Vehicle Subsystem Or Accessory Control Patents (Class 701/36)
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Patent number: 11738804Abstract: A system can train a vehicle electronically to accommodate a driver. The system can train the vehicle to accommodate the ability, condition, and/or personality of the driver. The system can change the controls of the vehicle, responsive to the inputs from the driver, to match with the patterns of controls resulting from a predetermined model (such as a safe-driver model). Accordingly, the vehicle can appear as it is being driven by a safe driver when it may not be the case. A driver with a lower driving competence may apply physical controls in a pattern that may be slow, unstable, or insufficient. However, the vehicle can be trained to adjust the transformation from the UI signals to the drive-by-wire signals such that the transformed signals appear to be applied by a more competent driver on the road. And, the transformation can improve over time with training via machine learning.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Junichi Sato
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Patent number: 11738760Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus configured to calculate a center of gravity six-component; calculate a tire three-component of each wheel for two or more wheels of a vehicle imposing a constraint on each wheel expressed as an inequality corresponding to upper and lower limits of the tire three-component; apply the constraint based on whether the constraint is valid or invalid for each of the wheels based on a predetermined optimum-condition for obtaining an optimum-solution under the constraint, and calculating an optimum-solution of the tire three-component of each wheel by performing a tentative-optimum-solution-calculation one or more times until the predetermined optimum-condition is satisfied; and store an application-state of the constraint when the optimum-solution satisfying the predetermined optimum-condition is obtained, and calculate the optimum-solution of the tire three-component of each wheel by using a stored value of the application-state of the constraint, in the next calculation of the optimum-sType: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Etsuo Katsuyama, Manabu Nagasaka
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Patent number: 11738751Abstract: A speed control device sets a target speed of the own vehicle to a basic speed that is a set speed set in advance or sets the target speed of the own vehicle to a basic speed that is a speed equal to or less than the set speed in which a distance to a preceding vehicle is maintained at a predetermined distance or more when there is a preceding vehicle. The speed control device sets the target speed of the own vehicle to a correction speed instead of the basic speed when the speed control device determines that an adjacent lane is congested and a speed difference between the speed of the own vehicle and an average speed or a lowest speed of another vehicle in the adjacent lane is equal to or more than a first reference value.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chiemi Noguchi
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Patent number: 11738630Abstract: A vehicle drive device uses in-wheel motors to drive a vehicle and includes in-wheel motors that are provided in wheels of a vehicle and drive the wheels, a body side motor that is provided in a body of the vehicle and drives the wheels, and a controller that controls the in-wheel motors and the body side motor based on requested output power of a driver, in which the controller causes the body side motor to generate a driving force and the in-wheel motors not to generate driving forces when the requested output power of the driver is less than predetermined output power and the controller causes the body side motor and the in-wheel motors to generate driving forces when the requested output power of the driver is equal to or more than the predetermined output power.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Toda, Seiyo Hirano, Kei Yonemori, Hideki Sanai
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Patent number: 11734968Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to systems and methods for determining an actionable event associated with a vehicle. The systems and methods can determine the event based on vehicle diagnostic data, and can report the event to a user via an appropriate interface. The systems and methods can also determine a recommended action to address the event, and can facilitate completion of the action upon approval by the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventor: Haris Ramic
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Patent number: 11724741Abstract: Disclosed is a system of providing a parking guidance service of a vehicle including a sensor unit including a plurality of sensors configured to sense an environment around the vehicle and a parking space, a database unit configured to store parking pattern data of a driver, a controller configured to determine a parking difficulty of the parking space based on information sensed by the sensor unit and parking pattern data of the driver, stored in the database unit, and an output unit configured to provide information on the parking difficulty of the parking space, determined by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Il Gyu Lee
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Patent number: 11718249Abstract: Control methods and systems including a smart vehicle, a smart mobile device including a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that may cause a system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor: use the smart mobile device to automatically control functionality of smart features of the smart vehicle based on an applied control logic and environmental inputs and/or use the smart mobile device to automatically control a wireless routing selection between a local area network associated with the smart vehicle and a remote wide area network based on an application tool switch logic.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.Inventors: Ciprian R. Sandu, Jason T. Kriesel, McKay R. Featherstone, Edward Brady, Steven Hileman
