Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an automated exit of a vehicle from a parking spot that include sensors configured to obtain sensor data pertaining to the parking spot and lanes of a roadway in proximity to the parking spot, including a respective direction of flow of traffic; and processors coupled to the sensors and configured to at least facilitate selecting a lane for the vehicle to enter upon exiting the parking spot, based at least in part on the direction of flow of traffic; selecting a turn for the vehicle to make such that the vehicle is travelling in the same direction as the direction of flow of traffic; and executing the automated exit of the vehicle from the parking spot into the selected lane by making the selected turn of the vehicle into the selected lane.

Abstract: A system for managing a vehicle set includes a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The vehicle set includes a plurality of autonomous vehicles each having a respective telematics unit adapted to communicate with the controller. The controller is adapted to receive notification of an event in real-time and identify at least one center of the event. The controller is adapted to determine a respective status of the vehicle set in real-time, including a respective availability and a respective proximity to the event. The controller is adapted to dispatch selected ones of the vehicle set to the event based in part on the respective status and assign event duties to the selected ones of the vehicle set. The event duties including forming a boundary around the at least one center of the event by being physically stationed around the at least one center.

Abstract: Systems and method are provided for carwash detection and entry assistance of a vehicle. A system includes a controller that operates to identify the presence of the vehicle at a wash facility, and to determine whether an operator of the vehicle has accepted entry assistance. When the operator has accepted entry assistance, the controller prepares the vehicle for entering the wash facility, determines a path into the wash facility, and assists the operator in entering the vehicle into the wash facility via the path.

Abstract: An electric drive system of a motor vehicle or another battery electric system includes a power inverter module (PIM) connected to a DC power supply, an alternating current (AC) motor connected to the PIM and to a load, and a controller. The motor is a salient machine. Control logic of the controller includes a plant model of the electric drive system. The plant model includes an asymmetric time constant of the motor. The controller selectively modifies the asymmetric time constant via selective and independent operating point-specific manipulation of direct axis (d-axis) and quadrature axis (q-axis) inductance and resistance. The asymmetric time constant is virtually translated in the control logic into a symmetric modified time constant by manipulating or adding virtual inductive and virtual resistive terms independently and per operating point. The controller controls the motor at the operating point using the symmetric modified time constant.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting unclassified hazards for a driver assistance system of a vehicle. The systems include a data storage device comprising map data, one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data indicative of one or more sensed objects in proximity to the vehicle, and a controller configured to, by one or more processors thereof, receive the map data and the sensor data, filter the sensor data to omit at least one of the sensed objects located outside of a bounding area that includes a portion of an adjacent lane next to a current lane in which the vehicle is operating, determine whether an unclassified hazard is present in the adjacent lane, and maintain operation of the vehicle in the current lane in response to a determination that the unclassified hazard is present in the adjacent lane.

Abstract: A method to create a garnet-based solid electrolyte separator for a battery cell is provided. The method includes coating a garnet-based material powder, initially including a lithium carbonate layer upon an outer surface of the garnet-based material powder, with aluminum fluoride to create a fluoride-treated garnet-based material powder. The method further includes operating a solid-state reaction upon the fluoride-treated garnet-based material powder, such that the aluminum fluoride reacts with the lithium carbonate layer to create aluminum oxide, carbon dioxide, and lithium fluoride. The solid-state reaction creates a fluoride-treated and solid-state reacted garnet-based material powder including the aluminum oxide and the lithium fluoride. The method further includes sintering the fluoride-treated and solid-state reacted garnet-based material powder including the aluminum oxide and the lithium fluoride.

Abstract: Vehicles and systems and methods for health monitoring drive unit bearings in vehicles are provided. A system for health monitoring a drive unit bearing in a vehicle includes a sensor mounted to a drive unit of the vehicle and configured to provide a vibration signal; and a processor configured to: pre-process the vibration signal from the sensor to enhance a fault signature and form a frequency domain signal; and process the frequency domain signal to estimate a health stage of the drive unit bearing.

Abstract: A method for open-vocabulary query-based dense retrieval is provided. The method includes monitoring camera data including an image related to an object and referencing a set of queries, each of the queries describing a candidate object to be updated by a remote server device. An encoder of an open-vocabulary pre-trained vision-language model system is utilized to initialize a predefined embedding for each query, and a classifier is initialized by mapping the predefined embeddings to weights of the classifier. The method further includes applying a dense open-vocabulary image encoder on the camera data to create a mass of dense embeddings including a set of spatially-arranged embeddings for the image, each including a matrix including embedding vectors. The classifier is utilized by applying the classifier to the plurality of embedding vectors to classify the object within the operating environment as an identified object. The method further includes publishing the identified object.

Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for predicting a future maneuver expected to be executed by a driver. One method involves determining a combined probability for a potential maneuver based on constituent probabilities corresponding to different vehicle state variables, and environmental conditions using one or more tuning parameters specific to the respective combination of maneuver and vehicle state variable, determining an adjusted probability for the potential maneuver based at least in part on the combined probability and one or more contextual state variables corresponding to a current operating context for the vehicle, adapted to driver behavior and driving style, identifying the potential maneuver as an expected maneuver to be executed by a driver of the vehicle based on the adjusted probability, and automatically initiating one or more actions in a manner that is influenced by the expected maneuver.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for vehicle braking, collision, or braking and collision simulations. The systems include a seat platform configured to be secured within a vehicle such that the seat platform is located on or above a seat of the vehicle, the seat platform configured to be controllably displaced relative to the vehicle seat in at least a forward direction towards the front of the vehicle while having a passenger disposed on the seat platform during a deceleration simulation that includes displacing the seat platform having the passenger disposed thereon from an initial position toward the front of the vehicle, one or more sensors configured to gather sensor data indicative of spatial characteristics of the passenger during the deceleration simulation, wherein at least one of the sensors is a sensor of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system for creating vehicle lighting atmosphere of a vehicle is provided. The system includes ambient lighting including a plurality of lights configured for illuminating an interior of the vehicle or an exterior of the vehicle with a selectable light color. The system further includes a computerized vehicle lighting controller, including programming to monitor an input useful to select an ambient lighting theme, select an ambient lighting theme based upon the input, and generate a command to control the ambient lighting based upon the ambient lighting theme.

Abstract: A system and method for vehicle accessibility parking including creating an accessibility profile associated with a vehicle and also creating a profile of the vehicle. Based on the profile of the vehicle and the accessibility profile, one or more parking locations are identified. The method includes a ranking, based on the profile of the vehicle and the accessibility profile, the identified one or more parking locations. The vehicle is then routed to a highest ranking identified one or more parking locations. Once routed, a sensor in the vehicle determines if a biasing of the vehicle in a parking space in the highest ranking identified one or more parking locations is required. Based on the biasing, an adjusting of a target parking position for the vehicle in the parking space is performed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for sensor alignment include acquiring a translational vector, a first calibration point location and a second calibration point location, determining an expected rotational orientation in response to the translational vector, the first calibration point location and the second calibration point location, capturing an image of the a first calibration point and the second calibration point, determining a first position of the first calibration point and a second position of the second calibration point in response to the image, calculating a calculated rotational orientation in response to the first position of the first calibration point and the second position of the second calibration point, determining a calibration value in response to the calculated rotational orientation, storing the calibration value and controlling a vehicle in response to the calibration value and a subsequent image.

Abstract: Presented are automated vehicle systems for provisioning manufacturing mode (MM) for connected vehicles, methods for making/using such systems, and wireless-enabled vehicles with MM functionality. A method of controlling operation of a vehicle includes receiving an MM-install signal indicating the vehicle has reached a predefined assembly line location during vehicle assembly. When at this predefined location, the vehicle is installed with an MM operating mode, which contains a predefined spatial limitation, a preset MM start trigger, and an anti-theft protocol. A controller of the vehicle activates the MM operating mode responsive to detecting the vehicle experiencing the preset MM start trigger while within the predefined spatial limitation.

Abstract: A method for operating a mobile telecommunications device connected to a first mobile telecommunications network having a country code identifying a first country includes determining whether the mobile telecommunications device crosses from the first country into a second country. The method also includes, if the mobile telecommunications device crosses from the first country into the second country, scanning, through the mobile telecommunications device, for mobile telecommunications networks discoverable to the mobile communications device, where each discoverable mobile telecommunications network has a country code identifying a service country of that mobile telecommunications network.

Abstract: A telematics controller, a second controller, a dual-function audio speaker, and a switch are included. The telematics controller is in communication with a first microphone. The telematics controller includes a first amplifier, and is configured to communicate with a remote facility. The second controller includes a second amplifier and a second microphone. The switch is arranged in the telematics controller, and an electrical link is arranged between the second controller and the telematics controller. The dual-function audio speaker is selectively connectable to the second amplifier via the switch and the electrical link. The dual-function audio speaker is also selectively connectable to the first amplifier via the switch. The switch is operatively controlled by the telematics controller, and the telematics controller is operative to control the switch to control the dual-function audio speaker to effect wireless audio communication between the vehicle and the remote facility.