An object detection device includes a storage medium configured to store computer-readable instructions, and a processor connected to the storage medium, in which the processor executes the computer-readable instructions to execute acquiring a captured image of a surface along which a mobile object is able to travel, which is captured with an inclination with respect to the surface, generating a low-resolution image obtained by lowering image quality of the captured image, defining a plurality of partial area sets each having partial areas in the low-resolution image, and deriving a total value obtained by totalizing differences in feature amount between the partial areas included in each of the plurality of partial area sets and partial areas in the vicinity to extract a point of interest on the basis of the total value, each of the plurality of partial area sets is defined to include a plurality of partial areas in a target area of each partial area set, and the target area is obtained by cutting out a part of the low-resolution image limited in a vertical direction so that at least a part thereof does not overlap with another partial area set in the vertical direction.
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
G06T 3/40 - Scaling of a whole image or part thereof
G06V 10/25 - Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
G06V 10/75 - Image or video pattern matching; Proximity measures in feature spaces using context analysis; Selection of dictionaries
A vehicle battery pack includes a battery module, a battery case configured to accommodate the battery module, and a battery cooling mechanism configured to cool the battery module. The battery cooling mechanism includes an introduction duct configured to introduce air into the battery case, an air guide member configured to guide the air, an air guide fan configured to blow the air, and a discharge duct configured to discharge the air to the outside. The air guide fan includes a fan motor, a fan case including a suction port and an air blow-out port, and an impeller. The air guide member is provided so that one end thereof is connected to the introduction duct and another end thereof seals a front surface of the battery module. The air guide fan faces the battery module in a front-rear direction, and is disposed so that the suction port faces rearward.
H01M 50/249 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
B60L 58/26 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries by cooling
H01M 50/204 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
H01M 50/244 - Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method
3.
MOVING OBJECT, CONTROL METHOD OF MOVING OBJECT, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MOVING OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM
A moving object acquires three-dimensional point cloud data in surroundings of the moving object; and generates a grid map based on the three-dimensional point cloud data, the moving object maps point clouds of the three-dimensional point cloud data to a grid on a horizontal plane parallel to a road surface on which the moving object travels and generates the grid map in which each grid indicates whether a three-dimensional object having a predetermined height or a step exists. The moving object determines, for each grid of the grid map, whether the three-dimensional object exists based on a point density when a point cloud corresponding to each grid of the three-dimensional point cloud data is projected on the horizontal plane.
A remote operation device remotely operates a vehicle. The remote operation device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information associated with a user terminal in the vehicle, an authorization management unit configured to grant operation authorization for remotely operating the vehicle to the user terminal associated with the acquired identification information, and an operation unit configured to remotely operate the vehicle in accordance with an operation instruction transmitted from the user terminal having the operation authorization.
A power supply control apparatus includes: a current supply switching section that switches between a current restricting state, in which a current to be supplied from a storage battery to electrical equipment is restricted to a predetermined upper limit current or less, and a current non-restricting state, in which a current exceeding the upper limit current is allowed to be supplied from the storage battery to the electrical equipment; and a current supply control section that executes current restriction processing to cause the current supply switching section to set up the current restricting state before an engine is started, the engine having been stopped by an idling stop function.
H02J 7/14 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from dynamo-electric generators driven at varying speed, e.g. on vehicle
F02N 11/08 - Circuits specially adapted for starting of engines
A vehicle control system includes plural electronic control devices each of which controls an operation of a vehicle and which is mounted in the vehicle, a monitoring control device monitoring an operation of each electronic control device, and an electric connector which selectively sets an electronic connection of a power source line constantly performing a supply of power to a connection state or a non-connection state and which is provided between the power source line and each electronic control device, the monitoring control device includes a recording unit which performs a fault diagnosis of one electronic control device being a monitoring target and which executes a recording operation to store a diagnosis result in a storage device, and a mode setting unit setting the recording unit to a first operation mode executing the recording operation or a second operation mode not executing the recording operation.
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
7.
VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Provided is a vehicle control system that includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes: a first timer unit; a generation unit that generates time information indicating time counted by the first timer unit; and a first transmission unit that transmits the time information to the second electronic device, and also transmits, to the second electronic device, elapsed time information indicating elapsed time from the start of generation of the time information till transmission of the time information generated. The second electronic device includes: a second timer unit; a reception unit; and an adjustment unit that adjusts time counted by the second timer unit based on the time information and the elapsed time information received by the reception unit.
H04L 7/00 - Arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
8.
VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Provided is a vehicle control system that includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and a third electronic device. The first electronic device includes: a first electronic device transmission unit that transmits time information counted by a first electronic device timer unit and first elapsed time information that is from the start of generation of the time information till transmission of the time information generated. The second electronic device includes a second electronic device transmission unit that transmits the time information and the first elapsed time information received from the first electronic device to the third electronic device. The third electronic device includes an adjustment unit that adjusts time counted by a third electronic device timer unit based on the time information and the first elapsed time information received.
A management apparatus includes: a desired operation route information acquisition unit that acquires desired operation route information indicating a desired operation route that is an operation route desired by an applicant who wishes to use an aircraft; and an operation plan acquisition unit that acquires an operation plan for the aircraft generated based on a plurality of pieces of the desired operation route information.
A boarding sweeper comprises a cleaning working unit capable of executing cleaning work, a seat portion for seating a user, an operation input unit that allows the user to input a driving operation, and a battery holder that detachably holds a battery unit, wherein, when an area on one lateral side with respect to a virtual line passing through in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle body in plan view is defined as a first area and an area on the other lateral side is defined as a second area, the cleaning working unit, the seat portion, and the operation input unit are disposed in the first area, and the battery holder is disposed in the second area.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 5/22 - Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum with rotary fans
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
A47L 9/04 - Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
E01H 1/05 - Brushing apparatus with driven brushes
H01M 50/204 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
H01M 50/249 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
A boarding sweeper comprises a cleaning working unit capable of executing cleaning work, a seat portion for seating a user, an operation input unit that allows the user to input a driving operation, a suction unit provided in a vicinity of the cleaning working unit, a battery holder that detachably holds a battery unit, and an air guiding mechanism that guides suction air from the suction unit so that the suction air passes through the battery holder.
A47L 9/28 - Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
A47L 5/22 - Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum with rotary fans
A47L 9/00 - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL - Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
A47L 9/04 - Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
E01H 1/00 - Removing undesirable matter from roads or like surfaces, with or without moistening of the surface
E01H 1/08 - Pneumatically dislodging or taking-up undesirable matter; Drying by heat only, or by streams of gas; Cleaning by projecting abrasive particles
H01M 10/6563 - Gases with forced flow, e.g. by blowers
H01M 50/249 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
12.
DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD
A driving assistance device includes a storage medium configured to store computer-readable instructions, and a processor connected to the storage medium, in which the processor executes the computer-readable instructions to determine whether to urge a driver of a mobile object to accelerate or decelerate on the basis of a state of the mobile object, to cause a speaker to output a notification sound urging the driver of the mobile object to accelerate or decelerate on the basis of a result of the determination, to cause the speaker to output a fundamental sound when causing the speaker to output the notification sound, and then cause the speaker to output one or more additional sounds whose pitch is different from a pitch of the fundamental sound, and to cause the speaker to output the one or more additional sounds whose pitch is higher than the pitch of the fundamental sound when the driver of the mobile object is urged to accelerate.
The fuel cell system includes a water electrolysis device, a first gas-liquid separator, an oxygen tank, a fuel cell, a second gas-liquid separator, and a controller. When the level of water in the first gas-liquid separator becomes lower than a predetermined threshold value, the controller supplies oxygen gas having a pressure higher than the internal pressure of the first gas-liquid separator to the second gas-liquid separator and opens the first on-off valve.
H01M 8/0656 - Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues with means for production of gaseous reactants by electrochemical means
H01M 8/0662 - Treatment of gaseous reactants or gaseous residues, e.g. cleaning
14.
