Abstract: A method for positioning in a sidelink communication. The method includes detecting, by an anchor component, a presence of at least one user equipment; and activating, by the anchor component, a transmission of a positioning reference signal to the user equipment responsive to the detected presence of the at least one user equipment.

Abstract: The vehicle includes a vehicle body including an underbody, and a battery pack attached to the vehicle body below the underbody. The battery pack includes an upper surface portion provided to face the underbody, and a heat insulating material (mounting member) attached to the upper surface portion. The upper surface portion is provided with a projecting portion protruding toward the underbody side. The heat insulating material is formed with a hole portion into which the projecting portion is inserted. The shortest distance between the projecting portion and the underbody is less than the minimum value of the thickness of the insulation.

Abstract: An electrostatic clutch includes a pair of electrodes configured to be attached to a base material of the electrostatic clutch. The pair of electrodes individually comprise a high strength substrate fabric configured to be attached to the base material and a dielectric layer coupled to the high strength substrate fabric.

Abstract: The relay device includes multiple communication ports to which the in-vehicle ECU can be connected, a CPU, and a port storage area for each communication port. CPU can perform a reprogramming process for multiple in-vehicle ECUs in parallel. CPU performs: receiving a list of update data that has not been sent to the in-vehicle ECU and a data volume for each of the update data that has not been sent to the in-vehicle ECU; acquiring a rate of increase in free space for each port storage area during the reprogramming process; determining, as the priority update data, update data to be received out of the update data listed in the list based on the data volume for each of the update data and the rate of increase in free space for each of the port storage areas; and sending, to the providing device, a signal requesting the priority update data.

Abstract: A first drive unit including a first motor and a first gear for driving a left wheel of the vehicle, a second drive unit including a second motor and a second gear for driving a right wheel of the vehicle, a housing for accommodating the first drive unit and the second drive unit, and capable of storing the lubricant to such an extent that a part of the first gear and the second gear is immersed, and a lubricant merging portion for merging the lubricant scraped up by the first gear and the lubricant scraped up by the second gear.

Abstract: The method of the present disclosure for producing a lithium-ion battery includes providing a positive electrode precursor layer containing at least lithium alloy particles and a positive electrode active material, obtaining a lithium-ion battery precursor having the positive electrode precursor layer, the separator layer, and the negative electrode active material layer in an order of the positive electrode precursor layer, the separator layer, and the negative electrode active material layer and impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and performing initial charging on the lithium-ion battery precursor to make the positive electrode precursor layer a positive electrode active material layer, wherein the lithium alloy particle is a lithium alloy particle with a lithium-alloying potential of 0.5 V (vsLi/Li+) or higher, and with a particle diameter D90 smaller than 70 ?m as measured by a laser diffraction and scattering method.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules; a frame-shaped skeleton portion disposed on the battery modules; and an upper surface portion disposed on the skeleton portion. Further, the upper surface portion is fixed to the skeleton portion with a fixing force in a manner that the fixing with skeleton portion is released with a pressure generated when at least one of the battery modules emits smoke.

Abstract: A method of producing a battery, the method including: a first process of disposing an electrode body at an internal space of an exterior body; a second process of supplying an electrolytic solution to the internal space of the exterior body at which the electrode body has been disposed; and a third process of pressurizing the exterior body, to which the electrolytic solution has been supplied, at a portion corresponding to a periphery of the electrode body, the internal space of the exterior body being greater in volume than the electrode body.

Abstract: The power storage device includes a first power storage module and a second power storage module, a case that houses the first power storage module and the second module, a cross member, a mount member fixed to an upper surface of the cross member, and an electronic device. The height of the mount member in the vertical direction is higher than the height of the electronic device, the electronic device is disposed so as to be adjacent to the mount member in the second direction, and includes a first end portion located on the mount member side in the second direction and a second end portion located on the opposite side to the side where the mount member is located in the second direction, the first end portion is fixed to the mount member, the second end portion is fixed to the cross member.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the protection of a first vehicle using a second vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes processing sensor data about surroundings of a first vehicle to identify suspicious activity in the surroundings of the first vehicle. The method further includes, in response to identifying the suspicious activity, controlling a second vehicle to perform a reactive maneuver.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a positive electrode material. The positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material and two or more kinds of lithium alloys, and the two or more kinds of lithium alloys each include a metallic element having a lithium-alloying potential of 0.5 V (vs. Li/Li+) or more.

