Abstract: A vehicle system includes a user device configured to produce acoustic sounds at varying frequencies. The vehicle system also includes a vehicle microphone for collecting acoustic data from the user device. Additionally, the vehicle system includes a vehicle processor for storing vehicle data including the acoustic data and a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor. In some examples, the server is configured to determine if the acoustic data match one or more predetermined frequencies of sound.

Abstract: A charging system for a passenger door includes an arm rest, a receptacle disposed in the arm rest and defining a pocket including a charging panel configured to provide wireless charging to an electronic device, a charging system actuator configured to selectively bias the electronic device against the charging panel and including an electronic device presence sensor, and a charging system controller in communication with the electronic device presence sensor. The charging system controller is configured to execute operations including receiving an electronic device presence signal from the electronic device presence sensor, determining whether the electronic device is disposed within the receptacle based on the electronic device presence signal, and instructing the charging system to generate a notification signal when the electronic device is disposed within the receptacle.

Abstract: A mobile locker includes one or more dispensing units. Each dispensing unit consists of an accessible product space where each product space also includes a temperature monitor. A passible environmental control incudes a multiple of containers located around the perimeter of each accessible product space. Further, each of the containers incorporates a phase change material (PCM) that is used to temperature condition each accessible product space.

Abstract: A weldment assembly includes a first component and a second component configured to be coupled to the first component. Additionally, the first component and the second component are coupled through a first linear stitch and a second linear stitch disposed parallel to the first linear stitch.

Abstract: A battery casing includes a first portion including a first planar portion and a bottom portion and a second portion having a second planar portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the first portion and the second portion configured to be welded together at (i) a first butt joint extending along the first side portion to join the first side portion to the first planar portion and to the bottom portion at the first side portion, (ii) a second butt joint extending along the second planar portion to join the second planar portion to the bottom portion at the second planar portion, and (iii) a third butt joint extending along the second side portion to join the second side portion to the first planar portion and to the bottom portion at the second side portion.

Abstract: A language detection system includes data processing hardware and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware. The memory hardware stores instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include issuing a vehicle prompt and determining responsiveness to the issued vehicle prompt, the responsiveness including an execution response and anon-responsive response. A language monitoring module is activated in response to the non-responsive response of the determined responsiveness and a spoken language is monitored within an interior cabin of a vehicle. A driver state is estimated based on the determined language, and a translation function is executed using a translation module in response to the estimated driver state.

Abstract: A delivery and assembly system includes a plurality of storage locations including assembly materials and one or more vehicle transports including a controller. The vehicle transports are configured to transport the assembly materials. A control server is communicatively coupled with the controller of the one or more vehicle transports. The control server is configured to identify an available vehicle transport from the one or more vehicle transports and is configured to determine a fitness of the available vehicle transport to receive the assembly materials. An assembly station is configured to receive the available vehicle transport including the assembly materials.

Abstract: A fluid applicator system for applying fluid to a workpiece includes an arm movable relative to the workpiece and a proportional valve attached to the arm and movable with the arm relative to the workpiece, the proportional valve configured to dispense fluid onto the workpiece at predetermined locations when the arm is moved relative to the workpiece.

Abstract: A mood improvement system for a vehicle includes a vehicle processor storing data including vehicle location, vehicle event data, and current driver mood information. The mood improvement system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor and configured to determine whether a mood intervention should be activated. The determination of whether a mood intervention should be activated is based on a driver mood profile including the current driver mood information, and one or more of contextual vehicle information including vehicle event data and vehicle location, and crowdsourced data including current driver mood information from nearby vehicles.

Abstract: Presented are ramp lock extractor (RLE) lift tools for disassembling multipart assemblies, methods for making/using such lift tools, and vehicles with multipart assembly modules disassembled by such lift tools. A method of separating first and second component bodies joined together via an adhesive includes aligning an RLE lift tool with an RLE key slot that extends through the first component body. The lift tool includes multiple ramp pins projecting outward from lateral sides of a tool stem. The key slot includes multiple helical ramps located on lateral sides of a through-hole. The lift tool inserts into the key slot until a distal tip of the tool stem abuts the second component body. The lift tool rotates within the key slot to slide the ramp pins along the helical ramps, causing the tool stem's distal tip to press against the second component body and thereby separate the two component bodies.

