Abstract: Systems and methods for generating geographic data for map elements based on surfel data and motion data associated with a geographic region are disclosed. A computing system can obtain motion data indicative of movement of at least one object in a geographic region represented by a map. The computing system can additionally obtain surfel data indicative of one or more surface elements associated with a surface of a structure in the geographic region represented by the map. The computing system can identify an entrance of the structure based at least in part on a correlation of the surfel data and the motion data. The computing system can generate geographic data indicative of a geographic location of the entrance of the structure.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining a highly precise position and for operating an automated vehicle, including: detecting surroundings data values, the surroundings data values representing surroundings of the automated vehicle, the surroundings encompassing at least two surroundings features, determining a pattern, as a function of the at least two surroundings features, reading in map data values, the map data values representing a map, the map representing at least the surroundings of the automated vehicle, the map encompassing a reference pattern, determining the highly precise position of the automated vehicle, proceeding from a comparison of the pattern to the reference pattern, and operating the automated vehicle, as a function of the highly precise position.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle and a control method are provided. The method of controlling a hybrid vehicle including a motor, an engine, and an engine clutch disposed between the motor and the engine includes determining whether to enter a first mode in which both the engine and the motor operate without engagement of the engine clutch, based on at least a first condition related to an accelerator pedal and a second condition related to a required torque condition, determining torque of the motor in consideration of at least required torque upon determining entry into the first mode, and determining an operating point of the engine based on engine generation power to be supplied to the motor with power of the engine.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for generating maintenance recommendation for an auxiliary power unit (APU). One system may include collecting APU data, applying an algorithm that may analyze the APU data using one or more tuning parameters to capture elements of the APU data that indicate an APU health concern, and transmitting the captured elements indicating the APU health concern to a cloud-based health monitoring system.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle-rendering generation for vehicle display based on short-range communication. An example vehicle includes a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with remote sensing devices, a display configured to present a vehicle rendering of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to detecting an activation event, collect sensing data via the communication module. The controller also is configured to determine whether an object is coupled to the vehicle based on the sensing data and, in response to detecting an object coupled to the vehicle, modify the vehicle rendering to include an object rendering of the object.

Abstract: A drive recorder to be mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit, a recording unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires data representing driving condition. The recording unit records the acquired data. The communication unit transmits the acquired data to the outside. The control unit controls the quality of the data to be transmitted based on the information received from the outside.

Abstract: A system for generating a map includes a processing device configured to determine a provenance of each received map of a plurality of maps, parse each received map into objects of interest, and compare the objects of interest to identify one or more sets of objects representing a common feature. For each set of objects, the processing device is configured to select a subset of the set of objects based on the provenance associated with each object in the set of objects, and calculate a similarity metric for each object in the subset. The similarity metric is selected from an alignment between an object and a reference object in the subset, and/or a positional relationship between the object and the reference object. The processing device is configured to generate a common object representing the common feature based on the similarity metric, and generate a merged map including the common object.

Abstract: A braking control system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a motor providing rotational force to wheels of the vehicle and a first battery storing electric energy for driving the motor. An inverter is connected to the first battery via a DC link terminal and performs a bidirectional power conversion between the DC link terminal and the motor. A DC converter is connected to the DC link terminal to down-convert a voltage of the DC link terminal and output the down-converted voltage. A second battery is supplied with the voltage converted by the DC converter and has a voltage lower than that of the first battery. A controller operates the inverter and the DC converter to charge regenerative braking energy generated from the motor during braking of the vehicle in the first battery and the second battery.

Abstract: A method of operating a usage-based maintenance system for a vehicle among a plurality of vehicles includes determining, for a time period, an exposure parameter of the vehicle. The exposure parameter indicates an amount of exposure to an environment during the time period. The method also includes scoring the exposure parameter according to an exposure model to produce an exposure score. Moreover, the method includes determining a maintenance discount according to the exposure score.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for fording depth estimation based on a real-time image recognition is provided according an embodiment of the present disclosure. In the method, a first image of a low-lying road being submerged under a bridge can be acquired. At least one second image of the low-lying road without being submerged can be determined. A fording depth of the low-lying road can be estimated based on the first image and the at least one second image.

Abstract: A vehicle remote instruction system includes a remote instruction point situation recognition unit that recognizes a remote instruction point situation on a target route based on the target route, position information, and map information, a recommended time acquisition unit that acquires a recommended time based on the remote instruction point situation and a type of a remote instruction, a remote instruction sending unit that sends the remote instruction to an autonomous driving vehicle, and a predicted time calculation unit that calculates a predicted time. The remote instruction sending unit sends a delay instruction to set a reflection time closer to the recommended time when the predicted time is earlier than the recommended time, and sends a preparation instruction to cause the autonomous driving vehicle to behave in response to the type of the remote instruction at an earlier time when the predicted time is later than the recommended time.

Abstract: A robotic system simultaneously monitors multiple processes running on the robotic system in an efficient manner that can help reduce communication and processing resource requirements. A diagnostic service of the robotic system receives primary signals from multiple tasks operating in the robotic system. For each of the primary signals, the service performing a first instance of a function on the primary signal to create a first derived signal for the primary signal. For each of the primary signals that is a keyed signal and associated with a multivalent key, the service will create an additional instance of the function to create an additional derived signal for each additional valence. The service will then using the each instance of the function to create an aggregated signal, and it will use the aggregated signal to simultaneously monitor each of the processes running on the robotic system.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, vehicle position data from the vehicle; processing, by the processor, vehicle position data with vehicle position data from other vehicles to determine a lane topology; processing, by the processor, the vehicle position data to determine traffic conditions within a lane of the lane topology; generating, by the processor, a map for controlling the vehicle based on the lane topology and the traffic conditions.

Abstract: There is provided a hybrid-vehicle controller that can calculate MG demand torque with which fuel consumption in an engine can efficiently be decreased by increasing the MG's power-running torque. In the hybrid-vehicle controller, from a plurality of MG torque candidate values, there are selected the MG torque candidate values that make a 0 MG-torque-reference total supply power variation amount become the same as or smaller than a power-running-side variation amount upper limit value; then, there is selected, as a power-running-side final MG torque candidate value, the MG torque candidate value that makes an absolute value of the relative supply power variation amount ratio become maximum, among the selected MG torque candidate values.