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Patent number: 11722761Abstract: A dashboard camera device including: an imaging section configured to image rearward from a self-vehicle; a recording section configured to record a video image captured by the imaging section; a headlight-flashing detection section configured to detect illumination and blinking of a headlight of a following vehicle traveling behind the self-vehicle; and a control section configured to determine a headlight-flashing threshold value based on a travel environment of the self-vehicle, the headlight-flashing threshold value being a threshold value for a change in light intensity caused by blinking of the headlight of the following vehicle as detected by the headlight-flashing detection section, and, in a case in which a change in light intensity, due to blinking of the headlight of the following vehicle, has exceeded the headlight-flashing threshold value, the control section causes the recording section to record the video image captured by the imaging section.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohito Higuma, Yohei Satomi
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Patent number: 11707657Abstract: Disclosed is a golf-shot-tracking-self-driving-path central controlling system, comprising a predetermined-paths-determining module, a golf-ball-next-shot-location determining module and a path driving controlling module, to centrally control each of a plurality of golf-shot-tracking fairway-self-driving golf carts to drive in one of a plurality of predetermined paths or shift among the plurality of predetermined paths.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: SUNRISE RESORT, INC.Inventor: Yuh-Rong Hsu
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Patent number: 11708079Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling at least one drive assistance system of a motor vehicle, a device for carrying out the steps of this method and a system including such a device. The disclosure also relates to a motor vehicle including such a device or such a system.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventor: Romeo Wieczorek
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Patent number: 11709581Abstract: A device for controlling the activation/deactivation of at least one function performed by electronic equipment of a vehicle comprises a screen able to display a first menu for activating/deactivating said functions, the first, menu including a plurality of displayed elements comprising, for at least one of the functions, a state of the function chosen from an activated state, a deactivated state and an unavailable state, the device comprising selection means for selecting and activating at least one displayed element, wherein, when the state of a function is the unavailable state, the first menu is designed to display an element associated with said unavailable function and the selection of which makes it possible to display an unavailability window containing unavailability information regarding the unavailable state.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: PSA AUTOMOBILES SAInventors: Stephane Feron, Romain Mottier, Ghislain De Frescheville, Kevin Anne, Audrey Nielot
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Patent number: 11708026Abstract: A vehicular rear backup system includes a rear backup digital camera disposed at a vehicle and a display device having a video display screen disposed in an interior cabin of the vehicle and viewable by the driver of the vehicle. Rear backup video images that are derived from image data captured by the rear backup digital camera are displayed on the video display screen no later than two seconds after the driver of the vehicle first changes propulsion of the vehicle during a new ignition cycle to reverse mode to commence a first backup event. Until the first backup event is completed, the video display screen displays rear backup video images. During a backup event of the vehicle, image data captured by the rear backup digital camera is provided to and is processed by an image processor of the system to detect presence of an object rearward of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Niall R. Lynam
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Patent number: 11699250Abstract: A method for low visibility driving includes receiving image data from a visible-light camera. The image data includes an image of an area in front of a vehicle. The method includes receiving sensor data from an object-detecting sensor. The object-detecting sensor is configured to detect an object in front of the vehicle. The sensor data includes information about the object in front of the vehicle. The method further includes detecting the object in front of the vehicle using the sensor data received from the object-detecting sensor and determining whether the visible-light camera is unable to detect the object in front of the vehicle that was detected by the object-detecting sensor. The method further includes commanding a display to generate a virtual image using the sensor data to identify the object in front of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Morgan Lee McCann, Joseph F. Szczerba, John P. Weiss, Kai-Han Chang, Thomas A. Seder
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Patent number: 11700677Abstract: Disclosed is a driving circuit for a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamp, the LED lamp containing the driving circuit and a method for operating the driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Pan Yao, Wei Rong, Jie Gao, Bin Li
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Patent number: 11697420Abstract: A method evaluates a degree of fatigue of a vehicle occupant in a vehicle. A number of first fatigue indicators is provided which are determined according to computation rules from a plurality of first sensor values and each represent a degree of fatigue of the vehicle occupant. The first sensor values represent measured values of the vehicle and/or measured values relating to a current journey. A first metadata record is associated with each of the number of first fatigue indicators, wherein the first metadata records represent information about the characteristics of the sensors. The first sensor values are processed in the respective first fatigue indicators. A number of second fatigue indicators is provided which are determined according to computation rules from one or more second sensor values and each represent a degree of fatigue of the vehicle occupant. The second sensor values represent physiological and/or physical parameters of the vehicle occupants.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Florian Bade, Moritz Blume, Martin Buchner, Carsten Isert, Julia Niemann, Michael Wolfram, Joris Wolters
