Abstract: A remote operation control system and method are provided. An operator remotely operates a remote operation target that is an object of reality or a virtual object of a virtual world, the system includes an information acquisition part acquiring first operation information indicating an operation inputted by a first operator via a first controller, and second operation information indicating an operation inputted by a second operator via a second controller; a control information generation part generating control information for causing the remote operation target to move based on the first and second operation information and the second operation information; and a feedback information generation part generating based on the control information first feedback information that feeds back a motion content of the remote operation target to the first controller and generating second feedback information that feeds back a motion content of the remote operation target to the second controller.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes one or more vehicle sensors for capturing host data and a processor having modules. The data receiving module identifies one or more proximate vehicles within the environment based on one or more of the host data and proximate data received from the one or more proximate vehicles. The motion prediction module generates a first joint uncertainty distribution based on an initial joint uncertainty model and a host model distribution. The motion prediction module also samples host kinematic predictions based on the first joint uncertainty distribution and the host data. The object localization module generates a second joint uncertainty distribution based on the initial joint uncertainty model and an object prediction model distribution. The object localization module also samples proximate kinematic predictions based on the second joint uncertainty distribution and the proximate data.

Abstract: A seat back includes: a top-surface seat cover disposed on the top surface; a top-surface cushion pad arranged on a back side of the top-surface seat cover; a contact-surface seat cover disposed on the contact surface; a contact-surface cushion pad arranged on a back side of the contact-surface seat cover and under the top-surface cushion pad; and an airbag having adjustable internal air volume, wherein a lower end portion of the top-surface seat cover is fixed to a first anchorage within the seat back, while covering a lower surface of the top-surface cushion pad, and an upper end portion of the contact-surface seat cover is fixed to a second anchorage within the seat back, while covering an upper surface of the contact-surface cushion pad.

Abstract: A vehicle control device is configured to cause a vehicle to travel in a first mode when an enlargement mode is set, a driving force required for traveling of the vehicle is less than a value, and a capacity of a power storage is equal to or more than a first threshold, operate an internal combustion engine to cause the vehicle to travel in a second mode in response to the driving force becoming equal to or larger than the value when the enlargement mode is set and the vehicle is caused to travel in the first mode, and continue the enlargement mode when the capacity at a time when the driving force becomes equal to or more than the value is equal to or larger than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and cancel the enlargement mode when the capacity is less than the second threshold.

Abstract: A thin film sensor includes an insulating layer provided on a surface of a measurement target, and a sensor layer that is laminated on the insulating layer, and includes a plurality of regions partitioned by a groove that is provided by irradiation of a laser and penetrates in a thickness direction. Among the plurality of regions, at least one region corresponds to a sensor region that senses a pressure applied to the measurement target or a temperature of the measurement target, and other regions each correspond to a non-sensor region that does not sense a pressure applied to the measurement target or a temperature of the measurement target.

Abstract: Systems and methods for bird's eye view (BEV) segmentation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an input image from an image sensor on an agent. The input image is a perspective space image defined relative to the position and viewing direction of the agent. The method includes extracting features from the input image. The method includes estimating a depth map that includes depth values for pixels of the plurality of pixels of the input image. The method includes generating a 3D point map including points corresponding to the pixels of the input image. The method includes generating a voxel grid by voxelizing the 3D point map into a plurality voxels. The method includes generating a feature map by extracting feature vectors for pixels based on the points included in the voxels of the plurality of voxels and generating a BEV segmentation based on the feature map.

Abstract: The present invention includes an AC generation circuit which is configured to be connected to a secondary battery having characteristics in which a resistance component of an impedance of the secondary battery decreases as a frequency of an alternating current flowing in the secondary battery rises from a low frequency and the resistance component increases as the frequency moves to a high frequency side from a frequency at which the resistance component is minimized and to raise the temperature of the secondary battery by circulating an alternating current at a frequency in a high frequency band higher than the frequency at which the resistance component is minimized in the secondary battery.

Abstract: A route planning apparatus configured to create a travel plan that includes a planned travel route for a leading vehicle to electronically tow a following vehicle using inter-vehicle communication, the route planning apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a request to stop at a waypoint during traveling by the electronic towing, the stop-over request being input on a second information processing apparatus that is used by an occupant of the following vehicle: a searching unit configured to search, for a waypoint according to the request, the planned travel route and a surrounding region of the planned travel route; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit information regarding a found waypoint and a route to the waypoint to a first information processing apparatus that is used by an occupant of the leading vehicle.

Abstract: A power supply circuit of an aircraft includes: a first contactor that is provided on a first power transmission path for transmitting electric power from a first power source to a load and switches between a conduction state and an interruption state between the first power source and the load; and a second contactor that is provided on a second power transmission path for transmitting electric power from a second power source to the load and switches between the conduction state and the interruption state between the second power source and the load. The first contactor includes a first fixed contact and a first movable contact, and the second contactor includes a second fixed contact and a second movable contact. The moving direction of the first movable contact intersects with the moving direction of the second movable contact.

Abstract: An autonomous work vehicle including a positioning information obtaining unit including a GNSS receiver acquiring a position of the autonomous work vehicle, a driving unit including a motor, a memory storing position coordinates used to establish an entry avoidance zone, and a control unit including a processor. The control unit is configured to function as a zone entry judgement unit determining whether the autonomous work vehicle has approached the entry avoidance zone, and a zone entry validation unit determining whether the determination by the zone entry judgement unit that the autonomous work vehicle has approached the entry avoidance zone is valid. When the zone entry judgement unit determines that the autonomous work vehicle has approached the entry avoidance zone, and the zone entry validation unit determines that the determination by the zone entry judgement unit is valid, the control unit controls the autonomous work vehicle to perform an avoidance maneuver.

Abstract: A control system includes a movable object control unit configured to control a movable object, an update control unit configured to control a program update of the movable object control unit, and a communication path that is a path for the movable object control unit and the update control unit to perform an information communication, a path that is connected to an external diagnosis apparatus configured to perform a diagnosis of the movable object control unit and used for transmitting information of the movable object to the external diagnosis apparatus and the communication path are at least partially in common, and the control system includes a restriction control unit configured to restrict, when the program update and the diagnosis of the movable object control unit by the external diagnosis apparatus are to be performed, one of the diagnosis by the external diagnosis apparatus and the program update.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a dampening unit coupled to an engine. The apparatus further includes a control unit communicably coupled to the dampening unit. The control unit detects a gear shift in a transmission unit associated with the engine. The control unit further determines a dampening duration of the dampening unit at the detected gear shift. The dampening duration corresponds to a time taken for the dampening unit to absorb torsional vibrations of the engine at the detected gear shift. The control unit further compares the determined dampening duration at the detected gear shift with a preset dampening duration at a preset gear shift. The control unit further determines, based on the comparison, a torque control amount for the dampening unit to absorb the torsional vibrations of the engine. The control unit further controls the dampening unit based on the determined torque control amount.

Abstract: A vehicle attitude control device includes: a vehicle speed detector, detecting a vehicle speed; a travel road surface condition estimator, estimating a road friction coefficient; an actual yaw rate detector, detecting an actual yaw rate; a front wheel steering angle detector, detecting a front wheel steering angle; a standard yaw rate calculator, setting a rear wheel sideslip angle limit value, calculating a front wheel steering angle limit value according to the vehicle speed, the road friction coefficient and the rear wheel sideslip angle limit value, and calculating a standard yaw rate based on the front wheel steering angle and the vehicle speed, in which the front wheel steering angle is limited by the front wheel steering angle limit value; and a yaw moment calculator, generating a yaw moment based on a deviation between the actual yaw rate and the standard yaw rate.

Abstract: A side structure of a vehicle is capable of preventing water from entering an interior of a cabin. The side structure of the vehicle includes: a roof rail, which is disposed on an outer upper section of the vehicle and extends along a vehicle front-rear direction; pillars, which extend downward from the roof rail in a vehicle up-down direction; and an outer member, which covers outer sides of the roof rail and the pillars in a vehicle width direction. The outer member is formed with inclined sides that are inclined upward in the vehicle up-down direction and toward a door opening side.

Abstract: A V-type engine includes an engine body including a crankcase configured to rotatably support a crankshaft, and a first and second cylinder banks extending from the crankcase, an exhaust collecting pipe connected to the first and second cylinder banks, a catalyst accommodated in the exhaust collecting pipe, and a muffler detachably connected to the exhaust collecting pipe, wherein when viewed in an axial direction of the crankshaft, the catalyst is arranged within an area between axial lines of the first and second cylinder banks.

Abstract: To provide a solid-state battery module and a separator which can apply sufficient surface pressure to a solid-state battery cell and are excellent in durability and vibration resistance. A separator (120) disposed between adjacent solid-state battery cells (101) in a solid-state battery module (100) including a plurality of solid-state battery cells (101) to electrically insulate the adjacent solid-state battery cells (101) of the plurality of solid-state battery cells (101), from each other. The separator (120) includes elastically deformable elastic members (123a, 123b) which apply biasing force in the stacking directions of the plurality of solid-state battery cells (101). Durability and vibration resistance can be obtained by adequately fixing the solid-state battery cells (101) with the elastic members (123a, 123b).

Abstract: An opening/closing assembly for a door configured to actuate certain latches during a powered operation and to actuate not all the same latches during a manual (emergency) operation. The assembly operates to decouple the operation of levers associated to the various latches of the door. The assembly is configured such that a hold-close latch is actuated for both a powered operation and a manual operation, while a hold-open latch is not actuated during the manual operation and is only actuated during the powered operation.

Abstract: A battery state analysis system includes a server device configured to analyze a state of a battery. The server device includes: a communication unit configured to receive a plurality of pieces of characteristic data; and a diagnosis unit configured to prepare a deterioration model by modeling resistance deterioration rates of a plurality of batteries and to analyze a deterioration state of the battery on the basis of a result of comparison between the deterioration model and the plurality of pieces of characteristic data. The diagnosis unit is configured to generate training data indicating the resistance deterioration rates by processing the resistance deterioration rates of the plurality of batteries using an experimental design method on acquired in advance, to remove an error by processing the training data using a variance analysis method, and to prepare the deterioration model by performing surface fitting on the training data on the basis of a deterioration transition expression.