Abstract: A module includes a device for transmitting a first setpoint state vector as the input to a closed control loop of a path control device such that the vehicle travelling in a first lane moves to a second lane, the path being modelled by a first Bezier curve, and a device for modelling, using a second Bezier curve, a path for returning the vehicle to the middle of the first lane when the lane change is aborted.

Abstract: The power reception control device is configured to: acquire information indicating differential power obtained by subtracting a current value of total transmission power transmitted to an entirety of a load group via a power supply base point, from a maximum value of the total transmission power transmittable to the entirety of the load group via the power supply base point; calculate element differential power of an own power receiving element by multiplying the differential power indicated by the acquired information by a priority 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; and control charging-discharging of the own power receiving element based on the element differential power and a charge-discharge schedule of a power system.

Abstract: A method discharges the electrical circuit of a vehicle including at least one traction electric machine and equipped with an electrical supply network including a high-voltage battery and a hydrogen-fuel-cell stack that is associated with a voltage converter, with a high-voltage consumption network including the machine associated with an inverter and appended pieces of equipment, and with a drive module. The discharging method includes the following successive steps: stopping the vehicle, electrically disconnecting the battery from the network, interrupting the supply of hydrogen to the stack, and discharging energy from the electrical circuit into the stator winding of the machine by driving the voltage converter via the drive module.

Abstract: A stator assembly for an electric machine includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, a stator body inserted into at least the first housing portion, a link for rotatably linking the stator body with the first housing portion, a first attachment for attaching the stator body to the first housing portion, and a second attachment for attaching the two housing portions to one another. The assembly includes an annular seal inserted axially between the stator body and the first attachment as well as between the two housing portions.

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: A vehicle dispatch service boarding location determination method uses a vehicle dispatch information data server and a terminal to determine a boarding location for a dispatched vehicle based on a vehicle dispatch request from the terminal. When there is a vehicle dispatch request, position information of a vehicle dispatch request point is acquired. Boarding location candidates present in a periphery of the vehicle dispatch request point are calculated based on the position information point and map information. A boarding location recognition difficulty, which is a difficulty for the user in recognizing the boarding location candidate as a boarding location, is calculated for each of the boarding location candidates. A boarding location candidate for which the boarding location recognition difficulty is low among the boarding location candidates is determined as the boarding location where the user will be picked up by the dispatched vehicle.

Abstract: A control method is provided for an internal combustion engine which includes a turbocharger, and which is connected to a stepped automatic transmission. The control method includes judging whether or not an upshift of the automatic transmission is performed; performing a first torque down control by an ignition timing retard of the internal combustion engine during the upshift; judging whether or not a predicted torque estimated from a driving condition of the internal combustion engine is greater than a target torque at an end of the upshift; and performing a second torque down control by the ignition timing retard of the internal combustion engine when the predicted torque is greater than the target torque.

Abstract: A method for determining a distraction level of a driver of a vehicle includes acquiring the direction of the gaze of the driver and maintaining or incrementing or decrementing a counter assessing the distraction level as a function of the acquired direction. The method also includes acquiring an offset level of an item of equipment of the vehicle relative to a reference direction, and at least one feature of the counter is determined as a function of the offset level.

Abstract: A navigation device includes an own vehicle position detecting unit configured to detect position information of own vehicle; a route setting unit configured to set a guidance route that guides the own vehicle to a destination on the basis of a first map including information of a traveling route and the position information of the own vehicle; a matching unit configured to match a position of the own vehicle as a first own position with the traveling route where the own vehicle travels on the first map on the basis of the position information of the own vehicle; a driving lane detecting unit configured to match the position of the own vehicle as a second own position with a driving lane where the own vehicle travels on a second map on the basis of the second map including information of the driving lane in the traveling route and the position information of the own vehicle; and a calculating unit configured to determine whether the second own position is included in the first own position.

Abstract: A voice analyzer analyzes whether a voice signal input into a voice input unit includes a specific characteristic component. A voice recognizer recognizes a voice represented by the voice signal input into the voice input unit. A response instruction unit instructs a response to a response operation unit that operates in response to the voice recognized by the voice recognizer. A controller controls the voice recognizer not to execute voice recognition processing by the voice recognizer or controls the response instruction unit not to instruct the response operation unit about an instruction content by the voice recognized by the voice recognizer, when the voice analyzer analyzes that the voice signal includes the specific characteristic component.

