés, circuits ou dispositifs pour commander la propulsion des véhicules à traction électrique, p. ex. commande de la vitesse des moteurs de traction en vue de réaliser des performances désiréesAdaptation sur les véhicules à traction électrique de l'installation de commande à distance à partir d'un endroit fixe, de différents endroits du véhicule ou de différents véhicules d'un même train pour la commande du véhicule ou de son moteur en vue de réaliser des performances désirées, p. ex. vitesse, couple, variation programmée de la vitesse
B60K 1/02 - Agencement ou montage des ensembles de propulsion électriques comprenant plus d'un moteur électrique
A case that houses a drive force transmission device includes a circular ring part, fastening boss parts, first ribs, a non-fastening boss part, and a second rib. The circular ring part defines an opening through which a shaft is configured to be inserted. The fastening boss parts are provided around the circular ring part. Fastening members are to be secured to the fastening boss parts. The first ribs are respectively formed between a portion of the fastening boss parts and the circular ring part when viewed from an axial direction of the shaft. The non-fastening boss part is provided between adjacent ones of the fastening boss parts to which the first ribs are not connected, when viewed from the axial direction. A fastening member is not configured to be secured to the non-fastening boss part. The second rib is formed between the non-fastening boss part and the circular ring part.
A dialogue service device includes a dialogue system control unit configured to recognize an occupant's voice and control a dialogue system that interacts with the occupant in order to provide a service, and an activation unit that activates the dialogue system. The dialogue system includes a first dialogue system having a first voice recognition engine, and a second dialogue system having a second voice recognition engine. The activation unit has a first interface that outputs an activation command to the dialogue system via operation of a steering wheel switch of the vehicle, and a second interface that outputs the activation command to the dialogue system via a wake-up word uttered by the occupant. The first interface transmits the activation command to the first dialogue system, and the second interface transmits the activation command to either the first dialogue system or the second dialogue system.
G10L 15/22 - Procédures utilisées pendant le processus de reconnaissance de la parole, p. ex. dialogue homme-machine
B60H 1/00 - Dispositifs de chauffage, de refroidissement ou de ventilation
B60R 16/037 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour le confort des occupants
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EQUIPMENT CONTROL DEVICE, EQUIPMENT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
An equipment control device includes a controller that controls a control target based on a touch operation by a user on a touch panel display. The display displays a display screen that includes a control target icon resembling the control target, and a plurality of touch areas an effective area that enables the touch operation for operating the control target; and detects a first gesture and a second gesture from the touch operation. The second gesture is different from the first gesture, and has a fixed direction. The controller in a case where the display detects the first gesture in the effective area any one of the plurality of the touch areas, executes at least one of selecting the control target and controlling a direction of the control target; in a case where the display detects the second gesture in the one touch area effective area and the second gesture has a direction away from the control target icon, increases a control amount of the control target; and in a case where the display detects the second gesture in the effective area and the second gesture has a direction approaching the control target icon, decreases a control amount of the control target.
B60K 35/28 - Dispositions de sortie, c.-à-d. du véhicule à l'utilisateur, associées aux fonctions du véhicule ou spécialement adaptées à celles-ci caractérisées par le type d’informations de sortie, p. ex. divertissement vidéo ou informations sur la dynamique du véhiculeDispositions de sortie, c.-à-d. du véhicule à l'utilisateur, associées aux fonctions du véhicule ou spécialement adaptées à celles-ci caractérisées par la finalité des informations de sortie, p. ex. pour attirer l'attention du conducteur
G06F 3/04883 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exercée enregistrée par une tablette numérique utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p. ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels pour l’entrée de données par calligraphie, p. ex. sous forme de gestes ou de texte
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COATING EVALUATION DEVICE AND COATING EVALUATION METHOD
In a coating evaluation device and a coating evaluation method, information on a coating is acquired. The information on a coating includes material information representing a material of a coating surface, and at least one of shape information representing a curved shape of the coating surface, and surface roughness information representing a surface roughness of the coating surface. An evaluation value that corresponds to a combination of the material information, the shape information, and the surface roughness information is estimated by using an evaluation model that outputs a brilliance evaluation value pertaining to the coating surface in response to an input including the material information, the shape information, and the surface roughness information.
G01N 21/84 - Systèmes spécialement adaptés à des applications particulières
G01B 11/06 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques pour mesurer la longueur, la largeur ou l'épaisseur pour mesurer l'épaisseur
G01B 11/24 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques pour mesurer des contours ou des courbes
G01B 11/30 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques pour mesurer la rugosité ou l'irrégularité des surfaces
An object recognition method includes generating a cluster at a fixed period by clustering distance measurement points acquired from an object detection sensor, mapping the cluster to an image captured by an imaging means, setting a region on the image to which the cluster is mapped as a processing region, extracting a feature point from the image in the set processing region, calculating a movement speed of the extracted feature point, and determining whether clusters at different time points are clusters of an identical object based on a difference between positions of two feature points corresponding to the clusters at the different time points and a difference between movement speeds of the two feature points corresponding to the clusters at the different time points.
G06V 20/58 - Reconnaissance d’objets en mouvement ou d’obstacles, p. ex. véhicules ou piétonsReconnaissance des objets de la circulation, p. ex. signalisation routière, feux de signalisation ou routes
G06V 10/762 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant le regroupement, p. ex. de visages similaires sur les réseaux sociaux
G06V 10/77 - Traitement des caractéristiques d’images ou de vidéos dans les espaces de caractéristiquesDispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant l’intégration et la réduction de données, p. ex. analyse en composantes principales [PCA] ou analyse en composantes indépendantes [ ICA] ou cartes auto-organisatrices [SOM]Séparation aveugle de source
G06V 10/80 - Fusion, c.-à-d. combinaison des données de diverses sources au niveau du capteur, du prétraitement, de l’extraction des caractéristiques ou de la classification
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METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVING AN ACTUATOR OF A DEVICE
A method is for autonomously driving an actuator of an automotive device. The actuator is intended to have an influence on the trajectory of the device. The method includes acquiring parameters relating to the trajectory of the device and a computer calculating a setpoint for driving the actuator as a function of the parameters via a controller associated with at least one saturation function for an output of the controller. The controller satisfies a model of the at least one saturation function per nonlinear sector.
B62D 6/00 - Dispositions pour la commande automatique de la direction en fonction des conditions de conduite, qui sont détectées et pour lesquelles une réaction est appliquée, p. ex. circuits de commande
B60W 50/02 - Détails des systèmes d'aide à la conduite des véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier pour préserver la sécurité en cas de défaillance du système d'aide à la conduite, p. ex. en diagnostiquant ou en palliant à un dysfonctionnement
B60W 60/00 - Systèmes d’aide à la conduite spécialement adaptés aux véhicules routiers autonomes
A parking assist method performs a parking assist control of a host vehicle based on a target travel path when a distance between a self-position and a target parking position is determined to be equal to or less than a first predetermined distance, a parking assist permission condition is satisfied, and a shift operation for switching direction has been detected. The parking assist permission condition is satisfied where either a condition in which a predetermined time or longer has elapsed since the host vehicle departed from the target parking position, or a condition in which the distance between the self-position and the target parking position since the host vehicle departed from the target parking position exceeds a second predetermined distance that is equal to or less than the first predetermined distance. The parking assist control is suppressed when the parking assist permission condition is not satisfied.
A method for estimating the speed of a motor vehicle includes defining a first speed threshold that corresponds to a minimum speed value supplied by a vehicle wheel angular speed sensor, defining a second speed threshold that is greater than the first, estimating low speed values when the vehicle is running below the first speed threshold by using an estimation method of adaptive filtered type, measuring high speed values when the vehicle is running above the second speed threshold by using vehicle speed values supplied by the wheel angular speed sensor, and in the intermediate zone between the first and second speed thresholds, mixing high speed with low speed.
An air conditioning control device that controls an air conditioner installed in a vehicle includes a controller that controls a display screen of a touch panel display and controls the air conditioner based on a touch operation on the display screen. The display screen includes a seat image representing a seat and a reference area image representing a reference area. The controller, in a case where the touch operation has a direction from the reference area image to the seat image, outputs a control command to increase airflow of air coming out from the air conditioner. The controller, in a case where the touch operation has a direction from the seat image to the reference area image, outputs a control command to decrease the airflow of the air coming out from the air conditioner.
A software update device is configured to update software for an in-vehicle control device mounted in a vehicle. The software update device includes an information acquisition unit, an output unit, an execution unit, a communication status acquisition unit, a correction unit, and a notification unit. The information acquisition unit is configured to acquire, from a server provided outside the vehicle, update process information related to an update of the software. The output unit is configured to output consent request information for asking a user whether to consent to the update of the software. The execution unit is configured to execute an update process for the software according to response information that is a response to the consent request information from the user. The calculation unit is configured to calculate an estimate time required for the update. The communication status acquisition unit is configured to acquire communication status information related to a communication status with the server. The correction unit is configured to correct the estimated time based on the communication status information. The notification unit is configured to output information on the corrected estimated time. The notification unit is configured to, when the corrected estimated time is shorter than the estimated time before correction, not output information on the corrected estimated time.