Abstract: A sintered member according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a single powder compact made of a metal powder and having a stepped part, the powder compact being obtained by sintering. At a surface of a recessed corner part of the stepped part, a brazing material penetrates gaps between sintered metal powder particles.

Abstract: A method for producing a noble metal fine particle-supported catalyst includes: a step of mixing a noble metal salt, an alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a support to form a mixture; and a heating step of the mixture at a temperature of 150° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower to produce a noble metal fine particle-supported catalyst.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to intoxication detection of one or more vehicle occupants are provided. A system includes a plurality of sensor assemblies disposed at different locations within a vehicle. The system further includes a controller configured to determine which occupant among a plurality of occupants in the vehicle is intoxicated based on an analysis of sensor signals received from the plurality of sensor assemblies. The controller is further configured to output an alert based on determining that a driver of the vehicle is intoxicated. Associated vehicles, controllers, and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A content generating device generates, on the basis of information relating to an internal space of a vehicle and information relating to traveling of the vehicle, content corresponding to a scene which changes as the vehicle travels.

Abstract: A display device for a vehicle that is provided at a vehicle and that, when a detecting device detects a relative moving body, which is positioned at a periphery of the vehicle, in a predetermined detection range, can display a moving image representing the relative moving body by control by a processor, wherein, in a case in which a relative distance of the relative moving body from the vehicle is in a usual range, the processor changes a display condition, which is at least one of a size of and a displayed position of the moving image, in accordance with the relative distance, and, in a case in which the relative distance is outside of the usual range, the processor does not change the display condition.

Abstract: An object is to provide a material in which properties of a conventional biopolymer are significantly improved.

Abstract: A platinum-palladium alloy catalyst, and a phosphoric acid or a phosphonated ionomer contacting the platinum-palladium alloy catalyst in a fuel cell. Phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFCs, with phosphoric-acid-saturated silicon carbide matrix) employing the platinum-palladium alloy catalyst, and, a phosphoric acid or a phosphonated ionomer contacting the platinum-palladium alloy catalyst are disclosed. High-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs, with phosphoric-acid-contained polymer matrix) employing the platinum-palladium alloy catalyst, and a phosphoric acid or a phosphonated ionomer contacting the platinum-palladium alloy catalyst are also disclosed.

Abstract: A vehicle display control device including a processor and a display section that is provided at a vehicle capable of executing driving assistance control, and that is configured to display a vehicle image representing the vehicle, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether or not a switching condition for switching the driving assistance control from a non-actuated state to an actuated state has been satisfied, and, when it has been determined that the switching condition has been satisfied, control the display section so as to display the vehicle image while changing a display mode of the vehicle image.

Abstract: The maximum speed informing device includes a camera device that acquires image data by capturing a scene in front of the vehicle, a display unit configured to be able to display the maximum speed, and a controller configured to be able to change the maximum speed displayed on the display unit., the controller acquires a numerical value included in the captured scene as a maximum speed candidate based on the image data, acquires road structure information indicating a structure of a road including a lane on which the vehicle is traveling based on the image data, estimates a range of a maximum speed of the road based on the acquired road structure information, and displays the maximum speed candidate within the estimated maximum speed range as the maximum speed on the display unit.

Abstract: A first electrode foil having a pinhole, a second electrode foil, a method of manufacturing a current collector foil to obtain a current collecting foil for a liquid-based battery by laminating, the first electrode foil and the second electrode foil, one is a positive electrode foil, the other is a negative electrode foil, the application step of applying an adhesive to the first electrode foil, suction from the surface side opposite to the surface to which the adhesive is applied in the first electrode foil, a suctioning step of impregnating the adhesive into the pinhole, a drying step of drying the adhesive, and a heat welding step of thermal welding by bonding the second electrode foil to the surface to which the adhesive is applied in the first electrode foil, the method of manufacturing a current collector foil.

Abstract: A method for a replay driver skill improvement system is described. The method includes logging vehicle commands requested by a vehicle operator of an ego vehicle to perform a selected driving maneuver. The method also includes identifying one or more of the logged vehicle commands in which operation of the ego vehicle is outside of a predetermined threshold while performing the selected driving maneuver. The method further includes operating the ego vehicle according to the logged vehicle commands until the one or more of the logged vehicle commands in which operation of the ego vehicle is outside of the predetermined threshold are reached. The method also includes performing, through shared control with the vehicle operator, improved vehicle commands to complete the selected driving maneuver while operating the ego vehicle at or within the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A steering system for a vehicle includes: a front wheel steering device configured to steer a front wheel, a rear wheel steering device configured to steer a rear wheel, and a controller configured to control the front wheel steering device and the rear wheel steering device such that the front wheel and the rear wheel are steerable independently of each other. When the front wheel passes unevenness, the controller executes a rear wheel avoidance control to avoid the rear wheel from passing the unevenness. In the rear wheel avoidance control, the controller determines a rear-wheel avoidance side slip angle, which is a vehicle center-of-gravity point side slip angle to be realized, and determines a target steering angle, which is a steering angle to which each of the front wheel and the rear wheel is to be steered, based on the rear-wheel avoidance side slip angle.

Abstract: The server (control device) includes a communication device (acquisition unit) that acquires information about the amount of electric power required to move from EVSE (charger) to each basic point of the plurality of electrified vehicle. The server includes a processor for controlling the charge of each of the plurality of electrified vehicle by EVSE. The processor performs charging control (first charging control) so that the storage amount of each of the plurality of electrified vehicle reaches the necessary power amount, and then performs charging control (second charging control) for charging each of the plurality of electrified vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for personalizing autonomous driving. The system can receive historical data on a driver of the vehicle's performance and population data indicating a population driving style. Speed data can be recorded as the driver of the vehicle drives the vehicle during a trial period. The historical data, population data, and speed data can be input into a machine learning model to determine a style for the driver. The system can receive one or more parameters from the machine learning model indicating the style. These parameters can be applied to the vehicle's automated driving system.

Abstract: A lane change support device determines whether or not the vehicle can change the lane ahead of the other vehicle by determining whether or not the sum of the distance traveled by the vehicle to move forward by the lane change by the predetermined preceding distance with respect to the other vehicle traveling ahead of the lane change destination lane, and the distance traveled by the vehicle during the predetermined allowance time is equal to or less than the distance from the current position of the vehicle to the branching point, or whether or not the sum of the time for the vehicle to move forward by the lane change by the predetermined preceding distance with respect to the other vehicle and the predetermined allowance time is equal to or less than the time at which the vehicle reaches the branching point.

Abstract: A management method for a power storage device includes: counting, for each day of week, the number of days satisfying at least a first requirement indicating that charging of the power storage device was performed, and a second requirement indicating that a time when use of the power storage device was started is included in a predetermined time period; identifying a day of week on which usage of the power storage device by a user is patterned, by using the number of days counted for each day of week; determining a recommended charging condition for the power storage device for the identified day of week; and notifying the user of the recommended charging condition for the identified day of week.

Abstract: Direct-current power of a battery is converted to alternating-current power by an inverter to drive a motor generator. A control ECU executes temperature raising control when the battery is at a low temperature. During the temperature raising control, the control ECU superimposes a current ripple for raising the temperature of the battery on a d-axis current command value. A frequency of the current ripple (ripple frequency) varies randomly around a resonance frequency of a battery circuit including the battery. Additionally, a carrier frequency of the inverter varies randomly. As a result, a sound pressure level can be suppressed in regions of the resonance frequency and the carrier frequency during the temperature raising control.

Abstract: A vehicle performs power transfer between the vehicle and electrical equipment while communicating therewith. A control device requests the electrical equipment to wait during the power transfer, sets the vehicle to the standby state when the standby request is accepted by the electrical equipment, and resumes the power transfer when the resumption condition is satisfied when the vehicle is in the standby state. The standby includes a first standby in which the vehicle stands by in a state in which the power transfer is stopped but the communication with the electrical equipment is maintained, and a second standby in which the vehicle stands by in a state in which both the power transfer and the communication therewith are stopped. The control device determines which of the first standby and the second standby is required for the electrical equipment by using the remaining capacity of an energy storage device.

Abstract: A controller that controls an operation of a movable object that travels in self-driving includes a detecting unit configured to, when the movable object is traveling in self-driving, detect occurrence of an abnormal state including an abnormal stop of the movable object, and a control unit. When (i) occurrence of the abnormal state is detected and (ii) a predetermined first condition is satisfied, the control unit is configured to execute control to resume the self-driving of the movable object. When (i) occurrence of the abnormal state is detected and (ii) the first condition is not satisfied, the control unit is configured not to execute control to resume the self-driving.

