33rd week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220258667 | FRAMELESS INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A vehicular frameless interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting portion. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front side and a planar rear side. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps the planar front side of the glass substrate of the mirror reflective element. A camera is disposed within the mirror casing. With the mounting portion of the mirror assembly mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle, the camera views a driver of the vehicle, and when the mirror head is moved by the driver of the vehicle to adjust the rearward view provided by the mirror reflective element to the driver, the camera moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head. The camera is part of a driver monitoring system of the vehicle. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258668 | PERIPHERAL FUNCTIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - The peripheral functional assembly comprises a base bracket to be fixedly attached to a motor vehicle and an electric actuator assembly pivotally mounted to the base bracket. The electric actuator assembly comprises driving means for pivoting to the base bracket. The electric actuator assembly also comprises a cover assembly enclosing the driving means immediately adjacent the driving means. The cover assembly is also configured for supporting a functional element such as an electrical device. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258669 | VEHICULAR EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting arm, a mirror head and an electrically-operated actuator. The mounting arm includes a base mounting portion that is configured for attachment at an exterior side portion of a vehicle. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element sub-assembly. The actuator is secured at an actuator-mounting bracket of the mounting arm. With the mirror assembly mounted at an exterior portion of a side door of a vehicle, electrical operation of the actuator moves the mirror head to adjust a rearward view provided by the mirror reflective element to the driver of the vehicle viewing the mirror reflective element. A mounting post of the mounting arm passes through an opening of the mirror head that provides clearance between the mirror head and the mounting arm to allow movement of the mirror head relative to the mounting arm during electrical operation of the actuator. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258670 | System for Capturing and Presenting Rear and Side Views of a Vehicle - A system for capturing and presenting views of a vehicle. In an example embodiment, the system captures video data rearward and along a side of the vehicle and/or behind the vehicle. The system includes video cameras for capturing video data at one or more resolutions and in one or more fields-of-view. The displays present the video data to the driver for use during operation of the vehicle. The displays present the video data at one or more resolutions. The resolution of capture and/or display may be in accordance with an operating mode of the vehicle, such as turning, direction of travel and/or driver selection. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258671 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE SYSTEM WITH LIGHT MODULE - A vehicular lighted exterior door handle system includes a lighted exterior door handle assembly having a light module, which includes a circuit board and at least three linearly arranged illumination sources at the circuit board. When the illumination sources are actuated, light emitted by each of the illumination sources is emitted outboard away from the door of the equipped vehicle. With the lighted exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the equipped vehicle, and when the illumination sources are actuated with the door of the equipped vehicle unlocked, the light module emits light in a first pattern. With the lighted exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the equipped vehicle, and when the illumination sources are actuated with the door of the equipped vehicle locked, the light module emits light in a second pattern that is different from the first pattern. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258672 | LOW-PROFILE ACTUATOR FOR EXTENDABLE CAMERA - A vehicular imaging system includes a camera device disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle. The camera device includes a pivotable arm that accommodates a camera. The pivotable arm is pivotally mounted at a mounting base at the vehicle and is pivotable between at least a drive position and a folded position. An actuator includes a pivot post structure attached to the mounting base and an output gear disposed at the pivot post structure, the actuator operable to pivot the pivotable arm about the output gear. The actuator includes a primary detent that is engaged to maintain the pivotable arm at the drive position when the pivotable arm is pivoted to the drive position. The actuator includes a secondary detent that is disengaged when the pivotable arm is manually pivoted between the folded position and the drive position. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258673 | FOLDABLE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING A FOLDABLE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - A foldable attachment system arranged for holding objects within an interior vehicle luggage compartment. The attachment system includes an attachment post, an elongated guide member, and a hook structure, where the hook structure is connected to the attachment post. A first end of the attachment post is slidingly and hingedly connected to the elongated guide member, and the elongated guide member is configured to be connected to a first vehicle interior structure. The attachment post and the hook structure are movably arranged in relation to the elongated guide member between a storage position and an in-use position. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258674 | CARRIER DEVICE FOR SECURING AN ACCESSORY TO A VEHICLE - A carrier device for securing an accessory to a vehicle is provided. The carrier device includes a support frame, a first suction cup mounted at the first end of the support frame, and a second suction cup mounted at the second end of the support frame. The carrier device also includes a first vacuum pump configured to selectively adjust the pressure within the first suction cup, and a second vacuum pump configured to selectively adjust the pressure within the second suction cup. The suction cups may be pivotally mounted to the support frame such that the rotational position of the first and second suction cups relative to the support frame is adjustable to selectively couple the carrier device to a vehicle. The carrier device may also include a support frame having a length that is adjustable to adapt to the size of a vehicle, and/or to adapt to the size of an accessory. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258675 | Evidence Storage Container for Vehicle - An evidence storage container is configured to be either removably or permanently attached to a law enforcement vehicle to secure seized items that may serve as evidence. The evidence storage container has a paper grasp structure for holding currency, driver's licenses, or other items of paper, as well as provisions to store a pen or pencil and drain holes to drain any moisture from precipitation. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258676 | VACUUM MOUNTED CARRIER FOR A VEHICLE - A support rack is constructed where a first support rack and a second support rack can be used in combination with the first support rack and the second support rack releasably attached to items such as ski equipment to secure the items to the support racks, and then the first support racks can be releasably attached to a separate surface to secure the items to the separate surface. Each support rack includes a mounting board having notches or slots that are used in releasably attaching items to the mounting boards. Each support rack also includes a clamp that is removably attachable to the mounting board to secure the items to the mounting board. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258677 | INSTRUMENTED MOTOR VEHICLE REAR SPOILER - A motor vehicle rear spoiler includes: an elongate external wall having a front edge and an opposite rear edge, and an internal housing; two substantially parallel longitudinal mounting brackets situated inside the internal housing; and a signal receiving device including a receiving plate having two opposite borders and a receiving casing installed on the plate between the opposite borders. The two opposite borders are designed to be secured respectively to the two mounting brackets. The longitudinal mounting brackets each include a slideway for respectively receiving the opposite borders of the receiving plate in a sliding manner. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258678 | COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING TEXTURED FILMS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ARTICLES INCLUDING THEM - A thermoplastic composite article comprising a porous core layer and a textured film disposed on a first surface of the porous core layer is described. The composite article can be configured as a recreational vehicle building substrate such as a ceiling or interior wall panel. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258679 | SYSTEM FOR BRIDGING A GAP BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT COMPONENTS - A system for bridging a distance between two adjacent components is disclosed, the system including a first component and a second component arranged at a distance from the first component. The system further includes a bridging element arranged to bridge the distance between the first component and the second component. The bridging element may be elastic at least in certain regions and include a first region which is fastened to the first component. The bridging element further has a second region which has a first bearing surface extending towards the first component and a second bearing surface extending towards the second component. A thickness of the bridging element may be defined by the distance between the first contact surface and the second contact surface and selected such that the bridging element limits the distance to a minimum distance. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258680 | VEHICLE INTERIOR MEMBER AND VEHICLE INTERIOR MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a vehicle interior member that can suppress the reflection of light to the outside, and that can reduce glare from whatever angle a passenger views the interior member. A cross-section of a groove | 2022-08-18 |
