Abstract: An information processing device and an information processing method determine a vehicle to be allocated to a user based on a vehicle allocation request from an information terminal operated by a user, calculate an accuracy of a position of the information terminal based on a position data indicating the position of an information terminal, extract a waiting point that is a candidate for a point where the user and the vehicle meet, based on the position data, and transmit the waiting point to the information terminal. Here, a number of waiting points extracted when the accuracy is low is greater than a number of waiting points extracted when the accuracy is high.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a communication unit mounted on a moving object and communicates directly with the moving object and another moving object or communicates indirectly with the moving object and the another moving object via a fixed and non-moving communication device; and a controller configured to control the direct communication and the indirect communication performed by the communication unit. The controller is configured to: determine a priority of a message generated by the moving object based on information requiring attention of the another moving object; select at least one of the direct communication or the indirect communication based on the determined priority; and transmit the message by the selected at least one of the direct communication or the indirect communication.

Abstract: A strainer has an inlet for oil; a filter through which the oil that has flowed in from the inlet passes from inside to outside; a first supply port for supplying, to a first oil pump, the oil that has passed through the filter; a second supply port for supplying, to an intermittently driven second oil pump, the oil that has passed through the filter. The second supply port is located more upward than the first supply port; and the filter has a region located below the second supply port.

Abstract: A repair site transmission device is configured to: store a registered site registered based on information acquired from a vehicle or a user of the vehicle; receive an input of data indicating an abnormal level associated with a predetermined abnormality of the vehicle; acquire repair site data of a repair site where a part of the vehicle in which the predetermined abnormality is detected is to be repaired or to be replaced; and transmit the acquired repair site data to an external device. An inventory status of a replacement part for the target part or a reservation status of the repair site is acquired. The repair site data is acquired according to the abnormal level and the inventory status or the reservation status.

Abstract: When a vehicle accelerates due to an upshifting of a transmission, a recirculation valve is opened and ignition period is retarded so that the torque generated in an internal combustion engine decreases. When upshifting of the transmission of the vehicle is completed, retarding of the ignition period is ended and the recirculation valve is closed at different timings. As a result, the amount of torque recovery at the end of the upshifting of the transmission of the vehicle can be prevented from increasing more than expected, and the acceleration rate after the shift can be reduced.

Abstract: A vehicle tailgate adapter assembly includes a vehicle tailgate module, a plurality of first fasteners and an adapter plate. The vehicle tailgate module has a plurality of openings. The adapter plate has a plurality of first openings that correspond to the openings of the tailgate. The first openings and the openings of the tailgate receiving the first fasteners therethrough when the adapter plate is installed to the tailgate. The adapter plate has a plurality of second openings arranged to be offset of the first openings.

Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a vehicle body structure, a first door, a second door and a support assembly. The vehicle body structure has a wall portion that defines a door opening. The support assembly is fixed to the wall portion proximate the door opening and has at least one pair of tracks with door support devices and a motorized door mechanism. The door support devices independently support the first door and the second door for movement along the at least one pair of tracks and the motorized door mechanism is configured to raise and lower the door support devices along with the first door and the second door from respective closed orientations covering corresponding sections of the door opening and open orientations exposing the corresponding sections of the door opening.

Abstract: An in-vehicle fuel cell system, including a fuel cell, and an auxiliary machine configured to exchange a gas with the fuel cell, the in-vehicle fuel system including an auxiliary machine structure configured to accommodate the auxiliary machine, wherein the fuel cell includes a first fuel cell fixed to an upper surface of the auxiliary machine structure and a second fuel cell fixed to a lower surface of the auxiliary machine structure, the auxiliary machine structure is disposed at substantially the same position in a height direction as a skeleton member of a vehicle body, and the first fuel cell and the second fuel cell are fixed to the skeleton member via the auxiliary machine structure.

