Abstract: Impingement cooling systems, electronic motor assemblies, and Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an impingement cooling system includes an electronic device casing downstream a propulsion air-flow and one or more electronic devices housed in the electronic device casing. A plurality of fins extend from the electronic device casing and one or more fluidic oscillators are coupled to the electronic device casing, wherein the fluidic oscillators receive the propulsion air-flow and provide an oscillatory air-flow over the electronic device casing and the plurality of fins.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, an energy transfer condition exists along a route, routing, by the transport, to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition exceeding an energy transfer value and based on one or more traffic conditions, aligning, by the transport, a position of the transport at the location to wirelessly receive an energy transfer, and receiving, by the transport, the energy transfer while the transport is in motion.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for cooling an electric charging cable. The system includes a conductor core, a wick placed around an exterior of the conductor core, an outer cover surrounding the wick, wherein the outer cover comprises an inner surface, and wherein a space is formed between the wick and the inner surface of the outer cover, and one or more channels disposed within the space between the wick and the inner surface of the outer cover and coupled to the wick, wherein the one or more channels includes an outer surface and wherein the outer surface of the one or more channels is placed a distance from the inner surface of the outer cover.

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for mobile communications including sidelink transmissions is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives configuration parameters of a cell for sidelink communications with a second UE that includes configuration parameters for a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP of the cell. The first configuration parameters indicate first radio resources of the cell and a first numerology for the first BWP. The second configuration parameters indicate second radio resources of the cell and a second numerology for the second BWP. The UE transmits the one or more first sidelink signals and channels via the first BWP and based on the first configuration parameters. The UE then receives one or more second sidelink signals and channels via the second BWP and based on the second configuration parameters.

Abstract: A transport method switching device includes a transport information acquisition unit that acquires transport status information indicating a transport status of a moving object capable of moving by unmanned driving, the moving object being transported by a transport device, the transport device being capable of transporting the moving object in a predetermined transport section while movement control for the moving object is stopped; a movement control determination unit that determines whether to start the movement control with respect to the moving object transported by the transport device using the acquired transport status information; and a command generation unit that generates and outputs a control command to move and release the moving object from the transport section by the movement control when the movement control determination unit determines to start the movement control.

Abstract: The current collector of the present disclosure includes a metal foil and a conductive resin layer laminated on the metal foil. The conductive resin layer in the current collector of the present disclosure includes a resin and a conductive material, and the resin has a melting point of less than 120° C. The secondary battery of the present disclosure includes a cathode current collector and a anode current collector, and at least one of the cathode current collector and the anode current collector is the current collector of the present disclosure.

Abstract: The cathode composite material of the present disclosure contains a cathode active material composed of a lithium transition metal oxide having a layered crystalline structure, a binder, and a conductivity aid. The lithium transition metal oxide includes nickel, cobalt, and manganese. The binder includes polyvinylidene fluoride. The conductivity aid includes carbon nanotubes. The amount of lithium hydroxide contained in the cathode active material is 0.15% by mass or more and 0.35% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the cathode active material.

Abstract: A power storage cell includes a case, an electrode assembly, and an electrolyte solution. The case houses the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution. The case has a first bottom wall, a peripheral wall, and a second bottom wall. The second bottom wall faces the first bottom wall. The peripheral wall connects the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall. The peripheral wall includes a pair of main walls and a pair of side walls. The pair of side walls connect the pair of main walls. Each of the pair of main walls has a larger area than an area of each of the pair of side walls. A groove is formed in a surface of at least one of the pair of side walls in the case. The groove extends in a direction from the first bottom wall toward the second bottom wall.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a secondary battery, which is configured to suppress the occurrence of warpage of a current collector during the welding of the resin member to the current collector. A method for producing a secondary battery comprising a current collector comprising a first metal foil and a second metal foil and a resin member welded to a peripheral portion of the current collector, wherein the method comprises welding the resin member to the current collector that is arranged to be sandwiched by the resin member; wherein the first metal foil has a first linear expansion coefficient; wherein the second metal foil has a second linear expansion coefficient; wherein the first linear expansion coefficient is larger than the second linear expansion coefficient.

Abstract: The power storage cell includes a cell case, a first two-dimensional identification code, and a second two-dimensional identification code. The cell case is configured to be capable of accommodating an electrode body. The first two-dimensional identification code is provided on an outer surface of the cell case. The first two-dimensional identification code is configured to be able to read the identification information. The second two-dimensional identification code is provided on the outer surface of the cell case spaced apart from the first two-dimensional identification code. The second two-dimensional identification code is configured to be able to read the same identification information as the first two-dimensional identification code. The second two-dimensional identification code is provided at a position where at least a part of the first two-dimensional identification code cannot be visually recognized when the second two-dimensional identification code is viewed from the front.

Abstract: A control system for a manipulator capable of controlling the movement of a manipulator in such a manner that, when bringing an object grasped by the manipulator into physical contact with a nearby object, the grasped object comes into contact with the nearby object with an appropriate contact force are provided. The control system for a manipulator includes an arm, and a hand attached to the arm and configured to grasp an object to be grasped. The control system includes an environment recognition unit configured to recognize a nearby object in an environment around the manipulator, an arm control unit configured to control a movement of the arm, and a hand control unit configured to predict a contact state between the grasped object and the nearby object, and adjust a grasping force of the hand according to the prediction of the contact state.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate and a catalyst layer on the substrate. The catalyst layer includes lower and upper catalyst layers. The lower catalyst layer includes a powder material containing a powdered carrier, and catalyst metal particles containing Rh on the carrier. The upper catalyst layer includes an upstream catalyst layer in an upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a downstream catalyst layer in a downstream side in the exhaust gas flow direction. At least the upstream catalyst layer of the upstream and downstream catalyst layers includes a powder material containing a powdered carrier, and catalyst metal particles containing Pd on the carrier. A cumulative 50% particle size D50 in a volume-based particle size distribution of the powder material included in at least the upstream catalyst layer of the upstream and downstream catalyst layers is 6 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: A nanomaterial-coated mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator, method, and computer program product for creating the mandrel-coiled TCPFL) actuator. A plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may be fabricated, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may include synthesizing Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution and coating the TCPFL with the Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution.

Abstract: A control system, a control method, and a program for causing a robot to perform a plurality of types of operations using handwritten input information are provided. A control system causes a robot to perform an operation based on handwritten input information input to an interface. The control system includes: a handwritten input information reception unit that displays a captured image obtained by capturing an environment in which the robot is located and receives an input of the handwritten input information to the displayed captured image; and a switching unit that switches a plurality of input modes of the handwritten input information for causing the robot to perform different types of operations.

Abstract: An in-vehicle computer includes an execution device and a storage device including a RAM. The storage device stores programs of a plurality of applications to be executed by the execution device. The RAM stores temporary data of the applications. When the execution device determines that the RAM is running out of capacity, the execution device compresses the temporary data of the application stored in the RAM. At this time, the execution device compresses only the temporary data of the application other than the application that has been activated and is being executed by the execution device.

Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes first and second motors, first and second inverters for driving the first and second motors, respectively, and a control device configured to control the first and second inverters by setting first and second current effective value commands, and first and second current advance value commands of first and second current vectors in a dq coordinate system including a d-axis and a q-axis as coordinate axes based on first and second torque commands for the first and second motors. The control device is configured to set the first and second current effective value commands and the first and second current advance value commands to control a torque variation difference to be a predetermined torque variation difference or larger when a torque difference is a predetermined torque difference or smaller and a rotational speed difference is a predetermined rotational speed difference or smaller.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an active material layer for a battery, the method including: preparing an active material layer, the active material layer containing a binder and an active material; and irradiating a femtosecond laser onto the active material layer under a condition of an inputted heat amount being greater than or equal to 0.04 J/mm2 and less than or equal to 0.32 J/mm2.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system including: a path planning unit configured to plan a path by a path planning model based on a detection result of an on-vehicle sensor of a vehicle and map information; a reference path calculation unit configured to calculate a reference path; an influence degree calculation unit configured to calculate an influence degree with which a periphery of the vehicle is influenced by autonomous traveling of the vehicle along the planned path based on a comparison result between the planned path and the reference path; a threshold value calculation unit configured to calculate an influence degree threshold value which is a threshold value of the influence degree based on a peripheral situation of the vehicle; and a notification controller configured to issue a notification to an occupant of the vehicle when the influence degree is equal to or greater than the influence degree threshold value.

Abstract: A control system, a control method, and a program that interact with a user with regard to correction of handwritten input information are provided. A control system determines an operation to be performed by a robot based on handwritten input information input to an interface and controls the operation performed by the robot. The control system includes: a handwritten input information reception unit that receives an input of the handwritten input information; a determination unit that determines whether or not the handwritten input information needs to be corrected based on feasibility or efficiency of the operation to be performed based on the handwritten input information; and a presentation unit that presents information about the correction of the handwritten input information to a user when the handwritten input information needs to be corrected.

