Abstract: A method for operating a processing unit of a vehicle for processing sensor data of several different sensors with an artificial neural network, wherein a set of volume data cells is provided as a volumetric representation of different volume elements of an environment, and when sensor data is generated by the sensors the sensor data is transferred to the respective volume data cells using an inverse mapping function, wherein each inverse mapping function is a mapping of a respective sensor coordinate system of the sensor to an internal volumetric coordinate system corresponding to the world coordinate system, and by the transfer of the sensor data each volume data cell receives the sensor data that are associated with this volume data cell according to the inverse mapping function from each sensor, wherein the received sensor data from each sensor are accumulated in the respective volume data cell as combined data.

Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for onboard fuel vapor recovery for large heavy duty vehicles. In one example, the methods and systems include combining a plurality of carbon filled fuel vapor storage canisters in parallel and series to capture fuel vapors that may be generated via a heavy duty vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for anomaly detection in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for training a system for detecting anomalous samples. The method draws data samples from a data distribution of true samples and an anomaly distribution and draws a latent sample from a latent space. The method further includes steps for training a generator to generate data samples based on the drawn data samples and the latent sample, and training a cyclic discriminator to distinguish between true data samples and reconstructed samples. A reconstructed sample is generated by the generator based on an encoding of a data sample. The method identifies a set of one or more true pairs, a set of one or more anomalous pairs, and a set of one or more generated pairs. The method trains a joint discriminator to distinguish true pairs from anomalous and generated pairs.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a fuel tank, a canister, a heater, a bellows, and a valve. The fuel tank is configured to store fuel. The canister is configured to receive and store evaporated fuel from the fuel tank. The heater disposed within the canister. The bellows is disposed within the fuel tank. The bellows is configured to regulate the pressure within the fuel tank. The valve is configured to isolate an internal volume of the bellows from the canister when in a first position. The valve is configured to establish fluid communication between the internal volume of the bellows and the canister when in a second position.

Abstract: A non-pressurized fluid reservoir for a vehicle coolant system includes a bottle configured to store fluid. The bottle has a neck defining an inner circumferential surface that is devoid of threads. The reservoir further includes a cap having a lid and a shank extending from the lid. The shank has an outer circumferential surface and with a spiral ramp supported on the outer circumferential surface to encircle a portion of the shank. The shank is receivable within the neck with the spiral ramp adjacent to the inner circumferential surface to mitigate fluid leaks through the neck.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body. The vehicle includes a first track and a second track supported by the vehicle body. The first track and the second track are elongated along a longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes a third track and a fourth track supported by the vehicle body. The third track and the fourth track are elongated along a vertical axis. The vehicle includes a harness having a first webbing movable along the first track, a second webbing movable along the second track, a third webbing movable along the third track, and a fourth webbing movable along the fourth track.

Abstract: A handwheel actuator for a steer by wire system may include a compressive loading assembly, a feedback actuator and a column for operably coupling a handwheel to the handwheel actuator. The column may operably couple a handwheel to the handwheel actuator. The column may include a column shaft extending from a first end of the column to a second end of the column. The feedback actuator may be operably coupled to the second end of the column. The feedback actuator may provide tactile feedback to an operator responsive to movement of the handwheel. The feedback actuator may include a torsion bar substantially coaxial with the column shaft. The compressive loading assembly may be disposed at the second end of the column to operably couple the column shaft and the torsion bar under a compressive load when the column is joined to the feedback actuator.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and a transmission coupled to the engine. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in response to a shift of the transmission with the vehicle being in a sport mode or other precondition being present, command the engine to skip one or more fuel injector events of the engine during an inertia phase of the shift.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards ethylene/1-hexene copolymers made from ethylene and hexene, wherein the ethyl-CA ene/1-hexene copolymer has a density from 0.850 to 0.940 g/cm3, a melt index (I21) from 0.1 to 50 dg/min, a melt index (I21/I2) ratio less than or equal to 18.5, a Mw(Abs)/Mn(Abs) from 2.0 to 3.5, a Mz(Abs)/Mw(Abs) from 1.7 to 4.5, and a cumulative detector fraction (CDFLS) at a molecular weight of ?1,000,000 g/mol of greater than 100*(0.0536?I21*0.00224)%.

Abstract: A vehicle having a windshield and a camera is disclosed. The camera may be configured to capture a first image of a vehicle surrounding area through the windshield. The vehicle may further include an image processing module configured to determine a plurality of gradients associated with a plurality of pixels in the first image and an unfocused object present in the first image based on the plurality of gradients. The image processing module may be further configured to generate a binary image using the first image responsive to determining the unfocused object. The vehicle may further include a processor configured to determine a droplet presence on the windshield based on the binary image and perform a predefined action responsive to determining droplet presence on the windshield.

