Toyota Motor Corporation Patente

A method for identifying a personalized instance of a given object in a target image (I), comprising:- obtaining a plurality of embedding vectors (e_p) of objects from a mask of objects in a set of reference images associated with said objects, said embedding vectors (e_p) being obtained from an image encoder trained within a self-²supervised foundation model, one embedding vector being associated with one reference image for one object,- storing said plurality of embedding vectors (e_p) of said objects with identifiers associated with said objects,- determining that the target image (I) comprises said personalized instance of said given object based on a similarity between- an embedding vector (e_oi) of said personalized instance of said object obtained using said trained foundation model, and- the embedding vectors (e_p) stored in said memory.

A collision avoidance apparatus for a vehicle comprises a driving support ECU serving as an electronic control unit configured to execute automatic braking to reduce a risk when it is determined, based on a detection result of an object detection device, that a host vehicle is at risk of colliding with an obstacle. The driving support ECU is further configured to determine whether a specific condition that an accelerator opening degree due to driving operation by a driver is equal to or greater than a reference opening degree is satisfied when the automatic braking is terminated, and when it is determined that the specific condition is satisfied, the driving support ECU controls a driving force of the host vehicle so that a vehicle speed of the host vehicle does not exceed an upper limit vehicle speed of a vehicle speed range in which the automatic braking is executed.

A stack structure includes a case having an opening, a cell stack disposed within the case, and an electrical device disposed outside the case and electrically connected to the cell stack through the opening. The case includes a first member having the opening, a second member connected to the first member, and a first sealing member that seals the boundary between the first member and the second member.

A solid-state battery, and a method of manufacturing a solid-state battery, including a structure in which a first collector, a first electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second electrode layer and a second collector are disposed in this order in a first axial direction, the solid-state battery having a void at at least one of an interior of the first electrode layer and a periphery of the first electrode layer, wherein a shape of the void, as seen in a cross-sectional view along the first axial direction, is elongate in an in-plane direction of the first electrode layer.

A system that controls a vehicle runnable by unmanned driving includes an acquisition unit and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires position information on a position of a wheel of the vehicle. The control unit limits acceleration of the vehicle to acceleration within a predetermined range when the position of the wheel is in a predetermined region.

A vehicle body frame member according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a vehicle body frame member having a tubular shape and including: a first steel sheet having an opening; and a second steel sheet welded to the first steel sheet. A burring portion that rises toward the second steel sheet is provided in a peripheral portion of the opening of the first steel sheet.

A drive device may include: a plurality of power lines respectively connected to coils attached to a stator core; a plurality of first terminals disposed respectively at ends of the plurality of power lines opposite to ends of the plurality of power lines that are connected to the coils; a terminal block; a plurality of second terminals supported by the terminal block, with the plurality of second terminals spaced from each other; a plurality of fastening members fixed to the terminal block and fastening the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals in pairs on one-to-one basis; and one or more partitions each formed by an insulator located between adjacent ones of the plurality of power lines.

A positive electrode active material comprises a primary particle (1) and a covering (5), wherein the primary particle (1) includes an olivine-type phosphate compound, the covering (5) covers at least part of a surface of the primary particle (1), and the covering (5) includes carbon and phosphorus.

A junction block is interposed between a first battery and a second battery, both provided in a vehicle and connectable to each other, and a motor, and is configured to electrically connect the first battery, the second battery, and the motor. The junction block includes a first path for charging the first battery, a second path for charging the second battery, a third path for charging the first battery and the second battery, and a thermistor provided in a portion where the first path, the second path, and the third path overlap.

The present disclosure provides an electrode mixture that, after having been used to form an electrode active material layer, can inhibit excessive collapse of the electrode active material in the thickness direction when pressed, and/or that can improve homogeneity of the constituent components in the thickness direction and the in-plane direction, as well as a battery comprising the electrode mixture. The electrode mixture of the disclosure comprises electrode active material particles and tetrapod-shaped particles. The battery of the disclosure has an electrode active material layer, the electrode active material layer comprising an electrode mixture of the disclosure.

