Abstract: A system vectors torque between two wheels of a rear axle of an electric motor vehicle that are disposed on either side of the vehicle and are each driven by an electric motor in order to distribute a torque between the two wheels. The system includes a first torque setpoint generator, a second slip correction torque generator, a detector for detecting oversteer or understeer of the vehicle during the acceleration phase when turning, a third skid correction torque generator, a corrected-torque set point generator, and a controller for controlling the first electric motor based on the first corrected-torque set point and for controlling the second electric motor based on the second corrected-torque setpoint.

Abstract: A charging/discharging control method and a charging/discharging control device, when controlling a power module connected to any of a plurality of power systems, receive a signal broadcast for each of the power systems via a receiver included in the power module, calculate a degree of relationship between the acquired signal and an input voltage inputted to the power module for each of the power systems, and control the power module based on the signal relating to the power system having the degree of relationship greater than or equal to a prescribed threshold.

Abstract: A motor vehicle rear axle is of the type having two longitudinal trailing arms. Each trailing arm has a stub-axle bracket at one rear end and, at an opposite front end, a substantially transverse axis of rotation defined by a first joint and a second joint which are intended to be connected to the vehicle body. A first and a second support element are located respectively in front of and behind a trailing arm on the side of its second joint. The free ends of these support elements, located in the longitudinal and vertical median plane of the rear axle, are kept at a longitudinally fixed distance by a connecting element.

Abstract: An opening panel for a motor vehicle includes an external panel, an internal panel, an external opening control member for the opening panel, and a lock having an external opening lever that can move such as to allow the opening panel to be opened. The opening panel further includes a structure for blocking the movement of the external opening lever.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst or the like may inhibit poisoning of a noble metal component by a Si-containing compound generated or detached from silicon carbide, may inhibit degradation of exhaust gas purification performances over a long period, and may have excellent long-term durability. An exhaust gas purification catalyst may have a stacked structure including at least a substrate and a first and second coat layer, in that order. The substrate may be selected from a silicon carbide carrier including silicon carbide and a silicon carbide-covering carrier on which a coating layer including silicon carbide is provided. The first coat layer may include a compound including one or more alkaline-earth metals selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba. The second coat layer may includes one or more platinum group elements selected from Rh, Pt, and Pd.

Abstract: A method for managing longitudinal speed of an autonomous vehicle travelling on a traffic lane including stop signage located in front of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is equipped with a first detector to detect a first range and a second detector to detect a second range. The first range is greater than the second range. The method includes detecting the stop signage by the first detector and implementing a first deceleration logic and detecting the stop signage by the second detector and implementing a second deceleration logic. The first and second deceleration logic implement jerks, the absolute value of which is less than a first threshold. The second deceleration logic controls the stopping of the autonomous vehicle with an accuracy of around one centimeter relative to the stop signage.

Abstract: An object recognition method includes generating a cluster at a fixed period by clustering distance measurement points acquired from an object detection sensor, mapping the cluster to an image captured by an imaging means, setting a region on the image to which the cluster is mapped as a processing region, extracting a feature point from the image in the set processing region, calculating a movement speed of the extracted feature point, and determining whether clusters at different time points are clusters of an identical object based on a difference between positions of two feature points corresponding to the clusters at the different time points and a difference between movement speeds of the two feature points corresponding to the clusters at the different time points.

Abstract: A method is for autonomously driving an actuator of an automotive device. The actuator is intended to have an influence on the trajectory of the device. The method includes acquiring parameters relating to the trajectory of the device and a computer calculating a setpoint for driving the actuator as a function of the parameters via a controller associated with at least one saturation function for an output of the controller. The controller satisfies a model of the at least one saturation function per nonlinear sector.

Abstract: A method for estimating the speed of a motor vehicle includes defining a first speed threshold that corresponds to a minimum speed value supplied by a vehicle wheel angular speed sensor, defining a second speed threshold that is greater than the first, estimating low speed values when the vehicle is running below the first speed threshold by using an estimation method of adaptive filtered type, measuring high speed values when the vehicle is running above the second speed threshold by using vehicle speed values supplied by the wheel angular speed sensor, and in the intermediate zone between the first and second speed thresholds, mixing high speed with low speed.

Abstract: A system for supplying power to a rechargeable electrical accumulation battery for a motor vehicle driven by an electric or hybrid powertrain includes a device for determining a maximum acceptable power for the battery depending on a first maximum power corresponding to a regenerating phase and on a second maximum power corresponding to a phase of charging the battery.

Abstract: A travel assistance method causes a sensor to detect a lane boundary present around a vehicle, calculates own positions of the vehicle, converts a coordinate system of the detected lane boundary into a coordinate system equivalent to map data stored in in accordance with the own positions, and integrates configuration information on the lane boundary included in the map data with the lane boundary of which the coordinate system is converted to generate integrated data, wherein an integrated range is determined, when the configuration information is integrated with the lane boundary of which the coordinate system is converted, such that the lane boundary includes at least either parts having different curvatures or straight parts directed in different directions, and the configuration information is mapped with the lane boundary of which the coordinate system is converted to generate the integrated data while including at least the determined integrated range.

