公开(公告)号：US20220260374A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17662585

申请日：2022-05-09

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Guoguang Zhang

IPC: G01C21/16 ,  G07C5/02

Abstract: A system includes an inertial navigation system module (INS module) that detects vehicle yaw rates and vehicle lateral speeds, a controller circuit communicatively coupled with the INS module. The controller circuit determines a tire cornering stiffness (Cf, Cr) based on vehicle physical parameters and vehicle dynamic parameters. The controller circuit determines a vehicle moment of inertia (Iz) based on the vehicle physical parameters, the vehicle dynamic parameters, and the tire cornering stiffness (Cf, Cr).

公开(公告)号：US20220250612A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17170819

申请日：2021-02-08

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Xiaohui Wang ,  Lingnan Hu

IPC: B60W30/09 ,  B60W30/095 ,  B60W40/068 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: This document describes target curvature estimation considering vehicle dynamics constraints. Some vehicle dynamics models use several kinematic states to predict the paths of targets identified by an object-tracking system. Rather than rely on predetermined industry measurements as the kinematic inputs to a model, an example system instead estimates some of these states using near real-time data output from a tracking filter. This can include estimating position and velocity states, as well as curvature and centripetal acceleration states. The example system is particularly suited at accurately predicting the curvature and centripetal acceleration states, which greatly improves the accuracy of the object-tracking system, and further improves safety in avoiding a target collision.

公开(公告)号：US11408995B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US16799075

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Yu Wang ,  Yang Wang

IPC: G01S13/931 ,  G01S7/41 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G01S13/00

Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement lateral-bin monitoring for radar target detection. In particular, a radar system, which is mounted to a moving platform, divides a region of interest that is associated with at least one side of the moving platform into multiple lateral bins. The radar system maps locations of detections to the lateral bins, and monitors respective quantities of consecutive frames in which detections occur within the lateral bins. The radar system determines that at least one object is present within one of the lateral bins responsive to a quantity of consecutive frames having detections within the lateral bin being equal to or greater than a threshold. By waiting for a lateral bin to have detections across multiple consecutive frames, the radar system can minimize the false-alarm rate without reducing sensitivity.

公开(公告)号：US20220247116A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17725928

申请日：2022-04-21

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Mohamad Elghrawi ,  Robert M. Voto

IPC: H01R13/52 ,  H01R13/506 ,  H01R43/20 ,  H01R13/59 ,  H01R13/631 ,  H01R13/58 ,  H02J7/00 ,  G06F1/26 ,  H02M3/00

Abstract: An electrical power supply device is configured to communicate with a start-stop controller that automatically shuts down and restarts an internal combustion engine in a vehicle. The device includes a DC-DC power convertor and a device controller. The DC-DC power convertor is configured to produce a first voltage or a second voltage that is less than the first voltage. The device controller causes the DC-DC power convertor to produce the first voltage in response to a first signal from the start-stop controller indicating that the input voltage will remain equal to or greater than the threshold voltage and also causes the DC-DC power convertor to produce the second voltage in response to a second signal from the start-stop controller indicating that the input voltage may become less than the threshold voltage.

公开(公告)号：US20220236370A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17236893

申请日：2021-04-21

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Zhengzheng Li ,  Xin Zhang ,  Yu Zhang

IPC: G01S7/03 ,  G01S13/42 ,  H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q1/32

Abstract: This document describes techniques and systems of a radar system with paired one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) antenna arrays. Even with fewer antenna elements than a traditional radar system, the paired arrays enable an example radar system to have a comparable angular resolution at a lower cost. For example, the 1D array includes antenna elements positioned in a first direction (e.g., azimuth direction) and spaced by a first distance and a second distance. The 2D array includes at least four other antenna elements positioned in the first direction and a second direction (e.g., elevation direction). The other antenna elements are spaced by a third distance in the second direction and by the sum of the first direction and the second direction in the first direction. A processor can associate, using shared angle estimates, angles in the first direction and the second direction for respective objects.