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Patent number: 11691688Abstract: The present application discloses systems and methods to present information to recreational vehicle riders and to provide customizable visual information to recreational vehicle riders. The present application further discloses systems and methods to connect and transmit audio information between a driver portable communication device and a driver audio interface device through the recreational vehicle and audio information between a passenger portable communication device and a passenger audio interface device.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLCInventors: Adam C. Koosmann, Ryan P. Lenton
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Patent number: 11685429Abstract: A steering control device includes: an absolute steering angle detecting unit configured to detect an absolute steering angle; and a current command value calculating unit configured to calculate a current command value corresponding to a target value of the motor torque output from the motor. The current command value calculating unit is configured to perform partial release control for decreasing a correction value of the current command value due to execution of the end contact relaxation control when a vehicle is tried to be turned at the time of execution of the end contact relaxation control. The current command value calculating unit is configured to stop the partial release control when the current command value which is calculated at the time of execution of the partial release control is a value which is not affected by decreasing the correction value based on execution of the partial release control.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Yamaguchi, Takahiro Toko, Nobuaki Kataoka, Yukinobu Ezaki
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Patent number: 11679717Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a haptic system, the haptic system comprising at least one actuator and at least one haptic control device adapted to control the at least one actuator and to provide haptic feedback to a user, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining, from a feedback computational model, modelled feedback data, obtaining, from a feedback estimator, estimated feedback data based on measurement data determined from measurement made on the haptic system, overlaying the modelled feedback data and the estimated feedback data to generate blended feedback data, and providing the blended feedback data to control the haptic feedback to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Tushar Chugh, Fredrik Bruzelius, David Dahlgren
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Patent number: 11681289Abstract: A vehicle includes a permission unit configured to permit a remote operation using a remote operation device outside the vehicle, a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the remote operation device, information on surroundings of the subject vehicle acquired from sensors, a receiving unit configured to receive a remote operation signal that is input by an operator outside the vehicle via the remote operation device, a travel control unit configured to remotely drive the vehicle based on the remote operation signal, and a replacement reception unit configured to, while the vehicle is remotely driven, receive an instruction from an occupant to replace the operator.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Nozaki, Tatsuya Matsunami, Takashi Hayashi, Tomoya Makino, Yohei Tanigawa
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Patent number: 11669936Abstract: A vehicle-related output program causes a computer to execute: a first receiving step of receiving a vehicle identification information piece transmitted from a vehicle; a second receiving step of receiving a vehicle state information piece transmitted from the vehicle; a calculating step of generating, as an output information piece, a result of predetermined calculation performed based on the vehicle state information piece, the predetermined calculation changing depending on a type indicated by the vehicle identification information piece; and an outputting step of outputting the output information piece.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Hisato Tokunaga, Hirotoshi Shimura, Hisanosuke Kawada, Toshiyuki Tsubone, Masanori Kinuhata
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Patent number: 11667171Abstract: A method and system for estimating surface roughness of a ground for an off-road vehicle to control steering of a vehicle, an implement, or both, comprises detecting motion data of an off-road vehicle traversing a field or work site during a sampling interval. A first sensor is adapted to detect pitch data of the off-road vehicle for the sampling interval to obtain a pitch acceleration. A second sensor is adapted to detect roll data of the off-road vehicle for the sampling interval to obtain a roll acceleration. An electronic data processor or surface roughness index module determines or estimates a surface roughness index based on the detected motion data, pitch data and roll data for the sampling interval. The surface roughness index can be displayed on the graphical display to a user or operator of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Christopher D. Birkland, Tyler D. Schleicher
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Patent number: 11667304Abstract: While operating a vehicle, a candidate marker is detected via first image data from a first image sensor. Upon failing to identify the candidate marker, vehicle exterior lighting is actuated to illuminate the candidate marker. Then the candidate marker is determined to be one of a real marker or a projected marker based on determining whether the candidate marker is detected via second image data from the first image sensor. Upon determining the candidate marker is the real marker, the vehicle is operated based on the real marker.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Xingping Chen, Jeremy Lerner, Mohammad Abouali, Scott Huggins, Navid Tafaghodi Khajavi