Abstract: A control method for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The hybrid vehicle includes: a power generator that charges a battery using power of an engine; an electric motor that drives a driving wheel by electric power of the battery; a particulate filter that collects particulate matters contained in exhaust gas from the engine. In the control method, electric power is supplied from the battery to the power generator to perform a motoring operation of rotating the engine by the power generator to supply air to the particulate filter when particulate matters of a first predetermined amount or more are accumulated in the particulate filter. And motoring operation is prohibited even if the particulate filter is accumulated with particulate matters of the first predetermined amount or more when a predetermined first condition that a driver does not intend a motoring operation is satisfied.

Abstract: Detecting prediction errors includes detecting a road user; determining respective predicted data for the road user; storing, in a data structure, the respective predicted data; storing, in the data structure, actual data of the road user; obtaining an average prediction displacement error using at least one of the actual data and at least two corresponding respective predicted data; and determining a prediction accuracy based on the average prediction displacement error. Detecting map errors includes detecting a road user; storing, in a data structure, actual data of the road user; storing, in the data structure, map data corresponding to the actual data; obtaining an average map displacement error based on a comparison of at least some of the actual data and corresponding at least some map data; and determining a map accuracy based on the average map displacement error.

Abstract: A control device and method controls a vehicle having an internal combustion engine connected to an automatic transmission via a torque converter with a lockup device. The torque of the internal combustion engine is limited the by a torque limit value based on a speed difference between an input rotational speed and an output rotational speed of the torque converter during acceleration in a non-lockup state. The torque-limiting of the internal combustion engine is prohibited torque-limiting upon a prescribed condition being met. The prescribed condition is met by a heating request, during hill climbing/towing, during travel at high vehicle speeds, when the accelerator pedal opening angle exceeds or is equal to a prescribed opening angle, when the torque limit value is greater than a target torque, in a range other than a D range, or in a mode other than normal mode.

Abstract: An intersection collision avoidance system determines, for an ego vehicle, a direction indicated by its turn signal, its destination setting, or both, generates, where the direction is determined, a possible intended path relative to an intersection using a high-definition (HD) map and the direction, and generates, where the destination setting is determined, a possible intended path for using the HD map and the destination setting. Where the direction and the destination setting are both determined, the direction indicated by the turn signal is compared to the possible intended path generated using the destination setting, and one of the possible intended paths is selected based on the comparison. The system transmits, to a conflict detection module, a set of drive goals for the ego vehicle relative to the intersection that conforms to the intended path. The module can determine a possible collision with another road user using the drive goals.

Abstract: A vehicle is a series hybrid vehicle that drives drive wheels using a travel motor by utilizing power of a power generation motor, which generates power by being driven by motive power of an internal combustion engine provided with a turbo charger. A method for controlling the vehicle includes executing a fuel cut of the internal combustion engine when excess power is greater than at least power that can be inputted in the system and the internal combustion engine is being supercharged.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a cylinder member fixed to the fix pulley, and including a cylinder cylindrical portion radially inside a pulley cylindrical portion of the slide pulley, the cylinder cylindrical portion including a groove which is formed on an outer circumference of the cylinder cylindrical portion, and which extends in an axial direction, the groove including a first groove portion which functions as a sensed portion of the rotation speed sensor, and a second groove portion which is other than the first groove portion, and wherein the continuously variable transmission includes a plunger located radially inside the pulley cylindrical portion; the cylinder cylindrical portion includes an abutment portion abutted on the plunger; and the thickness decreasing portion is not formed in the abutment portion.

Abstract: An automatic transmission, in which when starting with an accelerator pedal opening less than a predetermined opening, the automatic transmission is set to a first speed ratio, and when starting with the accelerator pedal opening equal to or greater than the predetermined opening, the automatic transmission is set to a second speed ratio lower than the first speed ratio.

Abstract: A vehicle roof has an antenna and a roof rack assembly installed thereon. The roof rack assembly has a first pipe and a second pipe at opposite sides of the vehicle roof. The first and second pipe have respective rearward portions that extend rearward of the antenna but are shaped, positioned and dimensioned to extend along and outside of an interference perimeter of the antenna thereby eliminating or minimizing possible interference with the reception capabilities of the antenna.