ATTENTION ATTRACTING SYSTEM AND ATTENTION ATTRACTING METHOD
An attention attracting system includes plural HMI devices notifying occupants; and an attention attracting device notifying the occupants of presence of a risk of contact between a subject vehicle and an object through the HMI devices. The attention attracting device includes a risk identification section identifying a risk level of the risk of the contact and a notification section: executing a first notification to notify a driver of the presence of the risk of the contact through a driver HMI device solely notifying the driver when the risk level exceeds a first threshold; and executing a second notification to notify a passenger of the presence of the risk of the contact through a passenger HMI device solely notifying the passenger when the risk level exceeds a second threshold greater than the first threshold or when a predetermined time passes after the first notification is executed.
A headlight determination apparatus includes a camera device, a target light recognition device, and a changing device. The camera device captures an image ahead of a vehicle at a predetermined frame rate. The target light recognition device recognizes target light from the image captured by the camera device. The changing device changes a wavelength of headlight of the vehicle by using a predetermined period slower than the predetermined frame rate. When the wavelength of the headlight is different from a wavelength of the target light and/or when a period of the wavelength of the headlight does not match a period of the wavelength of the target light, the target light recognition device recognizes that there is target light other than the headlight in front of the vehicle and controls light distribution of the headlight when there is target light other than the headlight in front of the vehicle.
B60Q 1/14 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights having dimming means
B60Q 1/00 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
A vertical motor with a cooling structure for an electrical operation machine is provided. The vertical motor includes a driving shaft, having a rotational axis and arranged along a vertical direction; a rotor, rotating with the driving shaft; a stator, arranged around the rotor; a winding, arranged around the stator; a housing, having a wall portion and a bottom portion and accommodating the driving shaft, the rotor and the stator; and an oil sump, provided on the bottom portion of the housing for accumulating a cooling fluid in a manner that a lower portion of the winding is immersed in the cooling fluid. The oil sump has an inner peripheral side wall, the inner peripheral side wall is vertically arranged with respect to the bottom portion of the housing and positioned at an inner side than the lower portion of the winding.
A system includes a management module which manages a plurality of vehicles by categorization into a plurality of groups based on combinations of deterioration levels and states of charge of a plurality of batteries included in the plurality of vehicles, and a selection module which selects, based on electric power supply/demand information in an electric power grid, a vehicle in which a battery is to be used for an electric power delivery. A method includes steps of acquiring information representing deterioration levels and states of charge of a plurality of batteries included in a plurality of vehicles, managing the plurality of vehicles by categorization into a plurality of groups based on combinations of the deterioration levels and the states of charge, and selecting, based on electric power supply/demand information in an electric power grid, a vehicle in which a battery is to be used for an electric power delivery.
H02J 3/32 - Arrangements for balancing the load in a network by storage of energy using batteries with converting means
H02J 3/14 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
18.
OBJECT GRIPPING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND OBJECT GRIPPING CONTROL DEVICE
An object gripping method includes determining a gripping center coordinate system when gripping a target object assumed to be gripped by an end effector having a plurality of fingers for each of a plurality of gripping postures that are able to be taken by the end effector, determining an initial fingertip position from the determined gripping center coordinate system, instructing the end effector to grip the target object at the initial fingertip position and gripping the target object, fixing a fingertip position of the end effector with respect to the gripping center coordinate system, and determining an operation amount of the gripping center coordinate system according to a desired operation amount of the target object and operating the target object according to an operation of the gripping center coordinate system.
Included are: an averaging process of performing averaging on measurement data in accordance with a ratio of amounts of deformation calculated in a first analysis process at other evaluation portions than a certain evaluation portion, with respect to the certain evaluation portion; an adjustment process of adjusting the ratio to achieve a higher correlation between a ratio of rigidity calculated from results of analyses between a second member and a first member and a ratio of movement calculated from the measurement data; and a rigidity changing process of changing, when a value of the measurement data at one of the evaluation portions on the completed member exceeds an allowable value, rigidity of the second member based on the correlation having undergone the adjustment in the adjustment process to allow the value of the measurement data to be below the allowable value.
Provided is a battery module including a plurality of cylindrical solid batteries, each cylindrical solid battery having a shaft member, and a wound electrode group in which an electrode laminate of a positive electrode and a negative electrode laminated via an electrolyte is wound around the shaft member, the shaft member being provided with an NTC thermistor or a CTR thermistor in an axial direction between a first conductive member and a second conductive member, and having a through hole in its center, each cylindrical solid battery further having a temperature controller that is disposed in the through hole and controls the temperature of the NTC thermistor or CTR thermistor.
Provided is a vehicle electronic system that includes: a first electronic device connected to a first communication network of a first communication standard; a second electronic device connected to a second communication network of a second communication standard; and a relay device connected to the first communication network and the second communication network. The relay device includes a relay device transmission unit that transmits, to the second electronic device, first time information indicating time synchronized in the first communication network.
A battery mounting case includes a case main body, a connector, a temporary placing table, and an exchange preparation mechanism. The case main body has a battery storage part that stores a battery, and a battery mounting port that opens to an upper side of the battery storage part. The connector is conductively connected to the battery stored in the case main body. The temporary placing table is movable between a battery storage position in the battery storage part and a battery extracting position outside the battery storage part. The exchange preparation mechanism moves the connector to a detachment position where the connector is separated from the battery and moves the temporary placing table to a position where the battery is able to be supported before moving the temporary placing table from the battery storage position to the battery extracting position.
H01M 50/244 - Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method
H01M 50/262 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders with fastening means, e.g. locks
H01M 50/271 - Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings
H01M 50/528 - Fixed electrical connections, i.e. not intended for disconnection
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Arranging and conducting of promotional events; displaying
of goods for sale; organization or management of exhibitions
and trade fairs for business and commertial purposes;
providing information concerning commercial sales; retail
services or wholesale services for automobiles; retail
services or wholesale services for electric automobiles;
retail services or wholesale services for parts and fittings
of automobiles; retail services or wholesale services for
two-wheeled motor vehicles; retail services or wholesale
services for electric two-wheeled motor vehicles; retail
services or wholesale services for parts and fittings of
two-wheeled motor vehicles; retail services or wholesale
services for bicycles; retail services or wholesale services
for parts and fittings of bicycles; retail services or
wholesale services for three-wheeled motor vehicles and
tricycles; retail services or wholesale services for
generators of electricity; retail services or wholesale
services for AC motors and DC motors; retail services or
wholesale services for starters for motors and engines;
retail services or wholesale services for batteries; retail
services or wholesale services for accumulators and their
parts and fittings; retail services or wholesale services
for high pressure washers; retail services or wholesale
services in relation to agricultural equipment; retail
services or wholesale services for snow ploughs; retail
services or wholesale services for loading-unloading
machines and apparatus; retail services or wholesale
services for construction machines and apparatus; retail
services or wholesale services for non-electric prime
movers; retail services or wholesale services for pumps;
retail services or wholesale services for blowing machines;
retail services or wholesale services for vehicle washing
machines; retail services or wholesale services for
lawnmowers; retail services or wholesale services for
horticultural sprayers for household purposes; retail
services or wholesale services for sprayers, hand-operated,
for insecticides. Installation, maintenance and repair of batteries and
accumulators; repair and maintenance of vehicles; vehicle
maintenance; providing information relating to vehicle
repair; advisory services relating to vehicle repair;
vehicle battery charging; recharging services for electric
vehicles; maintenance, servicing, tuning and repair of
motors and engines; repair and maintenance of electric
vehicles; battery charging service for motor vehicles;
repair or maintenance of two-wheeled motor vehicles;
providing information relating to the repair or maintenance
of two-wheeled motor vehicles; repair or maintenance of
loading-unloading machines and apparatus; repair of
non-electric prime movers; repair or maintenance of pumps;
servicing or repair of blowing machines; repair or
maintenance of construction machines and apparatus; repair
and maintenance of starters for motors and engines; repair
and maintenance of motors; repair or maintenance of electric
motors; repair or maintenance of power generators;
recharging of batteries and accumulators; recharging of
batteries; repair or maintenance of agricultural machines
and implements and providing information relating thereto;
repair or maintenance of vehicle washing installations;
repair and maintenance of electricity charging devices for
electric vehicles; repair or maintenance of snow ploughs;
repair and maintenance of lawnmowers; rental of construction
machines and apparatus; rental of cleaning machines; rental
of vehicle washing machines; rental of electric charging
units for electric vehicles.