A means for improving cycle durability of an electric device which uses a positive electrode active material containing sulfur is provided. The positive electrode material for an electric device includes, in the pores of a porous conductive material, a positive electrode active material containing sulfur and an electronic conductor.
H01M 4/62 - Emploi de substances spécifiées inactives comme ingrédients pour les masses actives, p. ex. liants, charges
H01M 4/02 - Électrodes composées d'un ou comprenant un matériau actif
H01M 4/13 - Électrodes pour accumulateurs à électrolyte non aqueux, p. ex. pour accumulateurs au lithiumLeurs procédés de fabrication
H01M 4/38 - Emploi de substances spécifiées comme matériaux actifs, masses actives, liquides actifs d'éléments simples ou d'alliages
H01M 10/0525 - Batteries du type "rocking chair" ou "fauteuil à bascule", p. ex. batteries à insertion ou intercalation de lithium dans les deux électrodesBatteries à l'ion lithium
An electric device using a sulfur-containing positive electrode active material is capable of improving capacity characteristics and charge-discharge rate characteristics. Among positive electrode materials for an electric device including a sulfur-containing positive electrode active material and a sulfur-containing solid electrolyte, a positive electrode material for an electric device showing a peak in a range of 1400 to 1450 cm-1 in a Raman spectrum of microscopic Raman spectrometry using a laser with a wavelength of 532 nm is used.
H01M 4/58 - Emploi de substances spécifiées comme matériaux actifs, masses actives, liquides actifs de composés inorganiques autres que les oxydes ou les hydroxydes, p. ex. sulfures, séléniures, tellurures, halogénures ou LiCoFyEmploi de substances spécifiées comme matériaux actifs, masses actives, liquides actifs de structures polyanioniques, p. ex. phosphates, silicates ou borates
H01M 4/02 - Électrodes composées d'un ou comprenant un matériau actif
H01M 4/62 - Emploi de substances spécifiées inactives comme ingrédients pour les masses actives, p. ex. liants, charges
H01M 10/0525 - Batteries du type "rocking chair" ou "fauteuil à bascule", p. ex. batteries à insertion ou intercalation de lithium dans les deux électrodesBatteries à l'ion lithium
A pressurizing structure for a storage battery applies pressure in a thickness direction to a structure including a storage battery cell with an electrode portion packaged with a laminate exterior material or including a laminate in which a plurality of storage battery cells are laminated. The pressurizing structure includes a pair of end plates disposed at corresponding ends of the structure in the thickness direction, and a fastening member configured to fasten the pair of end plates to each other. An elastic body is disposed at at least one position sandwiched between the end plate and the structure. A rigid body is disposed at a position sandwiched between the elastic body and the structure, and any one of the end plate, the elastic body, and the rigid body further includes a deformation preventing portion configured to prevent deformation of the elastic body in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.
A noise control device includes an engine to be mounted in a vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to detect a state of the engine. The controller is configured to decrease a noise reduction performance due to a vibration input from a road surface in accordance with the state of the engine.
G10K 11/178 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférenceMasquage du son par régénération électro-acoustique en opposition de phase des ondes acoustiques originales
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CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE
A control method for a hybrid vehicle configured to switch between stoichiometric combustion and lean combustion in which the target air fuel ratio is set to be leaner than the theoretical air fuel ratio is provided. The control method for the hybrid vehicle includes when the combustion mode is switched from the lean combustion to the stoichiometric combustion, stopping a fuel supply to the internal combustion engine; decreasing an intake air amount of the internal combustion engine during the stop; setting the target air fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine to the theoretical air fuel ratio, or the air fuel ratio richer than the theoretical air fuel ratio, in a state in which the intake air amount of the internal combustion engine is decreased; and restarting the internal combustion engine.
B60W 20/16 - Stratégies de commande spécialement adaptées à la réalisation d’un effet particulier pour réduire les émissions de gaz d'échappement du moteur
B60W 10/06 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des moteurs à combustion
B60W 20/40 - Commande de l'engagement ou du désengagement des moteurs primaires, p. ex. pour la transition entre les moteurs primaires
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Electric motor control method and electric motor control device
Provided is an electric motor control method includes: calculating a second torque command value by correcting the first torque command value by a vibration compensation torque for suppressing vibration in an electric motor rotation speed; limiting the vibration compensation torque based on a limit request suggesting amount suggesting a situation in which suppression of vibration in the electric motor rotation speed is to be limited; determining a limit level representing a degree of limit on the vibration compensation torque; and calculating a voltage command value by feeding back a torque suggesting amount suggesting an electric motor torque to the second torque command value. In the torque control step, a feedback gain of the torque suggesting amount is determined with reference to the limit level.
H02P 21/00 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de machines électriques par commande par vecteur, p. ex. par commande de l’orientation du champ
H02P 21/05 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de machines électriques par commande par vecteur, p. ex. par commande de l’orientation du champ spécialement adaptés pour amortir les oscillations des moteurs, p. ex. pour la réduction du pompage
H02P 21/18 - Estimation de la position ou de la vitesse
H02P 27/12 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de moteurs à courant alternatif caractérisés par le type de tension d'alimentation utilisant une tension d’alimentation à fréquence variable, p. ex. tension d’alimentation d’onduleurs ou de convertisseurs utilisant des convertisseurs de courant continu en courant alternatif ou des onduleurs avec modulation de largeur d'impulsions appliquant des impulsions en guidant le vecteur-flux, le vecteur-courant, ou le vecteur-tension sur un cercle ou une courbe fermée, p. ex. pour commande directe du couple
To provide a coating film having both metallic designability and electromagnetic wave permeability, and a coated article including the coating film.
To provide a coating film having both metallic designability and electromagnetic wave permeability, and a coated article including the coating film.
A coating film 10 has a laminated structure including at least a basecoat layer 12 containing a plurality of substantially flat aluminum pieces serving as luster materials 12a, an area occupancy rate of the aluminum pieces in the basecoat layer 12 is more than 75% and 100% or less, an average length (average major diameter) of the aluminum pieces in a longitudinal direction on a flat surface is 9 μm or less, and a film thickness of the coating film 10 is more than 2 μm and less than 9 μm.
Provided is a fuel cell that is laminated via a separator to constitute a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell includes an anode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer laminated in this order on a metal support on the separator. The metal support and the anode layer are made of a porous metal, and a reforming catalyst is formed inside at least one of the metal support and the anode layer. A thermal conduction inhibiting layer is formed between the metal support and the separator, the thermal conduction inhibiting layer being joined to the separator at least at a portion where the fuel cell and the separator are joined to each other and inhibiting thermal conduction from the separator to the metal support.
H01M 8/1226 - Éléments à combustible avec électrolytes solides fonctionnant à haute température, p. ex. avec un électrolyte en ZrO2 stabilisé caractérisés par la combinaison électrode/électrolyte ou par le matériau de support caractérisés par la couche de support
H01M 4/86 - Électrodes inertes ayant une activité catalytique, p. ex. pour piles à combustible
H01M 8/0254 - CollecteursSéparateurs, p. ex. séparateurs bipolairesInterconnecteurs caractérisés par la forme ondulé ou dentelé
H01M 8/12 - Éléments à combustible avec électrolytes solides fonctionnant à haute température, p. ex. avec un électrolyte en ZrO2 stabilisé
A vehicle includes an engine, a generator, a drive motor, and a filter that collects particulate matter in exhaust gas of the engine. The generator is driven by the engine to generate power. The drive motor is driven with the power generated by the generator. A method for controlling the vehicle includes performing motoring by driving the engine in an operation stop state with the generator, thereby performing fuel cut of the engine and consuming power; prohibiting fuel cut of the engine based on a temperature of the filter; and when a discharge request is made while the fuel cut of the engine is prohibited, performing a power consumption operation in which a negative engine torque is generated in the engine by driving the engine with the generator while performing combustion in the engine.
B60W 20/15 - Stratégies de commande spécialement adaptées à la réalisation d’un effet particulier
B60W 10/06 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des moteurs à combustion
B60W 10/08 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des unités de traction électrique, p. ex. des moteurs ou des générateurs
B60W 40/12 - Calcul ou estimation des paramètres de fonctionnement pour les systèmes d'aide à la conduite de véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier liés à des paramètres du véhicule lui-même
F01N 3/021 - Silencieux ou dispositifs d'échappement comportant des moyens pour purifier, rendre inoffensifs ou traiter les gaz d'échappement pour refroidir ou pour enlever les constituants solides des gaz d'échappement au moyen de filtres
F02D 29/06 - Commande de moteurs, cette commande étant particulière aux dispositifs entraînés, ces dispositifs étant autres que des organes ou accessoires essentiels à la marche du moteur, p. ex. commande de moteur par des signaux extérieurs particulière aux moteurs entraînant des groupes électrogènes
F02D 41/38 - Commande de l'injection de combustible du type à haute pression
78.