Abstract: An information processing device, includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: correct a signal strength of electrical power-saving communication based on a distance measurement between a vehicle and a portable information terminal calculated from a result of communication by ultra-wideband communication that temporarily has been put into an on state, initiate distance measurement between the vehicle and the portable information terminal by the ultra-wideband communication in a case in which the corrected signal strength is equal to or higher than an operation allowable threshold value, and enable control of the vehicle so as to perform at least one of locking, unlocking or engine starting of the vehicle in accordance with an operation signal transmitted from the portable information terminal by the electrical power-saving communication.

Abstract: A state switching device includes: a progress status acquisition unit that acquires a progress status of processing performed on a moving object in a manufacturing process of the moving object in a factory for manufacturing the moving object movable by unmanned driving, the moving object including at least one device; a device determination unit that determines a device to be switched to an actuation state, the determined device being included in the at least one device and being set to a standby state before the processing is performed, by using the acquired progress status; and a command generation unit that generates a control command for switching the determined device to the actuation state and outputs the control command.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to an automated vehicle (AV) navigating on roads with a control model trained using residual policies for reducing error. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a generic policy for a control model used to navigate a road having multiple agents with traffic data acquired, the generic policy applying to general traffic scenarios associated with the road. The method also includes training a task policy with reinforcement learning a plurality of residual functions for error reduction of the generic policy, the residual functions factoring parameters about the multiple agents and specific traffic scenarios. The method also includes communicating the generic policy, the task policy for error reduction, and a domain distribution learned by comparing simulated data with the traffic data to a vehicle.

Abstract: When EGR gases are introduced into the intake passage through EGR passage, the control device determines whether or not the condensed water is generated in the merging portion of the intake passage, which is the portion to which EGR passage is connected. The control device determines whether or not the internal combustion engine is in a high-load operation based on the engine speed and the engine torque. The control device determines that the condensed water is generated in the merging portion of the intake passage, and reduces the amount of the condensed water collected by the collection device when the internal combustion engine is determined to be in a high-load operation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that implement virtual dataset creation and formal verification for artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) models in a manner that improves the performance of AI/ML models when encountering corner cases. For example, a corner case correction system is configured to synthesize new samples by recontextualizing samples related to corner cases, in new environments. The corner case correction system can implement an energetic neural process which separates input data into contextual features and content, and then recombines the context and content to synthesize new samples, generating a virtual dataset. The energetic neural process also performs a formal verification of the AI/ML models to address noise in the virtual dataset. The AI/ML model is trained using the virtual dataset, and an updated AI/ML model is created to execute predictive analysis for the corner cases associated with driving environments of autonomous vehicles.

Abstract: A control system for an electric vehicle (Ve) configured to allow a driver to enjoy behaviors of conventional vehicles having an engine and a transmission more realistically, without impairing comfort and quietness of the electric vehicle (Ve). An operating mode of the electric vehicle (Ve) is selected from a first mode to a fourth mode. In the third mode a driver is allowed to enjoy a virtual shifting operation and a simulated engine sound is emitted. In the fourth mode, an availability of the virtual shifting operation and the emission of the simulated engine sound are maintained. The third mode is cancelled by shifting to the first mode or the fourth mode; and the fourth mode is cancelled by shifting to the third mode.

Abstract: An inspection system of remotely or autonomously inspecting a mobile body movable through unattended operation includes: a processor that generates and outputs a control instruction that causes the mobile body to operate; and executes an abnormality process in a case where a difference obtained by comparing at least two of physical quantities for the mobile body as a target is more than a criterion value, the physical quantities including a first physical quantity related to operation of the mobile body achieved according to the control instruction, the first physical quantity being calculated using the control instruction, a second physical quantity related to the operation, calculated using a detection result from an internal sensor mounted on the mobile body, and a third physical quantity related to the operation, calculated using a detection result from an external sensor positioned outside the mobile body.

Abstract: A control system for an electric vehicle configured to allow a driver to enjoy behaviors of conventional vehicles having an engine and a transmission more realistically, without impairing comfort and quietness of the electric vehicle. In a virtual AT mode, a target torque value of a motor with respect to a motor speed is changed stepwise in accordance with an operating range shifted automatically, and a simulated engine sound is emitted. The emission of the simulated engine sound is continued until the virtual AT mode is cancelled and a shift lever is moved to a drive position.

