Toyota Motor Corporation Patente

A text conversion method for voice data that is executed by an information processing device includes: acquiring voice data; detecting a specific expression in the voice data and feature information relevant to vocalization of the specific expression; converting the specific expression into corresponding standard language, based on the detected specific expression and the detected feature information; and outputting text information relevant to the voice data.

A power storage device includes: a power storage module (11) including a plurality of power storage cells (30); an accommodation case that accommodates the power storage module (11); a bus bar module (29) provided in the accommodation case and electrically connecting the plurality of power storage cells (30); and a biasing member (14) that improves close contact between the plurality of power storage cells (30) and the bus bar module (29). Since the biasing member (14) improves close contact between the plurality of power storage cells and the bus bar module, the state of contact between the power storage cells and bus bars can be improved.

An electrode assembly includes a first electrode portion (11) including a plurality of first stack portions (110) and a plurality of first curved portions (115) and formed of a first electrode sheet, and a second electrode portion (12) including a plurality of second stack portions (120). The plurality of first stack portions (110) and the plurality of second stack portions (120) are disposed alternately in a stacking direction. The first electrode sheet includes a first sheet portion including a portion formed of a first metal foil and forming the first stack portions and a portion formed of a first resin member and forming the plurality of first curved portions (115), and a first active material layer (112). The first stack portion (110) includes a first metal foil (111) and a first active material layer (112) provided on the first metal foil (111). The first active material layer (112) is not provided on the first resin member.

A wound electrode assembly (10) has a positive electrode (11) and a negative electrode (12) wound in a flat shape with a separator (13) in between, and includes a pair of flat portions (91) facing each other with a winding center in between and a pair of curved portions (92) connecting ends of the pair of flat portions (91) to each other. The positive electrode (11) includes a first base member including a first metal foil (111) and a first resin member (112) alternately joined along a winding direction of the wound electrode assembly (10). The negative electrode (12) includes a second base member including a second metal foil (121) and a second resin member (122) alternately joined along the winding direction. In each of the pair of flat portions (91), the first metal foil (111) and the second metal foil (121) are alternately arranged in a direction in which the pair of flat portions (91) face each other. In each of the pair of curved portions (92), the first resin member (112) and the second resin member (122) are alternately arranged in a radial direction of the wound electrode assembly (10).

A fuel cell includes an anode separator and a cathode separator each including a coating on its surface. Each of the anode and cathode separators includes: a body; a coolant manifold configured to allow a coolant to flow therethrough; an intra-cell sealing portion that provides a seal between the anode and cathode separators within the fuel cell and that is provided by the body being bonded to the insulating sheet so as to surround the coolant manifold; and a sacrificial electrolytic corrosion portion disposed between the coolant manifold and the intra-cell sealing portion and including a plurality of exposed portions where a base material is exposed without being covered with the coating. The sacrificial electrolytic corrosion portion includes at least one of the exposed portions on a straight line connecting the coolant manifold and the intra-cell sealing portion.

A wound electrode assembly (10) includes a separator (110) including a first electrode region (R1) and a second electrode region (R2), in each of which an electrode layer is provided, alternately spaced apart from each other. In the wound electrode assembly (10), the separator (110) is wound with a direction, in which first electrode region (R1) and the second electrode region (R2) are aligned, extending along a winding direction.

A method for manufacturing a power storage cell (100) includes: a bending step of bending a sheet member (120); and a disposing step of disposing an inner surface (111D) of a bent conductive layer (111) on an insulation support layer (110). The bending step includes: bringing an inner surface (110A) of the insulation support layer (110) into contact with an inner portion (111A); bringing an outer surface (110B) of the insulation support layer (110) into contact with an outer portion (111B); and causing an end portion (110C) of the insulation support layer (110) to face a connecting portion

A switching device includes a spool valve (30) extending in a Z direction, a case (20) that accommodates the spool valve (30), and an actuator (40) that drives the spool valve (30). A space (S11 to S13) and a flow path (21a) are formed inside the case (20), the spool valve (30) moving in the Z direction in the space (S11 to S13), the flow path (21a) being connected with the space (S11 to S13). The actuator (40) includes a rod (41) coupled to the spool valve (30), and a motor (45) that generates a driving force for moving the rod (41) in the Z direction. The rod (41) is inserted into the case (20) from a Z1 side.

A power storage device includes: a lower case including a bottom wall portion (23); a first power storage module (11A) and a second power storage module (11B) disposed on a side close to an inner surface of the bottom wall portion (23) and spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction; and a cover member (50) to cover the bottom wall portion (23) from below. The bottom wall portion (23) includes a first protrusion (26) protruding downward, the first power storage module (11A) has a rear-side corner portion (11b), the second power storage module (11B) has a front-side corner portion (11a), the first protrusion (26) has a front-side base portion (26a) and a rear-side base portion (26b), the front-side base portion (26a) is located at a position overlapping with the rear-side corner portion (11b) in an upward-downward direction, and the rear-side base portion (26b) is located at a position overlapping with the front-side corner portion (11a) in the upward-downward direction.

A positive electrode active material comprises secondary particles (1), wherein each of the secondary particles includes primary particles, each of the primary particles includes an olivine-type phosphate compound, carbon and lithium phosphate are adhered to at least part of a surface of the secondary particle (1), in a cross section of the secondary particle (1), the secondary particle (1) is composed of a central portion (1a), an intermediate portion (1b), and an outer peripheral portion (1c), a relationship of 1.05≤C<LPO>/X<LPO> is satisfied, where C<LPO> represents an amount-of-substance concentration of lithium phosphate in the outer peripheral portion (1c), and X<LPO> represents an average value of amount-of- substance concentrations of lithium phosphate in the central portion (1a), the intermediate portion (1b), and the outer peripheral portion (1c).

A power storage device (B) includes: a first power storage cell (10, 1(6)); a second power storage cell (10, 2(6)); and a wiring board (200). The wiring board includes a substrate (201, 201A to 201G), and a plurality of conductor members (211 to 216, 221 to 223, 231 to 236) provided on a vertically upper surface (F1) of the substrate. The plurality of conductor members include a first conductor member (211) and a second conductor member (212). The first power storage cell includes, on a vertically lower surface (F10) thereof, a first electrode terminal (11) connected to the first conductor member. The second power storage cell includes, on a vertically lower surface (F10) thereof, a second electrode terminal (12) connected to the second conductor member. At least one of a protrusion (M1, M21, M22), a recess (R10, R10A) and a through hole (h22, h22A, h22B) is provided in a portion of the substrate between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal.

Conductive carbon with a modification is used as a conductive additive of a composite electrode for an all-solid-state battery, wherein the modification is a fluorination providing inorganic particles on a carbon surface.

A power system (1) includes power equipment (5) and an electric-powered vehicle (6). The power equipment (5) includes a powering unit and a storage unit. The powering unit powers a power grid (PG) in each of a first period and a second period. The storage unit stores grid code information. The electric-powered vehicle (6) includes a storage device and a control device. When the first period begins, the control device obtains the grid code information from the power equipment (5) and controls the transmit power during the first period, in accordance with the obtained grid code information. The control device stores the obtained grid code information into the storage device. If a predetermined condition is met, the predetermined condition indicating that the electric-powered vehicle (6) has been in stationary across a third period, the control device controls the transmit power during the second period, in accordance with the grid code information stored in the storage device.

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle (100) capable of switching a mode between a manual mode in which a driver performs gear shift operation and an automatic mode in which the driver does not need to perform the gear shift operation. The vehicle (100) comprises a manual mode shift selector used to select a gear position in the manual mode and an automatic mode shift selector used to select a range in the automatic mode. When a first condition is satisfied, the range is set to a non-travel range at the time when the mode is switched from the manual mode to the automatic mode.

The present disclosure provides an electric vehicle (100). The electric vehicle (100) has a plurality of modes that differ in output control of a motor(4F, 4R) in response to operation input by a driver. The plurality of modes include a manual operation mode configured to be a mode in which output characteristics of the motor(4F, 4R) can be switched in multiple stages by operating a shift lever (24). Mode switching from the manual operation mode to another mode, or from the another mode to the manual operation mode is achieved by operating the shift lever (24) and one or more other operation interfaces in a predetermined manner.

A charging inlet (50) is shared by an alternating-current charging connector (530) and a direct-current charging connector (630). A drive circuit (75) connects a DC charging relay (DCR) when a Hi signal is inputted from an AND circuit (74), and cuts off the DC charging relay (DCR) when a Lo signal is inputted. When a Hi signal is inputted from a NOT circuit (73) and a Hi signal is inputted from a controller (76) to the AND circuit (74), the AND circuit (74) outputs the Hi signal. An alternating-current voltage applied to a power input terminal (P1, P2) of the charging inlet (50) passes through a filter (71) of a control circuit (70) and is rectified by a rectifier circuit (72), and a Hi signal is outputted to the NOT circuit (73). The NOT circuit (73) inverts the Hi signal to a Lo signal and outputs the Lo signal to the AND circuit (74).

