Abstract: A system and method for the classification of geographic locations based on vehicle trip logs, including: grouping a plurality of trip records by vehicle, wherein the plurality of trip records include start times and locations and stop times and locations; sorting the plurality of trip records for a vehicle in one of descending or ascending order with respect to stop times; calculating a plurality of time differences between consecutive trips of the plurality of trip records; storing the plurality of time differences in a stop time array; for a first plurality of time differences, storing the associated stop locations in a first location array; for a second plurality of stop times, storing the associated stop locations in a second location array; and computing a time difference median for each of the first location array and the second location array and returning the time difference medians as results for each location.

Abstract: A vehicle control device aims to ensure more appropriate self-driving based on circumstances around its own vehicle. The vehicle control device controls an engine and a motor such as to drive the vehicle with changing over between motor drive without operation of the engine and hybrid drive with operation of the engine. In the motor drive in a self-driving mode where the vehicle is driven independently of a driver's accelerating or decelerating operation, the vehicle control device maintains the motor drive when an other vehicle condition is not met, where the other vehicle condition is a condition that any other vehicle is present in a predetermined distance at least either ahead of the own vehicle or behind the own vehicle, while allowing for a shift to the hybrid drive when the other vehicle condition is met.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a class 7 or 8 vehicle is provided. A first controller is configured to control a vehicle operation and to detect one or more failures related to the vehicle operation. The first controller is configured to transmit first data indicative of the one or more failures. A vehicle interface controller is configured to receive the first data indicative of the one or more failures on the data communication bus and to receive a signal corresponding to at least one of vehicle speed or park brake status. The vehicle interface controller is further configured to retrieve at least one diagnostic screen and to display the at least one diagnostic screen after the signal indicates the at least one of the vehicle speed being equal to a predetermined vehicle speed or the park brake status indicating that a park brake is set in the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a nondestructive inspection (“NDI”) system that includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) comprising a body structure and at least one support arm. The support arm includes a first arm portion having a first end coupled to the body structure and a second end coupled to a second arm portion. The second arm portion includes a first end coupled to the second end of the first arm portion and a second end coupled to an NDI scanning device. The support arm also includes a compliant member disposed between the first arm portion and the second arm portion. The NDI scanning device includes one or more NDI sensors.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system for vehicles includes: an autonomous driving controller for controlling autonomous driving of a host vehicle based on information of nearby vehicles and requesting warning and handover upon determining that a failure in autonomous driving of nearby vehicles has occurred; a communication controller for requesting the warning and handover; selecting an emergency target vehicle and requesting a driving mode of following the emergency target vehicle upon receiving autonomous driving failure information; a human-machine interface device for outputting warning and handover information in response to the request of the autonomous driving controller and the communication controller; and a host vehicle driving controller for controlling driving of the host vehicle in response to the request of the autonomous driving controller and the communication controller.

Abstract: In the present invention, an integrated control unit simultaneously causes a long-term route generation unit, an intermediate-term route generation unit, and a short-term route generation unit to begin generating routes when an automatic driving mode is set to an on state by an automatic driving on setting unit, and a vehicle is instantly subjected to automatic driving control using a short-term route prior to the generation of a long-term route. As a result, the present invention provides a vehicle control device that can immediately perform automatic driving control based on a short-term route after the automatic driving mode of the vehicle is set to the on state and, after generating a long-term route in which riding comfort improves a stepwise manner, perform automatic driving control in which the long-term route and an intermediate-term route are taken into account.

Abstract: A method for estimating a tire property of a vehicle based on tire-to-road friction properties for a fleet of vehicles. The method includes: determining a tire-to-road friction for a plurality of vehicles, belonging to the fleet of vehicles, at a plurality of specified locations; determining a reference tire-to-road friction for the fleet of vehicles at each specified location; in a vehicle, determining a current tire-to-road friction at a first location being one of the specified locations; determining a difference between the current tire-to-road friction and the reference tire-to-road friction of the fleet for the first location; and estimating a tire property of the vehicle based on the determined difference. There is also provided a system configured to perform the described method.

Abstract: A vehicle may include a plurality of seats including at least one front seat provided with a driver seat and at least one back seat located behind the front seat, an authentication module configured to perform authentication of a user, and a controller configured to provide a connected vehicle service according to whether authentication is completed by the authentication module, wherein the controller determines whether the user is accommodated on the back seat, and controls the authentication module to perform authentication of the connected vehicle service executable in the back seat on the basis of the determined result.

Abstract: A route response is received by a mobile apparatus storing a mobile version of a digital map. The route response includes information identifying starting and target locations of a route and a bloom filter encoding a route segment set defined by the route. Decoded starting and target segments for the route are identified from the mobile version of the digital map based on the information identifying the starting and target locations. Map information is accessed for determining a cost value for segments of the digital map. A segment that satisfies the bloom filter is assigned a minimal cost value. A decoded route from the decoded starting segment to the decoded target segment is determined using a cost minimization route determination algorithm based on the cost value assigned to the segments. The decoded route is provided via a user interface and/or a vehicle is controlled to traverse the decoded route.

Abstract: This invention is directed toward a method by which a user desiring drone footage from a location can hire a drone owner near that location to set up the drone for remote control flight at the location. The user and owner can agree to a set of parameters prior to the flight which determine the environmental conditions under which the flight can take place, the duration of the flight, any safety protocols the parties agree to, etc. One the parameters are met, the drone owner takes the drone to the location, the user remotely connects to the drone and flies the drone subject to the parameters, then downloads the footage taken by the drone during the flight.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a system and methods for generating three dimensional (3D) images with increased composite vertical field of view and composite resolution for a spinning three-dimensional sensor, based on actuating the sensor to generate a plurality of sensor axis orientations as a function of rotation of the actuator. The output data from the sensor, such as a spinning LIDAR, is transformable as a function of the actuator angle to generate three dimensional imagery.

Abstract: A parking control device includes a detector and a determiner. The detector receives, from an ultrasonic sensor which transmits an ultrasonic wave and receives a reflected wave corresponding to the ultrasonic wave, a signal based on the reflected wave. The detector further detects a detection point group being an aggregate of a plurality of detection points of two parked vehicle groups adjacent to a parking space between the two parked vehicle groups, based on the signal. The determiner determines whether the parking space is an end-on parking space or a parallel parking space based on a position of at least a depression shape in at least a contour pattern being a pattern of the detection point group.