Failure Detection Initiates Subsequent Vehicle Control Patents (Class 701/29.2)
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Patent number: 12089048Abstract: An in-vehicle system includes a zone control unit and lower-level control units. The zone control unit includes: a power supply control unit configured to control power supply to each of the lower-level control units; a communication control unit configured to control communication with each of the lower-level control units; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of an abnormality in each of the lower-level control units. In a case in which an abnormality for two or more of elements including a power supply current value, a communication response time, and a MAC address is detected in at least one of the lower-level control units, the abnormality detection unit is configured to recognize that the at least one of the lower-level control units is an unauthorized device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Goto
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Patent number: 12081566Abstract: A system and method for compiling and monitoring a list of operational aircraft components to determine if a threshold is met. Utilizing the list and the threshold can provide for monitoring the network of aircraft components to monitor both health and security of the aircraft network and components thereof. The system can then indicate or alert when a threshold is met or exceeded. Such an alert can be on a display to a pilot, for example, or to a remote monitoring station.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LimitedInventors: Stefan Alexander Schwindt, Mustafa Hussain
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Patent number: 12045065Abstract: A traveling control device includes: a peripheral recognition unit which recognizes a status around an own vehicle; an abnormality determination unit which determines whether an abnormality has occurred in the recognition function of the peripheral recognition unit; and a control unit which, if the abnormality determination unit has determined that an abnormality has occurred in the recognition function of the peripheral recognition unit, executes procedure modification control to modify an automatic driving procedure in the automatic driving system in accordance with an abnormality recognition direction which is a direction in which the abnormality in the recognition function has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Hase, Noriaki Ikemoto, Mitsuharu Higashitani
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Patent number: 12026995Abstract: A method for fault detection is adapted for a vehicle display fault detection system. The vehicle display fault detection system includes a vehicle system and a display system. The method for fault detection includes following steps: detecting whether a first state of the display system is abnormal or not; when the first state is abnormal, the display system is configured to generate a fault detection signal; classifying to generate a control signal according to the fault detection signal; and adjusting the first state of the display system to a second state.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yung-Lin Cheng, Feng-Ming Hsu
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Patent number: 12012125Abstract: In various examples, an integrated circuit includes first and second portions. The first portion includes a timer that starts when the first portion transmits at least one error signal to the second portion. The timer may reset when data corresponding to at least one fault has been cleared from the first portion. The first portion transmits a timeout error signal when the timer indicates at least a predetermined amount of time has elapsed. The second portion receives the at least one error signal and the timeout error signal when the timeout error signal has been sent. The second portion may notify an external system after the timeout error signal is received.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Padam Patt Krishnani, Avinash J V, Shraddha Manohar Gondkar, Sowmya Satya Venkata Naga Siva Sai Bindu Mandapati
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Patent number: 11958590Abstract: A system and a method for a battery power management system for an electric aircraft is disclosed. The system includes at least a flight component of an electric aircraft, at least a battery, wherein the at least a battery is configured power the at least a flight component of the electric aircraft, at least a sensor communicatively connected to the at least a battery and a controller communicatively connected to the at least a sensor. The controller is configured to receive sensor data from the at least a sensor, identify a battery status as a function of the sensor data and a battery threshold, and control the power from the at least a battery to the at least a flight component of the electric aircraft as a function of the battery status, further comprising reducing a torque to the at least a flight component.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Beta Air, LLCInventors: Stuart Denson Schreiber, Nicholas Moy, Collin Freiheit
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Patent number: 11926336Abstract: An electric suspension control, in a vehicle including an electric suspension apparatus driven with a motor, short-circuits the motor and limits a vehicle speed to a predetermined speed or less, in a case where an abnormality occurs in the electric suspension apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Ohno, Takafumi Kato, Tomoya Toyohira
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Patent number: 11924731Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of telematics or telecommunication control units (TCUs) modules that includes a TCU and one or more sensor arrays (e.g., mmWave sensors, temperature sensors, ambient light sensors, biometric sensors, cameras, proximity sensors, WiFi, touch sensors, microphones, etc.) for monitoring vehicle interiors (e.g., monitoring health conditions of occupants within a vehicle passenger interior, etc.). In exemplary embodiments, sensors may be combined or integrated with (e.g., embedded within, placed on TCU printed circuit board (PCB), directly connected with, mounted along a bottom or side of, etc.) the TCU.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: MOLEX CVS BOCHUM GMBHInventors: Ulrich Möhlmann, Nicola Henseler
