46th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210354640 | RETRACTABLE BATHROOM DEVICE - A retractable bathroom device that unfolds to provide bathroom facilities to a user is provided. The system generally comprises a deployment device and a folding frame having a shower incorporated therein. Other preferred embodiments of a retractable bathroom may further comprise a sink and/or a toilet. A user may unfold the retractable bathroom device using the deployment device and then use the facilities. Once finished, the user may fold the retractable bathroom device for storage using the deployment device. A water pump may transfer water from a water tank operably connected to the system, and drains of the system may return grey/black water thereto. Heating elements of the water tank may prevent water within from freezing. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354641 | TAIL LAMP BACK DOOR/TAILGATE ACTIVATION SWITCH - A system for controlling a function of a vehicle by activation of a vehicle button includes a vehicle component configured to receive a signal and to perform an electrical or mechanical function in response to receiving the signal. The system further includes a physical structure located on an exterior of the vehicle and having an integrated button such that at least one of manual actuation of or physical proximity to the physical structure initiates a button selection event. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the vehicle component and to the integrated button and configured to identify the button selection event and to transmit the signal to the vehicle component in response to identifying the button selection event to cause the vehicle component to perform the electrical or mechanical function. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354642 | SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MOBILE BODY, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SPACE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A space management system for managing an environment of a shared space that is arranged inside a mobile body and can be used jointly by a first occupant and a second occupant comprises a control mode determining unit configured to determine a control mode serving as a control target of an adjusting unit configured to adjust the environment of the shared space. The control mode determining unit is configured to determine enabling or disabling of an independent control mode for independently adjusting an environment of a first subspace, which is a part of the shared space, where the first occupant is present and an environment of a second subspace, which is a part of the shared space, where the second occupant is present. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354643 | MULTISTAGE AIRBAG IMPACT ABSORPTION APPARATUS OF VEHICLE - A multistage airbag impact absorption apparatus of a truck is made of urethane and characterized by an airbag that has a plane shape on one side and an elliptical shape on the other side and has two air perforations attached with a perforated part and air inlet and outlet part, a core part formed with many core perforations attached to the airbag, a base plate formed with plate perforations and attached to the core part that helps the perforated part project out upon collision with the air inlet and outlet part, an air inlet and outlet part attached to air perforations of the airbag, core perforations of the core part and plate perforations of the base plate, a second impact absorption part attached to both sides of the base plate, and a second base plate that is attached to the truck body and supports the second impact absorption part. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354644 | FRONT GRILLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES - The present disclosure provides a lighting assembly configured to mount to the front-end of a vehicle without removal of an existing vehicle grille or fascia. The lighting assembly of the present disclosure further provides for lighting on the side-facing edge of the front-end of the vehicle to provide for improved visibility resulting in safer operation of the lighted vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354645 | HIGH-IMPACT ENERGY ABSORPTION CONNECTION DESIGN FOR AUTO INTERIOR DISPLAY MODULE UNDER HEAD FORM IMPACT - A vehicle interior system is provided. The vehicle interior system includes a back structure that further includes one or more display devices for a vehicle user. A transparent cover material is attached to the back structure. The vehicle interior system includes a collapsible energy-absorbing support for attaching the back structure to a frame of the vehicle. The collapsible energy-absorbing support is configured to dissipate kinetic energy via plastic deformation. In particular embodiments, the collapsible energy-absorbing support comprises a hollow tube or a formed rectangular plate. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354646 | SUPPORT BAR MOUNTED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MINIMUM CLOSE INDICATION FOR RIDE VEHICLE - Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method, apparatus, and system for restraining a passenger in a ride vehicle. The system includes a ride seat and a restraint system configured to restrain the passenger against the ride seat. The restraint system includes a crossbar for placing against the passenger, a support bar having a first support bar end coupled to the crossbar and a second support bar end rotatably coupled to a pivot mounted to an upper-rear portion of the ride seat, and a flap coupled to the support bar. The flap is configured to insert into, or extract from, a slot formed within a seat side structure when the support bar is rotated about the pivot and indicate whether the crossbar has attained a minimum closed position for restraining the passenger based on a position of a marking on the flap relative to the slot. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354647 | SEAT BELT ARRANGEMENTS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A seat belt arrangement for a motor vehicle, with at least one seat belt for the protection of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat; at least one inflatable gas bag arranged on the seat belt for protecting the vehicle occupant. The gas bag includes a passage through which the seat belt extends and to which at least one inflatable chamber of the gas bag adjoins, wherein during or after inflation of the gas bag at least a sub-section of a wall of the passage presses indirectly and/or directly against the seat belt such that the gas bag couples to the seat belt and follows an extension movement of the seat belt and hence a movement of the vehicle occupant, and wherein the seat belt is at least partly surrounded by a casing element at least within the passage. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354648 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR DRIVERS SEAT - An airbag device for a driver's seat including an inflator that is mounted on a housing provided in a steering wheel; and an airbag cushion that is embedded in the housing and is deployed by gas discharged from the inflator, wherein the airbag cushion comprises: a first panel that is disposed in a direction toward a driver in a deployed state; and a second panel that is provided to face the first panel, is disposed in a direction toward a front of a vehicle in the deployed state, and has a partial area that protrudes and expands toward the front of the vehicle during deployment. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354649 | VEHICLE SEAT - An airbag which is a constituent of a side airbag device installed in the vehicle seat according to the present invention is provided with a main chamber which deploys toward the front of a side support portion of the seat, and a sub-chamber which accommodates an inflator and which deploys at a position inward of the main chamber in the width direction of the vehicle. The main chamber is divided, by means of a baffle panel, into a main front chamber at the front, and a main rear chamber at the rear. The sub-chamber is linked to the main rear chamber at a side in the width direction of the vehicle. When the airbag is deployed, the baffle panel extends along a front edge of the sub-chamber, as viewed from the width direction of the vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354650 | VEHICLE AIRBAG SYSTEM - Provided is an airbag system for a vehicle including an airbag cushion that is mounted on an upper end of a seatback and deployed forward to be located on both sides of the head of an occupant so as to limit upward movement of the occupant by restraining an upper body of the occupant in the event of a vehicle collision; an inflator that supplies gas to the airbag cushion in the event of the vehicle collision; and an external tether that has one end fixed to the airbag cushion and the other end fixed to the seatback. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354651 | AIRBAG FLAP - The invention relates to an airbag flap covering the mouth of an airbag receptacle, wherein an airbag outer cover overlies the airbag flap and the airbag flap is connected via a hinge element to a flap support wall in a molded manner, which is in turn secured to the airbag outer covering and/or to a wall of the receptacle, wherein the airbag flap and the flap support wall consist of the same flat plastic, in particular a composite material, wherein a direction-fin-guiding structure, in the form of numerous slits and/or openings, is provided in the flat plastic, in particular in the composite material, in the region of the hinge element and/or to one or both sides of the hinge element, in the flat plastic, in particular in the composite material, and thereby creates at least one stretch region in the material in the direction in which the airbag flap moves outward through the airbag cushion. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354652 | VENT FLAP FOR AIRBAG ASSEMBLIES - A side inflatable airbag assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. Inflatable airbag assemblies may provide protection for an occupant in a vehicle collision event. In a side collision event, or other event producing lateral movement of the occupant relative to the vehicle, the disclosed inflatable airbag assembly may receive and support the occupant during ride-down so as to prevent or minimize injury resulting from impact with a vehicle sidewall. An inflatable airbag cushion of the inflatable airbag assembly comprises a valve with an aperture and a vent flap that has a strong connection and a weak connection to the inflatable airbag cushion. The disclosed airbag may differentially support the occupant by providing varied degrees of support for the shoulder, pelvis, and torso, which may be particularly beneficial to an elderly occupant whose bones may be more susceptible to some injury types and modes as a result of age-incident health issues. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354653 | SEAT AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a seat airbag for a vehicle in which a side cushion | 2021-11-18 |
