HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. patent applications published on September 21st, 2023

WORK MACHINE (18119956)

Abstract

A work machine includes a power source, a rotation shaft that is rotated by power of the power source, a cutter blade that is rotated by the rotation shaft to cut a plant on the ground, and a housing that houses the cutter blade and has an opening through which the cutter blade is exposed to the ground. The housing has a charging port through which an object to be cut is charged to the cutter blade.

Inventor

Takuya MITO

MOWER (18116479)

Abstract

A mower () comprising: a blade () that mows grass; a power generation unit () that generates a driving force for rotating the blade (); a housing () that covers the blade (); and a milling unit () that subdivides grass mowed by the blade and discharged from the housing ().

Inventor

Noboru Kawaguchi

SYNTHESIS OF BIMETALLIC STRUCTURES FOR USE AS CATALYSTS (17696531)

Abstract

Aspects described herein generally relate to bimetallic structures, syntheses thereof, and uses thereof. In an embodiment, a process for forming a bimetallic nanoframe is provided. The process includes forming a first bimetallic structure by reacting a first precursor comprising platinum (Pt) and a second precursor comprising a Group 8-11 metal (M), wherein Mis free of Pt; reacting a third precursor comprising Pt with the first bimetallic structure to form a second bimetallic structure, the second bimetallic structure having a higher molar ratio of Pt to Group 8-11 metal than the first bimetallic structure; and introducing the second bimetallic structure with an acid to form the bimetallic nanoframe, the bimetallic nanoframe having a higher molar ratio of Pt to Group 8-11 metal than that of the second bimetallic structure, the bimetallic nanoframe having the formula: (Pt)(M), wherein: a is the amount of Pt; b is the amount of M.

Inventor

Shutang CHEN

MODEL PARAMETER LEARNING METHOD (18042844)

Abstract

Provided is a model parameter learning method by which a model parameter of a learning model used in control of a moving body having movement constraints can be appropriately learned. In this model parameter learning method, a model prediction control algorithm reflecting movement constraints of a robot  is used to calculate a time series of learning speed commands such that the movement trajectory of the robot  tracks the time series of a movement trajectory of a first pedestrian  and a model parameter of a CNN model is learned by an error back propagation method, the CNN model using learning data including the learning speed commands time series as input and outputting a time series of speed commands for a first moving body.

Inventor

Sango Matsuzaki

FORMING SYSTEM AND FORMING METHOD (18176391)

Abstract

A forming system includes a trim blade  for cutting off a sheet material  provided between a lower die  and an upper die , a first lower plate  provided outside a first lower die end in a side view of the lower die , and a first upper plate  provided outside an upper die end , configured to reciprocatively move together with the upper die  and extending toward the first lower plate . A cut plane of the blade  intersects a first excess edge portion  which is a portion of the sheet material  outside the lower die end , and at least a portion of the excess edge portion  is sandwiched between the first lower plate  and the first upper plate  in a state in which the lower die  and the upper die  are clamped.

Inventor

Yuki KAWADA

VEHICLE (18173764)

Abstract

A vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a vehicle body tilt sensor, a drive unit, and a seat. The vehicle body tilt sensor is provided at the vehicle body frame and detects a tilt angle of the vehicle body frame. The drive unit is coupled to the vehicle body frame and moves the vehicle body frame by inverted pendulum control based on the tilt angle detected by the vehicle body tilt sensor. The seat includes a seat body and a leg part. The seat is capable of being raised and lowered between a low position at which the leg part is in contact with a floor surface and a high position at which the leg part separates from the floor surface, and the seat is elastically coupled to the vehicle body frame. A seat tilt sensor which detects a tilt angle of the seat is provided at the seat.