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Patent number: 11897445Abstract: An apparatus for determining a rotational speed of at least one wheel of a vehicle, including: a detection device for detecting an angular velocity of the wheel that is correlated to the rotational speed, wherein the detection device is configured to provide an electrical detection signal depending on the angular velocity detected; a first control unit with a first measurement device for measuring the detection signal, wherein the first control unit is electrically joined to the detection device; and a second control unit with a second measurement device for measuring the detection signal, wherein the second control unit is electrically joined to the detection device, wherein the detection device can be electrically switched or is electrically switched between the first measurement device and the second measurement device. Also described is a related method.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBHInventors: Christian Kaufmann, Falk Hecker
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Patent number: 11895127Abstract: A vehicle communication device including a processor, wherein the processor: receives first data, and second data that is different from the first data; generates third data based on the received first data and an encryption key; compares the second data and the third data, and authenticates the first data in a case in which the second data and the third data match; and as a result of comparisons that are carried out a plurality of times on receivings that are within a predetermined amount of time after start-up of a vehicle, determines that a case in which the second data and the third data do not match every time is a device abnormal state, and, as a result of the comparisons of the plurality of times, determines that a case that includes matching is a device operating state.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahide Banno
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Patent number: 11843344Abstract: A brushless DC electric (BLDC) motor driver circuit includes: a power stage circuit configured to operably drive a brushless DC electric (BLDC) motor according to a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal; and an abnormality diagnosis circuit, wherein when a first parameter is under control, the abnormality diagnosis circuit is configured to operably determine a rotation abnormality condition of the BLDC motor according to a second parameter; wherein the first parameter and the second parameter are correlated with the rotation of the BLDC motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIIONInventor: Wei-Hsu Chang
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Patent number: 11834056Abstract: A calibration and repair system for advanced driver assistance systems (“ADAS”) and features is configured to provide secure, automated workflow management related to the calibration of ADAS. Automated workflows include steps and interfaces to aid in preparation of a vehicle for calibration, local-remote collaboration during calibration, customer interactions, workflow and event notification, user authentication, remote system management, and other tasks. The system is also capable of automatically and dynamically adding new and updated calibration specifications that are usable during local-remote collaboration.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Vehicle Service Group, LLCInventors: Sreedhar Patnala, Naor Pinto, Mickey Swartz, Brent Johnson
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Patent number: 11787435Abstract: When a driver is in an abnormal state, a vehicle control device executes a stop control of applying a braking force to a vehicle to stop the vehicle and a stop holding control of holding the vehicle in a stopped state after stopping the vehicle with the stop control. The control device is configured to prohibit the stop holding control from being released, when a first condition that is satisfied when an operation amount of an accelerator operator is larger than a predetermined threshold value is satisfied, while the stop holding control is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yusuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 11780531Abstract: A vehicle may have a seat and front wheel similar to those of a bicycle. However, the vehicle may have two rear wheels. The position of the two rear wheels may be adjustable. When the two rear wheels touch each other, the vehicle may function as a bicycle. When they are moved apart, the vehicle may function as a tricycle. In tricycle mode, the vehicle may travel autonomously without a human rider. In bicycle mode, a human may ride the vehicle like a bicycle. To transition between bicycle and tricycle modes, each rear wheel may rotate about a horizontal axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. In some cases, a bike chain is connected to only one of the rear wheels. In bicycle mode, motion imparted by the chain to one rear wheel may be transferred to the other by friction.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Kent Larson, Naroa Coretti Sanchez, Michael Lin
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Patent number: 11760366Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a first control unit and a second control unit each configured to perform travel control of a vehicle based on a recognition result of an external recognition device group configured to obtain external information of the vehicle and a detection result of a vehicle information detection unit configured to obtain state information of an actuator group of the vehicle. In a case in which functional degradation of at least one of the external recognition device group, the actuator group, and the vehicle information detection unit is detected, based on the recognition result and the detection result, the first control unit determines contents of vehicle control in fallback control for restricting a travel control function of the vehicle and determines whether to execute the fallback control by one of the first control unit and the second control unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Aoyagi, Kanta Tsuji, Tadahiko Kanoh, Takuyuki Mukai, Jun Ochida, Yasuharu Hashimoto, Yuichi Komori, Takashi Kuboshima
