Toyota Motor Corporation Patente

A positive electrode active material includes a secondary particle (2), wherein: the secondary particle (2) includes a first particle group, a second particle group, and a carbon layer (1c); each of the first particle group and the second particle group is composed of primary particles (1); the first particle group has a larger average particle diameter than the second particle group; the primary particles contain an olivine-type compound; the carbon layer (1c) covers at least part of a surface of the primary particle (1) and satisfies a relationship of T<B> < T<A> where T<A> represents an average thickness of the carbon layer (1<C>) on the primary particles (1) belonging to the first particle group; and T<B> represents an average thickness of the carbon layer (1c) on the primary particles (1) belonging to the second particle group.

A positive electrode active material includes a secondary particle (2), wherein: the secondary particle (2) includes a first particle group and a second particle group; each of the first particle group and the second particle group is composed of primary particles (1); the second particle group has a larger average particle diameter than the first particle group; the first particle group and the second particle group are dispersed in each other in the secondary particle (2); the primary particles (1) belonging to the first particle group contain a first olivine-type compound; the primary particles (1) belonging to the second particle group contain a second olivine-type compound; and the second olivine-type compound has a lower Mn compositional ratio than the first olivine-type compound.

A carbon composite material configured to suppress a decrease in the charge and discharge capacity of batteries, the carbon composite material comprising Si and a carbon material having an aspect ratio of 2.7 or more and 7.5 or less.

A holding structure (2, 102) for a connector cable (12, 12A, 12B, 12C) includes: a connector portion (10) configured to be detachably attached to a device body; the connector cable (12, 12A, 12B, 12C), one end of which is connected to the connector portion (10); and a cable holding portion (14, 114) fixed to the connector portion (10) and configured to hold the connector cable (12, 12A, 12B, 12C). The connector cable (12, 12A, 12B, 12C) extending between the connector portion and the cable holding portion (14, 114) is bent.

An anode configured to decrease the rate of expansion in thickness direction which is due to battery charge and discharge, the anode comprises an anode collector and an anode layer on at least one surface of the anode collector; the anode layer comprises a carbon composite material comprising Si and a carbon material having an aspect ratio of more than 1; the carbon composite material is carbon composite material particles; and wherein, of the carbon composite material particles contained in the anode layer, a percentage of first carbon composite material particles that an angle θ formed by the surface of the anode collector and a line of the carbon composite material particles in long axis direction is 0° or more and less than 45°, is more than 52%.

A motor unit (2) includes: a housing (10); a stator core (46); a stator coil (48) provided on the stator core (46) and having a first coil end (48A) protruding from an end surface of the stator core (46); a bus bar module (14) that is connected to the first coil end (48A) of the stator coil (48); and a spacer (16) provided between the end surface of the stator core (46) and the bus bar module (14) in the axial direction. The housing (10) includes a first supply flow path (26B) that has a housing opening (27B) on a surface facing the spacer (16) in the radial direction and supplies a refrigerant toward the spacer (16). The spacer (16) includes a second supply flow path (80) that extends between a first spacer opening in the inner peripheral surface of the spacer (16) and a second spacer opening in the outer peripheral surface of the spacer (16) and supplies the refrigerant toward the first coil end (48A).

A solid-state battery includes a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and an anode layer. At least one of the cathode layer and the anode layer includes at least one of a first sulfide solid electrolyte containing a Li element, a P element, a S element, and carbonate ions and a composite sulfide solid electrolyte of a second sulfide solid electrolyte containing a Li element, a P element, and a S element and a carbonate.

A junction box used in connection with a fuel cell includes a housing, a connector protruding from a side wall of the housing, and a protective part configured to cover at least a region of the connector to protect the connector. The protective part has a first protective part facing at least a region of an upper part of the connector, and a second protective part facing at least a region of a side part of the connector.