A junction block (20) is interposed between a first battery (11) and a second battery (12), and a motor (40), and is configured to electrically connect the first battery (11), the second battery (12), and the motor (40). The junction block (20) includes: a first path (51); a second path (52); a third path (53); a positive-side system main relay (21); a wire (W10) that connects a point between the positive side of the first battery (11) and the positive-side system main relay (21) to the positive side of a DC-DC converter (62) and the positive side of an OBC (63); a negative-side system main relay (31); and a wire (W11) that connects the downstream side of the negative-side system main relay (31) to the negative side of the DC-DC converter (62) and the negative side of the OBC (63).

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to resource allocation in a vehicle. According to embodiments, a method for allocating hardware resources in a vehicle may include: receiving, by a processor (502), information associated with a current operational mode of the vehicle, the current operational mode may be one of a plurality of predetermined operational modes; receiving, by the processor (502), a resource profile (200, 300), wherein the resource profile (200, 300) may include predefined mappings of the plurality of predetermined operational modes and a parameter for allocating at least one resource; and outputting, by the processor (502), information for allocating the at least one resource to at least one application (130) associated based on the current operational mode and the resource profile (200, 300).

A junction block is provided to a vehicle and is interposed between a motor and each of a first battery and a second battery connectable to each other to electrically connect the first battery, the second battery, and the motor. The junction block includes a first path that charges only the first battery and is provided with a first current sensor, a second path that charges only the second battery, a third path that charges the first battery and the second battery, and a second current sensor that is provided at a portion where the second path and the third path overlap each other and do not overlap the first path, and measures a current flowing through the second battery.

The vehicle start-up support device includes a user operation detection part (14) configured to detect an operation of a user of a vehicle (1) with respect to the vehicle (1) prior to start-up of the vehicle (1), and a notification control part (15) configured to control notification to the user. The notification control part is configured to perform a predetermined notification to the user when the user operation detection part (14) detects, as the operation of the user, an operation different from a start-up method of the vehicle (1) that is selectively set from among a plurality of operation methods a predetermined number of times.

A system includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and an inspection execution unit. The first acquisition unit acquires first speed from inspection equipment. The inspection equipment includes a roller that is rotatable while supporting a wheel of a vehicle and measures speed of the vehicle by utilizing a rotation of the roller.. The first speed is the speed measured by the inspection equipment. The second acquisition unit acquires second speed during measurement of the speed of the vehicle by using the inspection equipment. The second speed is speed displayed on a display device included in the vehicle to display the speed of the vehicle. The inspection execution unit uses the acquired first speed and the acquired second speed to execute inspection of the display device.

A vehicle (1) includes an exhaust pipe (50), a battery pack (100), a junction box (300), an electronic device (400), and a base (600). The exhaust pipe (50) is disposed outside the battery pack (100). The battery pack (100) houses the junction box (300), the electronic device (400), and the base (600). The electronic device (400) is provided on the base (600). The base (600) is, as viewed in an upward-downward direction, positioned between the exhaust pipe (50) and the junction box (300) and aligned with the junction box (300) in a width direction of the vehicle (1).

An extraction device (9) for extracting a magnet (7) from a rotor (1), the magnet (1) being arranged in a slot (3) of the rotor (1), said slot (3) extending from an upper face (4) of the rotor (1) to a bottom face (5) of the rotor (1) and having a constant cross-section along a longitudinal direction (6), the device comprising - a shell (8) defining a housing, said housing being configured to block a radial displacement of an outer surface (2) of the rotor (1) when the rotor (1) is arranged in the housing, a needle (23) configured to be inserted in the slot (3) and to apply on the magnet (7) a force with a longitudinal component, said needle (23) being longitudinally movable between a starting position outside the housing and an extracting position inside the housing.