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Patent number: 11745750Abstract: A method may include obtaining input information that describes a driving operation of a vehicle and obtaining a rule that indicates an approved driving operation of the vehicle. The method may include parsing the rule using a domain-specific language to generate rule conditions in which the domain-specific language is a programming language that is specifically designed for analyzing driving operations of vehicles. The method may include representing the input information as observations relating to the vehicle in which each of the observations is comparable to one or more of the rules. The method may include comparing the observations to one or more respective comparable rule conditions and generating a grading summary that evaluates how well the observations satisfy the respective comparable rule conditions based on the comparison. A future driving operation of the vehicle may be adjusted based on the grading summary.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: CYNGN, INC.Inventors: Biao Ma, Lior Tal
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Patent number: 11686212Abstract: A method of operating a turbine engine that includes shutting down the turbine engine such that a rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases, and actuating a starter motor of the turbine engine at one of as the rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases or at a preset time after the turbine engine receives a full stop command such that residual heat is exhausted from the turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert Charles Hon, Amid Ansari, Michael Scott McCambridge, Thomas Earl Gillingham
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Patent number: 11677931Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for detecting a vehicle with sensors that are not calibrated properly and calibrating such sensor in real-time. In one example, a method may include iteratively capturing sensor data of a road while the vehicle is travelling on the road; monitoring a calibration of the sensors of the vehicle based on the sensor data, determining that the sensors of the vehicle are not calibrated properly based on the monitoring, generating a calibration target of an object on the road based on the sensor data, and adjusting a calibration parameter of the one or more sensors of the vehicle based on the generated calibration target.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Embark Trucks Inc.Inventor: Phillip James Haeusler
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Patent number: 11642915Abstract: A person support apparatus includes a base frame with a plurality of caster wheel assemblies, each of the caster wheel assemblies including a caster brake actuator movable between a total braking position and a non-braking position. A linkage system is coupled to the caster brake actuators for controlling the caster brake actuators and is operable to move the caster brake actuators between their total braking positions and their non-braking positions. The linkage system is configured to compensate for tolerances in the linkage system wherein the linkage system can control the caster brake actuators to simultaneously move between their total braking positions and their non-braking positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Jacob Paul Kloss, Charles Louis Crouch, Anish Paul
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Patent number: 11628744Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a main control device, a sub-control device, and a temperature detection unit. The main control device includes a recognition unit that recognizes a peripheral situation of a vehicle, a driving control unit that controls steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle independently from an operation of a driver, and a mode determination unit that determines a driving mode of the vehicle. The sub-control device is capable of controlling the vehicle in place of the main control device. The temperature detection unit detects a temperature of a second battery that is different from a first battery supplying power to the main control device and supplies power to the sub-control device. The mode determination unit changes the driving mode of the vehicle from the second driving mode to the first driving mode when a temperature of the second battery is lower than a predetermined temperature.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hayahito Ukai, Takashi Tsujioka, Takehiro Horigome
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Patent number: 11603104Abstract: [Solution] A driver abnormality determination system includes circuitry configured to detect a driving operation of a driver, detect behavior of the driver's head and motion of eyeballs and/or movement of a sightline of the driver, recognize a driving scene in which the vehicle is driven; a memory that stores a sensor table of a relationship between the driving scene and detected values to be used to determine a driver abnormality; and determine the driver abnormality based on the sensor table, the driving scene, the driving operation and the behavior.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Iwase, Makoto Yoshida, Junichiro Kuwahara, Yohei Iwashita
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Patent number: 11541758Abstract: A power distribution system is provided that ensures that a car is able to operate safely in an autonomous mode. The system includes multiple power rails, including a pair of safety critical power rails. Associated with each safety critical power rail is a safety switch, vehicle sensors (e.g., vehicle location and obstacle sensors), vehicle actuators (e.g., braking and steering actuators) and an autonomous control unit. If a fault is detected during vehicle initialization or general operation, the safety switch which detected the fault opens and that particular power rail is decoupled from the general purpose power rail as well as the remaining safety critical power rail. The remaining safety critical power rail is then able to provide power to a sufficient number of sensors, actuators and controllers to allow the car to safely and autonomously complete an emergency stop on the side of the road.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Atieva, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Philippe Gauthier, Richard Biskup, Thomas Joel Huber
