43rd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210331626 | Vehicle Seat Console - A vehicle seat console has at least one vehicle-side guide element and at least one seat-side guide element which is arranged parallel to the vehicle-side guide element. The vehicle seat console also has at least one longitudinal adjustment device which is acted upon by a drive device and is designed to produce a relative adjustment between the vehicle-side guide element and the seat-side guide element. A force-limiting device with a force-limiting element is provided between the longitudinal adjustment device and the vehicle-side guide element and/or between the longitudinal adjustment device and the seat-side guide element. The force-limiting element has a first deformation section which deforms under the effect of a force acting thereon above a specified force threshold. The force-limiting element has a second deformation section which is guided by a deflecting assembly. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331627 | Top Tube Adaptor - A top tube adaptor contains: a body, two fixers, and a slidable rod. The body includes at least one slot, and a respective positioning rack has multiple teeth. The slidable rod includes a channel and a locking seat for accommodating a rotatable connector. The rotatable connector includes two shafts, a press portion, a button, an orientation segment, an engagement portion, and a first resilient element. A respective fixer includes a curved hook, a cutout, two tabs, a coupling projection, a column, and a second resilient element. The second resilient element has two abutting segments, one of the two abutting segments abuts against the two tabs, and the other abutting segment contacts with or removes from the coupling projection so as to close or open the cutout. The two fixers are connected with two ends of the slidable rod respectively. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331628 | A-PILLAR DISPLAY DEVICE, A-PILLAR DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - An A-pillar display device includes an interior camera, an exterior camera, a display, and a processor. The interior camera is mounted on an A-pillar inside a vehicle and configured to acquire facial images of a driver while driving. The exterior camera is mounted on the A-pillar outside the vehicle and configured to acquire a scene outside the vehicle. The display is mounted on the A-pillar inside the vehicle and configured to display the scene. The processor is configured to calculate head twisting data and visual field data according to the facial images, adjust a first shooting angle of the interior camera according to the head twisting data, and adjust a second shooting angle of the exterior camera according to the visual field data. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331629 | VEHICLE PARTITION - A vehicle partition configured to separate a first region and a second region of a vehicle cabin is provided. The vehicle partition may include a first panel member having a first attachment member configured to attach to a first seat of the vehicle cabin, a second panel member having a second attachment member configured to attach to a second seat of the vehicle cabin, and a third panel member connecting the first panel member to the second panel member. The first panel member may include a first panel and a first angled edge that is angled away from the first panel. The second panel member may include a second panel and a second angled edge that is angled away from the second panel. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331630 | SILENCING MEMBER FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE - Provided is a silencing member for an electrified vehicle, which can suitably reduce a narrow band sound generated by a motor or the like, can handle a plurality of frequencies, can prevent generation of a wind noise, and can be miniaturized and thinned. The silencing member for an electrified vehicle includes a film type resonance structure which silences a sound generated from a sound source which is disposed in an electrified vehicle, in which the sound source generates a narrow band sound, the film type resonance structure is disposed in the same space as the sound source or in a vehicle cabin of the electrified vehicle, the film type resonance structure includes at least one film-like member, a frame which supports the film-like member to allow vibration thereof, and a back plate which is installed in the frame to face the film-like member, the film-like member, the frame, and the back plate form a back space surrounded by the film-like member, the frame, and the back plate, and the sound generated from the sound source is silenced by film vibration due to the film-like member of the film type resonance structure. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331631 | Retainers for Elongated Members in Vehicles - A retainer is disclosed that is configured to receive at least one elongated member in a vehicle. The retainer includes a body and first and second receptacles that are supported by the body. The first receptacle defines a first channel that is configured to receive a first elongated member (e.g., a cable, a wire, a rod, etc.) and includes a first finger that extends towards the second receptacle. The second receptacle defines a second channel that is configured to receive a second elongated member (e.g., a cable, a wire, a rod, etc.) and includes a second finger that extends towards the first receptacle. In certain embodiments, the first finger and the second finger may be formed as discrete structures so as not to interfere with flexure of the first receptacle and the second receptacle during insertion and removal of the first elongated member and the second elongated member. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331632 | HOLDER AND WIRE HARNESS - A holder including a tubular main body that includes a pair of split bodies, and a hinge that couples the pair of split bodies so that the pair of split bodies can be opened and closed, the tubular main body being configured to be inserted into the tube; and a pair of projections that each have a press surface to be pressed against by an ejector pin, and are respectively formed protruding radially outward from outer circumferential surfaces of the pair of split bodies, wherein the pair of projections are formed so that when the pair of split bodies are opened with the hinge used as a pivot point, the pair of projections come into contact with each other before the outer circumferential surfaces of the pair of split bodies come into contact with each other. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331633 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness having a bent router configured to be routed in a bent manner in a vehicle, the wire harness including: a wire; an exterior tube enclosing an outer peripheral surface of the wire; and a heat transfer tube having a rectangular tubular shape, provided between the wire and the exterior tube, and contacting an entire periphery of both the outer peripheral surface of the wire and an inner peripheral surface of the exterior tube, wherein the wire has an exposed part not covered by the heat transfer tube. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331634 | COMBINATION CABLE FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a combination cable for a vehicle that is capable of reducing noise interference and cross-talk between twisted pair wires. The combination cable for a vehicle includes a wire bundle and a sheath covering the wire bundle. The wire bundle includes a two-core first twisted pair wire, a two-core second twisted pair wire, a one-core first wire, and a one-core second wire. When viewed in cable cross-section, the wire bundle has the first twisted pair wire disposed on one side of a center line that runs from a center of the first wire to a center of the second wire, and has the second twisted pair wire disposed on the other side of the center line, and the first twisted pair wire and the second twisted pair wire are separated from each other. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331635 | INTEGRATED OPERATOR CENTRIC CONTROLS - A vehicle includes a rolling chassis structure and a working component coupled to the rolling chassis structure. The rolling chassis structure includes a chassis, a non-working component, and a control interface. The non-working component is coupled to the chassis and is configured to facilitate transit operations for the rolling chassis structure. The control interface is disposed in a cab area of the chassis. The control interface is communicably coupled to the non-working component and is configured to control operation of the non-working component. The working component is configured to move relative to the chassis and is communicably coupled to the control interface. The control interface is configured to control movement of the working component. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331636 | INTEGRATED OPERATOR CENTRIC CONTROLS - A vehicle includes a chassis, a non-working component, a working component, a control interface module, and a control interface. The non-working component is coupled to the chassis and configured to facilitate transit operations for the vehicle. The working component is coupled to the chassis and configured to move relative to the chassis. The control interface module is communicably coupled to the working component and the non-working component. The control interface is communicably coupled to the control interface module and configured to control operations of the working component and the non-working component. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331637 | INTEGRATED OPERATOR CENTRIC CONTROLS - A vehicle, includes a control interface module, a rolling chassis structure, a working component, and a control interface. The rolling chassis structure includes a chassis and a non-working component. The non-working component is coupled to the chassis and configured to facilitate transit operations for the rolling chassis structure. The non-working component is communicably coupled to the control interface module. The working component is coupled to the rolling chassis structure and is configured to move relative to the chassis. The working component is communicably coupled to the control interface module. The control interface is communicably coupled to the control interface module and configured to receive one or more user commands. The control interface is configured to control an operation of at least one of the working component and the non-working component in response to the one or more user commands | 2021-10-28 |
