Abstract: A method for controlling the lateral position of a vehicle on a traffic lane includes: a first controlling of the vehicle following a first reference trajectory, alerting the driver if the lateral distance separating the vehicle from the edge of the traffic lane is less than a first threshold, then detecting a command applied to a steering wheel of the vehicle, then a second controlling of the vehicle following a second reference trajectory, the second trajectory being determined depending on the command applied to the steering wheel, and alerting the driver if the lateral distance separating the vehicle from the edge of the traffic lane is less than a second threshold, the second threshold being less than the first threshold.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the stiffness of a suspension spring includes a locking sleeve which defines a helical slot for accepting one end of the suspension spring, and an adjusting ring mounted with the ability to rotate relative to the locking sleeve about a main axis. The adjusting ring has a finger which emerges into the helical slot and is able to form an end stop for the end of the suspension spring. Structure is provided for locking the rotational mobility of the adjusting ring relative to the locking sleeve.

Abstract: An information providing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an intersection area on a travel route, the intersection area intersecting with an area in which another moving object can move; a recognition unit configured to recognize a travel environment around a vehicle; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the travel environment, whether or not the vehicle can pass through the intersection area; and a notification unit configured to notify an onboard terminal and/or an electronic terminal in the vehicle of a cause of the vehicle being unable to pass through the intersection area when the determination unit determines that the vehicle cannot pass through the intersection area. When notifying the cause using a display device, the notification unit lowers a contrast of a display portion of the intersection area relative to a display portion of the travel route and increases a degree of emphasizing a display portion of the cause.

Abstract: A vehicle allocation support device: acquires baggage information about baggage carried in a vehicle; acquires user information that includes at least user position information indicating a current position of a user or destination information indicating a scheduled destination of the user; acquires vehicle information including vehicle position information indicating a position of the vehicle; specifies a usage area in which the baggage is to be used, based on an estimated usage place that is information corresponding to the baggage and in which the baggage is estimated to be used and one of the user information and the vehicle information; and determines a vehicle allocation route for allocating the vehicle to at least the current position of the user, the scheduled destination of the user, or the usage area, based on a positional relationship between the usage area and one of the user position information and the scheduled destination information.

Abstract: An on-board equipment control device includes a storage device a storage device and a controller. The controller performs a first authentication based on a signal transmitted from a wireless device held by a user and performs a second authentication based on biometric data of the user. The controller executes the first authentication before the user boards the vehicle and executes the second recognition after the user boards the vehicle. The controller determines whether the user identified by the first and second authentications are the same user. The controller controls the first on-board equipment or the first functions of the on-board equipment based on the user identified by the first and second authentications.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery using a sulfur-containing component is provided. The lithium secondary battery is capable of suppressing a short circuit and achieving excellent battery performance in a lithium deposition type lithium secondary battery including a negative electrode current collector containing copper.

Abstract: A method for producing a lithium deposition type all-solid state battery having reliably suppressing short circuits is provided. The all-solid state battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector, a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an intermediate layer interposed between the negative electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer, where the intermediate layer includes at least one type of a lithium reactive material. The method includes performing a first charging step on an uncharged all-solid state battery from an uncharged state to a capacity C1[mAh/cm2], thereby forming an all-solid state battery precursor, and performing a second charging step on the all-solid state battery precursor from a capacity C2 [mAh/cm2].

Abstract: A method for producing a lithium deposition type lithium secondary battery improving discharge capacity is provided. The lithium deposition type lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a functional layer interposed between the solid electrolyte layer and the negative electrode having an electron insulating property and lithium-ion conductivity, where the functional layer is more stable than the solid electrolyte in reductive decomposition. The method includes performing a first charging step on an uncharged lithium secondary battery from uncharged state until a thickness of lithium metal deposited by the first charging step becomes 90% or more of a thickness of the functional layer, thereby forming a lithium secondary battery precursor, and performing a second charging step on the lithium secondary battery precursor.

Abstract: A method of supplying heat includes: providing a heat generating material including: a first metal having a melting point of 230° C. or more, and a second metal having a melting point higher than the melting point of the first metal; and heating the heat generating material in the presence of hydrogen gas to a temperature that is equal to or more than a melting point of the first metal, thereby causing the heat generating material to generate excess heat.