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Patent number: 11663857Abstract: Disclosed are methods and control systems for communicating with a vehicle, where the vehicle comprises: a vehicle internal system; an add-on system arranged in the vehicle after manufacture of the vehicle; and an internal communication unit configured for communication with a vehicle external communication unit. The method comprises: configuring an add-on interface, the add-on interface being arranged in said vehicle as an interface between the vehicle internal system and the add-on system, by defining: at least one function of the add-on interface; and at least a signaling format to be used by the internal communication unit for the communication with the vehicle external communication unit; creating an immutable and unique identifier ID related to the configuration of the add-on interface; and communicating, using the internal communication unit and the immutable and unique identifier ID, with the vehicle external communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Scania CVABInventors: Alexander Saers, Johan Aneros
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Patent number: 11654916Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether a fellow passenger is included in occupants of a vehicle, when the fellow passenger is included in the occupants, acquire information relating to a driver of the vehicle and information relating to the fellow passenger, estimate a relationship between the driver and the fellow passenger based on the acquired information, and select a control relating to traveling of the vehicle according to the relationship.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Tokita
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Patent number: 11654936Abstract: A configuration for controlling safe switching of automatic driving and manual driving includes a driver information acquisition unit that acquires driver information of a movement device such as an automobile, an environmental information acquisition unit that acquires environmental information of the movement device, and a safety determination unit that receives, as an input, the driver information and the environmental information, and learns and calculates a safety index value indicating whether or not a driver in the movement device during automatic driving is in a state of being able to perform safe manual driving. The safety determination unit further estimates a manual driving recovery available time including a time required until the driver in the movement device during the automatic driving becomes able to start the safe manual driving.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Eiji Oba
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Patent number: 11648956Abstract: A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a radar assembly disposed in a cabin of a vehicle and operable to capture radar data. The radar assembly is housed in an interior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle and includes at least one radar transmit antenna that is operable to transmit radar waves and at least one radar receive antenna that is operable to receive radar waves. A control includes a data processor for processing radar data captured by the radar assembly. The control, via processing at the data processor of radar data captured by the radar assembly, detects movement of a body part of an occupant present in the cabin of the vehicle. The control, responsive to detecting movement of the body part of the occupant in the cabin of the vehicle, generates a control command associated with at least one operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Stephen J. Caron, Wassim Rafrafi
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Patent number: 11648932Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes a coupling determiner that determines whether a towed vehicle is coupled to a towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle can be coupled; a target setter that sets a target moving position to be a target for moving at least the towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; a storing controller that stores, as a moving target image, an image, including the target moving position, of a peripheral image generated by as imager provided at the towing vehicle; and an image controller that displays the stored moving target image in association with the towing vehicle or the towed vehicle included in a current image generated by the imager and currently displayed on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Takayuki Nakasho, Itsuko Fukushima
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Patent number: 11639162Abstract: A vehicle hill descent control system and method for controlling a vehicle during a hill descent receives inputs from an accelerator pedal position sensor and a brake pedal sensor. The method controls the engine drivetrain system to engine idling and controls the braking control system to maintain vehicle speed by increasing braking torque to minimize or offset a vehicle speed increase due to gravity. In vehicle hill descent mode, when a vehicle user actuates the accelerator pedal, the engine idling does not change. Instead, the electronic control unit operates to decrease braking torque so the vehicle speed is increased.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Labiba Quaiyum
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Patent number: 11639112Abstract: A method for fusing various sensor data of a vehicle within the scope of an object identification (OI). At least one identification feature (IF) detected by a first sensor (FS) and at least one IF detected by a second sensor (SS) for identifying at least one object in the vehicle's surroundings are received. In the task, at least one IF detected by the SS for inspecting the OI is received, the IF detected by the FS and the IF detected by the SS each representing a first measured variable (MV) and the IF detected by the SS representing a second MV independent of the first MV. In a further task, the IF detected by the FS is linked to the IF detected by the SS to generate a feature linkage. In a third task, the plausibility of the feature linkage is checked using the IF detected by the SS.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Zerong Yu