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Patent number: 11535251Abstract: A full speed range adaptive cruise control system for a host vehicle includes a plurality of sensors that each generate a signal, a memory that includes executable instructions and a processor that executes the executable instructions. The executable instructions enable the processor to detect a target vehicle as being stopped along a route based upon the signals from the plurality of sensors, cause the host vehicle to stop at a distance from the target vehicle, detect the target vehicle moving along the route after the host vehicle has stopped based upon the signals from the plurality of sensors, determine whether a first predetermined period of time has elapsed since the host vehicle has stopped, determine whether a first predetermined condition is satisfied if the first predetermined period of time has elapsed, and cause the host vehicle to move if the system determines that the first predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Amanpal S. Grewal, Dmitriy Feldman, Robert C. Baraszu, Chinar Dhamija
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Patent number: 11529877Abstract: A control method of vehicle handling includes determining that a driving state of a vehicle is an understeer state from an electronic stability control, determining a position of an accelerator from an accelerator position sensor in response to determining that the driving state of the vehicle is the understeer state, and controlling a motor torque of a front wheel side of the vehicle to be smaller than a motor torque of a rear wheel side of the vehicle according to the position of the accelerator.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ho Wook Lee, Sangwook Han, Jae Chang Kook
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Patent number: 11513477Abstract: A cloud-based industrial controller that controls devices, processes, and other assets of an industrial automation system via control algorithms that execute on a cloud platform is presented. A cloud-based collection component collects information from the industrial automation system via cloud gateways associated with the industrial automation system or extrinsic data sources. The cloud-based industrial controller can monitor and analyze the information, generate control instructions based on the analysis results, and communicate the control instructions to the devices, processes, and/or other assets of the industrial automation system to control operation of the industrial automation system.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Strohmenger, Jessica L. Korpela, Matthew W. Fordenwalt, Jan Pingel, Stephen L. Hickox, Douglas B. Weber
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Patent number: 11505173Abstract: A method for brake health monitoring may include sending, by a brake control unit (BCU), a brake command signal to initiate a braking maneuver, and receiving a first wheel speed signal and a second wheel speed signal corresponding to the speed of first and second wheels, respectively, during the braking maneuver. The BCU may detect that the speed of the first wheel is greater than the speed of the second wheel by a predetermined threshold, and, in response thereto, post an alert indicating a failure in a brake control component associated with the first wheel based upon the detection of the speed of the first wheel being greater than the speed of the second wheel by the predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: Marc Georgin, Paul R. Burte
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Patent number: 11472450Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a critical driving situation of at least one wheel of a rail vehicle, wherein a characteristic value of a fluctuation strength of a raw speed signal of at least one wheel is determined, and wherein, for the purpose of evaluating the driving situation, said characteristic value is compared with criteria which describe a critical driving situation. Upon detection of a critical driving situation, the method provides that an action is triggered in the rail vehicle, wherein the method is designed in such a way that it can be combined with or make use of a sensor system and processing devices as found in a modern rail vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventors: Andrea Etzbach, Ulf Friesen, Norman Kreisel
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Patent number: 11453408Abstract: In one example, a method for resolving sensor conflicts in autonomous vehicles includes monitoring conditions around the autonomous vehicle by analyzing data received from a plurality of sensors, detecting a conflict in the data received from two sensors of the plurality of sensors, sending a first instruction to an auxiliary sensor of the autonomous vehicle that is not one of the plurality of sensors, wherein the first instruction instructs the auxiliary sensor to gather additional data about the conditions around the autonomous vehicle, receiving the additional data from the auxiliary sensor, and making a decision regarding operation of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the decision is based at least in part on the additional data.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Joseph Soryal
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Patent number: 11441480Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine with a motor, having a moving machine part and at least one machine element which retains the moving machine part and is subject to wear, such as, for example, a supporting, sealing, guiding or the like retaining machine element that is subject to wear during operation relative to the moving machine part, which machine element, because of the wear, is service-life-limiting for the operation of the internal combustion engine, wherein—for the operation of the internal combustion engine, a service-life-limiting time interval until the next maintenance of the internal combustion engine is specified, and—the internal combustion engine has a number of service-life-limiting machine elements, wherein for the at least one service-life-limiting machine element a remaining service life is forecast and the service-life-limiting time interval is determined therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Rolf Pfeifer, Ion Madan, Vadzim Khakholka, Dietmar Ackermann, Patrick Stoeckle
