Abstract: A navigation device includes a map display unit configured to display a map on a first display device and display a guidance route and a current position on the map, and a scale determination unit configured to determine a scale of the map to be displayed on the first display device. The scale determination unit lowers the scale as the current position approaches an intersection at which it is required to turn, and enlarges the scale as the current position moves through the intersection.

Abstract: A logistics system provides a logistics service utilizing a logistics robot that delivers a package by autonomous traveling. The logistics system includes one or more processors configured to execute a delivery route determination process that determines a delivery route along which the logistics robot delivers the package. When there are a plurality of delivery route candidates from a position of the logistics robot to a delivery destination of the package, the one or more processors select the delivery route from the plurality of delivery route candidates based on at least one of a congestion degree of each of the plurality of delivery route candidates, a time of day, a weather condition, and energy consumption of the logistics robot along each of the plurality of delivery route candidates.

Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, in a case in which a first vehicle that has been operated in accordance with a schedule specifying a point in time at which a circulating vehicle is to be replaced becomes inoperable, whether to operate a second vehicle that substitutes for the first vehicle until a replacement time specified by the schedule, the replacement time being a point in time at which the first vehicle is to be replaced.

Abstract: A system and method for vehicle drive path analysis for a waste/recycling service vehicle are provided. The system and method can enable identifying of the customers and/or container locations for waste and recycling collection routes using vehicle drive path analysis. Some non-limiting properties that can be derived from the analysis include the customer location, address of customers, and/or the locations of containers at the customer location.

Abstract: Provided is a route search device and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that can search a route where a transportation means more suitable for a user is selected. When searching a route to a destination, a change point at which the transportation means is changed is set, and then the priority in selecting a transportation means for moving in a section from a plurality kinds of transportation means is set based on at least one of an attribute of a start point and an attribute of an end point in the section for each section where a distance between a departure place and a destination is divided at the change point to search the route to the destination using the transportation means selected for each of the plurality of sections based on the set priority.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system, a system and a method for providing assistance to an occupant of a vehicle. Specifically, the present invention relates to determining a composite image sequence comprising a sequence of image frames, each comprising a captured image of an environment external to the vehicle and a trajectory indicator indicative of the determined vehicle trajectory through that environment. The trajectory indicator is positioned within the composite image sequence in dependence on movement by the vehicle between the time at which images associated with the corresponding image frames are captured such that the trajectory indicator appears substantially stationary in a direction of travel of the vehicle with respect to one or more image objects within the composite image sequence.

Abstract: A map information assessment device has a processor configured to detect the end road zone located furthest on the destination location side, among the multiple road zones on the navigation route, to determine whether or not the end road zone is connected to another road zone on the destination location side, to detect the end road link on the navigation route which is associated with the end road zone when the end road zone is connected with another road zone on the destination location side, and to determine whether or not the end road link is connected with another road link representing the navigation route, which is not associated with the road zone on the destination location side, and to attach a predetermined attribute to the end road zone when the end road link is connected with another road link representing the navigation route.

Abstract: An administered authentication system can authenticate an artificial reality device using an authorization record between a user account and an artificial reality device. In some implementations, the authorization record is created in response to activation of a user account-specific key sent to a user-supplied contact, where an artificial reality device identifier was provided with the user-supplied contact. In other implementations, the authorization record is created in response to activation of a user account-specific key provided to the artificial reality device as a code, where activation of the key includes adding an artificial reality device identifier to a key activation message. In yet other implementations, the authorization record is created in response to an application associated with a user account activating an artificial reality device-specific key, with an artificial reality device identifier, that is provided via the artificial reality device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for producing panoramic image content.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing recommendations of safe driving routes that are tailored to the driving habits of particular drivers. A machine learning model (e.g., an artificial neural network) may be trained using data indicative of insurance claim severity, road conditions, and/or vehicle telematics data associated with vehicle-related incidents, such as vehicle collisions. The machine learning model may be trained to identify road types and conditions that are predictive of claim frequency and severity. Any given driving route(s) may be provided to the trained machine learning model, and a risk value may be computed for the route(s). By further applying a personalized driver profile to the calculations of risk, personalized risk values may be computed for the route(s), and a safest route may be recommended to a driver.

Abstract: An interactive digital logistics system is disclosed that receives real-time, on-demand data with immediate and same-day availability information from businesses, then displays the information for consumers to view, select, connect, and reserve the available services or products within a specified radius of their current geographical location. Businesses can accept or decline each consumer request and the interactive digital logistics system tracks the consumer's progress to the business's location. The interactive digital logistics system also tracks the progress of each request until completion and prompts both the consumer and business to rate their experience with the other party. The interactive digital logistics system then calculates an average rating for each party which is displayed in their respective profiles.

Abstract: A communication device may send a public key externally; receive a specific signal from a first external device; determine whether a radio field intensity of the received specific signal is equal to or greater than a threshold value; receive an authentication request from the first external device; in a case where it is determined that the radio field intensity is equal to or greater than the threshold value and the authentication request is received from the first external device, send an authentication response to the first external device; after the authentication response has been sent to the first external device, receive connection information from the first external device; and establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.

Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for directing a parked autonomous vehicle to travel autonomously from a parking spot to a pickup spot. In one example scenario, a user of a user device such as a smartphone, may launch a software application in the smartphone for summoning the autonomous vehicle that is parked in a parking lot or a road, for example. The software application displays a graphical rendering of the parking area together with an icon that can be dragged and dropped by the user at any convenient pickup spot in a valid drivable area shown on the graphical rendering. The user places the icon upon a desired pickup spot and the smartphone transmits a command to the autonomous vehicle to travel to the pickup spot. A real-time representation of a progress of the autonomous vehicle towards the pickup spot may be displayed on the user device.

Abstract: A method and system for generating geographic routes using topographic data that has been transformed into vector tiles to enable large spatial networks to be reduced from large scale to small scale, wherein the networks are reduced based on the lowest cost path(s) across each vector tile (for example, shortest, fastest and/or safest route across the represented geographic area) whilst ensuring connectivity between adjacent vector tiles is maintained. Complex and vast networks can be simplified to the cost of moving across a single vector tile from edge to edge, with each zoom level comprising a plurality of vector tiles with varying levels of detail concerning the paths across each vector tile. Routes between two locations, particularly those covering large distances, can then be quickly and efficiently determined using the processed vector tiles.

Abstract: A drowsiness sign notification system applied to a vehicle includes a driver monitor and a controller. The driver monitor detects a driver state being a state of a driver of the vehicle. The controller executes a drowsiness sign determination process that determines whether or not the driver shows a drowsiness sign based on the driver state. When it is determined that the driver shows the drowsiness sign and an activation condition is satisfied, the controller executes rest area informing process that informs the driver of a rest area. The activation condition of the rest area informing process is set from a viewpoint of a relationship between a location of the rest area and a target route of the vehicle, or an expected time required for the vehicle to reach the rest area.

Abstract: A method for providing ride-hailing recommendations to an operator includes receiving at least a first initial ride-hailing request and a second initial ride-hailing request from potential ride-hailing users; identifying at least a first route characteristic corresponding to a first route associated with the first initial ride-hailing request; identifying at least a second route characteristic corresponding to a second route associated with the second initial ride-hailing request; calculating a first subsequent ride-hailing request probability; calculating a second subsequent ride-hailing request; determining a first ride-hailing request value based on at least the first route characteristic and the first subsequent ride-hailing request probability; determining a second ride-hailing request value based on at least the second route characteristic and the second subsequent ride-hailing request probability; and displaying the first and second initial ride-hailing requests and the first and second ride-hailing re

Abstract: The vehicle control system includes a first position measuring unit measuring a position of a mobile terminal with respect to a vehicle by performing first position measuring processing, a second position measuring unit measuring a position of the mobile terminal with respect to the vehicle by performing second position measuring processing having less power consumption in the vehicle by wireless communication than that of the first position measuring processing, a control operation execution instruction recognizing unit recognizing an instruction to execute a control operation in the vehicle, and a position measurement control unit determining whether measurement of a position of the mobile terminal for executing the control operation is to be executed by the first position measuring unit or to be executed by the first position measuring unit and the second position measuring unit in accordance with a type of the control operation for which an execution instruction is recognized.

Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include identifying, by a computing device, a geographic proximity of an entity, establishing, by the computing device, direct short-range communications with the entity, the computing device and the entity being able to communicate with one another using a short-range communication protocol. The method can further include receiving, by the computing device, an indication that the computing device shares an identifier with the entity, and receiving, by the computing device, information relevant to the computing device regarding the entity based on the shared identifier.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for determining the geographical location of a user based on the characteristics of intersecting features, such as a road intersection. Specifically, the geometry of each intersection in a geographical area is used to derive a unique fingerprint for each individual intersection, the fingerprint comprising information relating to the geometry, the geographical location of the intersection, and other characteristics. These fingerprints can then be stored locally to a device, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable computing device, an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system and the like. To determine the geographical location of the device, the geometry of a nearby intersection may be analysed by some means and compared to the stored set of unique fingerprints to identify the intersection and its associated location.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a navigation system and computer-implemented methods for proactively re-routing vehicles to control traffic flow. Consistent with some embodiments, the navigation system seeks to reduce traffic flow along primary navigation routes (e.g., routes with relatively short travel times) by re-routing vehicles to alternative navigation routes (e.g., routes with relatively longer travel times) using incentives. As an example, upon detecting a vehicle traveling along an alternative route instead of a primary route, the navigation system updates a data structure that represents a user account of a vehicle occupant to reflect an increased account balance. Consistent with some embodiments, the amount of value provided to an occupant of a vehicle traveling along an alternative routes may be obtained from user accounts of occupants of other vehicles that are traveling along a primary route.

Abstract: A navigation method is provided. The method includes obtaining a navigation destination of a first navigation application of a mobile terminal. Once the navigation destination is sent from the mobile terminal to a vehicle-mounted device, a second navigation application of the vehicle-mounted device is controlled to navigate based on the navigation destination.

Abstract: Route information data records are received from a navigation system indicating road elements and maneuvers between a starting point and a destination point. An estimated time of arrival is established using the route information data records. A personalized correction value based on the road elements, maneuvers, and a driver profile is determined. A personalized time of arrival is calculated based on the estimated time of arrival value and the personalized correction value.

Abstract: A traffic safety control method is provided. The method includes determining whether there is an intersection in front of a vehicle. When there is the intersection in front of the vehicle, a driving direction of the vehicle at the intersection is predicted according to a plurality of lane positions of the vehicle that are continuously obtained. A message is transmitted once the predicted driving direction is determined to be conflicting with a traffic rule of the intersection.

Abstract: In one aspect, an exemplary method for sharing traffic data among a plurality of vehicles includes: a first vehicle receiving current traffic data from at least a second vehicle over a first network protocol; the first vehicle transmitting current traffic data from the first vehicle and the current traffic data received from at least the second vehicle to a roadside unit over a second network protocol; the first vehicle receiving processed traffic data from the roadside unit over the second network protocol, the processed traffic data being based on the current traffic data received from the first vehicle and from at least the second vehicle; and the first vehicle transmitting the processed traffic data received from the roadside unit to at least the second vehicle over the first network protocol.

Abstract: A computer for managing the drive train of a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a battery. The drive train being capable of operating in a plurality of charging or discharging modes of the battery, the computer determines a set of probabilities of activation of the mode, determines the value of the speed of the electric motor for each mode, determines a set of electrical powers of the electric machine, calculates an energy consumption reduction indicator, determines the torque requested by the driver, the value of the speed of the internal combustion engine and the speed of the vehicle, determines a torque to be applied to the electric machine, and sends a command to the electric machine on the basis of the torque to be applied to the electric machine determined.