Inventor

Tomokazu SAKAMOTO

AIR INTAKE ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE, FRONT END ASSEMBLY OF VEHICLE, AND METHOD (17696302)

Abstract

A vehicle fender air intake assembly for a vehicle can include a central baffle configured to be mounted to a body structure of the vehicle, a central shutter mounted on the central baffle, a lower baffle configured to be mounted to the body structure, a lower shutter mounted on the lower baffle, and an upper baffle including a first side and a second side that opposes the first side. The upper baffle can terminate at the first side and the second side. The first side can include a first opening in fluid communication with the central baffle, and the second side can include a second opening in fluid communication with the central baffle.

Inventor

Stephen J. MARSHALL

CONTROL DEVICE (18113889)

Abstract

A control device for controlling a host vehicle including: a processing circuitry configured to, when another vehicle traveling in a opposite direction to the host vehicle and having a possibility to collide with the host vehicle is detected in front of the host vehicle, execute an out-of-vehicle notification using a headlight based on a distance between the host vehicle and the another vehicle. When the distance is equal to or smaller than a first threshold and equal to or larger than a second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold, the processing circuitry executes the out-of-vehicle notification, and when the distance is smaller than the second threshold, the processing circuitry does not execute the out-of-vehicle notification or executes the out-of-vehicle notification with a notification intensity lower than that when the distance is equal to or smaller than the first threshold and equal to or larger than the second threshold.

Inventor

Masayuki NAKATSUKA

CONTROL DEVICE (18113942)

Abstract

A control device for controlling a vehicle that includes a headlight switchable between a first state and a second state in which the headlight is able to illuminate farther than in the first state, the control device including: a processing circuitry configured to execute automatic illumination switching control for setting the headlight to the first state or the second state and to execute an out-of-vehicle notification for switching the headlight between the first state and the second state at a predetermined cycle when another vehicle having a possibility to collide with the host vehicle is detected in front of the host vehicle. The processing circuitry executes the automatic illumination switching control in response to a request from a user of the host vehicle, and executes the out-of-vehicle notification in both cases where the automatic illumination switching control is set to be executed and not to be executed.

Inventor

Masayuki NAKATSUKA

VEHICLE MOUNTED MODULE SUPPORT SYSTEM (17696430)

Abstract

A module support system for a vehicle including exterior paneling defining an interior and exterior of the vehicle, and a frame disposed in the interior of the vehicle, the module support system including a first casting mounted on the frame, where the first casting extends outward from the frame, through the exterior paneling, to the exterior of the vehicle such that the first casting includes an interior portion disposed within the interior of the vehicle and mounted on the frame, and an exterior portion extending outward from the exterior of the vehicle. The module support system includes a first electronic device supported on the exterior portion of the first casting, and a cover fixed with the exterior portion of the first casting such that the cover is disposed over the first electronic device and the exterior portion of the first casting with respect to an external environment of the vehicle.

Inventor

Taiga MARUKAWA

CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM (18105478)

Abstract

A control device for controlling a vehicle comprising: a first sensor attached to a first position of the vehicle and that detects a first range including a side region of the vehicle; and a second sensor attached to a second position of the vehicle and that detects a second range including the side region, wherein at least a part of detection ranges of the first and second sensors overlap, and a partial region closer to the vehicle than an overlapping range is outside the detection range. The vehicle comprises: an estimation unit that estimates an obstacle position when the first/second sensor detects the obstacle in a lane adjacent to a travel lane of the vehicle and the obstacle enters a region outside the detection range; and a control unit that suppresses provision of a lane-change-assistance-function during estimation processing.

Inventor

Daichi KATO

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18113079)

Abstract

A driving assistance device is configured to: refer to an output of a detection device for detecting that an object is located in front of a vehicle; execute one or both of instructing a brake device of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and instructing a steering device of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the object by steering, when an indicator value is less than a first threshold; execute a first preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a second threshold; execute a second preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and it is determined that there is no travel path on both lateral sides of the object; and determine whether there is an available travel path on the basis of presence of any vehicle other than a two-wheeled vehicle in a travel path on the lateral side of the object.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18113080)