Abstract: A method selects a service for a driver of a motor vehicle from a list of services intended for the driver. The method enables a selection to be made in accordance with contexts relating to the driver, the vehicle and the external environment so as to optimise driver comfort and safety. The selection of at least one relaxing or stimulating service from a list of services is made according to the physiological state of the driver or according to the requirement of the driver, according to the driver's level of availability, according to the driver's usage preferences and according to data characterising the level of experience of the driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electric vehicle control method for controlling a motor based on a torque command value in an electric vehicle includes: a disturbance torque estimation process of calculating a disturbance torque estimation value including an influence of a road surface gradient; a speed parameter acquisition process of acquiring a speed parameter relating to a vehicle speed; and a vehicle state control including a stop process of calculating a stopping basis torque target value so as to converge the torque command value to the disturbance torque estimation value in accordance with a decrease in the speed parameter, and a vibration damping process of calculating a stopping correction torque target value by performing filtering on the stopping basis torque target value.

Abstract: Proactively mitigating risk to a vehicle traversing a vehicle transportation network is described. First and second hazard zones for first and second objects ahead of the vehicle are respectively determined. The first hazard zone includes a first target lateral constraint that extends over a left lane boundary, and the second hazard zone includes a second target lateral constraint that extends over a right lane boundary. The lateral constraints separately allow the vehicle to avoid the objects without a speed constraint. Where the first and second hazard zones overlap in the longitudinal direction, a lateral buffer is allocated between the lateral constraints to generate first and second allocated lateral constraints. Longitudinal constraints are respectively determined based on times of arrival at each hazard zone. Using the constraints, a proactive trajectory is determined that includes a lateral contingency, a longitudinal contingency, or both. The vehicle is controlled according to the trajectory.

Abstract: A dispatched vehicle extraction server, a dispatched vehicle extraction device, and a dispatched vehicle extraction method perform: acquiring a dispatching request, a user position and a vehicle position of a dispatched vehicle at the time of the dispatching request; calculating a time the user spends moving from the user position to a meeting site of the dispatched vehicle, calculating a time the user spends waiting, calculating a total time that would be spent by the user from when the user makes the dispatching request until the user arrives at an intended location by boarding the dispatched vehicle; extracting the dispatched vehicle that satisfies constraints relating to the total time and the time would be spent waiting according to the user attribute information at the proposed meeting sites; and outputting a combination of each of the proposed meeting sites and the dispatched vehicle.

Abstract: Terminal used by a user includes a transmitter configured to transmit desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by the user to a server via a telecommunications network. The server includes a destination setting unit configured to set a destination of a vehicle on the basis of the desire information and a facility information acquisition unit configured to acquire, via the telecommunications network, facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility. The vehicle includes an arrival time adjustment unit configured to manage a travel of the vehicle on the basis of the facility information to adjust an arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination.

Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle is configured to stop in response to a request from a prospective passenger and allow the prospective passenger to board.

Abstract: A lost article prevention device includes a sensor, a communication device, and a controller. The sensor is configured to detect a state inside a vehicle cabin. The communication device is configured to receive alighting point information being information of an alighting point of a passenger. The controller is configured to determine whether or not a vehicle has arrived at the alighting point on a basis of the alighting point information, and determine whether or not a lost article of the passenger is present in the vehicle cabin on a basis of a detection result of the sensor. The controller releases a closed state of a door when the vehicle is determined to have arrived at the alighting point and the lost article is determined not to be present, and maintains the closed state of the door when the vehicle is determined to have arrived at the alighting point and the lost article is determined to be present.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a groove formed on a main surface; a drift region of a first conductivity type, the drift region having a portion disposed at a bottom part; a well region of a second conductivity type, the well region being disposed in one sidewall to be connected to the drift region; a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, the first semiconductor region being disposed on a surface of the well region in the sidewall to be away from the drift region; a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, the second semiconductor region being disposed to be opposed to the well region via the drift region; and a gate electrode opposed to the well region, the gate electrode being disposed in a gate trench that has an opening extending over the upper surfaces of the well region and the first semiconductor region.