Travel Assistance Method and Travel Assistance Device
A travel assistance device includes a traveling boundary acquisition unit configured to acquire lane information around a subject vehicle, a surrounding object acquisition unit configured to acquire surrounding object information, an obstacle determination unit configured to determine whether an obstacle hindering travel of the subject vehicle is present, an avoidance determination unit configured to determine whether the subject vehicle is allowed to avoid the obstacle by a steering control, and a blind spot determination unit configured to determine whether a blind spot is present on an oncoming lane opposed to a travel direction. An avoidance section setting unit is configured to set an avoidance end position of an avoidance section to execute an avoidance control. A vehicle control unit is configured to generate a travel route for the subject vehicle to travel from an avoidance start position to the avoidance end position of the avoidance section.
A step corresponding control of adjusting driving force of the front wheel motor and driving force of the rear wheel motor when the vehicle passes through a step is executed. In the step corresponding control, after a front wheel ride-up timing at which the front wheel rides up the step and before a rear wheel ride-up timing at which the rear wheel rides up the step, a first control mode in which the front wheel motor is regenerated and the rear wheel motor is powered is executed. In the step corresponding control, after the execution of the first control mode and before the rear wheel ride-up timing, a second control mode in which the front wheel motor is powered and the rear wheel motor is regenerated is executed.
B60W 10/08 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des unités de traction électrique, p. ex. des moteurs ou des générateurs
B60L 15/20 - Procédés, circuits ou dispositifs pour commander la propulsion des véhicules à traction électrique, p. ex. commande de la vitesse des moteurs de traction en vue de réaliser des performances désiréesAdaptation sur les véhicules à traction électrique de l'installation de commande à distance à partir d'un endroit fixe, de différents endroits du véhicule ou de différents véhicules d'un même train pour la commande du véhicule ou de son moteur en vue de réaliser des performances désirées, p. ex. vitesse, couple, variation programmée de la vitesse
B60W 20/15 - Stratégies de commande spécialement adaptées à la réalisation d’un effet particulier
80.
Vehicle driving mode switching control method and vehicle driving mode switching control device
A vehicle driving mode switching control method is provided to switch from a driving assist mode in which a driving operation performed by a driver is assisted by autonomous travel control having a plurality of assist levels to a manual driving mode in which the driver performs the driving operation. The vehicle driving mode switching control method sets a threshold value higher for a driving assist mode in which the assist level is relatively high than for a threshold value of a driving assist mode in which the assist level is relatively low. The vehicle driving mode switching control method detects an input value from the driver with respect to a steering wheel of a host vehicle, and switches from the driving assist mode to the manual driving mode when the input value from the driver is equal to or greater than the threshold value.
A vehicle control method for a vehicle provided with an engine, a generator, and a drive motor. The engine is used to drive the generator to generate electrical power. The electrical power from the generator in turn is used to drive the drive motor. A filter is provided to collects particulate matter in exhaust gas from the engine. A fuel cut-off prohibition of the engine is performed based on a temperature of the filter. A regeneration amount by the drive motor is suppressed according to when a fuel cut-off prohibition condition of the engine is satisfied.
B60W 20/16 - Stratégies de commande spécialement adaptées à la réalisation d’un effet particulier pour réduire les émissions de gaz d'échappement du moteur
B60W 10/06 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des moteurs à combustion
B60W 10/08 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des unités de traction électrique, p. ex. des moteurs ou des générateurs
B60W 20/14 - Commande de l'apport de puissance de chacun des moteurs primaires pour répondre à la demande de puissance requise afin de rester dans des limites de puissance d'entrée ou sortie de la batterieCommande de l'apport de puissance de chacun des moteurs primaires pour répondre à la demande de puissance requise afin d'éviter la surcharge ou la décharge excessive de la batterie en relation avec la régénération au freinage
82.
Switching control method and switching control device
In a vehicle including a generator and a drive motor for traveling that operates with generated electric power of the generator, setting a control mode of a carrier frequency used for PWM control for adjusting the electric power of the generator to either of a basic mode or a diffusion mode; acquiring a noise recognition degree suggestion amount suggesting a vehicle situation correlated with a level of a recognition degree of a vehicle user with respect to noise generated by an operation of the generator; executing the diffusion mode in a case where the recognition degree is estimated to be high based on the noise recognition degree suggestion amount; and executing the basic mode in a case where the recognition degree is estimated to be low.
B60W 30/00 - Fonctions des systèmes d'aide à la conduite des véhicules routiers non liées à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier, p. ex. de systèmes comportant la commande conjuguée de plusieurs sous-ensembles du véhicule
B60W 10/00 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents
B60W 10/08 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des unités de traction électrique, p. ex. des moteurs ou des générateurs
B60W 30/182 - Sélection entre plusieurs modes opératoires, p. ex. confort ou sportif
B60W 50/14 - Moyens d'information du conducteur, pour l'avertir ou provoquer son intervention
83.
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OPACIFYING GLAZING FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
A method for controlling an opacifying glazing for a motor vehicle, at least one portion of the glazing including a plurality of zones, the level of opacity of each zone being individually controlled to vary between a minimum value and a maximum value, the plurality of zones being arranged with increasing sequence numbers i in a first direction, the method including the following steps: increasing the opacity of the glazing, which includes increasing the opacity level of each zone according to increasing functions of time, the increases being initialized zone after zone according to their increasing or decreasing sequence numbers i; and/or, reducing the opacity of the glazing, which includes reducing the opacity level of each zone according to decreasing functions of time, the reductions being initialized zone after zone according to their increasing or decreasing sequence numbers i.
G02F 1/133 - Dispositions relatives à la structureExcitation de cellules à cristaux liquidesDispositions relatives aux circuits
B60J 3/04 - Équipement anti-éblouissant combiné avec les fenêtres ou pare-brisePare-soleil pour véhicules réglable en transparence
G02F 1/1334 - Dispositions relatives à la structure basées sur des cristaux liquides dispersés dans un polymère, p. ex. cristaux liquides micro-encapsulés
G02F 1/137 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des cristaux liquides, p. ex. cellules d'affichage individuelles à cristaux liquides caractérisés par l'effet électro-optique ou magnéto-optique, p. ex. transition de phase induite par un champ, effet d'orientation, interaction entre milieu récepteur et matière additive ou diffusion dynamique
A processor of a driving control device compares a vehicle speed of a subject vehicle traveling in a first lane with a vehicle speed of an adjacent other vehicle traveling in a second lane to determine whether a relative speed of the adjacent other vehicle to the subject vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined speed difference threshold, and relaxes a travel condition for permitting the subject vehicle to travel at a predetermined driving assistance level when the relative speed is equal to or less than the speed difference threshold.
A method for verifying the authenticity of a command from an actuator controlled by an electronic control unit connected to a multimedia system including: a touch-sensitive display to receive a user command and to display information relating to the actuator command, an operating system to enable an external communication device to be remotely displayed on the touch-sensitive display, and an authenticated secure environment to provide a higher level of security than the security level of the operating system. The authenticated secure environment includes a support controller to detect a user command on the touch-sensitive display. The method includes: signing off a user command by the authenticated secure environment, the user command corresponding to physical activation of an area of the display; transmitting, by the operating system, the signed-off command to the electronic control unit; verifying the sign-off by the electronic control unit; executing the user command by the actuator.
An internal combustion engine of a series hybrid vehicle starts generating power when a catalyst temperature or a coolant temperature has decreased to an activation temperature or a lower limit water temperature, and stops generating power when the catalyst temperature or the coolant temperature reaches an operation end temperature. A target duration time of EV mode operation is set, and respective temperature decrease rates are used to set the operation end temperature so that a difference in temperature relative to the activation temperature will be “ΔTC-Ra×Tev,” and to set the operation end temperature so that a difference in temperature relative to the lower limit water temperature will be “ΔTW=Rb×Tev.”
B60W 20/40 - Commande de l'engagement ou du désengagement des moteurs primaires, p. ex. pour la transition entre les moteurs primaires
B60W 20/12 - Commande de l'apport de puissance de chacun des moteurs primaires pour répondre à la demande de puissance requise utilisant des stratégies de commande tenant compte d’informations sur l'itinéraire
87.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGENERATIVE CONTROL OF HYBRID VEHICLE
A hybrid vehicle us equipped with a power generation first motor generator driven by an internal combustion engine, and a second motor generator driven by a battery. The hybrid vehicle includes an S mode, an ECO mode and a NORMAL mode which are basic travel modes. A mode change switch is used to switch between the modes. In the S mode and the ECO mode, a deceleration rate of regenerative braking on downhill roads is large, and an amount of regeneration is large. When a downhill road on a travel route has been predicted, in the S mode and the ECO mode, a controller executes an SOC reduction control in which an SOC is reduced in advance before a downhill road starts, and in the NORMAL mode, the controller does not execute the SOC reduction control.