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Patent number: 11640729Abstract: A sound output device provided in a vehicle includes: an obtainer that obtains a drive state of the vehicle; a generator that generates a simulated vehicle sound signal based on the drive state obtained; an outputter that outputs the simulated vehicle sound signal generated; a determiner that determines that a first wheel of the vehicle is free spinning when the drive state obtained suddenly changes; and a corrector that corrects the simulated vehicle sound signal generated based on the drive state that has suddenly changed, when the determiner determines that the first wheel is free spinning. The outputter outputs the simulated vehicle sound signal corrected.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Takao Sakakibara
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Patent number: 11639142Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller powered by a controller power source independent from a vehicle power supply, programmed to responsive to detecting an in-vehicle network wakeup initiated by an electronic controller unit (ECU) requesting to communicate during a vehicle OFF state, record an ECU communication via the in-vehicle network; and responsive to detecting a vehicle ON state, send the recorded ECU communication to a server.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brian David Tillman, Jaafar Abbass, Paul Anthon Mueller
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Patent number: 11634071Abstract: A trailer sideswipe avoidance system for a vehicle towing a trailer is disclosed. The trailer sideswipe avoidance system includes a sensor system configured to detect objects in an operating environment of the vehicle. The trailer sideswipe avoidance system may include a controller that processes information received from the sensor system to determine whether the object detected in the operating environment of the vehicle is in the travel path of the towed trailer. A visual display displays a trailer collision alert zone and a trailer collision avoidance zone. The position of the trailer collision avoidance zone on the visual display relative to the position of the trailer collision alert zone on the visual display directionally corresponds with a collision avoidance steering angle of the vehicle relative to a current steering angle of the vehicle when the controller determines that the object is in the travel path of the towed trailer.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Chenhao Ma, Steven Ivanics, Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Luke Niewiadomski, Bo Bao
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Patent number: 11608071Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a three-dimensional object detecting unit, an oncoming vehicle detecting unit, and an erroneous detection determination unit. The three-dimensional object detecting unit detects a three-dimensional object provided between a travel lane in which a host vehicle travels and an opposite lane in which an oncoming vehicle travels. The oncoming vehicle detecting unit detects the oncoming vehicle traveling in the opposite lane. The erroneous detection determination unit determine that the oncoming vehicle detected by the oncoming vehicle detecting unit has been erroneously detected when the oncoming vehicle detected by the oncoming vehicle detecting unit is present within a threshold range from the three-dimensional object detected by the three-dimensional object detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Yuta Fukunaga
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Patent number: 11609988Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for malicious behavior detection in processing chains comprising identifying and monitoring events generated by a first process executing on a computing device; storing snapshots of data modified by any of the events; determining a level of suspicion for the first process, wherein the level of suspicion is a likelihood of the first process being attributed to malware based on the data modified by any of the events; in response to determining that the first process is not trusted based on the determined level of suspicion, identifying at least one sub-process of the first process; and restoring, from the snapshots, objects affected by the first process and the at least one sub-process.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Acronis International GmbHInventors: Vladimir Strogov, Vyacheslav Levchenko, Serguei Beloussov, Sergey Ulasen, Stanislav Protasov
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Patent number: 11590892Abstract: A work vehicle display system utilized in piloting a work vehicle includes a display device having a display screen, a context camera mounted to the work vehicle and positioned to capture a context camera feed of the work vehicle's exterior environment, and a controller architecture. The controller architecture is configured to: (i) receive the context camera feed from the context camera; (ii) generate a visually-manipulated context view utilizing the context camera feed; and (iii) output the visually-manipulated context view to the display device for presentation on the display screen. In the process of generating the visually-manipulated context view, the controller architecture applies a dynamic distortion-perspective (D/P) modification effect to the context camera feed, while gradually adjusting a parameter of the dynamic D/P modification effect in response to changes in operator viewing preferences or in response to changes in a current operating condition of the work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Rachel Bruflodt, Giovanni A. Wuisan
