Toyota Motor Corporation Patente

A display control device (28) acquires incline angle information of a road on which the vehicle is traveling. The display control device displays, at a display unit (24, 25, or 26), an image portraying the vehicle and an image portraying the road on which the vehicle is traveling, in which the vehicle is viewed from a virtual viewpoint, by altering the image portraying the vehicle and the image portraying the road so as to be tilted in accordance with the acquired incline angle information.

A battery electric vehicle (100) is configured to be able to switch output characteristics of an electric motor in multiple stages and includes a processor (30) that switches the output characteristics of the electric motor in accordance with a shift position, and a shifter (23) to be used by a driver to select the shift position. The processor (30) has a manual operation mode of accepting selection of the shift position through manual operation of the shifter (23). The processor (30) automatically downshifts the shift position in response to a vehicle speed or motor rotation speed satisfying a predetermined condition during traveling in the manual operation mode.

A suspension member assembly (70) is provided which has a suspension member (30) and a tower bar (60). The suspension member (30) includes left and right side beams (31L, 31R), a front cross member (34), and first and second rear cross members (32, 33). The front cross member (34) has a length in a vehicle front-and-rear direction shorter than a length in a vehicle up-and-down direction. The tower bar (60) is provided at a vehicle rear side relative to the front cross member (34), and at an upper side relative to the first and second rear cross members (32, 33), connects between the left and right side beams (31L, 31R) in a width direction, and has at least two fastening points (61L, 61R, 62L, 62R) with each of the left and right side beams (31L, 31R).

A control device (100) for an electrically powered vehicle (1) is a control device for an electrically powered vehicle including a drive battery (30) capable of charging/power feeding between the drive battery and an EVSE (300). The control device includes a processor (110, 140), and a communication unit (140) that communicates with the EVSE. When a predetermined condition for performing charging/power feeding between the EVSE and the drive battery is satisfied, the processor controls the communication unit to communicate information indicating to make transition to a charging/power feeding mode for performing charging/power feeding between the drive battery and the EVSE (S116, S117, S152, S153, S154), and when the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the processor controls the communication unit to communicate information indicating to make transition to a charging mode for performing charging from the EVSE to the drive battery (S116, S121, S152, S153, S155). It is possible to appropriately switch between charging and charging/power feeding.

A vehicle drive system may include: a rotating electric machine including a hollow output shaft; a differential gear that distributes a driving force output by the rotating electric machine to a pair of drive wheels; a case housing the rotating electric machine and the differential gear therein; an intermediate shaft extending through a through hole of the output shaft along an axial direction of the rotating electric machine, wherein one end portion of the intermediate shaft is connected to the differential gear; and a drive shaft fitted at other end portion of the intermediate shaft. The intermediate shaft may include a first flow passage extending along the axial direction. The case may include a second flow passage. A fitting portion between the intermediate shaft and the drive shaft may include a third flow passage that allows a lubricating liquid to flow between the first and second flow passages.

A vehicle lower portion structure (10) comprises a pair of rocker portions (24) disposed at both vehicle transverse direction sides of a vehicle body lower portion (12A) and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, at least one cross member portion (30) that extends in a vehicle transverse direction and having both end portions respectively connected to the pair of rocker portions (24), and a reinforcing panel portion (50) disposed at a vehicle front side or a vehicle rear side of the cross member portion (30) between the pair of rocker portions (24) so as to overlap with the rocker portions (24) as seen from the vehicle transverse direction, and at which concave portions (50A), which are convex toward a vehicle lower side and extend in the vehicle transverse direction, and convex portions (50B), which are convex toward a vehicle upper side and extend in the vehicle transverse direction, are provided alternately in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

An aggregator uses, as a power adjustment resource, a battery (11) mounted in a vehicle (10). An inlet (12) of the vehicle is connectable with a connector (25) of a DR-compatible EVSE (20) that uses the vehicle as a power adjustment resource and with a connector (45) of a non-DR-compatible EVSE (40) that does not uses the vehicle as a power adjustment resource. A lock device (300) enters a locked state in which the connector cannot be removed from the inlet when the connector is connected to the inlet. A controller (15) of the vehicle sets a lock release condition to "during user's operation" (S24) when the connector of the DR-compatible EVSE is connected to the inlet and sets the lock release condition to "upon completion of charging" when the non-DR-compatible EVSE is connected to the inlet.

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).

A suspension member (30) is integrally molded by casting and mounted on a rear part of a vehicle body (200). The suspension member (30) includes left and right side beams (31L, 31R); a first cross member (32) connecting, in a vehicle width direction, vehicle body mounting portions (36L, 36R) of the respective left and right side beams (11L, 11R); and a second cross member (33) disposed further frontward of the vehicle relative to the first cross member (32) and connecting the left and right side beams (31L, 31R) in the vehicle width direction. The first cross member (32) has a groove shape with a rear side being open, and the second cross member (33) has a groove shape with a lower side being open.

When there is an execution request for on-demand driving control that simulates driving of a virtual drivable vehicle in response to a request from an occupant of a vehicle (100), if the on-demand driving control includes a first control that is executed under a first driving condition of the vehicle (100), the first control is executed when the first driving condition is satisfied. When there is the execution request for on-demand driving control, if an original driving control implemented in the vehicle (100) includes a second control that is executed under a second driving condition of the vehicle (100), and the on-demand driving control does not include a driving control corresponding to the second control, the second control is executed when the second driving condition is satisfied.

