Toyota Motor Corporation Patente

A display device (20) includes a touch panel (27), a first display unit (21) disposed in front of a steering wheel (4), a second display unit (22, 23) disposed on at least one side of the first display unit (21) in a vehicle width direction and also disposed on a rear side of a vehicle (1) with respect to the first display unit (21), and a third display unit (24, 25) with a curved surface (241, 242) connecting the first display unit (21) and the second display unit (22, 23) to each other, and an information processing apparatus (10) has a controller (100) configured to execute outputting (S106), to the display device (20), a command to display a screen indicating that a plurality of pages are present on the third display unit (24, 25) in a case where the plurality of pages are present on a screen displayed on the second display unit (22, 23).

A dynamic power transmission device (1) includes: a single oil pump (100) configured to be able to feed oil; an electric motor (200); a lubrication-object member (300) that is lubricated with the oil; an oil passage (L) configured to supply the oil fed from the oil pump (100) to the electric motor (200) and the lubrication-object member (300); a flow amount regulation unit (400) provided in the oil passage (L) and configured to be able to regulate the supply amount of the oil to the electric motor (200); and a control unit (501) configured to control the flow amount regulation unit (400).

A method performed by an information processing apparatus includes identifying, based on personnel information on a plurality of employees, each employee who has a first event scheduled, which is an event that changes an area of work responsibility, determining, for each employee identified, a schedule of each employee to perform a second event, which is an event that collects know-how information from the employee, prior to a scheduled date of the first event, and storing, linked to each employee, the know-how information collected through the second event, in a database.

An analysis system, an analysis method, and an analysis program capable of utilizing knowledge obtained by an experimenter in an experiment are provided. An analysis system (1) includes an analysis subject data acquisition unit (111), a text acquisition unit (112), an extraction unit (113), and an analysis unit (114). The analysis subject data acquisition unit (111) acquires analysis subject data which is at least one of measurement data obtained by measuring samples and numerical data about the samples. The text acquisition unit (112) acquires text data in which experiment contents of the samples are recorded. The extraction unit (113) extracts extraction information about the experiment contents from the text data. The analysis unit (114) performs analysis based on the analysis subject data and the extraction information.

An example operation includes one or more of establishing a secure channel between a host platform and a vehicle based on a transport layer security (TLS) handshake between the host platform and the vehicle, downloading an authorization code to the vehicle through the secure channel between the host platform and the vehicle, receiving the authorization code from a mobile application installed on a mobile device, the mobile application comprising a decryption key, encrypting secrets for the mobile application to use to communicate with the host platform using an encryption key that corresponds to the decryption key, transmitting the encrypted secrets from the host platform to the mobile application, and establishing a connection between a telematics system of the host platform and the mobile application based on the secrets.

A rotor (2; 102) of a motor, includes: a shaft (10; 110); a rotor core (20; 120) having a plurality of core blocks (22; 122), each of the core blocks (22; 122) including a plurality of magnets (44) and a refrigerant flow passage (46), the core blocks (22; 122) including a first core block (22a; 122a) and a second core block (22b; 122b); and at least one plate, the at least one plate including a refrigerant communication plate (26; 126) disposed between the first core block (22a; 122a) and the second core block (22b; 122b), and the refrigerant communication plate (26; 126) including a communication flow passage (27) that is configured to connect the refrigerant flow passage (46) of the first core block with the refrigerant flow passage (46) of the second core block (22b; 122b).

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition interface and a controller. The acquisition interface acquires a question from a user. Upon acquiring the question regarding know-how inputted by the user through the acquisition interface, the controller acquires, from a database storing a plurality of pieces of know-how information, one or more pieces of know-how information according to the content of the question. The controller displays an answer to the question based on specific know-how information included in the one or more pieces of know-how information. The controller further determines the necessity of modification to the specific know-how information, based on a response of the user to the answer.

A display control device including: a display control section that, in accordance with an operating state of a driving assistance function installed in a vehicle, performs control to change and display, at a display section, a display mode of partial images of images of boundary lines, the partial images located in positions determined as positions in the vicinity of the vehicle out of the images of boundary lines of a driving lane that is a lane in which the vehicle is driving.