Abstract: As a control mode for determining the torque distribution, set is either an in-phase mode in which respective positive and negative of output torque of the motors coincide with each other, or an out-of-phase mode in which the respective positive and negative of the output torque of the motors are different from each other. A distribution adjustment control is executed to adjust the torque distribution when the control mode is mutually transitioned between the in-phase mode and the out-of-phase mode. In the distribution adjustment control in a free running period of first output torque whose positive and negative are inverted at a time of transitioning the control mode, second output torque whose positive and negative are not inverted is adjusted to approach the total requested torque.

Abstract: In the present invention, an internal combustion engine (7) drives a generator (6). The internal combustion engine (7) carries out a standby operation. The standby operation is an operation involving assisting power supply to a drive motor (2). During the standby operation of the internal combustion engine (7), the SoC of a battery (4) is equal to or higher than a predetermined SoC threshold. The operating point of the internal combustion engine (7) during the standby operation is further on a lower-output side than the operating point of the same during the charging of the battery (4). The operating point of the internal combustion engine (7) during the standby operation is an operating point in which the collector pressure of the internal combustion engine (7) is equal to or higher than a predetermined collector pressure threshold. The operating point of the internal combustion engine (7) during the standby operation is within a lean combustion region.

Abstract: A predoping method for a negative electrode active material to dope the negative electrode active material with lithium ions using an electrolyte solution that includes lithium ions. The electrolyte solution includes at least one type of additive having a reduction potential higher than a reduction potential of a solvent contained in the electrolyte solution.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a motor generator, wherein the internal combustion engine includes a variable compression ratio mechanism structured to vary in mechanical compression ratio depending on variation in position of a compression ratio control member structured to move due to driving of an electric actuator. A control method for the hybrid vehicle includes: measuring a state of charge of a battery connected to the motor generator; and in response to regenerative operation of the motor generator in a state that the state of charge of the battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, consuming generated electric power by driving the electric actuator of the variable compression ratio mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a generator, a drive motor, and a filter that collects particulate matter in exhaust gas of the engine, in which the generator is driven by the engine to generate power, and the drive motor is driven with the power generated by the generator.

Abstract: A driving support device (1) includes a sensor (10) configured to acquire data of a space inside a vehicle and data of a space outside the vehicle and a controller (20). The controller (20) is configured to: determine whether the vehicle is in an abnormal state based on the data acquired by the sensor (10); upon determining that the vehicle is in the abnormal state, output a message indicating that the vehicle is in the abnormal state to a user on the vehicle; and acquire an answer from the user to the message via a microphone (11).

Abstract: An operation detection device includes a motion detection unit that detects a motion of an operator; a certainty level estimation unit; a sounds detection unit; and an operation determination unit. The certainty level estimation unit estimates a certainty level at predetermined time intervals based on the motion of the operator detected by the motion detection unit and acquires the certainty level with respect to a change in the motion. The certainty level indicates that the operator has performed a predetermined operation. The sound detection unit detects a predetermined sound generated from an operation object operated by the operator or an physical body accompanying the operation object when the predetermined operation is performed.

Abstract: A controller of an image processing device performs registration or authentication of face data of a user by using a plurality of face images which are different from each other and in which orientations of a face captured by a camera are each within a first angle that is based on a state in which the user faces a front of the camera, and displays on a display a video in which a human face-imitating image changes its face orientation until the registration or the authentication is completed. A second angle formed by a direction from a seating position of the user toward the camera and a direction from the seating position of the user toward the display is smaller than the first angle.

Abstract: A radar assembly includes a front bumper assembly, a radar support structure and a radar unit. The front bumper assembly has a support bracket. The radar support structure has first bracket that is fixed to the support bracket. The radar support structure second bracket is movable relative to the first bracket and the support bracket between a rest position and a deformed position. The radar unit is supported to the second bracket to move with the second bracket relative to the first bracket and the support bracket.