Abstract

A driving assistance device is configured to: refer to an output of a first detection device for detecting that an object is located in front of a vehicle; execute one or both of instructing a brake device of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and instructing a steering device of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the object by steering when an indicator value is less than a first threshold; execute a first preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a second threshold; execute a second preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and it is determined that there is no travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel on both lateral sides of the object after the vehicle avoids the collision with the object by steering.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18113082)

Abstract

A driving assistance device is configured to: refer to an output of a first detection device for detecting that an object is located in front of a vehicle; execute one or both of instructing a brake device of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and instructing a steering device of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the object by steering when an indicator value is less than a first threshold; execute a first preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a second threshold; execute a second preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and it is determined that there is no travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel on both lateral sides of the object after the vehicle avoids the collision with the object by steering.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18113101)

Abstract

At least one processor executes a first preliminary operation control process of notifying that an object is present when an indicator value is less than a second threshold and there is a travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel on one of left and right sides of the object and executes a second preliminary operation control process of notifying a driver when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and there is no travel path on both left and right sides of the object. The second preliminary operation or the first preliminary operation is executed when the indicator value is less than the third threshold, there is a travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel, and it is estimated that there is an interfering object in the travel path on the assumption that the vehicle has approached the object.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD (18113630)

Abstract

A driving assistance device mounted in a vehicle operates together with an automated driving control device for automatically controlling steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle in either of a first state in which a driver is not gripping a steering operation element and a second state in which the driver is gripping the steering operation element, the driving assistance device including a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor connected to the storage medium. The at least one processor makes an operation start condition of a second preliminary operation strict when the automated driving control device is operating in the first state as compared with when the automated driving control device is not operating.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD (18113632)

Abstract

A driving assistance device mounted in a vehicle operates together with an automated driving control device for automatically controlling steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle in either of a first state in which a driver is not gripping a steering operation element and a second state in which the driver is gripping the steering operation element, the driving assistance device including a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor connected to the storage medium. The at least one processor makes an operation start condition of a second preliminary operation loose when the automated driving control device is operating in the second state as compared with when the automated driving control device is not operating.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18113634)

Abstract

A driving assistance device mounted in a vehicle includes a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor connected to the storage medium. The at least performs a first preliminary operation and a second preliminary operation, and a start timing of at least one of the first preliminary operation and the second preliminary operation when the recognized lane is a leftmost or rightmost lane on the road is earlier than that when the recognized lane is not the leftmost or rightmost lane on the road.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18113645)

Abstract

A driving assistance device is configured to: refer to an output of a detection device for detecting that an object is located in front of a vehicle; execute one or both of instructing a brake device of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and instructing a steering device of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the object by steering when an indicator value is less than a first threshold; execute a first preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a second threshold; execute a second preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and it is determined that there is no travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel on both lateral sides of the object.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18113648)

Abstract

At least one processor executes one or both of a braking control process of stopping a vehicle, and a steering-based avoidance control process of avoiding a collision with the object, execute a first preliminary operation control process of performing a first preliminary operation of notifying a driver that the object is present; and execute a second preliminary operation control process of performing a second preliminary operation of notifying the driver that the object is present when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and there is no travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel after the vehicle avoids the collision with the object in the steering. Control content is changed in accordance with a type of the object in at least some of the steering-based avoidance control process, the first preliminary operation control process, and the second preliminary operation control process.

Inventor

Keisuke Oka

DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, VEHICLE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18111870)

Abstract

The present invention provides a driving support device that performs driving support of a vehicle, comprising: a detector configured to detect a surrounding situation of the vehicle; a control unit configured to operate the driving support of the vehicle in a case where a positional relationship between a detected target by the detector and the vehicle satisfies an operating condition; a specifying unit configured to specify a traveling course of the vehicle; and a determination unit configured to determine whether there is an intersecting structure that three-dimensionally intersects a traveling road of the vehicle in the specified traveling course, wherein in a case where the determination unit determines that there is the intersecting structure in the traveling course, the control unit changes the operating condition such that operation of the driving support with respect to the detected target is restricted.

