Abstract: An electric vehicle includes an electric motor switchable between a first mode with a first number of poles and a second mode with a second number of poles less than the first number of poles, a plurality of inverters coupled to the motor, and a control module coupled to the plurality of inverters. The control module receives current vehicle information, determines that a mode switch is required between the first and second modes of the motor based on the current vehicle information, wherein the first mode achieves higher torque than the second mode, and performs the mode switch by controlling the plurality of inverters.

Abstract: A vehicle including a magnetic detecting part for detecting a magnetic marker disposed in a road is configured to acquire marker state information indicating the state of the magnetic marker from an external server apparatus via wireless communication and diagnose the state of the magnetic detecting part by using a result of detection of the magnetic marker in which the state of the magnetic marker indicated by the marker state information is good, thereby allowing inspection cost and cost of maintenance of the magnetic detecting part for detecting the magnetic marker to be suppressed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a camera; a memory configured to store attribute information and environment information; and a processor configured to identify a plurality of objects based on an image obtained by the camera, identify a first context of a first object, from among the plurality of objects, based on a relationship between attribute information of the plurality of objects and the environment information, and control a traveling state of the electronic apparatus based on the first context.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a communication unit receiving position information of each vehicle from vehicles located in a predetermined area; and a processor setting first and second geofences for the predetermined area, and controlling the communication unit to transmit a warning message related to an event to one or more vehicles located in the second geofence in response to the event occurring in the first geofence.

Abstract: A kinematic model arithmetic portion calculates a coordinate value (ze1 (?e)) as distance information indicating the distance between a member that serves as a reference surface for the curve shape of a curvable portion and a member in the curvable portion that is closest to the reference surface. A switch determination unit determines based on the coordinate value whether to drive a wire for driving the curvable portion by a drive displacement calculated for the wire along with the coordinate value by the kinematic model arithmetic portion.

Abstract: A multifunctional unit for analysis and calibration of devices and components of a vehicle and, in particular, of a motor vehicle, comprising a movable trolley of support; above the movable trolley there is a base, which carries a screen or panel, at the top of which a video projector is placed, suitable for projection of calibration panels used in driver assistance systems of vehicles.

Abstract: A virtual creature control system, including: a communication unit configured to receive information of current states of a plurality of virtual creatures and transmit a signal for controlling operations of the plurality of virtual creatures, at least one virtual creature among the plurality of virtual creatures being hardware; and a control unit configured to generate a signal for controlling an operation of the at least one virtual creature among the plurality of virtual creatures such that the plurality of virtual creatures are not visually recognized at a same time by a specific user and control the communication unit such that the signal is transmitted to the one virtual creature. The virtual creature control system and virtual creature control method can control the plurality of virtual creatures in conjunction and promote indirect communication among a plurality of spots using the virtual creatures.

Abstract: An Augmented Reality (AR) wayfinder tracks the current location of a user within an indoor location relative to a path defined through the indoor location for the user. The path is broken into segments, each segment is a straight line between two nodes, and each node represents either a starting point in the path, a turn along the path, or an ending point in the path. As the user traverses the path, a remaining distance between the user device and the next node in the path is calculated. An AR object with attributes that correlate to the remaining distance to the next node is blended into and superimposed into a video that the user is viewing through the user device of the physical environment as the user travels along the path.

Abstract: An accident determination device comprising: a first sensor that detects an impact having occurred in a moving object; a second sensor that acquires position information of the moving object; an area determining unit that determines the area attribute of the area where said moving object is located; and a processor that compares impact value of the impact with a determination threshold. The processor sets the determination threshold according to the area attribute defined by the area determining unit. When the area attribute of the area indicates a parking space, the processor sets said determination threshold to be at a lower value than when the area attribute indicates a road. The processor determines whether the accident has occurred based on the result of comparing the impact value with said determination threshold.

Abstract: A braking control method using a predicted friction coefficient of a brake pad in a braking apparatus, which may predict a friction coefficient of a brake pad according to the traveling situation in real time using a wheel velocity, a brake disc temperature, and a braking hydraulic pressure, may include determining a target braking torque determined using the predicted friction coefficient, and then allowing the determined target braking torque to be reflected to a real braking torque through a feedforward control, upon a hydraulic braking control for securing the traveling stability of a vehicle or upon a cooperative control between the regenerative braking and the hydraulic braking, improving the accuracy and response speed of the braking control.

