Abstract: A vehicle control system increases the travel distance of a vehicle by inhibiting reduction in the SOC of a battery even when the output of an engine is limited. The control system is characterized by comprising: an electric motor that drives a vehicle: an engine that drives a power generator that generates electric power to be supplied to the electric motor; a battery that is configured to be chargeable by the power generator and that is electrically connected to the electric motor; and a controller that controls the electric motor.

Abstract: A vehicle control method and a vehicle control device are configured to control the movement of a vehicle based on operation of a terminal device located outside the vehicle. The vehicle receives from the terminal device a first signal indicating that a first button of the terminal device has been pressed. The vehicle doors are unlocked based on the reception of the first signal, and the vehicle is placed in a state in which movement control is permitted.

Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a battery pack arranged below a pair of right and left front seats, and a service disconnect switch arranged below one front seat of the pair of right and left front seats. The vehicle power supply system includes a DC/DC converter arranged in front of the battery pack, and a cooling fan arranged above the battery pack and between the pair of right and left front seats.

Abstract: A vehicle has an engine, an electric generator, a drive motor, and a battery, the electric generator driven by the engine to generate electric power, the drive motor driven by the electric power, and regenerative electric power of the drive motor supplied to the battery. The vehicle has a first mode in which braking force compensation by a friction brake is executed during accelerator OFF regeneration which is regeneration by the drive motor where no accelerator operation is executed, and a second mode in which the braking force compensation by the friction brake is not executed during the accelerator OFF regeneration. The method includes executing limitation of input to the battery and allowing a voltage of the battery to be zero due to the limitation of input or a physical property value of the battery affecting the voltage to be different between the first mode and the second mode.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission which has a first oil pump driven by rotation of a drive source that drives a drive wheel and a second oil pump provided with a check valve on a suction side and driven by a motor. In a vehicle control device for controlling the vehicle, a minimum value of a drive current value of the motor is defined as a first current value, when the second oil pump is driven in a normal drive state, and a minimum rotation speed of the drive source is increased compared to a case in which the drive current value of the motor is equal to or larger than the first current value, when an automatic downshift control for automatically downshifting a speed ratio of the transmission is executed in a case in which the drive current value of the motor is smaller than the first current value when the second oil pump is driven.

Abstract: A mounting structure is provided for mounting a battery pack on a floor of a vehicle cabin. The installation structure includes a bottom plate of a housing of the battery pack, cooling pipes provided inside or on a surface of the bottom plate for circulating coolant, and a plate-shaped underguard. The underguard has upwardly protruding ribs and downwardly protruding ribs that are alternately arranged. The cooling pipes are provided inside or on the surface of the bottom plate of the housing. The cooling pipes are arranged to face the downwardly protruding ribs. The underguard is attached to the housing such that a top plate of the upwardly protruding ribs and a bottom plate of the housing are spaced apart.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a voice data input device (a microphone) to which voice data is input; a user data input device (an input device) to which user data is input from a user; and a controller. The controller recognizes first voice data input to the voice data input device (the microphone), outputs second voice data indicating that predetermined equipment is to be controlled based on a recognition result the first voice data, and controls the predetermined equipment based on the recognition result after the second voice data is notified, but stops controlling the predetermined equipment if user data indicating that control of the predetermined equipment is to be stopped is received during a time period when the second voice data is being notified.

Abstract: A charge-discharge control system is provided in which each of a plurality of charge-discharge elements autonomously controls charging-discharging. The charge-discharge control system includes an external control device that broadcasts a control signal to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging; and an authentication device that permits charging-discharging of each of the charge-discharge elements. The charge-discharge elements having received the control signal transmit, to the authentication device, a permission request signal, which is based on the received control signal.

Abstract: A power generation system includes an internal combustion engine, an electrical generator, and a power transmission mechanism. A method for controlling the system includes executing rotation speed control of driving the electrical generator by using electric power supplied from a battery, and matching a rotation speed of the electrical generator with a target rotation speed at the time of starting the power generation system. Output possible electric power of the battery and rotation speed of the electrical generator are acquired. A filtering process of reducing a component of a resonance frequency band of a spring-mass system including the engine, generator, and power transmission mechanism is executed on the rotation speed of the electrical generator. An upper limit torque of the electrical generator is calculated based on the filtered rotation speed and the output possible electric power. The rotation speed control is executed under a limitation of the upper limit torque.

Abstract: A vehicle dispatch service server (20) specifies a movement direction of a user based on position data of the user received from a user terminal (60). The vehicle dispatch service server (20) sets a boarding place from among one or more boarding place candidates that are present in a prescribed range around the user, and are present more toward the movement direction than the position of the user. The vehicle dispatch service server (20) transmits, to the user terminal (60), boarding place data including information on the set boarding place.

