Abstract: A system includes a vehicle cover, a mechanical tensioning device, a memory device, storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute instructions to perform the steps of a method to secure a vehicle. The mechanical tensioning device may include attachment means to attach the device to a wheel of the vehicle and means to attach a security cable of the vehicle cover integrated into a bottom edge of the vehicle cover to the mechanical tensioning device. The mechanical tensioning device may include a rotational reel connected to either a tensioning motor or a tensioning crank and optionally including either a mechanical bi-stable device or one or more sensors configured to monitor the tension of the security cable when engaged to the mechanical tensioning device. The processor may monitor for a change in tension and execute one or more security measures in response.

Abstract: Traffic signals that adapt to traffic conditions are provided with countdown timers. These countdown timers count down from some number towards zero, and indicate the approximate duration remaining before a traffic signal changes state. Since the traffic signal is continuously adapting to traffic conditions, the exact time before a state change occurs is not known in advance. Using a countdown algorithm, the countdown timers imperceptibly modify the countdown sequence in real time so that the traffic signal state change coincides approximately with the moment the countdown reaches its minimum count.

Abstract: A vehicle and a network system are provided to operate the air conditioning apparatus of the vehicle when a passenger within the vehicle is left unattended. The vehicle transmits a signal via a vehicle network to rescue the rear passenger, thereby ensuring passenger safety. The vehicle includes an output device and a communicator configured to communicate with a user terminal, an air conditioner, a sensor. The sensor obtains a movement of the passenger and a controller outputs an identification image through the output device when a movement signal of the passenger exceeds a reference signal after the vehicle doors are closed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a life vest container device, in particular aircraft seat life vest container device, for a life vest unit, with a life vest container comprising an accommodation unit that has an accommodation space as well as an access opening to the accommodation space, and with a monitoring device. It is proposed that the monitoring device is at least configured to capture a change of at least one characteristic via at least one electric and/or electronic signal.

Abstract: An in-vehicle payment system and a method for generating authorization information using the same are provided. The in-vehicle payment system includes an authentication number input device including an interface of a vehicle configured to receive an input from a user, and generate and output input signals corresponding to a manipulation pattern of the interface, a code display device configured to display a code table in an array form including a plurality of code values based on received code information on a screen, and an authorization information generator configured to generate the code information and transmit the code information to the code display device, and recognize an authentication number input by the user using the code information and preset matching information to generate authorization information corresponding to the authentication number when the input signals are received from an authentication number input device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a parking alignment adjustment apparatus and method. The parking alignment adjustment apparatus comprises a first sensor configured to sense driving information of a host vehicle, a second sensor configured to sense surrounding environment information of the host vehicle, and a control unit.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to smart signs or physical markers for facilitating passenger trips for autonomous vehicles. For instance, a physical marker remote from the autonomous vehicles may receive a first notification indicating a request for a trip has been made via a client computing device. The physical marker may determine when the client computing device has reached a physical marker, and in response to the determination, the physical marker may send a second notification to a dispatching server computing device indicating that the client computing device has reached a physical marker. Other aspects of the disclosure relate to various features and uses for the physical marker.

Abstract: A control method of a transportation system including a mobile terminal, a vehicle, and a server. The control method of the transportation system comprises the steps of: generating a personal image including personal information of a user by the mobile terminal; generating, by the server, an authentication code of the user by using the personal image received from the mobile terminal; generating a passenger image including personal information of a passenger by the vehicle; and when the passenger image matches the authentication code, granting, by the vehicle, authority to use the vehicle to the passenger.

Abstract: An event detection system for detecting events related to vehicles based on sensor data from the vehicles. An event detection service on a network may receive streams of sensor data from vehicles and apply machine learning techniques to train models and to analyze the data to detect vehicle-related events. Supervised and unsupervised techniques may be used to train the models and to detect known as well as anomalous events. Events may be detected based on data from one or from multiple vehicles. The system may respond to events by alerting entities and/or signaling vehicle control systems to respond to the events. Trained models may be downloaded to vehicles; the vehicle computer systems can then locally detect events. The downloaded models can be further trained on the vehicles, uploaded to the network, and integrated into the network-based models to improve the performance of the models.

Abstract: One broad aspect of the invention features a shelving facing display. The shelving facing display includes a housing, an electronic display, and multiple product sensors. The housing is mountable to a forward edge of a product shelf. The electronic display is mounted to the housing and arranged to be viewed from in front of the shelf. The electronic display is controllable to present desired images across at least a majority of a width of the shelf. The multiple product sensors are mounted to the housing. Each sensor is arranged to detect product on a respective width of the shelf. The display is configured to alter a displayed image in response to input from the product sensors.