20210354654 | SEAT AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a seat airbag for a vehicle in which a cushion storage space | 2021-11-18 |
20210354655 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PEDESTRIAN UPON A COLLISION WITH A VEHICLE - Provided are an apparatus for protecting a pedestrian and a control method thereof. The apparatus for protecting a pedestrian includes a front object detection unit configured to detect an object in front of a vehicle; a collision detection unit configured to detect a collision of a vehicle; a protection module driving unit configured to drive a protection module for protecting a pedestrian when the pedestrian collides with the vehicle; and a control unit configured to determine the front object as a hood lift target on the basis of a detection result of the front object detection unit, to determine the collision as a hood lift target collision on the basis of a detection result of the collision detection unit, and to operate the protection module driving unit in case of the hood lift target collision of the hood lift target. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354656 | FLAMELESS RETRACTOR PRETENSIONER ASSEMBLY - A seat belt pretensioner for use in a seat belt pretensioning retractor assembly includes a pretensioner tube in fluid communication with a gas generator, and a driving element with a piston disposed inside the pretensioner tube and formed a flexible elongated rod. At least a portion of an outer surface of the elongated rod spaced from an inside surface of the pretensioner tube defines at least one clearance space to be filled by the deformed elongated rod in the event that a gas pressure from the gas generator is applied to the piston when a sprocket is engaged with the elongated rod causing an overpressure condition in an actuation volume defined between the piston and the gas generator within the pretensioner tube. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354657 | CHILD RIDER FEATURES FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - An autonomous vehicle including a vehicle propulsion system, a braking system, a steering system, and a computing system that is in communication with the vehicle propulsion system, the brake system, and the steering system. The computing system can receive an indication an account associated with a passenger of the autonomous vehicle for a trip of the autonomous vehicle includes a predefined parent-child link with a second account. The predefined parent-child link indicates the account associated with the passenger is subordinate to the second account and a parent-child relationship exists between the passenger and a person associated with the second account. Responsive to receiving the indication of the parent-child link and the passenger being the child in the parent-child relationship, the computing system can control the autonomous vehicle to enable a linked account feature that would otherwise be disabled. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354658 | PROTOCOL FOR TOUCHLESS TRANSACTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and method are provided for facilitating contactless delivery of a tangible good by a delivering party to an ordering party, comprising: receiving scanning data from a first computing device associated with the delivering party, the scanning data comprising a digital image of a vehicle license plate of a target device of the ordering party; determining a vehicle registration plate number of the vehicle license plate of the target device in the digital image; identifying a user account identification value associated in a datastore with the vehicle registration plate number; based on the identified user account identification value, determining an order of the tangible good associated in a datastore with the user account identification value and transmitting order information about the order including an identifier of the tangible good to the first computing device, thereby causing a display of the order information in a graphical user interface at the first computing device; transmitting a verification request to a second computing device, the second computing device associated in a datastore with the user account identification value, the verification request causing a display of a graphical user interface prompt at the second computing device to accept communications from the delivering party; based on receiving an affirmative response to the verification request from the second computing device, forwarding a message received from the first computing device to the second computing device, the message pertaining to effectuating contactless delivery by the delivering party of the tangible good to the ordering party. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354659 | AUTOMOBILE REMOTE CONTROL POWER FAILURE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE - An automobile remote control power failure anti-theft device is provided, which relates to the technical field of automobiles and comprises: a control switch mounted on an automobile and configured to control on/off between an automobile circuit and an automobile power source; a remote switch connected to the automobile power source and the control switch for receiving an external control signal and controlling the on/off of the control switch according to the received signal; and an external controller disposed outside the automobile and wirelessly connected to the remote switch for facilitating carrying and controlling the remote switch to user. The above technical solution can not only remotely control on/off between the automobile circuit and the automobile power source, but also prevent the automobile from being stolen, and has the advantages of convenient on/off control of the automobile circuit, good control effect and good anti-theft effect. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354660 | Journey Verification for Ridesharing Via Audible Signals - A system has a communication system that is in communication with a computing system. The computing system runs computer-executable instructions that may examine a profile of a passenger. Furthermore, the system may determine based upon the profile that support is to be provided audibly to the passenger whenever support is provided to the passenger. The system may also detect divergences from a predetermined path or route, which is determined may be determined by comparing a position signal output against the predetermined path. In response to detecting divergences, the system may further output an audible support message having content based on the detected divergences. Moreover, the system may be configured to contact authorities and stop the autonomous vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354661 | METHOD FOR OPENING A VEHICLE - A plurality of keys are registered to the vehicle for opening the vehicle. A respective key must answer within a predetermined timeslot after a first request transmitted by the vehicle, in order to open the vehicle. Several such successive timeslots are provided and several keys are allocated to at least one of these timeslots. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354662 | REMOTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A remote communication system includes a portable device; and a fixed system. The fixed system includes main communication modules; and a position estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the portable device, based on an incident angle of a signal from the portable device, upon detecting the signal by antennas provided in the main communication modules. When there are two main communication modules for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle. When there is one main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle and a received radio wave intensity of the signal. When there is no main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the received radio wave intensity. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354663 | ATTACHMENT FOR A WIPER ARM - An attachment for a wiper arm of a windscreen wiper of a vehicle, having a rod arm, comprises a fluid channel for conducting a fluid and a first dimensionally stable element, wherein a first fluid channel section is formed in the first dimensionally stable element. The attachment also comprises a second dimensionally stable element, wherein a second fluid channel section is formed in the second dimensionally stable element. A wiper arm including the attachment is also disclosed. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354664 | A WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE - A windscreen wiper device comprising an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, a connecting device, a mounting head, and a longitudinal strip-shaped arm. The wiper blade is adapted to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The wiper blade includes at least one groove in which an elastic, elongated carrier element is disposed. The connecting device is connected to the wiper blade. The mounting head transfers a reciprocal movement to the wiper blade. The longitudinal strip-shaped arm has a first end detachably connected to the mounting head through a snapping operation and a second end detachably connected to the connecting device through a snapping operation. The arm is made of a resilient material and is biased to exert a pressure onto the wiper blade towards the windscreen to be wiped. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354665 | Motor Vehicle Wiper Blade - A motor vehicle wiper blade includes a spoiler which extends along a longitudinal direction and a lip disposed on the spoiler. The spoiler has, along the longitudinal direction, a cutout which extends in a direction of the lip. The motor vehicle wiper blade has an inner circle side and an outer circle side. The cutout is disposed on the inner circle side of the motor vehicle wiper blade and there is no cutout on the outer circle side of the motor vehicle wiper blade. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354666 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF VEHICLE SENSOR DEVICES - Methods and systems for thermal management of sensors of a vehicle. The system includes a processor and a sensor cleaning subsystem including a cleaning fluid reservoir and a port that is positioned to direct cleaning fluid from the reservoir to a vehicle sensor. The processor is configured to: receive temperature data corresponding to the sensor from a temperature monitor, determine that a current temperature of the sensor is greater than a first threshold temperature, and cause the sensor cleaning subsystem to initiate a cleaning cycle and direct the cleaning fluid to the sensor to cool down the sensor in response to determining that the current temperature of the sensor is greater than the first threshold temperature. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354667 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE WASHING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - A liquid ejection device for a vehicle washing system includes a reservoir volume, a first supply line coupled upstream to the reservoir for supplying a first liquid with a first supply rate and a second supply line coupled upstream to the reservoir for supplying a second liquid with a second supply rate. The device further comprises a removal line coupled downstream to the reservoir with a blocking device for blocking liquid flow through the removal line, and a detection unit for detecting liquid volume in the reservoir and a mixing ratio of the liquids introduced into the reservoir; and a removal device for ejecting the liquid found in the reservoir through an ejection element coupled to the removal line. In addition, the device comprises a control unit which is coupled to the detection unit and the removal device and is set up to start an ejection process by the removal device upon reaching a predetermined liquid volume and a predetermined mixing ratio. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354668 | Safety Device for Vehicle Wash Tunnel and Method of Operation - A method and safety device for a vehicle wash tunnel with a support structure with two parallel rails for the placement, by means of corresponding carriages, of the arms of an arch which incorporates a horizontal brush capable of linear movement along the arms of the arch and the rails. The safety device includes a rotation shaft, for fastening the arms of the arch to the carriages, and an extendable cylinder, spaced from the rotation shaft, which joins each carriage to the corresponding arch, such that the arch can rotate with respect to the carriages, and the extension of the extendable cylinder causes the rotation of the arch. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354669 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND MOBILE APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes a deflector configured to deflect illumination light from a light source unit, to scan an object, and to deflect reflected light from the object, a light guide configured to guide the illumination light from the light source unit to the deflector, and to guide reflected light from the deflector to a first light-receiving element, a reflector configured to reflect first light that is part of the illumination light from the deflector, and to reintroduce the first light to the deflector, a filter disposed between the reflector and the first light-receiving element, and configured to transmit light in a specific wavelength band, and a controller configured to determine whether or not an intensity of the first light is included in a specific numerical range, using a signal based on the first light output from the first light-receiving element. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354670 | HYDRAULIC BLOCK FOR A HYDRAULIC MODULATOR OF A VEHICLE HYDRAULIC-POWER BRAKE SYSTEM - For a compact design of a hydraulic block of a hydraulic modulator of a vehicle slip-controlled hydraulic-power brake system, an electric motor of a power brake-pressure generator is disposed on the same side of the hydraulic block as solenoid valves for a brake-pressure control and an electronic control unit for controlling the electric motor and the solenoid valves. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354671 | BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A braking control system and method for a vehicle are configured to calculate a braking force of front and rear wheels using a wheel slip ratio of the front and rear wheels and a road surface friction coefficient and then accurately estimate and calculate a disk temperature of the front and rear wheels using a predetermined estimation formula from the calculated braking force, and control distribution of braking pressure to the front wheels and the rear wheels so as to uniformly wear brake pads based on the calculated temperatures of the disks. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354672 | BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING TWO INDEPENDENT CONTROL UNITS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present disclosure provides a brake system having two independent control units and a method for controlling the same. The brake system includes a first brake control unit (S | 2021-11-18 |
20210354673 | MASTER CYLINDER FOR BRAKE - A master cylinder for a brake may include: a cylinder housing a first piston installed in the cylinder housing, and movable by an operation force received from a brake pedal; and a second piston within the cylinder housing, and movable in connection with the first piston, wherein the first piston comprises: a first piston body partially within the cylinder housing; and a booster connection within the direction opposite to that in which the first piston body faces the second piston, integrated with the first piston body, and connected to a booster so as to receive the operation force of the brake pedal. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354674 | HOUSING FOR AN ELECTROPNEUMATIC MODULATOR FOR AN ELECTROPNEUMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, ELECTROPNEUMATIC MODULATOR HAVING A HOUSING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROPNEUMATIC MODULATOR - A housing for an electropneumatic modulator for an electropneumatic brake system for a vehicle, includes: an electric chamber configured to receive at least one electrical and/or electronic component of the electropneumatic modulator from a first side of the housing; and a receptacle chamber which is arranged opposite the electric chamber and is configured so as to receive a relay piston and a guide device for guiding the relay piston from a second side, opposite the first side, of the housing, in which the housing is formed in one piece. Also described are a related electropneumatic modulator and a method for making the electropneumatic modulator. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354675 | ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC PRESSURE CONTROL MODULE IMPLEMENTED AS A COMPONENT AND HAVING AN INTEGRATED INERTIAL SENSOR - An electro-pneumatic central pressure control module having at least a single channel, and which is implemented as a component for an electro-pneumatic service brake of a vehicle, having at least one pressure control channel which is electrically controllable with regard to a brake pressure. Also described is an electronic control device of the pressure control module having a board carrying electrical and electronic components, at least one inertial sensor being arranged on or at the at least one board and being electrically conductively connected to at least several of the electrical and electronic components on the board, in which an arrangement/apparatus ensures a lower vibration load of the inertial sensor on the board. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354676 | HYDRAULIC UNIT OF ELECTRONIC CONTROL BRAKE SYSTEM - A hydraulic unit of an electronic control brake system is disclosed. The hydraulic unit of the electronic control brake system includes a modulator block having a plurality of accommodating bores in which a plurality of valves and pressure sensors coupled to a master cylinder to control braking hydraulic pressure supplied towards vehicle wheels are installed. Passages connecting between the accommodating bores are formed in the modulator block, and the passages are formed to be divided into two layers. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354677 | ELECTRIC BOOSTER FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE HAVING DUAL ACTUATOR - An electric brake booster for an autonomous vehicle is provided. The electric brake booster includes a body part that receives a power cylinder generating braking pressure in an autonomous driving/braking mode and a master cylinder generating braking pressure in a manual driver braking mode. A driving shaft is movable in an axial direction in the power cylinder and coupled to a piston. A first motor is connected to a first side of the driving shaft and provides driving power thereto. A second motor is connected to a second side of the driving shaft and provides driving power thereto in a direction equal to that of the driving power provided from the first motor. A controller determines whether the first or second motor normally operates and simultaneously or separately operates the first and second motors based on a magnitude of the pressure in the power cylinder or whether emergency braking occurs. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354678 | ELECTRIC MOTOR, BRAKING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - An electric drive for an electrohydraulic brake system, having a housing and a stator-rotor unit received by the housing. The stator-rotor unit has a stator with an arrangement of a plurality of magnetizable, pole-forming stator teeth. The stator teeth are subdivided into separate tooth pairs inserted into the housing. Each of the tooth pairs is wrapped with its own common metal wire forming a part of the coil, the two wire ends of which are electrically contacted with a separate housing insert made of plastic, which is joined to the housing and thereby covers the stator-rotor unit. The individual stator teeth are braced against one another in the housing while lying on one another and are braced against the housing. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354679 | ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE SYSTEM - A brake system includes an electromechanical brake having a friction surface, a lining support, an electric motor for moving the lining support, a spring acting on the lining support, and a control and monitoring unit. A control and monitoring unit ascertains from at least one first value ascertained during a first movement of the lining support by the electric motor, an operating behavior value for a real operating behavior of an operating parameter of the relevant brake, and ascertains, by a comparison of the at least one real operating behavior value to at least one stored operating behavior expectation, a correction factor. The brake control system corrects by the one correction factor and activates a regulator of the electric motor using the corrected brake control signal. The control and monitoring unit is performs a calibration by a spring force of the at least one spring during the first movement. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354680 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A BRAKE UNIT - A motor vehicle having a bulkhead includes: a brake unit, a housing of which is fastenable to the bulkhead of the motor vehicle. An actuating member for actuation of the brake unit extends through the bulkhead. A radial flange is provided on a housing surface facing toward the bulkhead. On the bulkhead, there is provided at least one corresponding fastening element which at least partially engages around the radial flange. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354681 | TORQUE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE POWERPLANT - A vehicle includes a drive wheel, an engine, an accelerator pedal, a torque converter, a clutch, and a controller. The drive wheel is configured to propel the vehicle. The engine is configured to generate power and to deliver power to the drive wheel to accelerate the vehicle. The accelerator pedal is configured to generate an acceleration request based on a pedal position. The torque converter is disposed between the engine and the drive wheel. The clutch is disposed between the engine and the drive wheel and is configured to bypass the torque converter. The controller is programmed to, in response to depressing the accelerator pedal to a position that corresponds with accelerating the vehicle at a desired magnitude, adjust the torque of the engine to accelerate the vehicle at the desired magnitude, regardless of the state of the clutch. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354682 | FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A four-wheel drive vehicle includes a drive-power distribution device including (a) a clutch for distributing an engine drive power, between main and auxiliary drive wheels, (b) an electric motor, (c) a press mechanism for pressing the clutch by converting a rotary motion of the electric motor into a linear motion. The drive-power distribution device adjusts a torque capacity of the clutch to adjust a drive-power distribution ratio between the main and auxiliary drive wheels. The vehicle further includes a control apparatus for executing a drive-power distribution control for adjusting the drive-power distribution ratio, and an automatic-stop control for causing the engine to be automatically stopped upon satisfaction of an engine-stop condition. When the engine is in a stop state by execution of the automatic-stop control, the control apparatus inhibits change of the drive-power distribution ratio which is to be made by change of a rotational direction of the electric motor. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354683 | System for Sensing a Position of a First Member Relative to a Second Member Based on a Radio Frequency Characteristic of a Bias Member - A system for sensing a position of a first member relative to a second member based on a radio frequency characteristic of a bias member is disclosed. The bias member may be configured to bias the second member relative to the first member. Radio frequency circuitry may be configured to apply a radio frequency signal to the bias member and provide one or more signals indicative of a position of the first member relative to the second member based on a radio frequency characteristic of the bias member. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354684 | DRIVE TRAIN CONFIGURATIONS FOR A VEHICLE AGNOSTIC TO A POWER SOURCE - A drive train for installation in a vehicle chassis includes a power source, two motor/generators (M/Gs), an array of batteries, and a control system for configuring the drive train to operate using only the power source, only the batteries or a combination of the power source and batteries. The control system may open or close clutches to configure the drive train with each M/G working as a motor or a generator. A M/G working as a motor may use power from the batteries to supply rotational power to drive the vehicle or operate accessories on the vehicle. A M/G working as a generator coupled to a power source generates electric power for charging the array of batteries. The vehicle, including components and subsystems, may be powered electrically from the batteries or powered from the engine. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354685 | OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH ONBOARD AND CLOUD-BASED DATA - A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle performs a maneuver using a trajectory determined according to an external environment. The vehicle has a plurality of environment sensors and a controller device configured to acquire an environment data set (UDS) using the environment sensors, which it transmits to a cloud computer. The cloud computer reads in the environment data set (UDS), generates a supplemental data set (EDS) for supplementing the environment data set (UDS), combines the environment data set (UDS) with the supplemental data set (EDS) in order to generate a supplemented environment data set (UDS′), and transmits the supplemented environment data set (UDS′) to the controller device. The supplemental data set (EDS) may be obtained by evaluating data of other road users within a predetermined radius of the vehicle. The controller device evaluates the supplemented environment data set (UDS′) for the purpose of controlling the trajectory. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354686 | Full-automatic parking method and system - Provided are a full-automatic parking method and system. The full-automatic parking method comprises: receiving a start instruction sent by a user, and activating an automatic parking system according to the start instruction; controlling a vehicle to automatically move forward and search, during moving, whether there is an available parking space at the left side or the right side of the vehicle, and when there is an available parking space, identifying basic information of the target parking space; planning a parking path according to the identified basic information of the target parking space, and obtaining a start point of parking and a parking path from the start point of parking to an end point of parking; controlling the vehicle to automatically move to the start point of parking; and controlling the vehicle to automatically park in the parking space according to the planned parking path. Through the full-automatic parking method and system provided by the present disclosure, a vehicle searches and identifies a free parking space while automatically moving forward, and automatically parks in the parking space; no human involvement is required in the whole process of searching a parking space and parking, thereby implementing full-automatic parking. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354687 | Diagonal Parking Space Detection Method, and Automatic Parking Method and System - Provided are a diagonal parking space detection method and device, and an automatic parking method and system. The diagonal parking space detection method includes: operation S | 2021-11-18 |
20210354688 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - In the invention, in automatic parking, a route from a parking start position to a target parking position is calculated prior to the start of parking. However, there are cases where an external environment recognition device cannot detect an obstacle at a distant or blind spot. In such a case, smooth parking is hindered when the vehicle is actually automatically parked. In the invention, in Step S | 2021-11-18 |