24.
INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD
An information collection system includes: a vehicle registration information acquisition unit configured to access a vehicle registration DB, and acquire vehicle registration information including an identification code and a vehicle model of the vehicles; a communication control unit configured to communicate with the vehicles; a required number setting unit configured to set a number of the vehicles required when acquiring vehicle use information of the vehicles of a specified vehicle model based on a predetermined information acquisition condition; an information acquisition target vehicle extraction unit configured to extract the required number of the vehicles from the vehicles of the specified vehicle model registered in the vehicle registration DB; and a vehicle use information acquisition unit configured to transmit vehicle use information transmission request information requesting transmission of the vehicle use information to the vehicles extracted by the information acquisition target vehicle extraction unit.
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
G06F 16/28 - Databases characterised by their database models, e.g. relational or object models
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
25.
CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
There is provided with a control apparatus. A first obtaining unit obtains position information of a vehicle. A first setting unit sets a remote operation permitted range of the vehicle on a basis of movement information of the vehicle in a first predetermined period based on the position information. A determination unit determines whether or not to restrict a remote operation input to the vehicle from an associated user terminal that is a user terminal associated with the vehicle on a basis of a stop position of the vehicle based on the position information and the remote operation permitted range. The movement information includes the position information of the vehicle and a visit situation to the position in the first predetermined period.
A control device, which controls a device equipped in a vehicle by executing a program, the control device comprising: a storage unit that stores the program; and a processor, the processor being configured to be capable of executing a verification operation of partially executing and verifying the program after starting execution of the program stored in the storage unit, and change an execution mode of the verification operation according to a load state of the processor.
A control apparatus includes: an alarm unit that executes a monitoring function of detecting a wrongful act on a vehicle and causes an alarm output unit to output an alarm when the wrongful act is detected by the monitoring function; a software update unit that performs an update of software of an electronic device equipped in the vehicle; and an alarm output control unit that performs restriction of the output of the alarm when the software update unit performs the update of the software of the electronic device.
G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
A remote operation device remotely operates a vehicle, the remote operation device includes: a storage device configured to register identification information associated with a terminal device of a user, and information of a group including the user; and a processor configured to grant authorization for a remote operation on the vehicle to identification information associated with a terminal device of a first user included in the group, based on an operation from the terminal device of the first user. In a case where the processor has granted the authorization for the remote operation, the processor grants the authorization for the remote operation to identification information associated with a terminal device of a second user included in an identical group to the first user.
A worm reducer 1, in which at least one of an upper surface part or a lower surface part of a housing includes a protruding part 20 protruding toward a worm wheel 60; and with respect to an imaginary line L1 extending parallel to the rotation axis C2 of a worm gear 50 and passing through the central axis of a shaft 71 in the housing, a protruding part 20 is provided between an imaginary line L1 and a meshing part E between the worm gear 50 and the worm wheel 60 in a plan view, and includes an inclined part 21 that inclines toward the meshing part E.
F16H 19/08 - Gearings comprising essentially only toothed gears or friction members and not capable of conveying indefinitely-continuing rotary motion for interconverting rotary motion and oscillating motion
F16H 57/039 - Gearboxes for accommodating worm gears
F16H 57/04 - Features relating to lubrication or cooling
30.
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
A system includes: a first acquisition module which acquires information indicating a driving-scheduled period of a plurality of vehicles each including a battery and a driving characteristic of a driver who drives each of the plurality of vehicles in the driving-scheduled period; a second acquisition module which acquires information indicating a power transfer-scheduled period during which power transfer is to be performed between the battery included in at least one vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and a power grid; and a selection module which specifies, on the basis of the driving-scheduled period, the driving characteristic, and the power transfer-scheduled period, a driving characteristic of a driver of a vehicle to be driven within a predetermined period from the power transfer-scheduled period, and selects, on the basis of the driving characteristic being specified, a vehicle of which a battery is used for power transfer from/to the power grid.
H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
B60L 53/62 - Monitoring or controlling charging stations in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge
B60L 55/00 - Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
31.
MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Provided is a mobile object control device configured to: recognize a surrounding situation of a mobile object; set, based on the recognized surrounding situation, a risk area in which positions of the surrounding situation are associated with risk values that are indicator values indicating degrees to which the mobile object is to avoid traveling; generate a target trajectory indicating a route along which the mobile object is to travel in future; cause the mobile object to travel along the generated target trajectory; and set at least one observation point in each of three or more provisional trajectories branching at a specific location ahead of the mobile object, and generate the target trajectory based on the risk area and the at least one observation point.
B60W 50/00 - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
32.
PREVIEW ROAD SURFACE DETECTOR, AND PREVIEW ROAD SURFACE DETECTION METHOD
A preview road surface detector is provided, which is capable of suppressing the crosstalk of received detection waves. A preview road surface detector, including: a distance sensor including a plurality of transmitters and at least one receiver installed on a vehicle body member and arranged in a direction intersecting a travel direction of a vehicle, the distance sensor detecting a value related to a distance between the vehicle body member and a measurement point on a road surface ahead of a vehicle, the measurement point corresponding to at least part of a road surface contact portion of a wheel; and a distance calculator that calculates a road surface distance as the distance from the vehicle body member to the measurement point, based on a detection value detected by the distance sensor, in which the transmitters transmit detection waves with a time difference between the adjacent transmitters.
G01S 7/03 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
G01S 13/931 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
A tailgate locking/unlocking system is adapted to lock or unlock a tailgate of a vehicle. The tillage locking/unlocking system includes a rod shaft, a first lock structure, a second lock structure, at least one handle assembly, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The rod shaft is disposed in the tailgate of the vehicle and extended along a width direction thereof. The rod shaft has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first and second lock structures are coupled to the first and second ends. The handle assembly is pivotally coupled to the first or second end of the rod shaft and coupled to the first or second lock structure. The first and the second receivers are disposed on a first lateral side and a second lateral side of a body of the vehicle for engaging with the first and second lock structures.
A rear suspension structure includes left and right trailing arms, left and right hub carriers, and a lateral beam. Each hub carrier includes a front arm portion extending in a direction inward in the vehicle width direction and frontward of an axis of the rear wheels, and a rear arm portion extending rearward of the front arm portion. Each trailing arm has a rear end portion coupled to the hub carrier or the lateral beam via a first coupling portion that is a bushing. The lateral beam includes a left beam extending inward in the vehicle width direction from the rear arm portion disposed on a left side of the vehicle, a right beam extending inward in the vehicle width direction from the rear arm portion disposed on a right side of the vehicle, and left and right second coupling portions displaceably coupling the left beam and the right beam.
B60G 21/05 - Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces permanently interconnected mechanically between wheels on the same axle but on different sides of the vehicle, i.e. the left and right wheel suspensions being interconnected
A compaction roller comprising: a first roller rotating about a first axis; a second roller rotating about a second axis; a drive unit that supplies a driving force to at least one of the first roller and the second roller; and a storage unit that stores a battery for supplying electric power to the drive unit, wherein the storage unit allows the battery to be inserted and removed in a direction parallel to a plane passing through the first axis and the second axis.
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
E01C 19/26 - Rollers therefor; Such rollers usable also for compacting soil self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles
36.
MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A management apparatus includes: a reservation acceptance unit that selectively accepts an exclusive use reservation in which an aircraft is exclusively used by a sole reservation holder who has solely made a reservation for use of the aircraft, and a sharing reservation in which the aircraft is shared by a plurality of reservation holders; and a utilization plan formulation unit that formulates a utilization plan for the aircraft based on the result of acceptance by the reservation acceptance unit.
A fuel cell system has a fuel cell and a controller. The controller controls an oxygen purge valve and a hydrogen purge valve so that a valve-opening period of the oxygen purge valve provided in an oxygen purge channel and a valve opening period of the hydrogen purge valve provided in a hydrogen purge path do not overlap with each other.
A gas filling method for filling a tank with gas by supplying the gas from an accumulator to the tank through a pipe includes: a temperature separation pressure detecting step of detecting whether the pressure in the tank has reached a temperature separation pressure during filling of the tank with the gas; and a pressure rise rate increasing step of filling the tank with the gas by increasing the pressure rise rate of the pressure in the tank after the pressure in the tank has reached the temperature separation pressure.
A control device for a vehicle includes a travel control unit configured to provide a speed control function for automatically controlling a speed of the vehicle. The travel control unit interrupts an operation of the speed control function in response to a braking operation element of the vehicle being operated by a driver during the operation of the speed control function, and restarts the operation of the speed control function when a restart condition is satisfied. The restart condition includes that an operation level of a driving operation element of the vehicle by the driver after the driver turns right or left the vehicle at an intersection is within a predetermined range.
A vehicle brake system includes a switching valve switchable between a first state allowing communication between a first fluid pressure generating device and a frictional brake and a second state allowing communication between a second fluid pressure generating device and the frictional brake. The second fluid pressure generating device generates a fluid pressure by moving a piston with an electric actuator, and has a fluid pressure supply port connected to the switching valve and an atmosphere opening port connected to a reservoir tank. When, due to a failure, the switching valve becomes a third state in which the switching valve makes each of the first fluid pressure generating device and the second fluid pressure generating device communicate with the frictional brake, a control device controls the second fluid pressure generating device to close the atmosphere opening port with the piston.
B60T 13/66 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems
B60T 8/40 - Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration having a fluid pressure regulator responsive to a speed condition comprising an additional fluid circuit including fluid pressurising means for modifying the pressure of the braking fluid, e.g. including wheel driven pumps for detecting a speed condition, or pumps which are controlled by means independent of the br
A stator includes a cylindrical stator core having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of coils having segment conductors inserted through the plurality of slots and extending in axial direction, a coolant flow channel through which coolant flows is formed between outer circumferential surface of the segment conductor and inner circumferential surface of the slot, the outer circumferential surface of the segment conductor includes first flat surface facing radial direction, second flat surface facing circumferential direction, and a corner portion curved surface connecting the first flat surface and the second flat surface, the corner portion curved surface includes first curved surface continuous with the first flat surface and second curved surface continuous with the second flat surface, and when seen in cross-sectional view perpendicular to the axial direction, radius of curvature of the first curved surface is greater than radius of curvature of the second curved surface.
H02K 3/24 - Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors
H02K 3/34 - Windings characterised by the shape, form or construction of the insulation between conductors or between conductor and core, e.g. slot insulation
H02K 9/19 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil
42.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An information management device according to the embodiment is an information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object that an occupant has boarded and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, and includes an acquirer configured to acquire information from the first device and the second device, and a provider configured to provide each of the first device and the second device with information on the basis of the information acquired, in which the acquirer acquires an indoor image and an outdoor image of the mobile object using the first device, and acquires operation information of the user using the second device, and the provider switches between the indoor image and the outdoor image and provides the second device with a switching result when an operation of the user is a predetermined operation.
An information management device for managing information provided to a plurality of first devices mounted on a mobile object that an occupant boards and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object includes a processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program to acquire information from the plurality of first devices and the second device, match any one of the plurality of first devices with the second device, receive a designation of the user for setting any one of the plurality of first devices as a matching target of the second device, and switch the matching target of the second device when a designation of the user for setting any one of the plurality of first devices as the matching target of the second device already matched with the first device is received.
An information management device according to the embodiment is an information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object on which an occupant boards and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, and includes an acquirer configured to acquire information from the first device and the second device, and a provider configured to provide each of the first device and the second device with information based on the information acquired, in which the information acquired by the first device includes an indoor image of the mobile object, an outdoor image, and indoor voice information of the mobile object, and the provider provides the second device with information set to be available among the indoor image, the outdoor image, and the indoor voice information based on provision availability information set by the occupant.
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
45.
INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD
An information collection system includes: a permitted utilization purpose list acquisition unit configured to acquire a permitted utilization purpose list indicating permitted utilization purposes for which a target user U permits provision of monitor information; a monitor information utilization purpose table generation unit configured to generate a monitor information utilization purpose table in which a kind of the monitor information and one of the plurality of utilization purposes are made to correspond, based on specifications of the target vehicle; and a transmission request kind list generation unit configured to generate a transmission request kind list indicating the kind of the monitor information for which transmission is to be requested from the target vehicle, based on the permitted utilization purpose list and the monitor information utilization purpose table.
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
46.
CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
There is provided with a control apparatus. A first obtaining unit obtains position information of a vehicle. A setting unit sets a remote operation permitted range of the vehicle on a basis of movement information of the vehicle in a first predetermined period based on the position information. A second obtaining unit obtains information indicating that a specific operation for a remote operation input to the vehicle from a user terminal is performed. A controlling unit restricts the remote operation input from the user terminal to the vehicle in a case where a position of the vehicle at a time of obtaining the information is outside the remote operation permitted range. The movement information includes the position information of the vehicle and a visit situation to the position in the first predetermined period.
B60R 25/24 - Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
B60R 25/01 - Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
B60R 25/23 - Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off using manual input of alphanumerical codes
B60R 25/33 - Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
G07C 9/00 - Individual registration on entry or exit
47.
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
A system includes an acquisition unit which acquires information indicating a required electric power amount by which transfer of electric power is required between a battery included in a vehicle and an electric power network, and information indicating a transferable electric power amount by which the battery can transfer electric power with the electric power network, and a selection unit which selects a vehicle with a smaller difference between the transferable electric power amount and the required electric power amount than others by priority among a plurality of vehicles as a vehicle including a battery which is to perform electric power transfer with the electric power network.
H02J 3/32 - Arrangements for balancing the load in a network by storage of energy using batteries with converting means
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
Provided is a carbon dioxide removal apparatus that enables determination of whether or not carbon dioxide has desorbed from an adsorbent without using a carbon dioxide sensor. A carbon dioxide removal apparatus includes a carbon dioxide adsorption module, a first valve provided in an intake part of the carbon dioxide adsorption module, a second valve provided in a discharge part of the carbon dioxide adsorption module, a third valve connected to the discharge part, a vacuum pump connected to the carbon dioxide adsorption module via the third valve, and a controller. The carbon dioxide adsorption module includes a pressure meter and an adsorbent, and the controller is configured to perform, based on a pressure measured by the pressure meter, at least one of determining whether carbon dioxide has desorbed from the adsorbent or detecting an abnormality.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
A control device for a vehicle includes a travel control unit configured to provide a speed control function for automatically controlling a speed and configured to interrupt an operation of the speed control function in response to a braking operation element of the vehicle being operated by a driver during the operation of the speed control function, and a proposal unit configured to provide a restart proposal to the driver to restart the operation of the speed control function when the driver stops the vehicle while the operation of the speed control function is interrupted. When the driver agrees with the restart proposal, the travel control unit restarts the operation of the speed control function and keeps the vehicle stopped by the speed control function. The agreement with the restart proposal is made by the driver terminating an operation of the braking operation element.