An in-vehicle system includes a display device including a display unit that displays an image captured by a rearview camera, the display device being configured to be switchable between an expanded state that is a state in which the whole of the display unit is exposed so as to be visible, and a housed state that is a state in which only a predetermined region (31a) that is part of the display unit is exposed so as to be visible and a region other than the predetermined region is housed in a housing portion (300), and an information processing apparatus that controls the display device. The information processing apparatus causes the display unit to display the image captured by the rearview camera in the predetermined region in a case where the state of the display device is the housed state when image information is received from the rearview camera.

An onboard device including: a display control section that, based on a detection result of a detection section for detecting targets at a periphery of a vehicle, displays an ego vehicle image depicting the vehicle together with a peripheral monitoring image on a display provided to the vehicle; a reception section that receives an operation of an occupant of the vehicle on the display; and an execution section that executes a predetermined processing related to a function of the vehicle at each section of the vehicle according to the operation received by the reception section.

A minivan type plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (1) includes an engine (21), a motor (MG1, MG2), a fuel tank (52), a battery (50), an on-board charger (40), a power transmission mechanism (23, 24), an inverter (22) configured to drive the motor (MG1, MG2), an engine compartment (20), a floor panel (100), an exhaust pipe (54), a muffler (53), and one or more wire harnesses (81, 82, 83, 84, 85). The exhaust pipe (54) is disposed through a side of the battery (50) and the side of the fuel tank (52) to connect the engine (21) and the muffler (53), and the one or more wire harnesses (81, 82, 83, 84, 85) are routed in the vehicle front-rear direction through between the battery (50) and the exhaust pipe (54) and between the fuel tank (52) and the exhaust pipe (54).

The present invention relates to a method and device for predicting an anomaly in a video (VID) using a machine learning model (MOD). More particularly, the proposed method and device predict one or more anomaly scores (AS) for future frames (F<t0+1>,...,F<t0+N'>) of a video (VID) following a given time instant (t0) using a machine learning model (MOD) based only on past frames (F<t0-N>,...,F<t0>) of the video (VID) preceding the given time instant (t0).

A system for estimating a position of a moving object in a manufacturing process for the moving object includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire three-dimensional point cloud data of the moving object measured using a distance measuring device; a region estimation unit configured to estimate a liquid-wet region that is a region containing liquid droplets in a combined region including a region on a surface of the moving object and a region around the moving object; and a position estimation unit configured to estimate the position of the moving object using three-dimensional point cloud data obtained by excluding three-dimensional point cloud data of the liquid-wet region from the acquired three-dimensional point cloud data.

A storage battery apparatus (100) that suppress effects on the storage battery apparatus interior caused by the application of a load from outside, while restraining an increase in weight of the storage battery apparatus (100). The storage battery apparatus (100) includes storage cells (111), a first cover (130) disposed below the storage cells (111), a second cover (140) disposed below the first cover (130), and a first fiber-containing resin member (143). The first fiber-containing resin member (143) is in contact with at least one of the first cover or (130) the second cover (140), and is disposed to be superposed with the storage cell (111) as seen in a vertical direction.

A storage battery apparatus (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) that suppresses effects on the storage battery apparatus interior caused by the application of a load from outside, while restraining an increase in weight of the storage battery apparatus. The storage battery apparatus (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) is provided with plural storage cells (111), a first cover (130) disposed below the storage cells (111), and a second cover (140) disposed below the first cover (130). A first resin member (141) is provided that is disposed to extend in a first direction between the first cover (130) and the second cover (140). The first resin member (141) is in contact with the first cover (130), and the first resin member (141) is in contact with the second cover (140).

A battery (17) of a vehicle is located behind an engine (10) and below front seats (15), and is arranged over a center of the vehicle in a lateral direction. The engine includes an exhaust pipe (EP). The exhaust pipe is connected to the engine in front of the battery, extends along a lateral side of the battery, and is configured to discharge exhaust gas out of the vehicle behind the battery. The battery (17) includes a first portion at a side of the center of the vehicle where the exhaust pipe (EP) is located, and a second portion at a side of the center of the vehicle opposite to the side where the exhaust pipe is located. The first portion includes a part having a lateral dimension that is less than a lateral dimension of the second portion.