20210354689 | Parking Assistant and Method for Adaptive Parking of a Vehicle to Optimize Overall Sensing Coverage of a Traffic Environment - A method can be used for adaptive parking of a vehicle. A parking area is determined around a programmed destination of the vehicle. The parking area has more than one available parking spot for the vehicle. Parking data is acquired via a wireless communication network. The parking data for each parked vehicle includes a parking position and an individual sensing coverage of an environment sensor system of the respective parked vehicle scanning the traffic environment within the parking area. Available parking spots are ranked based on a calculated overall sensing coverage and a recommended parking spot is determined among the available parking spots based on overall sensing coverage of the traffic environment in the parking area. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354690 | VEHICLE OPERATION USING A DYNAMIC OCCUPANCY GRID - Methods for operating a vehicle in an environment include receiving light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data from a LiDAR of the vehicle. The LiDAR data represents objects located in the environment. A dynamic occupancy grid (DOG) is generated based on a semantic map. The DOG includes multiple grid cells. Each grid cell represents a portion of the environment. For each grid cell, a probability density function is generated based on the LiDAR data. The probability density function represents a probability that the portion of the environment represented by the grid cell is occupied by an object. A time-to-collision (TTC) of the vehicle and the object less than a threshold time is determined based on the probability density function. Responsive to determining that the TTC is less than the threshold time, a control circuit of the vehicle operates the vehicle to avoid a collision of the vehicle and the object. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354691 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR CRASH - A system for detecting a vehicular collision (i) receives internal data from at least one internal sensor of a vehicle; (ii) receives external data from at least one external sensor; (iii) determines that a vehicle collision is imminent based upon the received external data; (iv) determines positional information for at least one occupant of a vehicle; and (v) automatically engages an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle system to mitigate at least one of vehicle damage and occupant injury caused by the vehicle collision. As a result, the potential injury to at least one occupant is reduced. The system may also utilize vehicle occupant positional data, and internal and external sensor data to detect potential imminent vehicle collisions, take corrective actions, automatically engage autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle features, and/or generate virtual reconstructions of the vehicle collision. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354692 | CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BASED UPON A PREDICTED IMMINENT LANE CHANGE - An autonomous vehicle is described, wherein the autonomous vehicle is configured to estimate a change in direction of a vehicle that is on a roadway and is proximate to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle has a mechanical system, one or more sensors that generate one or more sensor signals, and a computing system in communication with the mechanical system and the one or more sensors. The autonomous vehicle is configured to detect an imminent lane change by another vehicle based on at least one of a computed angle between a wheel of the other vehicle and a longitudinal direction of travel of the other vehicle, a degree of misalignment between the wheel of the other vehicle and a body of the other vehicle, and/or an eccentricity of the wheel of the other vehicle. The mechanical system of the autonomous vehicle is controlled by the computing system based upon the detected imminent lane change. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354693 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, CONTROL UNIT, MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a motor vehicle, which includes a drive system, including an electric drive machine, a friction braking system and an actuating element. The actuating element is continuously movable between a first end state and a second end state, a position of the actuating element in the first end state corresponding to a percentage value of 0%, and the position of the actuating element in the second end state corresponding to a percentage value of 100%. An acceleration torque for the motor vehicle is predefined if the positon has a percentage value that is greater than a predefined threshold value, and a deceleration torque for the motor vehicle being predefined if the position has a percentage value that is less than the threshold value. The friction braking system is activated in such a way that the friction braking system generates at least partially the predefined deceleration torque. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354694 | CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD - The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of achieving appropriate cornering during cruise control of a straddle-type vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354695 | PASSAGE OF A PLATOON OF VEHICLES - A method for controlling passage of a group of vehicles. The method includes receiving, by a first vehicle, a signal from at least one second vehicle in the group of vehicles comprising information indicative of its length. The method further includes communicating, by the first vehicle, information indicative of a time for passing a certain point along a road for the group of vehicles to a roadside unit or remote unit based on the received signal from the at least one second vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354696 | CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE BASED UPON WIND - One or more devices, systems, and/or methods for controlling a motor vehicle based upon wind are provided. For example, a first measurement of wind detected by a first sensor coupled to the motor vehicle may be received from the first sensor. A second measurement of wind associated with a location of the motor vehicle may be received from a server. A wind effect (e.g., cost, inefficiency, danger, etc.) on the motor vehicle may be determined based upon the first measurement of wind and/or the second measurement of wind. A corrective action for the motor vehicle may be determined based upon the wind effect, and may be implemented on the motor vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354697 | FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS - A four-wheel drive force distribution apparatus for distributing drive forces to the wheels of a four-wheel drive vehicle, in which the distribution of drive force to the front inside wheel ( | 2021-11-18 |
20210354698 | APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING DRIVING AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first sensor mounted to a host vehicle and having a field of view in front of the host vehicle, the first sensor configured to acquire front image data; a second sensor selected from a group consisting of a radar sensor and a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor and mounted to the host vehicle, the second sensor configured to have a field of sensing in front of the host vehicle and acquire front sensing data; a third sensor selected from a group consisting of a radar sensor and a LiDAR sensor and mounted to the host vehicle, the third sensor configured to have a field of sensing behind the vehicle and acquire rear side sensing data; and a controller including a processor configured to process the front side sensing data and the rear side sensing data; wherein the controller is configured to: in response to a lane change command being input, acquire position information and velocity information of other vehicle traveling in another lane corresponding to the lane change command based on the rear side sensing data, and output a driving signal for changing a distance between the host vehicle and a preceding vehicle based on the position information and the velocity information of the other vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354699 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A controller is provided that is configured to perform: receiving information on travel history of a first vehicle ahead of a subject vehicle from the first vehicle; receiving information on course prediction of a second vehicle from the second vehicle; and predicting a travel route of the second vehicle based on the information on the travel history and the information on the course prediction, and notifying a driver of the subject vehicle, in the case of detecting, based on the travel route of the second vehicle thus predicted, that there is a possibility that the subject vehicle will come into contact with the second vehicle when the subject vehicle overtakes a third vehicle that is ahead of the subject vehicle and behind the first vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354700 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND ON-VEHICLE SYSTEM AND MOVING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical apparatus includes a deflection unit configured to deflect illumination light from a light source to scan an object and deflect reflected light from the object, and a light guide unit configured to guide the illumination light from the light source to the deflection unit and guide the reflected light from the deflection unit to a light-receiving element, wherein the light guide unit includes a first surface on which the illumination light from the light source is incident and a second surface including a transmissive region through which the illumination light from the first surface is transmitted and a reflective region that reflects the reflected light from the deflection unit, wherein the first and the second surfaces are non-parallel to each other, and wherein the illumination light from the first surface is incident on the transmissive region without passing through other surfaces. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354701 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control method is disclosed. The vehicle control method is a method for controlling a vehicle by associating a seat a passenger in the vehicle is sitting in with the passenger's service use information. The service use information generated after the passenger sits in the first seat may be stored in a first memory corresponding to the first seat. Upon detecting that the passenger has left the first seat and is sitting in the second seat, the service use information may be moved from the first memory to a second memory corresponding to the second seat and stored in the second memory. The service use information includes information that is stored in the first memory until the passenger leaves the first seat after sitting in the first seat. One or more of an autonomous vehicle according to the present invention, a user terminal, and a server may be associated with artificial intelligence, a robot, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), etc. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354702 | AGENT CONTROL DEVICE, AGENT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An agent control device that acquires agent utilization history information for a user, selects one agent from among a plurality of agents that are utilizable inside a vehicle based on the acquired utilization history information, and activates the selected agent. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354703 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VEHICLE OPERATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a vehicle, the vehicle ( | 2021-11-18 |