A sensor arrangement structure that may improve sensing accuracy of a sensor tube and may make a sensor cover easy to install is disclosed. The sensor arrangement structure includes a bumper beam; a shock absorber disposed in front of the bumper beam; a contact sensor including a sensor tube, in which the sensor tube is disposed between the bumper beam and the shock absorber; and a sensor cover covering the shock absorber from a rear surface of the shock absorber, in which the sensor cover is disposed along a side surface of an end portion of the bumper beam in a width direction of a vehicle, the sensor cover has a protruding portion at a position corresponding to the sensor tube, and the protruding portion protrudes towards the shock absorber.
B60R 19/02 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
B60R 19/04 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects formed from more than one section
B60R 19/48 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds
A bus bar unit includes a bus bar including two ends and tending from a first end to a second end, and a connector unit molded to be integrated with the bus bar. A first bolt insertion hole is formed in the first end. A second bolt insertion hole is formed in the connector unit. The bus bar unit is fixed, by fixing the bus bar unit to a fixing-object member, connecting the first end to a connection terminal provided on an electronic component, and connecting a cable to the second end. A bus bar unit fixing method includes a step of inserting the first bolt through the first bolt insertion hole and fastening the first end of the bus bar to the connection terminal, and a step of inserting the second bolt through the second bolt insertion hole and fixing the connector unit to the fixing-object member.
A conductor forming apparatus that forms a wave winding coil group by folding a conductor, in which the conductor forming apparatus includes: a folding jig that is arranged on an inside of a folding direction of the conductor, the folding jig including a support plate with a tip serving as a starting point for folding the conductor, and a plurality of guide protrusions arranged on a side of the tip of the support plate so as to hold the conductor before folding from both sides in a width direction, the plurality of guide protrusions each including a guide surface that can guide a folding operation of the conductor from the start of folding.
H02K 15/04 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of windings, prior to mounting into machines
An inspection device and an inspection method are provided. The inspection device includes: a main body portion, configured to be held by an inspector; a camera portion, disposed on the main body portion and configured to capture an inspected portion of a vehicle; and a guiding portion, configured to guide a camera direction of the camera portion to the inspector, so that an image obtained through the camera portion becomes a prescribed image suitable for inspection.
A control device for automatic stop of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a radar and a sonar, the radar detecting a distance to an obstacle and detecting a height of the obstacle from a road surface, the sonar detecting the distance to the obstacle and detecting a signal level of a reflected wave from the obstacle. The control device includes a control unit having a processor configured to output a signal for triggering the automatic stop of the vehicle when the signal level of the reflected wave from the obstacle is greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein the control unit is configured to change the predetermined threshold for triggering the automatic stop of the vehicle between a first predetermined threshold and a second predetermined threshold based on the height of the obstacle detected by the radar.
B60T 7/22 - Brake-action initiating means for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger initiated by contact of vehicle, e.g. bumper, with an external object, e.g. another vehicle
G01S 13/86 - Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
57.
ATTENTION CALLING SYSTEM AND ATTENTION CALLING METHOD
An attention calling system includes a time headway (THW) acquisition unit repeatedly acquiring THW at predetermined time intervals, the THW being a value obtained by dividing an inter-vehicle distance between an own vehicle and a preceding vehicle by vehicle speed of the own vehicle, a time to collision (TTC) acquisition unit repeatedly acquiring TTC at predetermined time intervals, the TTC being a value obtained by dividing the inter-vehicle distance by relative speed between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle, and a notification unit outputting to an occupant of the own vehicle an approach alarm that notifies an approach to the preceding vehicle, based on the THW and the TTC. The notification unit determines a saliency level that is a degree of saliency of the approach alarm in accordance with the THW and the TTC, and outputs the approach alarm of the determined saliency level.
A controller allows an injector to inject a fuel gas when a supply flow rate of an oxygen-containing gas reaches a set flow rate for the oxygen-containing gas supplied at start-up in a state where a supply-side stop valve and a discharge-side stop valve are closed, and thereafter opens the supply-side stop valve and the discharge-side stop valve.
The present disclosure relates to electric vehicle supply equipment. More particularly, this disclosure describes a private charging station availability system that allows home owners or apartment dwellers to loan or rent out their idle station. Through this system, an owner of the private charging station may define special criteria for use of their charger. In one illustrative embodiment, after receiving a request for available charging stations in an area, the system may identify public charging stations and private charging stations. The private charging stations are limited to those that meet a defined requirement such as charging stations that are limited to only using renewable energy resources, whether an owner is onsite, or local grid power usage is below a threshold. After identifying those charging stations, they may be provided in response to the request.
B60L 53/67 - Controlling two or more charging stations
B60L 53/30 - Constructional details of charging stations
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
Provided is an estimation device configured to: acquire prediction parameters, which are distribution information on second parameters, by inputting actual parameters, which are first parameters, into: a first trained model, which is trained to output distribution information on second parameters in response to input of first parameters by using training data and correct data; and a second trained model, which is trained to output distribution information on second parameters in response to input of first parameters by using training data and correct data; and estimate whether or not the second mobile object is to take the predetermined action by comparing the prediction parameters with the actual parameters at a subject time of the prediction parameters.
A vehicle lighting device includes: a low-beam irradiation part which illuminates a lower irradiation region on a forward lower side of a vehicle; a high-beam irradiation part which illuminates an upper irradiation region on an upper side and more to a central side in a vehicle-width direction than the lower irradiation region; and a pattern irradiation part which irradiates irradiation light on a lateral irradiation region that is a travel path side of the vehicle in an irradiation pattern in which a bright region and a dark region are alternately repeated, in which the pattern irradiation part irradiates irradiation light in a predetermined first mode on an upper pattern irradiation region that is an upper side of the lateral irradiation region, and irradiates irradiation light in a second mode different from the first mode in a lower pattern irradiation region that is a lower side of the lateral irradiation region.
B60Q 1/14 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights having dimming means
62.
WORKPIECE QUALITY DETERMINATION METHOD AND WORKPIECE QUALITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM
A workpiece quality determination system for determining the quality of a workpiece based on a stripe pattern projected on a surface of the workpiece includes an observation angle setter that sets an observation angle at which the projected stripe pattern on the workpiece is observed, a stripe projection angle setter that sets the stripe projection angle of the projected stripe pattern at the set observation angle, a reference stripe pattern creator that creates a reference stripe pattern from the projected stripe pattern at the set stripe projection angle, and a quality determinator that calculates a difference between the projected stripe pattern and the reference stripe pattern at the stripe projection angle to determine the quality based on the difference.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
A vehicle power conversion device is mounted in a front room of a vehicle. The vehicle power conversion device has a DCDC converter, an accommodating case configured to accommodate the DCDC converter, and a connector unit provided on the accommodating case. First and second protruding portions are provided in a front region of the accommodating case. The connector unit is provided such that, as viewed in an upper-lower direction, the connector unit is located behind a first virtual line which is a common tangent line of the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion, and at least a part of the connector unit is located in a left-right direction between a first contact point in which the first virtual line is in contact with the first protruding portion, and a second contact point in which the first virtual line is in contact with the second protruding portion.
B60L 53/22 - Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
B60L 58/20 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries of two or more battery modules having different nominal voltages
H05K 7/14 - Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
64.
CHARGING STATION FOR CHARGING PLURALITY OF BATTERIES
A charging station includes a plurality of charging terminals to facilitate a charging of a plurality of batteries. A controller charges one of the plurality of batteries at a first charging current and in the first charging mode, and controls the charging of one or more remaining batteries of the plurality of batteries to limit a total charging current of the charging station below a threshold value. The one or more remaining batteries are charged at a second charging current and in the first charging mode. Further, the controller shifts the charging of the one of the remaining batteries being charged at the second charging current from the second charging current to the first charging current in response to a completion of the charging of the one of the plurality of batteries being charged at the first charging current to a predetermined value.