An example operation includes one or more of establishing a secure channel between a host platform and a vehicle based on a transport layer security (TLS) handshake between the host platform and the vehicle, downloading an authorization code to the vehicle through the secure channel between the host platform and the vehicle, receiving the authorization code from a mobile application installed on a mobile device, generating a mobile application certificate for the mobile device and transmitting the mobile application certificate to the mobile application on the mobile device, and establishing a secure connection between the host platform and the mobile application on the mobile device based on the mobile application certificate.

The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material, an electrode (10), and a battery (100) that improve the rate characteristics of a battery (100). The positive electrode active material includes a primary particle. The primary particle contains an olivine-type phosphate compound. The primary particle has a degree of circularity of 0.60 or less.

An analysis system, an analysis method, and an analysis program capable of assisting analysis that utilizes knowledge possessed by an experimenter are provided. An analysis system (1) includes a text acquisition unit (114), an extraction unit (115), and a difference evaluation unit (116). The text acquisition unit (114) acquires text data corresponding to each of a plurality of samples. The extraction unit (115) extracts extraction information about the samples from the text data. The difference evaluation unit (116) evaluates a difference between a plurality of pieces of the extraction information.

In a switching apparatus (100), a gasket (130) seals a gap between a bottom wall portion (111) and an intermediate member (120). A drive unit (140) is biased toward the intermediate member (120). The drive unit (140) is configured to be driven to be switchable between a state of facing a second communicating hole (120Hb) and forming a first route (P1) through which a heat medium flows to an outside from an inside of a case (110) via a first communicating hole (120Ha) and a first outlet hole (111Ha), and a state of facing the first communicating hole (120Ha) and forming a second route (P2) through which the heat medium flows to the outside from the inside of the case (110) via the second communicating hole (120Hb) and a second outlet hole (111Hb). A locking portion (150) is provided to be locked with respect to the intermediate member (120) upon an application of an external force to the intermediate member (120) in a direction separating from the bottom wall portion (111).

A positive electrode active material includes a primary particle (1), wherein the primary particle (1) contains an olivine-type phosphate compound, the primary particle (1) has a cross-section in at least part of which a streak structure is provided, the streak structure includes a first region (1a) and a second region (1b), the second region (1b) contains an ion conductor containing phosphorus at a higher concentration as compared to the first region (1a), the second region (1b) extends in a streaky manner, and the first region (1a) is divided into two or more by the second region (1b).

A control system controls an amount of power demand indicating an amount of electric power supplied from an external power supply (PG) to a supply target (1). The supply target includes a first resource (100, 220) and a second resource (210, 220, 230, 241) configured to allow adjustment of the amount of power demand. The control system includes a first controller (111, 12A) that controls the first resource and a second controller (12, 12B) that controls the second resource. The first controller controls the first resource independently of the second controller. Upon satisfaction of a first start condition, one of the first resource and the second resource starts a first adjustment operation to suppress increase in amount of power demand (F1, F2A). Upon further satisfaction of a second start condition in addition to the first start condition, the other of the first resource and the second resource starts a second adjustment operation to suppress increase in amount of power demand (F2, F1A, F2B, F2C, F2D).

An in-vehicle system includes a display device (21, 22, 23), and an information processing apparatus (10) configured to output information via the display device (21, 22, 23). The display device (21, 22, 23) includes a pair of display units (22, 23) that are provided in a forward portion of a driver ' s seat (2) in a passenger compartment, are disposed at positions on both sides of a steering wheel (4) while protruding rearward of an instrument unit disposed in front of the steering wheel (4), and have touch panels (25). The information processing apparatus (10) has a controller (101) configured to execute: obtaining touch operations performed on each of the pair of display units (22, 23); and at least partially disabling (S12, S15), when it is determined that a touch operation is being performed on one of the pair of display units (22, 23), touch operations on the other display unit.

A simple interface is provided for adjusting a side mirror. An in-vehicle system includes a display device (27) having a display module (22, 23) with a touch panel (25), and an information processing apparatus (10) having a controller (101) configured to execute obtaining a swipe operation performed on the display module (22, 23) and outputting a drive command for adjusting an inclination of a side mirror of a vehicle (1) based on the swipe operation.

A method for manufacturing an electrode sheet (2) may include preparing a binder mixture containing a fibrillated first binder by mixing a fibrillatable first binder and inactive material particles which are non-fibrillatable particles; and preparing an electrode composite mixture containing the binder mixture and active material particles.