A solid-state battery, including a negative electrode layer and a solid electrolyte layer that is adjacent to the negative electrode layer, the negative electrode layer containing a negative electrode active material and a solid electrolyte, and the negative electrode active material containing complexes that include plural particles, and particles that are not included in the complexes, wherein at least some of the particles that are not included in the complexes penetrate into the solid electrolyte layer.

A stator core (20) for a rotary electric machine and having a cylindrical shape centered on a central axis (CA) may include: a plurality of core blocks aligned in an axial direction (z) parallel to the central axis (CA), wherein each core block includes a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates (25) stacked in the axial direction (z) and integrated by being crimped; and a plurality of welded portions (22) arranged on an outer peripheral surface (22s) of the stator core (20), in which each welded portion (22) extends in the axial direction (z), in which the core blocks include a first block (CB1) located farthermost on one side of the axial direction (z) and a second block (CB2) located farthermost on another side of the axial direction (z), and total length of the welded portions (22) on the outer peripheral surface (CB2s) of the second core block (CB2) is shorter than a total length of the welded portions (22) on the outer peripheral surface (CB1s) of the first core block (CB1).

An electric motor (1) may include: a hollow stator core (10); a plurality of coils (20a, 20b, 20c) disposed on the stator core (10) and arranged along a circumferential direction of the stator core (10); a rotor (30) extending in an axial direction of the stator core (10) within a hollow portion of the stator core (10); and a cooling system including a plurality of coolant flow paths (42a, 42b, 42c) arranged in a yoke portion (12) of the stator core (10). The plurality of coolant flow paths (42a, 42b, 42c) may be arranged in a distributed manner along the circumferential direction of the stator core (10). The cooling system may be configured to control a flow rate of a coolant flowing through each of the plurality of coolant flow paths (42a, 42b, 42c) based on a rotation angle of the rotor.

A solid-state battery, including a structure in which a solid electrolyte layer, a negative electrode layer and a negative electrode collector are disposed in that order, the negative electrode layer containing negative electrode active material particles, wherein when the negative electrode layer is divided in a thickness direction into a region X that is at a solid electrolyte layer side and a region Y that is at a negative electrode collector side, a degree of orientation X of negative electrode active material particles in the region X is greater than a degree of orientation Y of negative electrode active material particles in the region Y.

An inspection system includes: a vehicle (100) configured to travel by unattended driving control; and a control unit (210) configured to operate one or more actuators mounted on the vehicle by the unattended driving control. The control unit is configured to, during an undercarriage inspection of the vehicle, operate the actuator corresponding to an inspection portion of the vehicle by the unattended driving control.

A vehicle battery device includes: plural battery stacks that are disposed in a space that is further downward than a floor panel of a vehicle, and each of which includes plural battery cells; and a bus bar that is flexible and electrically connects two of the battery stacks that are lined-up in a vehicle longitudinal direction.

A battery apparatus (20; 100; 150; 160) includes a first battery module (45; 103) including a first battery stack (50; 105) having a plurality of first battery cells (52) stacked in a predetermined direction and a first heat exchanger (64; 110; 165) configured to exchange heat with the first battery stack (50; 105), a second battery module (80; 135) including a second battery stack (82; 137) having a plurality of second battery cells (52) stacked in the predetermined direction, and a heat conductive member (75) configured to be in contact with the first heat exchanger (64; 110; 165) and the second battery module (80; 135).

A computer-implemented method for reconstructing an animatable 3D avatar of a subject from a monocular video (110) comprising: (S10) acquiring a monocular video (110); (S20) generating a parametric morphable representation (120) based on the monocular video (110); (S30) associating 3D geometric primitives of the subject (130) to the parametric morphable representation (120); (S40) generating rendered images (140) of the subject under target views (109) based on the 3D geometric primitives (130); (S50) generating one normal map set (150) rendered under the target views (109) based on the parametric morphable representation (120); (S60) generating a pseudo-ground truth image set (160) under the target views (109) based on an image from the monocular video (110) using a multi-view diffusion model (170) conditioned by the normal map set (150); and (S70) adjusting the 3D geometric primitives by optimizing the rendered images (140) using the pseudo-ground truth image set (160).