20220258681 | REUSABLE PROTECTIVE PANELS FOR VEHICLES - A protective vehicle panel includes a protective film configured to prevent damage to an exterior panel of a vehicle; and a gel adhesive coating adhered to a first side of the protective film and configured to adhere to the exterior panel of the vehicle. The gel adhesive has a higher peel force to the protective film than to the exterior panel of the vehicle, and wherein a shear adhesion of the gel adhesive is higher than the peel force of the gel adhesive to the protective film. The protective vehicle panel is shaped and dimensioned to match a shape and dimension of the exterior panel of the vehicle. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258682 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness including a plurality of first electric wire members that each have a first flexible electric wire and a hard electric wire electrically connected to the first flexible electric wire: a plurality of second electric wire members that are second flexible electric wires: a tube through which the plurality of first electric wire members and the plurality of second electric wire members pass: and a first fixing member for bundling the plurality of first electric wire members and the plurality of second electric wire members, wherein: the tube includes a bend closest to an end surface in a longitudinal direction of the tube, and the wire harness is configured to achieve a first arrangement and a second arrangement. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258683 | WIRE HARNESS ROUTING DEVICE - A wire harness routing device | 2022-08-18 |
20220258684 | Bumper Crossmember For A Vehicle - A bumper crossmember for a vehicle having a first crossmember provided by an outer shell facing away from the vehicle and an inner shell facing toward the vehicle, which two shells are connected to one another along their circumference. This crossmember has at least one passage oriented in the direction of its longitudinal extension and extending over its middle with respect to its longitudinal extension (y direction), and by which the crossmember is divided into an upper hollow chamber section and a lower hollow chamber section. Crash boxes arranged at distance from one another are connected to the lower hollow chamber section on its side facing the vehicle. The bumper crossmember has a second lower crossmember spaced apart in the z direction from the lower hollow chamber section and connected by at least two connector parts to the lower hollow chamber section of the first crossmember. Crash boxes arranged at a distance to one another are connected on the side of the second crossmember facing the vehicle. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258685 | Partition for vehicle - Partition for a vehicle, including an upper partition half and a lower partition half which are arranged relative to one another in such a way that they overlap in the vertical direction in an overlapping region, so that a channel) is formed in this overlapping region. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258686 | OPEN FRAME VEHICLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPORT TUBE - A roof rail assembly for a motor vehicle having an open frame vehicle architecture includes a side air curtain fixedly coupled with an elongated hollow sport tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle. The sport tube comprises a two-piece multi-gage tube extending along a longitudinal length of an occupant compartment of the motor vehicle. The side airbag curtain is fixedly coupled with the sport tube, the side airbag curtain having a stowed condition and an inflated condition. An integrated seal carrier is fixedly coupled with the sport tube and extends laterally outboard of the motor vehicle, the integrated seal carrier comprising a removable roof sealing member and a removable door window seal, wherein the removable roof sealing member and a removable door window seal are independent of one another. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258687 | Comfortable Restraint System - The invention discloses a comfortable restraint system located in a vehicle incorporating an electronic braking system governed by a control unit, and including a safety belt configured by a textile strap and a chamber attached longitudinally on each side of the textile strap, and also including a permanent anchoring device which in turn includes means for the coupling of an anchor tongue and a number of connector outlets for the supply and extraction of compressed air via a compression system, the chambers being connected to the connector outlets by means of adaptors, in such a way that they connect pneumatically to the compression system, which is governed by the vehicle control unit. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258688 | SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A side airbag device capable of preventing interference between a harness and an airbag is provided between a vehicle body and a seat. The side airbag device includes an airbag module including an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag, a base member including an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat, and a retainer member holding the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body. The base member includes a first through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted and a flange which is formed in the periphery of the first through hole. The retainer member includes a second through hole through which the harness of the inflator is inserted and which is provided at a position facing the first through hole. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258689 | DEVICE FOR REMOVABLY MOUNTING AN AIRBAG MODULE ON A STEERING WHEEL - The invention relates to a device for removably mounting an airbag module on a steering wheel, the mounting device comprises a mounting portion of a resilient ring for forming, in a locking position of the ring, an element for holding at least one hook on the other of the module or the steering wheel, the resilient ring having an unlocking position in which the mounting portion of the ring is no longer in the zone of interaction with the at least one hook, the device further comprises an element for releasing the ring, connected to one of the module or the steering wheel and arranged so as to move the ring during a movement for extracting the module such that the ring is placed back from the locking position. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258690 | VEHICLE AIRBAG SYSTEMS - A sealed modular trim supplemental side air bag inflatable curtain (SABIC) module assembly includes a SABIC and a vehicle trim assembly encapsulating the SABIC. The SABIC is sealed within the vehicle trim assembly and provided as a complete compact module configured for subsequent attachment to a vehicle roll bar. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258691 | ONE WAY HINGE BRACKET FOR OPEN FRAME VEHICLE SIDE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A roof rail assembly for a motor vehicle having an open frame vehicle architecture includes a side air curtain fixedly coupled with a sport tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle. A one way hinge bracket overlaying the side air curtain includes an upper bracket portion coupled to the sport tube via a fastener extending through an orifice in the upper bracket portion, a lower bracket portion depending from a lower edge of the upper bracket portion, and a plurality of aligned openings disposed on the upper bracket portion below the orifice in the upper bracket portion and above the lower edge of the upper bracket portion. The lower bracket portion rotates about a bend line defined by the plurality of aligned openings as the side air curtain deploys from a stowed condition to an inflated condition. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258692 | VEHICLE AND PORTABLE DEVICE OPERATION - A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to input a signal received from a portable device to a machine learning program trained to output a location of the portable device relative to a vehicle, collect operating data of one or more vehicle components, predict an action of a vehicle user based on the predicted location. and, based on the predicted action of the vehicle user, actuate one or more vehicle components. The machine learning program is trained with a training dataset that is updatable to include the signal, the output predicted location, the collected operating data, the predicted action, and an identified action performed by the vehicle user. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258693 | VEHICULAR EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a ground illumination module or turn signal indicator that includes at least one light source operable to emit light when electrically powered. A near field communication device communicates utilizing a near field communication (NFC) standard. Responsive to a near field communication-enabled device being present exterior the vehicle, the near field communication device wirelessly receives a communication from the near field communication-enabled device and determines whether the near field communication-enabled device is an authorized device. Responsive to determining that the near field communication-enabled device is an authorized device, the near field communication device authenticates the near field communication-enabled device as an authorized device for communication with the near field communication device. When the near field communication-enabled device is within a threshold distance to the vehicle, the at least one light source is electrically powered. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258694 | SYSTEM FOR HANDS-FREE ACCESS TO A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a system for hands-free access ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220258695 | BIOMETRIC WIRELESS VEHICLE ENTRY SYSTEM - A distributed biometric vehicle entry system is configured to provide personalized biometric authentication for vehicle entry. The system utilizes an authentication token private key challenge generated a biometric wireless vehicle entry keypad, or a passive device such as a smartphone or fob, such that it would be insufficient for an intruder to simply jump the circuit with an external battery. The biometric authentication may be localized to an embedded system within the biometric vehicle entry keypad, and may be self-contained from all other vehicle systems with a wireless vehicle interface and independent power supply. The vehicle may grant access responsive to receiving the authentication token (and only the authentication token) whenever a valid biometric signature is recognized. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258696 | WIPER BLADE ADAPTER DEVICE - The invention is based on a wiper blade adapter device with an adapter basic body ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220258697 | CLEAINING APPARATUS - A cleaning apparatus includes a first group of nozzles for cleaning the sensor surfaces of a plurality of LiDARs for obtaining information of a surrounding region, a first pump for feeding a cleaning liquid to the first group of nozzles, a second group of nozzles for cleaning the sensor surfaces of a plurality of cameras for obtaining information of a region overlapping with the region whose information is obtained by the LiDARs, a second pump for feeding the cleaning liquid to the second group of nozzles, and a drive assist ECU which activates the first pump and the second pump. When the drive assist ECU determines that a cleaning execution condition is satisfied, the drive assist ECU selectively activates one of the first pump and the second pump. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258698 | Wheelchair Wheel Cleaning Assembly - A wheelchair wheel cleaning assembly includes a clamp that has a space integrated therein to insertably receive a frame of a wheelchair. A pair of fasteners is each extendable through the clamp to attach the clamp to the wheelchair. A lever is pivotally coupled to the clamp and the lever is positionable between an engaging position and a disengaging position. An arm is coupled to and extends laterally away from the lever and a leg is in communication with the lever. An arm scrubber is disposed on the arm to scrub the rear wheel of the wheelchair when the lever is in the engaging position. A leg scrubber is disposed on the leg to scrub the front wheel of the wheelchair when the lever is in the engaging position. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258699 | ROTATING BRUSH - A rotating brush for a vehicle washing system, comprising:
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20220258700 | DETERMINING A GEOMETRIC CENTER POSITION OF A VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to a washing system with a device for determining a geometric mid position of a vehicle positioned within the washing system. For this purpose, positions of two movable carriages, on each of which a lateral cleaning brush is mounted, are detected and used to calculate the mid position. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258701 | MULTI-VALVE PUMP HEAD - A pump head configured to secure various air valve types is disclosed. The pump head may include a housing and an interior unit sized and shaped to receive a valve head. A moveable pin disposed within the housing coaxially with the first axis may define a pin notch disposed about an exterior circumference of the moveable pin. A first taper unit may be disposed in the housing coaxially with the first axis and coupled to the pin return spring. A second taper unit may be disposed in the housing coaxially with the first axis and adjacent to the first taper unit. An elastic taper C-ring may be disposed between the first and second taper units. The second taper unit is moveable towards the first taper unit, thereby compressing the elastic taper C-ring circumferentially in at least one of two positions, the elastic taper C-ring compressed about the pin notch in the first position and about the valve head in the second position. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258702 | BRAKE PAD RETRACTING DEVICE - A brake pad retracting device is disclosed. An example vehicle braking system comprising a rotor, and a caliper including a brake pad slidably engaged with a guide pin, and a coil spring through which the guide pin extends, the coil spring having a first end and a second end, the first end having a first inner diameter sized to enable the first end to move freely over a surface of the guide pin, the first end to engage the brake pad to urge the brake pad away from the rotor, and the second end having a second inner diameter sized to frictionally engage the surface of the guide pin, the first inner diameter greater than the second inner diameter. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258703 | Switch - Switch having a first part and a second part. The switch is configured to activate in response to a switch sequence including activation of the first part followed by activation of the second part. One of the first and second parts includes a touch sensor and is configured to activate in response to a first switching method in which a user moves a digit along a predetermined digit path over the touch sensor. The other of the first and second parts is activatable in response to a second switching method different from the first switching method. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE STOP CONTROL - A system and a method for vehicle stop control are operable such that when it is detected that a vehicle is driving in a direction opposite to the direction of a current gear stage of the vehicle, the driver is warned and the vehicle enters an emergency braking state so as to reduce the risk of an accident and improve stability of a braking system. The vehicle stop control method performed by a controller of the vehicle includes steps of: converting vehicle driving environment information into data to be used as system input information; checking whether a controller related to each of driving and braking systems of the vehicle operates normally; determining whether the vehicle is driving in a reverse direction; and performing vehicle emergency stop control when the vehicle is driving in the reverse direction. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258705 | MITIGATING BRAKING VIBRATION DUE TO ROTOR THICKNESS VARIATIONS - A braking system includes brake rotors, wheel speed sensors, and an electronic control unit. The brake rotors are couplable to wheels. The brake rotors have rotor thickness variations that cause a vibration while braking. The wheel speed sensors are couplable to the wheels and configured to generate rotation signals for the wheels. The electronic control unit coupled to the wheel speed sensors and configured to generate an absolute phase offset signal that conveys an absolute phase offset angle between the rotor thickness variations in response to the rotation signals, generate a brake torque adjustment signal in response to the absolute phase offset signal and the rotation signals, and adjust a first braking control signal for a first brake rotor relative to a second braking control signal for a second brake rotor based on the brake torque adjustment signal to minimize an amplitude of the vibration during a braking event. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258706 | VEHICLE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE - A wheeled vehicle's antilock brake system (ABS) control device has three kinds of control modes of a braking force oriented mode, a sideways force oriented swinging-motion suppression mode and a sideways force oriented swinging-motion enhancement mode each of which is an ABS control mode being selected by means of an ABS control mode selection unit; and the vehicle ABS control device is so arranged that, in accordance with an ABS control mode selected by the ABS control mode selection unit, target slip rates on each of the vehicle's wheels being set by a target slip-rate setting unit are transferred toward respective braking force orientation or sideways force orientation, thereby the behavior of a wheeled vehicle is stabilized at a time when the wheeled vehicle on which the vehicle ABS control device is mounted makes a turn. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BRAKE OF VEHICLE - A brake control system and method are arranged to control a brake for preventing slip and ensuring driving force of an outer wheel by adjusting a braking amount of an inner wheel during vehicle turning. The method includes steps of: receiving, by an electronic stability control (ESC) device, a function activation request; determining, by the ESC device, whether execution conditions for brake control of a turning inner wheel of a vehicle are satisfied in response to the function activation request, and when the execution conditions are satisfied, controlling braking pressure by determining and adjusting a braking pressure control amount of an inner wheel during vehicle turning based on a preset factor. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258708 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BRAKING A UTILITY VEHICLE WITH AN ELECTRIC DRIVE - A method for a utility vehicle, in particular a towing vehicle or a vehicle combination with a utility vehicle, includes the following steps carried out with a control unit of the utility vehicle. A status message is received from an electric drive of the utility vehicle or a trailer vehicle towed by the utility vehicle, which indicates that a braking torque can be provided via the electric drive. An offer message, which indicates an offered braking torque, is then generated depending on the status message. Furthermore, the offer message is sent out to or for at least one further control unit of the utility vehicle. The disclosure includes a braking control unit and a braking system for carrying out the method and a utility vehicle or a vehicle combination with the braking control unit or the braking system. The disclosure includes a computer program product for carrying out the method. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258709 | ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC EMERGENCY AND SERVICE BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM, FOR AT LEAST ONE RAILWAY VEHICLE - An electro-pneumatic service and emergency braking control system is described, comprising:
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20220258710 | ELECTROHYDRAULIC POWER BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVELING AUTONOMOUSLY - An electrohydraulic power brake system for a motor vehicle traveling autonomously. An auxiliary brake unit is connected to a service brake unit in such a manner, that in the event of failure of the service brake unit, the vehicle brake system may be operated by the auxiliary brake unit. In order to be able to build up a brake pressure rapidly, using the auxiliary brake unit, in the case of cold and viscous brake fluid, as well, check valves, via which hydraulic pumps of the auxiliary brake unit are connected to a brake fluid reservoir of the service brake unit, are provided in the service brake unit. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258711 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL APPARATUS OF BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a hydraulic control apparatus of a brake system including a modulator block having a motor bore, and a motor including a cover that covers an opening of a case accommodating a stator and a rotor and is supported on one side of the modulator block, wherein a vent hole for air flow between the inside and the outside of the motor is formed on the cover and a communication passage for communicating the motor bore and the vent hole is formed in the modulator block. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258712 | Parking Brake Device for a Utility Vehicle - A parking brake device with at least one first connector line to a compressed air source and with at least one second connector line to a compressed air source, includes at least one electronically actuable bistable valve arrangement for the actuation of a spring brake cylinder and at least one further electronically actuable redundancy control valve arrangement for the actuation of a redundant brake system. At least one first control electronics module and at least one second control electronics module are provided which can be operated independently of one another. The bistable valve arrangement can be actuated via the first control electronics module, and, independently thereof, the redundancy control valve arrangement can be actuated via the second control electronics module. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258713 | CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system includes: a plurality of sub-power managers that control respective output power of a plurality of subsystems that actualize functions of the vehicle; and an integrated power manager that performs integrated control of output power in the overall vehicle by exchanging information with the plurality of sub-power managers. The information that is exchanged between the plurality of sub-power managers and the integrated power manager includes information that enables calculation of a physical quantity that is expressed by at least either of a power dimension and an energy dimension. The plurality of subsystems respectively corresponds to a plurality of domains that each include one or more apparatuses and a storage unit. The integrated power manager plans a stored energy quantity of the storage unit in each of the domains that respectively correspond to the plurality of sub-power managers. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258714 | CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system controls power supply in a vehicle. The control system includes sub-power managers and an integrated power manager. The sub-power managers control respective output power of a plurality of subsystems that actualize functions of the vehicle. The integrated power manager performs integrated control of output power in the overall vehicle by exchanging information with the plurality of sub-power managers. The information that is exchanged between the plurality of sub-power managers and the integrated power manager includes information that enables calculation of a physical quantity that is expressed by at least either of a power dimension and an energy dimension. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258715 | CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system includes: a plurality of sub-power managers that control respective output power of a plurality of subsystems that actualize functions of the vehicle; and an integrated power manager that performs integrated control of output power in an overall vehicle by exchanging information. The plurality of subsystems respectively corresponds to a plurality of domains that include one or apparatuses and a storage unit. Information that is exchanged between the plurality of sub-power managers and the integrated power manager is information that enables calculation of a physical quantity that is expressed by at least either of a power dimension and an energy dimension. The integrated power manager determines an input/output-power limit value of each subsystem by performing arbitration of requested power values that are received from the sub-power managers based on subsystem priority levels that are priority levels of the plurality of subsystems. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258716 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE ACCESSORIES - Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein relate to a system including a vehicle accessory and a controller coupled to the vehicle accessory. The controller is configured to receive internal vehicle information including information about the vehicle accessory; receive external static information based on a position of the vehicle; receive external dynamic information based on the position and a time of travel of the vehicle at the position; and control operation of the vehicle accessory based on the internal vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258717 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device is configured to: execute fuel cut control for stopping fuel supply to an internal combustion engine; when a vehicle is in series traveling, perform control based on a traveling state of the vehicle such that a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is a predetermined target rotation speed; and when the vehicle is in the series traveling and there is a deceleration request, execute the fuel cut control in accordance with a rotation speed difference between a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and the target rotation speed. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258718 | METHOD FOR MANAGING TORQUE DISTRIBUTION IN A HYBRID VEHICLE - A computer for managing the drive train of a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a battery. The drive train being capable of operating in a plurality of charging or discharging modes of the battery, the computer determines a set of probabilities of activation of the mode, determines the value of the speed of the electric motor for each mode, determines a set of electrical powers of the electric machine, calculates an energy consumption reduction indicator, determines the torque requested by the driver, the value of the speed of the internal combustion engine and the speed of the vehicle, determines a torque to be applied to the electric machine, and sends a command to the electric machine on the basis of the torque to be applied to the electric machine determined. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258719 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device is configured to: execute motor assist when a vehicle is traveling by a drive wheel being driven by an internal combustion engine, in which electric power of a power storage device is supplied to an electric motor and the electric motor assists driving of the drive wheel; change upper-limit assist electric power, which is an upper-limit value of electric power supplied from the power storage device to the electric motor in order to perform the motor assist, in accordance with a temperature of the power storage device; and when the temperature of the power storage device reaches a first temperature, restrict the upper-limit assist electric power such that a reduction amount of a maximum driving force of the vehicle falls within an allowable range. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258720 | HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A hybrid control method controls a hybrid vehicle. A control unit sets a rotational speed threshold value at which a continuous gear tooth striking sound occurring in a gear mechanism connecting an electric power generation motor to the internal combustion engine is not a problem in terms of vehicle quality. The control unit generates negative pressure while maintaining the engine rotational speed in the firing state where the engine rotational speed is equal to or greater than the rotational speed threshold value. Also, the control unit generates negative pressure after switching from the firing state to a motoring state where the internal combustion engine is rotated by the electric power generation motor and where the engine rotational speed is less than the rotational speed threshold value. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258721 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Disclosed is a control method for an internal combustion engine ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220258722 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle is configured to execute rotation speed control when the vehicle is in series traveling, in which a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is increased to a first rotation speed in accordance with an increase in a speed of the vehicle, and when the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine reaches the first rotation speed, the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is decreased to a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed; and restrict execution of the rotation speed control when receiving a predetermined operation. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258723 | MOTION AND TORQUE CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR MOBILE PLATFORM HAVING DISTRIBUTED TORQUE ACTUATORS - A motor vehicle includes first and second drive axles coupled to respective sets of road wheels, torque actuators inclusive of rotary electric machines configured to transmit respective output torques to the drive axles, and a main controller in communication with the torque actuators. The controller receives vehicle inputs indicative of a total longitudinal and lateral motion request. In response, the controller calculates a total longitudinal torque request and/or a total longitudinal speed request, a yaw rate request, and a lateral velocity request, then determines, using a cost optimization function, a torque vector for allocating the total longitudinal torque request and/or speed request, the yaw rate request, and the lateral velocity request to the drive axles within predetermined constraints. The controller also transmits a closed-loop control signal to each torque actuator or local controllers thereof to apply the torque vector via the drive axles. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258724 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle which is capable of traveling in a plurality of traveling modes including a first traveling mode and a second traveling mode. And the vehicle control device is capable of executing motor assist, in which electric power of a power storage device is supplied to an electric motor and driving of a drive wheel is assisted by the electric motor, when the vehicle is traveling in the first traveling mode, and is configured to change upper-limit assist electric power, which is an upper-limit value of electric power supplied from the power storage device to the electric motor in order to perform the motor assist, in accordance with a speed of the vehicle and a remaining capacity of the power storage device. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258725 | CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE - Provided is a control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a generator capable of being rotated by the internal combustion engine, and a motor that outputs a driving force to a drive wheel by using power generated by the generator, in which the control device detects a failure of the internal combustion engine when the control device has instructed the internal combustion engine and the generator to generate power and the generator is performing power driving. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ROUTE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND ROUTE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire movement information on movement of a vehicle where a user is not on board, the movement information including position information of a movement destination; a storage configured to store the movement information of the vehicle that is acquired by the acquirer; and a controller configured to: generate route information indicating time-series positions of the vehicle based on the movement information stored in the storage; and transmit the route information to an information terminal of the user. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258727 | AUTOMATED VALET PARKING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF AUTOMATED VALET PARKING SYSTEM, AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE - The system includes a vehicle information acquisition unit that acquires positional information of target vehicles including the autonomous driving vehicle and a communicative vehicle which is not capable of performing autonomous driving and is capable of performing inter-vehicle communication in the parking place, a condition determination unit that determines whether or not the target vehicles satisfy an inter-vehicle communication traveling condition, and an inter-vehicle communication traveling instruction unit that causes the target vehicles determined to satisfy the inter-vehicle communication traveling condition by the condition determination unit to perform inter-vehicle communication traveling by inter-vehicle communication. In the inter-vehicle communication traveling, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to preferentially perform vehicle speed adjustment for vehicle approach suppression by the inter-vehicle communication over the target vehicle speed for the automated valet parking. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258728 | PHYSICAL FEEDBACK CONFIRMATION FROM ASSISTED-DRIVING SYSTEM ABOUT TRAFFIC EVENT - A computer-implemented method comprises: detecting, by an assisted-driving system that is currently controlling motion of a first vehicle, a traffic event external to the first vehicle; and providing, by the assisted-driving system and in response to detecting the traffic event, confirmation to a passenger in the first vehicle that the assisted-driving system is handling the traffic event, the confirmation including a physical feedback perceptible to the passenger. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258729 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING ADJACENT VEHICLE STATE INFORMATION - Presented is a method in which adjacent vehicles sense, while driving, the state of a vehicle having an abnormality, so as to report same to an infrastructure/network, and, further, the infrastructure/network directly senses the abnormality so that the vehicle with the abnormality can be controlled. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258730 | VEHICLE COLLISION-AVOIDANCE ASSIST DEVICE - When a host vehicle is likely to collide with an object ahead, a vehicle collision-avoidance assist device sets a target avoidance path by which the collision is avoidable, and executes avoidance steering of forcibly steering the host vehicle so as to travel along the target avoidance path upon an avoidance steering starting condition being met. When another vehicle traveling next to the host vehicle is a vehicle traveling alongside, the device stores a vehicle-traveling-alongside travel region, and when the other vehicle is an oncoming vehicle, the device stores an oncoming vehicle travel region, and acquires a travel region of the host vehicle along the target avoidance path as an avoidance travel region. The device does not execute the avoidance steering when the avoidance travel region overlaps with the oncoming vehicle travel region, but executes the avoidance steering when the avoidance travel region overlaps with the vehicle-traveling-alongside travel region. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258731 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSIST APPARATUS - A collision avoidance assist apparatus includes: a front-and-lateral target information acquisition device configured to acquire front-and-lateral target information; a vehicle information acquisition device configured to acquire vehicle information including a vehicle speed and at least one of a yaw rate or a steering input value; and a control unit configured to execute collision avoidance assist control when a target satisfies a collision condition that is satisfied when the target is determined to have collision possibility. The control unit selects targets that satisfy a predetermined selection condition from targets in the front-and-lateral target information, determines whether the collision condition is satisfied for each selected target, determines, when this determination is to be made, whether an own vehicle is turning based on the vehicle information, and changes the selection condition between a case in which the own vehicle is not turning and a case in which the own vehicle is turning. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258732 | COOPERATIVE DRIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cooperative driving system includes a processor and a memory having one or more modules. The modules cause the processor to determine a route that includes a road segment to a destination for an ego vehicle based on (1) an ego vehicle operating parameter that has information regarding a preferred operation of an ego vehicle by an occupant, and (2) a location of a like vehicle with respect to the ego vehicle when the ego vehicle is traveling on at least a portion of the route. The one or more modules also cause the processor to determine a road-segment-level decision for the ego vehicle for the road segment based on the ego vehicle operating parameter, communicate with the like vehicle near the road segment to negotiate the road-segment-level decision to generate a negotiated road-segment-level decision, and maneuver the ego vehicle inside the road segment using the negotiated road-segment-level decision. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258733 | DIVISION LINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A division line recognition apparatus including a detection part configured to detect an external situation around a subject vehicle, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform generating a map including a division line information on a division line on a road based on the external situation detected by the detection part, determining whether an obstacle is adjacent to an end of the division line on the map generated based on the external situation detected by the detection part, and adding an obstacle detection information to the division line information when it is determined that the obstacle is adjacent to the end of the division line. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258734 | RUNNING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND RUNNING SUPPORT METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A running support system executes: a specifying process of specifying a currently-running area from among a plurality of running areas, the currently-running area being a running area where a vehicle is running; an appropriate value setting process of setting a vehicle speed appropriate value that is an appropriate vehicle speed when the vehicle runs in the currently-running area; and a support process of at least either notifying a driver of the vehicle speed appropriate value or decelerating the vehicle in a case where a vehicle speed exceeds the vehicle speed appropriate value. In the appropriate value setting process, in a case where an advancing direction of the vehicle does not accord with a reference advancing direction, a value smaller than a value to be set in a case where the advancing direction accords with the reference advancing direction is set as the vehicle speed appropriate value. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258735 | ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - An adaptive cruise control method for a driving vehicle includes acquiring the speed of the driving vehicle, acquiring the relative distance between the driving vehicle and the preceding vehicle driving in the same lane in front of the driving vehicle, calculating a target time headway, the time headway being the ratio between the relative distance and the driving vehicle speed, on the basis of a relationship linking the target time headway with the driving vehicle speed, and controlling, as a first control mode, the engine and/or the brake of the driving vehicle on the basis of the target time headway. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258736 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - The application relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, comprising a distance measuring system for determining the distance from a preceding vehicle, or an interface by means of which, when properly installed in the motor vehicle, such a distance measuring system of the motor vehicle is signal-connected. The driver assistance system for the motor vehicle includes a controller, configured to keep the motor vehicle at a specified target vehicle speed in an automatic mode and to not allow a distance from the preceding vehicle to fall below a specified target distance The controller is further configured to set a new situation-specific target distance on the basis of at least one ambient parameter detected by sensors. The controller is additionally configured to adopt a new user-specific target distance in response to an input from a vehicle occupant, and to identify a current driving situation and an end of the current driving situation, and to adopt the new target distance solely for the duration of the current driving situation when driving behind another vehicle. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258737 | MAP GENERATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A map generation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform generating a map, based on a data detected by an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a situation around a subject vehicle in traveling, recognizing a traveling direction of the subject vehicle on the generated map, and generating a traffic light information on a traffic light installed at an intersection as an additional information for the generated map. The traffic light is an arrow-type traffic light configured to permit traveling in a direction indicated by an arrow signal light. The microprocessor is configured to perform the generating a traffic light information including generating the traffic light information, based on the direction indicated by the arrow signal light, detected by the detection unit, and the traveling direction of the subject vehicle recognized in the recognizing. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258738 | Lane-Type and Roadway Hypotheses Determinations in a Road Model - This document describes techniques and systems to make determinations of lane-type and roadway hypotheses in a road model. The road-perception system can fuse various forms of evidence to determine lane-type hypotheses and respective belief masses associated with the lane-type hypotheses. The road-perception system the computes, using the belief masses, a belief parameter and a plausibility parameter associated with the lane-type hypotheses. One or more roadway hypotheses are then determined using the lane-type hypotheses. The road-perception system then uses the respective belief parameter and plausibility parameter associated with the lane-type hypotheses to compute a belief parameter and a plausibility parameter associated with the roadway hypotheses. In this way, the described techniques and systems can provide an accurate and reliable road model with quantified uncertainty. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258739 | Method and System for Generating a Confidence Value in a Position Overlap Check Using Vehicle Threshold Models - Embodiments are disclosed that include systems and methods performed by vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system participant to identify position overlap misbehavior conditions efficiently by using vehicle threshold model data rather than specific second vehicle dimension data. The vehicle threshold model data may include a confidence value for the dimension data contained therein such that a confidence level for the identification of a position overlap misbehavior condition may be calculated. The calculated confidence values may allow the V2X system participant to determine whether to generate a misbehavior detection report (MBR) and transmit the MBR to a misbehavior managing authority. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258740 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING OWNER'S PREFERENCES BASED ON VEHICLE OWNERS TELEMATICS DATA - Embodiments described herein receive telematics data collected over a period of time, wherein the telematics data is indicative of operation of a vehicle by an owner of the vehicle during the period of time; analyze the telematics data to identify driving behavior(s) of the owner during the period of time; predict one or more user preference values of a vehicle-sharing platform profile of the owner based on the identified one or more driving behaviors, wherein the one or more user preference values define one or more criteria for vehicle renters with whom the first vehicle can be shared; apply the one or more criteria to a potential vehicle renter; and cause an indication of the first vehicle of the owner to be displayed via a mobile device of the potential renter only if the potential vehicle renter satisfies the one or more criteria. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258741 | RUNNING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND RUNNING SUPPORT METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A running support system executes: a temperature acquisition process of acquiring a tire temperature; an appropriate value setting process of deriving, as a candidate value for a vehicle speed appropriate value, a value to be smaller as the tire temperature is lower, and setting the vehicle speed appropriate value based on the candidate value; and a support process of at least either notifying a driver of the vehicle speed appropriate value or decelerating a vehicle in a case where a vehicle speed exceeds the vehicle speed appropriate value. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258742 | YAW RATE ESTIMATING DEVICE - A yaw rate estimating device includes: a yaw rate sensor that detects a yaw rate of an own vehicle; an information acquirer that acquires information on a front image of the own vehicle and information on a vehicle speed; a lane recognizer that recognizes information on a traveling lane drawn on a traveling route of the own vehicle based on the information on the front image of the own vehicle; a norm value calculator that calculates a norm value of the yaw rate based on the information on the traveling lane and the information on the vehicle speed; and a midpoint learner that performs midpoint learning of a detected yaw rate, which is a detected value by the yaw rate sensor. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258743 | VEHICLE RANGE PREDICTION - A system is provided for vehicle range prediction. The system determines a change in mass to a vehicle while driving. Additionally, the system calculates a vehicle load in response to determining the change in mass and adjusts a vehicle range in response to calculating the vehicle load. The vehicle range is indicative of a distance in which the vehicle is predicted to travel with a remaining fuel. The adjusted vehicle range is based on the vehicle load. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258744 | OVER-THE-AIR FLASHING AND REPRODUCTION OF CALIBRATION DATA USING DATA REGRESSION TECHNIQUES - A data map is modeled to generate a modeled data map, the data map including a calibration to control vehicle operation over various weather conditions encountered by a vehicle, the modeled data map characterizing data elements of the data map according to a mathematical model. The modeled data map is sent to the vehicle to expand into at least a portion of the data map to control the vehicle operation. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258745 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL - The present invention relates to a device having at least one computing unit, which is configured to ascertain a specified target power profile curve ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220258746 | STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system includes a storage grid structure and multiple container handling vehicles. The storage grid structure includes vertical column profiles defining multiple storage columns, in which storage containers can be stored one on top of another in vertical stacks, and at least one transfer column, the column profiles are interconnected at their upper ends by top rails forming a horizontal top rail grid upon which the container handling vehicles may move in two perpendicular directions, the container handling vehicles are able to retrieve storage containers from, and store storage containers in, the storage columns, and transport the storage containers on the storage grid structure. The storage grid structure includes at least one horizontal transfer section. The storage system includes multiple container transfer vehicles and transfer rails forming a transfer rail grid upon which the container transfer vehicles may move in at least one horizontal direction. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258747 | Dynamic Safe Storage of Vehicle Content - Systems and methods are provided for dynamically protecting transportable articles in vehicles. A system for dynamically protecting a transportable article in a vehicle may include one or more processors and non-volatile memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to determine at least one of a characteristic or a trait of the transportable article; detect, based on sensed data, an emergency condition; select one or more article protection components based on (i) the at least one of the characteristic or the trait of the transportable article, and (ii) the detected emergency condition; and in response to detecting the emergency condition, deploy the selected one or more article protection components to protect the transportable article. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258748 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OPERATIONS AND ASSETS IN A MULTI-ENTITY ENVIRONMENT - A system including a tracking device, sensors, and an operations management engine (OME), and a method for managing operations and assets, for example, motorized and non-motorized equipment, associated with multiple entities, are provided. The OME dynamically receives asset data from the tracking device and operating parameters of the assets from one or more sensors in real time. The OME dynamically determines multiple data elements, for example, location, asset status, operating status, asset proximity to asset requirement, etc., associated with each asset by processing logical combinations of the asset data and the operating parameters, based on which the OME determines actions associated with the assets to be executed. The OME generates an interactive, graphical map interface that renders a visual representation of the assets, a geography containing the assets, associated operations, and the data elements in real time for real-time monitoring and facilitating execution of the actions. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258749 | METHOD FOR TESTING A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for testing a motor vehicle, said motor vehicle comprising an assembly having a rolling chassis and a body provided on the rolling chassis, the rolling chassis comprising multiple first interfaces and the body comprising multiple second interfaces allocated to the first interfaces, so that each pair of first and second interfaces can form a respective connection between the rolling chassis and the body, when the body is assembled on the rolling chassis. The method comprises, for example, a check as to whether all connections are correctly attached. The method comprises, for example, a check as to whether all components of the motor vehicle are responsive. The method also comprises, for example, a check as to whether the body may be used with the rolling chassis. The invention further relates to a device, a computer program, a machine-readable storage medium, a rolling chassis, a body and a motor vehicle. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MALFUNCTON OPERATION MACHINE STABILITY DETERMINATION - A vehicle includes a controller area network (CAN) and a plurality of a controllers in communication with each other via the CAN, wherein each controller of the plurality of controllers is configured to time-stamp messages transmitted via the CAN using a vehicle-wide synchronized clock, determine a worst-case transmission delay via the CAN based on the time-stamps for messages received from other controllers of the plurality of controllers, and based on the worse-case transmission delay, set a dynamic recovery timer for a malfunctioning controller of the plurality of controllers to recover after its malfunction, wherein the dynamic recovery timer prevents a particular controller that was malfunctioning but has since recovered from being incorrectly designated as a malfunctioning controller in need of service. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258751 | DIGITAL TWIN FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE - Systems and apparatuses include a vehicle system actuator, a sensor array associated with the vehicle system actuator, a vehicle controller, and a remote processing circuit. The vehicle controller is structured to receive sensor information from the sensor array, determine local control parameters based on the sensor information using a control scheme, provide local actuation information to actuators based on the local control parameters, and transmit the sensor information via a telematics device. The remote processing circuit is structured to receive the sensor information from the telematics device, determine remote control parameters based on the sensor information using the control scheme, and perform diagnostics using the remote control parameters. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258752 | AUTONOMOUS CPS SELF-EVOLUTION FRAMEWORK BASED ON FEDERATED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR PERFORMANCE SELF-EVOLUTION OF AUTONOMOUS CPS AND PERFORMANCE SELF-EVOLUTION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS CPS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a self-evolution method of an autonomous CPS performance of an autonomous CPS self-evolution framework based on federated reinforcement learning. The method include receiving accident function information, autonomous driving apparatus information, and environment information from an autonomous CPS; configuring at least one distributed dynamics simulation session for simulating actual accident environment and dynamics of an autonomous driving apparatus, based on the accident function information, the autonomous driving apparatus information, and the environment information; training at least one local autonomous control model using the at least one distributed dynamics simulation session, and updating a global autonomous control model based on the at least one trained local autonomous control model; performing performance verification of the global autonomous control model; and when the global autonomous control model meets a performance requirement, updating an autonomous control model of the autonomous CPS to the global autonomous control model. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONNECTED SERVICE - A system for providing a connected service includes a portable device and a vehicle terminal. User information is input into the portable device and the vehicle terminal, and a server receives the user information from one or more of the portable device and the terminal and determines whether the received user information is recognizable. The server further determines whether to store the user information as a new data set based on the number of times the user information is received in response to determining that the user information is unrecognizable. The system reduces inconvenience since a data set including attributes of setting functions is not updated every time for a new vehicle model, and allows a user to conveniently use the connected service when necessary since an occurrence of an error during an update process is prevented. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258754 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device configured to control a driving motor coupled to a wheel of a vehicle includes a motor controller and a driving mode determiner. The motor controller is configured to control the driving motor so that the driving motor enters a regenerative state while the vehicle is coasting and stops accelerating. The driving mode determiner is configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a first or second driving mode. In the first driving mode, a driving operation strength is low and the vehicle behavior is slow and gentle. In the second driving mode, the driving operation strength is high and the vehicle behavior is quick and active. When the vehicle stops accelerating in the second driving mode, the motor controller is configured to make a regenerative torque of the driving motor smaller than when the vehicle stops accelerating in the first driving mode. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258755 | DIRECTIONAL STIMULI TO ENHANCE VEHICLE OPERATOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - Directional stimuli are applied to a vehicle operator to enhance the operator's situational awareness. Characteristics within a vehicle's external environment may be assessed to determine whether they present at least a threshold safety risk. If so, a type and/or intensity of a directional stimulus to apply to the vehicle operator may be determined. In addition, one or more output devices may be selected to apply the directional stimulus. The selected output devices may, upon activation, apply the directional stimulus from a same direction as the underlying directionality, in relation to the vehicle, of a potential safety hazard present in the vehicle's external environment. In this manner, the applied stimulus not only elicits an immediate rise in the vehicle operator's situational awareness, but also immediately informs her—based on the direction from which the stimulus is applied/received—of the directionality of the potential safety hazard within the vehicle's external environment. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING INFORMATION - In an apparatus and a method for providing information on autonomous driving of a vehicle to a passenger of the vehicle, when it is recognized whether partial autonomous driving of a vehicle is activated, information on whether a user operates a device including a display may be acquired, and it is determined the user operates the display in a state in which the partial autonomous driving is activated, information on the autonomous driving of the vehicle may be output through the display. An effect of inducing an alert measure of the driver against a dangerous situation may be provided by providing driving information at a site, at which a sight of the driver stays. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258757 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - The driving support apparatus includes a memory configured to store information representing a degree of familiarity with an environment for a driver of a vehicle; and a processor configured to detect an object existing around the vehicle based on a sensor signal representing a situation around the vehicle obtained by a sensor mounted on the vehicle, determine whether or not the object approaches the vehicle so that the object may collide with the vehicle, and notify the driver of the approach via a notification device mounted on the vehicle at a timing corresponding to the degree of familiarity with the environment for the driver of the vehicle, when it is determined that the object approaches the vehicle so that the object may collide with the vehicle. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258758 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device includes a peripheral object recognition unit configured to recognize an object that is present around a vehicle to be controlled, an object state recognition unit configured to recognize, in a situation where a first object and a second object are recognized by the peripheral object recognition unit, states of the first object and the second object including distance between the vehicle to be controlled and the first object, distance between the vehicle to be controlled and the second object, moving direction of the first object, and moving direction of the second object, and a display control unit configured to cause the display device to execute external notification processing for displaying a notification to the first object or the second object based on the states of the first object and the second object recognized by the object state recognition unit. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258759 | METHOD AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VISUAL INFORMATION ABOUT A FIRST VEHICLE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF A SECOND VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The invention relates to a method for providing visual information about a first vehicle ( | 2022-08-18 |
20220258760 | Rearview System for a Vehicle with Collision Detection - In an embodiment, a rearview system detects the present and information regarding one or more second vehicles. The system uses the information regarding the second vehicles to determine whether a collision may occur. In the event of a predictive collision, the system provides the user a warning. In another embodiment, the rearview system presents video data having different fields-of-capture. In another embodiment, the system includes a user interface that includes a display and a haptic pad. The display presents information. The haptic pad enables the user to provide information to the system. A location on the haptic pad corresponds to a location on the display. The user may manipulate the haptic pad to activate icons presented on the display. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258761 | CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE USING VARIABLE TIME PERIODS - The subject matter described in this specification is generally directed to a system and techniques for controlling an autonomous vehicle. In one example, a first set of navigational inputs associated with a first time period is selected, where the first time period begins after a reference time. A second set of navigational inputs associated with a second time period is also selected, where the second time period begins after the first time period, and where the first time period and the second time period are different lengths of time. The autonomous vehicle is then navigated based at least in part on the first set of navigational inputs and the second set of navigational inputs. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258762 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MODIFICATION OF THE ROUTE OF AN AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VEHICLE - A computing device, method and computer program product are provided for facilitating modification of the route of an autonomous surface vehicle. In the context of a method, a stylized image of an input image, such as a photographic image, is constructed. The stylized image distinguishes between surfaces having different texture that are present in the input image. Based upon the stylized image, the method also includes determining a frictional coefficient associated with at least some of the surfaces having different texture. The method further includes determining whether the route of the autonomous surface vehicle is to be altered from a predefined route based upon the frictional coefficient that has been determined to be associated with a surface over which the predefined route of the autonomous surface vehicle extends. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258763 | DRIVE ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is a drive assistance device and a computer program that can generate, based on information about section lines on roads, a travel path for a vehicle that takes into account restrictions, etc., on the roads, and can appropriately provide drive assistance. Specifically, it is configured to obtain a planned travel route along which a vehicle travels, generate, using high-precision map information including at least information about section lines, a static travel path which is a travel path along which the vehicle is recommended to travel on a road included in the planned travel route, and provide drive assistance for the vehicle based on the static travel path. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258764 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY CURATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE POLICIES - A system for dynamic policy curation includes a computing system and interfaces with an autonomous agent. A method for dynamic policy curation includes collecting a set of inputs; processing the set of inputs; and determining a set of available policies based on processing the set of inputs. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include any or all of: selecting a policy; implementing a policy; and/or any other suitable processes. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258765 | METHOD FOR MODELING THE SURROUNDINGS OF AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE - A method for modeling the surroundings of an automated vehicle in which environment information is continuously received from currently available information sources. Each information source provides pieces of environment information. A formal assumption and a formal guarantee is associated with each piece of environment information in such a way that it is guaranteed, if the formal assumption associated with the respective piece of environment information is fulfilled, that the piece of environment information fulfills the formal guarantee associated with it. Each information source provides the associated formal assumptions and formal guarantees for the pieces of environment information it supplies. A piece of environment information is used for calculating the world model at a given point in time only if the formal assumption associated with this piece of environment information is fulfilled at this point in time. | 2022-08-18 |
20220258766 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A SPATIAL ORIENTATION OF A TRAILER - A method for ascertaining a spatial orientation of a trailer of an autonomously driving towing vehicle with trailer. In the method, sensor data of a plurality of different sensor types are processed, so that the trailer and objects in the environment are identified in the sensor data, the sensor data communicated by the various sensor types and processed in this way being combined with one another, and the movement path of the trailer relative to the objects in the environment being determined on the basis of these combined sensor data. | 2022-08-18 |