B60W 20/14 - Commande de l'apport de puissance de chacun des moteurs primaires pour répondre à la demande de puissance requise afin de rester dans des limites de puissance d'entrée ou sortie de la batterieCommande de l'apport de puissance de chacun des moteurs primaires pour répondre à la demande de puissance requise afin d'éviter la surcharge ou la décharge excessive de la batterie en relation avec la régénération au freinage
A transmission comprising: a primary pulley; a secondary pulley; a transmission member wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; an oil pump configured to supply oil; a hydraulic control circuit configured to adjust a pressure of the oil supplied from the oil pump to a line pressure which is a source pressure of a primary pulley pressure supplied to the primary pulley and a secondary pulley pressure supplied to the secondary pulley; a line pressure detection unit configured to detect the line pressure; and a controller configured to control the hydraulic control circuit, wherein the controller is configured to select, as a target pulley pressure, a higher one of a target value of the primary pulley pressure and a target value of the secondary pulley pressure, variably set, according to an oil temperature, a target differential pressure including a detection variation of the line pressure detection unit that varies according to the oil temperature, set a target line pressure which is a target value of the line pressure to a total pressure of the target pulley pressure and the target differential pressure, and control the hydraulic control circuit such that the detected line pressure is adjusted to the target line pressure.
F16H 61/662 - Fonctions internes aux unités de commande pour changements de vitesse ou pour mécanismes d'inversion des transmissions transmettant un mouvement rotatif spécialement adaptées aux transmissions à variation continue du rapport avec des organes flexibles sans fin
F16H 61/00 - Fonctions internes aux unités de commande pour changements de vitesse ou pour mécanismes d'inversion des transmissions transmettant un mouvement rotatif
89.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE PATH OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVELLING IN A TRAFFIC LANE AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLE
A method for controlling in real time the path of a motor vehicle travelling in a traffic lane includes detecting a corner in the traffic lane, then, when the vehicle enters the corner, determining first and second quantities for a plurality of successive sampling increments, based on state variables characteristic of the movement of the vehicle, determining a first stored value dependent on the first quantity determined in the current sampling increment and one of the preceding sampling increments, determining a second stored value dependent on the second quantity determined in the current sampling increment and one of the preceding sampling increments, saving the first and second stored values determined for each sampling increment, then, when the vehicle exits the corner determining a value of the understeer gradient depending on the saved first and second stored values, and determining a command for the vehicle based on the understeer gradient.
A method triggers an obstacle avoidance system. The method includes detecting at least one object forming a potential obstacle, determining the time remaining until the motor vehicle strikes the object, determining a path deviation to be performed to avoid the object, and activating the avoidance system according to the values of the parameter and each path deviation. The determination step includes calculating the difference between the lateral speed of the motor vehicle relative to the road in a reference frame oriented in accordance with the road at the motor vehicle, and the lateral speed of the object relative to the road in a reference frame oriented in accordance with the road at the object, and determining each path deviation according to the difference.
An in-vehicle-mounted structure in which a drive unit is mounted on a vehicle equipped with an engine. The drive unit includes a drive motor and a transmission. The drive motor and the transmission are connected in series in a width direction of the vehicle. An exhaust pipe of the engine is extended to pass adjacent the transmission in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The transmission includes a coolant flow channel through which flows coolant for cooling lubricating oil that lubricates a speed change mechanism inside the transmission. The coolant flow channel is positioned to face the exhaust pipe.
The present invention is applied to a control device for controlling a vehicle that travels using a driving force of an engine. The control device for the vehicle includes the vehicle speed detection unit that detects the vehicle speed, and the automatic engine stop unit that performs the automatic engine stop after a prescribed time elapses from when the vehicle speed detection unit detects that the vehicle is in the stopped state. When a failure of the vehicle speed detection unit is detected, the automatic engine stop by the automatic engine stop unit is prohibited.
A transmission used for executing, a process of performing, when a speed at which an accelerator opening is decreased is higher than a predetermined speed, an upshift until a predetermined opening is reached, and fixing a speed ratio, a process of performing, when the speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined speed and a turbine rotation speed is higher than a predetermined rotation speed, the upshift until the predetermined opening is reached, and performing, when the accelerator opening is smaller than the predetermined opening, the upshift so as to fix the speed ratio, and a process of performing, when the speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined speed and the turbine rotation speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined rotation speed, the upshift until the predetermined opening is reached, and performing, when the accelerator opening is smaller than the predetermined opening, the upshift.