A method of manufacturing a stator (100) includes preparing a workpiece (90). The workpiece (90) includes a coil (30) to which a plurality of wire rods (60) is connected, and a stator core (20) having a cylindrical shape. The coil (30) is wound around the stator core (20). The coil (30) includes a coil end (30a, 30b) protruding from an end portion of the stator core (20). The manufacturing method includes applying a first resin (92) to the coil end (30a, 30b), temporarily curing the first resin (92) applied to the coil end (30a, 30b), applying an insulating second resin (64) to a connection portion between the wire rods (60), and heating the workpiece (90) to cure the first resin (92) and the second resin (64).

A rotor (30) of an electric motor (20) includes a rotor core (32) having a hole (34) extending along an axial direction of the rotor (30), a permanent magnet (36, 39) disposed in the hole (34), a spacer member disposed in the hole (34) and adjacent to the permanent magnet (36, 39) on its outer side in a radial direction of the rotor (30), a first adhesive layer (L1) configured to hold the permanent magnet (36, 39) in the hole (34) and disposed between an inner surface of the hole (34) and at least part of side surfaces of the permanent magnet (36, 39) facing the inner surface, and a second adhesive layer (L2) configured to hold the spacer member in the hole (34) and disposed between the inner surface and at least part of side surfaces of the spacer member facing the inner surface. A section of the hole (34) perpendicular to the axial direction has a slot shape extending in a direction intersecting with a circumferential direction of the rotor (30).

A controller controls an output to a display mounted on a vehicle including an operating member operated to implement a traveling operation. The controller includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and an execution device. The storage medium stores a first video file for playback of a first video and a second video file for playback of a second video. At least one of the first video and the second video includes an image simulating a traveling state of the vehicle. The execution device is configured to cause the display to display the second video in place of the first video on condition that one of the operating members has been operated while the first video is displayed on the display of the vehicle in a stationary state.

A vehicle lower section structure including a battery (14) and an energy absorption member (28). The energy absorption member (28) includes an upper wall (30), a lower wall (32), and plural upright partitioning walls (40) that form plural spaces (42, 44, 46). The spaces along a vehicle width direction from an outermost space (42) to a freely selected space (46) of the spaces are provided alternately with either a pair of first indentations (64, 66, 74, 76) in a lower face of the upper wall (30) indented toward a vehicle upper side of the space and in an upper face of the lower wall (32) indented toward a vehicle lower side of the space, or a pair of second indentations (68, 70) in an upper face of the upper wall (30) indented toward the vehicle lower side of the space and in a lower face of the lower wall (32) indented toward the vehicle upper side of the space.

A positive electrode active material includes powder including single crystal particles (1). Each of the single crystal particles (1) includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide. The lithium transition metal composite oxide has a crystal structure that belongs to R-3m space group and includes at least nickel. In a scanning electron microscope image of the powder, the single crystal particles (1) do not aggregate and are independent single particles. Each of the single crystal particles (1) has a polyhedral shape. Each of the single crystal particles (1) has a longest side (1a) and a short side (1b). The longest side (1a) extends along a 003 plane. The short side (1b) is connected to an end of the longest side (1a). An interior angle formed between the longest side (1a) and the short side (1b) ranges from 60° to 120°. A ratio of the longest side (1a) to the short side (1b) is greater than or equal to 1.10.

A vehicle input device (10, 120) comprises a memory (28), and a processor (26), the processor (26) being configured to detect an operation to an operation section (40A - 54) reachable by an occupant of a driving seat, instruct a display to display an image including a frame corresponding to the operation section (40A - 54) and an icon in the frame in response to detecting the operation, and instruct the display not to display the icon while displaying the frame, in response to failing to satisfy a predetermined requirement despite detection of the operation.

A display device (20) includes a touch panel (27), a first display unit (21) disposed in front of a steering wheel (4), a second display unit (22, 23) disposed on at least one side of the first display unit (21) in a vehicle width direction and also disposed on a rear side of a vehicle (1) with respect to the first display unit (21), and a third display unit (24, 25) with a curved surface connecting the first display unit (21) and the second display unit (22, 23) to each other, and an information processing apparatus (10) includes a controller (100) configured to execute: receiving (S101) a request input to the touch panel (27) to move content (201) displayed on one of the first and second display unit (22, 23)s to the other display unit; and outputting (S109), to the display device (20), information for moving the content (201) while deforming it when the content (201) is moved from the one display unit to the other display unit via the third display unit (24, 25).