Abstract: Methods and systems for verifying a state of a road. The system includes a sensor of a vehicle configured to detect sensor data associated with the road. The system also includes a memory of the vehicle configured to store map data. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle connected to the sensor and configured to determine road data or maneuvering data associated with the road based on the sensor data, and update the map data with the determined road data or maneuvering data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a navigation system. A route is first ascertained from a starting location to a target location using digital map data. At least one intersection point of the route ascertained in this manner is selected, and a database entry linked to said intersection point is read out. Read-out maneuvering information is used in order to ascertain a maneuver to be performed at the selected intersection point and in order to lastly output a navigation instruction corresponding to the ascertained maneuver. The invention additionally relates to a navigation system which is designed to perform the method, to a vehicle comprising the navigation system, and to a method for storing maneuvering information.

Abstract: A status indication system for conveying status information concerning a movable vehicle includes: an interface system configured to receive perception information concerning one or more objects proximate the movable vehicle; a processing system configured to process the perception information to generate proximate object display information; and a visual display system configured to render the proximate object display information.

Abstract: A route from a current location of a portable device to a destination is determined, where the route includes a sequence of directed sections. Navigation instructions to guide a user of the portable device along the route to the destination are generated. To this end, candidate navigation landmarks perceptible within a 360-degree range of the current location of the portable device are identified, a navigation landmark disposed in a direction substantially opposite to the direction of the first one in the sequence of directed sections is selected from among the candidate navigation landmarks, and an initial instruction in the navigation instructions is generated and provided via a user interface of the portable device. The initial instruction references the selected navigation landmark.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a route search system including a route search apparatus that communicates with a mobile terminal. The route search apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives, from the mobile terminal, a search request including identification information of a user, and transmits a search result corresponding to the search request to the mobile terminal of the user; and a control unit that executes a search process for a multimodal route that includes at least one of a pedestrian route, a non-public route, and a public route, in accordance with the received search request, and causes the communication unit to transmit the multimodal route as a search result. The control unit causes a passage schedule of the at least one route, and identification information, of traveling means used for traveling along the at least one route, which is associated with the identification information of the user, to be included in a data content of the multimodal route.

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for selectively adding or forgoing adding shortcut links to a node map using contraction hierarchy techniques based on turn costs. “Useful” turn pairs for a given path through a shortcut link may include a turn into a first node of the shortcut link and a turn out of a second node of the shortcut link, where no alternative lower cost paths (including such “useful” turn pairs) from the first node to the second node are available. The useful turn pairs for a shortcut link may be used to evaluate super shortcut links that includes the shortcut link with identified useful turn pairs. For example, a search for alternative lower cost paths may need not be performed for paths, associated with the super shortcut link, which do not include a turn from the useful turn pairs of the component shortcut link.

Abstract: An administered authentication system can authenticate an artificial reality device using an authorization record between a user account and an artificial reality device. In some implementations, the authorization record is created in response to activation of a user account-specific key sent to a user-supplied contact, where an artificial reality device identifier was provided with the user-supplied contact. In other implementations, the authorization record is created in response to activation of a user account-specific key provided to the artificial reality device as a code, where activation of the key includes adding an artificial reality device identifier to a key activation message. In yet other implementations, the authorization record is created in response to an application associated with a user account activating an artificial reality device-specific key, with an artificial reality device identifier, that is provided via the artificial reality device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for decoding path data. The methods may comprise providing a navigation database for storing topological information of a road network. The navigation database comprises a plurality of road links, and a plurality of link nodes, each link node defining a topological connection between two or more of the road links. The methods may further comprise receiving path data indicative of a path within the road network, wherein the path data comprises a start identifier, a link count, and at least one exit number. The methods may further comprise selecting, from the navigation database, one road link of the plurality of the road links as a start road link of the path based the start identifier. Moreover, the methods may comprise iteratively expanding the path with selected road links until the link count is equal to the number of road links of the path.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to capture and compress telematics data are disclosed herein. An example computer-implemented method, executed by a processor, to represent telematics data includes identifying, with the processor, a physical intersection of roads, identifying, with the processor, virtual lines crossing the roads, assigning, with the processor, ordinals to the virtual lines, representing, with the processor, a physical traversal through the physical intersection captured in first telematics data by a pair of the ordinals, and storing the pair of the ordinals in second compressed telematics data.

Abstract: A vehicle navigation apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a vehicle sensor positioned in a front or a rear of a vehicle, the vehicle sensor configured to recognize surrounding information and road information of the vehicle, and a processor configured to identify destination information requested by a user of the vehicle, identify location information of the vehicle through the vehicle sensor, identify the recognized surrounding information and the recognized road information of the vehicle, and identify information about a route according to the identified destination information by controlling the vehicle to identify information about a bus station within a range specified based on the location information of the vehicle and bus information, calculating a degree of congestion of the route, and displaying the calculated degree of congestion through a display device.

Abstract: A method includes retrieving a map of a 3D geometry of an environment the map including a plurality of non-spatial attribute values each corresponding to one of a plurality of non-spatial attributes and indicative of a plurality of non-spatial sensor readings acquired throughout the environment, receiving a plurality of sensor readings from a device within the environment wherein each of the sensor readings corresponds to at least one of the non-spatial attributes and matching the plurality of received sensor readings to at least one location in the map to produce a determined sensor location.

Abstract: A method for trajectory planning for a commercial vehicle at a traffic junction, in particular including a traffic circle, by a control unit is provided. Trafficability of a lane of the commercial vehicle within a lane width of the traffic junction is checked prior to traveling into the traffic junction, traveling through a center of the traffic junction via an alternative trajectory is checked when normal negotiating of the traffic junction is not possible, and detection and/or prediction of surrounding traffic and trajectory planning of the alternative trajectory are carried out, taking the detected and/or predicted surrounding traffic into account. Moreover, a control unit, a computer program, and a machine-readable memory medium are provided.

Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include identifying, by a computing device, a geographic proximity of an entity, establishing, by the computing device, direct short-range communications with the entity, the computing device and the entity being able to communicate with one another using a short-range communication protocol. The method can further include receiving, by the computing device, an indication that the computing device shares an identifier with the entity, and receiving, by the computing device, information relevant to the computing device regarding the entity based on the shared identifier.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for improved call quality during telephony sessions. The speech quality of an active voice session is periodically evaluated using multiple noise reduction algorithms. In an instance where the speech quality of the currently used noise reduction algorithm is below the quality of another noise reduction algorithm, the telephony system may switch to a new noise reduction algorithm as the currently used (active) noise reduction algorithm in order to improve call quality during an active voice session.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for improved call quality during telephony sessions. The speech quality of an active voice session is periodically evaluated using multiple noise reduction algorithms. In an instance where the speech quality of the currently used noise reduction algorithm is below the quality of another noise reduction algorithm, the telephony system may switch to a new noise reduction algorithm as the currently used (active) noise reduction algorithm in order to improve call quality during an active voice session.

Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus includes: a parking space searching unit for searching for a parking-allowable parking space in which a user's vehicle can be parked; a target parking space selection unit for selecting a target parking space in which the user's vehicle is to be parked, based on an user setting information, when a plurality of parking-allowable parking spaces are detected; a parking operation assisting unit for assisting in a parking operation for parking the user's vehicle in the target parking space; and a parking operation assistance start determination unit for determining whether or not a determination condition for starting a parking operation is satisfied according to a state of the user's vehicle, and causing the parking operation assisting unit to start assisting in the parking operation when the determination condition is satisfied.

Abstract: Systems, computing devices, and methods for indicating a geographic location of transportation for a user are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes determining an approximate time when a user is expected to use a mode of transportation. The method also includes determining an estimated time to travel from a current geographic location of the user to a current geographic location of the mode of transportation. Further, the method includes presenting, via a computing device of the user, a message at a time based on the determined approximate time and the determined estimated time.