Abstract: A driving circuit applies a voltage to a switching element to switch between an ON state and an OFF state. The switching element includes a control terminal, a high-potential terminal, and a low-potential terminal, and is switched between the ON state and the OFF state depending on the voltage of the control terminal in a case in which a potential of the low-potential terminal is defined as a reference potential. The driving circuit includes a negative-voltage power supply for applying a negative voltage as the voltage to the control terminal when the switching element is switched from the ON state to the OFF state, and a voltage changing unit for changing the voltage immediately before the switching element is switched from the OFF state to the ON state to be higher than the negative voltage immediately after the switching element is switched from the ON state to the OFF state.

Abstract: A control unit of an automatic gearbox for a hybrid motor vehicle includes a first selector, a second selector, an identifier to identify at least one state of a series hybrid drivetrain so as to generate a vehicle deceleration equal to a vehicle deceleration setpoint, a determination unit to determine a control vector for the gearbox according to the drivetrain state selected by the first and second selectors, and the result of the identification of the identifier, and a controller to control the gearbox according to the control vector.

Abstract: A vehicle management system (1) for managing a plurality of vehicles shared by a plurality of users, comprising: a controller (10) for accepting a use request for using the vehicle from the user and managing vehicle dispatch; and a database (20) for storing the use request including a departure place and a destination of the vehicle designated by the user, wherein the controller (10) calculates a required time for the vehicle to arrive at the destination designated by a first user who has made the use request as a first time, calculates a time which is a longer time than the first time and is a time to present to the first user, as a second time, calculates an available area for ride-sharing based on the service capacity, accepts the use request from the second user, and when the departure place designated by the second user is within the available area for ride-sharing, has the vehicle pass through the departure place designated by the second.

Abstract: A method for controlling an opacifying glazing for a motor vehicle, at least one portion of the glazing including a plurality of zones, the level of opacity of each zone being individually controlled to vary between a minimum value and a maximum value, the plurality of zones being arranged with increasing sequence numbers i in a first direction, the method including the following steps: increasing the opacity of the glazing, which includes increasing the opacity level of each zone according to increasing functions of time, the increases being initialized zone after zone according to their increasing or decreasing sequence numbers i; and/or, reducing the opacity of the glazing, which includes reducing the opacity level of each zone according to decreasing functions of time, the reductions being initialized zone after zone according to their increasing or decreasing sequence numbers i.

Abstract: Provided is a software updating device for executing processing for updating software causing an equipment mounted on a vehicle to operate. The software updating device includes a controller that acquires the software, and controls the equipment by applying the software to the equipment. The controller includes a first storage unit that stores acquired first software and a second storage unit that stores acquired second software. In a state where no driving force is output by a power train of the vehicle, the controller executes processing for updating the software by changing software to be applied to the equipment from the first software to the second software.

Abstract: A method for verifying the authenticity of a command from an actuator controlled by an electronic control unit connected to a multimedia system including: a touch-sensitive display to receive a user command and to display information relating to the actuator command, an operating system to enable an external communication device to be remotely displayed on the touch-sensitive display, and an authenticated secure environment to provide a higher level of security than the security level of the operating system. The authenticated secure environment includes a support controller to detect a user command on the touch-sensitive display. The method includes: signing off a user command by the authenticated secure environment, the user command corresponding to physical activation of an area of the display; transmitting, by the operating system, the signed-off command to the electronic control unit; verifying the sign-off by the electronic control unit; executing the user command by the actuator.

Abstract: A method triggers an obstacle avoidance system. The method includes detecting at least one object forming a potential obstacle, determining the time remaining until the motor vehicle strikes the object, determining a path deviation to be performed to avoid the object, and activating the avoidance system according to the values of the parameter and each path deviation. The determination step includes calculating the difference between the lateral speed of the motor vehicle relative to the road in a reference frame oriented in accordance with the road at the motor vehicle, and the lateral speed of the object relative to the road in a reference frame oriented in accordance with the road at the object, and determining each path deviation according to the difference.

Abstract: An electric motor is cooled by using a first refrigerant. The first refrigerant is cooled by heat exchange with a second refrigerant having a cooling target that is different from the first refrigerant, and the first refrigerant after being cooled by the heat exchange is supplied to the electric motor. The supply flow rate of the first refrigerant to the electric motor is reduced where a temperature of the first refrigerant is less than a first prescribed temperature as compared to where the temperature of the first refrigerant is greater than or equal to the first prescribed temperature. The supply flow rate of the first refrigerant is continuously reduced as long as a temperature of the second refrigerant is below a second prescribed temperature even after the temperature of the first refrigerant reaches the first prescribed temperature.

Abstract: A motor control method for controlling a motor by transmitting a PWM signal at a predetermined carrier frequency to a power converter configured to supply power to the motor and performing switching control on the power converter, the method including, in a characteristic coordinate having a rotation speed of the motor and a torque of the motor as axes, setting the carrier frequency to be a reference frequency when an operating point representing a current rotation speed and torque is included in a first region, selecting and setting the carrier frequency to be either the reference frequency or a low frequency lower than the reference frequency when the operating point is included in a second region, and setting the carrier frequency to be the low frequency when the operating point is included in a third region.