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Patent number: 11400890Abstract: A system, the system including one or more sensors arranged to detect an area in a proximity of a vehicle and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to determine that an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off, determine that a user within the proximity of the vehicle based on data from the one or more sensors, determine that an object is approaching the vehicle based on the data, and alert the user of the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Inventors: Apeksha Nayak, Isaac Broyles, Tiffany Carter, Magnus Lassi, Oscar Paramo, James Graham, Jackson Brown, Karthikeyan Vellaichamy
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Patent number: 11396303Abstract: In a case where a first control device performs traveling control, an abnormality occurs in a first control target, and an abnormality further occurs in a first control target or a second control target, a vehicle control system executes the following processes: (A) in a case where no abnormality occurs in a first control target required for the traveling control, the first control device continues the traveling control; (B) in a case where an abnormality occurs in the first control target required for the traveling control and no abnormality occurs in the second control target required for the traveling control, the second control device executes the traveling control; and (C) in a case where an abnormality occurs in the first control target required for the traveling control and an abnormality occurs in the second control target required for the traveling control, the traveling control is limited.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Seiji Watanabe, Akihiko Aoyagi
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Patent number: 11383685Abstract: A method for operating an assistance system of a motor vehicle, with a first control unit and with a second control unit, wherein a first rotational speed sensor is connected to the first control unit for recording a rotational speed of a first wheel, wherein a second rotational speed sensor is connected to the second control unit for recording a rotational speed of a second wheel, and wherein the first control unit is coupled to the second control unit using signal technology.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Herbert Ernst
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Method for authenticating a diagnostic trouble code generated by a motor vehicle system of a vehicle
Patent number: 11361600Abstract: A method for authenticating at least one diagnostic trouble code (DTC) generated by a motor vehicle system of a vehicle. The method generates a DTC by a fault detection algorithm, stores the DTC in a volatile fault memory, generates an identity marker denoting the fault detection algorithm at the time of generation of the DTC, stores the identity marker in NVM, stores the DTC in the NVM when an ignition-off request signal is present, loads the DTC from the NVM into the volatile memory when an ignition-on request signal is present, and authenticates the DTC by the authentication data record by, initially by determining the fault detection algorithm by which the fault event was detected, subsequently this fault detection algorithm being compared with the fault detection algorithm indicated by the identity marker, and an absence of concordance resulting in a manipulation of the DTC being indicated.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventors: Scott F. Ross, Michael Gerhard Schneider -
Patent number: 11314661Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU) for vehicles is described, including memory to store encrypted data and unencrypted data; a main control unit operatively connected to memory to access unencrypted data; and a hardware encryption-decryption device operatively connected to memory to access encrypted/decrypted data for decryption using a hardware algorithm and for encryption using a hardware algorithm. Data in the memory is decrypted by the hardware encryption-decryption device using the hardware algorithm and stored in memory for use by the main control unit. Data in memory is encrypted by the hardware encryption-decryption device using the hardware algorithm for storage in memory. The main control unit and the hardware encryption-decryption device are separate integrate circuits on a same substrate or and are connected by a bus and can process data in parallel. An external bus can communicate encrypted information with the ECU to allow encrypt/decrypt at run time (on-the-fly) and wire-speed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Francisco Fons, Mariano Fons, Jose Gabriel Fernandez Banares
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Patent number: 11313421Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: an electric motor; a multi-plate clutch including a plurality of clutch plates; a pressing mechanism configured to press the multi-plate clutch; an output rotary member to which a drive force of the electric motor is transferred through the multi-plate clutch; and a control device configured to control the electric motor and the pressing mechanism. The control device is configured to control the pressing mechanism using information on the result of test operation performed while the vehicle is stationary.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Hirata, Tetsuya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11292481Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for multi vehicle sensor suite diagnosis in a motor vehicle including a receiver operative to receive a remote vehicle sensor data indicative of a location of a target, a sensor operative to collect a host vehicle sensor data indicative of the location of the target, a processor operative to generate a sensor confidence score in response to a comparison of the first remote vehicle sensor data and the host vehicle sensor data, the processor being further operative to perform an assisted driving operation in response to the sensor confidence score, and a transmitter for transmitting the host vehicle sensor data and the sensor confidence score to a first remote vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Bronson D. Patychuk, Matthew G. Adams