The present disclosure provides an electrode active material layer that can improve battery capacity retention, as well as a battery comprising the electrode active material layer, whereby the capacity retention is improved. The electrode active material layer of the disclosure comprises an electrode active material and a sulfide solid electrolyte. In the electrode active material layer of the present disclosure, the peak intensity in the spectrum obtained by XPS measurement satisfies the following relational expression (1): 0.40≤I163.0/I161.5≤0.60 wherein:I (163.0) is the maximum peak intensity at 163.0 ±1.0 eV,I (161.5) is the maximum peak intensity at 161.5 ±1.0 eV.The battery of the disclosure 100 comprises an electrode active material layer.

A battery pack including: a case that surrounds cells; and a thermal insulation material positioned between the case and the cells, the thermal insulation material covering at least an ejection region where ejected materials are ejected from the cells, wherein a first adhesive adheres a first region of the thermal insulation material positioned at the ejection region to the case, a second adhesive adheres a second region of the thermal insulation material excluding the first region to the case, and thermal resistance of the first adhesive is lower than the thermal resistance of the second adhesive.

A stator core (10) for a rotary electric machine may include a core portion (20) and a plurality of first fixed portions (21). The core portion (20) may have a cylindrical shape centered on a central axis (CA). The core portion (20) may include a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates stacked in an axial direction parallel to the central axis (CA). The plurality of first fixed portions (21) may be arranged along an outer peripheral surface (20s) of the core portion (20), each of which may include a through hole (21h) parallel to the central axis (CA). Each of the plurality of first fixed portions (21) may be a separate member from the core portion (20) and may be fixed to the outer peripheral surface (20s).

A positive electrode active material includes a primary particle (1) and a coating (5), wherein the primary particle (1) includes an olivine-type phosphate compound, the coating (5) covers at least part of a surface of the primary particle (1), the coating (5) includes carbon, and when a filtrate is obtained by a preparation method including immersing 0.5 g of the positive electrode active material in 10 g of pure water and subjecting a resulting immersed liquid to ultrasonic treatment for 10 minutes and stirring for 6 hours followed by filtration, a concentration of a transition metal element in the filtrate detected by ICP-AES is 200 ppm or less in total.

At least one first-through hole, which faces at least one first battery cell, is formed in a first restraining plate, which faces a second battery module, of a first battery module. At least one second-through-hole, which faces at least one second battery cell and faces a region where the first through-hole is not formed, is formed in a second restraining plate, which faces the first battery module, of the second battery module.

A computer-implemented method (20) for determining a human's internal emotions within its surrounding environment, comprising: - collecting (21) a first set of data including behavioral cues of the human, and a second set of data including the surrounding environment of the human; and - processing (22) said first and second sets of data to estimate a first internal emotional state of the human.

A control device (15) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a control unit (153) configured to execute: acquiring a state of a vehicle (1); and controlling the directivity of an antenna (11) provided in the vehicle (1) based on the state of the vehicle (1). A control device (15) according to another embodiment of the present disclosure includes a control unit (153) configured to execute: receiving a state of a vehicle (1) from a sensor (141) configured to acquire information indicating the speed and the position of the vehicle (1); and controlling the directivity of an antenna provided in the vehicle (1) based on the state of the vehicle (1).

The present disclosure provides an electrode stack, a battery, a method for producing an electrode stack and a method for producing a battery, which can maintain the facing area between the positive electrode active material layer and negative electrode active material layer while improving the diffusibility of the electrolyte solution and the gas emission property during charge-discharge. The electrode stack of the disclosure have an active material layer and a current collector layer in contact with the active material layer, the electrode stack having voids with maximum dimensions of 10 µm or greater in the surface of the active material layer on the current collector layer side and/or in the active material layer.