Abstract: An electric vehicle control method including using a first motor and a second motor as travel drive sources, performing drive control on the first motor by transmitting a first torque command value to a first inverter, and performing drive control on the second motor by transmitting a second torque command value to a second inverter, and performing switching control of switching, based on a required drive force, the drive control on the second motor by the second inverter between an ON state in which the drive control is performed and an OFF state in which the drive control is stopped, wherein a torque fluctuation amount generated in the second motor during the switching control is calculated based on a rotation speed of the second motor, and the first torque command value is corrected based on the torque fluctuation amount.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a case that stores oil inside, wherein the case includes a drain hole that discharges the oil to an outside, and a tubular portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a direction of gravity, and the drain hole opens in a direction intersecting the direction of gravity on the tubular portion.

Abstract: A film formation portion is formed on an annular edge portion along an opening portion (16a) of an intake port (16) or an opening portion (17a) of an exhaust port (17). The cross section, along the radial direction of the intake port (16) or the exhaust port (17), of the film formation portion, on which a metal film (5) is formed by spraying a raw material powder using a cold spray method, is formed in a groove shape that includes a flat bottom surface (G1) and a pair of side surfaces (G2) adjacent to the bottom surface.

Abstract: A driving control device executes driving assistance control for a subject vehicle using a processor having a first controller and a second controller. The first controller executes lane keeping control while the second controller executes deviation preventing control. The processor determines whether or not the second controller starts the deviation preventing control during execution of the lane keeping control with the first controller. Upon a determination that the second controller starts the deviation preventing control during execution of the lane keeping control, the processor concludes the lane keeping control under execution, starts deceleration control for the subject vehicle, continues the deviation preventing control until the subject vehicle stops, and concludes the deviation preventing control under execution when the subject vehicle stops by the deceleration control.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication module capable of using two telecommunication identifier cards, one relating to a subscription between a constructor of the vehicle and a telecommunications operator, the other relating to a subscription between a user of the vehicle and a telecommunications operator. The vehicle includes a trusted execution environment hosting security functions of the vehicle and a multimedia system execution environment hosting at least a part of the communication module. The trusted execution environment includes a supervision module monitoring the connection between the vehicle and a remote management server of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method is for controlling a system for regulating a distance between a target vehicle and a following vehicle, with the regulation system being installed on the following vehicle. The method includes the implementation of a control law for regulating the distance which calculates, for a plurality of possible combinations of speeds of movement of the following vehicle and the target vehicle, potential setpoint distances, and, for a given combination of speeds of movement of the following and target vehicles, from the plurality of possible combinations, the determination of a final setpoint distance among the potential setpoint distances previously calculated by the control law.

Abstract: A device includes a case; a first rotating body that has at least a part immersed in the oil in an oil bath; a second rotating body disposed in the case at a position not immersed in the oil in the oil bath; a plate; a first wall portion provided on the plate between the first rotating body and the second rotating body; a second wall portion provided above the first wall portion in a gravity direction and extending toward a direction away from the first rotating body; and a fourth wall portion provided between the first rotating body and the second rotating body and extending in a vertical direction on the plate, wherein the first wall portion is provided on a first rotating body side of the plate, and the fourth wall portion is provided on a second rotating body side of the plate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery electrode includes a powder supply step, a vibration step, a sorting step, a moving step, and a deposition step, in the powder supply step, a powder 60 composed of granulated particles is supplied, in the vibration step, vibration is applied to the powder, in the sorting step, the powder is caused to pass through at least one opening H1, H2 to adjust a particle diameter of the granulated particles to a particle diameter that allows passing through the opening, in the moving step, the powder that has passed through the opening is moved from an outlet position P1 of the opening to a supply position P2 where the powder is supplied to the surface of a current collector 31, and in the deposition step, the powder is deposited on the surface of the current collector.

Abstract: A collision risk calculation unit (12) calculates a collision risk between a vehicle B and each of a plurality of objects C to G present in a traveling direction of the vehicle B. An object selection unit (13) determines a transmission order of pieces of information on the individual objects C to G based on the collision risk, and transmits the pieces of object information to the vehicle B based on the transmission order.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a backrest, a seat pan, and an airbag having two components placed on sides of the seat. Each component includes an airbag cushion and a strap sewn to the airbag cushion. The strap is fixed to an upper area of the backrest and an anti-submarining hump of the seat pan. The backrest includes a seat cushion and a rigid shell surrounding the seat cushion. Each strap passes between the seat cushion and the shell. The seat includes a seat belt provided with a retractor fixed to the backrest and placed inside a receiving portion delimited by a front casing located in a backrest upper area, the shell covers the front casing, thereby forming a space between them to pass the strap of one of the two components in the backrest upper area, and the shell delimiting the receiving portion to the rear.