Abstract: A method for fabricating wide and continuous double-sided lithium metal anodes includes thermally evaporating lithium to form first and second continuous lithium layers on respective first and second continuous polymer substrates, so as to form respective first and second continuous lithium/polymer sheets. The first and second continuous lithium/polymer sheets are laminated onto respective top and bottom surfaces of a continuous metallic substrate, which may be made of copper, with the first and second continuous lithium layers being disposed in direct contact with the respective top and bottom surfaces to form a continuous polymer/lithium/metal/lithium/polymer structure. The first and second continuous polymer substrates are then removed from the continuous polymer/lithium/metal/lithium/polymer structure to provide a continuous lithium/metal/lithium anode structure.

Abstract: A display obscuration tool for identifying one or more obscured zones within a display, such as surface areas of the display blocked from view. The tool may include a spatial detection module configured for determining a relative positioning between a display onboard a vehicle, a steering wheel or other implement onboard the vehicle, and a driver, and a gaze detection module configured for determining a field of view for the driver. The tool may further include an obscuration module configured for identifying one or more obscured zones based at least in part on the relative positioning and the field of view.

Abstract: An emergency door braking system for an autonomous vehicle includes a vehicle processor for storing vehicle data including door latch status and vehicle sliding door location. The emergency door braking system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor and configured to stop a sliding vehicle door at a predetermined vehicle sliding door location based on the door latch status.

Abstract: A vehicle including a first aerodynamic device extending from a body of the vehicle and movable between an extended position and a retracted position and an aerodynamic control module configured to determine wind conditions during forward movement of the vehicle and to move the first aerodynamic device between the extended position and the retracted position based on the determined wind conditions.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a first vehicle component having a shape memory polymer (SMP) including a first modulus of elasticity in a first state and a second modulus of elasticity in a second state, the second modulus of elasticity being less than the first modulus of elasticity, a heating element selectively movable from an OFF state to an ON state to supply the SMP with heat, the SMP moving from the first state to the second state in response to the heating element moving from the OFF state to the ON state, and at least one sensor attached to the vehicle and configured to generate an electric signal in response to a force of a predetermined magnitude being applied to the vehicle to move the heating element from the OFF state to the ON state.

Abstract: A latency reduction system for a vehicle is disclosed. The latency reduction system includes a vehicle processor for storing vehicle data including ignition status. The latency reduction system also includes a user device communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor and including data processing hardware storing a first predetermined paging latency time interval. Additionally, the latency reduction system includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor and the user device and configured to change the first predetermined paging latency time interval to a second predetermined paging latency time interval based on the ignition status.

Abstract: A signage monitoring system for a vehicle is disclosed. The signage monitoring system includes a vehicle processor storing data including vehicle location, vehicle event data, and existing outdoor signage information. The signage monitoring system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor and configured to determine existing outdoor signage effectiveness based on correlated vehicle event data and vehicle location data from a plurality of vehicles.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method that when executed on data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations including setting an initial transmission channel for a transmission radio between a station and an access point, setting an initial listen channel for a listen radio between the station and the access point, obtaining cleanliness data and free channel data, performing one of maintaining the initial transmission channel and the initial listen channel or switching transmission from the transmission radio to the listen radio based on the cleanliness data, and performing one of maintaining the initial transmission channel and the initial listen channel or changing the initial transmission channel to a different channel based on the free channel data.

Abstract: A method and system for public key infrastructure (PKI) in software defined vehicles enables secure communication between electronic components. The method includes establishing trust between multiple electronic components through a certificate history comprising signed public keys stored on each component. Once trust is established through attestation between components, the method utilizes signed Diffie-Hellman key exchange to securely distribute symmetric keys to the trusted components. These symmetric keys enable authenticated communication between the components to control vehicle systems and functions. The system operates locally without requiring internet connectivity or specialized service tools, allowing for secure field replacement and upgrading of components while maintaining system security through verification of component authenticity and prevention of counterfeit hardware.

Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU), or node, is configured to use a single key for generating requests from a security peripheral for a MAC. The security peripheral includes the stored shared key. The security peripheral may further include a policy enabling it to detect if a request from the V-ECU is valid, in which case it generates a MAC. The security peripheral is also used to store information in a MAC Generate Allow List (MGAL). In some embodiments, the receiving nodes in a network receive data based on a security peripheral's response to a transmit nodes requests for a MAC. The receiving nodes use this knowledge to avoid being spoofed.