Provided is a mobile body capable of taking into consideration the intent of an instruction issuing party who has issued an ambiguous instruction involving a vague spatial designation relative a target location and searching for an appropriate area in the vicinity of the target location in order for the mobile body to achieve a specified state in response to the instruction. A model is constructed using, as input data, a user instruction and scene graphs SG1 to SG3 created on the basis of an environment image corresponding to the position of a moving body 20 and the direction from which a designated location is viewed. The feature amounts of primary nodes constituting a state scene graph SG1 are defined according to the relative positional relationships (distance and angle) with each object based on the position of the moving body 20. The feature amounts of the primary nodes constituting the state scene graph SG1 are defined according to the space occupation state of each object.
A management system (1) comprises: a battery replacement unit (3) that holds a plurality of batteries (2); and a server (4). The battery replacement unit (3) comprises a plurality of battery replacement devices (30). The server (4) comprises a server communication unit and a server processing unit. The server processing unit determines a battery (2) to be lent on the basis of at least one of a plurality of items consisting of: the current state of the battery (2); the current degree of degradation of the battery (2); the past manner of use of the battery (2); the history of charging and discharging of the battery (2); the position of the battery (2) or a battery holding unit (32) in the battery replacement device (30); the stored period of the battery (2) in the battery replacement device (30); the position of a housing (31); and a power device (6) to which the battery (2) is to be mounted.
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
In the present invention, a battery exchanger (electric power device) comprises an external electric power supply connection portion that is connected to an external electric power supply, a housing (2), an internal connection portion that is connected to a battery disposed in the interior of the housing (2), an electric power conversion unit (73) that is provided on an electric power transmission path connecting the external electric power supply connection portion and the internal connection portion, and a pressing member (75). The internal connection portion has a plurality of internal connection portions that are respectively connected to a plurality of batteries, and the electric power conversion unit (73) has a plurality of electric power conversion units that respectively electrically connect the external electric power supply connection portion and the internal connection portions. The plurality of internal connection portions are arranged near one another in a first region of the housing (2), and the plurality of electric power conversion units are arranged near one another in a second region (32) of the housing (2). The pressing member (75) secures the plurality of electric power conversion units to the housing (2) in bulk.
Provided is an accommodation device which can improve drainage performance for water having entered the inside of a housing. An accommodation device 1 comprises: a housing 10 that has six substantially square surfaces facing in different directions from one another and that is formed into a substantially polygonal shape; and an accommodation part that is provided inside the housing 10 and that accommodates an accommodation target object in a manner of allowing the object to be taken in and out. The housing 10 is provided with: a first member and a second member respectively attached to the accommodation part; and two third members, in each of which, one end side is fixed to the first member and the other end side is fixed to the second member. The second member is fixed to the opposite side from the first member relative to the accommodation part. The first member, the second member, and the two third members are connected to one another in a frame-like shape surrounding the accommodation part. The housing 10 is provided with a fourth member attachably/detachably fixed to the first member, the second member, and the two third members. The fourth member has provided therein a through-hole for connecting the inside and outside of the housing 10 in a fixed state.
A sensor arrangement structure that makes a sensor tube easy to arrange is disclosed. The sensor arrangement structure includes a bumper beam; a shock absorber disposed in front of the bumper beam and having a groove; and a contact sensor including a sensor tube, in which the sensor tube is disposed between the bumper beam and the shock absorber, the groove is configured to arrange the sensor tube, the groove includes an expansion groove portion, and the expansion groove portion has a width greater than a width of a rest part of the groove.
B60R 19/48 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds
G01L 1/26 - Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with the measurement of force, e.g. for preventing influence of transverse components of force, for preventing overload
G01L 5/00 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
70.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IN HAND ROBOTICS DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION OF OBJECTS
A system and method for providing in hand robotics dexterous manipulation of an object that include determining a geometry of an object, a position of the object, and a placement of at least one robotic finger of a robot upon the object. The system and method also include computing a direction of rolling or rotation of the object by the at least one robotic finger. The system and method additionally include updating a position of the object that is manipulated by the robot. The system and method further include updating contact points of the at least one robotic finger with respect to contacting the object in a manner that ensures that a viable grasp is enforced to have force closure to retain the object.
A method for mitigating effects of a shipment time delay of intermediate products and materials in a manufacturing process comprises, in a training phase, obtaining historical supplier data of the intermediate products and materials, obtaining process parameters of the manufacturing process that are observable for the manufacturing process, and obtaining external data that are independent from the manufacturing process. The method applies a machine learning algorithm to generate a model for predicting a time delay risk in the manufacturing process based on the historical supplier data, the process parameters of the manufacturing process and the external data, and records the generated model in a database. In an application phase, the method obtains current process parameters of the manufacturing process and current external data, and proceeds by predicting an actual time delay risk based on the recorded model for predicting a time delay risk and the current process parameters of the manufacturing process and the current external data. The method generates an output signal including the predicted actual time delay risk, and outputs, via a human machine interface, the generated output signal to a user.
G06Q 10/06 - Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
72.
SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING OBJECT TO BE TRANSPORTED, METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING OBJECT TO BE TRANSPORTED, PROGRAM FOR TRANSPORTING OBJECT TO BE TRANSPORTED, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND HARMFULNESS DETERMINATION DEVICE
A system (1) for transporting an object (10) to be transported that is loaded on a first mobile unit (20) at a first point P1 comprises a harmfulness determination unit (53) that determines the degree of harmfulness of the object (10) to be transported that is loaded on the first mobile unit (20) to living organisms.
A vehicle control device includes a first recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle including a first marking, a second recognizer configured to recognize a second marking relating to a lane near the vehicle from map information, a driving controller, and a mode decider. It is determined whether or not there is interference between a specific region set on the basis of the second marking and a position of the preceding vehicle when the first marking is not recognized and the preceding vehicle is recognized. A driving mode is changed from the first driving mode to the second driving mode when it is determined that the preceding vehicle interferes with the specific region. A width of the specific region is variably set in accordance with at least one of an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle and a road's curvature where the vehicle travels.
A speech recognition device includes: an acquisition part, acquiring a speech signal; a speech feature amount calculation part, calculating a speech feature amount; a first speech recognition part, based on the speech feature amount, performing speech recognition using a learned first E2E model, attaching a first tag to a vocabulary portion of a specific class in text that is a recognition result, and outputting the same; a second speech recognition part, based on the speech feature amount, performing speech recognition using a learned second E2E model, attaching a second tag to a vocabulary portion of a specific class in a phoneme that is a recognition result, and outputting the same; a phoneme replacement part, replacing a vocabulary with the first tag with a phoneme with the second tag; and an output part, converting the phoneme with the second tag into text and outputting the same.
A vehicle lighting device is provided which can sufficiently improve overlooking of pedestrians by a driver. A vehicle lighting device of the present invention includes: a forward irradiation part (low-beam unit) that irradiates a forward irradiation region (low-beam irradiation region) of a vehicle; a lateral irradiation part (second cornering light unit) that irradiates a lateral irradiation region (right-side second cornering light irradiation region) on an outer side in the vehicle-width direction of the forward irradiation region; and a first pattern irradiation part (forward projector unit) that irradiates a first irradiation region (right-side forward projector unit irradiation region) that partially overlaps the forward irradiation region and lateral irradiation region in a top view in a bright/dark mixed irradiation region in which bright regions and dark regions are alternately repeated.
B60Q 1/24 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments for lighting other areas than only the way ahead
B60Q 1/14 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights having dimming means
H05B 47/115 - Controlling the light source in response to determined parameters by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
A windshield retention assembly includes a windshield, a windshield retention bracket including a lower bracket portion and a tab extended from the lower bracket portion, and an outer adhesion bead bonding the lower bracket portion to the windshield, wherein the tab is extended beyond an edge of the windshield.