Abstract: A transport method switching device includes a position estimation unit estimating a position of a moving object capable of moving by unmanned driving, using moving object information detected by a moving object detector, the moving object information being at least one of an image of the moving object and 3D point cloud data of the moving object, a command generation unit generating and outputting a control command to move the moving object by movement control using the estimated position of the moving object; and a movement control determination unit determining whether to stop the movement control using a transport starting position of the moving object in a transport device, and a moving object position being a position of the moving object in the transport section and including the estimated position. When the movement control determination unit determines to stop the movement control, the command generation unit stops the movement control.

Abstract: A vehicle detection apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect, using at least one of state information indicating a state of a vehicle capable of running by unmanned driving obtained from a detector provided on the vehicle, an image of the vehicle, 3D point cloud data of the vehicle, and position information of the vehicle, that at least one wheel provided in the vehicle departs from a transport unit of a transport device, and output a detection result, the transport unit being capable of transporting the vehicle.

Abstract: The blow-by gas recirculation device includes first to third passages and first and second check valves. The first to third passages respectively connect a portion of an intake passage downstream of a throttle valve, connect a portion of the intake passage downstream of an intercooler, and connect a portion of the intake passage upstream of a compressor to an interior of the crankcase. In the first passage, a first check valve is configured to permit a flow of gas from the interior of the crankcase to the intake passage and restrict a flow of gas from the intake passage to the interior of the crankcase. In the second passage, the second check valve is configured to permit a flow of gas from the intake passage to the interior of the crankcase and restrict a flow of gas from the interior of the crankcase to the intake passage.

Abstract: There is provided a driver monitoring system configured to perform face recognition of a driver from a face image of the driver of a vehicle, the system including: an infrared image capturing unit configured to capture an infrared image of a face of the driver using an infrared light emitting unit and an infrared light receiving unit; a visible light image capturing unit configured to capture a visible light image of the face of the driver using a visible light receiving unit; a color recognition unit configured to recognize a color of the driver's face based on the visible light image; and a face recognition unit configured to perform the face recognition of the driver based on the color of the driver's face and the infrared image.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a truck bed that includes a bed deck and a storage system that includes a rack assembly including a housing having a fixed size that occupies at least 10 percent of a total area of the bed deck in a stowed position. The rack assembly includes a pivot mechanism that is mounted to a rear pillar of the vehicle and provides a fixed pivot location. The rack assembly is configured to pivot about the pivot location from the stowed position entirely within the truck bed overhanging the bed deck to an extended position at least partially out of the truck bed and overhanging a tailgate of the truck bed.

Abstract: A mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator, method, and computer program product for creating the mandrel-coiled TCPFL) actuator. A plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may be fabricated, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may include synthesizing mesoporous C-NiAg-PVA solution and coating the TCPFL with the mesoporous C-NiAg-PVA solution.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a battery includes a negative electrode active material layer. When a cross-sectional image of the negative electrode active material layer is observed, the negative electrode active material layer contains one silicon-based particle Ps. In the cross-sectional image, a ratio B/A is 1.05 or more and 3.10 or less, where A is an average area of the silicon-based particle Ps, and B is an average area of an ellipse or a perfect circle that is drawn in a region where the silicon-based particle Ps is separated from the carbon-based particles Pc, and a ratio D/C is 1.5 or more and 2.8 or less, where C is an average particle size of the silicon-based particle Ps, and D is an average particle size of the carbon-based particles Pc.

Abstract: The evaluation jig includes a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector and an electric wire that connects the paired female terminals to each other. The electric wire has a cross-sectional area of 70 mm2 or more and 95 mm2 or less. The electric wire has a length of 2 m or more.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an active material layer for a battery, the method including: preparing an active material layer, the active material layer containing a binder and an active material; and irradiating a nanosecond pulsed laser onto the active material layer under a condition of an inputted heat amount being greater than or equal to 0.005 J/mm2 and less than or equal to 0.050 J/mm2.

Abstract: Impingement cooling systems, electronic motor assemblies, and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an impingement cooling system includes an electronic device casing downstream a propulsion air-flow and one or more electronic devices housed in the electronic device casing. A plurality of fins extend from the electronic device casing. At least one of the plurality of fins is an airfoil fin. The airfoil fin includes a high-pressure side with an air inlet that receives the propulsion air-flow. An inner conduit is fluidly coupled to the air inlet and directs the propulsion air-flow over the electronic device casing. A low-pressure side with an air outlet is fluidly coupled to the inner conduit. The air outlet expels the propulsion air-flow into the atmosphere.