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Patent number: 11279340Abstract: A method for controlling an automatic hybrid transmission of the motor vehicle is disclosed, wherein the hybrid transmission has at least two engageable gear stages with different transmission ratios, and wherein at least one variable driving range, i.e., at least one specific dynamic powertrain path is engageable such that the entire output torque of the output shaft is formed from the respective drive torque of the internal combustion machine and the electric machine. Losses of comfort to the driver and/or the danger of component damage and the associated costs are reduced by checking during a stopping process, and/or during a deceleration process of the motor vehicle and a downshifting that is requested in this context whether there is a specific operating situation, and the variable driving range is engaged in the event that a specific operating situation exists.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Oliver Ludwig, Hendrik Schröder, Christian Meissner
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Patent number: 11275127Abstract: According to aspects of the disclosure, an apparatus is disclosed comprising: a controller; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the controller, the ADC including an input terminal for receiving a sensor signal from a transducer; and a diagnostic circuit coupled to the input terminal of the ADC and to the controller, the diagnostic circuit being configured to: generate a diagnostic signal that indicates whether a voltage at the input terminal of the ADC meets a first threshold, and provide the diagnostic signal to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to: receive a data sample from the ADC, detect whether the data sample meets a second threshold, and transition the apparatus into a safe state when: (i) the diagnostic signal indicates that the voltage at the input terminal does not meet the first threshold, and (ii) the data sample meets the second threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Jay M. Towne, Peter Tengstrand, Devon Fernandez
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Patent number: 11272143Abstract: A method of monitoring and verifying weather information using a weather condition detection system of a vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving weather information by a computing device within the vehicle. The weather information is verified locally at the vehicle using the computing device. Verifying the weather information includes optically verifying the weather information using a vehicle video system of the vehicle comprising a camera.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Sergei I Gage, Arata Sato
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Patent number: 11192499Abstract: A system configured to avoid a rear-cross traffic collision includes an obstacle detection unit detecting a position of an obstacle by receiving electromagnetic waves reflected off a reflection point of the obstacle; a direction estimation unit estimating a traveling direction of the obstacle on the basis of the position of the obstacle detected by the obstacle detection unit; and a collision determination unit determining possibility of a collision with the obstacle on the basis of the traveling direction of the obstacle estimated by the direction estimation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eun Seok Kang
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Patent number: 11193810Abstract: Methods and systems for validating a fluid level sensor having a floating element are provided. First readings are acquired from the fluid level sensor indicative of fluid levels sensed via the floating element during a first period of operation of the fluid level sensor. A validated range of fluid levels for the fluid level sensor is determined based on the first readings. At least one second reading is acquired from the fluid level sensor during a second period of operation, subsequent to the first period of operation. A starting position of the floating element for the second period of operation is determined based on the at least one second reading. When the starting position of the floating element is within the validated range, validating the at least one second reading.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Benjamin Bregani, Sean McCarthy
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Patent number: 11180186Abstract: Technical solutions are described for disturbance feedforward compensation technique for improving the disturbance rejection properties of a closed loop position control system. According to one or more embodiments, a steering system includes a position controller that generates a torque command based on an input rack-position command and a measured position command. Further, a disturbance estimator that estimates a rack force acting on a rack, and an adder generates an adjusted torque command by adding the rack force that is estimated into the torque command. The steering system further includes an actuator that positions the rack according to the adjusted torque command.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: Prerit Pramod, Kai Zheng, Mariam Swetha George, Tejas M. Varunjikar
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Patent number: 11169521Abstract: Provided are a safety control system and method for an autonomous vehicle. The safety control system includes a sensor installed in a vehicle and including at least a camera and a light detection and ranging (LiDAR), a main domain control unit (DCU) configured to control autonomous driving from an origin to a destination on the basis of various kinds of information transferred through communication with the sensor, and a redundancy DCU configured to ensure safety of the vehicle by performing a safety function when an event occurs in the autonomous driving due to a fault of the main DCU. According to this configuration, the main DCU and the redundancy DCU are provided, and thus it is possible to simultaneously ensure a fully autonomous driving function and a system safety control function.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Mando CorporationInventor: Min Woo Park