A power storage device includes a plurality of power storage cells (29), and 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. In the heat exchanger (32), Young's modulus of a central portion (32c) in a short-side direction of the long side surface is smaller than Young's modulus of an end portion (32b, 32d) in the short-side direction of the long side surface.

An irradiation control region of a headlight (3) including a first region (R1) including a vehicle (V) in front of the vehicle and a second region (R2) not including a front vehicle in a periphery of the first region is set, based on a front captured image (IM). A set light intensity of the headlight is set based on the irradiation control region. Light distribution of the headlight (3) is controlled based on the irradiation control region and the set light intensity. A size of a blur region (R3) surrounding the first region on a first region side in the second region is set, based on a user setting parameter or a user operation of a user of the vehicle. A first light intensity of the first region, a second light intensity of the second region that is higher than the first light intensity, and a third light intensity of the blur region that increases from the first light intensity to the second light intensity as a distance from the first region increases are set.

A controller includes an execution device and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium stores playback content items. A playback content item refers to content in which multiple videos are switched and displayed on a display. The execution device acquires user information of a user in a vehicle. The execution device selects a specific content item from among the playback content items based on the acquired user information. The execution device plays the selected specific content item to display the videos.

The control device (40) includes a control part (43) configured to play content and perform control of a vehicle function in conjunction with the content. The control part (43) is configured to generate control data for controlling the vehicle function based on a feature amount of the content, play the content in response to a playback request for the content, and control the vehicle function in conjunction with playback of the content based on the control data during playback of the content.

A power storage device (10) includes a first power storage cell (101), a second power storage cell (102) spaced apart from the first power storage cell (101) in a predetermined direction, a third power storage cell (103) spaced apart from the second power storage cell (102) in the predetermined direction, a conductive member (850), a first spacer (701) disposed between the first power storage cell (101) and the second power storage cell (102), and a second spacer (702) disposed between the second power storage cell (102) and the third power storage cell (103). A first terminal (121b) is provided on the side of a lower surface of the first power storage cell (101). A second terminal (122a, 122b) is provided on the side of a lower surface of the second power storage cell (102). A third terminal (123a) is provided on the side of a lower surface of the third power storage cell (103). The conductive member (850) is connected to the first terminal (121b), the second terminal (122a, 122b), and the third terminal (123a).

A controller is configured to control a vehicle that includes a battery configured to store electrical energy for driving a drive motor, a touch display configured to display an image and receive a touch operation, and a display configured to display an image. The controller includes a storage device and an execution device. The storage device is configured to store charging-time content. The charging-time content includes a charging-state image that is to be displayed on the display during charging of the battery. The execution device is configured to cause the display to display the charging-time content when the battery is not being charged and a predetermined operation has been performed on the touch display.

A catalyst for synthesizing methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen via a catalysis, comprising a zirconium oxide support of a monoclinic crystal structure and catalytic sites provided on the support for the catalysis and from an impregnation with a precursor solution for forming zinc oxide crystals, shows amounts of zinc atoms and zirconium atoms determined on the catalyst by XPS with a ratio of an amount of zinc to an amount of zirconium of 0.4 or more.

A battery electric vehicle (100) controlled in control modes including a manual mode in which an electric motor (4) is controlled so as to simulate an action of a virtual vehicle equipped with a virtual engine includes: a transmission (9) configured to change a gear ratio between the electric motor (4) and a drive wheel (6F, 6R); a clutch (8) provided between the electric motor (4) and the transmission (9); a clutch operation device (24); and a control device (101) including a processor (102). The processor (102) is configured to communicate with the clutch (8) and the clutch operation device (24). The processor (102) is configured to, in the manual mode, control the clutch (8) according to a command from the clutch operation device (24). The processor (102) is configured to, even in the manual mode, at the time of starting of the battery electric vehicle (100), start the battery electric vehicle (100) by controlling the clutch (8) without depending on the command from the clutch operation device (24).