Abstract: A control system is for a motor vehicle to be driven according to a manual mode or according to various levels of driving automation by an automated driving module. The control system includes a driving assistance device and a steering control member. The steering control member includes at least one indicator light and the driving assistance device changes the status of the at least one indicator light when the driving assistance device determines an available level of driving automation, detects an active level of driving automation, determines as a function of the road configuration that the motor vehicle should be driven by the driver, and detects a switch between a level of driving automation and the manual mode.

Abstract: A housing for a battery includes an envelope and at least one rupture device provided with a rupture cap. The rupture device is mounted at the location of an opening formed in the envelope. The rupture cap breaks when an excess pressure is exerted on its outer surface situated on the outer side of the housing.

Abstract: An autonomous driving control method for stopping a host vehicle such that an inter-vehicle distance to a preceding vehicle is a predetermined at-stopping inter-vehicle distance includes: executing first stop control of setting the at-stopping inter-vehicle distance to a first at-stopping inter-vehicle distance shorter than a predetermined basic at-stopping inter-vehicle distance when a stop position of the host vehicle is within a forward stop limit area set in front of a crossing lane, and/or executing second stop control of setting the at-stopping inter-vehicle distance to a second at-stopping inter-vehicle distance longer than the basic at-stopping inter-vehicle distance when the stop position of the host vehicle is within a rearward stop limit area set behind the crossing lane.

Abstract: A resonant power conversion device includes: a main circuit provided with a semiconductor switch, a capacitor and an inductor connected in series or parallel to the semiconductor switch; and a drive circuit configured to drive the switching element. The switching element enters an off-state or an on-state depending on a control voltage input to a gate terminal, and the drive circuit includes two or more types of control voltages, as a control voltage at which the switching element enters an off-state.

Abstract: A computing device includes a first unit and a second unit. In response to receipt of a request corresponding to a computing function, the first unit may: determine an execution context; trigger a first execution of the function on the second unit, this delivering a first comparison parameter, a first temporal execution parameter being associated with the first comparison parameter; trigger a second execution of the function on the second unit, this delivering a second comparison parameter, a second temporal execution parameter being associated with the second comparison parameter; compare the first and second comparison parameters, a temporal comparison parameter being associated with the result of the comparison; and determine a computing status.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a lateral control device. The lateral control device includes: a lateral controller for performing lateral control of the vehicle defined by a set of control parameters, based on minimizing a difference in a control value between a reference trajectory curve and a current trajectory curve described by the vehicle; a maximum distance determination unit for projecting the determined road layout information up to a given distance in front of the vehicle, and for determining the maximum distance at which the polynomial function representing the road layout satisfies one or more control conditions based on projected road layout information; a limit checking unit for determining a stability envelope and for checking whether limits of the stability envelope are reached by the vehicle based on the determined maximum distance. The control adapter adapts the control parameters of the lateral controller if the limits are reached.

Abstract: A stator body for an axial flux electric machine includes a base having layers of metal sheet which are wound around a longitudinal axis, the base having an end face substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and teeth distributed and fixed on the end face of the base. The base includes a plurality of angular portions distributed about the longitudinal axis, each angular portion including at least one of the layers which is flat. The layer which is flat is attached to a layer of an adjacent angular portion by a fold situated at the fixing of one of the teeth to the base.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a drift region that is arranged on a main surface of a substrate, and has a higher impurity concentration than the substrate; a first well region that is connected to the drift region; and a second well region that is arranged adjacent to the first well region and faces the drift region. The second well region has a higher impurity concentration than the first well region. A distance between the source region that faces the drift region via the first well region and the drift region is greater than a distance between the second well region and the drift region, in a direction parallel to the main surface of the substrate. A depletion layer extending from the second well region reaches the drift region.

Abstract: A method for controlling the input voltage frequency of a DC-DC converter includes defining a setpoint voltage value, computing a control frequency value of the DC-DC converter as a function of the battery voltage, a power setpoint, and the setpoint input voltage, and applying the control frequency to the converter.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle traverses a vehicle transportation network using a multi-objective policy based on a model for specific scenarios. The multi-objective policy includes a topographical map that shows a relationship between at least two objectives. The autonomous vehicle receives a candidate vehicle control action associated with each of the at least two objectives. The autonomous vehicle selects a vehicle control action based on a buffer value that is associated with the at least two objectives. The autonomous vehicle traverses a portion of the vehicle transportation network in accordance with the selected vehicle control action.