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Patent number: 11590963Abstract: A vehicle includes a brake device; a storage configured to store a first setting value and a second setting value having a smaller magnitude than the first setting value; a communicator configured to receive an automatic parking signal; a detector configured to detect at least one of an object or whether the vehicle is in contact with the object; and a controller configured to control the brake device based on a detection result of the detector and the first setting value, and to control the brake device based on the detection result and the second setting value when the automatic parking signal is received.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Sanguk Chu
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Patent number: 11590823Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a vehicle includes an air conditioning device. An input device is provided to receive a selection input of a user with respect to a blowing position of the air conditioning device and including a first input area, a second input area and a third input area for outputting an activation mark or a deactivation mark by the selection input, A controller is configured to control output of an activation mark or a deactivation mark of the first input area, the second input area and the third input area.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jungmo Kwak, Dong Won Yeon, Myung Jun Kim
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Patent number: 11585554Abstract: A user interface for operating the air conditioner of a vehicle is disclosed. The user interface includes a display apparatus configured to receive a user input for the air conditioner, and a controller configured to output activation indication and deactivation indication in multiple areas of the vehicle in response to the user input and a time point, and control the display apparatus to change the activation indication and deactivation indication.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jungmo Kwak, Myung Jun Kim, Dong Won Yeon, UiJin Jeong
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Patent number: 11586159Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle system is provided that includes a sensor, a memory, and a processor. The sensor is configured to at least facilitate obtaining vehicle data pertaining to one or more conditions of the vehicle. The memory is configured to at least facilitate storing historical data pertaining to a user's operation of the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the sensor and the memory, and is configured to at least facilitate: (i) generating one or more predictions of one or more needs for the user, using the vehicle data and the historical data as inputs for a machine learning model; and (ii) providing instructions to implement a vehicle action that accomplishes the one or more needs for the user based on the generated predictions via the machine learning model.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kunal Jaggi, Anurag Goyal, Bhargavi Sarma
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Patent number: 11584278Abstract: A seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes a trim cover having a seating surface and a plurality of individually-controllable massage elements underlying the trim cover. Each of the plurality of individually-controllable massage elements has a surface facing the trim cover, wherein at least a portion of the surface includes a heating layer selectively configured to generate heat.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, LLCInventors: Shaun D. Tait, Anne-Isabelle Mallet-Da Costa
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Patent number: 11584251Abstract: A method for displaying charge and gain energy by a vehicle solar roof system is provided. The method includes determining whether the vehicle is in a parking or driving mode based on whether the vehicle key is turned on or off when the solar roof system installed in the vehicle operates. A corresponding consumed energy is calculated by determining whether the solar roof system charges the auxiliary battery or the main battery. The consumed energy is displayed in the cluster of the vehicle and booting is performed when the key is turned on in the parking mode and displayed when the key is turned off in the driving mode. The consumed energy is calculated based on efficiency of a charge amount of the auxiliary battery or the main battery and a gain fuel amount is changed based on the charge amount and calculated due to the saved energy.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jung-Soo Park, Seung-Wan Son, Kyu-Jin Lee, Dong-Jun Shin
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Patent number: 11576613Abstract: Devices, apparatuses, and systems configured to assist in the location of an ABTT terminus and then to measure the temperature of the ABTT terminus.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp.Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
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Patent number: 11578690Abstract: A system for use with a block heater connected to an engine for pre-start heating of the engine. The system includes a power source, a relay assembly coupled to the power source, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The relay assembly, when closed, electrically connects the power source to the block heater, to thereby energize the block heater to heat the engine. The temperature sensor senses an ambient temperature indicative of a temperature of the engine. The controller is programmed to selectively activate the relay assembly to energize the block heater such that the engine coupled to the block heater is heated from the sensed ambient temperature to a target temperature at approximately a target time.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Energy Insight Technologies LLCInventor: Robert Springer
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Patent number: 11577578Abstract: This disclosure describes vehicle climate control systems and methods for more intelligently controlling an occupant comfort level within a vehicle interior in a manner that minimizes energy usage of the vehicle. The climate control system may be automatically controlled in an economical mode (i.e., ECO mode) when certain vehicle conditions are met. For example, the decision to activate the ECO mode of the climate control system may be a function of one or more variables including, but not limited to, vehicle speed, vehicle speed differentials, ambient temperatures, temperature differentials, battery state of charge, predicted low battery state of charge, etc.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Michael Blischke, Hussein Berry, Katherine Howard-Cone
