18th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220135026 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE PLANNING SYSTEM - Techniques for controlling a vehicle based on a collision avoidance algorithm are discussed herein. The vehicle receives sensor data and can determine that the sensor data represents an object in an environment through which the vehicle is travelling. A computing device associated with the vehicle determines a collision probability between the vehicle and the object at predicted locations of the vehicle and object at a first time. Updated locations of the vehicle and object can be determined, and a second collision probability can be determined. The vehicle is controlled based at least in part on the collision probabilities. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135027 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A VULNERABLE ROAD USER IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE - In some implementations, a device may receive video data associated with video frames that depict an environment of a vehicle. The device may identify an object depicted in the video frames, wherein an object detection model indicates bounding boxes associated with the object. The device may determine, based on the bounding boxes, a configuration of the bounding boxes within the video frames. The device may determine, based on the configuration of the bounding boxes, that the object is a vulnerable road user (VRU) that is in the environment. The device may determine a trajectory of the VRU based on a change in the configuration between video frames of a set of the video frames. The device may determine, based on the trajectory, a probability of a collision between the VRU and the vehicle. The device may perform, based on the probability, an action associated with the vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135028 | SPATIALLY INVARIANT 3D CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORK OVER SPHERICAL COORDINATE INPUT - A vehicle, and a system and method for operating the vehicle. The system includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor obtains a detection set related to an object at a range from the vehicle. The processor is configured to select a convolution path for the detection set based on a range of the object, wherein the convolution path includes one or more convolutional layers and a number of the one or more convolutional layers is dependent on the range of the object, apply the one or more convolutional layers of the selected convolution path to the detection set to generate a filtered data set, and operate the vehicle with respect to the object using the filtered data set. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135029 | ALLOCATION OF SAFETY SYSTEM RESOURCES BASED ON PROBABILITY OF INTERSECTION - Techniques for predicting and avoiding collisions with objects detected in an environment based on sensor data are discussed herein. Sensors of a vehicle may detect one or more objects in the environment. A model may determine intersection values indicative of probabilities that the object will follow different paths that intersect with a planned path of the vehicle. A vehicle may receive one or more intersection values from a model usable by a computing device to control the vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135030 | SIMULATOR FOR EVALUATING VEHICULAR LANE CENTERING SYSTEM - A method includes providing a simulation environment that simulates a vehicle. The method includes providing the vehicular lane centering algorithm to the simulation environment, generating a base scenario for the vehicular lane centering algorithm for use by the simulated vehicle, and extracting, from the simulation environment, traffic lane information. The method also includes measuring performance of the vehicular lane centering algorithm during the base scenario using the extracted traffic lane information and generating a plurality of modified scenarios derived from the base scenario. Each modified scenario of the plurality of modified scenarios adjusts at least one parameter of the base scenario. The method also includes measuring performance of the vehicular lane centering algorithm during the plurality of modified scenarios using the extracted traffic lane information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135031 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a non-transitory storage medium. The vehicle control device includes: an acquisition part, acquiring a positional relationship between a vehicle and a lane; a control part, performing in-lane travel control that causes an actuator included in a steering device of the vehicle to output a force for causing the vehicle to travel in the lane within a range not exceeding an upper limit based on the positional relationship; and an upper limit adjustment part, changing the upper limit in response to an input to an operator that accepts a steering operation performed by an occupant of the vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135032 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device executes a cruise control to let a vehicle travel in such a manner that an acceleration is equal to a predetermined acceleration, when an execution condition becomes satisfied, and starts a vehicle speed upper limit control to let the vehicle travel in such a manner that the vehicle speed does not exceed an upper limit value determined based on a shape of a curve section, when a start condition becomes satisfied. The vehicle control device starts displaying a display element in a first display mode, when the vehicle speed upper limit control is started. At a time point at which the vehicle speed upper limit control is ended, the vehicle control device starts displaying the display element in a second display mode different from the first display mode if the execution condition is not satisfied. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135033 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING A SPEED-CONTROL OR PROXIMITY-CONTROL SYSTEM OF A TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for automatically setting a speed-control or proximity-control system of a two-wheeled motor vehicle. In the method, it is ascertained if the two-wheeled motor vehicle is on a group ride with at least one other two-wheeled motor vehicle; and in the event of a group ride, the speed-control or proximity-control system is switched to a special operating mode. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135034 | TRAVELING CONTROL DEVICE, TRAVELING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND TRAVELING CONTROL SYSTEM - A traveling control device according to the present disclosure includes a processor that cancels a designation of type a vehicle that travels in each of a plurality of traveling lanes in which the vehicle travels in the same direction and for which the type of the vehicle that travels in each of the traveling lanes is designated, when information relating a disaster is acquired. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135035 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SIMULATION SYSTEM - Techniques for analysis of autonomous vehicle operations are described. As an example, a method of autonomous vehicle operation includes storing sensor data from one or more sensors located on the autonomous vehicle into a storage medium, performing, based on at least some of the sensor data, a simulated execution of one or more programs associated with the operations of the autonomous vehicle, generating, based on the simulated execution of the one or more programs and as part of a simulation, one or more control signal values that control a simulated driving behavior of a simulated vehicle, and providing a visual feedback of the simulated driving behavior of the simulated vehicle on a simulated road. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORK STATE ESTIMATION AND CONTROL OF SELF-PROPELLED WORK VEHICLES - A self-propelled work vehicle is provided with work state estimation and associated control techniques. The work vehicle comprises ground engaging units, a work implement configured for controllably working terrain, and various onboard sensors. A controller is functionally linked to at least the one or more onboard sensors and configured to ascertain a first parameter or operation of the work vehicle, determine a work state of the work vehicle, based at least in part on respective input signals from one or more onboard sensors, and generate a control signal for controlling at least a second parameter or operation of the work vehicle, responsive to the ascertained first parameter or operation and the determined work state. The control signals may be provided for proactive adjustments to engine speed, movements of the work implement, movements of the work vehicle itself, etc. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135037 | SEMI-AUTONOMOUS REVERSING OF A FOLLOWER VEHICLE - Systems and methods for reversing a semi-autonomous follower vehicle involve obtaining a speed of a leader vehicle in front of and unattached to the follower vehicle that is reversing. A method includes estimating a path of the leader vehicle and determining a path for the follower vehicle based on the path of the leader vehicle. A longitudinal movement of the follower vehicle is controlled based on the speed of the leader vehicle and a lateral movement of the follower vehicle is controlled based on the path for the follower vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE PTO DROOP - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for adaptive power take-off (PTO) droop control for a self-propelled work vehicle having an engine and a PTO device directly mechanically coupled to the engine. The systems and methods enable user selection of at least one of a target ground speed or a target power take off (PTO) speed. The systems and methods are responsive to at least one of the selected target ground speed or the selected target PTO speed to identify a maximum transmission ground drive efficiency corresponding to an effective droop value within a defined droop range. The systems and methods control an actual engine speed and an actual transmission ratio to respective adjusted target values corresponding with the maximum transmission ground drive efficiency. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135039 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - There is disclosed a control system and a method for a host vehicle operable in an autonomous mode. The control system comprises one or more controllers. The speed and/or path of the vehicle in the autonomous mode is appropriate to a driving context. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135040 | VEHICLE MOTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND A MOTION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to a vehicle motion management system as well as a motion support system for a vehicle. The vehicle motion management system and the motion support system are arranged to control operation of at least one actuator configured to apply a torque to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The vehicle motion management system is configured to transmit a control signal indicative of a desired torque and a wheel speed limit to the motion support system, whereby the motion support system is, based on the received signal, configured to transmit an actuator signal to the actuator for the actuator to generate an operating torque on the at least one wheel without exceeding an actuator rotational speed limit. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135041 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A TRACTION VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF TRACTION LOSS - The disclosure relates to a method for assisting a towing vehicle in the event of a loss of traction via a trailer vehicle. The method includes determining a differential slip between a driven wheel and a driveless wheel of the towing vehicle via a brake control unit and generating an acceleration demand dependent on the determined differential slip. The method further includes transmitting the acceleration demand to a trailer brake control unit, generating an activation signal for an electric drive of the trailer vehicle in dependence upon the acceleration demand in the trailer brake control unit, transmitting an activation signal to the electric drive of the trailer vehicle and generating a drive torque via the electric drive in dependence upon the activation signal. The disclosure furthermore relates to a towing vehicle, a trailer vehicle, and a combination thereof for carrying out the method. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135042 | SURROUNDING VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE AND SURROUNDING VEHICLE MONITORING METHOD - A surrounding vehicle monitoring device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a midpoint between a rear left end position and a rear right end position of another vehicle, acquire a width of the other vehicle, and change a current position of a great change position to a corrected position and acquire a midpoint between a current position of a small change position and the corrected position as a position of the other vehicle in a case where a changing amount of the width is equal to or more than a first threshold. The great change position is one of the rear left end position and the rear right end position whose changing amount is the greater of the two. The small change position is another of the rear left end position and the rear right end position whose changing amount is the smaller of the two. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135043 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING RAIN EVENT WARNINGS - A method, apparatus and computer program product for determining a rain event warning are described herein. In the context of a method, an indication of the rain event warning for one or more locations may be received. The method may obtain, for a respective rain event warning, sensor data corresponding to a weather condition within a region that includes the location with which the respective rain event warning is associated. The method may evaluate the sensor data to determine whether the sensor data is indicative of the weather condition (e.g., rain). The method may determine a rain event warning confidence based at least in part on evaluation of the sensor data. The method may cause the rain event warning to be published in an instance in which the rain event warning confidence satisfies a confidence threshold. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135044 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AND VEHICLE SYSTEM - The present embodiments relate to a vehicle control device and method, and a vehicle system. The vehicle control device may include a determinator determining a road surface condition based on vehicle driving information and determining whether to brake a vehicle based on a result of determining the road surface condition and a vehicle controller controlling a braking device according to a result of determining whether to brake the vehicle by the determinator and controlling a steering device based on control of the braking device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135045 | ROAD SURFACE TYPE ESTIMATION METHOD, ROAD SURFACE TYPE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Processing to estimate a type of a road surface is executed repeatedly. In the m-th processing, a holding time of an estimation result obtained by the m-th processing is set based on gradient data just before the m-th processing. The holding time is set to a longer duration as an uplink gradient of the road surface indicated by the latest gradient data increases. In the (m+n)-th processing, it is determined whether or not a feature portion is recognized from an imaging data. If this determination result is negative, the holding time is compared with a UNDEF period during which it has been determined that no feature portion has been recognized backward from the (m+n)-th processing. If the holding time is longer than the UNDEF period, then the estimation result obtained in the (m+n)-th processing is assumed to be the same as that obtained in the m-th processing. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135046 | SPEED BASED HANDS-ON ALARM SYSTEM FOR A STEERING WHEEL - A speed based alarm system to be used in automobiles includes a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor, a processing unit, and a notification alarm. The first touch sensor and the second touch sensor are integrated into a steering wheel body of an automobile to detect the hands of the driver on the steering wheel. The feedback from the first touch sensor and/or the second touch sensor are received at the processing unit along with a vehicle speed, wherein the vehicle speed is retrieved from a vehicle logic board. The processing unit determines if the automobile is at a speed which requires both hands of the driver for better control of the automobile. If the automobile is at a speed that requires both hands of the driver, and only one hand is detected on the steering wheel, the processing unit activates the notification alarm to notify the driver. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135047 | MANAGING DATA DELIVERY IN A TRANSPORT - An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, data to be forwarded to one or more devices associated with each of one or more occupants based on a type of the data and characteristics of the one or more occupants, and forwarding, by the transport, one or more portions of the data based on the determining. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135048 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH A DRIVER INPUT INDICATED VIA AN INPUT MODALITY OF A HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE OF A VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to driver interaction with a user interface of a vehicle. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for performing an action associated with a driver input indicated via an input modality of an HMI of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to receive initial data corresponding to an initial driver input via a first input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, compare a confidence level of the initial data to a confidence level threshold associated with the first input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, request, based on the comparison, a subsequent driver input via a second input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, determine a presence of an adverse condition within a vehicle environment, and perform an action associated with the subsequent driver input based on the presence of the adverse condition within the vehicle environment. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135049 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus which controls a display of a plurality of captured images captured by one or a plurality of image capturing apparatuses installed inside of a movable body includes a determination unit configured to determine whether movement of the movable body is stopped, and a display control unit configured to control the display of the plurality of captured images on a display unit so that a first captured image having an angle of view for capturing a side of the movable body from the inside of the movable body and a second captured image different from the first captured image are selectively displayed among the plurality of captured images based on at least a result of the determination by the determination unit. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135050 | EYE-GAZE INPUT APPARATUS - An eye-gaze input apparatus includes a hardware processor functioning as an eye-gaze determination unit, an input/output processing unit, and a careless-state determination unit. The eye-gaze determination unit determines a first input by an eye gaze of a user with respect to first images of input elements displayed in a display region set in front of a windshield and a driver seat of a vehicle. The careless-state determination unit determines whether the user is in a careless state. The input/output processing unit confirms the first input in a case where the eye-gaze determination unit determines that there is the first input on any of the one or more first images and the careless-state determination unit determines that the user is not in the careless state, and does not confirm the first input in a case where the careless-state determination unit determines that the user is in the careless state. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135051 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A driving assistance system includes a processor, a storage device, and an output device. The storage device retains traveling environment information indicating a traveling environment of a vehicle and driving characteristic information indicating driving characteristics of a driver of the vehicle. The processor generates a message corresponding to the traveling environment of the vehicle based on the traveling environment information, and generates a message corresponding to the driving characteristics of the driver of the vehicle based on the driving characteristic information. The output device outputs the message corresponding to the traveling environment and the message corresponding to the driving characteristics in different aspects. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135052 | MEASURING DRIVER SAFE-DRIVING QUOTIENTS - Mechanisms, methods, and systems are provided for establishing safe-driving quotients. Output of one or more sensors oriented toward an exterior of a vehicle (such as front-facing cameras) may be used to detect events. Output of one or more sensors oriented toward an interior of the vehicle (such as driver-facing cameras) may be captured, then analyzed to determine behavioral results corresponding with the events. Safe-driving quotients may then be established based on a ratio of the behavioral results to the events. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135053 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MANAGING CONTENTS FOR THE SAME - Provided are a vehicle for efficiently managing contents and a method of managing contents for the vehicle. The method of managing contents of a head unit including a memory includes: entering a menu for setting contents to be output; requesting thumbnail information to a server and receiving the thumbnail information from the server, where the thumbnail information comprises at least one thumbnail and the at least one thumbnail corresponds to at least one first content whose original is stored in the server; upon receiving a selection command corresponding to at least some of at least one thumbnail included in the received thumbnail information, and determining another content corresponding to the original to be requested to the server based on the at least some thumbnail corresponding to the selection command and at least one second content having the original previously stored in the memory. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135054 | MOTION SICKNESS ESTIMATION DEVICE, MOTION SICKNESS REDUCING DEVICE AND MOTION SICKNESS ESTIMATION METHOD - A motion sickness estimation device including processing circuitry configured to calculate a sensory conflict amount on a basis of a motion of an occupant's head caused by vibration of a vehicle; extract a feature of a traveling situation on a basis of at least one of the motion of the occupant's head or a motion of the vehicle; determine a habituation progress state, which is a state in which the occupant's habituation to the traveling situation has progressed, on a basis of biometric information of the occupant; set sensitivity to the feature of the traveling situation on a basis of the habituation progress state; correct the sensory conflict amount on a basis of the sensitivity; and estimate a motion sickness state of the occupant on a basis of the sensory conflict amount that has been corrected. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135055 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A vehicle includes a plurality of sensors mounted on a seat, an output device, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain an acceleration in each of a first seat in contact with a driver's back and a second seat in contact with a driver's thigh through the plurality of sensors, to determine a specific frequency in each of the first seat and the second seat, to determine contact pressure information and load information of each of the first seat and the second seat through the plurality of sensors, to determine a human vibration sensitivity using at least one of the specific frequency, the contact pressure information, and the load information, to determine driver's emotional information including positive emotional information and arousal emotional information based on the human vibration sensitivity, and to control the output device according to the driver's emotional information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135056 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND DEVICE - An autonomous driving assistance device includes a manual driving control section, an autonomous driving control section, and a travelling condition determining section. If it is detected that there is a malfunction in a first sensor during control of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, the autonomous driving control section executes emergency autonomous driving until a predetermined condition is satisfied while changing, based on the determined travelling condition, a driving manner of an emergency autonomous driving as compared with a driving manner of the autonomous driving executed before no malfunctions are detected in the first sensor; and after the emergency autonomous driving is terminated, the autonomous driving assistance device being configured to selectively execute one of: causing the autonomous driving control section to stop the vehicle; and causing the manual driving control section to control the manual driving. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135057 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DATA MANAGEMENT PLATFORM - A data management platform for Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) is provided. The data management platform can receive, from an AV at a first time, a first copy of a manifest including a creation history of a transformed object generated by the AV and a data integrity value corresponding to the transformed object. The data management platform can receive, from a second computing system at a second time, a second copy of the manifest. The data management platform can reconcile the first copy and the second copy. The data management platform can receive, from the second computing system at a third time, a request to upload the transformed object. The data management platform can validate the transformed object stored in storage of the first computing system based on the data integrity value included in the manifest. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135058 | APPARATUS PROVIDING A WIPER FAIL-SAFE MODE, A SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND A METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus providing a wiper fail-safe mode, a system having the same, and a method thereof identify the occurrence of a wiper system failure and notify the driver of the occurrence of the failure. The system includes a wiper control module that is connected with at least one of a wiper and a rain sensor and outputs at least one of location information of the wiper and failure information of the rain sensor. The system includes an apparatus providing a wiper fail-safe mode that identifies a failure of a wiper system based on at least one of state information of a wiper switch, the state information being received from the wiper switch, the location information of the wiper, the location information being received from the wiper control module, or the failure information of the rain sensor and outputs a notification of the failure of the wiper system. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TEST CASE FOR DYNAMIC VERIFICATION OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for generating a test case (TC) for dynamic verification of an autonomous driving system are provided. The method includes receiving an input signal and generating a temporary TC based on the input signal. A confirmed TC is determined based on a first output signal corresponding to the input signal and a second output signal corresponding to the temporary TC. A final TC is determined by re-arranging the confirmed TC and the final TC is transmitted to an external device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135060 | OUT-OF-DOMAIN MONITORING IN PARKED VEHICLES - In a parked vehicle, a head unit operating in low-power mode draws attention to a living being in a cabin of a parked vehicle. It does so by using a microphone to monitor said cabin for out-of-domain sounds, detecting a signal originating within said cabin, said signal being an acoustic signal that is representative of an out-of-domain sound, classifying said acoustic signal as being indicative of the existence of the living being within said cabin of said vehicle, and sending an alert to a first person. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135061 | Method for Operating a Driver Information System in an Ego-Vehicle and Driver Information System - A method for operating a driver information system in an ego-vehicle is provided, wherein an operating state of a trailer device of the ego-vehicle is recorded. A driver information display is generated and output, wherein the driver information display comprises an ego-object which represents the ego-vehicle. In addition, the ego-object is represented from behind in a perspective view and the driver information display also comprises a lane object which represents a road section lying in front of the ego-vehicle in the direction of travel. The driver information display also comprises a trailer object which is formed according to a recorded operating state of the trailer device and which represents an attached device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135062 | Method for Operating a Driver Information System in an Ego-Vehicle and Driver Information System - A method for operating a driver information system in an ego vehicle is provided, in which environment data in an environment of the ego vehicle are captured, and an additional road user is identified using the captured environment data. A driver information display is generated and output, wherein the driver information display comprises a graphic road user object which represents the additional road user. A depiction-relevant feature of the additional road user is determined, and the road user object assigned to the additional road user is generated depending on the depiction-relevant feature. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135063 | Method for Operating a Driver Information System in an Ego-Vehicle and Driver Information System - A method for operating a driver information system in an ego vehicle is provided, in which a current speed of the ego vehicle and a set parameter of an at least partially automated longitudinal guidance function of a driver assist system are acquired. A driver information display is generated and output, wherein the driver information display comprises a graphic lane object which represents a roadway in front of the ego vehicle. In doing so, a distance scale object and a distance indicator object are arranged in the lane object and are generated depending on the current speed of the ego vehicle. The distance scale object is generated so that positions of the lane object are assigned to distances from the ego vehicle, and the distance indicator object is arranged on the distance scale object such that the set parameter is output. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135064 | Vehicle and Method of Controlling the Same - An embodiment method for controlling a vehicle includes receiving state information of the vehicle and state information of a battery, identifying a present state of charge of the battery and calculating a preset reference value of the battery based on the state information of the vehicle and the state information of the battery, and displaying a message based on a difference between the present state of charge of the battery and the preset reference value of the battery. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135065 | NOTIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A notification control device includes an occupant state identifying unit, a behavior change obtaining unit, and a notification processing unit. The occupant state identifying unit is configured to identify a state of an occupant of the vehicle among a plurality of states. The behavior change obtaining unit is configured to obtain an imminent behavior change of the vehicle during the automated driving. The notification processing unit is configured to cause a notification device to notify the occupant of the imminent behavior change when the imminent behavior change obtained by the behavior change obtaining unit satisfies a notification condition. The notification condition is set for each of the plurality of states. The notification condition for a first distracted state categorized into a distracted group is different from the notification condition for a second distracted state categorized into the distracted group. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135066 | TRAVELING VEHICLE AND TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM - A traveling vehicle travels along a traveling path and includes a main body, a traveler to allow a main body to travel along the traveling path, an LED array provided at the main body to switch a display manner according to a state of the traveling vehicle, an imager to capture an image of the LED array at a traveling vehicle located ahead of the traveling vehicle, and a controller configured or programmed to acquire a state of the traveling vehicle ahead based on the display manner captured by the imager, and to control the traveler of the traveling vehicle based on the acquired state. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135067 | VEHICLE, APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION FOR COMMUNICATION IN A TELE-OPERATED DRIVING SESSION - A transportation vehicle, an apparatus for a transportation vehicle, a computer program, and a method for processing information for communication in a tele-operated driving session between a transportation vehicle and a remote control center. The method includes establishing a tele-operated driving session between the transportation vehicle and a remote control center obtaining a predicted latency of a communication link between the remote control center and the transportation vehicle for the tele-operated driving session, and adapting at least one codec parameter for coding the information based on the predicted latency. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTION PLANNING FOR AN AUTONMOUS VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for generating a channel for use as a spatio-temporal constraint for motion planning for an autonomous vehicle. The method generates a triangulation mesh for a space in an environment. The triangulation mesh includes a plurality of nodes, each represents a geographic location in the space. Some of the nodes correspond to dynamic objects. Based on the triangulation mesh, a candidate channel extending from a starting location to a target location of the autonomous vehicle is generated. Further, the method predicts a time and location of a future triangulation mesh topology event caused by at least one of the nodes that will impact the candidate channel. A valid channel segment for the channel is selected, which extends from the starting location to a channel segment end location preceding the predicted location of the future triangulation mesh topology event. The channel improves the validity of motion planning for a longer time period. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135069 | DRIVING DOMAIN MANAGEMENT UNIT, DRIVING DOMAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND DRIVING DOMAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD - A driving domain management unit which includes a change pattern setting portion that selects one of multiple typical patterns previously patterning drivable domains based on input information changing in time series; a driving condition monitor portion that determines an event based on collected event related information from the outside; an exclusion domain management portion that determines an exclusion domain prohibiting driving of the vehicles in preference to the driving permission domain based on position information about the event, the position information being contained in the event related information used for the determination of the event; a distribution portion that distributes, to the vehicles, the selected typical pattern and the information about the determined exclusion domain or the information based on these pieces of information; and a data storage portion that stores the multiple typical patterns and the exclusion domain information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135070 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - A device and a method for controlling autonomous driving in an autonomous vehicle are provided. The method may include collecting recognition information during the autonomous driving, determining whether a change in an automation level is required based on the collected recognition information, displaying a predetermined message on a screen when it is determined that the change in the automation level is required, and performing the autonomous driving by changing the automation level when it is determined that the change in the automation level is required. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135071 | ROUTE OPTIMIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS - Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure address shortcomings of the existing technology by enabling routing of an autonomous vehicles (AV) by identifying routes from a first location to a second location, identifying a target efficiency value of autonomous driving along a respective route, determining, in view of historical data for the respective route and using one or more randomized conditions, a confidence level associated with the target efficiency value, selecting, based on the target efficiency values and the associated confidence level, a preferred route, and causing the AV to select the first route for travel from the first location to the second location. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135072 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA-DRIVEN AND MODULAR DECISION MAKING AND TRAJECTORY GENERATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS AGENT - A system for data-driven, modular decision making and trajectory generation includes a computing system. A method for data-driven, modular decision making and trajectory generation includes: receiving a set of inputs; selecting a learning module such as a deep decision network and/or a deep trajectory network from a set of learning modules; producing an output based on the learning module; repeating any or all of the above processes; and/or any other suitable processes. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include training any or all of the learning modules; validating one or more outputs; and/or any other suitable processes and/or combination of processes. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135073 | ADJUSTABLE AUTOMATIC WINDOW TINTING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination; transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass; during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination; and untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135074 | CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS BASED ON MOTION PATTERNS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS - Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure address shortcomings of the existing technology by enabling motion pattern-assisted object classification of objects in an environment of an autonomous vehicle (AV) by obtaining, from a sensing system of the AV, a plurality of return points, each return point comprising one or more velocity values and one or more coordinates of a reflecting region that reflects a signal emitted by the sensing system, identifying an association of the plurality of return points with an object in an environment of the AV, identifying, in view of the one or more velocity values of at least some of the plurality of return points, a type of the object or a type of a motion of the object, and causing a driving path of the AV to be determined in view of the identified type of the object. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135075 | SAFETY DECOMPOSITION ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONS - In various examples, a safety decomposition architecture for autonomous machine applications is presented that uses two or more individual safety assessments to satisfy a higher safety integrity level (e.g., ASIL D). For example, a behavior planner may be used as a primary planning component, and a collision avoidance feature may be used as a diverse safety monitoring component—such that both may redundantly and independently prevent violation of safety goals. In addition, robustness of the system may be improved as single point and systematic failures may be avoided due to the requirement that two independent failures—e.g., of the behavior planner component and the collision avoidance component—occur simultaneously to cause a violation of the safety goals. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135076 | SAFE NON-CONSERVATIVE PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Techniques for safe non-conservative planning include: obtaining a risk budget constraining a plan for an autonomous vehicle to satisfy an objective; based at least on the risk budget and the objective, planning a trajectory of the autonomous vehicle toward the objective, at least by: (a) determining a risk cost associated with an initial planned action of the trajectory, (b) based at least on the risk cost, determining whether the trajectory is feasible or infeasible within the risk budget, and (c) responsive to determining that the trajectory is feasible within the risk budget, executing the initial planned action; decreasing the risk budget by the risk cost, to obtain a remaining risk budget; obtaining state data corresponding to a state of the autonomous vehicle after executing the initial planned action; and based at least on the state data, the remaining risk budget, and the objective, planning another trajectory toward the objective. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135077 | INCREASING AWARENESS OF PASSENGERS DURING PULLOVERS AND DROP OFFS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - The disclosure relates to controlling a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. An example method may include identifying a pullover location for the vehicle. As the vehicle approaches the pullover location, information identifying one or more road users may be received. A behavior prediction for each of the one or more road users may be received. One of one of the one or more road users may be identified based on the received behavior predictions for each of the one or more road users and a collision zone for the vehicle. After waiting for the identified one to pass the vehicle, the vehicle may be maneuvered in the autonomous driving mode into the pullover location. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135078 | LABELING LANE SEGMENTS FOR BEHAVIOR PREDICTION FOR AGENTS IN AN ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating candidate future trajectories for agents. One of the methods includes obtaining scene data characterizing a scene in an environment at a current time point; for each of a plurality of lane segments, processing a model input comprising (i) features of the lane segment and (ii) features of the target agent using a machine learning model that is configured to process the model input to generate a respective score for the lane segment that represents a likelihood that the lane segment will be a first lane segment traversed by the target agent after the current time point; selecting, as a set of seed lane segments, a proper subset of the plurality of lane segments based on the respective scores; and generating a plurality of candidate future trajectories for the target agent. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135079 | TRAVEL CONTROLLER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVELING, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING TRAVEL CONTROL PROGRAM - A travel controller recognizes an action of a driver of a vehicle from image data of the driver. The travel controller obtains information indicating that determination of whether autonomous driving of the vehicle is permissible cannot be given. When the information indicating that determination of whether the autonomous driving of the vehicle is permissible cannot be given is obtained, the travel controller operates a human interface to request the driver for an instruction to drive the vehicle. The travel controller determines whether the driver is giving an instruction to drive the vehicle from an action of the driver recognized in response to the request for an instruction to drive the vehicle. When determined in the determination process that the driver is giving an instruction to drive the vehicle, the travel controller operates a drive system of the vehicle to permit autonomous driving of the vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135080 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - An object of the present disclosure is to accurately forced stop autonomous vehicle control when a failure occurs in a remote control terminal without mounting an additional sensor on a vehicle. The vehicle control device includes the detection unit that detects a forced stop operation, a control unit that implements the autonomous parking control of the vehicle, and a calculation unit that causes the control unit to perform the autonomous parking control when the start command is received from the remote control terminal, and causes the control unit to stop the autonomous parking control when the stop command is received from the remote control terminal. When the detection unit detects the forced stop operation while the control unit is performing the autonomous parking control, the calculation unit causes the control unit to stop the autonomous parking control even without receiving the stop command from the remote control terminal. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135081 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is an electronic device for a vehicle, including a processor acquiring image data acquired by a camera mounted in a vehicle, determining a riding intention of an outside person based on the location, posture, and gesture of the outside person detected from the image data, and generating a control signal to stop the vehicle based on the riding intention. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS INTERACTION BETWEEN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND A MOBILE DEVICE - A user can request, via an electronic communication, an autonomous vehicle, such as a taxi, using a mobile device. Once the autonomous vehicle arrives at a pickup location, a wireless electronic communication connection is established between the autonomous vehicle and the mobile device. The autonomous vehicle then generates an audible or visual cue to the user. The mobile direct generates a corresponding audible, visual, or tactile cue as directed via the established wireless electronic communication connection. In this way, the user is able to readily identify which autonomous vehicle is the one requested. In further embodiments the mobile device cue duplicates a pattern of the autonomous vehicle cue or the autonomous vehicle cue and the mobile device cue operate in a call and response fashion. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135083 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE - A method performed by a computing device for controlling an automated guided vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes obtaining information on a movable area including nodes arranged in a grid pattern, obtaining information on a moving path connecting a source node and a destination node existing in the movable area, wherein the moving path includes a plurality of moving nodes, and reserving at least some of the moving nodes located between a current node and the destination node by using information on the current node occupied by an automated guided vehicle according to movement of the automated guided vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135084 | VEHICLE AND SERVER TO COMMUNICATE WITH VEHICLE - A server includes a communication device configured to communicate with a plurality of vehicles, a controller configured to receive location information of the vehicles, generate route information based on the received location information of the vehicles and goods transport information, transmit the generated route information to a first vehicle among the plurality of vehicles, select a second vehicle among the plurality of vehicles and a takeover location to take over goods based on delivery point information including a delivery point and location information of the vehicles when the delivery point information among the goods transport information is changed during traveling of the first vehicle, generate route information of the first and second vehicles based on waypoint information for the takeover location, and transmit the generated route information of the first and second vehicles to the first and second vehicles | 2022-05-05 |
20220135085 | Holistic Wayfinding - The technology employs a holistic approach to passenger pickups and other wayfinding situations. This includes identifying where passengers are relative to the vehicle and/or the pickup location. Information synthesis from different sensors, agent behavior prediction models, and real-time situational awareness are employed to identify the likelihood that the passenger to be picked up is at a given location at a particular point in time, with sufficient confidence. The system can provide adaptive navigation by helping passengers understand their distance and direction to the vehicle, for instance using various cues via an app on the person's device. Rider support tools may be provided, which enable a remote agent to interact with a customer via that person's device, such as using the camera on the device to provide wayfinding support to enable the person to find their vehicle. Ride support may also use sensor information from the vehicle when providing wayfinding support. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135086 | CONDITIONAL AGENT TRAJECTORY PREDICTION - Methods, computer systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing a conditional behavior prediction for one or more agents. The system obtains context data characterizing an environment. The context data includes data characterizing a plurality of agents, including a query agent and one or more target agents, in the environment at a current time point. The system further obtains data identifying a planned future trajectory for the query agent after the current time point, and for each target agent in the set, processes the context data and the data identifying the planned future trajectory using a first neural network to generate a conditional trajectory prediction output that defines a conditional probability distribution over possible future trajectories of the target agent after the current time point given that the query agent follows the planned future trajectory for the query agent after the current time point. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135087 | PASSENGER-ORIENTED TRANSFER SYNCHRONIZATION OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND PASSENGER-ORIENTED TRANSFER SYNCHRONIZATION OPTIMIZATION DEVICE - A passenger-oriented transfer synchronization optimization method and a passenger-oriented transfer synchronization optimization device, in which minimizing average waiting time of passengers is taken as an optimization objective, and constraint conditions are determined based on the transfer-related information; an arrival time and a departure time of each train is adjusted on an original train diagram of lines to be adjusted, and an adjusted train diagram is determined; and the trains on the lines to be adjusted are controlled based on the adjusted train diagram. Urban rail transit train diagrams for complex lines can be made, and no manual participation is required when adjusting the train diagrams, which can not only improve the adjustment efficiency, but also ensure the adjustment effect by avoiding errors caused by manual adjustments. The transfer efficiency of passengers can be improved when making transfers, and all-day transfer synchronizations can be optimized. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135088 | CRACK REPAIR MATERIAL OF CONCRETE VACUUM TUBE SEGMENT USING ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (UHPC) FOR HYPER-SPEED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND CRACK REPAIRING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides a crack repair material of a concrete vacuum tube segment using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for a hyper-speed transportation system and a crack repairing method for the same capable of, in a case in which a vacuum tube segment of a hyper-speed transportation system, such as the Hyperloop, is manufactured using UHPC, repairing cracks formed in the UHPC vacuum tube segment easily and conveniently using a crack growth prevention material and a patch repair material and capable of immediately repairing cracks formed in the UHPC vacuum tube segment to secure airtightness so that operation of a vacuum pump is minimized and overload of the vacuum pump is prevented. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135089 | TREADPLATE FOR A FLOOR OF A GANGWAY AND GANGWAY - A treadplate for a floor of a gangway the treadplate having a basic body of a first material, and a plurality of bones of a second material, wherein the bones are encapsulated by the first material, wherein the second material has a higher elastic modulus than the first material and/or the stiffness of at least one bone of the several bones is higher than the stiffness of the basic body. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135090 | PRESSURE REGULATING APPARATUS IN VEHICLE AND REGULATING METHOD - Provided is a pressure regulating method in a vehicle, comprising the following steps: S | 2022-05-05 |
20220135091 | BIDIRECTIONAL WINDAGE RESISTANCE BRAKE APPARATUS - A bidirectional windage resistance brake apparatus including a base, a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a first windage resistance plate and a second windage resistance plate, a tail of the first windage resistance plate is hinged with the base; the first windage resistance plate includes a first supporting rod, one end of which is hinged to a middle portion of the first windage resistance plate, and another end is connected with the first cylinder; a tail of the second windage resistance plate is hinged with the base; the second windage resistance plate includes a second supporting rod, one end of which is hinged to a middle portion of the second windage resistance plate, and another end is connected with the second cylinder. The brake apparatus is high in brake efficiency and reliability. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135092 | AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR MONITORING AN AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM - An air supply system for a rail vehicle that includes electrical consumers, such as a compressor, an air dryer, a valve or the like, and a converter coupled to a power supply of the rail vehicle, wherein the air supply system adjusts the voltage provided by the power supply to an operating voltage of at least one electrical consumer, wherein the converter is associated with at least two of the plurality of electrical consumers in such a way that the converter can control, particularly in a closed-loop manner, and/or monitor the operation of the at least two of the plurality of electronic consumers. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135093 | Discharge Gate Sensing Method, System and Assembly - A system, method and assembly for detecting the operational status of one or more discharge gates on one or more railcars. The system and method monitor parameters that include whether the discharge gate is open or closed, whether the railcar is in motion or not, and whether the railcar is in a location where it is acceptable for the discharge gate to be open. Sensors carry out the monitoring, and the information obtained by monitoring the parameters are used to determine if a notification event has taken place and if so, a notification of such event can be transmitted to a remote receiver. A change in the status of any one of the monitored parameters can trigger the determination of whether a notification event has occurred. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135094 | INSPECTION OF RAIL HEALTH - A method and system for inspecting a rail by guided waves, the rail being instrumented by sensors. The method comprises the steps of receiving elastic wave measurements from one or more sensors, as a train passes, releasing energy as guided waves into the rail; and of determining a function representative of the impulse response of the rail and the sensors. Developments describe how to determine the existence, position and characterisation of a defect in the rail (e.g. fracture, incipient fracture, etc.), the use of inter-correlation analyses, correlation of the coda of correlations, Passive Inverse Filter, imaging techniques. Other aspects are described for exploring rail defects: sensor position and movement, acquisition time, sampling frequency, frequency filters, amplifications, techniques for learning during successive train passes, signal injection by transducers. Software aspects are described. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135095 | TRAIN SPEED ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON VIBRATION SIGNALS - A train speed estimation device and method are disclosed. Vibration in a natural frequency band experienced by a train as it advances is sampled by means of first and second sensors at the same sampling frequency, to obtain a first set and a second set of sampling signals respectively; a first set and a second set of vibration signals are obtained on the basis of the first set and second set of sampling signals respectively, and the first set and second set of vibration signals are subjected to cross-correlation analysis, to obtain a target sampling difference; and a train speed is calculated on the basis of the target sampling difference. The train speed estimation device and method according to the present disclosure can precisely monitor the real-time train speed without relying on any speed sensor or GNSS. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135096 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POINT LOCATION OF A STOPPED VEHICLE ON A STORAGE TRACK, USING VIRTUAL BEACONS - A method for determining the point location of a vehicle stopped on one storage track among a set of storage tracks, using virtual beacons is provided. It determines and compares the likelihood of a plurality of hypotheses as to the stopped location of the vehicle, corresponding to a first set of NBe predefined virtual beacons Be(i), i varying from 1 to NBe, the respective positions of which are known in an amount of one virtual beacon per storage track, by correlating the GNSS geo-positioning signals received at various synchronization reset times of a second set by the GNSS receiver located on board the vehicle with predicted GNSS geo-positioning signals of replicas expected for the various positions of the virtual beacons of the first set at the various times. The detected holding position of the vehicle is the position that corresponds to the maximum likelihood. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135097 | MOBILE BATTERY POWERED BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTION CART - Disclosed herein are various mobile battery powered beverage distribution and marketing carts, kiosks, systems, and methods for operating, transporting, charging, maintaining, optimizing, and storing these mobile battery powered beverage distribution and marketing carts. The mobile battery powered beverage carts may generally comprise a wheeled base, upper workstation, at least one storage and/or refrigerated compartment, a battery, and a large viewing screen for displaying marketing and/or entertainment content thereon. The battery within the cart is configured to operate any electrical componentry on the cart, so that the cart can be independently operable away from any electrical wall outlets. These carts can be customized with any number of options or accessories to meet particular demands and be temporarily deployed to areas where demand, or crowd size, is highest. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135098 | Service Cart for Electric Vehicle Battery With Configurable Supports - A service cart and associated apparatus that is suitable for servicing electric vehicles and vehicle batteries. The service cart may comprise a frame having a number of members that may be arranged in a compact configuration. The service cart may comprise a number of support pads that may be adjustably arranged with respect to the frame. The support pads may comprise an overload protection mechanism having a break pin. The service cart may comprise a detachable handle operable to selectively disengage a number of brakes on the cart. The service cart may comprise a tow hitch suitable for detachably coupling an external tow device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135099 | CART FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - A cart for medical equipment includes a column supporting a platform for mounting a piece of medical equipment to the cart. A base including one or more wheels that support the column, and a handgrip at least partially encircling the platform. The handgrip includes an upper surface substantially devoid of openings and an opposite lower surface including one or more elongated accessory slots opening downwardly toward the one or more wheels. The one or more elongated accessory slots are configured to receive a portion of an accessory mount such that the accessory mount is slidingly adjustable along a length of the one or more accessory slots. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135100 | Vehicle Battery Service Cart with Configurable Frame - A service cart and associated apparatus that is suitable for servicing electric vehicles and vehicle batteries. The service cart may comprise a frame having a number of members that may be arranged in a compact configuration. The service cart may comprise a number of support pads that may be adjustably arranged with respect to the frame. The support pads may comprise an overload protection mechanism having a break pin. The service cart may comprise a detachable handle operable to selectively disengage a number of brakes on the cart. The service cart may comprise a tow hitch suitable for detachably coupling an external tow device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135101 | Vehicle Service Cart With Brake Mechanism - A service cart and associated apparatus that is suitable for servicing electric vehicles and vehicle batteries. The service cart may comprise a frame having a number of members that may be arranged in a compact configuration. The service cart may comprise a number of support pads that may be adjustably arranged with respect to the frame. The support pads may comprise an overload protection mechanism having a break pin. The service cart may comprise a detachable handle operable to selectively disengage a number of brakes on the cart. The service cart may comprise a tow hitch suitable for detachably coupling an external tow device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135102 | MOVING BODY - In this moving body, a walking assist device ( | 2022-05-05 |
20220135103 | Service Cart for Electric Vehicle Battery With Overload Protection - A service cart and associated apparatus that is suitable for servicing electric vehicles and vehicle batteries. The service cart may comprise a frame having a number of members that may be arranged in a compact configuration. The service cart may comprise a number of support pads that may be adjustably arranged with respect to the frame. The support pads may comprise an overload protection mechanism having a break pin. The service cart may comprise a detachable handle operable to selectively disengage a number of brakes on the cart. The service cart may comprise a tow hitch suitable for detachably coupling an external tow device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135104 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPOSABLE SANITARY COVERS FOR SHOPPING CART HANDLES - A sanitary cover arrangement for a shopping cart handle includes a tubular base mount configured to be coupled around the shopping cart handle, and a plurality of sanitary film layers configured to be coupled to the shopping cart handle via the tubular base mount. A topmost layer of the plurality of sanitary film layers is removable for exposing another layer therebeneath for providing a sanitary surface for gripping the shopping cart handle. The tubular base mount comprises a first half and a second half moveable with respect to the first half to secure the tubular base mount to the shopping cart handle. A tubular outer sleeve may be provided for mounting the plurality of sanitary film layers. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135105 | Stroller for Increasing Child Comfort - A stroller includes a frame having a shaft, a seat disposed on the frame, a base disposed on the frame, and wheels disposed on the base. The shaft of the frame is inserted into the base to allow the frame to rotate relative to the base. In another possible approach, a stroller includes a frame, a seat disposed on the frame, a base disposed on the frame, a canopy extending from the seat, and a display device incorporated into the canopy. The display device is viewable from the seat. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135106 | BRAKING MECHANISM AND BABY CARRIAGE - Disclosed is a braking mechanism for locking a wheel of a baby carriage. The braking mechanism includes a driving member and a locking member. The driving member is pivotally connected to a wheel seat of a frame of the baby carriage, a guiding opening is arranged in the wheel seat, an engaging part is arranged on a side surface of a hub of the wheel, a driving slot is arranged in the driving member, one end of the locking member is slidably arranged in the driving slot, and another end of the locking member is configured to slidably pass through the guiding opening, so that when the driving member rotates, the driving member drives the locking member to engage with the engaging part or disengage from the engaging part. In addition, the present invention further discloses a baby carriage. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135107 | Canopy Adjustment Mechanism and Baby Carrier - The present disclosure provides a canopy adjustment mechanism comprising a canopy, a locking mechanism, and a lock receiving mechanism provided on the canopy. The locking mechanism locks at different positions of the lock receiving mechanism to achieve height adjustment of the canopy. The height of the canopy can be changed to suit children of different heights, and accordingly, the installation position of the canopy can be flexibly changed to meet the needs of users. Moreover, the canopy adjustment mechanism is easy to operate in terms of height adjustment and simple in structure. The present disclosure further provides a baby carrier comprising the aforesaid canopy adjustment mechanism. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135108 | STROLLER BALANCE AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A bag configured for attachment to a stroller, a stroller in combination with a first and a second bag, and a method of stabilizing a stroller are provided. A stroller including a front support bar, a rear support bar, and a rear axle is used for transportation. A bag configured for attachment to the stroller has a front engagement member, a rear engagement member, a body coupled between and supported by the front and rear engagement members, the body includes at least one pocket arranged inside the body, and a receptacle in the at least one pocket. A weight is received by the receptacle, and when the bag is attached to the stroller, the weight applies a rotational moment at the front support bar of the stroller to resist rotation of the stroller about the rear axle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135109 | STEERING WHEEL COVER AND VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL - A composite cover for a vehicle steering wheel, comprising at least two adjacent parts connected to one another by at least one stitched seam connection, wherein the seam between the two parts comprises at least two seam finishing stitches, and the connection being free of stitching between the two finishing stitches, so as to allow the cover to be incised between the two finishing stitches. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135110 | STEERING WHEEL - A steering wheel is provided that is able to prevent damage to a layer adjacent to an outer surface layer due to an external force applied when a joined portion between outer surface layer material parts is finished. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135111 | STOWABLE STEERING COLUMN - A steering column may have a steering spindle jacket that is disposed within a support assembly. An outer steering spindle may include a spline hub portion and may be disposed within the steering spindle jacket. An inner steering spindle may be disposed within the outer steering spindle and may include a spline shaft portion configured to permit axial movement and prevent rotation of the outer steering spindle when the spline hub portion and the spline shaft portion are engaged. In a deployed state the spline shaft and the spline hub portions may be engaged, and in a stowed state the spline shaft and the spline hub portions may be free of engagement. A base disposed in the support assembly engages the spline hub portion in the stowed state to prevent rotation of the outer steering spindle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135112 | DISAPPEARING STEERING WHEEL AND PEDALS - A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and/or pedals that can be moved from an active driving position to an inactive or stowed position. The motor vehicle may include a pedal shield that substantially blocks a driver's access to the pedals when the pedals are in an inactive position. The steering wheel and pedals may shift laterally simultaneously between the active and inactive positions or configurations. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135113 | STEERING OPERATING DEVICE AND STEERING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A steering operating device provided for a vehicle whose driving state is switchable between a manual driving state and an automatic driving state and including a steering operating member operable by a driver, including: an upstream portion including the steering operating member; a downstream portion located downstream of the upstream portion; and a link member connecting the upstream portion and the downstream portion, wherein the link member connects the upstream portion and the downstream portion such that the upstream portion is movable relative to the downstream portion in a width direction of the vehicle and such that the upstream portion is pivotable relative to the downstream portion in an up-down direction of the vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135114 | ENERGY ABSORBING STRAP ASSEMBLY FOR A STEERING COLUMN - A steering column assembly includes an upper jacket. The steering column assembly also includes a lower jacket that the upper jacket is telescopingly coupled to. The steering column assembly further includes an energy absorbing strap operatively coupled to the upper jacket and the lower jacket, the energy absorbing strap having a first leg, a second leg and a U-shaped portion connecting the first leg and the second leg. The steering column assembly yet further includes a pin located within a slot defined by the first leg and the second leg of the energy absorbing strap. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135115 | POWER-ASSISTED STEERING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An electromechanical power steering system for a vehicle may include a worm that can be driven rotationally about a drive axis by an electric motor, that interacts with a worm gear that is coupled to a steering shaft, and that is mounted such that it can be rotated about the drive axis in a bearing that is held in a holder. The holder may be movable relative to the worm gear. To make a decreased development of noise possible, the holder has a core element that is made from a core material and is connected to at least one contact element. The contact element may be made from a soft material that can be deformed elastically more easily and is softer relative to the core material. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135116 | REDUNDANCY CIRCUIT OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a redundancy circuit of an electric power steering system, the redundancy circuit comprising: a plurality of electronic control units for checking whether a breakdown occurs by crossing each other, and adjusting a control ratio according to the occurrence of the breakdown; and a selection control unit for receiving an input of the control ratio and control amount information of the plurality of electronic control units to determine control amounts of each of motors provided in the same number as the plurality of electronic control units. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135117 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF STEERING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A control apparatus of a steering system for vehicles that controls a turning mechanism by using steering information communicated electrically, includes a turning angle control section that calculates a motor current command value to make a turning angle detected in the turning mechanism follow a target turning angle, and has a friction compensating section that calculates a compensation motor current command value for compensating a follow-up delay of the turning angle caused by a friction in the turning mechanism by performing filter processing to velocity information. The turning angle control section performs compensation by the compensation motor current command value in calculation of the motor current command value, and the control apparatus controls the turning mechanism based on the motor current command value. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135118 | ROTARY ASSIST APPARATUS FOR RECIRCULATING BALL STEERING GEARS - Rotary assist apparatus for recirculating ball steering gears are disclosed. An example motor vehicle steering system includes an input shaft to couple to a steering shaft of a motor vehicle, a worm gear, a first end of the worm gear coupled to the input shaft, a second end of the worm gear fixed to a helical spur gear, a ball nut surrounding a portion of the worm gear, the ball nut including ball bearings and ball guides, an intermediate gear fixed to a first pinion, the first pinion engaged with the helical spur gear, a motor fixed to a second pinion, the second pinion engaged with the intermediate gear, the motor to rotate the worm gear to translate the ball nut, and a sector gear engaged with the ball nut, the sector gear to rotate as the ball nut translates. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135119 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND STEERING CONTROL METHOD - A steering control device and a steering control method are disclosed. Particularly, a steering control device according to the disclosure comprises: a command current calculation unit for calculating a first command current on the basis of detected steering wheel steering information; a resistance calculation unit for calculating internal resistance on the basis of a detected internal temperature; a supply current estimation unit for estimating the supply current of a battery on the basis of an input supply voltage of the battery, the first command current and the internal resistance; and a command current applying unit for comparing the supply current and a preset reference current and, if the supply current is greater than the reference current, changing the first command current to a second command current and applying the second command current to a steering motor. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135120 | PHASE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, CORRECTION VALUE CALCULATION DEVICE, MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRIC ACTUATOR PRODUCT, AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - A phase adjustment method for a rotation angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of a rotor of a brushless motor, the phase adjustment method including: measuring a first rotation speed and a second rotation speed when the brushless motor is driven with a same torque command current to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively, on a basis of the rotation angle of the rotor detected by the rotation angle sensor; and calculating a correction value to correct a phase of the rotation angle sensor so that a rotation speed difference between the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed decreases. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135121 | Method for Monitoring a Steering System - The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring a steering system, in particular during an operation in a vehicle, in which method a load characteristic of at least one steering component of the steering system is determined and is evaluated in order to determine a stress and/or a state of the steering component. According to the disclosure, the load characteristic comprises at least one load on the steering component caused by an external application of force. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135122 | VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM - A steering system for a vehicle is provided. The steering system includes a mechanical interface coupled to an auxiliary hydraulic steering pump and an output of a transmission. In the system, the transmission is mechanically coupled to a motive power source and the auxiliary hydraulic steering pump is hydraulically coupled to a hydraulic steering assembly. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135123 | AIR INJECTION MACHINE WITH PNEUMATIC POWER STEERING - One example provides a ride on air injection machine including one or more steerable wheels, a compressed air system providing compressed air, one or more air inject tines to inject compressed air from the compressed air system into the grounds, and a steering system. The steering system includes a steering wheel, a cylinder coupled to the steerable wheels, the cylinder including opposing internal chambers and being moveable to steer the steerable wheels and a control valve assembly to direct compressed air from the compressed air system to the internal chambers and to bleed compressed air from the internal chambers based on a position of the steering wheel to move the cylinder steer the steerable wheels. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135124 | VEHICLE WITH TILT FRAME AND SPRING DAMPER SYSTEM - A vehicle with a base frame to which at least two sprung suspensions, in particular sprung wheel suspensions, for driven, non-driven, steerable or non-steerable contact elements, for example wheels, are attached which can be steered by means of a steering knuckle and are located on both sides of the longitudinal direction of travel, in each case transversely to the direction of travel, a tilt frame, tiltable in a tilt axis with respect to the base frame. A steering tube is rotatably attached to the tilt frame in the steering axis and automatically tilts with the tilt frame, at least one track rod connected to the track rod actuating element, and a linear or rotary track rod actuating element rotatable over a guide element. The track rod actuating element is displaced by tilting the tilt frame about the tilt axis and independently thereof by rotating the steering tube about the steering axis in such a way that the steerable contact element is given a steering movement by the track rod actuating element by means of the at least one track rod and no substantial change in the camber of the contact elements takes place during cornering, wherein the vehicle comprises at least one spring damper system which is suitable and provided for reducing a pendulum tilt of a tilt frame about the vertical zero position. | 2022-05-05 |
20220135125 | Vehicle Coupling Assistance Device, Vehicle Coupling Assistance Method, Vehicle Coupling Assistance System, and Steering Control Device - Provided is a vehicle coupling assistance device which is configured to select, in accordance with a physical quantity relating to an angle of a second coupling part of a trailer with respect to a first coupling part of a vehicle, as a steering angle control mode, any one of a first steering angle control mode in which a steering angle of front wheels of the vehicle and a steering angle of rear wheels of the vehicle are controlled to achieve the same steering angle and a second steering angle control mode f in which the steering angle of the front wheels and the steering angle of the rear wheels are controlled to achieve different steering angles, and to output steering angle control commands for executing control in the selected steering angle control mode to a front-wheel steering device and a rear-wheel steering device of the vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |