Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Yuki Okamoto

Yoshinori Watanabe

Hiroki Nagai

Atsushi Sone

Ryo Kagami

Koji Tamaru

Atsushi Kodama

Kosuke Futagami

Yosuke Hirate

Sho Amagai

Nobuhide Kamata

Tatsuya Sugano

Taichi Kawanai

Hiroya Chiba

Junta Katayama

Isao Takahashi

Koji Umemura

Yuhei Oka

Kengo Iwakura

A method for inspecting a road surface condition includes the steps of obtaining detailed information on a road surface condition set for each inspection point based on a traveling record of a vehicle, and information on an own position of the vehicle, generating an inspection execution plan of the vehicle in the inspection point when the inspection point is included in a predetermined range in an advancing direction of the vehicle with the own position as a reference, performing evaluation of a road surface condition in the inspection point based on a traveling condition of the vehicle that is obtained during the inspection execution plan, and updating the detailed information on a road surface condition set for the inspection point based on latest information on the road surface condition the evaluation of which is performed.

Method for inspecting road surface condition, road surface condition inspection device, and road surface condition inspection system

An automated valet parking management device according to the present disclosure includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices. The one or more memory devices store map information on a parking facility including a loading dock and positional information on a door of a cargo room included in a cargo vehicle that performs at least one of a carry-in and a carry-out of a cargo in the loading dock. The one or more processors execute parking arrangement processing for determining a parking position and a parking direction of the cargo vehicle when the cargo working operation of the cargo vehicle is performed based on the map information and the positional information on the door before the cargo working operation is started by the cargo vehicle.

Automated valet parking management device and automated valet parking management method

Processing to set a control mode of driving control is performed. In this setting processing, it is determined whether or not a predetermined condition in which a tracking performance of a vehicle state with respect to a target vehicle state decreases is satisfied. Then, when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the control mode is switched from a normal mode to a temporary mode. In the temporary mode, generation of a driving plan is stopped. Alternatively, updating or referring to the driving plan generated while it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied is prohibited. Alternatively, an instruction value for control calculated using a target control value and a current vehicle state in the driving plan generated while it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied is modified.

Vehicle control system and vehicle control method

A braking force control apparatus for a vehicle has a control unit that executes a braking force reduction control that controls a braking device such that a braking force is gradually reduced when it is determined that a drive request for driving the vehicle is generated during execution of the braking force holding control for controlling the braking device to hold a braking force applied to the vehicle when the vehicle stops in the uphill direction on a slope. The control unit controls the braking device such that the braking force during execution of the braking force reduction control is larger when the drive request is generated by the driving support control than when the drive request is generated by the driver's driving operation.

Braking force control apparatus for a vehicle

A battery pack includes a first unit battery, a second unit battery, and a spacer. The first unit battery includes a wound electrode body and a casing that accommodates an electrolyte solution. The spacer includes: a primary surface that faces the first unit battery; and plural projections, each of which is projected from the primary surface. The plural projections include: a first projection that abuts the casing in a state where the casing is not expanded; and a second projection, a height of which is lower than a height of the first projection.

Battery pack

The battery pack disclosed herein includes a plurality of unit cells. The plurality of unit cells is connected to each other by a bus bar. The bus bar has two terminal connection portions and a linking portion. A linear welded portion is formed in a portion where the terminal connection portions and the external terminals overlap with each other. The linear welded portion is non-annular in the plane of the terminal connection portions and has a straight linear portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction, and two circular arc portions that extend from respective ends of the straight linear portion and are curved toward a side opposite to the side where the linking portion is located.

The present invention provides a battery pack that has a plurality of single cells arranged in an array direction, and a bus bar that electrically connects the plurality of single cells. The bus bar has a first bent portion that is bent in a direction away from each of the single cells, and a second bent portion that is bent in a direction opposite to the direction in which the first bent portion is bent. The first bent portion and the second bent portion are disposed side by side in the array direction, and extend from one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same so as to intersect with the array direction. The first bent portion is configured to expand gradually from the one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same. The second bent portion is configured to narrow gradually from the one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same.

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Chiryu, Japan

Yuki Okamoto