Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to identifying connected vehicles through invoking maneuvers by vehicles that assist with distinguishing between safety messages having unassociated identifiers originating from the connected vehicles. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying surrounding vehicles including indeterminate vehicles from a driving environment using temporary identifiers received from the surrounding vehicles. The method also includes generating trajectories for the indeterminate vehicles. The method also includes distinguishing the indeterminate vehicles from communications using the temporary identifiers by observing execution of the trajectories by the indeterminate vehicles. The method also includes executing a planning task by a subject vehicle using safety information from the communications.

Abstract: The system 100 can include: a railroad integration system, a motion planner, a vehicle controller, an optional user interface (UI), an optional fleet management system, and an optional track data system. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to facilitate vehicle control and/or manage authority within a rail network.

Abstract: Autonomously guided robot (8) for the automatic recognition of pneumatic tyres (2) fitted with transponders (7) and arranged in a stack. The autonomously guided robot (8) has: a main body (21) that is capable of moving independently within a storage warehouse (1) wherein the stack of pneumatic tyres (7) is arranged; a reader device (9) which is provided with a reader component (10) and an antenna (11) and that is capable of reading the transponders (7); a movement unit (14) which is mounted on the main body (21) and that supports the antenna (11) for moving the antenna (11) in relation the main body (21) in a vertical direction (Z); and a control unit (24).

Abstract: An indoor navigation method is provided, including: receiving an instruction for navigation, and collecting an environment image; extracting an instruction room feature and an instruction object feature carried in the instruction, and determining a visual room feature, a visual object feature, and a view angle feature based on the environment image; fusing the instruction object feature and the visual object feature with a first knowledge graph representing an indoor object association relationship to obtain an object feature, and determining a room feature based on the visual room feature and the instruction room feature; and determining a navigation decision based on the view angle feature, the room feature, and the object feature.

Abstract: A power management system is disclosed for managing power in a vehicle. The system may include a power distribution unit (PDU) communicably coupled to a power controller unit located in the vehicle. The power controller unit comprises a microcontroller configured to: receive, from the PDU, a temperature value that indicates a temperature of the PDU, one or more voltage values from the one or more voltage sensors, or one or more current values from the one or more current sensors, perform a determination that the temperature value, the one or more voltage values, or the one or more current values are below one or more of their respective pre-determined threshold values, and send, after the determination, a health status message to a computer located in the vehicle, where the health status message indicates that the PDU is operating in a safe operating condition.

Abstract: The vehicle control device of the present invention acquires characteristics of a road condition in front of a traveling vehicle based on external information; acquires vehicle behavior control variables for controlling the behavior of the vehicle based on estimated state variables of the vehicle that are obtained based on the characteristics, and control variables concerning speed of the vehicle based on the external information; acquires trajectory tracking control variables for causing the vehicle to track the target trajectory based on the target trajectory on which the vehicle travels that are obtained based on the characteristics and the estimated state variables; and outputs the control commands for controlling the suspension device, steering device, and braking and driving device based on the vehicle behavior control variables and the trajectory tracking control variables. This improves travel stability of the vehicle on a road surface on which an irregularity such as ruts exists.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a controller comprising: input means for receiving from a communication means associated with a vehicle a request for a first prediction of a first attribute associated with the vehicle; processing means for determining the first prediction of the first attribute in dependence on the request, wherein the first prediction comprises an indication of the first attribute and an indication of a first confidence associated with the first attribute; and output means for outputting, via the communication means, a first prediction response comprising the first prediction.

Abstract: A vehicle system having processors configured to determine regions of a trip where the vehicle system is permitted for a first mode of control. The permissible regions of the trip are determined based on one or more of parameters of a route, a trend of operating parameters of the vehicle system, or a trip plan that designates one or more operational settings of the vehicle system at different locations, different times, or different distances along a route. The processors also are configured to control transition of the vehicle system between a second mode of control and the second mode of control in the regions by alerting an operator of the vehicle system, automatically switching between the modes of control, or modifying conditions on which the transition occur.