A power storage cell (100) includes: an electrode body (10) including a first electrode (10A) and a second electrode (10B); a first coupling member (50A) and a second coupling member (50B) each disposed at a position facing the electrode body (10); a first tab (90A) that electrically connects the first electrode (10A) to the first coupling member (50A); and a foam layer (140). The foam layer (140) is in contact with the first tab (90A), to thereby support the first tab (90A).

A vehicle rear portion structure is provided in which an air duct is disposed such that at least a portion thereof overlaps a vent duct as seen from a vehicle transverse direction, and, at a duct mounting portion that is provided at a vehicle body panel along a peripheral edge portion of an opening portion of the vehicle body panel, a gap between the air duct and the vehicle body panel is larger at a vehicle rear side than at a vehicle front side.

A controller (50) conducts a first inspection and a second inspection. In the first inspection, the controller (50) controls a switching device (120) such that, during application of a voltage between a first power line (PL2b) and a second power line (PL2a) constituting a first power path (PL2), the first power line (PL2b) is electrically connected to a power storage device (30) and the second power line (PL2a) is disconnected from the power storage device (30), and determines whether or not the switching device (120) is faulty. In the second inspection, the controller (50) controls the switching device (120) such that the second power line (PL2a) is electrically connected to the power storage device (30) and the first power line (PL2b) is disconnected from the power storage device (30), and determines whether or not the switching device (120) is faulty.

A battery electric vehicle (100) having a plurality of modes in which output control of a motor (4F; 4R) with respect to an operation input from a driver is different includes a control device (101). The modes include a manual operation mode in which output characteristics of the motor (4F; 4R) upon acceleration are switchable in multiple stages through operation of a pair of right and left switches (14R; 14L) provided at a steering wheel (30) or a steering column. The control device (101) is configured to execute mode switching between the manual operation mode and another mode by two or more operation interfaces being operated without at least one of the pair of right and left switches (14R; 14L) being operated.

A battery including an external cladding that includes a bottom wall having a rectangular flat plate shape and a pair of main body walls respectively integrally provided upright from long edges of the bottom wall, and includes jutting-out portions that jut out in directions approaching each other from end portions of the pair of main body walls on the opposite side to the bottom wall, an electrode assembly housed in the external cladding, and a lid that is formed in a protrusion shape including a narrow width portion and a wide width portion when viewed in cross-section from a direction along the long edges of the bottom wall, such that the narrow width portion is clamped by the jutting-out portions.

Systems and methods for partially encrypting image files based on an image policy related to a location where the image was captured are described. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory that is in communication with the processor. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to evaluate an image based on an image policy related to a location where the image was captured to determine a sensitive portion of the image and encrypt the sensitive portion of the image such that the sensitive portion of the image is non-viewable.

A vehicle delivery handling support method to be executed by an information processing apparatus (10), the vehicle delivery handling support method includes acquiring purchased vehicle information based on first speech data that is acquired in a business talk for selling a vehicle, generating a list including a plurality of matters to be confirmed in explanation upon delivery of the vehicle corresponding to the business talk based on the purchased vehicle information, determining whether each of the matters to be confirmed has been confirmed in the explanation upon delivery of the vehicle based on second speech data and the list, the second speech data being acquired in the explanation upon delivery of the vehicle, and outputting a determination result.

A control apparatus, a control system, a control method, a control program, and a method for manufacturing mobile bodies capable of preventing a traffic jam from occurring in traveling in platooning are provided. A control system (50) is a control system for controlling operations performed by a plurality of vehicles (100) traveling in platooning, and includes a time information output unit (212), a destination position related information output unit (213), and a control information output unit (214). The time information output unit (212) outputs time information specifying a time. The destination position related information output unit (213) outputs, for each of the plurality of vehicles (100), destination position related information related to a position which the vehicle (100) should reach at a time indicated by time information. The control information output unit (214) outputs control information for controlling the operations performed by the vehicles (100) based on the time information and the destination position related information.