A drive unit may be configured to drive a pair of wheels independently from each other. A casing of the drive unit may include a first portion disposed on one side of the pair of wheels and a second portion disposed on another side of the pair of wheels when the drive unit is mounted in a vehicle. A first motor, a first reduction drive, a first inverter, and a lock mechanism configured to mechanically lock and unlock the first reduction drive may be disposed in the first portion. The second motor, the second reduction drive, and the second inverter may be disposed in the second portion. A motor central plane located between and equidistant from the first and second motors may be offset closer to the second portion relative to an inverter central plane located between and equidistant from the first and second inverters.

A battery degradation level prediction system includes: a database configured to accumulate a degradation level of a traction secondary battery mounted on each of a plurality of vehicles; and a dataset selector configured to change, in accordance with the accumulation status of the database, a dataset to be used to train a model that predicts a future degradation level of the secondary battery of each of the vehicles.

A vehicle lower portion structure has a pair of rocker portions (40) extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and separated from one another in a vehicle transverse direction; a battery case (32) that has joint portions (100) joined to the rocker portions (40), that is disposed between the pair of rocker portions (40), and in which battery cells (31) are accommodated; an underpanel (50) covering the battery case (32) and the pair of rocker portions (40) from a vehicle lower side; and accommodation portions (60) provided between the battery case (32) and the rocker portions (40), further toward vehicle transverse direction inner sides than the joint portions (100) and at an upper side of the underpanel (50). High-voltage cables (62) that extend in the vehicle longitudinal direction are accommodated in the accommodation portions (60).

A vehicle driving assistance apparatus (10) acquires an inter-vehicle distance between the host vehicle (100) and the other vehicle (402, 403) existing in a neighboring lane, or acquires an inter-vehicle time obtained by dividing the inter-vehicle distance by a relative speed of the host vehicle (100) with respect to the other vehicle (402, 403). The apparatus (10) performs driving assistance to notify an operator of the host vehicle (100) of the presence of the other vehicle (402, 403) when a target condition that the inter-vehicle distance or the inter-vehicle time is equal to or less than a predetermined distance or a predetermined time and the other vehicle (402, 403) is not detected by a surrounding detection device (50) is satisfied, and when the apparatus (10) detects the intention of the operator or an operation by the operator to cause the host vehicle (100) to enter the neighboring lane.

A display control device (28) acquires incline angle information of a road on which the vehicle is traveling. The display control device displays, at a display unit (24, 25, or 26), an image portraying the vehicle and an image portraying the road on which the vehicle is traveling, in which the vehicle is viewed from a virtual viewpoint, by altering the image portraying the vehicle and the image portraying the road so as to be tilted in accordance with the acquired incline angle information.

A vehicle control device that controls a speed of a vehicle (100) during traveling includes: a deceleration unit (332) that executes deceleration control for decelerating the vehicle when a predetermined deceleration condition is satisfied; a speed control unit (335) that executes speed control of the vehicle according to an operation of an accelerator pedal by releasing the deceleration control when a predetermined operation of the accelerator pedal is detected during execution of the deceleration control; and a determination unit (334) that determines a possibility that the vehicle and an object collide with each other when the object is detected in front of the vehicle. When a collision possibility between the vehicle and the object is determined to be high, the speed control unit suppresses acceleration in the speed control as compared to a case where the collision possibility is determined to be low.

A planetary gear mechanism may include a sun gear fixed to a shaft, a ring gear located coaxially with the sun gear and fixed to a case, a planetary gear meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear, and a carrier configured to rotatably support the planetary gear. A helix angle of teeth of the sun gear and a helix angle of teeth of the ring gear may be set so that a thrust force acting on the sun gear and a thrust force acting on the ring gear are in opposite directions. A power transmission device may include a load transmission path between the sun gear and the ring gear, through which the thrust force acting on the sun gear and the thrust force acting on the ring gear are transmitted, and the load transmission path may include at least a portion of the carrier.

Provided are system, method, and device for testing a vehicle software. 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: generate a graphical user interface comprising at least a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion may include one or more elements of a test environment, and where the second portion may include a log area; receive a selection input selecting one of the one or more elements displayed at the first portion from a user; and in response to receiving the selection input, display a test log associated with only the selected one of the one or more elements at the log area.

Provided are system, method, and device for testing a vehicle software. 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: obtain a configuration data of a vehicle; determine a plurality of vehicle elements associated with the vehicle based on the obtained configuration data; determine a connection between one of the plurality of vehicle elements and another of the plurality of vehicle elements based on the obtained configuration data; and display the determined plurality of vehicle elements and the determined connection in a graphical user interface.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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 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 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.

Disclosed are a measurement device and method, and a control device and method for a wireless network. The measurement device comprises: a receiving unit, which is configured to receive measurement configuration information containing a measurement solution for a target measurement object and coming from a control end; a measurement unit, which is configured to conduct corresponding measurement on the target measurement object according to the measurement configuration information received by the receiving unit; and a transmitting unit, which is configured to transmit a measurement result to the control end, wherein in response to the situation that the measurement solution contained in the measurement configuration information is a first measurement solution or a second measurement solution, the transmitting unit is configured to transmit a measurement result processed by different communication protocol layers.

A vehicle display control device includes: a driving mode acquisition section that acquires information on which of a manual driving mode or an autonomous driving mode is a driving mode; an operation intervention detection section that, in a case in which the driving mode acquired by the driving mode acquisition section is the autonomous driving mode, detects a driving operation intervention by the vehicle occupant; and a display control section that displays vicinity information of the vehicle at a display unit provided at a vehicle cabin at least in a case in which the driving mode acquired by the driving mode acquisition section is the autonomous driving mode, wherein, in a case in which a driving operation intervention is detected by the operation intervention detection section, the display control section changes background information of the vicinity information and displays the background information at the display unit.

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).

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 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 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.