Abstract: A flapping-wing aerial robot formation control method includes: determining a trailing vortex generation mechanism, an energy saving principle and a trailing vortex attenuation mechanism of the formation flight of a group of wild geese in accordance with the pattern of the formation flight of the group of wild geese; determining the formation flight of a group of flapping-wing aerial robots and a formation switching solution in accordance with the trailing vortex generation mechanism, energy saving principle and trailing vortex attenuation mechanism of the formation flight of the group of wild geese in conjunction with the flapping characteristic of a flapping-wing aerial robot from the perspective of energy consumption equalization and energy saving; and carrying out formation keeping control and formation reconfiguration control in accordance with the formation flight of the group of flapping-wing aerial robots and the formation switching solution by controlling positions of the group of flapping-wing aeria

Abstract: A side mirror system for a vehicle is provided. The side mirror system includes a camera disposed outside a vehicle and capturing a peripheral area of the vehicle, an electronic side mirror including a mirror panel and a display panel, a moving device moving the electronic side mirror to an inside or an outside of the vehicle, and at least one control circuit electrically connected to the camera, the electronic side mirror, and the moving device, wherein the at least one control circuit controls the electronic side mirror such that the electronic side mirror outputs an image obtained by the camera through the display panel or the peripheral area of the vehicle is reflected by the mirror panel and controls the moving device such that the electronic side mirror moves from the outside of the vehicle to the inside of the vehicle, when a specified condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A control arrangement for an arrangement of hydraulically couplable machines has an interface for hydraulic coupling of the machines, and a hydraulic machine for supplying pressure medium to at least one hydraulic consumer of the machines in accordance with requirements. An electronic control device is configured, in accordance with a load of the consumer, to generate an electronic control signal, which can be converted by a transducer of the control arrangement into a hydraulic control signal, in accordance with which the hydraulic machine can be operated.

Abstract: A method for improving performance of a local device based on guide data from a remote device, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, includes transmitting, to the remote device, first image data generated by the local device at a first time point, receiving guide data related to the first image data from the remote device, and registering, by a processor, the guide data to second image data generated by the local device at a second time point, based on first spatial information on the first image data, wherein the second time point is a time point that is after the first time point. A trained model for object recognition according to the present disclosure may include a deep neural network generated through machine learning, and the transmitting of the guide data may be performed in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment using a 5G network.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for planning a trajectory of a vehicle. One of the methods includes obtaining input data for planning a driving trajectory for a vehicle, the input data comprising an intended route for the vehicle and data characterizing an environment in a vicinity of the vehicle; processing the input data using an input encoder neural network to generate feature data that includes a respective feature representation for each of a plurality of locations in the environment; applying spatial attention to the feature representations to generate a respective attention weight for each of the plurality of locations; generating a respective attended feature representation for each of the plurality of locations; generating a bottlenecked representation of the attended feature representations; and generating a planned future trajectory from at least the bottlenecked representation.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a rotary electric machine configured to generate a driving force for driving driving wheels; a driving battery storing power to drive the rotary electric machine; a converter connected to the driving battery; an auxiliary battery connected to the driving battery via the converter; and a cooling box connected to the auxiliary battery. When the driving battery has an SOC reduced to be smaller than a prescribed threshold value, the converter is stopped and power remaining in the auxiliary battery is used to drive the cooling box.

Abstract: A parking support apparatus is provided with: a vehicle controller configured to park a vehicle by controlling behavior of the vehicle in accordance with the signal associated with the remote operation if a distance between a transmitter located outside of the vehicle and the vehicle is greater than or equal to a first distance and is less than or equal to a second distance. The vehicle controller performs a predetermined informing operation for an operator of the transmitter, instead of or in addition to controlling the behavior of the vehicle in accordance with the signal associated with the remote operation, if the distance is greater than or equal to the first distance and is less than or equal to a third distance or if the distance is greater than or equal to a fourth distance and is less than or equal to the second distance.

Abstract: A controller for transmitting control information necessary for autonomous driving to an autonomous driving vehicle is provided. The controller includes: a reception device configured to receive a signal transmitted from a wireless communication device included in the autonomous driving vehicle; a first transmission device configured to transmit first control information to the wireless communication device included in the autonomous driving vehicle; and a second transmission device configured to transmit information to a satellite based on a reception condition of the signal from the autonomous driving vehicle received by the reception device, the information being used by the satellite to transmit second control information to a satellite communication device included in the autonomous driving vehicle.

Abstract: A method for initializing an electronically slip-controllable power braking system after a startup and an electronically slip-controllable power braking system. Power braking systems are equipped with a pressure generator for conveying pressure medium in a pressure medium circuit. The pressure generator includes a plunger unit made up of a plunger cylinder, a plunger piston, and a plunger work chamber enclosed by plunger cylinder and plunger piston. A characteristic, using which an actuation of the plunger piston is carried out by the motor during the initialization of the power braking system, is selected by the electronic control unit as a function of a piece of information present about the position of plunger piston at the start of the initialization and implemented by corresponding electronic activation of the motor.