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to hardware resource allocation to one or more runtime applications in a vehicle. According to embodiments, a method may include: receiving, by an electronic control unit (ECU) (110), information associated with applications currently running in the vehicle, the applications being a portion of a plurality of applications; receiving, by the ECU (110), a resource profile (200), wherein the resource profile (200) may include predefined mappings of the plurality of applications, a minimum resource required by each of the plurality of applications, and a priority level of each of the plurality of applications; and allocating, by the ECU (110), the hardware resource to the currently running applications based on the resource profile (200).

Composite positive electrode active material particles, a method of manufacturing composite positive electrode active material particles, and a solid-state battery. The composite positive electrode active material particles contain: positive electrode active material particles; a first coating layer coating at least a part of the positive electrode active material particles; and a second coating layer coating at least a part of the first coating layer, wherein the first coating layer contains an oxide, the second coating layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte, the sulfide solid electrolyte contains an argyrodite-type sulfide, and a 10% particle diameter D10 in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 3.3 µm or less.

Provided are system, method, and device for automatically validating vehicle hardware. According to example embodiments, the system may include: a memory storage storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from a target hardware, an attestation request along with a cryptographic signature; validate the attestation request based on the cryptographic signature; obtain, from the target hardware in response to a successful validation of the attestation request, an attestation parameter of the target hardware; instruct the target hardware to perform a proof of work (PoW); validate a result of performing the PoW by the target hardware based on the obtained attestation parameter of the target hardware; and specify, in response to a successful validation of the result of performing the PoW, the target hardware as attested.

An inspection system includes an image acquisition unit and an inspection unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by an imaging device, the image including projected light projected on a projection target from a front lamp provided to a moving object. The inspection unit uses the acquired image to inspect light distribution characteristics of the front lamp.

A vehicle translation information projection system to be mounted in a vehicle includes a language recognition unit configured to recognize a language displayed on a traffic display object in an image captured by a front camera of the vehicle, a translation processing unit configured to translate language content different from a user language on the traffic display object into user language content when the language displayed on the traffic display object is different from a preset user language, and a projection display unit configured to project information onto a windshield of the vehicle, wherein the projection display unit projects the user language content onto the windshield such that it is positioned on or near the traffic display object as viewed from a driver of the vehicle.

A fuel cell system to be mounted on a vehicle includes: a fuel cell having a cathode gas supply port through which cathode gas is introduced and a cathode gas discharge port through which the used cathode gas is discharged; a first pipe made of metal and communicating with the cathode gas supply port or the cathode gas discharge port; and a second pipe made of resin and communicating with the cathode gas supply port or the cathode gas discharge port via the first pipe, the second pipe having a bent portion disposed farther from the fuel cell than the first pipe.

A vehicle mounting structure for an energy storage apparatus including: an energy storage cell (32) in which a vertical wall (56) extending in a vehicle up and down direction is disposed on an end portion thereof in a first direction orthogonal to the vehicle up and down direction; an upper cover (34) disposed above the energy storage cell (32); a panel member (44, 46) disposed above the upper cover (34); and an elastic member (42) that is disposed between the upper cover (34) and the panel member (44, 46) and is disposed overlapping the vertical wall (56) as viewed from the vehicle up and down direction.

A control device (80) is configured to perform a precharge process in which a first relay (71) is brought into a conductive state, a third relay (74) is brought into a conductive state, and a second relay (72) is kept in a non-conductive state when a start-up request is provided. The control device (80) is configured to perform a charge process in which the third relay (74) is brought into a non-conductive state and the second relay (72) is brought into a conductive state after a prescribed time determined in advance has elapsed since the precharge process is performed. The control device (80) is configured to control the prescribed time to be longer when the start-up request is a second type of signal than when the start-up request is a first type of signal. The first type of signal is different from the second type of signal.