Abstract: A control device is applied to a hybrid electric vehicle in which an internal combustion engine and a motor generator are provided as a prime mover, and the high-voltage battery is charged using the power of the internal combustion engine and the autonomous operation is performed. The control device executes a process of setting the idle rotation speed of the internal combustion engine while the vehicle is running during the execution of the automatic driving to be higher than the idle rotation speed during the vehicle running during the non-execution of the automatic driving.

Abstract: A first passage communicating a portion downstream side of the compressor in the intake passage and an upstream side of the intercooler with the crankcase, a second passage communicating a portion downstream of the intercooler in the intake passage with the crankcase, and a third passage communicating a portion upstream of the compressor in the intake passage with the crankcase are installed in the turbocharged engine, and a switching valve for switching between a state in which the first passage communicates and the second passage is blocked, and a state in which the first passage is blocked and the second passage communicates is provided.

Abstract: A notification device includes a processor, and the processor is configured to: receive a signal that indicates occurrence of an abnormal state of a mobile body that is movable through unattended operation, and specify a notification target that meets a specification condition determined in advance from one or more specification targets that include at least one of a worker and a station; and send a notification to instruct handling of the abnormal state of the mobile body to the specified notification target.

Abstract: The information processing device performs searching for a route including a plurality of target points and a target charging location, and generating an operation plan such that electrified vehicle is operated according to the route in each of a first operation period set prior to the prohibited time period and a second operation period set after the prohibited time period. Electrified vehicle operation is prohibited during the prohibited time period. The information processing device sets, for the operation plan, a charging period in which electrified vehicle is charged at the target charging location such that a starting time of the charging period is earlier than a prohibited time period and an ending time of the charging period is later than a prohibited time period or a prohibited time period.

Abstract: The lane change support device is configured to estimate a lane speed of another vehicle traveling on a lane of a lane change destination, determine a minimum length of a space in a lane of a lane change destination necessary for lane change based on a lane speed of the other vehicle, estimate an actual length of a space in the lane of the lane change destination, and determine whether lane change is possible based on the minimum length and the actual length, and calculate a target relative speed of the own vehicle with respect to the other vehicle based on an allowable acceleration or deceleration speed of the own vehicle, and search for a space in a lane of a lane change destination necessary for lane change while controlling a vehicle speed of the own vehicle in such a manner that a relative speed becomes a target relative speed.

Abstract: A control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: specify, in a case where an abnormal state occurs in a plurality of mobile bodies being performing automated driving autonomously or through remote control, at least one mobile body to be preferentially handled as a target mobile body, from among the plurality of mobile bodies, based on a state of the plurality of mobile bodies; and perform control of taking necessary measures on the target mobile body.

Abstract: A method for an interactive storytelling system is described. The method includes parsing collected story narratives into a plurality of story narratives linked by story development questions. The method also includes presenting a selected story narrative, including a selected story development question regarding a prediction of a story development in the selected narrative. The method further includes determining a difference between the story development in the selected narrative and an answer received in response to the selected story development question. The method also includes selecting a next, selected story narrative of the story development based on the difference, including a next selected story development question regarding a next prediction of the story development in the next, selected narrative.

Abstract: An apparatus, a system, and a method for providing a smart multi-tier power running board (PRB) with ground sensing technologies. The apparatus includes one or more support bars, one or more steps, an actuator connected to one end of each support bar of the one or more support bars, one or more sensors, and a controller coupled to the actuator and the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to: obtain data indicative of a request to move the one or more support bars from a stowed position to a deployed position; determine, based on sensor data detected by the one or more sensors, the deployed position for moving the one or more support bars; and control, based on the determined deployed position, the actuator to move the one or more support bars from the stowed position to the deployed position.

Abstract: A rotor manufacturing apparatus includes a first welding device configured to weld a first end plate to a first end of a rotor core, a first detection unit configured to detect whether an end plate to be supplied to the first welding device is the first end plate, a second welding device configured to weld a second end plate to a second end of the rotor core having the first end plate welded to the first end, and a second detection unit configured to detect whether an end plate to be supplied to the second welding device is the second end plate.

Abstract: An automated valet parking management system manages automated valet parking in a parking lot. The automated valet parking management system includes: one or more recognition sensors configured to recognize a surrounding situation of the parking lot; and one or more processors configured to execute: an allocation process of allocating a first target exit space to an exit vehicle from the parking lot; a monitoring process of using the one or more recognition sensors to detect entry or approach of an external vehicle to the first target exit space from outside the parking lot after the first target exit space is allocated to the exit vehicle; and a countermeasure process of allocating a second target exit space to the exit vehicle, or decelerating or stopping the exit vehicle that is exiting to the first target exit space, when the entry or the approach is detected by the monitoring process.