Abstract: A method for controlling a device of a motor vehicle includes, in a first time step, receiving data characterizing a state of the vehicle and the environment, determining an initial vector on the basis of the data, selecting a first control profile on the basis of the initial vector, transmitting the first profile so as to control the device, and then, in a second time step, updating the data, determining an updated vector, selecting a second control profile on the basis of the updated vector, and if the second profile is different from the first profile, transmitting the second profile so as to update the control of the device of the vehicle.

Abstract: Update data is acquired from an external instrument (10) to a master device (1), and the update data acquired to the master device (1) is written to a data storage side of a storage unit (201) included in an electronic control device (2) according to an instruction from the master device (1). After the update data is written to the data storage side, a first detection unit (102) is used to determine whether or not a vehicle is parked, and when a determination is made using the first detection unit (102) that the vehicle is parked, an instruction is given to the electronic control device (2) to activate a program stored in the data store side and rewritten with the update data.

Abstract: In a voice recognition method in which utterance content of a user of a vehicle is acquired and a target constituent object that is a constituent object mentioned in the utterance content among a plurality of constituent objects constituting the vehicle is estimated, a mentioned position that is a position mentioned in the utterance content is identified based on the utterance content, and with reference to a storage device storing constituent object positions each of which is a position at which one of the plurality of constituent objects is installed or a learning model that has learned the constituent object positions, a constituent object that is installed at a constituent object position matching the identified mentioned position is estimated as a target constituent object.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an agent device and an information processing device. The agent device has an agent function. The information processing device generates dialogue sentence data for a user. The information processing system outputs the generated dialogue sentence data to the user using the agent function. The information processing device includes: a load estimation unit that estimates a load when the user recognizes the dialogue sentence data; and a data generation unit that generates the dialogue sentence data using response sentence information classified into positive sentences and negative sentences. When the load of the user is relatively high, the data generation unit increases a proportion of the positive sentences used in the dialogue sentence data as compared to when the load of the user is relatively low.

Abstract: A drive unit includes an electric drive motor for driving and an electric generator motor in a series hybrid vehicle. Each of the motors includes a helical cooling passage helically surrounding an outer periphery of its stator. The first and second electric motors are housed in an outer housing such that the rotor axes are parallel. The helical cooling passages of the motors are connected in series via a connecting passage. The coolant outlet of the upstream helical cooling passage is connected to the connecting passage. The coolant inlet of the downstream helical cooling passage is connected to the connecting passage. The coolant outlet of the upstream helical cooling passage and the coolant inlet of the downstream helical cooling passage are arranged at end portions on the same side in a direction of the rotor axes.

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 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: 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.

Abstract: A grinding or disc cutting-type hand-held tool including: a casing housing a motor and an output shaft rotated by the motor along an axis of rotation. The output shaft is capable of rotating: a first type of accessory having a threaded central opening; and a second type of accessory having a smooth central opening. The output shaft has: an end portion supporting a first connection element for rigidly connecting the first type of accessory; and an intermediate portion supporting a second connection element for rigidly connecting the second type of accessory.

Abstract: A charge-discharge loss reduction device includes a power reception control device that controls power received or discharged by power receiving elements included in a load group, in a power system that supplies electric energy to the load group including the power receiving elements via a power supply base point. The power reception control device is configured to change a priority of an own power receiving element using a charge-discharge state of the own power receiving element, the priority indicating a degree to which power reception of the own power receiving element takes priority over power reception of another power receiving element.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle management system, an on-vehicle system, and a vehicle management method capable of providing a vehicle of which an odor level in the vehicle fulfills a predetermined criterion, to a user. The vehicle management system acquires a vehicle interior odor data output by an odor sensor arranged in the vehicle, and determines a type of a vehicle interior odor based on the vehicle interior odor data. The vehicle management system acquires an odor level to be associated with the type of the vehicle interior odor, from the vehicle interior odor data, and determines whether the odor level fulfills a predetermined criterion.