Inventor

Masayuki NAKATSUKA

DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS (18110799)

Abstract

A driving assistance apparatus including a display part and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling a travel actuator so that a subject vehicle follows a preceding vehicle while keeping a target inter-vehicle distance, acquiring traffic light information including switching information on a traffic light, position information of the subject vehicle with respect to the traffic light, and inter-vehicle distance information on an inter-vehicle distance from the subject vehicle to the preceding vehicle, and controlling the display part so as to notify the driver of information during following the preceding vehicle based on the traffic light information, the position information and the inter-vehicle distance information, and the controlling including controlling the display part so as to notify information on a recommended inter-vehicle distance allowing the subject vehicle to travel while following the preceding vehicle without receiving a stop instruction from the traffic light.

Inventor

Hiroshi Kamakura

DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, VEHICLE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18109944)

Abstract

The present invention provides a driving support device that performs driving support of a vehicle, comprising: a speed detector configured to detect a speed of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control lane change support from a traveling lane in which the vehicle travels to an adjacent lane, in a case where the speed of the vehicle detected by the speed detector is equal to or greater than a threshold, wherein the controller is configured to execute the lane change support even when the speed of the vehicle detected by the speed detector is lower than the threshold, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the predetermined condition includes a condition that the lane change support is executed in a start area of a new lane adjacent to the traveling lane that increases the number of lanes.

Inventor

Daichi KATO

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18119853)

Abstract

A control device acquires a speed of another vehicle and a position of the other vehicle, selects a determination scheme according to the speed of the other vehicle from among a plurality of determination schemes, applies the position of the other vehicle to the selected determination scheme to determine whether the other vehicle enters a second lane adjacent to a first lane in which the other vehicle travels from the first lane, and controls the vehicle based on a result of the determination.

Inventor

Aya Miura

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD (18167251)

Abstract

An information processing system includes a voice acquisition unit configured to acquire voice, a voice distribution unit configured to input the voice acquired by the voice acquisition unit to a plurality of voice processing units that receive voice and perform processing, a detection unit configured to detect an operation state of at least one of the voice processing units, and a control unit configured to control operation of the voice distribution unit, and in a case where the detection unit detects a predetermined operation state of one of the voice processing units determined in advance, the control unit stops input of the voice to at least part of the other voice processing units.

Inventor

Yuichi Kusakabe

DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD (18111874)

Abstract

A driving assistance device comprises: an information display unit configured to display travel information based on the driving assistance function based on a power supply from a power source mounted on a vehicle having a driving assistance function; an information notification unit provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle and configured to make a notification of an operation state of the driving assistance function by turning on or off; a notification control unit configured to operate based on a power supply from the power source and control the notification based on operation information indicating the operation state of the driving assistance function; and an alarm unit connected to the notification control unit via a communication unit and capable of outputting an alarm based on power of an internal power source different from the power source.

Inventor

Hirotaka KATAYAMA

MOBILE BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE BODY CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE BODY, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18118873)

Abstract

A mobile body control device adjusts a stop position of the mobile body based on an instruction of a user. The device acquires instruction information for designating a predetermined target and acquires a captured image captured in the mobile body. The device determines a position of the predetermined target from the mobile body as a stop position based on a region of the predetermined target identified in the captured image and control traveling of the mobile body toward the determined stop position. In a case where the predetermined target is not identified in the captured image while the mobile body is traveling toward the stop position, the device updates the stop position determined with respect to the predetermined target according to a motion of the mobile body to control the traveling of the mobile body to the stop position.

Inventor

Nanami TSUKAMOTO

DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM (18110382)

Abstract

A driving support device includes: a driving state monitoring portion configured to monitor a plurality of driving states including a gripping position of a steering wheel of an occupant of a vehicle; a positive value calculation portion configured to calculate a positive value indicating a degree of positiveness of the occupant with respect to steering based on the plurality of driving states monitored by the driving state monitoring portion; and a lane keep assistance control portion configured to perform lane keep assistance control of guiding a steering operation of the occupant so that the vehicle does not deviate from a traveling lane based on the positive value calculated by the positive value calculation portion.

