Patents Examined by Kirsten Jade M Santos
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Patent number: 12090654Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first device comprising a spherical housing which rotates and in which a spherical inner space is formed, and a second device which is disposed on the outer surface of the spherical housing and has a ring shape, wherein the first device comprises a first driving device which is disposed within the spherical housing and is capable of transmitting driving force to the spherical housing, a structure disposed within the spherical housing and formed such that the second device is disposed on the surface of the spherical housing, a second driving device which is disposed within the spherical housing and drives the structure, and at least one first sensor which is disposed in the structure and faces the inner surface of the spherical housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byunghun Cho, Woochul Lee, Eunsu Jeong, Jaewoong Choi, Byounguk Yoon, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 12077053Abstract: A powertrain system for an electric automobile outputs a desired torque from a motor with an angle of an accelerator pedal that is easy for a driver to operate, regardless of traveling environments such as the road surface gradient and the wind direction. The powertrain system includes a paddle switch and a shifter that are mounted to be operable by a driver, and are electrically connected directly or indirectly to an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU controls, based on a torque control map defining the relationship between an accelerator pedal opening and output torque of a motor in advance, the output torque of the motor according to the accelerator pedal opening, and changes, based on an operation on the paddle switch or the shifter, the torque control map to be used for controlling the output torque of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Daisuke Umetsu, Shinya Morishita
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Patent number: 12054205Abstract: A method for the control of a power steering system includes a first drive and a second drive which are arranged in parallel and implement an evaluation and regulation step calculating the first compensation request and the second compensation request as a function of the first deviation and of the second deviation.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: JTEKT EUROPEInventors: Guillaume Carpentier, Bertrand Perret
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Patent number: 11993261Abstract: A method for controlling a convoy including a pilot vehicle and a driverless vehicle is presented. It includes electronically tethering the driverless vehicle to the pilot vehicle by establishing communication between a pilot vehicle control module and a driverless vehicle control module. It further includes receiving a longitudinal control user input in the pilot vehicle control module and communicating a longitudinal motion request from the pilot vehicle control module to the driverless vehicle control module, the longitudinal motion request being indicative of the longitudinal control user input. It finally includes controlling a propulsion and braking system of the driverless vehicle in response to the longitudinal motion request received from the pilot vehicle and controlling a propulsion and braking system of the pilot vehicle, while tethered to the driverless vehicle, to maintain a target longitudinal clearance from the driverless vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Swoppz, LLCInventors: Peter Jumpertz, Guido Schmitz, Peter Theisen
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Patent number: 11971718Abstract: A control system, a control method, and a program capable of lowering difficulty of a user's work on an autonomous mobile robot having a placement part are provided. A control system for controlling an autonomous mobile robot including a placement part on which a load is placed includes a user recognition unit configured to recognize a user of the placement part, a feature information acquisition unit configured to acquire feature information of the recognized user, and an operation control unit configured to control a height of the placement part based on the feature information.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
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Patent number: 11906976Abstract: A robot control system is a robot control system that controls a plurality of mobile robots, in which: each of the mobile robots includes right and left wheels, and a sensor that detects actions of the right and left wheels; and the control system calculates abrasion degrees of right and left components for the right and left wheels, depending on a detection result of the sensor, and manages traveling of the plurality of mobile robots, depending on the abrasion degrees.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai