Abstract: The vehicle front structure includes a radiator provided at a distance from the front bumper to the rear, an air guide duct provided between the front bumper and the radiator in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a vibration member mounted on a wall surface of the air guide duct. Vibration of the vibration member vibrates the wall surface, whereby a sound (horn sound) is emitted to the internal space of the air guide duct. The horn sound is amplified by resonance in the internal space, and is emitted in the forward direction of the vehicle through the front opening of the air guide duct.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a cruise control system of a vehicle using the moods of one or more occupants are described herein. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine, using a mood model, the mood of at least one occupant of a vehicle and a setting for a cruise control to maintain a distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle based on the determined mood. The instructions then cause the processor to set the cruise control to operate according to the setting.

Abstract: A vehicle including a floor surface and a seat. The floor surface has a floor striker. The seat is movable between a seated state and a stowed state. The seat includes a seat cushion frame, a sear back, and a seat latch. The seat cushion frame has a seat striker. The seat back is rotatably coupled to the seat cushion frame. In the seated positon, the seat latch engaged with the floor striker. In the stowed state, the seat latch engages with the seat striker.

Abstract: A server includes a control unit configured to extract, among facilities different from a power controller configured to execute power control including at least one of charging and discharging of an electrified vehicle, the facility that is available, during a reservation period for use of the power controller, to a user who uses the power controller during the reservation period and a communication unit configured to transmit information on the extracted facility to at least one of the electrified vehicle and an information device that are associated with the user.

Abstract: A vehicle driver assistance device executes safety assistance control for enhancing travel safety of a vehicle. When a level of fatigue of a driver of the vehicle becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined level, the vehicle driver assistance device increases a safety assistance level, which is a level for increasing the travel safety of the vehicle, by safety assistance control, and notifies the driver that the safety assistance level has been increased, and after the safety assistance level has been increased, when the vehicle passes a rest spot, which is a spot where the driver can rest, the vehicle driver assistance device lowers the safety assistance level and notifies the driver that the safety assistance level has been lowered.

Abstract: A power control system includes: an ECU configured to control (i) charging from a power facility to a vehicle and (ii) discharging from the vehicle to the power facility; and a user terminal configured to allow a user to separately set a charging power setting value and a discharging power setting value. When the charging from the power facility to the vehicle is performed, the ECU is configured to control power charged to the vehicle per unit time to correspond to the charging power setting value set by the user using the user terminal. When the discharging from the vehicle to the power facility is performed, the ECU is configured to control power discharged from the vehicle per unit time to correspond to the discharging power setting value set by the user using the user terminal.

Abstract: The information processing device includes a processor, and the processor inputs information on a course on which the vehicle travels, setup information on a setup of the vehicle, and feedback information from a driver driving the vehicle into a learned model, and proposes an optimal setup when the vehicle travels on the course based on an output from the learned model.

Abstract: A method of controlling battery replacement includes receiving from a user of an electrically powered vehicle, a request for registration as a home station, of a specific battery replacement station among a plurality of battery stations (battery replacement stations) and determining a first incentive to be granted to the user when the user uses the home station for battery replacement of the electrically powered vehicle. The determining the first incentive includes setting the first incentive to be greater than a second incentive to be granted to the user when the user uses a battery station other than the home station for battery replacement of the electrically powered vehicle.

Abstract: An active road surface maintenance system and method developed for connected vehicles with the aid of a mobility digital twin (MDT) framework. A method performed in a cloud-based digital space includes receiving data regarding a physical object from a physical space connected to a vehicle. The method also includes processing the data using machine learning to model road surface conditions, in which respective penalty values are assigned to corresponding road surfaces, a respective penalty value being higher the lower a condition of the corresponding road surface. The method also includes deriving instructions based on the modeled road surface conditions and the respective penalty values to guide actuation of the vehicle along a trajectory. The method further includes transmitting the instructions to the physical space connected to the vehicle to guide actuation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle controller includes a processer configured to estimate emotion of a driver based on biological information thereof; and determine an intervention amount of a driving assistance function based on the estimation result.

Abstract: An information processing system includes execution circuitry and a storage that stores map data. The map data includes facility location information indicating a location of a specific facility, and parking lot location information. The execution circuitry is configured to determine that a vehicle has been parked in any one of the parking lots, when the vehicle is determined to have been parked in the parking lot, determine an approach route taken the vehicle to reach the parking lot and an approach direction toward the parking lot on the approach route, calculate a parking frequency of the vehicle that is parked in the parking lot for each combination of the approach route, the approach direction, and the parking lot, and store, in the storage, data related to the parking frequency in association with the map data for each combination of the approach route, the approach direction, and the parking lot.