Inventor

Tatsuya Iwasa

VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE (18173166)

Abstract

A vehicle body side structure of the present invention includes: a floor cross member that is connected to a side sill and that extends in a vehicle width direction; and a bulk head that partitions a closed cross section of the side sill in a vehicle body front-rear direction, at the side of the floor cross member in the vehicle width direction. The bulk head includes a partition wall that partitions the closed cross section in the vehicle body front-rear direction and a flange that extends from an edge portion of the partition wall in both of a vehicle body front direction and a vehicle body rear direction and that is formed over an entire periphery of the edge portion of the partition wall. The flange is connected to the floor cross member with the side sill in between.

Inventor

Kenji INAGAKI

VEHICLE HOOD HINGE (18174894)

Abstract

A vehicle hood hinge includes: a lower hinge configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; an upper hinge configured to be fixed to, and supported by, a hood so as to be movable relative to the lower hinge, the hood being configured to open or close an opening formed in an upper surface of the vehicle body; a link mechanism linking the lower hinge with the upper hinge; and a load receiving member configured to support a load of the hood, wherein the link mechanism is configured to switch between pivoting to cause the hood to be pivoted about an axis through the lower hinge and lifting to lift the hood, and the load receiving member is configured to receive, on a front-rear side thereof, the load of the hood lifted through the lifting, to restrict the hood from lowering.

Inventor

Kazutada SASAKI

VEHICLE BODY TRANSPORT SYSTEM (18169221)

Abstract

A vehicle body transport system includes an unmanned carrier carrying and transporting a vehicle body between work stations; and an imaging device including an imaging part imaging a traveling route of the unmanned carrier and the surroundings of the traveling route from above, an analysis part analyzing an image captured by the imaging part, and a transmission part transmitting a signal to the unmanned carrier. When a moving object other than the unmanned carrier carrying the vehicle body is present in the image, the analysis part predicts whether a movement trajectory that the vehicle body passes after a predetermined time intersects a movement position where the moving object is located after the predetermined time. When predicting that the movement trajectory and the movement position intersect after the predetermined time, the transmission part transmits an emergency operation signal to the unmanned carrier before the predetermined time elapses.

Inventor

Shuhei KONDO

VEHICLE (18171673)

Abstract

A vehicle includes a drive unit, a direction input device, a mode switching operator, and a control device. The drive unit is provided at a vehicle body frame and is capable of translating in all directions on a floor surface and turning. The direction input device receives a direction input. The mode switching operator receives a mode switching input. The control device is configured to: switch a travel mode of the drive unit between a translation mode and a turning mode based on the mode switching input, control the drive unit to translate with respect to the floor surface based on a signal from the direction input device when the translation mode is selected, and control the drive unit to turn with respect to the floor surface based on a signal corresponding to a left or right direction from the direction input device when the turning mode is selected.

Inventor

Tomokazu SAKAMOTO

VEHICLE (18173771)

Abstract

A vehicle  includes a vehicle body frame , a drive unit  provided in the vehicle body frame and movable on a floor, a seat  arranged above the vehicle body frame and supporting the buttocks of a user, a lifting device  provided between the vehicle body frame and the seat and lifting or lowering the seat between a low position and a high position, a battery  provided in the vehicle body frame, and a control device  controlling the drive unit and the lifting device. The control device prohibits lifting drive of the lifting device in response to the seat being at the low position and a lifting prohibition condition being satisfied.

Inventor

Kazumasa Ozaki

POWER SUPPLY DEVICE (18101587)

Abstract

The power supply device includes a power generator, a drive source, a plurality of batteries, a difference calculating unit , a difference summing unit  and an electric power summing unit . The difference calculating unit  is configured to calculate differences between target amounts of electric power Q, Q, Q, and Q of each battery and measured amounts of electric power M, M, M, and M. The difference summing unit  is configured to sum the differences in electric power of the batteries calculated by the difference calculating unit . The electric power summing unit  is configured to sum electric power calculated by the difference summing unit  and electric power required for the electric motors. A control unit  controls the drive source such that electric power calculated by the electric power summing unit  is generated by the power generator.