Abstract: Methods for producing olefins may include contacting a hydrocarbon feed stream with a particulate solid, the contacting of the hydrocarbon feed stream with the particulate solid reacting the hydrocarbon feed stream to form a product stream. The method may include separating the particulate solid from the product stream and passing at least a portion of the product stream and the hydrocarbon feed stream through a feed stream preheater. The feed stream preheater may include a shell and tube heat exchanger comprising a shell, a plurality of tubes extending axially through the shell, a shell side inlet, a shell side outlet, a tube side inlet, a tube side outlet, an inlet tube sheet, and an outlet tube sheet. The outlet tube sheet may be connected to the shell by an expansion joint.

Abstract: A computing device, e.g., in a vehicle, can receive a communication trigger for a heads-up display (HUD) in a vehicle to project light external to a vehicle. The device can then identify a projection parameter to visibly project the light external to the vehicle, e.g., beyond a viewing area on a projection screen in or on the vehicle, and can then cause the HUD to project the light from the HUD to be visible external to the vehicle in response to the communication trigger.

Abstract: A method of managing a fleet of robots for delivery of materials in a facility is provided. The method includes: determining a sequence of waypoints by a Branch and Bound (B&B) method; determining a path through the sequence of waypoints by a dual graph method; determining distribution of tasks among the robots by the B&B method; and determining a fleet composition by the B&B method.

Abstract: A traction battery controller of an electrified vehicle dynamically adjusts an estimation gain based on a state-of-charge (SOC) of the traction battery and controls the vehicle according to an operating characteristic of the traction battery estimated from an equivalent circuit model of the traction battery that depends on the estimation gain. The controller may reduce the estimation gain while the SOC is low or high and may otherwise maintain the SOC. The controller may dynamically adjust the estimation gain based further on a temperature of the traction battery. The operating characteristic may be a power capability of the traction battery or an updated SOC of the traction battery.

Abstract: A system can include a computer having a processor and memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine, at a first vehicle, a first time interval that is available to pass a second vehicle operating in a path of the first vehicle. The instructions may additionally be to compute, based on a predicted motion model that includes a first estimate of road friction of the first vehicle operating along the path, a second time interval for the first vehicle to pass the second vehicle in which, upon determining that the second time interval is less than or equal to the first time interval, actuate a component of the first vehicle.

Abstract: A refrigerated delivery vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle may include a refrigerated cargo zone configured to store a plurality of delivery packages. The refrigerated cargo zone may include an access door. The vehicle may further include a detection unit configured to detect a user movement in the refrigerated cargo zone and an access door movement when the vehicle may be traversing a delivery route or parked. The vehicle may further include a processor configured to obtain inputs from the detection unit, and determine a user inefficiency parameter based on the inputs. The processor may be further configured to compare the user inefficiency parameter with a threshold inefficiency parameter. The processor may output a notification instructing the user to reduce the user movement or the access door movement when the user inefficiency parameter may be greater than the threshold inefficiency parameter.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator core and a stator booster. The stator booster includes a booster back-iron and a plurality of booster teeth. The booster back-iron includes a first end surface that abuts a first end surface of the stator core's back-iron for electrical communication therewith. The booster teeth extend radially inward from the booster back-iron and are spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction about the central axis to define a plurality of booster slots that align with slots of the stator core. A first end surface of each booster tooth abuts a first end surface of a corresponding tooth of the stator core for electrical communication therewith. An electrically insulating material encapsulates opposite sides of each booster tooth that define the booster slots and a second end surface of each booster tooth that is opposite the first end surface of that booster tooth.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a quantity of relative motion between a host vehicle and a target vehicle; in response to the quantity of relative motion being below a threshold, determine a pose of the host vehicle subject to a constraint on motion of the host vehicle; and in response to the quantity of relative motion being above the threshold, determine the pose of the host vehicle without the constraint.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing shaped to be mounted to a vehicle. The sensor assembly includes a first nozzle positioned on the housing and below the sensor and is positioned to dispense a fluid in an upward direction to a surface of the sensor. The sensor assembly includes a second nozzle positioned below the sensor, in which the second nozzle is positioned to dispense airflow to the surface of the sensor. The sensor assembly further includes a ram air structure positioned to receive airflow during forward travel of the vehicle and to dispense airflow to the surface of the sensor.

Abstract: An assembly including a vehicle battery tray. The assembly includes a track fixed relative to the vehicle battery tray. The track is elongated along a cross-vehicle axis. The assembly includes a brace slideably engaged with the track. The brace is slidable along the track relative to the vehicle battery tray along the cross-vehicle axis in a vehicle-outboard direction from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic actuator operatively coupled to the brace to slide the brace along the track from the undeployed position to the deployed position.