Abstract: An energy bank includes a plurality of integrated energy storage devices including a plurality of supercapacitors, a plurality of batteries and a plurality of metal shells. Each of the integrated energy storage devices includes a battery, a supercapacitor surrounding the battery, and a metal shell surrounding the supercapacitor. The supercapacitor forms a shell around an exterior surface of the battery. The battery includes a first anode, a first cathode, and an electrolyte disposed between the first anode and the first cathode. The supercapacitor includes a second anode, a second cathode, and a separator disposed between the second anode and the second cathode.

Abstract: A vehicle roof panel assembly includes a roof panel, a seal and an head. The roof panel partially defines a rear hatch opening. The seal is fitted over a rear portion of the roof panel at a location adjacent to the rear hatch opening. The seal has a longitudinal length extending laterally across the rear portion. The bead is disposed on the rear portion of the roof panel. The bead has a longitudinal length extending laterally across the rear portion. The bead contacts the seal along the longitudinal length of the seal.

Abstract: An electrical component module is installed in a front section of a vehicle, and connected with a battery unit storing electricity for driving the vehicle. The electrical component module is supported by a vehicle body structure member (cross-member) extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle. The cross-member is closer to a passenger compartment than the electrical component module, and doesn't overlap with the electrical component module when viewed along any horizontal direction perpendicular to a vertical direction of the vehicle. Between the cross-member and the electrical component module, provided is a release mechanism for releasing the support of the electrical component module by the cross-member when receiving an impact from an opposite side to the passenger compartment.

Abstract: An end effector is disclosed that is configured for connection to a robotic unit used to manipulate a door of a vehicle (e.g., during vehicle painting). The end effector includes a base plate; a sensor that is supported by the base plate; and a piston that is configured for engagement with the door. The piston is operatively connected to an interrupter such that movement (displacement) of the piston causes corresponding movement (displacement) of the interrupter between a first position, in which the interrupter is positioned in alignment with a signal transmitted across the sensor to interfere with the signal and thereby interrupt circuit completion, and a second position, in which the interrupter is out of alignment with the signal transmitted across the sensor to permit circuit completion and thereby inform the robotic unit that the door is present and engaged with the end effector.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell unit including a fuel cell, an anode flow path, a cathode flow path, and a heat exchanger configured to heat the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell; and a manifold attached to the fuel cell unit and configured to distribute and supply the cathode gas to the cathode flow path. The cathode flow path includes a main flow path passing through the heat exchanger, a bypass flow path bypassing the heat exchanger and connected to the main flow path, and a partial reformation flow path through which a gas for partial oxidation reformation is supplied to the anode flow path.

Abstract: A motor control method for controlling a motor by transmitting a PWM signal at a predetermined carrier frequency to a power converter configured to supply power to the motor and performing switching control on the power converter, the method including, in a characteristic coordinate having a rotation speed of the motor and a torque of the motor as axes, setting the carrier frequency to be a reference frequency when an operating point representing a current rotation speed and torque is included in a first region, selecting and setting the carrier frequency to be either the reference frequency or a low frequency lower than the reference frequency when the operating point is included in a second region, and setting the carrier frequency to be the low frequency when the operating point is included in a third region.

Abstract: A cooling device cools an electronic component using a plasma actuator provided with a dielectric, a first electrode arranged on one surface of the dielectric to generate an induced flow, and a second electrode arranged on the other surface of the dielectric, in which the electronic component and a third electrode are arranged in a flow direction of the induced flow, and a voltage applied to the third electrode is a voltage that generates a potential difference, which is capable of attracting the induced flow, between the first electrode and the third electrode.

Abstract: An inter-phase insulating paper, including: a plurality of insulating papers arranged in a stator core in a manner of circulating in a circumferential direction and configured to perform inter-phase insulation of each phase coil provided in the stator core, wherein the insulating paper includes a pair of leg portions to be respectively inserted into a pair of slots among a plurality of slots formed in the stator core, and a pair of flat portions connected to the pair of leg portions and protruding from both end surfaces of the stator core in an axial direction to perform the inter-phase insulation of each phase coil, and the pair of leg portions are connected to a central portion of an edge of the flat portion.