20210354704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING AN UNSAFE MANEUVER OF A VEHICLE - A maneuver classification platform may obtain video data and telematic data that are associated with a driving event involving a vehicle. The maneuver classification platform may analyze the video data to identify a path of the vehicle along a roadway during the driving event, and based on markings of a plurality of roadways. The maneuver classification platform may analyze the video data to determine a type of a vehicle maneuver performed by the vehicle during the driving event. The maneuver classification platform may determine a maneuver score of the driving event based on the type of the vehicle maneuver, the path of the vehicle, and the telematic data. The maneuver classification platform may send a message associated with the maneuver score and a vehicle identifier of the vehicle to a client device to permit the client device to use the maneuver score. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354705 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING A FIELD OF VIEW DISTURBANCE FOR AN OPERATOR OF AN OBJECT, DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD AS WELL AS VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for avoiding a field of view disturbance for an operator of an object. The field of view disturbance IS caused by the overlay of virtual additional information via a display unit of a transportation vehicle or data glasses. The overlay of additional information supports the operator in the operation of an object. The method carries out an image analysis by which it is checked whether a field of view disturbance is caused by the overlay of the virtual additional information, and a measure for suppressing the field of view disturbance is carried out when a field of view disturbance is detected. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354706 | Wireless Vehicle Control of Vehicle Sensor Calibration Environment - Sensors coupled to a vehicle are calibrated using a calibration environment that includes sensor targets, and optionally includes a motorized turntable that rotates the vehicle to different orientations, with the sensors capturing data at each orientation. The vehicle's computer identifies representations of the sensor targets within the data captured by the sensors, determines whether characteristics such as lighting or positioning of the representations of the sensor targets are optimal for calibration, sends signals to lighting systems or motorized target movement systems if necessary to adjust those characteristics, and calibrates the sensor based on the representations of the sensor targets. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354707 | MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE FEATURES - A calibration and repair system for advanced driver assistance systems (“ADAS”) and features is configured to provide secure, automated workflow management related to the calibration of User Remote ADAS. Automated workflows include steps and interfaces to aid in preparation of a vehicle for calibration, local-remote collaboration during calibration, customer interactions, workflow and event notification, user authentication, remote system management, and other tasks. The system is also capable of automatically and dynamically adding new and updated calibration specifications that are usable during local-remote collaboration. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354708 | ONLINE PERCEPTION PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - A method and system for enabling online perception performance evaluation for an ego-vehicle are disclosed. Method includes obtaining sensor data from a perception system of the ego-vehicle, where the sensor data includes information about at least one object in surrounding environment of ego-vehicle. Method includes obtaining communication data from an external vehicle in surrounding environment of ego-vehicle, where obtained communication data includes at least one physical attribute of external vehicle. Method includes comparing obtained at least one physical attribute of the external vehicle with information about at least one object in order to find an object of at least one object that matches at least one physical attribute. Then, if a match for at least one physical attribute is found, method further includes obtaining world view data indicative of world view of external vehicle, forming a common reference system between the ego-vehicle and external vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354709 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOBILE BODY - A controller includes a control section configured to actually control a hardware unit, an identification model including a hard model obtained by modeling a dynamic characteristic of the hardware unit and a soft model configured to execute same processing as processing performed on the hard model by the control section, and an adjustment section configured to update a dynamic characteristic of a model of the hardware unit in the hard model such that an output value of the hard model obtained by processing of the soft model matches an actual output value of the hardware unit. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354710 | EXECUTION MONITORING DEVICE AND EXECUTION MONITORING METHOD - A execution monitoring device ( | 2021-11-18 |
20210354711 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE - Provided is an image output device mounted on a vehicle capable of performing autonomous driving. In particular, the image output device provides a user interface optimal for an occupant using 5G communication in a vehicle capable of performing autonomous driving. The image output device may be a robot having artificial intelligence. Specifically, the image output device includes: an image output unit; and a processor setting a screen in the vehicle on the basis of a gaze of an occupant riding in the vehicle, and controlling the image output unit to output an image corresponding to the screen, wherein at least one of a size and a ratio of the image is varied according to the screen. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354712 | AGENT CONTROL DEVICE, AGENT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An agent control device that acquires a request signal requesting establishment of communication between a mobile terminal and an onboard device; responds to the request signal so as to present, on a display device, a display screen showing procedure information used to set up and establish communication between the mobile terminal and the onboard device; and performs control to continue operation of an agent that is operational inside a vehicle while the display screen is being presented. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354713 | AGENT CONTROL DEVICE, AGENT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING AGENT CONTROL PROGRAM - An agent control device acquires configuration information relating to a communication mode between a communications device in a vehicle and a plurality of agent servers. The agent control device, on the basis of the acquired configuration information, select one agent server from the plurality of agent servers. The agent control device perform control such that voice message information of an agent corresponding to the selected agent server is output. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354714 | SURROUNDING VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The surrounding vehicle display system comprises an object detection device detecting an object in surroundings of a vehicle, an electronic control unit, and a display device. The electronic control unit is configured to generate an object mark based on an output of the object detection device and identify the object mark. The display device displays the surrounding vehicle as a vehicle icon when the object mark is identified as a surrounding vehicle by the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine a position of the vehicle icon with respect to the vehicle on the display device and offset a center position of the vehicle icon from a center position of the object mark identified as the surrounding vehicle based on a predetermined size of the vehicle icon. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354715 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS AND WARNINGS - Methods and systems for providing Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) warnings and/or other types of information to an occupant of a motor vehicle are provided. Warning lights can be provided around the perimeter of a shape that represents the perimeter of the vehicle from a top-view perspective. Lights around the shape can be lit to convey a sense of the area of danger and/or the direction from which danger is approaching. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354716 | METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR MEASURING INTER-VEHICLE DISTANCE USING DRIVING IMAGE - A method for measuring an inter-vehicle distance using a processor is provided. The method includes acquiring a driving image photographed by a photographing device of a first vehicle; detecting a second vehicle from the driving image and calculating a ratio between an image width of the detected second vehicle and an image width of a lane in which the second vehicle is located; determining a size class of the second vehicle among a plurality of size classes based on the calculated ratio; determining a width of the second vehicle based on the determined size class of the second vehicle; and calculating a distance from the photographing device to the second vehicle based on the determined width of the second vehicle, a focal length of the photographing device, and the image width of the second vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354717 | WARNING APPARATUS - In a warning apparatus, a restriction unit performs restriction of the issuance of a warning about a ghost from an issuing unit. A trajectory calculator calculates an estimated trajectory of each of first and second target objects. A cancelling unit cancels the restriction of the issuance of the warning about the ghost from the issuing unit upon determination that a predetermined cancelation condition is satisfied for the first and second target objects. The cancelation condition includes a condition that a passing distance between the first and second target objects is larger than a predetermined distance threshold. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354718 | LIDAR LOCALIZATION USING RNN AND LSTM FOR TEMPORAL SMOOTHNESS IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - In one embodiment, a method for temporal smoothness in localization results for an autonomous driving vehicle includes: creating a probability offset volume that represents an overall matching cost between a first set of keypoints from the online point cloud and a second set of keypoints from a pre-built point cloud map for each of a series of sequential light detection and ranging (LiDAR) frames in an online point cloud. The method also includes compressing the probability offset volume into multiple probability vectors across a X dimension, a Y dimension and a yaw dimension; providing each probability vector of the probability offset volume to a number of recurrent neural networks (RNNs); and generating, by the RNNs, a trajectory of location results across the plurality of sequential LiDAR frames. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354719 | SYNCHRONIZING SENSORS OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES - In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes determining a first set of data acquisition characteristics of a first sensor of an autonomous driving vehicle. The method also includes determining a second set of data acquisition characteristics of a second sensor of the autonomous driving vehicle. The method further includes synchronizing a first data acquisition time of the first sensor and a second data acquisition time of the second sensor, based on the first set of data acquisition characteristics and the second set of data acquisition characteristics. The first sensor obtains first sensor data at the first data acquisition time. The second sensor obtains second sensor data at the second data acquisition time. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354720 | CONTROL AUTHORITY TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - Disclosed is a control authority transfer apparatus of an autonomous vehicle, including a memory storing data on a plurality of users, and at least one processor setting driving operation priorities based on the data, wherein, in the state in which at least a part of autonomous driving control has failed, upon determining that a main user is in a state of being incapable of performing driving operation, the processor selects a first sub-user among a plurality of sub-users as a driving operation user according to the driving operation priorities, and selects a first device matching the first sub-user as a driving operation device. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354721 | Learning Method and Learning Device for Updating Object Detector, Based on Deep Learning, of Autonomous Vehicle to Adapt the Object Detector to Driving Circumstance, and Updating Method and Updating Device Using the Same - A method for updating an object detector of an autonomous vehicle to adapt the object defector to a driving circumstance is provided. The method includes steps of; a learning device (a) (i) inputting a training image, corresponding to a driving circumstance, into a circumstance-specific object detector to apply (i-1) convolution to the training image to generate a circumstance-specific feature map, (i-2) ROI pooling to the circumstance-specific feature map to generate a circumstance-specific pooled feature map, and (i-3) fully-connected operation to the circumstance-specific pooled feature map to generate circumstance-specific object detection information and (ii) inputting the circumstance-specific feature map into a circumstance-specific ranking network to (ii-1) apply deconvolution to the circumstance-specific feature map and generate a circumstance-specific segmentation map and (ii-2) generate a circumstance-specific rank score via a circumstance-specific discriminator; and (b) training the circumstance-specific object detector, the circumstance-specific deconvolutional layer, the circumstance-specific convolutional layer, and the circumstance-specific discriminator. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354722 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an autonomous vehicle and a driving control system and method using the same. The method of controlling driving a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes searching for a section occupied by a section service provider in a driving route to a destination; determining whether the vehicle is a subscriber vehicle registered in a section service provided by the section service provider. When the subscriber vehicle drives a section occupied by the section service provider, the subscriber vehicle has a priority in a driving speed, compared to a non-subscriber vehicle. At least one of an autonomous vehicle, a user terminal, and a server of the present invention may be connected to or fused with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) module, a drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to a 5G service. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354723 | DETERMINING PUDDLE SEVERITY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods for controlling a first vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the first vehicle may be received. A splash and characteristics of the splash may be detected from the sensor data using a classifier. A severity of a puddle may be determined based on the characteristics of the splash and a speed of a second vehicle that caused the splash. The first vehicle may be controlled based on the severity. In another instance, a location of a puddle relative to a tire of a second vehicle is estimated using sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the first vehicle. A severity of the puddle may be determined based on the estimated location. The first vehicle may be controlled based on the severity. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354724 | DIGITAL MAP TRUTH MAINTENANCE - The described technology is generally directed towards digital map truth maintenance. Map inputs shared among multiple users of a shared overlay map service can have a range of credibility, from not credible to highly credible. The disclosed digital map truth maintenance technologies can be used to enhance credibility of shared map inputs. Credibility values can be calculated for map inputs, based on any of multiple factors. Map inputs having sufficiently high credibility, such as a credibility value determined to be above a threshold value, can be shared among multiple mobile devices. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354725 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a control system for a vehicle, the control system comprising at least one controller and being configured to: obtain image data relating to terrain to be traversed by the vehicle, and for each of a plurality of sub-regions of the image data: determine probability data relating to whether the respective sub-region relates to a path region or a non-path region of the terrain; and determine a cost for the vehicle to traverse a portion of the terrain to which the sub-region relates depending on the probability data meeting one or more path probability criteria indicating that the sub-region relates to the path region, one or more non-path probability criteria indicating that the sub-region relates to the non-path region or neither the path probability criteria nor the non-path probability criteria; and determining a vehicle path in dependence on the determined costs. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354726 | System and method for improving interaction of a plurality of autonomous vehicles with a driving environment including said vehicles - The disclosure relates to technology for determining vehicle environment interaction metrics and/or passenger behavioral metrics for autonomous vehicles in a driving environment. A group of one or more autonomous vehicles independently determine a VEI score for a target vehicle within a predefined vicinity of the group of one or more vehicles. A target vehicle may determine a VPB score based on passengers within the target vehicle. VEI scores and/or VPB scores determined for a target vehicle may be used by the target vehicle to reinforce and/or correct driving actions of the target vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354727 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING OBSTACLE IN UNMANNED SIMULATION SCENE - The present disclosure discloses a method for simulating an obstacle in an unmanned simulation scene, an electronic device, and a storage medium, and relates to a field of unmanned driving technologies. The method includes: for obstacle information in a three-dimensional scene map, determining Gaussian distribution information of obstacle position detected by using a perception algorithm to be tested based on actual perception performance of the perception algorithm; adjusting each position of the simulated obstacle in the initial motion trajectory sequence, such that a position deviation between each adjusted position point in the target motion trajectory sequence and the corresponding position point in the initial motion trajectory sequence follows a Gaussian distribution; and adding the target motion trajectory sequence of the simulated obstacle to the three-dimensional scene map. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354728 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING REQUIREMENTS DEFICIENCY DETERMINATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to resolving one or more deficiencies in autonomous driving requirements for a road segment. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data for a portion of the road segment from at least one sensor of a vehicle, and determining autonomous driving requirements for the portion of the road segment. The method includes identifying the one or more deficiencies in the autonomous driving requirements for the portion of the road segment based on the received sensor data and the determined autonomous driving requirements for the portion of the road segment. The method includes determining an alteration to the portion of the road segment to overcome the one or more deficiencies in the autonomous driving requirements for the portion of the road segment. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354729 | EFFICIENT SAFETY AWARE PATH SELECTION AND PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONS - In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed for weighting one or more optional paths based on obstacle avoidance or other safety considerations. In some embodiments, the obstacle avoidance considerations may be computed using a comparison of trajectories representative of safety procedures at present and future projected time steps of an ego-vehicle and other actors to ensure that each actor is capable of implementing their respective safety procedure while avoiding collisions at any point along the trajectory. This comparison may include filtering out a path(s) of an actor at a time step(s)—e.g., using a one-dimensional lookup—based on spatial relationships between the actor and the ego-vehicle at the time step(s). Where a particular path—or point along the path—does not satisfy a collision-free standard, the path may be penalized more negatively with respect to the obstacle avoidance considerations, or may be removed from consideration as a potential path. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354730 | NAVIGATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING TURN AWARE MACHINE LEARNING BASED MODELS FOR PREDICTION OF BEHAVIOR OF A TRAFFIC ENTITY - An autonomous vehicle collects sensor data of an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle including traffic entities such as pedestrians, bicyclists, or other vehicles. The sensor data is provided to a machine learning based model along with an expected turn direction of the autonomous vehicle to determine a hidden context attribute of a traffic entity given the expected turn direction of the autonomous vehicle. The hidden context attribute of the traffic entity represents factors that affect the behavior of the traffic entity, and the hidden context attribute is used to predict future behavior of the traffic entity. Instructions to control the autonomous vehicle are generated based on the hidden context attribute. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354731 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING TRAVELING BACKWARD PASSENGERS AND BOARDING TRAINS IN RAIL TRANSIT - A method and system for identifying traveling backward (TB) passengers and boarding trains in rail transit is provided. The method includes: establishing a passenger choice behavior model based on a waiting time of passengers, identifying normal passengers and TB passengers, and determining a normal waiting time and a turn-back time; establishing a normal waiting time distribution model based on the maximum number of trains and the waiting time of normal passengers; establishing a turn-back time distribution model based on the maximum number of turn-back stations and the turn-back time; and identifying TB passengers, turn-back stations and boarding trains of TB passengers and boarding trains of normal passengers according to the estimated parameters. The method and system of the present disclosure provide a more accurate and reasonable basis for passenger flow control and transport capacity allocation. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354732 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OCCUPANCY OF VEHICLE SEATS BY PASSENGERS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES - A method is for controlling the occupancy of the seats of one or more vehicle(s) by passengers using a control device for controlling the occupancy of the seats. The vehicle includes a number of seats equipped with a reading light. The control device includes each reading light, a control system for controlling the reading lights and a controller. The method includes an emission of at least one piece of data related to the seat toward an electronic device of a passenger of the vehicle. The piece of data is emitted using a wireless optical communication technique, which is a technique of visible light communication. The emission of the at least one piece of data related to the seat is carried out by the reading light of the seat controlled by the control system. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354733 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING FATIGUE RESISTANCE PERFORMANCE OF LOCOMOTIVE RUBBER-METAL PAD AND LOCOMOTIVE RUBBER-METAL PAD - A method for improving fatigue resistance performance of a locomotive rubber-metal pad and the locomotive rubber-metal pad improve the fatigue resistance performance of the rubber-metal pad and prevent 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 position relationship between the rubber and the 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. A rubber layer diameter of each layer is a variable diameter by adjusting a size of the rubber layer diameter between the rubber and the metal of the rubber-metal pad. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354734 | SYSTEMS FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM - Various methods and systems are provided for a braking system. In one example, a braking arrangement comprising a dead lever comprising a protrusion offset toward a live lever and a slack adjuster. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354735 | TELESCOPIC MULTIFUNCTIONAL WORKING VEHICLE CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND EVACUATING TRANSVERSELY AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to the technical field of engineering technology equipment and methods, in particular to a telescopic multifunctional working vehicle capable of operating in both directions and evacuating transversely, and an application method thereof. The telescopic multifunctional working vehicle comprises a fixing and lifting mechanism and a transverse moving and lifting mechanism. The working vehicle is composed of a front vehicle body and a rear vehicle body, wherein the front vehicle body is connected with the rear vehicle body through a telescopic mechanism used for realizing the contraction and the expansion between the front vehicle body and the rear vehicle body. The working vehicle is further provided with a hanging system used for hanging and moving working devices. A rail clamping device is arranged at the bottom of the working vehicle. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354736 | RAILWAY VEHICLE COMPARTMENT, ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY, RAILWAY VEHICLE AND METHOD - This compartment of a railway vehicle defines an interior volume and comprises:
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20210354737 | MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure provides a monitoring device including: a front data acquisition unit to acquire, via a sensor installed in a front of a mobile object, data around its front area with respect to its traveling direction and status information of the mobile object; a rear data acquisition unit to acquire, via a sensor installed in a rear of the mobile object, data around its rear area with respect to the traveling direction and status information of the mobile object; a position identification unit to identify a position of the data around the front area and a position of the data around the rear area; and an object detection unit to compare the data around the front area with the data around the rear area of the same position as the data around the front area, detect an object, and warn of an anomaly. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354738 | TRAIN IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND TRAIN SAFETY INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a train identification system and method, and a train safety inspection system and method. The train identification system includes: a remote detection component, configured to acquire overall feature information of an inspected train through remote monitoring; and an identification device, configured to determine at least one of a type and a traveling situation of the inspected train according to the acquired overall feature information. | 2021-11-18 |
20210354739 | Inspection System for Amusement Rides Having Tracks - An inspection system for inspecting the track of an amusement ride with at least one rail. A vehicle is provided that is designed to ride along the track. The vehicle supports cameras. The cameras are positioned in unobstructed areas. The cameras image the rail from different angles as the vehicle rides along the track. The images recorded by the cameras are reviewed to identify any defect or issue with the rail or its supporting framework that may impact from the safety of the ride. | 2021-11-18 |