An electric power control system includes electric vehicles and a facility. The facility includes chargers and a server. The server includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry controls charging and discharging operations of each charger. The processing circuitry executes a predicting process for predicting electric power demands of the facility in specified time periods, and when any one of the predicted electric power demands is greater than a predetermined specified value, a requesting process for issuing a connection request requesting for the electric vehicles that is capable of supplying the facility with electric power to be connected to the chargers.

A vehicle control apparatus (10) executes a collision risk reduction control to reduce a collision risk when a collision condition is satisfied. The collision condition is based on a relative relationship between a host vehicle (100) and an object (200) ahead of the host vehicle (100) and is satisfied when there is a collision risk that the host vehicle (100) collides with the object (200). The vehicle control apparatus (10) performs a change process to change the collision condition such that the collision condition is made difficult to be satisfied when a first condition and a second condition are satisfied. The first condition is a condition that the object (200) exists in an adjacent lane. The second condition is a condition that a length of the object (200) in a traveling direction of the host vehicle (100) is equal to or greater than a predetermined length.

A vehicle recording control apparatus that controls recording of surroundings of a vehicle by an in-vehicle external camera, the device comprising: an impact value detection unit configured to detect an impact value applied to the vehicle; a recording start unit configured to start recording the surroundings of the vehicle when the impact value becomes equal to or greater than a reference recording threshold value; and a door state detection unit configured to detect an open/closed state of a door of the vehicle, wherein the recording start unit cancels the recording of the surroundings of the vehicle even if the impact value becomes equal to or greater than the reference recording threshold value, when the door of the vehicle is in an open state, or until a preset set time elapses after the door transitions from the open state to a closed state.

The present disclosure relates to a replacing method for replacing an on-vehicle battery. The replacing method includes mounting the on-vehicle battery on a low-height cart (10) that has a height lower than a minimum ground clearance of a vehicle (30) when the on-vehicle battery is mounted, and moving the low-height cart (10) mounting the on-vehicle battery to under a floor of the vehicle (30) and replacing the on-vehicle battery.

A control system controls a vehicle capable of running by unmanned driving, and comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires step information about a particular step that is a step among steps present on a running route of the vehicle and determined in advance as a step which the vehicle is not to mount; a detection unit that detects the presence of the particular step at a destination of travel of the vehicle by using the step information; and a controller that controls the vehicle in such a way as to reduce a likelihood of the vehicle mounting the particular step if the detection unit detects the presence of the particular step at a destination of travel of the vehicle.

There are provided a solid-state battery and a method of manufacturing a solid-state battery in which a heat dissipating material is accommodated between an electrode body and an exterior body, wherein, given that, in an environment of 25°C and at a current value of 0.5C, one cycle is charging from a charge level of 0% to 100% and discharging from a charge level of 100% to 0%, when, after a cycling test in which the cycle is repeated 200 times, the solid-state battery is charged to a charge level of 100% and thereafter discharged to a charge level of 0%, the heat dissipating material contacts both the electrode body and the exterior body.

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle application testing framework. According to embodiments, a method for testing an application associated with a vehicle may include: receiving, by a processor of a first device and from a second device that implements the application, a first image associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application; outputting, by the processor and to the second device, an instruction to perform an operation to the GUI of the application; receiving, by the processor and from the second device, at least one of a second image associated with the GUI of the application and a sound stream associated with the application; and outputting, by the processor, an indication of whether a target transition has occurred. The target transition may be associated with content configurations of the GUI.

A position detection system, a position detection apparatus, a position detection method, a position detection program, and a method for manufacturing a mobile body capable of improving an accuracy of position detection are provided. The position detection system according to the present disclosure includes an observation information acquisition unit (211), a position information detection unit (212), an environmental change information acquisition unit (213), and a detection accuracy evaluation unit (215). The observation information acquisition unit (211) acquires observation information, which is a result of observing a movement area where a mobile body moves. The position information detection unit (212) detects position information of the mobile body based on the observation information. The environmental change information acquisition unit (213) acquires environmental change information regarding a change in an environment of the movement area. The detection accuracy evaluation unit (215) evaluates an accuracy of detecting the position information based on the environmental change information, and outputs an evaluation result.