Abstract: A traffic risk estimation device includes: a data generation unit that generates aggregated data regarding a predetermined dangerous phenomenon from vehicle data acquired in an entire target area including a plurality of unit areas; and a risk determination unit that determines a traffic risk for each of the plurality of unit areas based on the aggregated data.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining driver surprise. The system can receive image data of a driver's pupils and video data of the driver's face over a time interval and determine a diameter of the driver's pupils over the time interval based on the image data. This diameter can be used to generate a pupil confidence value based on the diameter over the time interval. The system can extract facial features from the video data and generate a facial confidence value based on the facial features. A first weight can be applied to the pupil confidence value and a second weight can be applied to the facial confidence value to determine whether the driver is expressing surprise.

Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: recognize an object ahead of a host vehicle; and cause display of respective superimposed images, having lengths in a vehicle vertical direction, at each side of the recognized object in a vehicle width direction, at a display area so as to be superimposed on a view ahead of the host vehicle, the superimposed images being spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A vehicular front structure includes: a left front pillar disposed at a left front face of a body of a vehicle; a right front pillar disposed at a right front face of the body; an upper front crossing member extending along a lateral direction of the vehicle, the upper front crossing member having respective ends coupled one-to-one with the left front pillar and the right front pillar; a lower front crossing member extending along the lateral direction of the vehicle, the lower front crossing member having respective ends coupled one-to-one with the left front pillar and the right front pillar; and an external display coupled with the upper front crossing member and the lower front crossing member.

Abstract: A vehicle controller includes a memory configured to store map information including information on a predetermined area used in autonomous driving control of a vehicle; and a processor configured to: refer to the map information to identify an autonomous-driving practicable point at which a planned travel route from the current position of the vehicle outside the predetermined area to a destination of the vehicle enters the predetermined area, calculate a manual-driving section length from the current position of the vehicle to the autonomous-driving practicable point along the planned travel route, and notify the calculated manual-driving section length to a driver of the vehicle via a notification device provided in the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control system controls a system including an autonomously movable mobile robot configured to transport a transport object. The mobile robot includes at least one light-emitting unit. The control system is configured to change a light emission pattern of the light-emitting unit according to transport object information indicating whether the mobile robot is transporting the transport object.

Abstract: A driving support device including: an in-vehicle sensor configured to acquire and output each of position information relating to a position of an own vehicle, target information relating to a target positioned around the own vehicle, and operation information relating to an operation of an operating element of the own vehicle; and a control device having a lane departure prevention function for preventing the own vehicle from departing from a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling by activating at least one device among a notification device, a drive device, and a braking device mounted on the own vehicle in a situation in which an accelerator pedal of the own vehicle is erroneously operated and an angle between a traveling direction of the own vehicle and a boundary line of the lane detected based on the target information is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A center is configured to distribute, to a vehicle, update data of software of a control device mounted on the vehicle. The center includes one or more processors configured to make a determination on whether to distribute, as the update data, update software or difference data between current software and the update software based on first information on the software of the control device mounted on the vehicle. The center then transmits the determined update data to the vehicle.

Abstract: A paint mist collection device includes: a housing configured such that an air flow containing paint mist discharged form a painting chamber flows into the housing; a collection filter disposed in the housing to collect the paint mist and configured to be taken out of the housing to be replaced; and a spacer member. The spacer member is held in a clearance between an in-flow opening portion of the collection filter and the inner surface of the housing.

Abstract: The spiral advancing and retreating operation device forms a tubular telescopic body by spirally wrapping a first belt member and a second belt member around a common axis line in an overlapping manner in a state in which the first belt member and the second belt member are displaced from each other in a direction of the axis line, in which the first belt member includes a first row of engagement protrusions and a second row of engagement protrusions formed of a plurality of engagement protrusions, the second belt member includes a first row of engagement parts and a second row of engagement parts formed of a plurality of engagement parts.

Abstract: The vehicle body disclosed herein includes an electrical component disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle body, a base bracket that covers a lower portion of the electrical component, and a cover that is attached to the base bracket and covers an upper portion of the electrical component. The cover has a cover upper wall located above the electrical component and a pair of cover side walls extending from the cover upper wall to the base bracket on both sides of the electrical component in the left-right direction, and the rear of the electrical component has an open shape. The base bracket has a protective wall extending upwardly at the rear of the electrical component. The height of the protective wall relative to the base bracket is smaller than the height of the cover upper wall relative to the base bracket.