34th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220266794 | Electronic Door Locking System - An electronic door locking system of a motor vehicle is disclosed, comprising at least one receiver for the transmission signals of an electronic key, at least one control device for mechanically locking and unlocking at least one motor vehicle door, at least one contact element, accessible from outside the motor vehicle, for connecting an external voltage source, wherein the at least one control device for mechanically locking and unlocking at least one motor vehicle door and/or at least one additional control device has an emergency power supply algorithm, wherein the electronic door locking system is designed to detect an emergency power supply mode and to activate the emergency power supply algorithm, wherein the emergency power supply algorithm is designed to deactivate at least one function of a normal mode and/or, in the case of a function, to access previously defined data of deactivated components or to ignore said data. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266795 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - An engine is prevented from being started by a remote operation in a case where an angle of inclination detected by an acceleration sensor is not within a predetermined angle range in a situation where a shift position is not set to a neutral position in a manual transmission. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266796 | VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE WITH MULTI-FUNCTION SENSING SYSTEM - A vehicular sensing system includes a sensing device disposed at a vehicle door of a vehicle. The sensing device includes a sensor element and at least one light emitting diode (LED) disposed at a circuit board. The sensing device is disposed behind a panel of the vehicle door of the vehicle, with the sensor element and the at least one LED being disposed at a light transmitting portion of the panel of the vehicle. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to processing at the controller of captured sensor data when the sensor element and the at least one LED are powered, determines a user input corresponding to a particular location and movement of a user's hand at or near the sensing device. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to determining a particular user input of a plurality of user inputs, provides an output. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266797 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to acquire a distance between a vehicle and a user terminal based on position information of the vehicle and position information of the user terminal, and generate a command for setting or releasing a remote immobilizer function and a smart cancel function based on the distance between the vehicle and the user terminal. The remote immobilizer function is a function for remotely setting or releasing an immobilizer of the vehicle. The smart cancel function is a function for stopping radio waves transmitted from the vehicle for communication between the vehicle and a key of the vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266798 | AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE - An authentication device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute first authentication based on biometric information acquired from a user and biometric information preregistered in the vehicle. The processor is configured to execute second authentication based on identification information acquired from a mobile device of the user and identification information preregistered in the vehicle. The processor is configured to permit start of the vehicle when at least one of the first authentication and the second authentication is successful. The processor is configured to set an authentication function of the first authentication from ON to OFF when at least one of the first authentication and the second authentication is successful. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266799 | IN-VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle power supply system includes multiple power supply hubs, multiple electronic device, which are connected to the power supply hubs through auxiliary feeder cables, and a control unit which controls on and off of power supply to the electronic devices. The control unit has an approach determination unit, which determines whether a passenger has approached the vehicle, and a power supply start controller, which switches on power supply to at least one of the electronic devices when the approach determination unit determines that the passenger has approached the vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266800 | AUTOMOTIVE AIR WINDSHIELD WIPER - A windshield wiper system is described and comprises of a windshield wiper blade and an air system. The windshield wiper blade can connect to an existing wiper arm on a vehicle. The windshield wiper blade is configured with an air channel and a heating element. The air system includes a fan and an air hose, wherein the air system is adapted to intake air from the fan and blow air through the connected air hose into the air channel in the wiper blade. The air hose is connected to the windshield wiper blade to provide the air from the air system to the windshield wiper blade which is deposited onto the windshield to move water and debris off the windshield while the wiper arm is reciprocating the wiper blade. The heating element warms up the air moving through the air channel to melt ice and snow on the windshield. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266801 | DATA ACQUISITION MODULE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND ASSEMBLIES - In one aspect, a system for acquiring data associated with an agricultural field. The system includes an agricultural machine and a data acquisition (DAQ) module supported relative to the agricultural machine. The DAQ module includes a module housing and one or more sensing devices housed within the module housing. The one or more sensing device are configured to generate data associated with a condition of a field as the agricultural machine travels across the field. In addition, the system includes an air circulation system provided in operative association with the DAQ module that is configured to direct an airflow into an interior of the module housing for circulation therein. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266802 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY WITH A NON-CONTACT SURFACE CLEANING SYSTEM FOR CAMERAS, SENSORS, LIDAR AND THE LIKE - A sensor assembly includes a sensor and a cover disposed adjacent to the sensor to protect the sensor. The cover has an inner cover surface and an outer cover surface opposite the inner cover surface. The inner cover surface faces the sensor, and the outer cover surface faces away from the sensor. The cover has a first end wall and a second end wall apart from the first end wall along a first direction. The sensor assembly includes a cleaning system having a wiper movable along the outer cover surface of the cover in the first direction to clean to the outer cover surface. The wiper is at least partly made of a wiper material, and the wiper material includes a hydrophilic material to facilitate removal of water from the outer cover surface of the cover. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266803 | TWO SPEED TRAILER JACK - A linear jack includes a first sleeve, a second sleeve disposed at least partially within the first sleeve, a third sleeve disposed at least partially within the second sleeve, and a translating screw disposed at least partially within the third sleeve. The linear jack may further include a cover sleeve coupled to the translating screw. The first sleeve is threadedly coupled to the second sleeve. The third sleeve is threadedly coupled to the translating screw. The translating screw may be disposed at least partially within the cover sleeve. The cover sleeve may be configured to translate with the translating screw. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266804 | Pump Housing of a Hydraulic Assembly Having an Outlet Valve Receiving Means - A pump housing of a hydraulic assembly of a vehicle brake system has at least one wheel brake cylinder connection for connecting a wheel brake cylinder to the pump housing, and an outlet valve receiving member associated with the individual wheel brake cylinder connection to receive an outlet valve, which is provided for letting brake fluid out of the wheel brake cylinder into the pump housing. The outlet valve has a valve inlet that can be closed by a closing element with an associated closing force. The outlet valve receiving member has an inlet for letting brake fluid from the wheel brake cylinder into the outlet valve. The inlet is adapted for guiding the brake fluid in a flow direction opposite the closing force when letting the brake fluid into the outlet valve, when the outlet valve is received in the outlet valve receiving member. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266805 | INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC BRAKE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an integrated electronic brake apparatus and a control method thereof. The integrated electronic brake apparatus includes a main controller provided in a first area and configured to: drive a braking motor according to an operation of a pedal, drive an additional braking valve for additional braking, and generate a main control monitoring signal; the sub-controller provided in a second area and configured to: drive a main braking valve for braking of a vehicle and the braking motor according to the operation of the pedal, control a power of the additional braking valve, and generate a sub-control monitoring signal; and a connection bus configured to transfer a transmission/reception signal between the main controller and the sub-controller by connecting the first area and the second area within an enclosure with each other. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266806 | EMERGENCY VEHICLE BRAKING USING CLOSED-LOOP PULSING - A technique controls an electric brake of a vehicle. The technique involves continuously providing power to the electric brake of the vehicle to continuously disengage the electric brake and allow the vehicle to move. The technique further involves, while power is continuously provided to the electric brake and the vehicle is moving, sensing a fault condition. The technique further involves, in response to sensing the fault condition, providing electric pulses to the electric brake in place of continuously providing power to the electric brake, the electric pulses having varying pulse timing that controls braking of the vehicle. Accordingly, the vehicle is able to provide a more consistent braking response regardless of variations in certain factors such as brake calibration and/or current wear, the current weight in the vehicle, the current temperature, etc. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266807 | BRAKE SYSTEM WITH SAFER EMERGENCY STOP FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR SAME - The disclosure is directed to a method for safe emergency stopping of a utility vehicle having an electronically controllable pneumatic brake system with spring brake cylinders on at least one axle. The electronically controllable pneumatic brake system has a service brake system and a first redundancy system. In the event of a first fault in the service brake system, the vehicle is braked by the redundancy system. The electronically controllable brake system furthermore has an unthrottled ventilation path, and a ventilation path, for the ventilation of the spring brake cylinders. The method includes determining a second fault in the redundancy system, and, in response, automatically throttling ventilation of at least one of the spring brake cylinders via the throttled ventilation path to effect slow, safe stopping of the vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266808 | HYDRAULIC AND ELECTROMECHANICAL SERVICE AND PARKING DISC BRAKE - A hydraulic and electromechanical service and parking disc brake may have a service braking system, having at least one hydraulic actuator, a parking braking system having at least one electromechanical actuator transmission irreversibility, a control system connected to the service braking system and to the parking system and a user interface. A translational member of the electromechanical actuator is restrained to be rotationally integral with respect to the caliper via an anti-rotation shape coupling with a guide portion which is integral with the caliper and arranged on a rear side of the translational member, opposite to the free end. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266809 | HYDRAULIC BLOCK OF ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A hydraulic block of an electronic braking device for vehicles, includes: a first input port for receiving brake oil from a master cylinder; a first output port for discharging the brake oil to a wheel brake; a first inlet valve port for accommodating a first inlet valve disposed on a first inlet flow path connecting the first input port to the first output port; and a first outlet valve port for accommodating a first outlet valve disposed on a first outlet flow path configured to depressurize the brake oil. The first outlet flow path is configured to pressurize the first outlet valve in an axial direction of a first plunger mounted inside the first outlet valve and to deliver the brake oil to the first outlet valve. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266810 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY, DRYER, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A sensor assembly includes a fastener body extending from a fastener end to an opposite sensor end along an elongation direction. The sensor end is shaped to be inserted into a sensor port of an air dryer. A sensor substrate includes one or more conductive bodies protruding from the sensor substrate and one or more first conductive pathways coupled with the one or more conductive bodies. The sensor assembly also includes a sensor coupled with the sensor substrate and conductively coupled with the one or more conductive bodies by the one or more first conductive pathways. The sensor is configured to sense a humidity of air flowing through the air dryer. The one or more conductive bodies of the sensor substrate are positioned to engage one or more arcuate or annular conductive pathways in the air dryer in different rotational positions of the fastener body relative to the air dryer. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266811 | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING ROLL-BACK OF AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE ON A SLOPED SURFACE - An agricultural method for preventing roll-back of an agricultural vehicle may include receiving a roll-back prevention input from a speed setting device indicative of a command to increase the transmission speed of the hydrostatic transmission while a service brake of the agricultural vehicle is engaged. Further, the method may include adjusting a speed mapping for the speed setting device from a predetermined speed mapping to a roll-back speed mapping in response to the roll-back prevention input, with the roll-back speed mapping being associated with a reduced speed range. Additionally, the method may include determining a transmission control command associated with a current position of the speed setting device based on the roll-back speed mapping and controlling an operation of the hydrostatic transmission to adjust the transmission speed based at least in part on the transmission control command. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266812 | POWER ELECTRONICS ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A POWER ELECTRONICS ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A power electronics arrangement for a motor vehicle comprises at least one power electronics circuit having at least one temporary storage for electrical energy, a discharge circuit associated with the power electronics circuit for discharging the temporary storage, having a discharge resistance, and a cooling device for cooling the power electronics arrangement, wherein the cooling device comprises a metallic cooling sink, the cooling sink being covered at least partly by an electrically insulating insulator layer, on which the discharge resistance is arranged as a conductor track. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266813 | SUPPLEMENTAL ELECTRIC DRIVE WITH PRIMARY ENGINE RECOGNITION FOR ELECTRIC DRIVE CONTROLLER ADAPTATION - Through-the-road (TTR) hybrid designs using control strategies such as an equivalent consumption minimization strategy (ECMS) or an adaptive ECMS are implemented at the supplemental torque delivering electrically-powered drive axle (or axles) in a manner that follows operational parameters or computationally estimates states of the primary drivetrain and/or fuel-fed engine, but does not itself participate in control of the fuel-fed engine or primary drivetrain. BSFC type data particular to the paired-with fuel-fed engine allows an ECMS implementation (or other similar control strategy) to adapt to efficiency curves for the particular fuel-fed engine and to improve overall efficiencies of the TTR hybrid configuration. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266814 | CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A controller and a control method for a hybrid electric vehicle are provided. An internal combustion engine and a first rotating electric machine are capable of applying power to a driven wheel via a power split device. A deactivating process deactivates combustion control in a deactivated cylinder that corresponds to one or more of cylinders of the internal combustion engine. A first compensation process sets, when the deactivating process is executed, torque of the first rotating electric machine to be larger than torque of the first rotating electric machine obtained prior to starting the deactivating process so as to compensate for at least some of a decrease amount of torque of the internal combustion engine resulting from the deactivating process. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266815 | ELECTRICAL POWER CONTROL METHOD - Systems and methods are described for electrical power control of a hybrid vehicle. A change in an electrical load of an ancillary component of the vehicle is determined. In response to determining the change in the electrical load of the ancillary component, an electrical load of an electrically heated catalyst of the vehicle is adjusted. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266816 | In-Vehicle Actuator Control Method and In-Vehicle Actuator Control Apparatus - When an estimation state of a road noise value based on an angular acceleration of a wheel is a proper estimation state, it is determined whether a background noise of the vehicle is in the high background or the low background noise state according to magnitudes of the road noise value and a predetermined threshold value. When the estimation state is not the proper estimation state, it is determined that the background noise of the vehicle is in the low background noise state regardless of road noise value. When the background noise is in the high background noise state, an output of the in-vehicle actuator is set so noise accompanying an operation of the in-vehicle actuator becomes relatively large. When the background noise is in the low background noise state, an output of the in-vehicle actuator is set so that noise accompanying an operation of the in-vehicle actuator becomes relatively small. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266817 | METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR STABILIZING A VEHICLE - A method for stabilizing a vehicle ( | 2022-08-25 |