20210331638 | HUB ROTATION IMAGING CONTROL SYSTEM - A hub rotation imaging control system, includes a power management unit, which can output required direct current for other units; a parameter monitoring unit, which can monitor surrounding environment data of the hub and vehicle driving data; a main control management unit, which can receive the environment data and vehicle driving data monitored by the parameter monitoring unit, and generate video data and control instructions according to the environment data and vehicle driving data; and a data processing unit, which can receive the video data and control instructions generated by the main control management unit, and output drive signals to drive hub imaging. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331639 | INTEGRATED BATTERY BOOSTER FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD - A device for providing additional electrical power to an engine powered vehicle comprising a vehicle battery and an alternator, the device comprises an auxiliary battery. The auxiliary battery is installed within or mounted to the vehicle and maintained therein during driving of the vehicle. Electrical communication between the auxiliary battery and the vehicle battery is provided. The auxiliary battery provides for supplying additional electrical power for starting the engine when the vehicle battery is depleted and/or for recharging the vehicle battery to avoid depletion thereof. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331640 | VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE - A vehicle body front structure includes front frames, first and second bumper beams, sub-frames, gussets, and load transmission members. The front frames extend in a front-rear direction. The first bumper beam is disposed in front of the front frames. The first bumper beam extends in a vehicle width direction. The sub-frames are disposed below the front frames. The sub-frames extend in the front-rear direction. The second bumper beam is coupled to front ends of the sub-frames. Ends of the second bumper beam protrude further outward than the first bumper beam. Each gusset is coupled to a corresponding one of ends of the second bumper beam and a corresponding one of intermediate portions of the sub-frames. The gussets transmit an impact load to the intermediate portions. The load transmission members are coupled to the sub-frames. The load transmission members are disposed on outer side surfaces of the front frame. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331641 | UNIFORM DECELERATION UNIT CRASH BOX - A crash box may include one or more layers arranged to absorb crash energy. In some embodiments, the crash box includes a first layer having an outer skin defining a periphery of the first layer and at least one of: 1) a rib and web structure, and 2) an array of tubes disposed within the outer skin for absorbing crash energy, and a second layer adjacent to the first layer, the second layer having an outer skin defining a periphery of the second layer and at least one of: 1) a rib and web structure, and 2) an array of tubes disposed within the outer skin for absorbing crash energy. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331642 | GUARD ASSEMBLY - A guard assembly for a canopy of a machine includes a roof portion defining a first end, a second end, and a first length. The guard assembly includes at least two bracket members fixedly coupled to the roof portion. The at least two bracket members define a plurality of first through-holes and a plurality of second through-holes. Each of the plurality of first and second through-holes aligns with a corresponding aperture of the plurality of apertures in the frame member to receive a mechanical fastener therethrough. The guard assembly also includes at least two first support structures spaced apart along a first length defined by the roof portion. The guard assembly further includes at least one second support structure extending along the first length defined by the roof portion. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331643 | SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS - A side airbag may include: a bracket coupled to a side portion of a seat; a housing to which the bracket is coupled along the edge thereof through insert molding, and which has an internal housing space communicating with the outside through an opening formed on one side thereof; a cover formed as one body with the housing so as to close the opening, and having a tear line formed along the edge thereof; and a cushion housed in the housing space, and deployed to the outside through the opening by an inflation force while tearing the tear line, when gas is supplied thereto. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331644 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO AN OCCUPANT AND/OR A SEAT BELT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SEAT BELT ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - It is provided a method for determining information with respect to an occupant and/or a seat belt of a motor vehicle, wherein the seat belt includes a plurality of sensors. The method comprises the following steps: determining a force acting on each of the sensors in a sensor coordinate system associated with each of the sensors; generating a numerical model of the seat belt and the sensors in an initial state; generating a final state of the model by varying positions and/or orientations of portions of the modeled seat belt, which are in a fixed geometrical relationship with the represented positions and/or orientations of at least some of the sensors; and determining the information with respect to the occupant and/or the seat belt based on the course of the modeled seat belt in the final state. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331645 | Electric vehicle - Provided is an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle includes: a first power source, a target component and an electrical control component integrated to the target component; the first power source is connected with the electrical control component and is configured to supply the power to the electrical control component; and the electrical control component is configured to unlock, under a condition in which the electric vehicle is locked, when target information matched with a stored target account number is detected, the electric vehicle. With the disclosure, the problems of complex structural design and troublesome unlocking operation of the electric vehicle in the related art are solved. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331646 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF A VEHICLE USING MOBILE DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to aspects of authenticating a mobile device and providing a vehicle access key thereto when a previously registered mobile device is not accessible. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method includes requesting at a first mobile device, access to a profile associated with controlling operations of a vehicle, the profile having stored thereon an access key for operating the vehicle, the access key having been previously installed on a second mobile device. The method further includes upon successful authorization, receiving the access key at the first device and operating the vehicle using the access key on the first mobile device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331647 | IN-VEHICLE COMPLEX BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An in-vehicle complex biometric authentication system includes: a sensor to sense a driver's boarding of a vehicle; a controller to perform driver authentication based on biometric information sensed by multiple biometric sensors when driver's boarding in a vehicle is detected by the sensor, and to collect driver's identification information and driving habit information during operation of a vehicle when the driver authentication is succeeded; and a memory to store the identification information and driving habit information as implicit authentication information, wherein the controller further detects situation recognition information related to the implicit authentication information, after the driver authentication is succeeded, and determines whether to perform additional authentications based on the matching result of the detected situation recognition information with the implicit authentication information. According the present invention, the system can provide a biometric authentication system to which the IOT is applied. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331648 | TRACKING AND VIDEO INFORMATION FOR DETECTING VEHICLE BREAK-IN - The present specification relates to systems and methods capable of detecting and tracking a perpetrator of the vehicle break-in. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of tracking a perpetrator of a break-in in a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes detecting, using one or more sensors, that the vehicle has been broken in and monitoring the perpetrator during the break-in using in-vehicle data from the one or more sensors. The method further includes receiving the crowdsourced data on the perpetrator and combining the in-vehicle data and the crowdsourced data to form an integrated data set. Finally, the method tracks the perpetrator using the integrated data set. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331649 | SENSOR APPARATUS WITH CLEANING - A sensor apparatus includes a sensor window, a nozzle head coupled to the sensor window and including a first orifice and a second orifice, and a deflector fixed relative to the sensor window. The first orifice is shaped to discharge onto a first region of the sensor window. The second orifice is shaped to discharge onto a second region of the sensor window. The deflector is positioned to deflect at least some of the discharge from the second orifice onto a third region of the sensor window. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331650 | DE-ICING SYSTEM FOR A SENSOR - A de-icing system for a sensor is provided. The de-icing system has a heating element for tempering a fluid, a flow generator for driving a fluid, and a cover element, which separates an external area from an internal area. The cover element is configured in such a way that a fluid driven by the flow generator flows along the cover element, in order to heat the cover element up. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331651 | SENSOR APPARATUS WITH CLEANING - A sensor apparatus includes a sensor window; a first nozzle adjacent to the sensor window and oriented to blow across the sensor window, the first nozzle positioned below the sensor window and in a first horizontal direction away from the sensor window, the first nozzle being slot-shaped with a first length and a first thickness; and a second nozzle adjacent to the first nozzle and oriented to blow across the sensor window, the second nozzle positioned below the sensor window and in the first horizontal direction away from the sensor window, the second nozzle being slot-shaped with a second length and a second thickness. The second nozzle is farther from the sensor window in the first horizontal direction than the first nozzle, and the first length of the first nozzle is greater than the second length of the second nozzle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331652 | WHEEL CARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR A FRONT AXLE OR REAR AXLE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A wheel carrier assembly for a front axle or rear axle of a motor vehicle, with a wheel carrier part on which a link for a control arm assembly, a fixing device for a damper strut and a recess for a wheel bearing are provided. The wheel carrier part includes an air guide device for supplying air to a disk brake assembly, which as brake parts has at least a brake disk and a brake caliper. The wheel carrier part has a circumferentially hollow wheel carrier housing part. The air guide device includes at least one air inlet opening and at least one air outlet opening directed onto a brake part. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331653 | AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE-TRAILER COMBINATION - An agricultural vehicle-trailer-combination includes a traction vehicle including an engine and at least one ground engagement mechanism. A trailer is coupled to the traction vehicle. A service brake is operably controlled by the engine to brake. The combination includes a sensor and a control unit disposed in communication with the sensor, wherein a slip or a slip gradient on the ground engagement mechanism is sensed between the ground engagement mechanism and the ground surface. A trailer brake disposed on the trailer is adjustably controlled by the control unit. The trailer brake is adjustably controlled when the service brake of the traction vehicle is actuated, and the trailer is braked by the trailer brake as a function of the slip or the slip gradient when the slip reaches or exceeds a predeterminable slip braking value or the slip gradient reaches a predeterminable slip gradient braking interval. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331654 | Bistable Solenoid Valve for a Hydraulic Brake System, and Method for Actuating a Valve of this Type - A bistable solenoid valve for a hydraulic brake system, includes a guide sleeve, in which an upper and a lower non-moving pole core are arranged fixedly and a closing element is arranged movably, wherein the closing element penetrates into a valve seat during a closing movement and lifts up from the valve seat during an opening movement. The closing element is connected fixedly to a permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnet is positioned between the lower and the upper pole core. A coil group is positioned around the guide sleeve and substantially encloses the guide sleeve. The coil group includes at least two coils, wherein the coil group is configured in such a way that an actuation of a movement of the closing element takes place by means of an activation of the at least two coils. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331655 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING VEHICLE'S BRAKE SYSTEM IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM - A method and device for monitoring a vehicle's brake system in an autonomous driving system are disclosed. The method includes: setting criteria information for determining whether the brake system is operating normally; receiving information related to the vehicle's braking; performing neural network training based on the braking-related information; determining whether the brake system is operating normally based on results of the neural network training and the criteria information; and giving feedback to a user based on the determination. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, vehicle driving safety can be ensured by notifying the user in a timely manner that the vehicle's braking-related parts should be replaced or calibrated. In the present invention, one or more among an autonomous vehicle, a user terminal, and a server may be associated with an artificial intelligent module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)) robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a 5G service-related device, etc. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331656 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYDRODYNAMIC MACHINE AND HYDRODYNAMIC MACHINE - A method for controlling a hydrodynamic machine, including the steps of: providing a hydrodynamic machine which includes a bladed primary wheel and a bladed secondary wheel, which together form a working chamber, which can be filled with a working medium from a working medium supply contained in a working medium reservoir, to transfer drive power hydrodynamically from the bladed primary wheel to the bladed secondary wheel by forming a working medium circuit in the working chamber; applying a control pressure to the working medium supply in order to force the working medium from the working medium supply into the working chamber; detecting, at least indirectly, a pressure increase in the working medium reservoir, when the control pressure is applied to the working medium supply; and determining, as a function of the pressure increase that has been detected, a fill level of the working medium supply in the working medium reservoir. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331657 | Vehicle Braking System - An electro-pneumatic vehicle braking system including a control line, a modulator valve for controlling the supply of pressurised fluid to at least one brake actuator, a primary valve assembly and a secondary valve assembly, the primary valve assembly and the secondary valve assembly each being fluidly communicable with a source of pressurised fluid, and each of the primary and secondary valve assemblies being fluidly communicable with a control valve assembly, the control valve assembly being configurable in a first configuration to enable fluid communication between the primary valve assembly and the modulator valve, to provide a pneumatic control signal to the modulator valve, in a second configuration to enable fluid communication between the secondary valve assembly and the modulator valve, to provide a pneumatic control signal to the modulator valve, and in a third configuration in which fluid communication between either of the primary and secondary valve assemblies and the modulator valve is prevented and fluid communication between the control line and the modulator valve is enabled, to provide a pneumatic control signal to the modulator valve. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331658 | ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE APPARATUS - An electrohydraulic brake apparatus includes: a reservoir; a stroke sensor; a plurality of wheel brake assemblies; a main master cylinder; an electric booster; an electronic stability control system; and an electronic control unit configured to control the ESC system so that a fluid pressure supplied to the ESC system brakes only part of the plurality of wheel brake assemblies when the pedaling amount is less than or equal to a first reference, and to control the ESC system so that the fluid pressure supplied to the ESC system brakes all of the plurality of wheels brake assemblies when the pedaling amount is greater than the first reference. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331659 | MODE 9 DATA VEHICLE APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A system includes a computing device with memory configured to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions for operations that include causing a request for mode 9 information to be transmitted from the computing device to a vehicle remote from the computing device. The request causes a controller of an auxiliary vehicle propulsion system to access a network bus of the vehicle within a pre-determined time period after the auxiliary vehicle propulsion system is installed and activated on the vehicle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331660 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A vehicle includes an engine, a second MG for running, a battery that supplies and receives electric power to and from the second MG, and an ECU. The ECU is configured to control the engine and the second MG and to execute intake air amount learning. When the SOC of the battery exceeds a second threshold value that is higher than a first threshold value while the vehicle is running using the second MG with the engine in a stopped state, the ECU maintains the engine in the stopped state and maintains the second MG in a driven state, and then does not execute the intake air amount learning. When the SOC of the battery takes a value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the ECU starts the engine, drives the second MG with constant torque, and executes the intake air amount learning. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331661 | HYBRID VEHICLE BACK EMF CONTROL APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A system includes a computing device with memory configured to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions for operations that include receiving information that represents when a voltage of an energy storage system of a hybrid vehicle decreases to a pre-determined voltage value, determining a value of a back electromagnetic field (EMF) generated by an electric motor powered by the energy storage system when a commanded torque of the electric motor is zero, and causing a regenerative current to be provided to the energy storage system. The regenerative current provided is configured to maintain the voltage of the energy storage system at or above the pre-determined voltage value responsive to the commanded torque of the electric motor being zero and the voltage of the energy storage system being reduced to the pre-determined voltage value. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331662 | OFF-HIGHWAY AUTO EV MODE - Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for an off-road vehicle control system. The control system for the vehicle includes at least one of a navigation unit or a sensor. The navigation unit is configured to obtain a current location of the vehicle. The sensor is configured to obtain sensor data of a surrounding environment of the vehicle. The control system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is coupled to the at least one of the navigation unit or the sensor. The electronic control unit is configured to set the vehicle into an electrical vehicle (EV) mode based on the current location of the vehicle or the sensor data. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331663 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Method and system that includes receiving data about (1) a driver's expected vehicle performance and (2) a difference between the driver's expected vehicle performance and an estimated actual vehicle performance, and based on the received data determining control signals for an electric drivetrain system to effect the driver's expected vehicle performance. A vehicle control system that incorporates one or machine learning functions to control a drivetrain that is decoupled from a driver. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331664 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE ON A BEND AND ROLL STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for controlling a vehicle when driving on a bend, includes determining bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle, determining predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend, and determining the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value. A roll stability control system outputs a reduced deceleration request if the predicted lateral acceleration values undershoot the lateral acceleration limit value at least in certain regions. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331665 | MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER FOR AUTOMATED VALET PARKING SERVICE, SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD, AND SERVICE UTILIZING VEHICLE - A management controller manages an automated valet parking service in which a vehicle travels autonomously to enter or exit a designated parking position in a parking lot having a plurality of parking positions. The management controller acquires the designated parking position of a service utilizing vehicle parked by the automated valet parking service. The management controller acquires a scheduled exit time of the service utilizing vehicle. The management controller determines a start timing of an air conditioner of the service utilizing vehicle based on the designated parking position and the scheduled exit time, and The management controller instructs the service utilizing vehicle to start the air conditioner at the start timing. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331666 | ENVIRONMENT ACTIVE SENSING-TYPE AUTOMATIC PARKING SYSTEM IN PARKING LOT - Disclosed is an environment active sensing-type automatic parking system in a parking lot, including a vehicle information acquisition and identification module, a multi-sensor positioning module, a building information model module, a classification processing module, path planning and navigation module, a parking space state judgment module, a two-flywheel steering device and a mechanical power device. A QR code, a mechanical power device, and a two-flywheel steering device are mounted onto a vehicle, the QR code is identified by using a camera in the parking lot to achieve continuous positioning, an optimal path is planned according to vehicle distribution information in the current parking lot, and the driving speed and driving direction of the vehicle are controlled by remotely controlling the mechanical power device in the vehicle, so as to achieve automatic parking in the parking lot. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331667 | ROAD-TRAFFIC WARNING SYSTEM FOR INCREASING USER SAFETY - The claimed group of inventions relates to protective clothing with luminous safety means, and also to visual warning devices mounted on vehicles to indicate the dimensions of the vehicles or of parts thereof and to supply warning lights for other vehicles, and can be used for supplying warning lights on kit for special services and children's clothing. The invention comprises luminous elements which replicate signals of standard visual warning devices of a vehicle, wherein the elements are equipped with fastening devices for installation/fastening to, and removal from, elements of kit for a driver and elements of transport vehicles, wherein the power supply and control of the elements is carried out from unit | 2021-10-28 |
20210331668 | DRIVE SAFETY FORECAST FOR FUTURE DRIVES - In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for surfacing drive safety notifications are provided. A personal driving pattern library comprising first data associated with a first user for a plurality of road sections included in a first route may be maintained. A global driving pattern library comprising second data associated with a plurality of users for the plurality of road sections included in the first route may be maintained. A determination may be made that the first user is going to travel the first route. A first drive safety score for the first user driving the first route may be calculated. A determination may be made that the first drive safety score is below a threshold value. A drive safety notification may be caused to be surfaced. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331669 | WORK TOOL COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A WORK MACHINE - A method and a system for avoiding collision of an object with a work tool coupled to a work machine. The method comprising generating an object signal by an object detector, monitoring the object signal in real-time by a processor, processing the object signal to detect an object at least partially buried in the ground surface, determining a distance between the object and a distance threshold, and sending by a controller a control signal to one or more of a machine control system and a work tool control system to modify one or more of a movement of the work tool or the work machine based on the object reaching the distance threshold. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331670 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SELF-DRIVING CAR - Method and device for controlling operation of a Self-Driving Car. The method includes determining route-level and lane-level information for generating a graph-structure, applying a first model for assigning costs to respective edges, determining scores for vertices based on the costs, storing the edges with the costs and the vertices with the scores. The method also includes at a given moment in time during operation: acquiring a lane path indicative of a lane segment extending from the current location without a lane-changing manoeuvre. The method includes, for the lane path: identifying a series of vertices covered by the lane segment, applying a second model for assigning additional costs to lane-path-departing edges of the series of vertices thereby determining locally-increased costs, determining a locally-adjusted scores for vertices in the series of vertices based on the locally-increased costs, and identifying a lane path score for the lane path based on the locally-adjusted scores. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331671 | TRAVEL LANE ESTIMATION DEVICE, TRAVEL LANE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - The position of the distance measurement point is acquired from the distance measurement sensor, the lateral position of the road boundary is estimated from the most frequent value in the frequency distribution indicating the distribution status of the distance measurement point group. When multiple peaks having a frequency in the frequency distribution equal to or higher than a predetermined value are disposed on one of the left side and the right side of the vehicle, it is determined whether the estimation of the road boundary is in an unstable state. The vehicle position on the map is specified, and the traveling lane of the vehicle is estimated based on the information about the numerical number of traffic lanes and the positional relationship of the road boundary without using the estimation result of the lateral position of the road boundary in the unstable state. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331672 | Method and Device for Supporting a Lane Changing Procedure for a Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for supporting a lane changing procedure for a vehicle with a cruise control apparatus, wherein the cruise control apparatus adjusts a speed of the vehicle to a target speed, comprising the following steps: receiving environmental data on an environment of the vehicle using an input apparatus, wherein the environmental data at least comprise information on other vehicles in a target lane, determining a current traffic density and a current flow speed in the target lane based on the environmental data using an evaluation apparatus, adapting the target speed based on the determined current traffic density and the current flow speed by using the evaluation apparatus, forwarding the adapted target speed to the cruise control apparatus. The invention further relates to an associated device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331673 | Vehicle Control Method and Apparatus, Electronic Device and Self-Driving Vehicle - A vehicle control method, a vehicle control apparatus, an electronic device and a self-driving vehicle all relates to the field of self-driving and intelligent transportation technologies. The method includes: when a vehicle is moving, in a case that an occluding object is detected, determining a hard brake speed limit point and a potential collision point according to a planned path of the vehicle and position information of the occluding object; calculating a speed limit value of the hard brake speed limit point based on a distance between the hard brake speed limit point and the potential collision point; in a case that a planned speed of the vehicle at the hard brake speed limit point is less than or equal to the speed limit value, controlling the vehicle to move at the planned speed. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331674 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLATOON OF VEHICLES - The invention relates to a method for controlling a platoon ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210331675 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING A BASIC SAFETY MESSAGE FROM A VEHICLE - A method of transmitting a vehicle basic safety message includes receiving a basic safety message from each of a plurality of remote vehicles within a predetermined distance of a host vehicle. The basic safety message includes a width and a length of the remote vehicle. At least one of a new width and a new length of the host vehicle is determined. The new width and the new length of the host vehicle are different from an actual width and an actual length of the host vehicle. A new basic safety message is transmitted from the host vehicle including the at least one of the new width and the new length of the host vehicle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331676 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL OF VEHICLE, AND PROCESSOR-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A device, method, and processor readable storage medium for controlling travel of a vehicle. The device includes a processor and a controller; the processor is configured to set a speed curve of the vehicle according to a relative speed and distance between the vehicle and the front subject, and the controller is configured to control the vehicle to travel according to the set speed curve. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331677 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus is disclosed. The vehicle control apparatus includes a distance sensor configured to sense a distance from a speed bump, a speed sensor configured to sense a speed of a vehicle, a vehicle driver configured to control an operation of a brake or an operation of an accelerator, and a processor configured to provide an input parameter comprising a speed and a weight of the vehicle to a prediction model and control the vehicle driver so that the brake is operated at a braking intensity outputted from the prediction model when the vehicle enters the speed bump on the basis of the distance from the speed bump. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331678 | METHOD OF PROVIDING VEHICLE REFUGE INFORMATION IN DISASTER SITUATION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method of providing disaster refuge information for an autonomous vehicle and an intelligent device controlling a server. A processor of the vehicle may enable location information of the vehicle to be transmitted to a first server and enable refuge information to be received from the first server. The refuge information may be generated by the first server based on first disaster-related information related to a special weather report, second disaster-related information including shelter-related information, and the location information. The refuge information may include at least one of shelter guidance information, vehicle control information or route resetting information. One or more of the autonomous vehicle, user terminal and server may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, or a device related to 5G service. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331679 | Method for Determining a Drivable Area - In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed at a computer implemented method for determining a drivable area in front of a host vehicle. According to the method, a region of interest is monitored in front of the host vehicle by at least two sensors of a detection system of the host vehicle. The region of interest is divided into a plurality of areas via a computer system of the host vehicle, and each area of the plurality of areas is classified as drivable area, non-drivable area or unknown area via the computer system based on fused data received by the at least two sensors. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331680 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - In a vehicle driving assistance apparatus, an approach recognizer is configured to recognize whether a vehicle has approached an intersecting road that is a road intersecting a road of travel on which the vehicle is traveling. A road surface recognizer is configured to recognize a road surface in an image of surroundings of the vehicle captured by a camera mounted to the vehicle. An image switcher is configured to, in response to the approach recognizer recognizing that the vehicle has approached the intersecting road, determine whether the road surface recognizer has recognized a road surface of the intersecting road, and in response to the road surface recognizer recognizing the road surface of the intersecting road, switch a display image on a display device mounted to the vehicle, for displaying driving guidance for the vehicle, to an image of the intersecting road captured by the camera. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331681 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND INTELLIGENT COMPUTING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - Disclosed are a vehicle control method and an intelligent computing device for controlling a vehicle. The processor can detect a gaze response speed of the driver by projecting a virtual object to an HUD when determining that the driver is in a drowsy state. The processor outputs a secondary warning and controls the vehicle to be driven in accordance with the secondary warning when the gaze response speed of the driver is less than a predetermined reference value. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce accidents that occur due to carelessness of drivers. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331682 | OPERATION METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE USING AUTHENTICATION CODE - The present invention relates to an operation method of an autonomous vehicle in which the autonomous vehicle validates a user's authority to control the autonomous vehicle through an authentication code and operates based on control information matched to the authentication code. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an operation method of an autonomous vehicle using an authentication code includes: generating a first authentication code; matching control information to the first authentication code; transmitting the first authentication code to a user terminal; identifying a second authentication code through a camera; performing validation by ascertaining whether the second authentication code is identical to the first authentication code; identifying control information matched to the second authentication code based on a validation result; and operating based on the identified control information. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331683 | DRIVER-PROVIDED VEHICLE PASSENGER REGISTRY - A system for providing notifications based on vehicle passengers includes a main body to transport passengers, an input device located designed to receive user input including passenger information related to the passengers presently in the main body, and a network access device located in or on the main body and designed to communicate with a remote server. The system also includes an output device located in or on the main body and designed to output information, and a memory designed to store data. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) located in or on the main body and designed to control the memory to store the passenger information related to the passengers, and to control at least one of the network access device or the output device to transmit or output, respectively, information related to the passenger information. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331684 | VIDEO PROCESSING FOR VEHICLE RIDE INCORPORATING BIOMETRIC DATA - A method includes capturing video data from a camera over a period of time while capturing motion data from a detector and biometric data from another detector over that same period of time. Then, the method additionally includes selecting a subset of the video data captured during the period of time, based on a corresponding subset of the motion data and/or biometric data. The method then proscribes storing this selected subset of video data in memory. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331685 | OCCUPANT DETERMINATION DEVICE - To provide an occupant determination device capable of improving reliability in results of determining an occupant's physique. An occupant determination device includes a tentative-determination processing unit provided in a seat of a vehicle and classifying a physique of an occupant seated on the seat by comparing a determination value set based on sensor values of a plurality of load sensors for detecting loads applied to the seat with predetermined load threshold values, and a determination processing unit determining the physique of the occupant by using tentative determination results by the tentative-determination processing unit, in which, when the number of the tentative determination results classified into a given class becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value in the tentative determination results of a predetermined number of samples, the determination processing unit determines the physique of the occupant to be the given class. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331686 | Systems and Methods for Handling Autonomous Vehicle Faults - Systems and methods for handling autonomous vehicle faults are provided. A system includes a plurality of function nodes arranged in a directed graph architecture. The function nodes include a plurality of detector nodes and a plurality of fault handler nodes. Each detector node is communicatively connected to at least one function node and an associated fault handler node. The detector node is configured to obtain output from the function node, detect a fault, and provide a fault event to the associated fault handler node. Each fault handler node can be associated with a fault severity and a corresponding vehicle action. The associated fault handler node can receive the fault event from the detector node and initiate a fault response. The fault response can include initiating a respective vehicle action in response to the fault. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331687 | Method and Device for Controlling an Autonomous Driving Vehicle, and an Autonomous Driving Vehicle - The invention discloses a method and device for controlling an autonomous driving vehicle, and an autonomous driving vehicle. Wherein the method comprises: detecting error information of different components in a vehicle, wherein the different components comprise at least one of the following: a power supply, a sensor, a navigation device, a log memory and a processing device; if the error information of any component is detected, feeding back the detected error information to a processor; restarting the vehicle' automatic driving function based on a feedback result, wherein the feedback result is feedback by the processor according the detected error information. The present invention solves the technical problem that the autonomous driving vehicle in the related art cannot perform error information detection on the components in the vehicle which leads to the low reliability of the autonomous driving vehicle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331688 | ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS TEST-INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING SENSORS - An object sensor test system includes a sensor and a test bench. The sensor includes a receiver configured to receive a simulated optical signal and a processing chain that includes a plurality of processing components configured to process at least one measurement signal generated in response to the simulated optical signal to generate processed test data. The sensor also includes a test interface configured to receive a control signal, and selectively extract processed test data at a selected output of the processing chain based on the control signal. The test bench is configured to transmit the control signal to the test interface, receive the processed test data from the sensor, compare the received processed test data with expected data to generate a comparison result, and determine that a segment of the processing chain is operating normally or abnormally based on the comparison result. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331689 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a control method. The control method of the present invention is a control method for controlling a vehicle using an agent module which outputs a dialogue-type response to an input speaking of an occupant, the method including: activating the agent module through a predetermined input; generating a first dialogue with the occupant through an activated voice input unit; maintaining the first dialogue in a temporary stored state for a preset period of time; and loading the first dialogue in the temporary stored state when a call command for the first dialogue is recognized, and generating a second dialogue when the call command for the first dialogue is recognized after elapse of the preset period of time. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331690 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOTIFYING A USER DURING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - Embodiments herein are directed to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a communication device and an autonomous vehicle controller. The autonomous vehicle controller is communicatively coupled to the communication device. The autonomous vehicle controller is configured to operate the vehicle in between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode. The autonomous vehicle controller includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The machine readable instructions cause the autonomous vehicle controller to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: operate the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode, obtain a vehicle environment information, determine whether an event is required based on the vehicle environment information, and alert the communication device of the event. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331691 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD - A driver assistance system that notifies the driver of the braking information of the preceding vehicle or improves the sensitivity of the emergency braking system if the brake lamp of the preceding vehicle is failed includes: a first sensor mounted in a vehicle, having a front field of view of the vehicle, and configured to acquire a front image data; a second sensor selected from a group consisting of a radar sensor and a lidar sensor, mounted in the vehicle, having a front field of sensing of the vehicle, and configured to acquire a front detection data; and a controller including a processor configured to process the front image data and the front detection data, and the controller is configured to: detect a velocity of the preceding vehicle travelling in front of the vehicle and a brake lamp of the preceding vehicle in response to processing the front image data and the front detection data; and determine whether the brake lamp of the preceding vehicle is failed based on the velocity of the preceding vehicle and a lighting of the brake lamp of the preceding vehicle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331692 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SENSING INFORMATION FOR REMOTE DRIVING IN AUTOMATED VEHICLE & HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for transmitting sensing information of an autonomous vehicle for remote driving in automated vehicle & highway systems includes: receiving information on a driving route of the autonomous vehicle from a server; acquiring sensing information of a surrounding environment; setting priority values of sensors for transmission of the sensing information on the basis of a driving direction determined by the information on the driving route; setting a value for a degree of danger of a sensed object on the basis of the sensing information; and setting a transmission period of the sensing information on the basis of the value for the degree of danger. Accordingly, sensing information required for a driving situation can be efficiently transmitted. Further, one or more an autonomous vehicle, a user terminal and a server of the present invention can be associated with an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G service, and the like. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes a first determination section and a first output section. First output data is obtained from a trained model, which has being trained beforehand, by input of first input data to the trained model. Second output data is obtained from the trained model by input of second input data to the trained model, in which second input data a perturbation of a specified perturbation amount is applied to the first input data. The first determination section makes a determination as to whether a change amount of the second output data relative to the first output data is not more than a pre-specified threshold. The first output section outputs information representing the first input data and a perturbation amount for which the change amount is determined by the first determination section to be not more than the threshold. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331694 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus includes an automatic-driving processor and an engine processor. The automatic-driving processor is configured to perform an automatic-driving control to stop a vehicle in accordance with detection of an abnormal state of a driver who drives the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling. When the vehicle is in a standby state after stopping of the vehicle by the automatic-driving control, the engine processor is configured to perform an engine driving control to reduce how frequently an engine of the vehicle is started, compared with when the vehicle is in a normal traveling state. The standby state is a state in which an operation control of an air conditioner of the vehicle is allowed. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331695 | OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKING FOR AUTOMATED OPERATION OF VEHICLES AND MACHINERY - A framework for safely operating autonomous machinery, such as vehicles and other heavy equipment, in an in-field or off-road environment, includes detecting, identifying, and tracking objects from on-board sensors configured with the autonomous machinery as it performs activities in either an agricultural setting or a transportation environment. The framework generates commands for navigational control of autonomously-operated vehicles in response to detected objects and predicted tracks thereof for safe operation in the performance of those activities. The framework processes image data and range data in multiple fields of view around the autonomously-operated to discern and track objects in a deep learning to accurately interpret this data for determining and effecting such navigational control. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331696 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided, which are related to the fields of big data, cloud computing, automatic driving, and the like. The specific implementation includes: receiving a data acquisition task and an acquisition strategy issued by a cloud; analyzing the acquisition strategy to obtain priority information of the acquired data for the data acquisition task; and taking the priority information as an importance degree identifier corresponding to the acquired data, and performing preferential transmission after data acquisition and data screening according to the importance degree identifier. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331697 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A travel control device controls traveling of a vehicle of which a traveling function can be switched between an autonomous traveling function and a following traveling function. The travel control device includes a control unit configured to detect, when the vehicle is traveling by the autonomous traveling function, another vehicle present within a predetermined range of the vehicle and of which any part or all of a planned travel route is partially or wholly the same as a planned travel route of the vehicle, and switch the traveling function of the vehicle from the autonomous traveling function to the following traveling function such that the vehicle autonomously follows the other vehicle detected as a leading vehicle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331698 | DRIVING MODE ASSESSMENT - An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, data related to an environment associated with a target transport, analyzing, by the server, the data to determine if at least one adverse condition related to the environment exists, and responsive to existence of the at least one adverse condition, sending, by the server, a recommendation related to operation of the target transport in a safe mode to overcome the at least one adverse condition to the target transport. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331699 | METHOD FOR MANAGING RESOURCES OF VEHICLE IN AUTOMATED VEHICLE & HIGHWAY SYSTEMS AND APPARAUS THEREFOR - A vehicle resource management method of a network in automated vehicle & highway systems includes: monitoring whether an event of a vehicle entering a road monitored by the network occurs; receiving driving information of the vehicle when the entry event has occurred; and setting a role value for object detection to the vehicle on the basis of information on the road prestored in the network and the driving information. Accordingly, the vehicle can perform efficient resource management for object detection. One or more of an autonomous vehicle, a user terminal and a server of the present disclosure can be associated with an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device and a 5G service related device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331700 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE RISK DISTRIBUTION BASED ON SENSOR COVERAGES OF A SENSOR SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE - Systems and methods of determining a risk distribution associated with a multiplicity of coverage zones covered by a multiplicity of sensors of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) are disclosed. The method includes for each coverage zone covered by at least one sensor of the ADV, obtaining MTBF data of the sensor(s) covering the coverage zone. The method further includes determining a mean time between failure (MTBF) of the coverage zone based on the MTBF data of the sensor(s). The method further includes computing a performance risk associated with the coverage zone based on the determined MTBF of the coverage zone. The method further includes determining a risk distribution based on the computed performance risks associated with the multiplicity of coverage zones. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331701 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an autonomous vehicle and a service providing system and method using the same. The autonomous vehicle includes a navigation system setting, as a destination, a service zone adjacent to a parking lot when there is a previously registered vehicle service input through a user terminal, and setting, as a destination, the parking lot adjacent to the service zone after completion of the previously registered vehicle service, and an operation system moving the vehicle to the destination through autonomous driving. One or more of the autonomous vehicle, the user terminal, and the server may be associated with artificial intelligence, a robot, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), or the like. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331702 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICE USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a method for providing pickup and drop-off services to a user at designated locations using an autonomous vehicle. The method for providing transportation services using an autonomous vehicle according to an embodiment includes receiving driving information from a user terminal and identifying a destination on the basis of the received driving information, generating a driving path to the destination and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle, identifying a stopping area corresponding to the destination when the autonomous vehicle is within a preset distance from the destination and determining whether stopping is allowed in the identified stopping area, and generating a driving path to the stopping area on the basis of results of the determination, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle, or setting a waiting area on the driving path to the destination, generating a driving path to the set waiting area, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331703 | MAP CONSISTENCY CHECKER - Techniques relating to monitoring map consistency are described. In an example, a monitoring component associated with a vehicle can receive sensor data associated with an environment in which the vehicle is positioned. The monitoring component can generate, based at least in part on the sensor data, an estimated map of the environment, wherein the estimated map is encoded with policy information for driving within the environment. The monitoring component can then compare first information associated with a stored map of the environment with second information associated with the estimated map to determine whether the estimated map and the stored map are consistent. Component(s) associated with the vehicle can then control the object based at least in part on results of the comparing. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331704 | GRAYSCALE-BASED CAMERA PERCEPTION - A method, apparatus, and system for identifying objects based on grayscale images in the operation of an autonomous driving vehicle is disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more first color images are received from a camera mounted at an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). One or more first grayscale images are generated based on the one or more first color images, which comprises converting each of the one or more first color images into one of the first grayscale images. One or more objects in the one or more first grayscale images are identified based on a pre-trained grayscale perception model. A trajectory for the ADV is planned based at least in part on the identified one or more objects. Control signals are generated to drive the ADV based on the planned trajectory. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331705 | CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A control device that is mounted in a second vehicle which a first vehicle having a following travel function is detachably connected to or loaded on is provided. The control device includes a control unit configured to perform: detecting another vehicle that is within a predetermined range from the second vehicle in a state in which the second vehicle has the first vehicle connected thereto or loaded thereon and of which some or all of a scheduled travel route is the same as some or all of a scheduled travel route of the first vehicle after the first vehicle has been disconnected from the second vehicle; and transmitting following instruction information to the first vehicle and disconnecting the first vehicle from the second vehicle such that the first vehicle travels with the detected other vehicle as a preceding vehicle by the following travel function. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331706 | ROBOT FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a robot provided in a vehicle capable of performing a function related to the vehicle. The robot includes a body, a head positioned above the body, an actuator configured to apply an external force to allow the head to move relative to the body, a camera disposed on the head to capture an image, a communication unit configured to perform communications with one or more devices provided in the vehicle, and a processor configured to control the actuator so that the camera is directed toward an inside or outside of the vehicle based on information received via the communication unit. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331707 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL METHOD AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM - An autonomous driving control method carried out by an autonomous driving control system having an autonomous driving control unit that executes an autonomous driving control for causing a host vehicle to travel along a target travel route generated on a map, comprising setting one or a plurality of target passage gates through which the host vehicle is scheduled to pass during passage through a toll plaza, determining the presence or absence of a preceding vehicle that has the predicted passage gate that matches the target passage gate of the host vehicle from among a plurality of preceding vehicles, and carrying out following travel using the preceding vehicle that has the predicted passage gate that matches the target passage gate as a follow target. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331708 | TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM - In a traveling vehicle system, a traveling vehicle transmits a passage permission request to a controller when reaching a request point upstream of a merging portion of a track, passes through the merging portion when receiving passage permission of the merging portion, and stops at a stopping point when the passage permission is not received. The controller includes a storage unit that stores requested traveling vehicles and priority information concerning the priority of each requested traveling vehicle, and a passage-permission determination unit that, while a plurality of requested traveling vehicles having routes entering the merging portion different from one another are stored in the storage unit, when any of the requested traveling vehicles reached a determination point, determines whether to transmit the passage permission to the relevant requested traveling vehicle that has reached the determination point based on the priority information. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331709 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention relates to a vehicle capable of driving autonomously and a method of recommending a more appropriate driving mode depending on a driver's status. A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle comprises: a memory that stores a driving stress map containing stress level information which is calculated for each road section based on a driver's stress information collected while the vehicle is driving on each road section; and a processor that retrieves a stress level for a road section where the vehicle is currently located from the driving stress map and outputs notification information recommending a change to a first driving mode or second driving mode according to the retrieved stress level. The vehicle may perform autonomous driving by the vehicle control apparatus. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331710 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus includes a driving-assist control unit and a remote control unit. The driving-assist control unit is configured to perform an automatic driving control of stopping a vehicle in accordance with detection of an abnormal state of a driver of the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling. The remote control unit is configured to perform a control of transmitting remote control permission notification after the vehicle is stopped by the automatic driving control. The remote control permission notification permits a remote control of the vehicle. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331711 | DRIVER-INITIATED DISENGAGEMENT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROLS - Systems and methods are provided for a selective disengagement mechanism that allows a vehicle passenger, e.g., driver, to pre-emptively prepare to override autonomous control of a vehicle. A selective disengagement switch may be actuated by the driver. An autonomous control system of the vehicle, unaware of the selective disengagement switch operation, may at some point erroneously command the vehicle to move. Because the driver has actuated the selective disengagement switch, upon receipt of the erroneous command to move the vehicle, the autonomous control system may be overridden. The driver need not react to a safety-critical event or scenario. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESPONDING TO HACKING ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - An autonomous vehicle is autonomously operated according to control signals by using a communication network, unlike manual driving of a user. Therefore, countermeasures to ensure the safety of the user aboard the autonomous vehicle are required when determination is made that hacking causes or is likely to cause malfunction in devices related to autonomous driving. Accordingly, in the present invention, the autonomous vehicle receives a hacking alerting message based on the determination that the device related to the autonomous driving is hacked, and identifies a hacking target device and determines that the hacking target device is hacked based on the received hacking alerting message. When determination is made that the hacking target device is hacked or is likely to be hacked, the autonomous vehicle responds to this by resetting a bypass route or requesting assistance of a user or a server to ensure the safety of the user. One or more of the autonomous vehicle, a portable terminal, and the server of the present invention may be cooperate with an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G service, and the like. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331713 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PRESENCE OF RUTS ON CURRENT TERRAIN - Method and device for detecting presence of ruts are disclosed. The method includes using sensor data for generating a current terrain profile (i) representing a height variation of the surface of the current terrain along its width, and (ii) having a pair of current grooves potentially indicative of the presence of the ruts on the current terrain. The method also includes acquiring a sampled terrain profile (i) representing a height variation of a surface of a given terrain along its width, and (ii) having a pair of sampled grooves indicative of a presence of the ruts on the given terrain. The method includes using the current terrain profile and the sampled terrain profile for generating comparison data indicative of a similarity between the current terrain profile and the sampled terrain profile. The method includes using the comparison data for detecting the presence of the ruts on the current terrain. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331714 | Article Transport Facility - An overhead transport vehicle performs a first transfer operation of holding an article placed on a loading pedestal of a transport origin, and a second transfer operation of placing the article onto a loading pedestal of a transport destination. A control device causes a shooting device to obtain a first shot image of the upper face of the article placed on the loading pedestal of the transport origin, and adjusts the relative positional relationship between the holding portion and the article placed on the loading pedestal of the transport origin based on the first shot image and first reference image data, and causes the shooting device to obtain a second shot image of the upper face of the loading pedestal of the transport destination, and adjusts the relative positional relationship between the holding portion and the loading pedestal of the transport destination based on the second shot image and second reference image data. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331715 | BOARDING SYSTEM WITH A WALK-ON SEALING COVER - A boarding system for a vehicle includes at least one pivotable sealing cover, which is pivotable from a walk-on first position into a non-walk-on second position, wherein the sealing cover is flush with an outer side of the vehicle in the non-walk-on second position. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331716 | OVERHEAD MONORAIL DRIVING UNIT GROUP REALIZING MECHANICAL FAST POWER DISTRIBUTION - The present invention relates to the field of coal mine underground auxiliary transportation equipment, and particularly relates to an overhead monorail driving unit group realizing mechanical fast power distribution. The overhead monorail driving unit group realizing mechanical fast power distribution includes a rail, wherein the rail is connected with driving portions, carrying trolleys and a hoisting beam, the hoisting beam is disposed in a middle position of the driving portions and the carrying trolleys, and the driving portions, the carrying trolleys and the hoisting beam are connected through driving portion short pull rods, frame-shaped pull rods and driving portion long pull rods. Overhead monorail driving portions have four paths for transmitting a driving force to the hoisting beam, the frame-shaped pull rods directly transmit the driving force of the driving portions in positions far away from the hoisting beam to the hoisting beam, the objective is to reduce an accumulated peak value of the driving force of the driving portion in a mode of serial-parallel arrangement of the overhead monorail dtiving portions, the problem of horizontal direction bending failure of the rail caused by the driving portions in an operation process of an overhead monorail is solved, and the reliability and adaptability of overhead monorail transportation equipment are improved. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331717 | ANTI-THEFT DEVICE FOR A TRANSPORT RAILCAR GRATING - A security device, such as an anti-theft device, for a transport vehicle, such as a railcar, grating hinge connector includes a plate and a cup. The hinge connector has a first portion secured to the deck surface by a fastener with a head, and a second portion coupled to the grating. The cup has a base and a wall forming a cavity sized and shaped to receive the plate. The wall forms an opening that is sized and shaped to receive the plate for insertion into the cavity. The base is positioned on the hinge connector and has another opening sized and shaped to receive the fastener with the head positioned in the cavity. The insertion of the plate in the cavity secures the head of the fastener within the anti-theft device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331718 | ROOF SEGMENTS FOR THE ROOF OF A CARRIAGE BODY - The application relates to roof segments for constructing a roof of a carriage body for a rail vehicle for passenger transport, in particular for use in short-haul operation, such as underground and suburban trains, the rail vehicles or the train units formed by same must be accelerated and decelerated at short intervals. The roof segments are designed in the form of plates, shells or half-shells and consist of an outer wall and an inner wall at a distance to same. At least two roof segments are configured in such a way that the protruding region of the outer wall or inner wall of one roof segment is interlockingly, force-lockingly and/or integrally connected to the non-protruding region of the outer wall or inner wall of the neighbouring roof segment. The roof segments consist at least partially of a fibre-reinforced plastic composite. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331719 | HANDHOLD DEVICE OF RAILCAR - A handhold device of a railcar includes: a frame arranged along a side edge of a specific door opening and connected to a car interior side of a side carshell; a turning mechanism provided at the frame and configured to be turnable about a turning axis extending in an upper-lower direction; and a handle including a base portion connected to the frame through the turning mechanism and a holding portion projecting from the base portion in a direction intersecting with the turning axis. The handle is angularly displaceable about the turning axis between a deployed position where the holding portion is exposed to the specific door opening when viewed from a lateral side of the car body and a storage position where the holding portion is hidden by the side carshell when viewed from the lateral side of the car body. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331720 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING FATIGUE RESISTANCE PERFORMANCE OF LOCOMOTIVE RUBBER-METAL PAD WITH VARIABLE THICKNESS AND LOCOMOTIVE RUBBER-METAL PAD - A method for improving fatigue resistance performance of a locomotive rubber-metal pad with variable thickness improves the fatigue resistance performance of the rubber-metal pad and prevents rubber and metal from being torn during running by changing a structure of the rubber and the metal of the rubber-metal pad and adjusting a shape and position relationship between the rubber and the metal. The shape and the position relationship of the rubber metal is adjusted by adjusting thickness of a rubber layer between the rubber and the metal of the rubber-metal pad so that the rubber layer has variable thickness. The fatigue resistance performance of the rubber-metal pad is improved by adjusting the thickness of the rubber layer. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331721 | RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR COUPLING SYSTEM - A railroad freight car coupling system utilizing purely mechanical cushioning assemblies at opposed ends of the car. Each cushioning assembly includes an elongated draft gear assembly including two individually operable and axially spaced assemblies for absorbing both buff and draft forces. Each draft gear assembly includes an axially elongated and hollow metal housing with a first open end and a second open end disposed in longitudinally spaced relation relative to each other. The draft gear assembly is provided with first and second spring biased assemblies at opposed open ends of the housing for absorbing, storing and returning energy directed against a railroad freight car with which the draft gear assembly is arranged in operable combination. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331722 | FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM AND BRAKE CALIPER UNIT FOR GAUGE-CHANGEABLE BOGIE - The present application relate to a follow-up mechanism and a brake caliper unit for gauge-changeable bogie, the follow-up mechanism includes a follow-up connector, unlocking members that are located on two sides of the follow-up connector and movably connected to the follow-up connector, a transverse displacement recognition device movably connected to the unlocking members, a toothed locking and positioning device mounted on the follow-up connector, and at least two mutually parallel fixation members; the follow-up connector is in sliding fit with the fixation members, and sliders are fixedly connected at ends of the unlocking members; the toothed locking and positioning device is movably connected to the transverse displacement recognition device and fixation members, respectively; the brake caliper unit comprises a mounting bracket, the follow-up mechanism, and a brake actuator mounted on the mounting bracket, the follow-up mechanism is installed in cooperation with the brake actuator, and the fixation members are fixedly mounted on the mounting bracket. The present application can automatically recognize the orbit change of a train, the follow-up mechanism moves with a wheel by means of its stored elastic force and the unlocking members, and can self-locked at the target gauge position, thus realizing the change in position. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331723 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TANKS IN RAILWAY ENVIRONMENTS - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by an image detection tool, a tank within an image of a railway environment and identifying, by the image detection tool, a railroad track within the image of the railway environment. The method also includes determining, by the image detection tool, a distance between the tank and the railroad track and comparing, by the image detection tool, the distance between the tank and the railroad track to a predetermined threshold distance. The method further includes determining, by the image detection tool, that the tank presents a hazard to the railway environment in response to comparing the distance between the tank and the railroad track to the predetermined threshold distance. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331724 | PASSENGER COMMUNICATION OUTPUT CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR UNMANNED METRO TRAIN - The present disclosure relates to a passenger communication output control circuit for an unmanned metro train. The unmanned metro train is installed with passenger emergency communication units each having a communication button and a communication relay. The communication relay has a normally-closed contact pair and is linked with the communication button in a one-to-one correspondence. When the communication button is pushed down, the communication relay is energized to disconnect the normally-closed contact pair. The normally-closed contact pairs of all the coaches are connected in series to form an emergency communication circuit. Two terminals of the emergency communication circuit are respectively connected to a train power supply and an input/output module of a TCMS in the coach. When the passenger information system works normally, both a communication network and hardwire can transmit the communication signal. When the two communication signals are inconsistent, the communication signal transmitted by hardwire shall prevail. | 2021-10-28 |
20210331725 | ENERGY OPTIMISATION DURING OPERATION OF A RAIL VEHICLE FLEET - A method for energy-optimized operation of a rail vehicle fleet. The fleet includes n rail vehicles, each with a state-influencing system for influencing a vehicle state to generate and/or consume electrical energy and a computer unit trained by machine learning. For every i of 1 to n during operation of the rail vehicle fleet an action to be applied to the state-influencing system of the i-th rail vehicle is selected by the computer unit of the i-th rail vehicle while taking into account at least one target criterion for the i-th rail vehicle and according to vehicle, location, and/or route-related status parameters. The action, when applied to the state-influencing system of the i-th rail vehicle, contributes to the optimization of an electrical total energy balance of the state-influencing systems of the rail vehicle fleet, and the selected action is applied to the state-influencing system of the i-th rail vehicle. | 2021-10-28 |