Abstract: The cruising range estimation method includes: a collection step of collecting a plurality of fuel consumption learning values corresponding to a plurality of fuel cell electric vehicle from a plurality of fuel cell electric vehicle; a generation step of generating fuel consumption data indicating a temporal change in fuel consumption based on the plurality of fuel learning values; a calculation step of calculating a correction value for correcting the latest fuel consumption learning value based on the latest fuel consumption learning value of one fuel cell electric vehicle and the fuel consumption data when there is a demand from one of the plurality of fuel cell electric vehicle; a transmission step of transmitting the calculated correction value to one fuel cell electric vehicle; and a correction step of correcting the latest fuel consumption learning value using the correction value by the one fuel cell electric vehicle.

Abstract: A water electrolysis system comprising: a water electrolysis device that performs electrolysis of water; a water supply device that supplies water to the water electrolysis device; a power supply that supplies a current to the water electrolysis device; and a control device that adjusts a water flow amount of water supplied from the water supply device to the water electrolysis device, wherein the control device reduces a water flow amount of water supplied from the water supply device to the water electrolysis device when the value X is 1.3 or more, where X is a product of a current density (A/cm2) of the current supplied to the water electrolysis device and a viscosity (mPa·s) of water supplied to the water electrolysis device.

Abstract: A vehicle speed control method includes: a calculation step of calculating a first vehicle speed when a vehicle moves in a roundabout, on the basis of curvature information indicating curvature related to the roundabout; a first control step of bringing a vehicle speed of the vehicle close to a second vehicle speed that is lower than the first vehicle speed, when the vehicle enters the roundabout; and a second control step of bringing the vehicle speed of the vehicle close to the first vehicle speed, after the vehicle enters the roundabout.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power transmission coils, a display layer, and a controller. The power transmission coils are arranged in a predetermined direction on a road and configured to transmit electric power in a non-contact manner to a power receiving coil mounted on a vehicle. The display layer is provided above the power transmission coils. The controller controls a display mode of the display layer so as to guide the vehicle in accordance with a traveling state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A battery electric vehicle includes a storage battery, an electric power conversion device, a motor, a connector, a rotational angle sensor, and a control device. The control device is configured to control a charging station such that a predetermined charging current is output when a rotational angle of the motor is a torque non-generating rotational angle at which no torque is generated in the motor at a time of supplying a charging current to a neutral point of the motor. The control device is configured to control the charging station such that a charging current that is smaller than the predetermined charging current is output when the rotational angle of the motor is not the torque non-generating rotational angle.

Abstract: An artificial muscle including a housing, an electrode pair positioned in an electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair including a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode each including a pair of tab portions and a bridge portion interconnecting the pair of tab portions, and a first closing aid provided exteriorly of the housing opposite the electrode pair and applying a force in a direction toward the electrode region of the housing, wherein the electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state results in attraction of the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: The high-pressure tank includes a tank body, a boss, a valve body that is housed in a through hole, and a ring-shaped seal provided on an outer peripheral surface of the valve body. The outer peripheral surface of the valve body has a groove portion in which a seal is disposed along the axial direction of the valve body, and a thick shaft portion adjoining the groove portion from an inside space side and having a diameter larger than that of the groove portion. In a stroke in which the valve body moves from an open position to a closed position, when the position of the valve body when the compression of the seal is started is defined as the compression start position, the length of the thick shaft portion is larger than the distance from the compression start position to the closed position.

Abstract: The driver estimation device includes: a collection unit that collects a plurality of pieces of time series driving data of a vehicle in units from one start point to one end point; a calculation unit that calculates a degree of deviation between a plurality of elements each included in a corresponding one of the pieces of time series driving data and each indicating a location; and a labeling unit that attaches a driver label to each of the pieces of time series driving data by clustering the pieces of time series driving data based on the degree of deviation.

Abstract: An electrically heating catalytic converter according to the present invention includes: a honeycomb structure 1 having an outer peripheral wall and partition walls defining a plurality of cells; a pair of metal electrodes 2 connected to the honeycomb structure 1; and a housing 3 provided with an inlet 30 and an outlet 31, the housing 3 storing the honeycomb structure 1 therein, wherein the honeycomb structure 1 has a plurality of regions comprising a central region including an axial center of the honeycomb structure and an outer peripheral region adjacent to the outer peripheral wall, wherein the opening percentage of the central region is less than or equal to 0.9 times that of the outer peripheral region, and wherein a diameter of the central region is more than or equal to 65% and less than or equal to 135% of that of the inlet of the housing.