Inventor

Takeshi Matsumoto

POWER SUPPLY DEVICE (18105261)

Abstract

A power supply device includes a power generator, a drive source, a plurality of power supply lines, a plurality of batteries, a difference calculating unit , a difference summing unit , and an electric power summing unit . The difference calculating unit  is configured to calculate differences D, D, D, and D between a target charge state set for each battery and an estimated charge state. The difference summing unit  is configured to sum the differences D, D, D, and D calculated by the difference calculating unit . The electric power summing unit  is configured to sum the charge state calculated by the difference summing unit  and electric power used for the electric loads. A control unit  controls the drive source such that electric power calculated by the electric power summing unit  is generated by the power generator.

Inventor

Takeshi Matsumoto

VEHICLE BODY CONVEYANCE SYSTEM (18169849)

Abstract

A vehicle body conveyance system includes: an unmanned carrier conveying a vehicle body between multiple work stations; and a positioning pin standing on a work station. The unmanned carrier is provided with a driving part, a pair of gripping parts, a lifting part, and a control part. The control part is configured to: control the gripping parts, so that a left-right width between the pair of gripping parts fits a left-right width between a pair of side sills of the vehicle body, control the lifting part to lift up the vehicle body to separate the positioning hole of the vehicle body from the positioning pin; control the driving part to move the unmanned carrier to another work station, and control the lifting part to lower the vehicle body to insert the positioning hole through the positioning pin standing on the another work station.

Inventor

Shuhei KONDO

RESIN COMPOSITION RECYCLER (18171295)

Abstract

Provided is a resin composition recycler for recycling a resin composition including a resin and an additive. The resin composition recycler includes: an extrusion reactor that hydrolyzes the resin included in the resin composition to obtain a depolymerized product; and a vaporizer that thermally decomposes the depolymerized product to vaporize a monomer, and the extrusion reactor comprises: a first introducer that introduces the resin composition; a second introducer that introduces water; and a screw that mixes the resin composition with the water.

Inventor

Shoko HIRAOKA

ELECTROLYTIC CELL (18173073)

Abstract

A fluid flow path has an introduction unit, an outflow unit, and contact units. The introduction unit is formed on a surface of a cathode-side primary flow path structure opposite to a cathode as an elongated recess with a width smaller than that of a tube. The tube abuts against the introduction unit so as to straddle the introduction unit. The outflow unit is formed on a surface of the cathode-side primary flow path structure opposite to the cathode as an elongated recess with a width smaller than that of the tube. The tube abuts against the outflow unit so as to straddle the outflow unit. The contact unit is formed in the groove shape on a surface of the cathode-side primary flow path structure on the cathode side. The contact unit has its upstream end connected to the introduction unit and its downstream end connected to the outflow unit.

Inventor

Hiroshi OIKAWA

ADHESIVE MEMBER (18171378)

Abstract

Provided is an adhesive member including a first member, a second member, and a dismantlable adhesive layer, at least parts of the first member and the second member being bonded via the dismantlable adhesive layer, in which the first member contains a resin, and includes a notch provided in a surface of the first member in contact with the dismantlable adhesive layer, the second member contains a material different from the resin, and the dismantlable adhesive layer contains a thermally expandable material.

Inventor

Shoko Hiraoka

LAMP BODY (18173793)

Abstract

A lamp body includes a housing to be attached to a vehicle body, and a lens joined to the housing. The lens includes a heat-generating region that allows for heat generation.

Inventor

Shoji INOSE

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (18121655)

Abstract

A management system includes a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and one or more processors connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable instructions to manage information about a model for use in a system that recommends content to a user by inputting location information and preference information of the user to the model and decide on a degree to which the preference information is reflected for each piece of the content when the recommended content is selected in the model.