F16H 59/18 - Entrées de commande vers des transmissions transmettant un mouvement rotatif pour changements de vitesse ou pour mécanismes d'inversion les entrées étant fonction du couple ou du couple demandé fonction de la position de la pédale d'accélérateur
F16H 61/662 - Fonctions internes aux unités de commande pour changements de vitesse ou pour mécanismes d'inversion des transmissions transmettant un mouvement rotatif spécialement adaptées aux transmissions à variation continue du rapport avec des organes flexibles sans fin
A strainer has an inlet for oil; a filter through which the oil that has flowed in from the inlet passes from inside to outside; a first supply port for supplying, to a first oil pump, the oil that has passed through the filter; a second supply port for supplying, to an intermittently driven second oil pump, the oil that has passed through the filter. The second supply port is located more upward than the first supply port; and the filter has a region located below the second supply port.
An information processing device includes: a communication unit mounted on a moving object and communicates directly with the moving object and another moving object or communicates indirectly with the moving object and the another moving object via a fixed and non-moving communication device; and a controller configured to control the direct communication and the indirect communication performed by the communication unit. The controller is configured to: determine a priority of a message generated by the moving object based on information requiring attention of the another moving object; select at least one of the direct communication or the indirect communication based on the determined priority; and transmit the message by the selected at least one of the direct communication or the indirect communication.
H04W 76/14 - Établissement de la connexion en mode direct
H04W 4/02 - Services utilisant des informations de localisation
H04W 4/40 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p. ex. communication véhicule-piétons
96.
REPAIR SITE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND REPAIR SITE TRANSMISSION METHOD
A repair site transmission device is configured to: store a registered site registered based on information acquired from a vehicle or a user of the vehicle; receive an input of data indicating an abnormal level associated with a predetermined abnormality of the vehicle; acquire repair site data of a repair site where a part of the vehicle in which the predetermined abnormality is detected is to be repaired or to be replaced; and transmit the acquired repair site data to an external device. An inventory status of a replacement part for the target part or a reservation status of the repair site is acquired. The repair site data is acquired according to the abnormal level and the inventory status or the reservation status.
When a vehicle accelerates due to an upshifting of a transmission, a recirculation valve is opened and ignition period is retarded so that the torque generated in an internal combustion engine decreases. When upshifting of the transmission of the vehicle is completed, retarding of the ignition period is ended and the recirculation valve is closed at different timings. As a result, the amount of torque recovery at the end of the upshifting of the transmission of the vehicle can be prevented from increasing more than expected, and the acceleration rate after the shift can be reduced.
An information processing device and an information processing method determine a vehicle to be allocated to a user based on a vehicle allocation request from an information terminal operated by a user, calculate an accuracy of a position of the information terminal based on a position data indicating the position of an information terminal, extract a waiting point that is a candidate for a point where the user and the vehicle meet, based on the position data, and transmit the waiting point to the information terminal. Here, a number of waiting points extracted when the accuracy is low is greater than a number of waiting points extracted when the accuracy is high.
In a coating evaluation device and a coating evaluation method, a coating surface is irradiated with incident light having a first intensity distribution, and a second intensity distribution of light reflected from the coating surface is acquired. Additionally, a third intensity distribution associated with the second intensity distribution is calculated based on shape information representing a curved shape of the coating surface, and an evaluation value that corresponds to the third intensity distribution is estimated by using an evaluation model that outputs a brilliance evaluation value pertaining to the coating surface in response to an input including the third intensity distribution. The curved shape of the coating surface is acquired based on measuring a coating surface or based on design data pertaining to the coating surface.
A method selects a service for a driver of a motor vehicle from a list of services intended for the driver. The method enables a selection to be made in accordance with contexts relating to the driver, the vehicle and the external environment so as to optimise driver comfort and safety. The selection of at least one relaxing or stimulating service from a list of services is made according to the physiological state of the driver or according to the requirement of the driver, according to the driver's level of availability, according to the driver's usage preferences and according to data characterising the level of experience of the driver of the vehicle.
B60W 50/00 - Détails des systèmes d'aide à la conduite des véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier
B60K 28/02 - Dispositifs de sécurité pour la commande des ensembles de propulsion spécialement adaptés aux véhicules ou aménagés dans ceux-ci, p. ex. empêchant l'alimentation en carburant ou l'allumage en cas de danger sensibles à des conditions relatives au conducteur
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