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Predictive, preventative and conditional maintenance method and system for commercial vehicle fleets
Patent number: 11574508Abstract: A computer-based method for predicting vehicle component failures from a fleet of vehicles and taking corrective action. The method includes receiving maintenance data regarding a vehicle component, receiving from a vehicle's telemetry device, sensor data for the vehicle component. obtaining manufacturer's recommended service data for the vehicle component, the maintenance data, the sensor data, and the manufacturer's recommended service data collectively forming vehicle component data, comparing the stored vehicle component data to a statistical behavioral model for the vehicle component to produce vehicle component comparative data, and applying the vehicle component comparative data to a predictive maintenance algorithm for the vehicle component to predict a date of failure of the vehicle component.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Inventor: David A. Stringfield -
Patent number: 11572077Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques to implement a vehicle action using a distributed model distributed across the vehicle and a remote node. A local portion of the distributed model at the vehicle may generate a local output model based on vehicle event data collected at the vehicle. The local output model may be sent from the vehicle at a first location to the remote node at a second location. The remote node may generate a remote output model based on the local output model using the remote portion of the distributed model. The vehicle action may be determined based on inspecting a reconstructed version of the vehicle event data included in the remote output model. The determined vehicle action may be implemented at the vehicle. The distributed model may facilitate the transmission of vehicle event data across multiple locations while securing the transmission of personally-identifiable information.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Ming Li, Suchitra Sathyanarayana
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Patent number: 11572061Abstract: A system for controlling a remote smart parking assist (RSPA) system is provided. The system includes an engine control unit (ECU) that is configured to operate an engine and an RSPA controller that is configured to receive vehicle state information from the ECU regarding whether or not a vehicle system error occurs and, if an error occurs, whether or not the error is an error in which a vehicle is possible to be driven. The RSPA controller is further configured to transmit torque request information to the ECU when the vehicle system error is an error in which the vehicle is possible to be driven.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sun-Young Park, Oh-Eun Kwon
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Patent number: 11575082Abstract: A structure includes an oriented piezoelectric polymer arranged in a circular tubular or circular columnar shape, wherein the orientation angle of the piezoelectric polymer with respect to the central axis of the structure is 15° to 75°, the piezoelectric polymer includes a crystalline polymer having an absolute value of 0.1 to 1000 pC/N for the piezoelectric constant d14 when the orientation axis is the third axis, and the piezoelectric polymer includes a P-body containing a crystalline polymer with a positive piezoelectric constant d14 value and an N-body containing a crystalline polymer with a negative value, wherein for the portion of the central axis of the structure having a length of 1 cm, the value of T1/T2 is 0 to 0.8, T1 being the smaller and T2 being the larger of (ZP+SN) and (SP+ZN), where ZP, SP, ZN, and SN are particularly defined masses.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, KANSAI UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshiro Tajitsu, Shunsuke Kanematsu, Yuhei Ono
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Patent number: 11571969Abstract: A method, system and non-transitory computer readable medium for suppressing autonomous vehicle external human machine interface (eHMI) notifications to prevent confusion or distraction of a road user. The suppression conditions are based on situations where the eHMI notification is redundant, not necessary, can be simplified or should be modified due to weather or light intensity. The eHMI notifications can be suppressed on selected displays and enhanced on others. The eHMI notifications can include text and icons, flashing lights, color or light patterns, which can be modified or suppressed based on the determination that the eHMI notification will confuse or distract the road user. At a four-way stop intersection, the eHMI notification can be suppressed until the autonomous vehicle has the right-of-way. The autonomous vehicle can form a mesh network with connected vehicles at the intersection and broadcast a group eHMI while requesting that the connected vehicles suppress their eHMIs.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Joshua E. Domeyer, Benjamin P. Austin, John K. Lenneman
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Patent number: 11574541Abstract: An information processing device has an obtaining unit, a controller, and a giving unit. The obtaining unit can obtain vehicle information. The controller creates first warning information when the passability of a road in the vehicle information indicates non-passable. The controller creates recovery information when the passability of the road at the same position in the vehicle information indicates passable, after creation of the first warning information. The giving unit gives the recovery information.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirofumi Momose, Hideto Fujishima, Naoki Kurokawa, Yuki Tao, Yasuhisa Obata, Hiroki Iida