Abstract: The information processing system includes a generator configured to generate, by generative AI trained using user data including information with which an individual is identifiable, a plurality of pieces of artificial data that is used to train a computational model different from the generative AI and does not include information with which an individual is identifiable.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided systems and methods for driver training that modulate driver-training feedback on the fly based on a driver's ability to successfully perform vehicular maneuvers. In examples, sensor data is received from sensors on a vehicle. The sensor data is indicative of operation conditions of the vehicle executing a vehicular maneuver. An attribute of driver-training feedback can be adjusted based on a comparison of the operating conditions to a set of performance criteria associated with the vehicular maneuver that are representative of a successful execution of the vehicular maneuver.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of monitoring, by a transport exterior a location, an exchange performed in an interior of the location by a recent occupant of the transport, and completing, by the transport, the exchange.

Abstract: A current collector foil for a liquid cell includes: one first electrode foil having a pinhole; a first intervening layer; another first electrode foil having a pinhole; a second intervening layer; and a second electrode foil, the one first electrode foil, the first intervening layer, the other first electrode foil, the second intervening layer, and the second electrode foil being stacked in this order. Either the one first electrode foil and the other first electrode foil or the second electrode foil is a positive electrode foil, and either the one first electrode foil and the other first electrode foil or the second electrode foil, whichever is not the positive electrode foil, is a negative electrode foil.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core that includes a magnet housing hole, multiple magnet members that are accommodated in the magnet housing hole in a state of being separated from each other in a planar direction orthogonal to the stacking direction, and multiple fixing members that respectively fill spaces between an inner surface of the magnet housing hole and outer surfaces of the multiple magnet members. The fixing members press the magnet members against the inner surface of the magnet housing hole by foaming of a foaming agent, thereby fixing the magnet members. The magnet housing hole includes multiple recesses that are respectively filled with the fixing members.

Abstract: A vehicle identification method for identifying a target vehicle includes the following first to sixth steps. The first step is, in a management system, generating information indicating a second action from information indicating a first action using a first key. The second step is transmitting the information indicating the second action from the management system to the target vehicle. The third step is, in the target vehicle, restoring the information indicating the first action from the information indicating the second action using a second key. The fourth step is causing the target vehicle to perform the first action. The fifth step is, in the management system, detecting an action performed by a vehicle. The sixth step is, in the management system, identifying the vehicle performing the first action as the target vehicle and not identifying the vehicle performing the second action as the target vehicle.

Abstract: A method for 3D object detection is described. The method includes predicting, using a trained monocular depth network, an estimated monocular input depth map of a monocular image of a video stream and an estimated depth uncertainty map associated with the estimated monocular input depth map. The method also includes feeding back a depth uncertainty regression loss associated with the estimated monocular input depth map during training of the trained monocular depth network to update the estimated monocular input depth map. The method further includes detecting 3D objects from a 3D point cloud computed from the estimated monocular input depth map based on seed positions selected from the 3D point cloud and the estimated depth uncertainty map. The method also includes selecting 3D bounding boxes of the 3D objects detected from the 3D point cloud based on the seed positions and an aggregated depth uncertainty.

Abstract: A prompt text including a list of a plurality of first language models each specialized for intention understanding in a plurality of predetermined domains and a content of the utterance is generated, the prompt text is input to a second language model, the first language model having a domain corresponding to the content of the utterance is identified based on the content of the response obtained from the second language model, and the content of the utterance is transferred to the identified first language model.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: detecting a request for a software application from a vehicle computer, wherein the software application includes source code comprising one or more embedded placeholders that are mapped to one or more secrets stored in a data store of a vehicle; identifying the one or more secrets stored in the data store that are associated with the one or more embedded placeholders; replacing the one or more embedded placeholders with the one or more secrets identified from the data store into the source code of the software application; and executing the source code of the software application to cause the vehicle to perform an action.

Abstract: The vehicle lower part structure includes a battery disposed at a lower part of the vehicle, a cover member that covers the battery from the vehicle lower side, and a ventilation passage that allows traveling wind to pass between the battery and the cover member and narrows a flow path at the discharge portion relative to other portions.