Abstract: A control method and a control device for controlling a spark-ignition internal combustion engine that is equipped with a turbocharger and an exhaust gas recirculation device. The operation of the engine is carried out to perform a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio by performing exhaust gas recirculation even in a high-load range including a maximum-output operation point. When the maximum output operation point is required, intake air information such as atmospheric pressure and outside air temperature is used as a basis to calculate intake air density, which is compared with a predetermined density threshold. When the intake density is equal to or less than the density threshold at a high-altitude location or the like, an exhaust gas recirculation rate is set to 0. As a result, the maximum output can be higher than when exhaust gas recirculation is performed.

Abstract: The power reception control device is configured to: acquire information indicating differential power obtained by subtracting a current value of total transmission power transmitted to an entirety of a load group via a power supply base point, from a maximum value of the total transmission power transmittable to the entirety of the load group via the power supply base point; calculate element differential power of an own power receiving element by multiplying the differential power indicated by the acquired information by a priority of the own power receiving element, the priority indicating a degree to which power reception of the own power receiving element takes priority over power reception of another power receiving element; and control charging-discharging of the own power receiving element based on the element differential power and a charge-discharge schedule of a power system.

Abstract: A device for selecting the driving mode of an autonomous motor vehicle includes an electrical assembly in which a switch is associated in series with a first resistor. A safety resistor is connected in parallel with the switch and with the associated first resistor. The electrical assembly is connected firstly to a DC voltage source of a computer and secondly to a ground of the computer such that the equivalent resistance of the electrical assembly makes it possible to determine firstly whether the switch is closed or open and secondly a potential fault with the electrical assembly.

Abstract: An engine controller inhibits a fuel cut when it is predicted that a lockup clutch is released after elapse of a predetermined period of time, at the time of the starting of the fuel cut. Specifically, engine controller is configured to predict (calculate) the vehicle speed after a predetermined period of time, and inhibit the fuel cut when the predicted (calculated) vehicle speed after the predetermined period of time is equal to or less than a lockup release speed. With this, it is possible to avoid a situation in which an internal combustion engine restarts fuel supply immediately after the fuel supply has been cut. Consequently, in the vehicle, the occurrence of the torque fluctuation of internal combustion engine resulting from fuel cut recovery can be suppressed, a change in acceleration in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is suppressed, and a deterioration in driving performance can be suppressed.

Abstract: An abnormality detecting device includes a controller for detecting an abnormality occurred in an in-vehicle network in which a plurality of pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment mounted in a vehicle communicate with each other; and a storage device for storing information. the controller determines a data amount and/or a timing to be used for communication with an external device, based on a priority that is a degree of influence on a system based on a degree of security violation or a degree of gradually increasing risk from a history of the number of times a security violation signal has been acquired when the security violation signal is detected as the abnormality from acquired data, and communicates contents or a transmission destination of a data frame including the security violation signal if the priority is more than a first prescribed value.

Abstract: A rotary electrical machine in which a rotor and a stator are housed in a housing and a coil of the stator is cooled using gas. The stator includes an annular coil end protruding from an end portion of the stator in an axial direction thereof. The housing includes an introduction port configured to allow gas for cooling the rotary electrical machine to be introduced from an outside of the housing toward the coil end. The coil end includes a flow path configured to allow the gas introduced from the introduction port to pass from an outer peripheral side to an inner peripheral side. A cooling air control member configured to guide the gas introduced from the introduction port to the flow path of the coil end is provided between the coil end and the housing in the axial direction.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for use in securing one or more conduits in a vehicle. The system includes a clip that is configured for engagement with a first conduit and a tether that is configured for engagement with a second conduit, wherein the clip and the tether are rotatably engageable to facilitate rotation of the clip about an axis of rotation that extends in generally orthogonal relation to the first conduit (upon connection of the clip to the first conduit).