Inventor

Takashi Miyata

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (18101784)

Abstract

An information processing apparatus of the present invention comprises acquires a captured image; detects a plurality of targets included in the captured image, and extracts a plurality of features for each of the detected plurality of targets; acquires an impurity for each extracted feature, the impurity indicating a degree to which a predetermined target is inseparable from among the plurality of targets in a case where a user is asked a question for presuming the predetermined target from among the plurality of targets based on each feature; and generates the question to reduce a number of questions for minimizing the impurity based on the extracted features and the impurity for each of the features.

Inventor

Naoki HOSOMI

REPLACEMENT TIME CALCULATION SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT TIME CALCULATION METHOD (18172332)

Abstract

A consumable part replacement time calculation system includes: a mileage acquirer acquiring mileage in response to an ignition of a movable body being turned on or off; a consumable part consumption degree grasper grasping a consumption status of a consumable part provided in the movable body; an average mileage calculator calculating, when a value of data from the consumable part consumption degree grasper has been restored to an initial value a plurality of times, an average value of mileage between two adjacent restorations to the initial value; and a replacement-time mileage calculator calculating replacement time of the consumable part by dividing total mileage traveled by the movable body by the number of times of the value of the data from the consumable part consumption degree grasper having been restored to the initial value.

Inventor

Satoshi YOSHIMARU

COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM (18109879)

Abstract

A communication device including: a drive device communication unit that communicates with a drive device to which an own device is connected; an external communication unit that communicates with another device via a network; a notification information storage that stores notification information that is information acquired from a drive device connected to the drive device communication unit, the information indicating operation or a state of the drive device; and a controller that acquires the notification information from the drive device connected to the drive device communication unit, records, into the notification information storage, the notification information having been acquired, and upon receiving error information from the drive device, transmits one piece or a plurality of pieces of notification information stored in the notification information storage to a predetermined other device via the external communication unit.

Inventor

Manabu Dobashi

CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM (18167239)

Abstract

A control system includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device for receiving vehicle data related to the vehicle from the first electronic device, a communication device for transmitting the vehicle data received by the second electronic device to an external device of the vehicle, a determination unit for determining whether or not to transmit the vehicle data to the external device, and an imparting unit for imparting time data to the vehicle data to be transmitted to the external device in the case where the determination unit determines to transmit the vehicle data to the external device.

Inventor

Tatsuroh Saitoh

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A POINT-TO-POINT DRIVER MESSENGER FOR ADVANCED COOPERATIVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (18184446)

Abstract

A computer device is provided. The computer device includes at least one processor and at least one memory device. The computer device is associated with a host vehicle. The at least one processor is programmed to: receive sensor information from one or more sensors associated with the host vehicle; build a local object map of the surroundings of the host vehicle based upon the received sensor information; identify a driving scenario based on the local object map; identify a target vehicle that will be affected by the identified driving scenario; and transmit one or more messages to the target vehicle about the detected driving scenario.

Inventor

Danyang Tian

SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ADJUST INCLINED HEADS-UP DISPLAY PERSPECTIVE (17698957)

Abstract

A heads-up display system for a vehicle includes a display area on a surface of the vehicle and an optical projection unit for projecting graphic elements to the display area. An electronic control unit is operatively connected for computer communication to the optical projection unit. The electronic control unit determines a perspective view of a real road scene from a user while the user views the real road scene through the display area based on a ride height of the vehicle and an eyepoint of the user. The electronic control unit identifies road features that are visible to the user in the perspective view of the real road scene and adjusts a virtual image having inclined content based on the road features so that the inclined content substantially matches the perspective of the real road scene. Further, the electronic control unit controls the optical projection unit to project the virtual image to the display area.

Inventor

Steven FEIT

SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME (18321793)

Abstract

To provide a solid-state battery capable of applying an initial load that results in sufficient surface pressure to a battery cell, and a method for making the solid-state battery.