Abstract: A bicycle control device includes an electronic controller configured to control an operational state of an electric auxiliary drive to a manual drive driving force inputted to the bicycle. The electric auxiliary drive assists in travel of a bicycle based on an operational state of a suspension of the bicycle. The electronic controller controls the operational state so that the bicycle is assisted at an assist ratio of the electric auxiliary drive.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for robot path planning. Depth data of obstacles, acquired by depth sensors deployed in a 3D robot workspace and represented with respect to a sensor coordinate system, is transformed into depth data with respect to a robot coordinate system. The 3D robot workspace is discretized to generate 3D grid points representing a discretized 3D robot workspace. Based on the depth data with respect to the robot coordinate system, binarized values are assigned to at least some of 3D grid points to generate a binarized representation for the obstacles present in the 3D robot workspace. With respect to one or more sensing points associated with a part of a robot, it is determined whether the part is to collide with any obstacle. Based on the determining, a path is planned for the robot to move along while avoiding any obstacle.

Abstract: A turning controller for a vehicle is configured to execute: a time obtaining process that obtains collision prediction time; a lateral movement amount determining process that determines whether a target lateral movement amount is greater than or equal to a lateral movement amount determination value; and an automatic turning process that, in a case in which the collision prediction time is shorter than or equal to a determination prediction time, outputs a command for steering the front wheel to the front wheel steering device and outputs a command for steering the rear wheel to the rear wheel steering device, in order to avoid a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle; a counter-phase process in the automatic turning process in a case in which the target lateral movement amount is determined to be greater than or equal to the lateral movement amount determination value.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a camera; a memory configured to store attribute information and environment information; and a processor configured to identify a plurality of objects based on an image obtained by the camera, identify a first context of a first object, from among the plurality of objects, based on a relationship between attribute information of the plurality of objects and the environment information, and control a traveling state of the electronic apparatus based on the first context.

Abstract: A steering device includes a steering shaft, a motor, a stopper mechanism, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute a first process and a second process when a determined condition is established. The first process includes causing the steering wheel to operate to a first operation end through control of the motor and thereafter operate in reverse to a second operation end. The second process includes computing a neutral position of the steering wheel based on a rotational angle of the motor at a time when reverse operation of the steering wheel is started and at a time when the reverse operation of the steering wheel is ended.

Abstract: A control system is configured to facilitate transfer of a package between a room in a building and a delivery service outside the room associated with a shipment order. The system controls a shiftable panel of the building to selectively provide a path into and out of the room. The system includes a location sensor and a system processor. The location sensor is configured to sense package location data associated with the location of the package relative to the panel.

Abstract: Responsive to accelerator pedal release and a speed of a vehicle being less than a threshold in a presence of indication that available powertrain torque has been reduced for at least a predetermined period of time during an absence of brake pedal engagement, a controller operates friction brakes to bring the vehicle to a stop. Responsive to accelerator pedal release and the speed being less than the threshold in an absence of the indication that available powertrain torque has been reduced and brake pedal engagement, the controller operates an electric machine and not the friction brakes to bring the vehicle to a stop.

Abstract: A method for selecting a preferred robotic grasp of an object-of-interest using pairwise ranking includes: identifying a robotic candidate grasp usable to grasp the object-of-interest, the object-of-interest situated in an environment; receiving a grasp preference for a preferred candidate grasp of the object-of-interest; calculating a heuristic to describe a relationship of the candidate grasp to one or more of the object-of-interest and the environment; and using the heuristic and using the grasp preference, computing a pairwise ranking of two candidate grasps to determine an ordering of the at least two candidate grasps.

Abstract: A method for operating a system with at least two floor processing devices includes detecting environmental features of an environment and generating an area map based on the detected features. The area map is divided into partial areas that are assigned to the floor processing devices so that each partial area is only processed by one of the floor processing devices. A movement route and a movement timespan of the floor processing device is detected and stored with the area map. Several partial areas are combined into partial area groups, and the partial areas are allocated to the floor processing devices based on the stored movement route and movement timespan so that a floor processing of a first partial area group by a first floor processing device takes place at essentially the same time as a floor processing of a second partial area group by a second floor processing device ends.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle equipped with a steering system including a steering wheel (13), a rack (12) for steering the wheels (4) of the vehicle, and a redundant arrangement for transmitting a displacement of the steering wheel to the rack, wherein upon detecting a failure in the redundant arrangement, the control device sets an upper limit speed to a first value in a first stage, and changes the upper limit speed from the first value to a second value smaller than the first value in a progressive manner in a second stage that follows the first stage.