A power storage module according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a power storage cell equipped with an electrode terminal, and a conductive member comprising an electrical connection section to be connected to the electrode terminal. When viewed along a direction in which the conductive member and the electrode terminal oppose each other, the electrical connection section comprises a first portion at which a peripheral edge portion thereof is positioned further inside than a peripheral edge portion of the electrode terminal, and a second portion positioned further outside than the peripheral edge portion of the electrode terminal.

A vehicle control system according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of cameras arranged side by side along a longitudinal direction of a work line, the plurality of cameras being configured to capture images of a vehicle (100) traveling on the work line from above; and a controller (200) configured to control traveling of the vehicle (100) based on the images captured by the plurality of cameras (310a, 310b). In the vehicle control system, while the vehicle (100) is caused to self-propel in a predetermined direction, a worker performs work while moving, and the plurality of cameras comprise pairs of cameras (310a, 310b) arranged side by side along the longitudinal direction of the work line, each of the pairs of cameras (310a, 310b) being configured to capture images of the vehicle (100) from diagonally upward to the left and diagonally upward to the right, respectively.

One or more processing circuitry (11, 31) acquires an in-vehicle camera image taken by a camera mounted on a vehicle (VH). The one or more processing circuitry generates highlight scene information on automated valet parking mission based on the in-vehicle camera images acquired while the vehicle is performing an automated valet parking mission and before the vehicle power is stopped at a completion location of the automated valet parking mission. The one or more processing circuitry (11, 31) transmits information regarding automated valet parking of the vehicle, including at least the highlight scene information, to a user terminal (40) of the vehicle. The user terminal (40) outputs information on the automated valet parking.

The present disclosure relates to a replacing method for replacing an on-vehicle battery having a protection panel (21) joined thereto. The replacing method includes, while the protection panel (21) is joined to the on-vehicle battery, replacing the on-vehicle battery by releasing the fixing between the vehicle on which the on-vehicle battery is mounted and the protection panel (21).

A photoelectric conversion element and a method for manufacturing the photoelectric conversion element capable of suppressing an increase in internal resistance are provided. A photoelectric conversion element (1) according to the present disclosure includes a first transparent electrode layer (12) that is disposed on a substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer (13) positioned on the first transparent electrode layer (12), a second transparent electrode layer (14) positioned on the photoelectric conversion layer (13), and a conductor part (15). Detailed configurations of the first transparent electrode layer (12), the photoelectric conversion layer (13), the second transparent electrode layer (14), and the conductor part (15) are described in the specification.

Batteries using a positive electrode mixture comprising a sulfur-based positive electrode active material have room for improvement in terms of cycle characteristics. The battery of the present disclosure comprises a positive electrode mixture layer, an electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode. The positive electrode mixture layer comprises a sulfur-based active material and carbon nanotube. A D/G band ratio determined from a Raman spectrum of the positive electrode mixture layer is 0.31 or greater.

An exhaust monitoring apparatus (100) sets a transport delay time (TL) spanning from when air passes through a portion of an intake passage (19) where an air flow meter (20) is provided to when exhaust gas derived from the air that has passed through the air flow meter (20) reaches a nitrogen oxide sensor (17). The exhaust monitoring apparatus (100) estimates an emission amount of nitrogen oxides based on an output value of the nitrogen oxide sensor (17) and an output value of the air flow meter (20) that was output earlier than a point in time at which the nitrogen oxide sensor (17) output the output value by the transport delay time (TL).

Disclosed herein is a positive electrode active material including a secondary particle (2). The secondary particle (2) includes a first particle group and a second particle group. Each of the first particle group and the second particle group is composed of primary particles. The primary particles contain an olivine-type phosphate compound. An average particle diameter of the second particle group is larger than an average particle diameter of the first particle group. In the secondary particle (2), the primary particles (1a) belonging to the first particle group and the primary particle (1b) belonging to the second particle group are dispersed in each other.