25th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190184933 | SEAT ORIENTATION AND ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of detecting seatbelt position in a vehicle having a seat, a seatbelt assembly, and an image sensor is disclosed. The method includes determining a latch status of the seatbelt assembly, taking an image of the seat with the image sensor, determining a position of the seat from the image, and displaying the position of the seat on a display and a seatbelt unlatched warning. The seat belt latch alert system for a vehicle includes a first row of seats, a second row of seats movable between a plurality of positions, a seatbelt assembly connected to each seat having a latch configured to be latched and unlatched, an image sensor taking images of the seat if the latch is unlatched, a processor for determining a position of the seat from the image, and a display for displaying the positions of the seat and a seatbelt unlatched warning. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184934 | Vehicle Safety System - A vehicle safety system includes a vehicle that has a plurality of seats, a plurality of seat belts, an electrical system and an ignition. Each of the seat belts includes a buckle and a clasp. A plurality of buckle sensors is provided and each of the buckle sensors is coupled to the buckle on an associated one of the seat belts. Each of the buckle sensors senses when the clasp of the associated seat belt is engaged to the buckle of the associated seat belt. A plurality of weight sensors is provided and each of the weight sensors is coupled to an associated one of the seats to sense weight of an occupant in the associated seat. A shut down unit is coupled to the vehicle. The shut down unit is in electrical communication with each of the seat belt sensors, each of the weight sensors and the ignition. The shut down unit turns the ignition off when any of the weight sensors senses an occupant in an associated of the seats and the buckle sensor corresponding to the associated seat does not sense the seat belt of the associated seat is fastened. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184935 | PASSIVE RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES FOR AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES - A system includes a ride vehicle of an amusement park ride and a restraint system coupled to the ride vehicle and including a lock having a detector that may receive a wireless signal. Receiving the wireless signal causes the lock to lock or unlock and the restraint system may secure a rider within the ride vehicle. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184936 | SOUND OUTPUT APPARATUS, SOUND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE, AND LOCKING AND UNLOCKING SYSTEM - A sound output apparatus and a sound output control method including a sound output controller placed in a vehicle having a door lockable and unlockable based on the result of communicated with mobile terminals are disclosed. The vehicle mounted with the sound output controller and a locking and unlocking system including the vehicle are also disclosed. The sound output controller outputs a sound that is different between when the door is unlocked by a specified mobile terminal and when the door is unlocked by other means. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184937 | DELIVERY ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DELIVERY ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A delivery assistance device assists in an operation of a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a requester is able to be designated as a luggage delivery destination. The delivery assistance device includes a key information distribution unit configured to distribute key information that a deliverer of a company that provides the delivery service is to use to unlock a door for access to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle, to the company, and an entry authority information distribution unit configured to distribute entry authority information regarding an authority for the deliverer to enter a predetermined area in which the vehicle is present, to the company when the key information is distributed to the company by the key information distribution unit. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184938 | VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A vehicle management system includes a server. The server is configured to acquire range information representing an available range of a vehicle, acquire positional information of the vehicle, determine whether or not a position of the vehicle is out of the available range or is expected to deviate from the available range, and provide a notification to a device related to the vehicle in a case where the position of the vehicle is out of the available range or in a case where the position of the vehicle is expected to deviate from the available range. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184939 | KEY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, VEHICLE RENTAL SYSTEM, KEY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A key management device includes a server configured to issue an electronic key of a vehicle to a user device, configured to acquire position information of the vehicle, and configured to invalidate the electronic key issued to the user device when a determination is made from the position information of the vehicle that the vehicle is present at a predetermined position. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184940 | GRAPHENE HEATING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a transparent heating device using graphene. To accomplish the aforementioned purpose, the present invention provides a graphene heating device comprising: a transparent substrate; an adhesive layer formed on the transparent substrate; and a graphene layer formed on the adhesive layer, where the graphene layer is heated by a current flowing along the graphene layer. According to one embodiment of the present invention, fogging or icing occurs on the surface of an object that can be removed without deteriorating the light transmittance of the object, which requires the light transmittance. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184941 | VEHICLE WIPER DEVICE - When an operation signal of a view-obstructing material removal mode switch has been detected, a controller controls such that wiping operation is performed while spraying washer fluid toward the opposite side to a movement direction side of a wiper blade, after which a wiping operation in which washer fluid is not sprayed is performed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184942 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY WITH CLEANING SYSTEM - A sensor assembly includes a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis, and an annular member coupled to the sensor window and rotatable about the axis. The annular member includes a nozzle aimed at the sensor window and oriented at an acute angle from a radial direction toward the axis in a plane orthogonal to the axis. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184943 | CONNECTOR BETWEEN A WIPER BLADE AND A WIPER ARM DRIVING A WIPING SYSTEM - A connector for a wiper blade, the connector is configured to cooperate pivotably, by a transverse hinge pin, with an adapter designed to allow an articulation link between the blade and a driving arm, the connector includes a body provided with two opposite side flanges, defining a housing designed to receive the adapter, and a pin between the flanges for the articulation link of the blade to the arm, the flanges include, at each of the ends of the hinge pin, a shoulder configured to allow axial guiding of the articulation link between the blade and the arm, the side flanges is configured to allow lateral flexion of the adapter bearing against the shoulder. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184944 | AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE HAVING VACUUM CLEANING FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a main body, a blower provided in the main body, a suction part connected to one side of the main body to draw in outdoor air, and an exhaust part connected to the suction part to exhaust air. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184945 | LIQUID INTRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM - In an aspect, a conveyor system for moving a wheeled structure through a service line is provided. The conveyor system comprises at least one endless belt mounted longitudinally through the service line. The belt has an upper transport portion for moving the vehicle through the service line, and a lower return portion with a support deck below the upper transport portion to support the belt. A liquid introduction system is provided for helping to remove dirt from the belt and/or to remove dirt from between the belt and the support deck. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE CARE, AND USE OF A SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE - A system for vehicle care and in particular vehicle cleaning is provided, including at least one vehicle care device and a control device, wherein vehicles can be brought to the at least one vehicle care device and can be removed therefrom, and the control device is configured for communication with non-user-guided vehicles, wherein at least one vehicle care instruction including information about the care of the vehicle and associated with a particular vehicle can be stored in the control device, and the vehicles can be treated at the at least one vehicle care device according to the at least one vehicle care instruction, and wherein the sequence of processing of vehicle care instructions and/or the scope of the vehicle care stored in at least one vehicle care instruction can be changed by the control device. The invention additionally relates to a method for vehicle care. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184947 | MOTORCYCLE CLEANING TOWEL - A towel for washing a motorcycle includes an upper portion configured to overlie at least a portion of the motorcycle windshield and a lower portion configured to overlie at least a portion of the motorcycle fairing. An upper pocket of the upper portion is configured to receive the top of the motorcycle windshield, a left side pocket of the lower portion is configured to receive a left side portion of the motorcycle fairing, and a right side pocket of the lower portion is configured to receive the right side portion of the motorcycle fairing. The towel may be soaked in a cleaning fluid and is configured such that it can be positioned on the windshield and fairing and will remain there without any intervention required by a user. The user may therefore leave the towel unattended to soak on the windshield and fairing, thereby allowing sufficient time for the cleaning solution to soften debris on the windshield and fairing to make it easier to remove the debris. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184948 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A parking system for a vehicle provides a self-contained vehicle lift with jacks on wheels and mounted on a vehicle frame, wherein the jacks are operable between a retracted position permitting the vehicle to move in a normal fashion, and an extended position effective to raise the entire vehicle off the ground to allow the wheels move the vehicle into the parking position. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184949 | MANUAL CONTROL OVER ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE MOTOR ON CALIPER PARKING BRAKE ACTUATIONS - An electronic parking brake (EPB) system having expanded functionality, which provides the driver of a vehicle the option to manually control the clamping force of the EPB as desired, while keeping existing EPB functionalities. The EPB system includes a hand lever assembly, and the driver is able to move the hand lever assembly to various positions. The position of the hand lever assembly corresponds to an equivalent parking brake clamping force request. A fully retracted lever corresponds to a complete release action of the parking brake, and a fully actuated lever corresponds to a complete clamping of the parking brake. Any position in between the fully retracted and fully actuated positions corresponds to a partial apply of the parking brake using a predefined ratio of force to lever position. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184950 | MODULAR TRAILER SYSTEM - A trailer brake and monitoring system with a trailer control module, which has a processor, a signal input, a first wheel speed input, a second wheel speed input, a valve output, and a data port. The processor receives a signal from the signal input, and the processor sends the signal to the data port. The processor receives a first wheel speed signal from the first wheel speed input and a second wheel speed signal from the second wheel speed input. The processor is configured to send a first brake signal to the valve output based on at least one of the first wheel speed signal and the second wheel speed signal. The trailer control module may include third and fourth wheel speed inputs and a second valve output. The data port may be a power input configured for connection with a PLC cable and/or a CAN port. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184951 | ELECTRICAL HARNESS - An electrical harness including at least one upstream connector arranged to be electrically connected to a computer, at least one downstream connector arranged to be connected to a complementary connector of an electromechanical actuator, and at least one electric wire electrically connecting the upstream connector and the downstream connector, the electric wire configured such that primary digital control signals produced or transferred by the computer travel over the electric wire via the upstream connector. The electrical harness may also include an electronic unit integrated in the electrical harness, the electronic unit configured to transform the primary digital control signals into analog control signals and to transmit the analog control signals to the electromechanical actuator via the downstream connector. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184952 | ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electro-hydraulic brake system includes a first brake input that generates a first brake input signal and a second brake input that generates a second brake input signal. The system also includes a first valve that releases hydraulic fluid to control a first brake and a second valve that releases the hydraulic fluid to control a second brake. The system includes a speed sensor that generates a speed signal indicative of a speed of a work vehicle. A controller receives the speed signal, the first brake input signal, and the second brake input signal, determines the speed of the work vehicle based on the speed signal, and compares the speed of the work vehicle to a threshold speed. The controller synchronizes actuation of the first and second valves in response to the speed being in excess of the threshold speed to control the first and second valves. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184953 | SENSOR MONITORING DEVICE AND BRAKING CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SENSOR MONITORING DEVICE - A sensor monitoring device that comprises: a first controller ECA into which a detected value Smn from a sensor SMN is inputted via a first signal line LMA; a second controller ECB into which the detected value Smn is inputted via a second signal line LMB; and a communication bus CMB that transmits signals between the first controller ECA and the second controller ECB. The second controller ECB reads in the detected value Smn as a second processing value Smb and transmits the second processing value Smb to the first controller ECA via the communication bus CMB. The first controller ECA reads in the detected value Smn as a first processing value Sma, receives the second processing value Smb, and, on the basis of the first processing value Sma and the second processing value Smb, determines the suitability of the first processing value Sma. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184954 | PNEUMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM - The disclosure relates to a brake system for vehicles, comprising a brake unit. In order to provide a new brake system, which is in particular more lightweight and more environmentally friendly, a brake unit is proposed which comprises at least a brake disc and a brake piston unit, a compressed air reservoir, and a control unit in order to pressurise the brake piston unit with compressed air from the compressed air reservoir on demand. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184955 | BRAKING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE HAVING HAND AND FOOT BRAKE LEVERS - A vehicle has a frame, a straddle seat, front right and left wheels, a rear wheel, a steering assembly, a motor, front right and left brakes, a rear brake, and an electronic brake control unit. The electronic brake control unit has a pump, a valve box, a first pressure sensor disposed in the valve box and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is electronically connected to the pump, and valves of the valve box for controlling their operation. A hand brake lever actuates a first master cylinder and thereby actuates the front brakes through the valve box. A foot brake lever actuates a second master cylinder and thereby actuates the rear brake through the valve box. A second pressure sensor is disposed externally of the valve box. The first and second pressure sensors sensing fluid pressure applied by the first and second master cylinders respectively. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184956 | RESERVOIR TANK AND VEHICLE BRAKE APPARATUS - A reservoir tank includes a reservoir body defining a storage chamber for an operating fluid; and a float guide in the storage chamber. The float guide forms a float chamber on the inner side. The reservoir tank further includes a fluid level detection device that has a float moving up and down in the float chamber in accordance with fluctuations of a fluid level, and has a detector detecting when the float is below predetermined position. The reservoir tank is provided with a slit in the float guide. The slit is in communication with the storage chamber and the float chamber. An operating fluid passage is provided on an inner face of the float guide which is continuous with the slit, which is in communication with the slit and the float chamber. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184957 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS FOR FAULT TOLERANT CHASSIS ARCHITECTURE SYSTEMS - Examples of techniques for fault diagnosis for fault tolerant chassis architecture systems are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing device, a control variable for the system. The method further includes receiving, by the processing device, a measured variable for the system. The method further includes calculating, by the processing device, a residual based at least in part on the control variable and the measured variable. The method further includes performing, by the processing device, a fault diagnosis to detect a fault in the system based at least in part on the residual. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184958 | Brake Device and Method of Detecting Fluid Leakage in Brake Device - There are provided a brake device that enhances the detection accuracy of a system with fluid leakage, regardless of the degree of fluid leakage, and a fluid leakage detection method of the brake device. The brake device includes a hydraulic unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a hydraulic pressure controller configured to control operations of a primary system connection valve, a secondary system connection valve, and a hydraulic pressure source; a first fluid leakage detector configured to detect a fluid leakage of a brake fluid occurring in each system, based on a primary system hydraulic pressure and a secondary system hydraulic pressure, in a state that the hydraulic pressure source is driven by the hydraulic pressure controller and that the primary system connection valve and the secondary system connection valve are alternately opened and closed; and a second fluid leakage detector configured to detect a fluid leakage of the brake fluid occurring in each system, based on the primary system hydraulic pressure and the secondary system hydraulic pressure, in a state that the primary system connection valve and the secondary system connection valve are closed by the hydraulic pressure controller after execution of the fluid leakage detection by the first fluid leakage detector. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FUEL ECONOMY FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - The present invention relates generally to improving the fuel efficiency of autonomous vehicles by operating either (1) at a first effective engine displacement that takes into account noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) when the vehicle is occupied or (2) at a second effective engine displacement, without concern for occupant NVH, when the vehicle is not occupied. The second effective engine displacement is typically more fuel efficient than the first effective engine displacement, but result in a higher level of NVH compared to the first effective engine displacement. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184960 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a drive-train ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190184961 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a drive-train ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190184962 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a drive-train ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190184963 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method of operating a drive-train ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190184964 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor generator, a main battery, a DC-DC converter, a sub-battery, a starter, and an electronic control unit. The DC-DC converter is a bidirectional converter configured to convert a voltage of electric power from the sub-battery and output the electric power to the motor generator. The electronic control unit is configured to control the DC-DC converter such that the sub-battery outputs electric power to the motor generator when a first available electrical energy of the main battery is smaller than a required electrical energy at the time when the engine is started with the use of the motor generator. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184965 | HYBRID VEHICLE - When the state of charge of a power storage device is equal to or higher than a predetermined ratio in a specific acceleration time where an acceleration request is equal to or greater than a predetermined level, a hybrid vehicle controls an engine such that the rotation speed of the engine is not increased in a range of an output limit of the power storage device and that the engine is operated at an operation point on a fuel consumption priority operation line. When the state of charge of the power storage device is lower than the predetermined ratio in the specific acceleration timer the hybrid vehicle controls the engine such that the rotation speed of the engine is not increased in the range of the output limit of the power storage device and that the engine is operated at an operation point on a power priority operation line. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184966 | HYBRID VEHICLE FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of operating an accessory drive system for a motor vehicle, wherein the accessory drive system includes one or more accessory components, a motor generator of the motor vehicle, and a flexible drive element configured to transmit a torque load between the one or more accessory components and the motor generator, includes determining a maximum permissible flexible drive element torque threshold, detecting an increase in torque demand on the flexible drive element, determining when the torque demand on the flexible drive element will exceed the flexible drive element torque threshold, and reducing the torque demand of one or more of the accessory components so that the flexible drive element torque threshold is not exceeded. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184967 | APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY SHARING THE POWER OF A MULTIDRIVE UNIT VEHICLE - An apparatus for selectively sharing, towards separate users, the power of a multi-drive unit vehicle, includes a mechanical transmission, that connects propulsion units of the vehicle to at least one primary drive unit; a secondary power unit for service units, which is operatively positioned between the mechanical transmission and at least one service unit of the vehicle; as well as at least one of either a first or a second joint, that are mounted on the mechanical transmission on either side of the secondary power unit for service units and are switchable by operating suitable control means. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184968 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MILD HYBRID VEHICLE - A method for controlling a mild hybrid vehicle may include determining, by a controller, whether an engine of the mild hybrid vehicle operates based on a demand torque of a driver of the mild hybrid vehicle; determining, by the controller, a torque of a starter-generator of the mild hybrid vehicle that assists a torque of the engine according to the demand torque of the driver based on a temperature of a turbocharger of the mild hybrid vehicle when the engine is operated; and operating, by the controller, the starter-generator to assist the torque of the engine based on the determined torque of the starter-generator. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184969 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION FOR REDUCING CLUTCH ABRASION AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROLLED BY METHOD - Disclosed are a method of controlling a transmission for reducing clutch abrasion and an automatic transmission controlled by the method. The method is applied to a hybrid vehicle, and controls an automatic transmission having an independent flow control valve and an engine clutch cooling channel for the cooling of an engine clutch mounted thereon. The method includes a hybrid starter generator (HSG) state determination step of determining a state of an HSG, a driving motor cranking execution step of cranking an engine using a driving motor when the state of the HSG is a state in which the HSG does not operate in the HSG state determination step, and a cooling execution step of supplying an additional flow to the engine clutch cooling channel by driving the independent flow control valve, wherein the cooling execution step is performed simultaneously with the driving motor cranking execution step. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184970 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MILD HYBRID VEHICLE - A method for controlling a mild hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a controller, whether a state of charge (SOC) of a first battery that supplies electric power to a starter-generator exceeds a reference value. The method further includes operating, by the controller, the starter-generator and a starter that is separate from the starter-generator and receives electric power from a second battery at a voltage lower than that of the first battery. A combustion engine of the mild hybrid vehicle is started using the starter-generator and the starter when it is determined that the state of charge of the first battery exceeds the reference value and it is determined that an ambient air temperature of the engine exceeds a temperature reference value. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184971 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STARTING ENGINE OF MILD HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An apparatus for starting engine of mild hybrid electric vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include: an ignition switch including a plurality of contact points; A gradient detector configured for detecting a road gradient of a road on which the vehicle is located; a state of charge (SOC) detector configured for detecting an SOC of a high voltage battery; a mild hybrid starter & generator (MHSG) including a stator and a rotor disposed inside the stator, and starting the engine or generating electricity by an output of the engine; a starter which is able to start the engine independently from the MHSG; an MHSG wheel rotating integrally with the rotor; an MHSG position detector configured for detecting a position of the MHSG; and a controller configured for determining a top dead center (TDC) of a predetermined cylinder based on a signal of the MHSG position detector. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STARTING ENGINE OF MILD HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An apparatus for starting engine of mild hybrid electric vehicle may include: an ignition switch; an ambient temperature detector; a state of charge (SOC) detector; a mild starter & generator (MHSG) including a stator and a rotor mounted inside the stator; a starter which is configured to start the engine independently of the MHSG; a converter which is configured to voltage-drop an electric power of a high voltage battery and supply it to the low voltage battery or the starter; an MHSG wheel rotating integrally with the rotor; an MHSG position detector; and a controller configured for determining a top dead center (TDC) of a predetermined cylinder based on a signal of the MHSG position detector. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184973 | HYBRID VEHICLE - The hybrid vehicle is configured to control an engine and a motor, such that the vehicle is driven in one drive mode among a plurality of drive modes including a Charge Depleting or CD mode in which electric power in a power storage device is consumed and a Charge Sustaining or CS mode in which state of charge of the power storage device is sustained. When a sequential position is selected by a driver in an accelerator-off state, the hybrid vehicle narrows a range of a braking torque applicable to the vehicle in the CD mode as the drive mode, compared with in the CS mode as the drive mode. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184974 | DYNAMIC HYBRID VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR STABILIZING CYLINDER DEACTIVATION OR TURBOCHARGER BOOSTING - A computing device-implemented method includes receiving data representative of one or more operational parameters for a vehicle, calculating the fuel rate required for an internal combustion engine of the vehicle to respond to the operational parameters, determining if the required fuel rate exceeds a threshold which would cause a state change in the performance of the internal combustion engine, if the required fuel rate exceeds the threshold, calculating an amount of assistance required for an electric hybrid traction motor to provide to a drivetrain of the vehicle to implement the received operational parameters of the vehicle, and providing the amount of assistance to the drivetrain of the vehicle, thereby preventing the state change in the performance of the internal combustion engine. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184975 | HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE - A hybrid vehicle control method is provided for a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a generator directly connected via a gear train having a plurality of gears that are engaged with each other. In this hybrid vehicle control method, a prescribed torque is continuously applied to the generator upon determining the engine is in a rotating state such that a transmission torque of the gear train does not continuously fluctuate above and below zero torque. Preferably, in one embodiment, the prescribed torque continuously applied to the second motor/generator is a negative torque value during a power generation operation in which the generator is rotated by the engine and is a positive torque value during a motoring operation in which the engine is rotated by the generator. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184976 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF HYBRID VEHICLE USING DYNAMIC TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A method for controlling driving of a hybrid vehicle using dynamic traffic information includes: determining whether the hybrid vehicle passes through a traffic light based on the dynamic traffic information including traffic light information and traffic situation information, and determining a driving mode of the hybrid vehicle that is used on a road disposed between the hybrid vehicle and the traffic light based on whether the hybrid vehicle passes through the traffic light. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184977 | Systems And Methods For Integrated Chassis Control In Ground Vehicles - A vehicle chassis control system may include a target calculation module, brake control module, suspension control module, and tire pressure control module. The target calculation module calculates a target brake torque, a target vertical force, and a target tire pressure associated with the wheel of a vehicle. The brake control module adjusts brake torque applied to the wheel based on a comparison of the target brake torque and an estimated current brake torque. The suspension control module adjusts vertical force applied to the wheel based on a comparison of the target vertical force and an estimated current vertical force. The tire pressure control module adjusts tire pressure in the wheel based on a comparison of the target tire pressure and a measured tire pressure. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184978 | INTEGRATED CHASSIS CONTROL METHOD BASED ON STABILITY AFTER AVOIDANCE AND VEHICLE USING THE SAME - An integrated chassis control method may include stability control after avoidance performing stability steering assist control after avoiding a forward collision situation by avoidance steering assist control when the forward collision situation is verified by an integrated chassis controller. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184979 | TRAVEL TRAJECTORY PREPARATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A travel track creation device ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190184980 | ELECTRONIC PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to an electronic parking assistance device ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190184981 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE MOUNTED ON VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE - A method for assisted parking of a vehicle performed by a parking control device. The method includes: determining a current position of a vehicle based on at least one of GPS information or environment information of the vehicle; generating traveling map information during manual driving of the vehicle, the traveling map information including a traveling path of the vehicle from the current position of the vehicle, based on at least one user input received through a vehicle manipulation device and at least one sensor value acquired through at least one sensor; and transmitting, based on receiving a rollback request signal, a rollback control signal that causes the vehicle to autonomously drive in a reverse direction along at least part of the traveling path from a rollback starting position of the vehicle | 2019-06-20 |
20190184982 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PARKING OF A VEHICLE - A method for automated parking of a vehicle includes providing image data captured by at least one vision sensor of the vehicle to an ECU, and providing a parking scene map to the ECU. A free parking space present in the parking scene map is selected as a target parking space, and a parking path from a current vehicle location to the target parking space is formulated. The vehicle is autonomously maneuvered along the parking path towards the target parking space. Responsive to detection of a pedestrian in the target parking space or along the parking path, the vehicle is stopped until the detected pedestrian moves out of the target parking space or out of the parking path. After the detected pedestrian has moved out of the target parking space or out of the parking path, the vehicle continues autonomous maneuvering along the parking path towards the target parking space. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184983 | PARKING CONTROL DEVICE AND PARKING CONTROL METHOD - A parking control device includes a detector and a determiner. The detector receives, from an ultrasonic sensor which transmits an ultrasonic wave and receives a reflected wave corresponding to the ultrasonic wave, a signal based on the reflected wave. The detector further detects a detection point group being an aggregate of a plurality of detection points of two parked vehicle groups adjacent to a parking space between the two parked vehicle groups, based on the signal. The determiner determines whether the parking space is an end-on parking space or a parallel parking space based on a position of at least a depression shape in at least a contour pattern being a pattern of the detection point group. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184985 | ACTIVE REAR SENSE AREA ADJUSTMENT OF COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE WHEN VEHICLE IS APPROACHING A POSITIVE ROAD GRADE CHANGE - In an aspect, false alerts in a collision avoidance system of an automotive vehicle are prevented when the vehicle is in reverse. The collision avoidance system includes at least an upper rear facing obstruction sensor and a lower rear facing obstruction sensor. When the vehicle is approaching a positive road grade change, the sensitivity of the lower rear facing obstruction sensor is reduced. In an aspect, an active rear view area of a rear facing vision system of the vehicle is adjusted when the vehicle is approaching a change in road grade. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184986 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ASSOCIATING MAP OBJECTS WITH ROAD LINKS - Embodiments described herein may provide a method for identifying objects along a path established though the Electronic Horizon. An apparatus is provided to facilitate autonomous or semi-autonomous control of a vehicle, where the apparatus is caused to: determine, within a road network, a sequence of road links that satisfy a predetermined likelihood of being traversed by a vehicle, where the road network is segmented into tiles in a map data service provider database; receive, in response to determining the sequence of road links, one or more tiles corresponding to the sequence of road links; search within the one or more tiles for objects within a predetermined distance of the sequence of road links; and generate an object profile for each object, where the object profile includes information relating to the respective object and a distance of the respective object from the road link. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184987 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECIDING A MANEUVER OF A NEARBY VEHICLE - An apparatus and a method are capable of accurately deciding a maneuver of a surrounding vehicle. The apparatus includes a first surrounding vehicle information detector configured to obtain first surrounding vehicle information for a surrounding vehicle of a vehicle by using a front radar device. The apparatus further includes a second surrounding vehicle information detector configured to obtain second surrounding vehicle information for the surrounding vehicle by using a corner radar device. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to decide a motion of the surrounding vehicle by using the first surrounding vehicle information and the second surrounding vehicle information. The processor is also configured to decide a maneuver of the surrounding vehicle by using maneuver decision logic derived by a mechanical training technique. The processor is further configured to decide a final maneuver of the surrounding vehicle by using the two decision results. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184988 | LANE KEEPING AND FOLLOWING SYSTEM - A lane keeping and following system applied to a vehicle includes a global positioning device, a high-precision road map unit, and a following control device. The global positioning device is used for continuously generating and outputting global positioning information. The high-precision road map unit is used for storing a plurality of pieces of road information. Each piece of road information includes lane information. Each piece of lane information includes lane marking geometric information. The following control device is electrically connected to the global positioning device and the high-precision road map unit, and is used for receiving the global positioning information and matching the road information, to find the lane information currently corresponding to the global positioning information, and retrieving the lane marking geometric information included in the current lane information and controlling the vehicle to travel following the current lane marking geometric information. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184989 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - Control unit estimates a curvature of an own lane based on a marking detected from an image captured by an imaging device. The control unit performs a steering control of the own vehicle in accordance with the estimated curvature of the own lane. When determining that only single side marking in both left and right markings is present and the road slope changes, the control unit apply restriction to the steering control performed in accordance with the curvature of the own lane. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184990 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH VEHICULAR LONGITUDINAL VELOCITY CONTROL - Provided is a method and apparatus to control a longitudinal velocity of a target vehicle. The method and apparatus may determine a region of travel of the target vehicle based on a plurality of driving waypoints obtained from a map database, and control an adjusting of a longitudinal velocity of the target vehicle based on a distance of the target vehicle to a preceding object in the determined region of travel. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184991 | CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CRUISE CONTROL METHOD FOR MILD HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A cruise control method of a mild hybrid electric vehicle may include determining whether a cruise mode is operated according to an output signal of a user interface device by a controller; determining whether a vehicle speed increasing signal is output from the user interface device by the controller; determining a compensation torque depending on difference of a predetermined target speed and the current speed of the mild hybrid electric vehicle according to the vehicle speed increasing signal by the controller; and controlling the operation of the MHSG by the controller to output the determined compensation torque. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184992 | DRIVE FORCE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A drive force control system for improving operational easiness of an accelerator. The control system is configured to: set a slope of a target acceleration such that the target acceleration is increased with a reduction in a vehicle speed; detect an operating period of the accelerator between turning points at which an operating speed of the accelerator is changed from a low speed to a high speed; set the slope of the target acceleration in accordance with the detected operating period; and set the slope of the target acceleration of a case in which the operating period of the accelerator is longer than a predetermined operating period steeper than the slope of the target acceleration set in accordance with the predetermined operating period. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184993 | V2V LATENCY MEASUREMENT REPORTING TO TRAFFIC SERVER FOR OPTIMIZING THE INTER VEHICLE DISTANCE FOR SELF-DRIVING CARS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for autonomous vehicles. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include detecting, at an autonomous vehicle, at least one vehicle within a certain range of the autonomous vehicle; measuring a latency representative of a time to communicate via a wireless link to the at least one detected vehicle; reporting the measured latency to the network; and receiving, by the autonomous vehicle, information to enable the autonomous vehicle to determine an intervehicle distance for configuration at the autonomous vehicle. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184994 | TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE - A travel control apparatus of a self-driving vehicle with a driving part for traveling including a vehicle detector detecting another vehicle around the self-driving vehicle and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform generating an action plan so as to follow the other vehicle detected by the vehicle detector as a target vehicle, and controlling the driving part in accordance with the action plan generated in the generating, in which the generating includes recognizing a size class of the other vehicle; determining whether the other vehicle satisfies a condition that a degree of difference of the recognized size class from a size class of the self-driving vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined degree; and designating the other vehicle determined to satisfy the condition as the target vehicle. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184995 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MILD HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method for controlling a mild hybrid vehicle includes: controlling, by a controller, the mild hybrid vehicle to enter into an idle stop and go state in which fuel supply to an engine of the mild hybrid vehicle is interrupted and the engine is stopped when the mild hybrid vehicle is stopped, based on an idle stop and go entry condition; determining, by the controller, whether a road on which the mild hybrid vehicle travels is in a dangerous area based on a distance between the mild hybrid vehicle and a front vehicle that is in front of the mild hybrid vehicle; and releasing, by the controller, the idle stop and go state of the mild hybrid vehicle when it is determined that the road on which the mild hybrid vehicle travels is in the dangerous area. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184996 | OPTIMIZATION OF CONCURRENT OPERATION OF PREDICTIVE CRUISE CONTROL AND IDLE COAST MANEGEMENT CONTROL - A powertrain including a prime mover and an electronically controllable clutch. The powertrain structured selectably engages the clutch to provide power from the prime mover to drive one or more ground contacting wheels and to selectably disengage the clutch to decouple with one or more ground contacting wheels. The electronic control system operatively communicates with the prime mover and the electronically controllable clutch, and uses a predictive cruise control (PCC) controller and an idle coast management (ICM) controller, to control vehicle speed during concurrent operation of the PCC controller and the ICM controller. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184997 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK BASED DRIVING MODE SWITCHING IN HYBRID DRIVING - The present teaching relates to method, system, and medium, for operating a vehicle. The method includes the steps of receiving Real-time data related to the vehicle are received. A current mode of operation of the vehicle is determined. A first risk associated with the current mode of operation of the vehicle is evaluated based on the real-time data in accordance with a risk model. If the first risk satisfies a first criterion, a second risk associated with switching the current mode to a different mode of operation of the vehicle is determined. The vehicle is switched from the current mode to the different mode if the second risk satisfies a second criterion. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184998 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING MODE SWITCHING BASED ON DRIVER'S STATE IN HYBRID DRIVING - The present teaching relates to method, system, and medium, for operating a vehicle. Real-time data related to the vehicle are received. A current mode of operation of the vehicle and a state of the driver present in the vehicle are determined. A first risk associated with the current mode of operation of the vehicle is evaluated based on the real-time data and the state of the driver in accordance with a risk model. In response to the first risk satisfying a first criterion, a second risk associated with switching the current mode to a different mode of operation of the vehicle is determined based on the state of the driver. The vehicle is switched from the current mode to the different mode when the second risk satisfies a second criterion. | 2019-06-20 |
20190184999 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system to accurately control a vehicle by estimating a position of an accelerator pedal. In a first phase of an operation of the accelerator pedal in which a depression of the accelerator pedal increases, a first predicted value of a position of the accelerator pedal is calculated by a first calculation procedure based on the position of the accelerator in the first phase. In a second phase in which the change amount of the position of the accelerator plateaus, a second predicted value of the position of the accelerator pedal is calculated by a second calculation procedure based on the position of the accelerator in the second phase. In a third phase in which the change amount of the position of the accelerator decreases, the second predicted value is employed as the predicted value of the position of the accelerator pedal. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185000 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPEED THEREOF - A vehicle may include a dual clutch transmission that adjusts a travel speed of the vehicle based on clutch torque, a brake that makes the vehicle slow down to reduce the travel speed of the vehicle, and a controller that sets a target speed of the vehicle and controls the dual clutch transmission and the brake to allow the travel speed of the vehicle to follow the set target speed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185001 | VEHICLE APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a vehicle ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190185002 | VEHICLE APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a vehicle ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190185003 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A power transmission apparatus transmits torque from a rotating electric machine and includes a first path, a second path, a clutch, and a fluid coupling. The second path is provided parallel to the first path. The clutch is provided on the first path. The clutch can assume an engaged state that transmits torque and a disengaged state that stops transmission of the torque. The fluid coupling is provided on the second path. The fluid coupling includes an input member into which the torque from the rotating electric machine is input, and an output member that outputs the torque input from the input member via a fluid to a drive wheel. The fluid coupling is configured such that a rotation speed of the input member is lower than a rotation speed of the output member when transmitting the torque from the drive wheel to the rotating electric machine side. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185004 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY VEHICLE USING FRONT DRIVING ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION - A method for controlling driving of a vehicle using front driving environment information includes: receiving, by a controller, the front driving environment information of the vehicle; predicting, by the controller, occurrence of a control update event for a driving of the vehicle based on the front driving environment information; determining, by the controller, a target speed profile for driving of the vehicle based on the control update event; predicting, by the controller, a control torque of the vehicle corresponding to the target speed profile; and operating, by the controller, a driving device including a driving motor during at least one sampling time interval using the control torque to drive the vehicle. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185005 | SUPPORT DEVICE - A detection unit detects one of a plurality of inter-vehicle areas as an area candidate where the own vehicle can perform lane change. A calculation unit calculates a required inter-vehicle distance which should be secured between the own vehicle and a nearby vehicle upon lane change to the area candidate. An extraction unit extracts, within preset allowable ranges, a standby time and a target speed used for estimating an estimated inter-vehicle distance as lane change conditions which are conditions for the estimated inter-vehicle distance to be equal to or more than the required inter-vehicle distance. When the lane change conditions are extracted, and a determining unit determines that lane change is possible, a setting unit sets the area candidate as the lane change area. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185006 | Systems and Methods for Ride Control Blending in Electric Vehicles - A system for performing ride control blending in an electric vehicle may include a control distribution module, a torque control module, and a vertical force control module. The control distribution module may calculate a torque control demand and a vertical force control demand associated with a wheel of the vehicle based on a generalized vertical force, a pitch moment, and a roll moment associated with a body of the vehicle. The torque control module may adjust torque applied by an electric motor to the wheel based on the torque control demand. The vertical force control module may adjust vertical force applied by a suspension actuator to the wheel based on the vertical force control demand. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185007 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A FIRST VEHICLE - In a method and a device for operating a first vehicle, a method includes receiving a signal from an external processing unit for influencing a first surroundings sensor system of the first vehicle, influencing the first surroundings sensor system dependent on the received signal, receiving surroundings data values detected by at least one second surroundings sensor system of a second vehicle and that at least partially represent surroundings of the first vehicle, and operating the first vehicle dependent on the influence of the first surroundings sensor system and the received surroundings data values. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185008 | ROAD SURFACE CONDITION ESTIMATION DEVICE - When information related to road surface conditions is conveyed from a vehicle body side system to a tire-mounted sensor and the tire-mounted sensor determines the road surface condition, an integrated voltage value is corrected based on the information related to the road surface condition. It is thus possible to estimate the road surface condition more accurately. Furthermore, in as much as the road surface condition is estimated at each tire-mounted sensor, the road surface condition can be estimated for each wheel. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185009 | AUTOMATIC AND PERSONALIZED CONTROL OF DRIVER ASSISTANCE COMPONENTS - Embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method of operating a driver assistance component (DAC) of a vehicle. The method includes receiving sensed operator state data and sensed vehicle state data that represents a vehicle state of the vehicle. Based at least in part on the sensed operator state data, an operator state model is created, trained, and updated. Based at least in part on the sensed vehicle state data, a vehicle state model is created, trained, and updated. Based at least in part on new sensed operator state data, an operator state model classification output is created. Based at least in part on new sensed vehicle state data, a vehicle state model classification output is created. The operator state model classification output and the vehicle state model classification output are correlated, and operating parameters for the DAC are predicted. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185010 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF CAPABILITY AWARE ROUTE PLANNING IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation of route planning for an autonomous driving vehicle. A source location and a destination location are first obtained, where the destination location is where the autonomous driving vehicle is to drive to. One or more available routes between the source location and the destination location are identified. A self-aware capability model is instantiated with respect to the one or more available routes and is predictive of the operational capability of the autonomous driving vehicle with respect to each of the one or more available routes. Based on the self-aware capability model, a planned route to the destination location is then automatically selected for the autonomous driving vehicle. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185011 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-LIKE DRIVING LANE PLANNING IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation of lane planning in an autonomous vehicle. Sensor data are received that capture ground images of a road the autonomous vehicle is on. Based on the sensor data, a current lane of the road that autonomous vehicle is currently occupying is detected. Lane control for the autonomous vehicle is planned based on the detected current lane and self-aware capability parameters in accordance with a driving lane control model. The self-aware capability parameters are used to predict operational capability of the autonomous vehicle with respect to a current location of the autonomous vehicle. The driving lane control model is generated based on recorded human driving data to achieve human-like lane control behavior in different scenarios. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185012 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED MOTION PLANNING IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation of automatic motion planning for an autonomous driving vehicle. Self-aware capability parameters are obtained that are instantiated with respect to a current location of the autonomous driving vehicle and are to be used to estimate the operational capability of the autonomous driving vehicle with respect to the current location. A preference of a passenger present in the autonomous driving vehicle is estimated with respect to vehicle motion. The motion of the autonomous driving vehicle is planned automatically based on the self-aware capability parameters and the preference of the passenger. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENSEMBLE VEHICLE CONTROL PREDICTION IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation of human-like vehicle control for an autonomous vehicle. Recorded human driving data are first received, which include vehicle state data, vehicle control data, and environment data. For each piece of recorded human driving data, a vehicle kinematic model based vehicle control signal is generated in accordance with a vehicle kinematic model based on a corresponding vehicle state and vehicle control data of the piece of recorded human driving data. A human-like vehicle control model is obtained, via machine learning, based on the recorded human driving data as well as the vehicle kinematic model based vehicle control signal generated based on vehicle kinematic model. Such derived human-like vehicle control model is to be used to generate a human-like vehicle control signal with respect to a target motion of an autonomous vehicle to achieve human-like vehicle control behavior. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185014 | SAFE DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A safe driving support apparatus may include: an emotion index detection unit configured to detect an emotion index of a driver or passenger, using one or more of vision, voice and behavior of the driver or passenger; a driver risk index detection unit configured to detect a driver risk index using ego vehicle driving information and surrounding environment information of an ego vehicle; a driving difficulty level detection unit configured to detect a driving difficult level depending on a driving position of the ego vehicle; a vehicle driving unit configured to control autonomous driving of the ego vehicle; and a control unit configured to control the vehicle driving unit to drive the ego vehicle to a safe area, according to whether the emotion index, the driver risk index and the driving difficulty level are included in a preset safety area. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185015 | APPARATUS FOR LIMITING VEHICLE SPEED AND METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for limiting vehicle speed and a method thereof. To prevent a vehicle from exceeding a speed limit to secure safety and improve fuel economy, the apparatus includes: a mode setting device allowing a driver to set any one of a safety mode, a fuel economy mode, and a hybrid mode; a safety speed input device allowing the driver to input a safety speed; one or more processors determining an economical speed on the basis of a driving environment of a vehicle; and a controller limiting a speed of the vehicle on the basis of the safety speed or the economical speed according to a mode set by the driver. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185016 | VEHICLE POSITION ATTITUDE CALCULATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE POSITION ATTITUDE CALCULATION PROGRAM - A vehicle position attitude calculation apparatus includes: a road structure recognition portion that acquires information, calculate a road structure shape, calculate a relative road structure lateral position, and calculate a relative road structure yaw angle; a storage portion that stores the road structure shape, the relative road structure lateral position, and the relative road structure yaw angle, an autonomous navigation portion that calculates a relative trajectory; a virtual road structure recognition portion that calculates a virtual relative road structure lateral position and a virtual relative road structure yaw angle; and an output switching portion that outputs the relative road structure lateral position and the relative road structure yaw angle, while the road structure recognition portion can recognize the road structure, and output the virtual relative road structure lateral position and the virtual relative road structure yaw angle, while the road structure recognition portion cannot recognize the road structure. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185017 | IMPLEMENTING SAFETY MEASURES IN APPLICATIONS - An example apparatus comprises a memory resource configured to store data and transmit data. The apparatus may further include a safety controller coupled to the memory resource configured to receive the data from the memory resource, receive latched data from an application controller, and determine whether to allow an output of commands from the application controller in response to a comparison of the data from the memory resource and the latched data from the application controller. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185018 | ALARM SYSTEM OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES (ADVs) - In one embodiment, an intelligent and prompt alarm system is designed on autonomous driving vehicles to help autonomous driving vehicles to communicate to human drivers more vigilantly and promptly, and to improve human driver's performance to take over when an autonomous driving failure occurs. In one embodiment, an alarm system can be developed several levels: 1) basic warning, 2) risk warning, and 3) emergency/take-over alarming. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185019 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE PROVIDED IN VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle control device including a detecting unit configured to detect an external situation of a vehicle and an internal situation of the vehicle; an output unit; and a processor configured to in response to the detected external situation of the vehicle corresponding to a first external event, and the detected internal situation of the vehicle corresponding to a first internal event, control the output unit to output first guidance information related to the detected external event, and in response to the detected external situation of the vehicle corresponding to the first external event, and the detected internal situation of the vehicle corresponding to a second internal event different than the first internal event, control the output unit to output second guidance information related to the detected external event that is different than the first guidance information. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185020 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WARNING ABOUT A WRONG-WAY DRIVE SITUATION FOR A VEHICLE - A method for warning about a wrong-way drive situation for a vehicle. The method includes at least reading in a wrong-way drive signal by an interface to a wrong-way drive detection unit. The wrong-way drive signal represents the wrong-way drive situation. The method also includes evaluating the wrong-way drive signal to determine a piece of role information. The piece of role information represents a role of the vehicle with respect to the wrong-way drive situation. The method furthermore includes generating at least one warning signal to warn about the wrong-way drive situation using the piece of role information. The at least one warning signal represents at least one role-dependent warning message. Moreover, the method includes providing the at least one warning signal at an interface to at least one output unit for outputting the at least one warning signal in the vehicle. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185021 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS, STEERING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - [Solving Means] An information presentation apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an asymmetric acceleration generating unit, and a signal generating unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire at least either one of information inside a vehicle or information outside the vehicle. The asymmetric acceleration generating unit is configured to present haptic feedback information to a user via a steering unit provided in the vehicle by generating asymmetric acceleration. The signal generating unit is configured to generate a driving signal on the basis of information acquired by the acquisition unit and send the driving signal to the asymmetric acceleration generating unit. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185022 | SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A transportation system includes a tube defining an interior channel. A vehicle is configured to travel through the interior channel. At least one tension support couples the tube to ground. The tension support(s) exerts tension force into the tube. The tension force exerted into the tube reduces deflection of the tube when the vehicle travels through the interior channel over the tension support(s). | 2019-06-20 |
20190185023 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DUAL-POWERED RAILROAD VEHICLE - A dual-powered railroad vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a combustion engine having a first cooling circuit; a traction transformer having a second cooling circuit; and at least one radiator for dissipating thermal energy to surrounding air. The first cooling circuit and the second cooling circuit are configured to dissipate thermal energy via the at least one radiator. Further, a method for operating a dual-powered railroad vehicle is provided. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185024 | Sand Spreading System And Rail Vehicle With Such A Sand Spreading System - A sand spreading system for a rail vehicle with driveable and/or brakeable rail wheels. The sand spreading system includes a sand box for storing spreading sand, a sand staircase which is fastened to the sand box for the compressed-air-controlled metering of the output of spreading sand, and a sand outlet tube which is connected to the sand staircase via a sand hose and opens in front of a rail wheel. By a heating device for generating a hot air flow passing through the spreading sand being integrated in the sand staircase, the spreading sand can be kept dry and pourable even in the wet and frost, and therefore the function of the sand staircase and hence the effective operation of the rail vehicle are assured. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185025 | VEHICLE ELECTRIC SUPPLY SYSTEM - An energy system for a vehicle system having a plurality of motors that may include a first power supply assembly that may also include a first battery assembly of a plurality of battery assemblies. The first power supply assembly also may include a first bus coupled to a first motor of the plurality of motors and coupled to the first battery assembly. A second power supply assembly may also be provided that includes a second battery assembly of the plurality of battery assemblies coupled to a second bus that is coupled to a second motor of the plurality of motors. A controller may also be provided that may be configured to vary conduction of electric current from the first battery assembly to the first motor by the first bus based on an operating condition of the second power supply assembly to provide a first input to the first motor that may be different than a second input provided to the second motor by the second battery assembly. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185026 | Auto Rack Car Conversions and Deck Adjustments - A system includes a railcar, a first deck, and a second deck. The second deck is positioned within the railcar above the first deck. The second deck includes a first portion, a second portion coupled to a first end of the first portion, and a third portion coupled to a second end of the first portion opposite the first end. The second and third portions can move towards a center of the first portion such that the first portion is positioned above or beneath the second and third portions. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185027 | Use of A Multi-Layered Sheet Material Comprising At Least One Textile Fabric, Crossway Element Comprising Such A Multi-Layered Sheet Material, And Vehicle, Air Passenger Bridge Or Staircase Comprising Such A Crossway Element - The present invention relates to the use of a multi-layered sheet material ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190185028 | Railway vehicle coach - Disclosed is railway vehicle coach, including a chassis and a bogie arranged below the chassis in a vertical direction. The coach includes a thermally insulating screen, arranged between the chassis and the bogie, above the bogie in the vertical direction. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185029 | FREIGHT CAR TRUCK BOLSTER - A novel freight car truck bolster comprising a top member with a center bowl and support shelves for side bearers, a bottom member with bearing surfaces for swing suspension springing elements, going into diagonal tension members, side walls joining the top and bottom members, vertical longitudinal ribs located between the top and bottom members with their thickness increased in the center bowl area, pockets to install friction wedges. The bottom member has increased thickness in the transition areas of the bearing surfaces into the diagonal tension members, and the vertical ribs have thickness increased at the top of the center bowl area, the rounded transitions of the sloping walls into the bottom member bearing surfaces have a radius exceeding the radius of the rounded transitions of the vertical walls into the said bearing surfaces. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185030 | RAILROAD CAR TRUCK WITH WARP RESTRAINTS - A railroad car truck including a first side frame, a second side frame, a bolster, and a plurality of warp restraints that are configured to prevent warping of the bolster relative to the side frames. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185031 | RAILROAD CAR TRUCK ARTICULATED SPLIT FRICTION WEDGE ASSEMBLY - A railroad car articulated split friction wedge assembly including first and second articulated friction wedges, wherein the first friction wedge includes a first body, a first decoupling insert, a first pivot member pivotally moveable with respect to the first body and the first decoupling insert, and a first wear pad removably attached to the first pivot member, and wherein the second friction wedge includes a second body, a second decoupling insert, a second pivot member pivotally moveable with respect to the second body and the second decoupling insert, and independently of the first body and the first pivot member, and a second wear pad removably attached to the second pivot member, which in combination provide required damping, provide high warp restraint, reduce binding, and enable lateral decoupling. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185032 | RAILROAD CAR TRUCK BOLSTER - A railroad car truck bolster including a first end, a first diagonal member, a transitional concave first turn of spring seat, a center rib assembly, first and second diagonal ribs, and a bottom member. The center rib assembly includes first, second, and third center ribs and a U transition. The bottom member includes thickened walls that define brake rod holes. The first diagonal member is connected to the first end via the concave first turn of spring seat. The center rib assembly is connected to the first end, the straight first diagonal member, and the first turn of spring seat. The first, second, and third center ribs are connected to one another via the U transition. The first and second diagonal ribs are connected to the first turn of spring seat. The third center rib is between the first and second diagonal ribs. The bottom member is connected to the first diagonal member. | 2019-06-20 |
20190185033 | TRAIN POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A train position detection apparatus is configured to detect a position of a train by receiving positioning radio waves from satellites through a reception antenna. The train position detection apparatus includes: a memory that stores therein in advance a railway design standard of a railway track on which the train travels; and one or more hardware processors that detect a position of the train by self-contained navigation based on an input signal from a self-contained navigation sensor. When a result of the train position detection based on the positioning radio waves does not satisfy the railway design standard, the one or more hardware processors correct the result of the train position detection based on the positioning radio waves with a result of the position detection by self-contained navigation. | 2019-06-20 |