A method of manufacturing a porous silicon, comprising: bringing a raw material containing a silicate into contact with an alkali earth metal gas; and bringing the raw material, which was brought into contact with the alkali earth metal gas, into contact with an acid.

An in-vehicle charging system (40) is a system that charges a drive battery (30) for storing power for traveling of an electrically powered vehicle (1), and includes a charger (34) that charges the drive battery using power from an EVSE (300), a communication ECU (140) that communicates with the EVSE, and a charging control ECU (110) that controls the charger. The charging control ECU sets a start time of reserved charging using the power from the EVSE (step S114), and controls the charger to start the reserved charging to the drive battery in response to a start notification from the EVSE when the start time is reached (step S121, step S122). When the start notification is not provided, and a predetermined time related to the start time is reached, the communication ECU transmits information for stopping the reserved charging to the EVSE (step S121, step S131, step S135).

Disclosed is a technology where, when a current collector containing Al is used in an aqueous battery, elution of Al from the current collector into an aqueous electrolyte solution can be suppressed. The aqueous battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, an aqueous electrolyte solution, and a negative electrode. One or both of the positive electrode and the negative electrode has/have a current collector containing Al. The current collector is in contact with the aqueous electrolyte solution. The aqueous electrolyte solution contains water, potassium polyphosphate dissolved in the water, and a silicic acid salt dissolved in the water.

An electricity storage apparatus (10) includes a plurality of electricity storage cells (100), a bottom wall (212), and a panel member (230). A safety valve (SV) is provided on a lower surface of each electricity storage cell (100). The bottom wall (212) includes an upper plate portion (212A) and a lower plate portion (212B). The upper plate portion (212A) has at least two upper through-holes (h1) provided in positions facing the safety valve (SV). The lower plate portion (212B) has at least one lower through-hole (h2) provided in a position facing at least two upper through-holes (h1). A length (L2) of the lower through-hole (h2) in one direction (DR1) is greater than a length (L1) of each of the upper through-holes (h1) in the one direction (DR1).

A text conversion method for voice data that is executed by an information processing device (10) includes: acquiring voice data; generating text data based on the voice data; and correcting an error pattern included in the text data, based on an error correction table. The error correction table includes a first error pattern, at least one second error pattern generated based on the voice data in which the first error pattern is generated, and a correction pattern corresponding to the first error pattern and the at least one second error pattern.

An in-vehicle system includes a display device (21, 22, 23), and an information processing apparatus (10) configured to output information via the display device (21, 22, 23). The display device (21, 22, 23) includes a pair of display units (22, 23) that are provided in a forward portion of a driver's seat (2) in a passenger compartment, are disposed at positions on both sides of a steering wheel (4) while protruding rearward of an instrument unit (21) disposed in front of the steering wheel (4), and have touch panels (25); and the information processing apparatus (10) includes a controller (101) configured to execute: obtaining touch operations performed on each of the pair of display units (22, 23); obtaining sensor data indicating a state of holding the steering wheel (4) by a driver; and performing, based on the sensor data, a disabling process of at least partially disabling the touch operations on at least one of the pair of display units (22, 23).

A battery device includes: a plurality of battery cells, each including a cell case provided with a relief valve that opens when internal pressure reaches a predetermined threshold; a case that houses the plurality of battery cells; a non-combustible paper that is provided at at least a part of an inner surface of the case; an intermediate material that is provided at a surface of the non-combustible paper opposite from the inner surface and that has a higher mechanical strength than the non-combustible paper; and an insulating plate that is provided at a surface of the intermediate material opposite from the non-combustible paper, that opposes the relief valves, and that has electrical insulation properties and a higher mechanical strength than the non-combustible paper, wherein thermal insulation properties of the non-combustible paper and the intermediate material are higher than those of the insulating plate.

A vehicle (1) includes: a floor panel (300); a seat cushion (81) disposed above the floor panel (300); a high-voltage unit (20) excluding a battery (30); a high-voltage connector (23) provided on the high-voltage unit (20); and a harness (50). The high-voltage unit (20) has at least a part disposed between the seat cushion (81) and the floor panel (300). The high-voltage connector (23) is provided on a lower surface side of the high-voltage unit (20). The harness (50) extends toward a gap between the high-voltage unit (20) and the floor panel (300) to be connected to the high-voltage connector (23).