A system includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires reliability of a first sensor that is a sensor mounted on a vehicle having a collision avoidance function of avoiding collision against an obstacle based on a distance between the vehicle and the obstacle, and detects the distance between the vehicle and the obstacle; a second acquisition unit that acquires reliability of a second sensor that is a sensor disposed outside the vehicle, and detects a distance between the vehicle and an inspection device that inspects the vehicle; and a function stop instruction unit that, when a predetermined condition including that the reliability of the first sensor is lower than the reliability of the second sensor is satisfied, transmits to the vehicle an instruction of stopping the collision avoidance function that uses a detection result of the first sensor.

A front door (100) includes a metal door frame (10) and a resin door outer panel (20) attached to a vehicle outer side of the door frame (10), and an outer peripheral portion (35) of the outer panel (20) is joined to the door frame (10).

A vehicle outer panel assembly (110) including a resin rear door outer panel (31) and an electrostatic capacitive touch sensor (40) that detects contact with a design surface (31A) of the rear door outer panel (31) is provided. The electrostatic capacitive touch sensor (40) is provided on the inner side of the rear door outer panel (31).

A computer-implemented method (20) for picking up a pickable object from a plurality of pickable objects arranged in a defined area, the computer-implemented method comprising capturing (21) an image of the defined area, processing (22) the image using a first trained model to identify at least one pickable object with a visibility degree meeting or exceeding a predetermined threshold, and selecting (23) the at least one identified object for pickup in descending order of confidence score.

A vehicle (1) includes a battery pack (15) configured to be charged with charging power which is DC power from a charger (2), a voltage sensor (13) that detects a charging voltage of charging power, a switching device (14) configured to switch between charging schemes different in charging voltage, and a vehicle controller (16) that determines a charging scheme. The vehicle controller (16) obtains from the voltage sensor (13), an insulation diagnosis voltage (Vdiag) applied by the charger (2) and determines the charging scheme based on the insulation diagnosis voltage (Vdiag).

A control apparatus (50;130) for a vehicle (10;100) that includes (i) right and left front wheels (12;114,112), (ii) a front-wheel drive apparatus (20;124,122) which is configured to drive the front wheels (12;114,112), (iii) right and left rear wheels (14;118,116) and (iv) a rear-wheel drive apparatus (30;128,126) which is provided independently of the front-wheel drive apparatus (20;124,122) and which is configured to drive the rear wheels (14;118,116). The control apparatus (50;130) includes (a) a pitch-angular-speed calculator (54) configured to calculate an angular speed of a vehicle body that is a body of the vehicle (10;100), in a pitch direction of the vehicle body; and (b) a drive controller (52) configured to change a driving force of the front wheels (12;114,112) and a driving force of the rear wheels (14;118,116), based on the angular speed of the vehicle body in the pitch direction, for suppressing a posture change of the vehicle body in the pitch direction while keeping a total driving force of the vehicle (10; 100) unchanged..

In a first inspection, a controller (50) controls a charger (100) such that one power line (PL13b) of first and second power lines is electrically connected to a first power path (PL2) and the other power line (PL13a) of the first and second power lines is electrically connected to a second power path (PL3), and determines whether or not the charger (100) is faulty based on a voltage applied to each of the first power path (PL2) and the second power path (PL3). In a second inspection, the controller (50) controls the charger (100) such that the other power line (PL13a) and the one power line (PL13b) are electrically connected to the first power path (PL2) and the second power path (PL3), respectively, and determines whether or not the charger (100) is faulty based on the voltage applied to each of the first power path (PL2) and the second power path (PL3).

An in-vehicle air conditioner (12, 12a) includes a refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) for circulating a refrigerant, the refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) having a compressor (20), a condenser (22), an expansion valve (24a), and an evaporator (26a). The in-vehicle air conditioner (12, 12a) includes a first heat exchanger (30) which is integrally formed with the condenser (22) of the refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) to transfer heat from the refrigerant contained in the condenser (22) to a first cooling liquid, a first cooling liquid circuit (C1) for circulating the first cooling liquid, a second heat exchanger (40) which is integrally formed with the evaporator (26a) of the refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) to cool a second cooling liquid with the refrigerant contained in the evaporator (26a), and a second cooling liquid circuit (C2) for circulating the second cooling liquid. The compressor (20), the first heat exchanger (30), the expansion valve (24a), and the second heat exchanger (40) are fixed to a common fixation member (100, 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d), to thereby form a refrigerant module (RM, RMa, RMb) in which the refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) is integrated into one unit.

An in-vehicle air conditioner (12, 12a) includes a refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) for circulating a hydrocarbon refrigerant, the refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) having a compressor (20), a condenser (22), an expansion valve (24a), and an evaporator (26a). The in-vehicle air conditioner (12, 12a) includes a first heat exchanger (30) which is integrally formed with the condenser (22) of the refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) to transfer heat from the refrigerant contained in the condenser (22) to a first cooling liquid, a first cooling liquid circuit (C1) for circulating the first cooling liquid, a second heat exchanger (40) which is integrally formed with the evaporator (26a) of the refrigerant circuit (R, Ra) to cool a second cooling liquid with the refrigerant contained in the evaporator (26a), a second cooling liquid circuit (C2) for circulating the second cooling liquid, and a heat shield plate (100, 100a, 100a-1, 100b) disposed between an area including the refrigerant circuit (R, Ra), the first heat exchanger (30), and the second heat exchanger (40) and another area including a heat generating element (14).

A server performs processing including the steps of obtaining an upper limit number of digital certificates that can be stored (S102) when determining that a priority change has been notified (YES in S100), obtaining information about a stored digital certificate (S104), transmitting priority information (S108) when determining that a digital certificate having a priority higher than that of an existing distal certificate has been set (YES in S106), transmitting certificate data (S110), and transmitting the priority information (S112) when determining that the digital certificate having a priority higher than that of the existing distal certificate has not been set (NO in S106).

A server performs processing including the steps of transmitting certificate information (S102) when determining that acquisition of a certificate is requested (YES in S100), transmitting download progress information (S106) when determining that a request source is a terminal (YES in S104), transmitting writing progress information (S110) when determining that download is complete (YES in S108), and notifying a result (S114) when determining that writing is complete (YES in S112).

A charging control system (100) includes an ECU (10) that switches a setting of scheduled charging between valid and invalid, the scheduled charging performing charging at a predetermined time, and a controller (40) that selects a charging method in the charging. The controller (40) selects PnC billing when the setting of the scheduled charging in the ECU (10) is invalid, and selects EIM billing when the setting of the scheduled charging in the ECU (10) is valid.

A power storage device includes: a cylinder-shaped casing that houses an electrode assembly inside and has a central axis extending along a first direction; a safety valve arranged so as to overlap with the central axis when viewed along the first direction; a lid fixed at the casing by a crimped section crimping the casing from a first side in the first direction of the casing, wherein the lid includes a ring-shaped partition wall extending toward the first side and provided further to a radial direction outer side than the safety valve and further to a radial direction inner side than the crimped section; and a seal member that seals the crimped section at the radial direction outer side of the partition wall, the seal member being arranged at a second side in the first direction of the casing than an end portion of the casing at the first side.

An information processing device (11) includes a control unit (112). The control unit (112) is configured to determine a role of a person to be a target in an online meeting based on information about the online meeting. The control unit (112) is configured to determine whether to permit the person to participate in the online meeting in a vehicle based on the role.

A driving mode of a VP set in each of main and sub VCIBs is switchable to an autonomous or manual driving mode. When a two-system failure occurs while the driving mode set in the main/sub VCIB is the autonomous driving mode, a base vehicle carries out control for emergency stop of the base vehicle (S316) and the main/sub VCIB controls an output unit to output a prescribed sign in a prescribed manner (S331 to S333 and S341 to S348), the two-system failure being a failure that makes communication or control via the first and second paths impossible. The main/sub VCIB sets the prescribed manner in accordance with a request from an ADK (S122, S432 and S433).

An inlet (210) has a PISW to receive a reference voltage from a vehicle. When a discharging connector (100) is connected to the inlet (210), a PP terminal (PISW) receives the reference voltage. A detection circuit (540A) and a detection circuit (540B) selectively form a PISW circuit (a closed circuit) by a switch (S3B). Before the discharging connector (100) is connected to the inlet (210), the switch (S3B) is in a position to form the PISW circuit by the detection circuit (540A). When the discharging connector (100) is connected to the inlet (210), a power supply (or discharging) current is set based on a PISW potential and the vehicle starts discharging power. When the vehicle starts discharging power, a PWM signal generator (510) operates using power on a voltage line (L11, L12) as a power source, and a PWM signal is transmitted to the vehicle via a CP terminal (CPLT). The vehicle continues to discharge power by a power supply current based on the PWM signal.