Abstract: A load factor estimation device with which it is possible to improve the accuracy of estimating a load factor. The load factor estimation device comprises: a recognition unit for acquiring a first image in which the inside of a loading platform is photographed and/or a second image in which a range within a prescribed distance from the entrance of the loading platform is photographed, recognizing and tracking an object other than a person and freight in the acquired image, thereby guessing whether or not an object other than the person and the freight exists in the loading platform; and an estimation unit for estimating the load factor of a vehicle provided with the loading platform when an object other than the person and the freight does exist in the loading platform.

Abstract: Provided is a driver error response system with which it is possible to further increase safety during a driver error. This driver error response system has a switch operated during an error of the driver, an electronically controlled braking system that can execute automatic braking, a vehicle-external output unit that informs the outside of the vehicle that the driver error response system is operating, and a control unit that turns on the electronically controlled braking system and the vehicle-external output unit when at least the switch is operated, the control unit continuing the ON operation of the electronically controlled braking system when a part related to the driver error response system fails during the operation of the driver error response system.

Abstract: A start control apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes: a gas sensor configured to detect a gas concentration of the liquefied gas fuel in a gasified state at a position near a combustion chamber; a scavenging pump configured to perform scavenging from a position upstream of the combustion chamber to a position downstream of the combustion chamber; and a control unit configured to prohibit a start of the internal combustion engine and operate the scavenging pump when the gas concentration detected by the gas sensor before the start of the internal combustion engine is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A suspension structure for a power unit is configured to suspend a power unit including a motor, a transaxle, and a power control unit. In the suspension structure for a power unit, the transaxle is arranged in a substantially center portion in a vehicle width direction, the motor is arranged at a position on an upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on one side in the vehicle width direction, and the power control unit is arranged at a position on the upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on an opposite side of the motor. In the suspension structure for a power unit, the motor and the power control unit are suspended on a principal axis of inertia substantially parallel with an axis in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sensing device and a loading rate estimation system that has a high durability, enables stable sensing of the opening angle of a load compartment door, and makes it possible to minimize a decrease in the freedom of design around the load compartment door. In the present invention, a sensing device has: a recognition unit for acquiring an image obtained by imaging a part of the load compartment door in an open state, and recognising a door-corresponding portion, which is a portion corresponding to the load compartment door in the image; and a calculation unit for calculating, as the opening angle of the load compartment door, the angle between the door-corresponding portion and a reference portion.

Abstract: A vehicle control device 1 has a prediction unit 122 that predicts a stopping position of a vehicle T, a gradient identification unit 123 that identifies the amount of gradient in the road surface at the stopping position predicted by the prediction unit 122, a weight identification unit 124 that identifies the weight of the vehicle T, and a braking control unit 125 that brakes the vehicle T by changing the pressure of the brakes of the vehicle T at a changing velocity determined on the basis of the amount of gradient identified by the gradient identification unit 123 and the weight of the vehicle T.

Abstract: A notification device is provided which decreases notifications that passengers find annoying. This notification device is provided with: a notification unit which detects an object that is approaching the vehicle and notifies a passenger of the approach of said object; a water detection unit which detects water present around the vehicle; and a notification control unit which controls the notification unit such that in the case that water has been detected by the water detection unit, the frequency of notifications is suppressed more than in the case that water is not detected.

Abstract: A transmission gear train includes at least a pair of gears, to which power is transmitted from drive force sources; gear cases in which lubricating oil is sealed and which accommodate the transmission gear train; and a plurality of drain holes provided in the gear cases and configured to discharge the lubricating oil from insides of the gear cases.

Abstract: Provided are a charging amount regulating device and a vehicle with which it is possible to perform capacity regulation corresponding to a state of a battery assembly, without giving rise to an increase in cost. This charging amount regulating device performs capacity regulation between first and second battery cells constituting a battery assembly. The charging amount regulating device is provided with: a first discharging unit in which a first discharging resistor is connected in parallel with the first battery cell to discharge the first battery cell; a second discharging unit in which a second discharging resistor is connected in parallel with the second battery cell to discharge the second battery cell; and a third discharging unit in which the first and second discharging resistors are connected in series with the first battery cell to discharge the first battery cell.

Abstract: A rotation restriction control device comprises a selection unit that selects a rotation restriction state, on the basis of a road surface when parking a vehicle traveling on the road surface, and a control unit that controls a rotation restriction state of a restriction mechanism in accordance with a selection result from the selection unit when parking the vehicle.

Abstract: Resin plate-shaped mudguards 11 are disposed on vehicle width direction outer sides of left and right side members 7 below a cab. A cab rear member 12 is fixed to a vehicle body frame 5 and extends upward from the vehicle body frame 5 to support a rear end side of the cab from below. Mudguard brackets 17 for supporting the left and right mudguards 11 are fixed to an upper end portion of a support member 15L of the cab rear member 12. The mudguard 11 is disposed forward of the mudguard bracket 17 and supported by the mudguard bracket 17. A BSM radar 10 detects information of an object around a vehicle, is disposed on a vehicle width direction outer end portion behind the mudguard 11, and is fixed to a second bracket 19 of the mudguard bracket 17 via a radar bracket 20.

