Abstract: Systems and methods of unsafe driving detection are provided which share partial unsafe driving behavior analyses with others in order to ensure that unsafe driving behavior is detected as early as possible. For example, in response to an event which interrupts a first detecting vehicle from collecting additional driving behavior data associated with a subject vehicle, the first detecting vehicle may transfer driving behavior data it has already collected and processed, to another detecting entity (e.g., a second detecting vehicle) in observable range of the subject vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat assembly includes a seat portion and a back portion connected to the seat portion. The back portion has an opening sized to receive a backpack that extends through both a front-facing surface and a rear-facing surface. A backpack is located in the opening in a stowed configuration. The backpack is accessible at the front-facing surface and the rear-facing surface and is removable from the opening.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a vehicle includes a controller programmed to perform operations including collecting information about an unconnected vehicle, receiving messages from another connected vehicle, identifying a scenario of the another connected vehicle being in conflict with the vehicle or the unconnected vehicle at a future time based on the messages from the another connected vehicle and the information about the unconnected vehicle, and, in response to identifying the scenario of the another connected vehicle being in conflict with the vehicle or the unconnected vehicle at the future time, transmitting a first message including the information about the unconnected vehicle to the another connected vehicle.

Abstract: A 3D animation of the response of a vehicle to forces imparted to the vehicle during conveyance thereof over a course. Sensor data are accepted by a processor that defines an instantaneous state of the vehicle. Forces imparted to the vehicle are computed from temporal changes in the state. Wheel slip is determined by the processor from the computed forces. A 3D graphical representation of the vehicle is rendered on a display as being in motion under influence of the wheel slip.

Abstract: An apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to determine an actual driving performance of a driver in a manual driving mode and a projected driving performance if the vehicle had been operated in an autonomous driving mode, compare the driving performance in the manual driving mode and the autonomous driving mode, and transmit a feedback to the driver based on the comparison. The processing circuitry can be further configured to determine a driver state of the driver in the manual driving mode, determine environmental driving condition of the vehicle, and establish a baseline behavior of the driver as a function of the driver state and the environmental driving condition.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to implementing cooperative management strategies. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a severity score and a risk area. The method may then determine whether vehicles should belong to a first vehicle set, which may perform a cooperative vehicle response action, or a second vehicle set, in which individual response actions may be performed. The method may then generate a cooperative response action or an individual response action corresponding to the cooperative or individual vehicle sets, provided such vehicle sets are not empty.

Abstract: A system and method to prevent fires in electric vehicles. The system reduces thermal runaway in vehicle battery pack by controlling nitrogen-enriched air (“NEA”) to a predetermined oxygen concentration to prevent fires and/or explosions in battery packs. The oxygen content of an electric vehicle battery pack is detected using an oxygen sensor. A controller determines whether the oxygen content exceeds a predetermined threshold. Based upon this determination, electrochemical gas separation and inerting system is activated to generate NEA. The system delivers the NEA to the battery pack until the oxygen content no longer exceeds the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling aircraft elevons to stabilize a free-wing aircraft fuselage. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and a memory storing machine-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to 1) measure a fuselage pitch attribute of an aircraft, wherein a fuselage and wing assembly of the aircraft freely rotate about a pitch axis of the aircraft independently of one another, 2) measure a wing pitch angle of the wing assembly, and 3) control an angle of an elevon of the wing assembly based on the fuselage pitch attribute and the wing pitch angle.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for implementing computer-controlled systems (e.g., vehicle safety and traffic management systems) based on compliance rates. A vehicle system and method are provided that estimate compliance rates in real-time, and have the capability to dynamically modify the computer-controlled instructions generated by a computer-controlled system (e.g., vehicle safety and traffic management systems) in a manner that improves compliance, and in-turn improves overall system performance. For example, a vehicle includes sensors receiving data from a plurality of communicative connected vehicles. The received data is associated with a real-time monitoring of traffic conditions for the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a controller device estimating a compliance rate in real-time based on the received data. The controller device of the vehicle also controls an automated operation of the vehicle using a modified computer-controlled instruction based on the estimated compliance rate.

Abstract: A dolly structured for transport of component parts bins to and from plant floor work sites includes a base and a carousel rotatably connected to the base. The carousel has a pair of opposed open sides, with each side structured to enable an entire array or arrangement of component parts bins to be loaded or unloaded onto the carousel at the same time. The dolly also incorporates a first locking mechanism structured to lock the carousel in any of four orientations spaced apart at intervals of 90° during rotation of the carousel. The arrangement described provides flexibility in loading and unloading the carousel with parts bins, decreases the total amount of space needed to load and unload the dolly, and the amount of space needed to maneuver the dolly into a position and orientation that is usable by a worker on the assembly line, and improves user safety.