B60J 1/02 - Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor arranged at the vehicle front
B62D 65/06 - Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components the sub-units or components being doors, windows, openable roofs, lids, bonnets, or weather strips or seals therefor
A control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including: a battery; a first rotary electric machine coupled to an axle; a second rotary electric machine coupled to an internal combustion engine; a first power conversion circuit; a second power conversion circuit; a capacitor connected between the battery and connection portions connecting the first power conversion circuit and the second power conversion circuit in parallel; and a switching unit connected between the battery and the capacitor, the control device executing discharge control when a collision of the vehicle is predicted, and the discharge control includes: opening the switching unit to interrupt the power supply from the battery; stopping rotation of the first rotary electric machine if the first rotary electric machine is rotating; and discharging the electric charge stored in the capacitor.
A vehicle including: a first drive unit for driving wheels; a temperature control circuit for the first drive unit; and a control device, in which, when controlling the first drive unit under a first drive mode and executing a temperature increase control, the control device determines, based on a state of the vehicle, whether the drive mode of the first drive unit is changeable to a second drive mode in which an output from a first drive motor of the first drive unit is reduced, on determining that the drive mode is changeable to the second drive mode, the control device changes the drive mode to the second drive mode and continues the temperature increase control, otherwise the control device maintains the drive mode in the first drive mode, and ends the temperature increase control and then executes the normal temperature control.
B60W 20/20 - Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration, e.g. selection between series or parallel configuration
B60K 6/52 - Driving a plurality of drive axles, e.g. four-wheel drive
B60K 11/02 - Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units with liquid cooling
B60K 17/356 - Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles for driving both front and rear wheels, e.g. four wheel drive vehicles having fluid or electric motor, for driving one or more wheels
B60W 10/06 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines
B60W 10/08 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
B60W 20/10 - Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet required power demand
79.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE SENSOR CALIBRATION
A system and method for providing tactile sensor calibration that include receiving force data from a force/torque sensor and tactile data from a plurality of taxels of a tactile sensor pad. The system and method also include interpolating the force data and the tactile data and pre-processing the interpolated data to align the force data and the tactile data to match data points. The system and method additionally include dividing the matched data points into individual interactions and computing a linear regression for each segment that is associated with each interaction. The system and method further include determining an amount of force that is absorbed by the tactile sensor pad based on a conversion of tactile measurements sensed by the plurality of taxels into Newtons based on the linear regression computed for each segment.
A power conversion device has at least one electronic component, an accommodating case configured to accommodate the electronic component, and a connector unit provided on the accommodating case. The connector unit includes a connector portion provided with an external terminal electrically connected to outside, and a conductive member extending from the connector portion and electrically connecting the connector portion and the electronic component. A fragile portion is formed in the conductive member.
A remote operation method of a robot includes: a conversion step of converting an operation input to a joint angle command value of the robot when an operator performs an operation; an acquisition step of acquiring actual visual information of a space in which the robot is present; a generation step of generating virtual visual information of an arbitrary viewpoint in the space in which the robot is present for the operator using a three-dimensional representation; and a projection step of projecting the virtual visual information to a screen viewed by the operator when the actual visual information is not newly acquired and projecting a mixed image in which an image based on the newly acquired actual visual information is combined with the virtual visual information when the actual visual information is newly acquired.
A structure of the present invention has a plurality of links (L) which link a lumbar side connection part (S) and a grounding part (E), and passive joints (M) which link the links (L) to each other, in which a second Jacobian matrix Jp in a coordinate system obtained by rotating a coordinate system of a first Jacobian matrix J which associates a displacement vector δp of the grounding part (E) with a micro displacement vector δθ of each of the passive joints (M) at an angle θp satisfies following Formula (1) or Formula (2) using spring constants k1 and k2 and constants C2 and C4 of a spring which controls the micro displacement δθ of two passive joints (M).
A structure of the present invention has a plurality of links (L) which link a lumbar side connection part (S) and a grounding part (E), and passive joints (M) which link the links (L) to each other, in which a second Jacobian matrix Jp in a coordinate system obtained by rotating a coordinate system of a first Jacobian matrix J which associates a displacement vector δp of the grounding part (E) with a micro displacement vector δθ of each of the passive joints (M) at an angle θp satisfies following Formula (1) or Formula (2) using spring constants k1 and k2 and constants C2 and C4 of a spring which controls the micro displacement δθ of two passive joints (M).
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B62D 57/032 - Vehicles characterised by having other propulsion or other ground-engaging means than wheels or endless track, alone or in addition to wheels or endless track with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members with alternately or sequentially lifted feet or skid
Provided is a system whereby the intentions of an instructing person latent in an instruction in which spatial specification using a target location as a reference is ambiguous are taken into account and it is possible to search for a suitable area in the area surrounding the target location so that a moving body achieves a specified state in accordance with the instruction. A trained model is built using input data, namely, scene graphs SG1 to SG3 created on the basis of user instructions and an environment image corresponding to the location of a moving body 20 and a direction facing a specified location. A feature amount of a primary node constituting a state scene graph SG1 is defined in accordance with a relative arrangement relationship (distance and angle) of individual objects based on the location of the moving body 20. The feature amount of the primary node constituting the state scene graph SG1 is defined in accordance with how each of the objects occupies space.
In an electric vehicle (10), a rear wheel (24) is arranged in an offset manner with respect to a motor (38) so as to be away from a second side cover (56) in a left-right direction. A first side cover (54) is closer to the rear wheel (24) than the second side cover (56) is, and has a greater fixation force with respect to an outer rotor (52) than the second side cover.
This vehicle illumination device (1) comprises: a low beam irradiation unit (low beam unit (7)) that irradiates a bottom irradiation region (low beam irradiation region (11)) in front of and below the vehicle; a high beam irradiation unit (high beam unit (6)) that irradiates a top irradiation region (high beam irradiation region (10)) that is above and more to the center side in the vehicle width direction than the bottom irradiation region (11); and a variable pattern irradiation unit (projector unit (8)) that irradiates, in the form of a changeable irradiation pattern, a lateral top irradiation region (right-side pattern irradiation region (12)), which is a lateral region outside the top irradiation region (10) in the vehicle width direction and above the bottom irradiation region (11). In one aspect, the variable pattern irradiation unit (8) is changed such that the irradiation pattern takes the form of a first irradiation pattern (15) or a second irradiation pattern (16) in accordance with whether the high beam irradiation unit (6) is lighted on or off. This makes it possible to improve the overlooking of pedestrians by the driver, even under adverse conditions such as nighttime or rainy weather.
B60Q 1/04 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
B60Q 1/00 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
F21V 14/04 - Controlling the distribution of the light emitted by adjustment of elements by movement of reflectors
F21W 102/155 - Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region the light having cut-off lines, i.e. clear borderlines between emitted regions and dark regions having inclined and horizontal cut-off lines
F21W 102/17 - Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for regions other than high beam or low beam
86.
KEEPING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE DEVICE
A management system (1) comprises a battery replacement unit (3) that holds a plurality of batteries (2), and a server (4). The battery replacement unit (3) comprises a plurality of battery replacement devices (30). The server (4) comprises a server communication unit and a server processing unit. The server processing unit determines an exchanged replacement device housing (31), which is a housing (31) among housings (31) of the plurality of battery replacement devices (30) that has a battery holding unit (32) for receiving a battery (2), or which is a housing (31) that has a battery holding unit (32) that provides a battery (2) being kept. The server processing unit determines the exchanged replacement device housing (31) on the basis of the position of each housing (31) on a communication path of the plurality of battery replacement devices (30).
H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
A swapping device (1) comprises a housing (10), a slot (40) for housing a battery in a removable manner, and a temperature adjustment device (50) for adjusting the internal temperature of the housing (10). The slot (40) is disposed on the front surface facing a first direction among the side surfaces of the housing (10). The temperature adjustment device (50) is disposed on the rear surface facing a second direction different from the first direction among the side surfaces of the housing (10).