Inventor

Takuya TANIUCHI

LITHIUM METAL SECONDARY BATTERY AND GEL ELECTROLYTE (18172327)

Abstract

To provide a lithium metal secondary battery including a gel electrolyte layer between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer containing a lithium composite oxide, the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, the gel electrolyte layer including: a gelation agent utilizing a π-π stacking interaction and an electrolytic solution, the gelation agent having a perfluoroalkyl group and a phenylene group.

Inventor

Tomohiro KINOSHITA

BATTERY COVER AND BATTERY COVER ASSEMBLY (18113404)

Abstract

There is provided with a battery cover that can efficiently protect a battery from the ambient temperature environment. The battery cover comprises: a cover member that has a heat insulating property and encloses a battery mounted on a vehicle; an inlet formed in the cover member to introduce outside air into the cover member of the vehicle; and an outlet formed in the cover member to discharge the outside air introduced into the cover member from the inlet, the cover member includes a ventilation portion that connects the inlet and the outlet, and the ventilation portion is defined by a thin portion of the cover member and a thick portion of the cover member formed thicker than the thin portion.

Inventor

Motoo Tsukada

BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM (18114636)

Abstract

A battery cooling system includes a battery cooling flow path, a first inlet and outlet portion of the battery cooling flow path, a second inlet and outlet portion of the battery cooling flow path, an inflow-side three-way valve, an outflow-side three-way valve, a first supply flow path configured to connect a first outlet of the inflow-side three-way valve to the first inlet and outlet portion, a second supply flow path configured to connect a second outlet of the inflow-side three-way valve to the second inlet and outlet portion, a first discharge path configured to connect the first inlet of the outflow-side three-way valve to the second inlet and outlet portion, and a second discharge path configured to connect the second inlet of the outflow-side three-way valve to the first inlet and outlet portion.

Inventor

Takahiro YASUE

ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY (18112943)

Abstract

An all-solid-state battery, comprising: an electrode body in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are stacked; and an exterior member that houses the electrode body. The exterior member includes a first region facing a stack surface of an outermost layer of the electrode body, and a second region formed between the first region and a central portion of the electrode body in a stacking direction of the electrode body, and the second region is provided with a displacement absorbing portion capable of absorbing displacement of the electrode body.

Inventor

Ryo Shimizu

POWER SUPPLY DEVICE (18115010)

Abstract

A power supply device includes a power generator, a drive source, a plurality of power supply lines, a plurality of batteries, a diode, a difference calculating unit  or  and a difference summing unit  The difference calculating unit  or  is configured to calculate a difference between demanded electric power P P P or P in the corresponding power supply line and a charge state of the corresponding battery. The difference summing unit  is configured to sum the differences in electric power in the power supply lines calculated by the difference calculating units  and  In the power supply device, the drive source is controlled such that electric power equal to or higher than the electric power calculated by the difference summing unit  is generated by the power generator.

Inventor

Masashi Eto

COMMUNICATION DEVICE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM (18115009)

Abstract

A communication device including: a drive device communication unit that communicates with a drive device to which an own device is connected; an external communication unit that communicates with another device via a network; an identification information acquisitor that acquires type identification information indicating a type of a drive device from the drive device connected to the drive device communication unit; a setting information acquisitor that acquires, from another device, setting information corresponding to the type identification information by transmitting information including the type identification information to the another device via the external communication unit; and a communication controller that acquires information from the drive device on the basis of the setting information and transmits the information to a predetermined device.

Inventor

Takumi Hatada

COMMUNICATION CONTROLLER AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD (18082936)

Abstract

A communication controller is a device which controls communication between an electronic device of a mobile object and an external device, and includes: a wireless communication device configured to communicate with the external device respectively via an external communication network; a reception unit configured to receive communication data including a transmission source local IP address from the electronic device; and a route control unit configured to input the received communication data to the wireless communication device based on the transmission source local IP address. The route control unit makes each address group including one or more transmission source local IP addresses correspond to one access point name and inputs the communication data to the wireless communication device.

Inventor

Kosei Tsushima