ower semiconductor material plant in Toyama Prefecture Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.'s first quarter results Three Sumitomo Group Companies to collaborate in recycling technology development Sumitomo Electric Industries’ subsidiary and Kyoto University develops new technique for queue length predictions Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems invests USD 10 million in Tabasco, Mexico Sumitomo Electric to adopt segment method to revamp wire harnes...

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kers, aims to strengthen aftermarket products business as a comprehensive brake supplier. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on Apr. 4, 2008) Advics Co., Ltd. (Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture) aims to increase its share of the global brake market from a little over 10 percent (based on a prediction by Advics) to 15 percent by 2015. The Group, which generates 80 percent of its sales through business with Toyota today, plans to strengthe...

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Sumitomo Rubber acquires AI start-up Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo Rubber) announced that it has acquired Viaduct, Inc. (Viaduct), a US-based artificial intelligence (AI) venture company. The contract was signed on August 27, and the acquisition cost was USD 104 million (JPY 15.3 billion). Sumitomo Rubber intends to accelerate the expansion of the service with its proprietary prediction and analysis technology, Sensing Core. The two ...

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report, Elon Musk said of the new-generation platform to be built first at Gigafactory Texas, that the current schedule shows that the company will start production towards the end of 2025, but there's “a tremendous amount of new revolutionary manufacturing technology here.” Musk would make no prediction on unit volume “but it does seem quite likely that we will start production next year”. The company wants to first demonstrate success ...

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ture, Toyoda Gosei will create new products, such as ankle airbags, focusing on human body parts, which may often suffer permanent damage. Anticipating the broader use of autonomous driving vehicles, in which seat positions and passenger posture are more diverse, the company will implement AI-based prediction technology to develop products more efficiently. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on January 7, 2025) Toyoda Gosei to modular...

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me-series data including vehicle information (steering, etc.) and driver information (heart rate, facial orientation, etc.) to warn appropriate driver actions in real time. The driver is alerted about their potentially dangerous driving if his/her actions differ drastically from the algorithm-based prediction of what would be appropriate. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on November 4, 2015) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced...

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on has mapped out a mid-term business plan called the CK GX4 T10, which covers a 6-year period from April 2011 through March 2017. Under the new plan, the company aims at becoming one of the top ten (T10) auto parts suppliers in the global market in terms of sales and operating profit, based on the prediction that global vehicle production will be reaching 95 million units in the near future. In order to achieve this target, the manufacturer is g...

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m further the vehicle can travel. They can also find out about conditions that may affect the life of the battery and its performance, such as the temperature or electrical unbalances between cells, correcting these through refrigeration and cell balancing strategies. The system includes high level prediction and monitoring algorithms. (From a press release on January 19, 2010) Ficosa and Circuit de Catalunya have signed a collaboration agreement...

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shields the propagation path, the shielding area will be predicted based on sensing data, and the propagation path will be switched from a millimeter-wave wireless LAN to a 5G network. Objects will be detected by using sensing technology, shield environments will be predicted with wireless quality prediction technology, and thus data transmission will not be interrupted. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on December 22, 2022) Panaso...

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n the top share. Tokai Rika will first focus on a digital key developed for automobiles as a new business, and aims to achieve sales of about JPY 10 billion by 2028. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on June 11, 2021) Tokai Rika Co., Ltd. (Tokai Rika) will develop a system that enables prediction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by the manufacture of a part at the design stage. It plans to introduce the system in 2025. This i...

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tegrated substrate (under development) Metal substrate and low elasticity insulator Spring grid array Tapered leaf spring (TLS) Leaf spring for holding High-performance, power-saving seat heater Seat pads made with biomass raw materials/recycled materials Motor core Aluminum cladding Seat vibration prediction technology for virtual development of ride comfort Engineered polyurethane foam For electrified vehicle batteries Integrated metal substrat...

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ting. Advanced display technology and free-style surface trend (Car.HMI Europe 2025, organized by we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH/slides: Copyright © Marelli) AI-driven sensing   Embedded AI converts passive sensor technology into context-related interaction and enables, for example, the prediction of pedestrians' intentions and the corresponding adaptation of signals. Gestures and body postures can be recognized for more intuitive com...

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g clutch” contributes to improved power transmission efficiency for rear-wheel steering actuators. NSK aims to generate sales of JPY 3 billion from the new products by 2030. NSK is aiming to install the “automotive magnetostrictive torque sensor,” which senses loads on parts and helps failure prediction, on powertrain components as well as actuators. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on May 9, 2024) It was announced that NSK Be...

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report, Elon Musk said of the new-generation platform to be built first at Gigafactory Texas, that the current schedule shows that the company will start production towards the end of 2025, but there's “a tremendous amount of new revolutionary manufacturing technology here.” Musk would make no prediction on unit volume “but it does seem quite likely that we will start production next year”. The company wants to first demonstrate success ...

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ce autonomous driving software activities led by the company. The foundation technology establishes a system that safely realizes Level 4 autonomous driving (fully autonomous driving under specific conditions) even for unfamiliar scenarios. It uses machine learning to process tasks ranging from the prediction of movement of objects around the vehicle to the creation of autonomous driving routes. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on A...

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ial applications CPO Advancement of battery manufacturing processes -Electrode and assembly process development; securing and building smart factory infrastructure technology CDO Algorithm development using AI and Big Data analysis technology -Production process optimization, raw material price prediction, battery anomaly detection Development of intelligent autonomous production technology databases -DATA connection system (Roll Map, etc.)...

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e KISSaF project covers almost 800 terabytes. Algorithms developed by the TU Dortmund to describe the environment prepared the data for further use in the project. The AI ​​specialists from ZF's own AI Lab, the AI ​​technology center in Saarbrücken, trained the artificial intelligence. The prediction could then be tested in simulation and with recorded real data in the assistance systems already developed by ZF. The findings of the study...

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ntinuing the series of its PRORETA research projects, together with Technical University (TU) Darmstadt, the University of Bremen (Germany) and TU Iasi (Romania). The PRORETA 5 project (2019–2022), which is based on a three-and-a-half-year term, is examining the algorithms of cognition, behaviour prediction and decision making in a demonstration vehicle built and equipped by Continental. At the end of the project in September 2022, the aim is t...

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technology connects electric-vehicle batteries with the cloud to extend battery life, substantially improve the battery's performance and service. This technology intends to improve the performance of EVs in the areas of HV (hybrid vehicle) battery life, charging efficiency, EV user experience and prediction of battery failures and downtime. EV battery life is expected to be enhanced by up to 20%, or charging speed increased by up to 20%. Very p...

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Orin X processor. Foxconn’s ADAS controllers are available in three levels: Basic, Advanced and Premium. The Premium level is equipped with two Orin NX processors. At GTC, Dr. Yung-Hui Li, Director of the AI Research Center at Hon Hai Research Institute, shared “QCNet: Query-Centric Trajectory Prediction for Autonomous Driving,” a neural architecture that aims to improve driving safety by overcoming challenges in predicting where other car...

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