Abstract: A method is described in which a plurality of magnetic field norms is obtained using a plurality of magnetic field sensor units, each of the plurality of magnetic field sensor units being arranged to measure a magnetic field at a different height while being mounted to an object, each of the plurality of magnetic field norms being a norm of the magnetic field measured by a corresponding one of the plurality of magnetic field sensor units; and the plurality of magnetic field norms is matched with a magnetic field map of an indoor area including a plurality of sub-areas to estimate a location of the object as one of the plurality of sub-areas.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle operating system, wherein a navigation system provides map information, and a monitoring system monitors driver assistance information, which are displayed on a display device, wherein the navigation system, the monitoring system, the display device, and an operating device are coupled to a control device for data transfer, to display the map information and/or driver assistance information on the display, wherein an operating action is carried out by the operating device in order to change a display scale and/or a display angle in relation to a road surface between a first perspective and a second perspective, wherein the display scale and/or angle are adjusted continuously and/or discretely in at least two steps located within the two perspectives on a virtual visualization path, and wherein the first perspective is substantially perpendicular to the road surface and the second perspective is substantially parallel to the road surface.

Abstract: To provide navigation directions for a scenic route, a machine learning model is trained using (i) characteristics of road segments that have been assigned a scenic metric and (ii) the scenic metrics for the road segments. In response to a request for navigation directions, a set of candidate routes for navigating from the starting location to the destination location is identified. Then for each road segment within each candidate route, characteristics of the road segment are applied to the machine learning model to generate the scenic metric for the road segment. A route is then selected from the set of candidate routes based at least in part on the scenic metrics of the road segments within the route. A set of navigation directions is provided for presentation on a client device for navigating from the starting location to the destination location via the selected route.

Abstract: A screen delivery method, a vehicle bracket and a storage medium are provided. In the method, at least one mobile terminal around the vehicle bracket is detected; a target mobile terminal is determined from the at least one mobile terminal based on a change in intensity of a magnetic field between the at least one mobile terminal and the vehicle bracket; and screen delivery is performed between the vehicle bracket and the target mobile terminal based on a communicational connection between the vehicle bracket and the target mobile terminal in a case that it is determined that the target mobile terminal is fixed on the vehicle bracket. Therefore, with the method, the user's different application requirements for the vehicle bracket are met, and the user experience is improved.

Abstract: A method of modelling a scanning distance sensor determining a set of detections is determined as if obtained by the sensor when scanning a field of view of the sensor, wherein each of the detections corresponds to a different line of sight originating from the sensor and comprises information about the orientation of the respective line of sight and about the distance of a respective target point from the sensor, the target point being the point in space where the line of sight first crosses any of the objects at the respective point in time. The method includes that the set of detections is modified by estimating the effect of sequentially scanning the field of view in discrete time steps on the detections and inversely applying the estimated effect to the set of detections.

Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes: an assistance processing unit that executes assistance processing for providing a user with specified information; and a display control unit that performs control to display a list according to a sequential order of the assistance processing executed by the assistance processing unit.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program are disclosed for transferring an execution of a function for a vehicle between a backend entity and the vehicle. Transferring an execution of a function for a vehicle between a backend entity and the vehicle comprises controlling an execution of the function for the vehicle by a backend entity. The backend entity communicates with the vehicle via a mobile communication system. The method further comprises determining an estimated driving route of the vehicle, determining information related to an area with insufficient coverage of the mobile communication system along the estimated route of the vehicle, and transferring the execution of the function from the backend entity to the vehicle based on the information related to the area with insufficient coverage of the mobile communication system along the estimated route of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable storage medium for performing a cognitive information processing operation. The cognitive information processing operation includes: receiving data from a plurality of data sources; processing the data from the plurality of data sources to provide cognitively processed insights via an augmented intelligence system, the augmented intelligence system executing on a hardware processor of an information processing system, the augmented intelligence system and the information processing system providing a cognitive computing function; performing an impartiality assessment operation via an impartiality assessment engine, the impartiality assessment operation detecting a presence of bias in an outcome of the cognitive computing function; and, providing the cognitively processed insights to a destination, the destination comprising a cognitive application, the cognitive application enabling a user to interact with the cognitive insights.