20220266818 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM - A vehicle control method controls a vehicle adapted to automated valet parking in a parking lot. The vehicle control method includes a localization process of estimating a vehicle position of the vehicle in the parking lot based on a detection result by a sensor mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle control method further includes a process of accumulating an estimation error of the vehicle position estimated through the localization process. The vehicle control method further includes a first margin setting process of setting a margin distance to be longer than a default value by a correction value that reflects a variance of distribution of the estimation error. The vehicle control method further includes a vehicle stop process of controlling the vehicle such that the vehicle stops the margin distance before a specified stop position in the parking lot based on the vehicle position estimated through the localization process. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266819 | MANAGER, CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE - A manager installed in a vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive, from a plurality of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) applications, a plurality of kinematic plans and identification information of the ADAS applications. The one or more processors are configured to arbitrate the kinematic plans, and calculate a motion request based on arbitration results. The one or more processors are configured to distribute the motion request to at least one actuator system. The one or more processors are configured to determine, when the kinematic plans include a request relating to stopped state holding of the vehicle, a mode of stopped state holding of the vehicle in accordance with the identification information of the ADAS applications. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266820 | VEHICLE SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE SAFETY - The present disclosure introduces a vehicle safety control system and a vehicle safety control method, which recognize, in advance, an obstacle approaching the vehicle around the vehicle, and, when the vehicle and the obstacle come near each other in distance, operate SVM to determine the possibility of collision between the vehicle and the obstacle in advance, and prevent a collision accident by controlling the vehicle on the basis of the possibility of collision between the vehicle and the obstacle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266821 | Testing Predictions For Autonomous Vehicles - A method and apparatus for controlling a first vehicle autonomously are disclosed. For instance, one or more processors may plan to maneuver the first vehicle to complete an action and predict that a second vehicle will take a particular responsive action. The first vehicle is then maneuvered towards completing the action in a way that would allow the first vehicle to cancel completing the action without causing a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle, and in order to indicate to the second vehicle or a driver of the second vehicle that the first vehicle is attempting to complete the action. Thereafter, when the first vehicle is determined to be able to take the action, the action is completed by controlling the first vehicle autonomously according to whether the second vehicle begins to take the particular responsive action. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FUTURE INTENTIONS OF OBJECTS - Systems/methods for operating an autonomous vehicle. The methods comprise, by a computing device: using sensor data to track an object that was detected in proximity to the autonomous vehicle; classifying the object into at least one dynamic state class of a plurality of dynamic state classes; transforming the at least one dynamic state class into at least one goal class of a plurality of goal classes; transforming the at least one goal class into at least one proposed future intention class of a plurality of proposed future intention classes; determining at least one predicted future intention of the object based on the proposed future intention class; and/or causing the autonomous vehicle to perform at least one autonomous driving operation based on the at least one predicted future intention determined for the object. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266823 | Vehicle Motion Control Device, Vehicle Motion Control Method, and Vehicle Motion Control System - A vehicle motion control device according to the present invention obtains a translation force for causing the position of a vehicle to trace a target travel path, on the basis of a lateral displacement amount which is an amount of displacement of the vehicle in a lateral direction with respect to a target movement point, obtain a rotational force for correcting an orientation of the vehicle with respect to the target travel path, on the basis of an orientation displacement amount which is an amount of displacement of the vehicle in a yaw direction with respect to the target movement point, weight the translation force and the rotational force on the basis of specifications relating to traveling of the vehicle, and output a control command for achieving a target lateral force obtained by adding up the weighted translation force and the weighted rotational force. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266824 | ROAD INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS - A road information generation apparatus includes: an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detects a situation around a subject vehicle; and a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing a position of the subject vehicle; recognizing a travel lane of the subject vehicle and a traffic light corresponding to the travel lane of the subject vehicle, installed at an intersection, before the subject vehicle enters the intersection, based on a detection data detected by the in-vehicle detection unit and the position of the subject vehicle recognized in the recognizing, when the intersection is recognized ahead in a traveling direction of the subject vehicle, based on the detection data detected by the in-vehicle detection unit; and generating a road information associating the traffic light recognized in the recognizing the traffic light with the travel lane of the subject vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266825 | SOURCED LATERAL OFFSET FOR ADAS OR AD FEATURES - The present disclosure relates to methods and control devices for providing a road model of a portion of a surrounding environment of a vehicle. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to utilizing stored reference data in the form of a lateral offset of a road reference (e.g. lane marker) in relation to a road boundary in order to either verify a local measurement of the lateral offset or to control a driver-assistance or autonomous driving feature based on the stored reference data. The present disclosure also relates to a method for providing verification data for road model estimations. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266826 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE - The present invention includes: a camera that is mounted in a vehicle and that captures a forward-view image of the vehicle; a learner that learns a traveling line of the host vehicle in a lane from the image captured by the camera; and a vehicle controller that performs control of returning the vehicle to the learned traveling line when a yaw rate due to disturbance is generated. Moreover, in the lane, a range that has a predetermined width from a center of a traveling width is set as a learning range and a range other than the learning range is set as a no-learning range. The learner does not learn the traveling line in the no-learning range. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266827 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for controlling a vehicle ( | 2022-08-25 |
20220266828 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes a controller switching between normal and constant-speed control modes. The normal mode involves controlling a vehicle driving force in accordance with an acceleration-deceleration operation. The constant-speed control mode involves controlling the driving force regardless of the acceleration-deceleration operation to maintain a vehicle speed at a target vehicle speed. In the constant-speed control mode, the controller executes constant-speed control involving calculating the target driving force using integral control and controlling the driving force to the target driving force, interrupts the constant-speed control if a requested driving force corresponding to an accelerator-pedal opening degree exceeds the target driving force, executes override involving controlling the driving force to the requested driving force, and sets an integral-control component based on the requested driving force during the override if a wheel fails to pass over a step when the override is terminated and the constant-speed control is to be resumed. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266829 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSISTIVE ACTION OF A VEHICLE - Methods and systems are provided for providing assistive action to a driver of a vehicle to increase a following distance between the vehicle and a target lead vehicle. In one example, providing assistive action includes, operating the vehicle manually behind a target lead vehicle on a road, including estimating a following distance between the vehicle and the target lead vehicle, and responsive to the following distance being less than a first threshold following distance, providing an assistive action by adjusting a mapping from a driver demand to a wheel torque of the vehicle to increase a perceived resistance of the vehicle to the driver demand as the following distance decreases. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266830 | DRIVING ASSIST METHOD AND DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE - A driving assist device includes a camera and a controller. The camera detects the presence of another vehicle ahead of a host vehicle. The controller sets a detection field of the camera. The controller determines that another vehicle has cut in front of the host vehicle if a degree to which the other vehicle has entered into the detection field exceeds or equals a first prescribed value when the host vehicle is traveling, or the other vehicle has cut in front of the host vehicle if the degree exceeds or equals a second prescribed value that is smaller than the first prescribed value when the host vehicle is stopped. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266831 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADAPTING AT LEAST ONE DRIVING ASSISTANCE FUNCTION OF A VEHICLE TO A TRAILER OPERATING STATE - A method is provided for automatically adapting at least one driving assistance function of a vehicle to a trailer operating state of the vehicle. The method includes using at least one camera of a sensor and camera device for recording data in a recording region in which a trailer could be situated and communicating the data to an evaluation module. The method then includes evaluating the data using evaluation algorithms of the evaluation module for determining whether a trailer is connected to the vehicle and a trailer operating state thus exists. The method proceeds by communicating a trailer operating state from the evaluation module to at least one driving assistance module with at least one driving assistance function if a trailer operating state is determined. The method concludes using the driving assistance module for calculating a mode of the respective driving assistance function adapted to the trailer operating state. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266832 | VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - In a vehicle drive device, a second power source is connected to a first rotating element of a differential mechanism, and the other output shaft of a first output shaft and a second output shaft is connected to a third rotating element so as to be disconnectable and connectable by a disconnection-connection mechanism. A control device places the disconnection-connection mechanism in a disconnected state. When a second traveling mode in which the third rotating element is fixed to a fixing member through engagement of an engaging element is switched to a first traveling mode in which the disconnection-connection mechanism is placed in a connected state, the control device disengages the engaging element, executes synchronous control in which rotational speeds of the other output shaft and the third rotating element are synchronized by a second power source, and switches the disconnection-connection mechanism from the disconnected state to the connected state. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266833 | LAUNCH CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A launch control method for a vehicle may include a step of increasing clutch torque of a clutch according to a decrease in braking pressure, a step of maintaining a current level of the clutch torque for a first reference duration, a step of gradually reducing the clutch torque within a range which is lower than the first reference torque level and is equal to or greater than a second reference torque level which is lower than the first reference torque level, a step of gradually increasing the clutch torque until the clutch torque reaches a third reference torque level which is higher than the first reference torque level, and a step of bringing the control to a stop when a state in which a clutch slip is less than a predetermined critical synchronous slip is maintained for a predetermined critical synchronization duration or longer than the predetermined critical synchronization duration. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266834 | OVERTAKING OF VEHICLES TRAVELLING ON THE SAME ROAD - A method for enabling a safe and smooth overtaking when a first vehicle and a second vehicle travel on the same road. The method includes determining a speed of the second vehicle, and communicating, by a display in the first vehicle, the determined speed or predicted position of the second vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266835 | MONOCULAR VISION RANGING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MONOCULAR CAMERA - Provided is a monocular vision ranging method, including: calculating a first distance between a target and a monocular camera, based on a geometric relationship between the monocular camera and the target; calculating a second distance between the target and the monocular camera, based on a size ratio of the target to a reference target in a corresponding reference image; evaluating credibilities of the first distance and the second distance, and determining weight values assigned to the first distance and the second distance, respectively, in which, the higher the credibilities are, the higher the weight values are; and calculating a final distance between the target and the monocular camera, based on the first distance, the second distance, and the weight values respectively corresponding to the first distance and the second distance. The present application may realize better, more stable, and wider target detection. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266836 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ROAD SURFACE CONDITION - A control system configured to accurately determine a condition of a road surface on which a vehicle travels. A learned model estimates the road surface condition based on the travelling data collected during propulsion of the vehicle, and a controller determines the road surface condition based on the road surface condition estimated by the learned model. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266837 | A METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROAD CONDITIONS - The present disclosure relates to a method for determining road conditions, where the road conditions are arranged to be vehicle independent to thereby improve the usability to any form of vehicles to operate along a segment of a road. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding control arrangement and to a computer program product. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266838 | INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM - An information collection system corrects vehicle state information of each of a plurality of vehicles. Identification information and the vehicle state information is transmitted by a first transmitter, the identification information being information based on which a target vehicle is specified from among the vehicles. Disclosure position information and the identification information are transmitted by a second transmitter, the disclosure position information being set as position information on the target vehicle based on (i) alternative position information indicating a position of the target vehicle in an alternative manner and (ii) disclosure information indicating a disclosure range to disclose the alternative position information. The information collection system includes: an acquisition portion configured to acquire the identification information, the vehicle state information, and the disclosure position information; and a computing device configured to associate the vehicle state information with the disclosure position information based on the identification information. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266839 | Driver Assist Design Analysis System - A driver assist analysis system includes a processing system and a database that stores vehicle data, vehicle operational data, vehicle accident data, and environmental data related to the configuration and operation of a plurality of vehicles with driver assist systems or features. The driver assist analysis system also includes one or more analysis engines that execute on the processing system to determine one or more driving anomalies (e.g., accidents or poor driving operation) based on the vehicle operational data, and that correlate or determine a relationship between the driving anomalies and the operation of the driver assist systems or features. The driver assist analysis system then determines an effectiveness of operation of one or more of the driver assist systems or features as a statistical measure based on the determined relationship and the driver assist analysis system notifies a user or receiver, such as a manufacturer or an insurance company of the statistical measure. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266840 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a driver assistance system. The driver assistance system is provided in a vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266841 | WORKING VEHICLE - A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, a linkage provided on the vehicle body to link a working device, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel, a rear obstacle detector to detect obstacles behind the vehicle body, and a setting changer to change rear setting information regarding obstacle detection performed by the rear obstacle detector. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266842 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING DRIVING BEHAVIOR RISK DEGREE - A method for monitoring driving behavior risk degree, comprises the steps of: acquiring first vehicle size information of a first vehicle, second vehicle size information of a second vehicle, vehicle driving information and vehicle driving environment information; determining the number of overlapping regions of the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the first vehicle size information, the second vehicle size information and the vehicle driving information; and determining risk degree information of driving behavior based on the number of overlapping regions, the vehicle driving information and the vehicle driving environment information. This method may be applied in multiple scenarios, and facilitates drivers or passengers in avoiding them from traffic collision incidents, so that the safeties of the drivers and the passengers is greatly improved. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266843 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, MANAGER, AND VEHICLE - A control device installed in a vehicle, the control device including one or more processors configured to: accept a plurality of first requests from a driver assistance system; perform arbitration of the first requests; calculate a second request that is a physical quantity that is different from the first requests, based on an arbitration result from the arbitration; calculate a third request that is the same physical quantity as the second request, based on a value realized by the vehicle and the first request; and distribute the second request and the third request to at least one of a plurality of actuator systems, wherein the one or more processors are configured to restrict calculation of the third request based on a predetermined condition. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE - A vehicle is provided including an electronic power steering system, an electronic throttle control system, and a stability control system. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266845 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING MONITORING CIRCUIT OF RAMP SIGNAL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a ramp generator configured to generate a ramp signal used to detect data, the ramp signal increasing or decreasing with a certain slope; a main circuit configured to perform at least one predefined function by detecting the data based on the ramp signal; a monitoring circuit configured to output a verify signal indicating whether the ramp signal is faulty; and a controller configured to control execution of the at least one predefined function based on the verify signal. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266846 | CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING INPUT DURING RUNNING ON WAVY ROAD - A control device of a vehicle includes a power transmission device transmitting a power of a power source to drive wheels, the control device comprises: a drive force limiting portion limiting a drive force of the vehicle by an upper limit value when the vehicle is running on a wavy road and a value representing a variation in a predetermined rotation speed of a drive system component disposed between the power source to the drive wheels is equal to or greater than a resonance determination value; an upper limit value setting portion setting the upper limit value to a value corresponding to the wavy road on which the vehicle is currently running, based on current position information indicative of a current position of the vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE - A system for training an operator of a vehicle includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, which includes a safety module and a training module. The safety module has instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine when the vehicle is operating within a safe area based on at least one of: a location of the vehicle and a location of one or more objects with respect to the vehicle. The training module has instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to apply at least one brake of the vehicle when the vehicle is operating within the safe area to cause the vehicle to engage in an oversteer event, and collect operator response information when the vehicle engages in the oversteer event. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266848 | VEHICLE DRIVE FORCE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE DRIVE FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle drive force control method according to the present invention includes calculating an estimated friction circle on the basis of longitudinal and lateral accelerations of a vehicle, limiting a drive force of the vehicle depending on a size of the estimated friction circle, and limiting a change rate of the size of the estimated friction circle during vehicle traveling on the basis of a tire generation force. The method further the change rate as the tire generation force increases. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266849 | A METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A REMOTE COMMAND DATA PACKAGE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE BY A CENTRAL ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE, AS WELL AS A CENTRAL ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE - A method for developing a remote command data package for a motor vehicle by a central electronic computing device involves the central electronic computing device providing a plurality of templates in a user interface of the central electronic computing device. A single template defines at least one generalized vehicle command. A developer of the remote command data package provides a workflow defining logic for the remote command data package using the user interface. The developer provides the workflow using at least one template of the plurality of templates and the central electronic computing device transforms the workflow into the vehicle command depending on the used template. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266850 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle system. A control device provides a basic mode, and establishes for the motor vehicle system a further operating mode that differs from the basic mode in that the further operating mode, compared to the basic mode, provides a predetermined additional operating function, and which further operating mode is currently blocked. The control device outputs media content containing at least one question about a topical context, wherein the media content is a quiz and/or asks the user for motor vehicle relevant data, and receives an input of information and checks this as to whether it meets a predefined match criterion that prescribes a match with a category of the topical context and/or an intended answer and is thus an answer to the at least one question from the output media content. The control device unblocks the blocked operating mode and thereby enables the additional operating function only if the predefined match criterion is met. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266851 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a driving support device including a storage device and a hardware processor, the hardware processor executing a program stored in the storage device to: acquire, from a mobile object, information on existence of a specific situation on a planned travel route, which is set as a route to a destination set by an occupant of the mobile object; plan a coaching item, including notification of warning information relating to traveling of the mobile object and suggestion relating to traveling of the mobile object, based at least on the information; and control a notification device so as to execute the notification and suggestion based on the planed coaching item. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266852 | Vehicle Lateral-Control System with Dynamically Adjustable Calibrations - The techniques of this disclosure relate to a vehicle lateral-control system with dynamically adjustable calibrations. The system includes a controller circuit that receives weather data for a geographic region traveled by a vehicle. The controller circuit receives image data from a camera of a roadway traveled by the vehicle in the geographic region. The controller circuit receives vehicle-state data from one or more vehicle sensors indicating an operating condition of the vehicle on the roadway in the geographic region. The controller circuit adjusts a calibration of vehicle lateral-control features based on the weather data, the image data, and the vehicle-state data. The controller circuit operates the vehicle on the roadway based on the adjusted calibration. The system can increase passenger comfort or reduce an error from a lane centerline when the vehicle is operated in an autonomous-driving mode, which can improve operational safety. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266853 | LIDAR SYSTEM - A LIDAR system includes a laser source, a first lens, and a second lens. The laser source is configured to output a first beam. The first lens includes a planar portion and a convex portion. The first lens is configured to receive the first beam and output a second beam responsive to the first beam. The second lens includes a concave portion and a planar portion. The second lens is configured to receive the second beam and output a third beam responsive to the second beam. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266854 | Method for Operating a Driver Assistance System of a Vehicle and Driver Assistance System for a Vehicle - A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein sensor data are recorded from the surroundings of the vehicle, the recorded sensor data are verified, the verified sensor data are analyzed by a neural network and analyzed sensor data are generated. Based on the analyzed sensor data, control data are generated for controlling the vehicle. During verification of the sensor data, at least first sensor data, which were recorded at a first, earlier point in time, are compared with second sensor data, which were recorded at a second, later point in time, the result of the comparison is cross-checked with a database in which data on perturbations to input data of a neural network are stored, wherein it is checked whether the second sensor data were generated at least in part by a perturbation to the first sensor data that is stored in the database. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266855 | DETERMINATION DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A determination device of an embodiment includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform acquiring a primary determination result of a surrounding environment determined based on a first surroundings image of a vehicle and a certainty degree of the primary determination result, performing secondary determination of the primary determination result based on both a comparison result between the certainty degree and a preset threshold value and a past primary determination result of a surroundings image of the vehicle captured in the past earlier than the first surroundings image, and to outputting a secondary determination result having higher accuracy than the primary determination result. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266856 | PLATFORM FOR PERCEPTION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to methods and systems that utilize the production vehicles to develop new perception features related to new sensor hardware as well as new algorithms for existing sensors by using federated learning. To achieve this, the production vehicle's own worldview is post-processed and used as a reference, towards which the output of the software (SW) or hardware (HW) under development is compared. Through this comparison, a cost function can be calculated and an update of the SW parameters can be locally updated according to this cost function. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266857 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control device includes a first recognizer that recognizes a pair left and right road lane markings on the basis of an output from a detection device and outputs the left and right road lane markings as a first left road lane marking and a first right road lane marking, respectively, a second recognizer that recognizes a pair of left and right road lane markings on the basis of map information and outputs the left and right road lane markings as a second left road lane marking and a second right road lane marking, respectively, determiner that determines whether or not there is a deviation between the first left road lane marking and the second left road lane marking and a deviation between the first right road lane marking and the second right road lane marking, a setter that, in a case where the determiner determines that a deviation is present only in one of a pair of the first left road lane marking and the second left road lane marking and a pair of the first right road lane marking and the second right road lane marking, sets a position at which a predetermined width is offset from the other pair the one pair, as a center of a travel path on which the vehicle is to travel in the future, and a generator that generates the travel path on the basis of the center of the travel path set by the setter. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266858 | Vehicle Travel Control Method and Vehicle Travel Control Device - When an own vehicle changes lanes to another lane different from the traveling lane by override, a traveling control device for a vehicle generates a first travelable area in the traveling lane based on the predicted traveling trajectory in accordance with the override of the own vehicle and generates a second travelable area along the other lane. The traveling control device for the vehicle generates a third travelable area by connecting the first travelable area and the second travelable area, generates an own vehicle traveling trajectory within the third travelable area and controls a motion of the own vehicle so that the own vehicle travels along the own vehicle traveling trajectory. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266859 | SIMULATED AGENTS BASED ON DRIVING LOG DATA - Techniques are discussed herein for executing log-based driving simulations to evaluate the performance and functionalities of vehicle control systems. A simulation system may execute a log-based driving simulation including playback agents whose behavior is based on the log data captured by a vehicle operating in an environment. The simulation system may determine interactions associated with the playback agents, and may convert the playback agents to smart agents during the driving simulation. During a driving simulation, playback agents that have been converted to smart agents may interact with additional playback agents, causing a cascading effect of additional conversions. Converting playback agents to smart agents may include initiating a planning component to control the smart agent, which may be based on determinations of a destination and/or driving attributes based on the playback agent. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266860 | CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control device of a vehicle includes a control target value setting part for setting the first reference value as the control target value when the control demand value is greater than or equal to a second reference value; and a demand signal output part for outputting a control demand signal including the set control target value to the equipment control device. The first reference value is a value wherein an equipment control device outputs a corresponding equipment control signal when the control demand signal including this value as the control target value is sent to the equipment control device. The second reference value is the smallest value among values wherein the equipment control device does not output a corresponding equipment control signal when the control demand signal including this value as the control target value is sent to the equipment control device. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266861 | MOVING OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, MOVING OBJECT, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A moving object control system includes a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors executes the instructions stored in the storage device to determine a stop position of a moving object in a sidewalk region near a specific location in a case where a degree of congestion of a sidewalk near the specific location is less than a threshold value, and determines the stop position in a region that does not belong to the sidewalk region near the specific location in a case where the degree of congestion of the sidewalk near the specific location is equal to or more than the threshold value. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266862 | INTELLIGENT URGENT STOP SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - An autonomous vehicle urgent stop system is disclosed. The autonomous vehicle urgent stop system may include one or more vehicle sensors and/or one or more environmental sensors that either part of the autonomous vehicle or separate from the autonomous vehicle sensors. The urgent stop system may map a safe-stop trajectory for the autonomous vehicle based on the trajectory of the autonomous vehicle and environmental data received from an environmental sensor. The safe-stop trajectory ends in the autonomous vehicle being stopped. In response to an emergency trigger event, the urgent stop system may direct the autonomous vehicle to follow the safe-stop trajectory. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266863 | Combined Acceleration Sensor for High and Low Crash Detection for an Autonomous Vehicle - An acceleration sensor for a vehicle includes a micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) high-G sensing element and low-G sensing element provided in a single MEMS housing in one embodiment. In another embodiment, the high-G sensor and the low-G sensor are integrated as a single MEMS low/high-G sensing element and in another embodiment, the high-G and low-G sensing elements are provided in separate MEMS housings disposed in the same acceleration sensor housing. An application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) processes signals from the high-G/low-G sensing element(s). A collision determination system for an autonomous vehicle processes the high-G/low-G signals to actuate airbags and/or to provide collision information to a remote system. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266864 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING A VEHICLE IN A SURROUNDING AREA - The invention relates to a method for locating a vehicle ( | 2022-08-25 |
20220266865 | REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD - At least one processor of a vehicle is configured to execute at least one program to: generate a speed plan for a first travel route from a blind spot elimination position to a position specified by a control standby condition, the speed plan specifying a speed of the vehicle for a position on the first travel route so as to meet a requirement that the vehicle be decelerated at a predetermined allowable deceleration or less for a predetermined time from the blind spot elimination position to satisfy the control standby condition; and instruct, for a second travel route from a current position of the vehicle to the blind spot elimination position, the vehicle to travel along the second travel route by autonomous driving so as to cause the vehicle to reach a speed specified by the speed plan at the blind spot elimination position. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266866 | ENHANCED VEHICLE AND TRAILER OPERATION - An electrical resistance of a lamp in communication with a computer is determined. A respective classification for each of the electrical resistance, a vehicle length, and a trailer length is determined. Each classification is associated to a respective range of values of one of the electrical resistance, the vehicle length, or the trailer length. Based on the classifications a trailer that is attached to a vehicle is detected. One or more components of the vehicle are actuated to move the trailer. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266867 | Indoor Localization of Autonomous Vehicles - Devices, systems, and methods are provided for indoor localization. A self-driving vehicle may detect a first fiducial marker located at a first location within a building, wherein the first fiducial marker comprises first fiducial marker information associated with the first location. The self-driving vehicle may retrieve the first fiducial marker information from the first fiducial marker. The self-driving vehicle may generate localization information of the self-driving vehicle based on the first fiducial marker information. The self-driving vehicle may utilize the localization information to transition to a second location within the building, wherein the second location comprises a second fiducial marker. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266868 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS IN A FOREST MACHINE - The invention relates to a method in a forest machine. In the method the surroundings of the forest machine are observed using one or more sensors. The observations are assembled to form a database of the surroundings, and the database is utilized in the operation of the forest machine. In the method observations of a limited area are used. In addition, a database is formed in real time in the forest machine. Further, a view is formed from the database of selected observations, from which a track in the surroundings is recognized. The forest machine is then oriented in the direction of the track, once the forest machine's direction of travel relative to the recognized track has been recognized. The invention also relates to a system in a forest machine. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266869 | DRIVING ASSIST METHOD AND DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE - A driving assist method and a driving assist device is provided for controlling a transmission ratio of a continuously variable transmission, which steplessly shifts gears and outputs an engine rotation speed. The driving assist method and a driving assist device continuously performs downshifting until an upshift occurs, when the transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission is controlled so that the engine rotational speed increases in conjunction with an increase in a vehicle speed and the upshift will be performed after the vehicle has accelerated. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266870 | REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM, REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A remote control method includes: sending a remote control request to a remote operator when a vehicle configured to drive autonomously is predicted to have difficulty continuing autonomous driving, the remote control request being a request requesting remote control of the vehicle; performing a determination process of determining whether the vehicle has difficulty continuing the autonomous driving, based on a future travel trajectory of the vehicle generated based on driving environment information; determining necessity of sending the remote control request, based on a determination result of the determination process performed based on a first evaluation criterion; and determining necessity of correcting the travel trajectory, based on a determination result of the determination process performed based on a second evaluation criterion. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266871 | REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD - A remote support system is configured to determine whether a vehicle collides with an object to be avoided when the vehicle gets into a remote control request situation, stop to send a remote control request when the remote support system determines that the vehicle does not collide with the object, generate a first speed plan for the vehicle to continue autonomous driving at a predicted collision position and a second speed plan for the vehicle to stop before reaching the predicted collision position when the remote support system determines that the vehicle collides with the object, and determine to send a remote control request based on the degree of deviation between these speed plans. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266872 | MASS TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE AND DISPATCH MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266873 | ASSESSING PRESENT INTENTIONS OF AN ACTOR PERCEIVED BY AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - Methods of forecasting intentions of actors that an autonomous vehicle (AV) encounters in are disclosed. The AV uses the intentions to improve its ability to predict trajectories for the actors, and accordingly making decisions about its own trajectories to avoid conflict with the actors. To do this, for any given actor the AV determines a class of the actor and detects an action that the actor is taking. The system uses the class and action to identify candidate intentions of the actor and evaluating a likelihood of each candidate intention. The system repeats this process over multiple cycles to determine overall probabilities for each of the candidate intentions. The AV's motion planning system can use the probabilities to determine likely trajectories of the actor, and accordingly influence the trajectory that the AV will itself follow in the environment. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266874 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE MOTION PLANNING - Systems/methods for operating an autonomous vehicle. The methods comprise: detecting an object in proximity to the autonomous vehicle; determining a path of travel for the object that comprises a number of data points that is equal to a given number of vehicle locations selected based on a geometry of a lane in which the object; generating cost curves respectively associated with the data points, each cost curve representing a displacement cost to be at a particular location along a given cross line that (i) passes through a respective data point of said data points and (ii) extends perpendicular to and between boundary lines of the lane; determining a polyline representing displacements of the cost curves from a center of the lane; defining a predicted path of travel for the object based on the polyline; and using the predicted path of travel for the object to facilitate autonomous driving operation(s). | 2022-08-25 |
20220266875 | STATION WITH INFINITE INGRESS AND EGRESS TIMES FOR USE IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - A ride system adapted to eliminate delays caused by variances in loading or unloading through the inclusion of an infinite ingress/egress station within the ride path. The station provides a system to circumvent the vehicle in series design methodology, which allows the station to operate to pull a vehicle out of the line or series of vehicles if an issue arises during loading or unloading. This is achieved using a circular turntable that is rotated with a series of vehicles attached to the outer edge of the rotating turntable so as to be moved along the ride path by the turntable during loading and unloading operations. The station is configured to allow a vehicle identified as having load or unload issues to continue to travel with or around the turntable instead of being released into the attraction along the ride path as would be the case for properly loaded/unloaded vehicles. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266876 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method includes a first control system having one or more processors onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a remote vehicle. The second control system automatically restricts movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The processors detect a signal instance of an operator actuating an input device, and communicate a vehicle information request message to the second control system. The second control system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers, that includes a vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle, to the processors. The processors communicate a wireless linking message, including a request to establish a communication link, to the remote vehicle based on the vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266877 | BOGIE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE - A bogie for a railway vehicle | 2022-08-25 |
20220266878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNALLING EVENTS THROUGH A VISIBILITY MARKER ASSOCIATED WITH A TRAIN - An End-of-Train device, a system and a method for signaling events through a visibility marker is provided. The method includes identifying an illumination pattern generated by the visibility marker associated with an End-of-Train device on a leading train, wherein the illumination pattern is identified based on output of one or more secondary sensors on the follower train, and wherein the illumination pattern is indicative of an event affecting an operation of the leading train. Based on the identified illumination pattern one or more instructions to be executed are determined. Further, the one or more instructions are executed for signalling events through the visibility marker associated with the follower train. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266879 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PREVENTING A LOCKED AXLE - Methods are provided that may include determining one or more of a vibration characteristic or a fluid characteristic of one or more components of a vehicle and determining one or more expected characteristics for the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic. The methods may also include determining whether the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic deviates from the one or more expected respective characteristics, and implementing one or more responsive actions in response to determining that the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic deviates from the one or more expected characteristics. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266880 | Anti-Collision Device and System for Use with a Railcar - An anti-collision system for railcars and locomotives provides a distance ranging and worker coupling protection system utilizing remote-sensing radar techniques for use with a locomotive and railcar. The anti-collision system may include an object detector device attached to a railcar or a locomotive that detects objects in a path of the railcar and the locomotive and a train display device electrically connected to the object detector device. The anti-collision system may also include an emergency action device which enables a crew member to stop the railcar or locomotive without communication to a locomotive operator when a hazard is recognized. The object detector device may include a remote sensor, a radio, and a microprocessor programmed to include data-logging to record and log all data from the anti-collision system. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266881 | METHOD AND MEASURING VEHICLE FOR DETERMINING AN ACTUAL POSITION OF A TRACK - A method for determining an actual geometry of a track by a track inspection vehicle which is movable on the track, wherein reference points positioned in a lateral environment of the track are automatically recorded by a non-contacting recording system arranged on the track inspection vehicle and their respective actual distance from the track is determined. A three-dimensional trajectory of the track is recorded by an inertial measuring system arranged on the track inspection vehicle, wherein the trajectory is divided by a computing unit into trajectory sections each having a section starting point related to a first reference point and a section end point related to a second reference point, wherein a virtual longitudinal chord is defined for each trajectory section in relation to the assigned reference points, and wherein actual distances between the trajectory and the respectively defined longitudinal chord are calculated for each trajectory section. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266882 | Unmanned Rail Vehicle And Method Of Determining Its Position - An unmanned rail vehicle for surveillance, inspection and/or maintenance of an infrastructure, the infrastructure including a rail structure with a rail, the unmanned rail vehicle being movable along the rail and the unmanned rail vehicle including a first position sensor system configured for measuring, by interaction with the rail structure, first position data indicative of a position of the unmanned rail vehicle along the rail, a second position sensor system configured for measuring, by interaction with the rail structure, second position data indicative of a position of the unmanned rail vehicle along the rail, a position determining unit configured for receiving and combining first and second position data to determine the position of the unmanned rail vehicle along the rail. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266883 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR AXLES OF A VEHICLE - A monitoring system is provided that may include a sensor configured to detect at least one characteristic related to at least one axle of a first vehicle. The monitoring system may also include a controller having one or more processors in communication with the sensor. The one or more processors may be configured to restrict movement of the first vehicle based at least in part on the at least one characteristic related to the at least one vehicle axle, and vary movement of a second vehicle based at least in part on the at least one characteristic related to the at least one vehicle axle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266884 | CTC3.0-BASED IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR ROUTE HANDLING OF REGIONAL CENTRALIZED CONTROL STATION - The present invention relates to a CTC3.0-based implementation method for route handling of a regional centralized control station. The method is based on a CTC3.0 technology, and includes the following steps: step (1): generating multi-station train and shunting plans according to a multi-station planning terminal, and executing steps (2) and (4) at the same time; step (2): sending the train plan to an autonomous computer to generate a train route sequence, and executing step (3); step (3): sending, by the autonomous computer, the train route sequence to a regional centralized control route handling terminal; step (4): compiling, by the multi-station planning terminal, an automatically generated shunting route sequence in the shunting plan, and executing step (5); and step (5): synchronizing, by a center service, the shunting route sequence to the regional centralized control route handling terminal. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages of wide applications, safety, convenience, capability of effectively realizing multi-station management of a regional centralized control station, and the like. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266885 | Dolly Assembly - A dolly assembly for transporting a grain aeration fan includes a frame, which is shaped and sized so that the frame is complementary to a base of load. Each of a pair of wheels is engaged to a respective opposed end of an axle. The axle is engaged to a back of the frame and extends from a first side of the frame past a second side thereof. A handle is engaged to the back of the frame proximate to the second side. A user can grasp the handle and tilt the frame so that a center of mass of the load is positioned above the axle. A forward view of the user is not blocked by the load. A leveling unit is engaged to and extends perpendicularly from the frame proximate to a front thereof. The leveling unit and the wheels support the frame in a substantially horizontal configuration. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266886 | Equipment Transportation Cart - A cart has a rectangular forward and rear frame structures both pivoted on a common axle carrying two wheels, lengthwise pieces joining side pieces of the frame structures on both sides, implementing triangular sides for the cart and forming an upper plane, other lengthwise pieces joining a cross pieces of the frame structures to form a support plane parallel to and lesser in width than the upper plane, a central two-inch square metal tubing joined below the forward frame structure from the axle structure to beyond an upper extent of the forward frame structure, a yoke assembly with a single front wheel; and a handle structure joined to the rear frame structure at an upper cross piece. The first and second lengthwise pieces serve as sides to restrain cargo loaded in the cart on the support plane formed by the third and fourth lengthwise pieces. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266887 | WHEELED CARRYING APPARATUS - A wheeled carrying apparatus includes a handle frame rotatable relative to a standing frame between a first and a second position, a wheel mount pivotally connected with the standing frame, a wheel mount latch adapted to lock and unlock the wheel mount with respect to the standing frame, an actuating assembly coupling the wheel mount latch to the handle frame so that the wheel mount latch is movable to engage and disengage the wheel mount in response to a rotation of the handle frame, and a release mechanism including an operating part that is coupled to the actuating assembly via a cable assembly. The cable assembly includes a flexible part configured to stretch or loosen as the handle frame rotates between the two positions, the operating part being operable to cause the wheel mount latch to disengage from the wheel mount when the handle frame is in the first position. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266888 | SEAT MODULE AND TRANSPORTATION DEVICE - A transportation device includes a frame and a seat module. The seat module includes a seat body, a calf rest and an operating member. The seat body is pivotally connected to the frame and the seat body has a first engaging portion. The calf rest is pivotally connected to the seat body. The operating member has a press portion, an elastic portion, a pivotal portion and a second engaging portion. The operating member is pivotally connected to the calf rest by the pivotal portion. The elastic portion abuts against the calf rest. The second engaging portion engages with the first engaging portion, such that the calf rest is kept at a predetermined position. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266889 | STEERING COLUMN TELESCOPE POSITIVE LOCK AND BREAKAWAY DEVICE - An adjustment subassembly for a steering column assembly including a telescope plate ( | 2022-08-25 |
20220266890 | TELESCOPIC UNLOCKING MECHANISM - A locking mechanism for an axially adjustable steering column includes a lock cam including a cam portion and a hub portion, wherein the cam portion and the hub portion are independent, separately formed components. The locking mechanism also includes a pin extending through the cam portion to permit the cam portion to pivot. The locking mechanism further includes a toothed portion formed on the cam portion for pivoting into engagement with teeth associated with the axially adjustable steering column in a locked position and out of engagement with the teeth in an unlocked position. The locking mechanism yet further includes an interface surface on the hub portion that includes at least one angled surface that interfaces with an adjustable lever and biases the cam portion from the locked position to the unlocked position. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266891 | SENSOR DEVICE FOR STEERING ACTUATOR - A sensor device for a steering actuator, the sensor device may include: a pinion shaft mounted on a housing part; a first pinion gear integrated with the pinion shaft by injection molding; and a sensor unit coupled to the first pinion gear. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266892 | Drive Module Having Wheel - The present disclosure provides a drive module that includes a drive part that is coupled to a wheel and has first to third motors. The drive part also includes a sensor part that has first to third sensors to detect a motion of the drive part. The sensor part includes a first sensor that is configured to detect a motion of the first rotary shaft, a second sensor that is configured to detect a motion of the second rotary shaft and a third sensor that is configured to detect a motion of the third rotary shaft. | 2022-08-25 |
20220266893 | RACK-DRIVEN POWER ASSISTED STEERING APPARATUS - The present embodiments provide a rack-driven power assisted steering apparatus including a rack bar having an outer circumferential screw groove formed, a ball nut having an inner circumferential screw groove and a pair of first and second ball circulation holes, a nut pulley provided with a space on the inner circumferential surface spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the ball nut and coupled to an end of the ball nut, and a return tube disposed between the outer circumferential surface of the ball nut and the inner circumferential surface of the nut pulley. | 2022-08-25 |