Provided is a method for managing an electric bicycle (10) comprising a vehicle body frame (67) and a motor (M), the method comprising: a step for acquiring any two of a vehicle body number, a power unit number, communication address information of a control circuit (40), a battery number, a vehicle ID, and information for identifying an owner or the like of the electric bicycle (10), as first identification information and second identification information; and a step for associating the acquired first identification information and second identification information with each other.
An electrical bicycle (10) comprises: a crank pedal (79); a rear wheel (78); a motor M that drives the rear wheel (78); a control circuit (40) that controls the motor M; an input torque acquisition unit (35) that acquires an input torque; a cadence acquisition unit (39) that acquires cadence; and an acceleration acquisition unit (30) that acquires acceleration. The control circuit (40) permits the motor M to generate motive force when the input torque is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, the cadence is greater than or equal to a second threshold value, or the acceleration is greater than or equal to a third threshold value.
This saddle-type vehicle comprises: a seat (8) where an rider sits; a handle (2) gripped by the rider; a floor part (9) that is disposed between the handle (2) and the seat (8) and that forms a footrest board (9a) where the rider places their feet; a motor (30) that generates a driving force for vehicular travel; a battery (100) that stores power for driving the motor (30); and an inverter (33) that converts a direct current supplied by the battery (100) to an alternating current and supplies the alternating current to the motor (30). At least one of the inverter (33) and the battery (100) is a subfloor electrical component disposed below the floor part (9). The subfloor electrical component is disposed in a recessed structure (50) having an opening (53) facing the lower side of the vehicle.
This scooter-type electric vehicle comprises: a seat (8) on which an occupant sits; a handlebar (2) to be gripped by the occupant; a floor portion (9) that is disposed between the handlebar (2) and the seat (8) and forms a foot-rest surface (9a) on which the occupant places his or her feet; a motor (30) that generates driving force for running; and a battery (100) that stores electric power for driving the motor (30). The battery (100) and the motor (30) are fixedly supported on a vehicle body (11A). A swing arm (20) that supports a drive wheel (4) is pivotally connected to the vehicle body (11A). The battery (100) is disposed under the seat (8). The motor (30) is disposed under the battery (100).
This charger search device comprises: a required replenishment charge amount calculation unit that calculates a required replenishment charge amount, which is the expected power shortfall if an electric automobile equipped with a battery were to travel a first route composed of planned road links for traveling from a first point to a second point, on the basis of the remaining power amount of the battery at the first point and the power consumption; a suppliable power amount estimation unit that estimates, on the basis of the power consumption, the amount of power that can be supplied to the battery at the point in time when the electric automobile passes an anticipated speed-change point where the travel speed of the electric automobile is anticipated to change on the first route; a planned charge amount calculation unit that calculates a planned charge amount for the battery on the basis of the required replenishment charge amount and a pre-set margin; and a charger search unit that searches for a charger capable of charging the battery on the basis of the suppliable power amount and the planned charge amount.
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performance; Adaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
G08G 1/0969 - Systems involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle having a display in the form of a map
A compact electric transport device that is convertible between a stowed configuration and a riding configuration is described. In one embodiment, a foldable steering assembly for an electric transport device includes a steering column disposed within an opening along a top surface of the electric transport device. The steering column has a horizontal orientation that extends along a length of the electric transport device within the opening in a folded position. The foldable steering assembly also includes a steering shaft connected to an axle of a wheel of the electric transport device. The foldable steering assembly further includes a hinge connecting the steering column to the steering shaft. The steering column is configured to transition to a vertical orientation that is perpendicular to the opening along the top surface of the electric transport device in an extended position.
B62D 1/183 - Steering columns yieldable or adjustable, e.g. tiltable adjustable between in-use and out-of-use positions, e.g. to improve access
B62D 1/184 - Mechanisms for locking columns at selected positions
B62D 1/189 - Steering columns yieldable or adjustable, e.g. tiltable with tilt and axial adjustment the entire steering column being tiltable as a unit
B62D 31/00 - Superstructures for passenger vehicles
A method of properly aligning a sliding side door on a vehicle includes first preparing a prototype vehicle and determining how far out of alignment the door is to the body of the prototype vehicle. This amount of misalignment is then used to adjust the attachment position of an anchor plate to a sliding side door of the vehicle, so that the anchor plate is attached at a desired position to the production vehicle, which causes there to be no misalignment between the sliding side door and the body of the production vehicle. A jig is used to hold the anchor plate at the desired location while welding the anchor plate to the door. A roller assembly is then attached to the anchor plate and to a rail on a body of the vehicle.
B62D 65/02 - Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components
B62D 65/06 - Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components the sub-units or components being doors, windows, openable roofs, lids, bonnets, or weather strips or seals therefor
B60J 5/06 - Doors arranged at the vehicle sides foldable
A hull attitude control apparatus (1) includes: an outboard engine (3) that includes a propeller (12) which is provided on a hull (2) and generates a thrust force at the hull (2) and a propeller drive motor (9) which drives the propeller (12); an attitude control portion (4) that controls an inclination angle of a propeller rotation axis line (S2); an outboard engine control portion (20) that performs a drive control of the propeller drive motor (9); and a shake detection sensor that detects a shake of the hull (2). The attitude control portion (4) and the outboard engine control portion (20) perform a drive control of the propeller (12) so as to prevent shaking of the hull (2) based on a detection result of the shake detection sensor.
A display system for a drive-by-wire lawnmower having first and second motors can include first and second operator inputs configured to transmit a first and second motor signals, respectively, first and second displays mounted on the first and second operator inputs, respectively, and a controller. The controller can be configured for electrical communication with the first motor, the second motor, and in electrical communication with the first operator input, the second operator input, the first display, and the second display. The controller can be configured to determine a respective drive speed and a respective drive direction for each of the first motor and the second motor based on both of the first drive signal and the second drive signal, and cause the first display and the second display to present a predetermined pattern based on the first motor signal and the second motor signal
Provided is a vehicle control device configured to acquire a camera image obtained by imaging a peripheral situation of a vehicle, control steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the camera image and map information irrespective of an operation of a driver of the vehicle, determine a driving mode of the vehicle to be any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode, calculate a margin for the vehicle to continue traveling in the second driving mode on the basis of a speed of the vehicle and a distance to an intersection between a map road centerline indicated in the map information and any one of map road partition lines on both sides, and determine whether to cause the vehicle to continue the second driving mode referring to the map road centerline on the basis of the margin when the vehicle is traveling in the second driving mode referring to the map road centerline.
A vehicle including: a battery; a voltage control unit that boosts an output voltage of the battery; a main drive unit, including a main drive motor driven by electric power with a boosted voltage, that outputs a main driving force for driving one of a front wheel and a rear wheel; a sub drive unit, including a sub drive motor driven by the electric power with the boosted voltage, that outputs a sub driving force for driving another of the front wheel and the rear wheel; and a control unit, in which the control unit increases the boosted voltage when a temperature of the sub drive unit reaches a predetermined value, compared to before the temperature of the sub drive unit reaches the predetermined value.
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performance; Adaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
B60K 1/02 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units comprising more than one electric motor
B60K 17/356 - Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles for driving both front and rear wheels, e.g. four wheel drive vehicles having fluid or electric motor, for driving one or more wheels
100.
VOLUME ESTIMATING DEVICE, HYDROGEN FILLING DEVICE, AND VOLUME ESTIMATING METHOD
A volume estimating device includes: a gas density acquiring section that acquires a first gas density and a second gas density; an expansion rate acquiring section that acquires a first corrected expansion rate and a second corrected expansion rate; a filling amount acquiring section that acquires a total filling amount; and a volume estimating section that estimates a volume of a hydrogen tank based on a volume of a supplying portion, the first gas density, the second gas density, the first corrected expansion rate, the second corrected expansion rate, and the total filling amount.