Abstract: An apparatus, a system, and a method for providing a smart multi-tier power running board (PRB) with ground sensing technologies. The apparatus includes one or more support bars, one or more steps, an actuator connected to one end of each support bar of the one or more support bars, one or more sensors, and a controller coupled to the actuator and the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to: obtain data indicative of a request to move the one or more support bars from a stowed position to a deployed position; determine, based on sensor data detected by the one or more sensors, the deployed position for moving the one or more support bars; and control, based on the determined deployed position, the actuator to move the one or more support bars from the stowed position to the deployed position.

Abstract: An emotion-aware smart refrigerator is provided which may include various sensors and presentation mechanisms to identify a user's interest in item(s) contained within the emotion-aware smart refrigerator via an evoked physiological response, such as a visual evoked potential (VEP). The user's level of interest may also be gauged by the emotion-aware smart refrigerator. With consideration given to the user's VEP as well as the user's level of interest, and other considerations such as the user's diet, desired health goals, dietary restrictions, etc., the emotion-aware smart refrigerator may present suggested items and item amounts to the user.

Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to obtain raw data related to a scene, one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in one or more memory modules. The one machine readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the vehicle to: process the raw data with a first neural network stored in the one or more memory modules to obtain a first prediction about the scene, transmit the raw data to a computing device external to the vehicle, receive a second prediction about the scene from the computing device in response to transmitting the raw data to the computing device, and determine an updated prediction about the scene based on a combination of the first prediction and the second prediction.

Abstract: A composite material having a black pigment and a textile material. The composite material has a reflectivity toward near infrared electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from 800 nm to 2500 nm of greater than or equal to 12%, and the composite material has a reflectivity toward visible light having a wavelength from 350 nm to 750 nm of less than or equal to 10%.

Abstract: A back door assembly includes a door; a pair of hinges that rotatably couple the door to a frame of the vehicle, the pair of hinges define an axis of rotation about which the door is rotatable; and a pair of latching mechanisms configured to secure the door to the frame, the pair of latching mechanisms are spaced apart from the pair of hinges in a vehicle vertical direction when the door is in a closed position, the pair of latching mechanisms are aligned with the pair of hinges in the vehicle vertical direction when the door is in the closed position such that an axis extending through the pair of latching mechanisms is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the pair of hinges.

Abstract: A seat back assembly including a pultrusion reinforcement and a seat back frame formed of a resin material, the seat back frame is only partially overmolded onto the pultrusion reinforcement such that the pultrusion reinforcement is configured to be visually inspected through a plurality of openings formed in the seat back frame.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for mitigating stress experienced by a driver or passenger of a vehicle due to motive guidance received by the vehicle. For example, a vehicle may be instructed/may receive driving guidance to take a particular action(s) or perform a maneuver(s). One or more elements in the environment about or relative to the vehicle may cause the driver/passenger stress. A stress mitigation system may determine a cause of the stress, and seek to mitigate that stress by generating a micro cloud of environmental elements (e.g., neighboring vehicles, roadside equipment, etc.) and reorganizing one or more of those environmental elements.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor, at least one stationary track positioned parallel to the conveyor, a process dolly configured to operatively couple to the at least one stationary track, and a syncing apparatus configured to couple to the process dolly and operatively couple to the conveyor. The syncing apparatus is configured to lock the process dolly in place along the conveyor such that the process dolly moves together with the conveyor with respect to the at least one stationary track.

Abstract: An electrode for a solid-state metal ion battery having an active material composition containing an intimate mixture of a metal-ion active material, a metal ion salt and an iron oxyhalide compound of formula (I) is provided. FeOX ??(I) wherein X is F, Cl, Br or L. A content of the metal-ion active material, metal ion salt and compound of formula (I) is from 70 to 100 vol % of the active material composition.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle headlight calibration. In one embodiment, a headlight adjustment system includes a headlight positioned in a vehicle with a measuring assembly attached to the headlight. An adjust system is connected to the moving assembly and a moving mechanism. In response to an optical beam of the measuring assembly extending past an articulating reference member of the measuring assembly to an optical receptor of the measuring assembly, the moving mechanism physically alters a configuration of the headlight.