公开(公告)号：US20220234603A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17160304

申请日：2021-01-27

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Tapan R. Mujumdar ,  Pardis Khayyer

IPC: B60W50/08 ,  B60W40/09 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W40/072

Abstract: The techniques of this disclosure relate to a vehicle lateral-control system with adjustable parameters. The system includes a controller circuit that receives identity data from a driver-monitoring sensor indicating an identity of a driver of a vehicle. The controller circuit receives vehicle lateral-response data from vehicle sensors based on steering maneuvers performed as the vehicle operates under control of the driver. The controller circuit determines lateral-steering parameters of the vehicle based on the vehicle lateral-response data. The controller circuit adjusts lateral-control parameters of the vehicle based on the lateral-steering parameters. The controller circuit associates the adjusted lateral-control parameters of the vehicle with the identity of the driver. The controller circuit operates the vehicle according to the lateral-control parameters associated with the identity of the driver. The system can reproduce the driver's steering behavior while the vehicle is operated in an autonomous-driving mode.

公开(公告)号：US11383617B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16686281

申请日：2019-11-18

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Guido Woeste ,  Peter Baeumer

IPC: B60L58/22 ,  B60L58/21 ,  H01M10/42 ,  H01M10/48

Abstract: A battery module for high voltage battery packs, preferably for use in vehicles, comprising a plurality of battery cells each comprising an electronic battery cell monitoring module attached to each of the battery cells, with the battery cell monitoring modules being connected to one another by a balancing bus comprising at least two electrical lines for transmitting data and electrical current, with the electronic battery cell monitoring modules being electrically connected to a positive terminal and to a negative terminal of the battery cell, with the electronic battery cell monitoring modules having a first electrical switch and a second electrical switch, with the electrical switches being configured to electrically connect the battery cells to a respective one of the two electrical lines of the balancing bus, with the battery module comprising an energy storage module for storing electrical energy, with the energy storage module being electrically connected to the two electrical lines of the balancing bus to take up or output energy over them, and with the electronic battery cell monitoring modules and the energy storage module being connected to one another by the balancing bus forming a cell balancing system.

公开(公告)号：US20220212667A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17656199

申请日：2022-03-23

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Christopher D. Ruppel ,  David J. Imboden ,  Gregory C. Kuhlman ,  Amit K. Pande

IPC: B60W30/18 ,  G08G1/09 ,  H04W52/36 ,  H04W4/40 ,  G08G1/01

Abstract: Techniques are provided for operating a vehicle in a first vehicle mode; operating at least one component of the vehicle in a first component mode; detecting a first change in operation of the vehicle from the first vehicle mode to a second vehicle mode different from the first vehicle mode; based on the detected the first change in the operation of the vehicle, predicting a second change in operation of the vehicle; in response to predicting the second change in operation of the vehicle, operating the at least one component in a second component mode different from the first component mode prior to the predicted second change in operation of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11382205B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US17023258

申请日：2020-09-16

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Scott Brandenburg ,  David Wayne Zimmerman

IPC: H05K1/02 ,  G01S7/02 ,  G01S13/931

Abstract: A heatsink shield with thermal-contact dimples can improve thermal-energy distribution in a radar assembly. The radar assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), the heatsink shield, a radome, and a housing. The PCB can include integrated circuits and other components, along with a thermally-conductive material that covers at least a portion of the PCB surfaces. The heatsink shield includes multiple dimples that thermally contact the thermally-conductive material. The heatsink shield is configured to distribute thermal energy produced at least in part by the PCB components to the housing. In this way, the described techniques and systems permit the radar assembly to better distribute thermal energy away from the PCB components to the rest of the PCB and through the housing.

公开(公告)号：US11378653B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16244650

申请日：2019-01-10

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Ahmad Pishehvari ,  Stephanie Lessmann ,  Uri Iurgel

IPC: G01S7/41 ,  G01S13/08 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: A method for increasing the reliability of determining the position of a vehicle on the basis of a plurality of detection points is described, the plurality of detection points being acquired using a radio-based and/or an optical sensor system, in particular a radar system, of a vehicle receiving electromagnetic signals from a vicinity of the vehicle, and each of the plurality of detection point representing a location in the vicinity of the vehicle, wherein the method comprises for each detection point of at least a subset of the plurality of detection points: determining at least one geometrical object associated with the detection point; determining at least one group of detection points from the subset sharing the at least one geometrical object; determining a quantity of detection points in the at least one group; evaluating a weight which represents the quantity of detection points in the at least one group on a predefined scale, and processing the detection point with respect to the weight.