A driving support apparatus performs roundabout travel control for controlling a travel state of a vehicle such that a vehicle speed matches a predetermined target vehicle speed when the vehicle travels through a roundabout, and curve travel control for performing at least one of suppression of acceleration of the vehicle and deceleration of the vehicle when the vehicle travels through a curve. The driving support apparatus starts the roundabout travel control when a start condition including at least a condition that the roundabout is detected in a travel direction of the vehicle is satisfied. The driving support apparatus suppresses the curve travel control when a predetermined suppression start condition is satisfied after the roundabout travel control starts.

An integrated electronic control unit that is installed to a vehicle, and that aggregates and is connected by control function to plural electronic control units installed to the vehicle. The integrated electronic control unit is mounted to a partition wall positioned between a cabin and a drive section of the vehicle so as to face another integrated electronic control unit across the partition wall, and such that at least a part of the integrated electronic control unit overlaps with the other integrated electronic control unit when looking in a vehicle forward direction.

A vehicle driving assistance apparatus (10) executes a first driving assistance control of causing a host vehicle (100) to travel by autonomously repeating powering and coasting of the host vehicle (100) alternately such that a traveling speed of the host vehicle (100) is maintained within a range between target upper and lower limit speeds. The apparatus (10) sets a speed obtained by adding a predetermined upper limit variation amount to a set vehicle speed as the target upper limit speed, and sets a speed obtained by subtracting a predetermined lower limit variation amount from the set vehicle speed as the target lower limit speed. When the target lower limit speed is lower than a legal minimum speed during execution of the first driving assistance control, the apparatus (10) changes the predetermined lower limit variation amount such that the target lower limit speed is equal to or higher than the legal minimum speed.

A power storage device (2) includes: a plurality of power storage cells (29); and a first heat exchanger (32A) and a second heat exchanger (32B) that cool the plurality of power storage cells (29) and extend in an extension direction. The first heat exchanger (32A) includes: a first heat medium path (53A) that extends in the extension direction and allows a heat medium to flow in the first heat exchanger (32A); and a first recess (71A) formed to decrease a flow path area of the first heat medium path (53A). The second heat exchanger (32B) includes: a second heat medium path (53B) that extends in the extension direction and allows the heat medium to flow in the second heat exchanger (32B); and a second recess (71B) formed to decrease a flow path area of the second heat medium path (53B). A depth of the first recess (71A) is different from a depth of the second recess (71B).

The automatic response device (10) includes a memory part (14) for storing each of a plurality of vehicle signals linked to vehicle operation needs in a vector format, an input processing part (31) configured to vectorize an inquiry text corresponding to an input from a user, and a signal extraction part (32) configured to extract a vehicle signal suitable for the inquiry text from among the plurality of vehicle signals by comparing the inquiry text vectorized by the input processing part (31) with the vehicle operation needs.

A power storage device includes a plurality of power storage elements (29), a heat exchange plate (32) disposed between the plurality of power storage cells (29) so as to face respective long side surfaces of the plurality of power storage cells (29) and extending in a long-side direction of the long side surface, a main supply pipe (37A) through which a coolant flows to the heat exchange plate (32), and a housing case (10) that houses the plurality of power storage cells (29), the heat exchange plate, and the main supply pipe (37A). The housing case (10) is provided with a partition wall (22) disposed between the main supply pipe (37A) connected to the heat exchange plate (32) and the power storage cell (29) when viewed in an up-down direction.

Disclosed is an electrode active material having an O3-type structure, wherein the electrode active material has high capacity and high coulombic efficiency. The electrode active material of the present disclosure comprises a Na-containing transition metal oxide. The Na-containing transition metal oxide has an O3-type structure. The Na-containing transition metal oxide comprises, as constituent elements, Na, Ni, Mn, and O. An X-ray diffraction pattern of the Na-containing transition metal oxide satisfies 0.476 < I₀₀₃/I₁₀₄ < 0.554 (where I₀₀₃ is the diffraction peak intensity of the (003) plane in the X-ray diffraction pattern, and I₁₀₄ is the diffraction peak intensity of the (104) plane in the X-ray diffraction pattern).