Abstract: The technology relates to enhancing the operation of autonomous vehicles. Extendible sensors are deployed based on detected or predicted conditions around a vehicle while operating in a self-driving mode. When not needed, the sensors are fully retracted into the vehicle to reduce drag and increase fuel economy. When the onboard system determines that there is a need for a deployable sensor, such as to enhance the field of view of the perception system, the sensor is extended in a predetermined manner. The deployment may depend on one or more operating conditions and/or particular driving scenarios. These and other sensors of the vehicle may be protected with a rugged housing, for instance to protect against damage from the elements. And in other situations, deployable foils may extend from the vehicle's chassis to increase drag and enhance braking. This may be helpful for large trucks in steep descent situations.

Abstract: A vehicle control method is disclosed. A vehicle control method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can determine a drowsy state of a driver through AI processing of state information of the driver acquired from a sensor included in a vehicle. A processor can control a carbon dioxide concentration, a carbon monoxide concentration, a fine dust concentration and cooling efficiency inside the vehicle by causing the outside air to enter the vehicle or circulating the air inside the vehicle upon determining that the driver is in a drowsy state. The processor outputs a second warning and controls driving of the vehicle according to the second warning upon determining that the driver is continuously in the drowsy state. Accordingly, occurrence of accidents due to drowsiness of the driver can be reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling a lock of a vehicle. The methods may include determining if there is a valid unlocking instruction when the vehicle is in a valid-unlocked state; determining if the vehicle is moved; sending a locking instruction to the lock upon the determination that: there is not a valid unlocking instruction, and the vehicle is moved; or keeping the lock in the valid-unlocked state.

Abstract: An information processing device detects that an information terminal carried by a user has approached a shop, detects that a user has taken a purchase action in a shop, accumulates history information relating to a visit to a shop and the purchase action of a user, and transmits recommendation information relating to a second shop to an information terminal of a user who is detected to have approached a first shop when visit history information to the first shop is detected and purchase action history information in the first shop is not detected, and both visit history information and purchase action history information in the second shop is detected from history information of one user. The visit history information and the purchase action history information in the second shop have been accumulated after the history information relating to the first shop has been accumulated.

Abstract: Autonomous vehicle methods and systems are described herein for communicating with an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to remotely control operation of the vehicle, to detect and remove unauthorized passengers, to deliver loads, to receive registration information for the vehicle, to provide accessibility information to the vehicle, and/or to receive sensor or other environmental data to integrate with an electronic game or other extended reality experience.

Abstract: Motion-detection systems are often used to detect presence of humans. Such motion-detection systems are often based on passive infrared (PIR) sensors. Unfortunately, such detection systems are unable to reliably distinguish between humans and other entities such as animals and moving heat sources. To address this issue, it is proposed to detect a presence of real time clock (RTC) devices in addition to detecting the heat sources to better determine whether a detected entity is a human.

Abstract: An in-vehicle complex biometric authentication system includes: a sensor to sense a driver's boarding of a vehicle; a controller to perform driver authentication based on biometric information sensed by multiple biometric sensors when driver's boarding in a vehicle is detected by the sensor, and to collect driver's identification information and driving habit information during operation of a vehicle when the driver authentication is succeeded; and a memory to store the identification information and driving habit information as implicit authentication information, wherein the controller further detects situation recognition information related to the implicit authentication information, after the driver authentication is succeeded, and determines whether to perform additional authentications based on the matching result of the detected situation recognition information with the implicit authentication information.

Abstract: Method and system are disclosed for determining conditions of components that are removably coupled to articles of personal protection equipment (PPE) by tracking the components against predetermined criteria.

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) having at least one sensor configured to generate a stream of usage data; and an analytical stream processing component comprising: a communication component that receives the stream of usage data; a memory configured to store at least a portion of the stream of usage data and at least one model for detecting a safety event signature, wherein the at least one model is trained based as least in part on a set of usage data generated by one or more other articles of PPE of a same type as the article of PPE; and one or more computer processors configured to: detect the safety event signature in the stream of usage data based on processing the stream of usage data with the model, and generate an output in response to detecting the safety event signature.

Abstract: A device may receive an arming signal associated with immobilizing a vehicle. The device may monitor, based on receiving the arming signal, a current associated with an electrical power output from a battery of the vehicle. The device may detect that a measurement of the current satisfies a threshold associated with an ignition component starting an engine of the vehicle. The device may control, based on detecting that the current satisfies the threshold, a bypass circuit to reduce the electrical power output to prevent the ignition component from starting the engine.