Abstract: This vehicle control device includes: a distance measurement unit that measures the distance between a vehicle and a preceding vehicle; and an engine control unit that starts up an engine when, in comparison to a distance measured by the distance measurement unit once a host vehicle has stopped and an engine mounted in the host vehicle has stopped, a distance newly measured by the distance measurement unit increases by at least an offset amount that indicates the amount of increase in distance used to determine whether to start up the engine.

Abstract: A detection device detecting collapse of PM collected in a filter provided in an exhaust system flow path of an internal combustion engine includes: a differential pressure sensor configured to acquire a differential pressure between an exhaust inlet side and an exhaust outlet side of the filter; a water generation determination unit configured to determine whether water is generated in the exhaust system flow path; and a PM collapse determination unit configured to determine that at least a part of the PM collected in the filter has collapsed when a PM accumulation amount estimated based on the acquired differential pressure has increased by a predetermined amount or more within a predetermined period in a state where the PM accumulation amount estimated based on the acquired differential pressure is equal to or larger than a predetermined first threshold and the water generation determination unit has determined that water is generated.

Abstract: An internal-combustion-engine warm-up apparatus includes: a post-processing apparatus; a heater arranged upstream of the post-processing apparatus on the exhaust path; a circulation path where air having passed through the post-processing apparatus is fed back to an upstream side of the heater; an air pump that is a blower that feeds air heated by the heater to the post-processing apparatus; a coolant flow path; a heat exchanger; and a control apparatus that controls operation of the heater and the blower, and in a state where the engine is stopped, the control apparatus causes the heater and the air pump to operate, and causes the air heated by the heater to be supplied to the post-processing apparatus and the heat exchanger.

Abstract: Provided are a control device for an internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine is provided with a crank mechanism for converting a reciprocating motion of a piston into a rotating motion of a crankshaft, a cylinder accommodating the piston, and an intake valve capable of opening and closing an inlet for sucking gas into the cylinder, and the control device is provided with: a volumetric efficiency calculating unit for calculating a volumetric efficiency representing a suction efficiency when gas is sucked into the cylinder, on the basis of a cylinder capacity when the intake valve is closed; a gas suction amount calculating unit for calculating a gas suction amount sucked into the cylinder, by means of a predetermined formula, on the basis of the calculated volumetric efficiency; and a control unit for controlling the internal combustion engine on the basis of the calculated gas suction amount.

Abstract: The present invention includes: a preliminary photography unit 521 that performs preliminary photography which is photography at a stage before the main photography for photographing the driving state of a driver of a vehicle using a photographing device 1 that photographs a prescribed range including the face of the driver; and a lighting control unit 522 that lights a lighting device 2 for emitting light which is attached to the photographing device 1 or around the photographing device 1 when the preliminary photography is performed by the preliminary photography unit 521. A control device 5 may be provided with an output unit 523 that outputs a message instructing the driver to look at the lighting device when the preliminary photography is performed by the preliminary photography unit 521.

Abstract: A steering control device includes a distance calculation unit which calculates a distance between a front gaze point, which is on a straight line extending forward of a vehicle from a center of the vehicle, and a center line indicating the center of a lane where a vehicle is traveling, a steering angle detection unit which detects a steering angle of the vehicle, and a steering control unit which causes a motor, which assists steering of the vehicle, to assist the steering based on an angle formed by the lane and the straight line extending forward of the vehicle when the distance is larger than a predetermined distance, and causes the motor to assist the steering so as to fix the steering angle when the distance is the predetermined distance or smaller.

Abstract: The present invention reduces motor size in a steering device. To this end, this steering device (1) to be installed in a vehicle has: a power steering unit (12) positioned below the floor section (7) of the vehicle compartment (2); and a coaxial motor (20) which is provided directly above the power steering unit (12) and in a manner such that the output shaft thereof is coaxial with the input shaft of the power steering unit (12).

Abstract: A shift level selection device comprising: a setting unit that sets a selection range in which the lowest speed shift level is a first shift level used in a set-off shift level among two or more shift levels; and a changing unit that, in accordance with the first shift level used in the set-off shift level, changes the selection range so that the lowest speed shift level is a second shift level, which is a lower speed than the first shift level.

Abstract: This convoy vehicle determination device can improve determination accuracy of a vehicle for forming a convoy. This convoy vehicle determination device, which determines convoy vehicle candidates, is provided with: an acquisition unit which acquires identification information of a third vehicle positioned in the periphery of any second vehicle from among the peripheral vehicles, read by the second vehicle, and, from the second vehicle, acquires position information of the second vehicle with respect to the third vehicle, specified by the second vehicle; and a determination unit which compares the identification information of the first vehicle and identification information of the third vehicle, and, on the basis of the results of said comparison and the position information of the second vehicle with respect to the third vehicle, determines a second vehicle from among the peripheral vehicles located in the periphery of the first vehicle as a convoy vehicle candidate.