Abstract: Apparatuses, storage media and methods associated with computer assisted driving (CAD), are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an autopilot engine to automatically pilot the vehicle out of a potential emergency situation, including to automatically pilot the vehicle for a period of time in view of a plurality of operational guardrails determined in real time for each of a plurality of timing windows; and a mitigation unit to conditionally activate the autopilot engine, including to activate the autopilot engine in response to analysis results indicative of the vehicle being potentially operated into the emergency situation manually. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Abstract: A device for an automatic parking brake includes a first microchip and a second microchip. The first microchip and the second microchip are configured to actuate an end stage of the automatic parking brake. The first microchip and the second microchip are configured in a redundant manner with respect to one another in relation to actuating the end stage.

Abstract: The above measurement device acquires output data from a sensor unit for detecting surrounding feature, and extracts, from the output data, data corresponding to detection result in a predetermined range in a predetermined positional relation with an own position. The predetermined range is determined in accordance with accuracy of the own position. Then, the measurement device executes predetermined processing based on the extracted data.

Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a vehicle configured to execute driving force suppression control when a predetermined erroneous operation condition is satisfied, the erroneous operation condition being satisfied when a first condition including at least an operation velocity condition is satisfied and a second condition is satisfied, the operation velocity condition being satisfied when an operation velocity which is an amount of change in an operation amount of an accelerator operation element per unit time is equal to or higher than an operation velocity threshold, and the second condition being satisfied when the operation amount becomes equal to or larger than a first operation amount threshold within a first time threshold from a time point at which the first condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A traveling vehicle controller includes a command assignment controller to detect a first-to-arrive traveling vehicle that is able to reach a destination point first among traveling vehicles, based on travel route candidates on which the traveling vehicles travel along a travel path from respective positions to reach the destination point, and assign the command to the first-to-arrive traveling vehicle. During detection of the first-to-arrive traveling vehicle, when a traveling vehicle traveling toward a branch point on the travel path is located within a range of a branch-switching impossible distance from the branch point and is scheduled to proceed toward a main way at the branch point, the command assignment controller performs pseudo-shift processing by which this traveling vehicle is determined to be located in a position downstream of the branch point and on a side of the main way.

Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle is disclosed and includes an energy storage device configured to store and discharge energy, a plurality of wheels having an observer wheel, one or more processors operatively coupled to the energy storage device, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the brake system to determine the brake system is operating in a backup mode of operation. In response to determining the brake system is operating in the backup mode of operation, the brake system is caused to apply a first brake pressure command to the observer wheel. In response to determining the observer wheel is starting the skid condition, the brake system is caused to determine a second brake pressure command based on a target slip value.

Abstract: A direction indicator control unit obtains a position of an entry road and a position of an exit road of a roundabout determined to be present on a presumed traveling route of a vehicle, and determines a necessity of directional indication when entering the roundabout in accordance with a relationship between the position of the entry road and the position of the exit road.

Abstract: A stability controller includes a machine learning engine that outputs stabilizer settings to several on-board stabilizer systems of a vessel based on various inputs. The machine learning engine is first trained based on human selections of stabilizer system settings, and then, once suitably trained, the stability controller can be used to optimize the use and operation of the stabilizer systems as conditions change, based on a quantity or stability quality that the vessel operator desires to optimize.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling an interior configuration of a vehicle. The system may include an interior vehicle component; an actuator component configured to adjust/restrict movement of a physical configuration of the interior vehicle component; one or more sensors configured to collect data corresponding to a state of the vehicle, an action of the vehicle, and/or an internal or external environment of the vehicle; and one or more processors configured to receive sensor data and detect, by processing the sensor data, a vehicle accident condition. After the one or more processors detect the vehicle accident condition, the one or more processors may cause the actuator component to adjust the interior vehicle component from a first physical configuration to a second physical configuration, or may cause the actuator component to restrict movement of the interior vehicle component to a predetermined range of physical configurations.

Abstract: A surface adaptation method suitable for a vehicle includes evaluating a plurality of longitudinal forces with respect to a plurality of sampling points, evaluating a plurality of wheel slips with respect to the plurality of sampling points, determining a maximum longitudinal force from the plurality of longitudinal forces, and determining a wheel slip threshold from the plurality of wheel slips. The wheel slip threshold corresponds to the maximum longitudinal force.

Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a wheelchair system that includes a wheelchair. The wheelchair includes a coupling mechanism, a processing device, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine the location of an accessory, position the wheelchair with respect to the accessory, and couple the wheelchair to the accessory via the coupling mechanism. The positioning of the wheelchair is independent from a user physically controlling the positioning of the wheelchair with respect to the accessory.