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Patent number: 11163309Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomous navigation includes, at an autonomous vehicle: recording a first image via a first sensor and a second image via a second sensor during a scan cycle; calculating a first field of view of the first sensor and a second field of view of the second sensor during the scan cycle based on surfaces represented in the first and second images; characterizing a spatial redundancy between the first sensor and the second sensor based on an overlap of the first and second fields of view; in response to the spatial redundancy remaining below a threshold redundancy, disabling execution of a first navigational action—action informed by presence of external objects within a first region of a scene around the autonomous vehicle spanning the overlap—by the autonomous vehicle; and autonomously executing navigational actions, excluding the first navigational action, following the scan cycle.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventors: Kah Seng Tay, Joel Pazhayampallil, Brody Huval
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Patent number: 11150652Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle is initially operated in a piloted or fully autonomous driving mode by a driver assistance device. Piloting data is provided by a control device of the motor vehicle, which describes at least one operating parameter of a motor vehicle system of the motor vehicle or the surroundings of the motor vehicle, and are navigation data. It is checked whether a totality of the provided piloting data meets a piloting condition, which stipulates a minimum requirement for the totality of the provided piloting data for implementing the piloted or fully autonomous driving mode. Upon failure to meet the piloting condition, an abort of the driving mode is determined and a driving situation signal is generated, which describes the piloting data and this signal is transmitted to a communication unit of a motor vehicle-external server device.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Nicholas Schmitt, Stefan Maiwald
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Patent number: 11145144Abstract: Disclosed is a work vehicle management system including: a battery work information generation unit that generates battery work information indicating a use state of a battery during work of a work vehicle; a battery deterioration information generation unit that chronologically diagnoses the battery work information to generate battery deterioration information that indicates a deterioration trend of the battery that is unique to the work vehicle; and a notification unit that performs notification of the battery deterioration information to a manager of the work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Manji, Hirokazu Ito
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Patent number: 11061400Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle makes the vehicle travel without depending on operation of a shift operation apparatus by a driver, even in a case where a detection abnormality by which a shift operation position of the shift operation apparatus becomes indefinite has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koki Ueno
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Patent number: 11010148Abstract: An application installation device, which is connected to a plurality of electronic control units, receives (i) a first application to be installed and (ii) application usage information indicating a second application used by the first application, while storing existing application information indicating an existing application installed in each of the plurality of electronic control units. In response to determining that the second application is included as the existing application based on the existing application information, a determined electronic control unit in which the first application and the second application are enabled to be installed is determined as an installation destination of the first application among the plurality of electronic control units. The first application is transmitted to the determined electronic control unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroyuki Dosho
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Patent number: 10963357Abstract: Various embodiments include a control device for a vehicle with an internal fault monitoring circuit comprising: a safe computing unit executing a monitoring function for monitoring the safe computing unit and the monitoring function; and an unsafe computing unit executing the monitoring function. Monitoring the monitoring function of the safe computing unit changing the operation of the monitoring function of the safe computing unit to induce faults in the monitoring function of the unsafe computing unit. The monitoring function of the unsafe computing unit detects the induced faults in the operation of the monitoring function of the safe computing unit and reports the induced faults to the monitoring of the monitoring function of the safe computing unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventor: Frank Reichenbach
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Patent number: 10946867Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system such that functions of a vehicle control system can be quickly reconfigured. The present invention is a processing device connected to at least one processing device, wherein during a period in which the one processing device executes a control operation on the basis of a control program installed in the one processing device, the processing device acquires a substitute program for the control program. In another aspect, the present invention is an on-board control system equipped with multiple processing devices, wherein during a period in which one processing device among the multiple processing devices executes a control operation on the basis of a control program installed in the one processing device, another processing device acquires a substitute program for the program in the one processing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Otsuka, Kohei Sakurai, Tasuku Ishigooka