Abstract: A train equipment management system includes an information collection apparatus that collects individual identification numbers for identifying devices from identification tags attached to the devices installed in a train, collects device operation information indicating an operating condition of each device, and transmits, for each device, the individual identification number, the device operation information, a car number for identifying a car in which each device is installed, and a formation number for identifying the train, to a ground system; and the ground system that manages the formation number, the car number, and the device operation information in association with the individual identification number of each device.

Abstract: A method for configuring control software in a rail vehicle. The control software, which is designed for a multitude of rail vehicles, implements basic functions that are required for the basic operation of the rail vehicles. The control software additionally implements optional functions required to execute client-specific requests. The specifications, combinations and functional sequences of the basic functions and optional functions are tested, validated, and approved before the functions are implemented in the rail vehicles, whereupon the basic functions and optional functions are made available in the rail vehicles. In a selected rail vehicle, at least one optional function is activated or deactivated using a switching parameter that is individually allocated to the optional function. The switching parameter required therefor is established outside the rail vehicle and is then transmitted to the selected rail vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a control system of a vehicle having a first driver support module (e.g. ADAS feature) and a second driver support module (e.g. “under-development” ADS feature). The first driver support module and the second driver support module are capable of operation within an overlapping operational design domain (ODD). The method includes obtaining sensor data including information about a surrounding environment of the vehicle and determining fulfilment of the overlapping ODD based on the obtained sensor data. Further, if the overlapping ODD is fulfilled, the method includes switching between a first configuration where the first driver support module is active and the second driver support module is inactive, and a second configuration where the first driver support module is inactive and the second driver support module is active.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a foot brake module is provided comprising: a sensor configured to generate a brake demand; a first transceiver configured to receive a brake demand generated by a second foot brake module of a vehicle; a processor configured to determine which of the brake demand generated by the second foot brake module and the brake demand generated by the sensor is greater; and a second transceiver configured to send the greater brake demand to a brake controller of the vehicle. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and an information processing apparatus. The vehicle includes a first component including a measuring unit configured to measure a first number of operations of the first component, a second component of which a second number of operations is measured by the measuring unit, and a controller configured to send the first and second numbers of operations to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores a first cumulative number of operations of the first component and a second cumulative number of operations of the second component. The control unit is configured to determine whether the first and second components have been replaced based on the first and second numbers of operations, and update the first and second cumulative numbers of operations in a procedure that varies according to a determination result.

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) control apparatus is disclosed. In embodiments, the UAS control apparatus is embodied in a control station to manage command and control (C2) functions for UAS operations in a designated coverage volume including a geofenced interference region proximate to the control station, controlling each UAS via connections on a spectrum of C2 channels. The UAS control apparatus generates flight plans for UAS operations, providing separation and keeping UAS operations away from the control station to minimize RF interference with other UAS C2 connections. Should a UAS be required to operate proximate to the control station, the UAS control apparatus employs dynamic spectrum management with respect to other concurrently operating UAS to eliminate, reduce, or mitigate RF interference resulting from the encroaching UAS.

Abstract: Systems and processes described herein can use drive line actuators (DLAs) which can be implemented for one or more individual wheels of an electric vehicle (EV) permitting connection and disconnection of at least a portion of the axle and wheel from the electric motor suppling torque. A disconnected wheel and axle can experience less friction, and have less rotational mass then a wheel and axle that is connected to an electric motor, therefore the disconnecting wheels in which torque is not desired can result in increased efficiency and range in an EV.

Abstract: Provided is a position control apparatus of an unmanned marine observation device, the position control apparatus including a main body part including a hollow portion into which the unmanned marine observation device is coupled, a movement part extending outward from the main body part and configured to move the unmanned marine observation device and the position control apparatus in the ocean, a GPS signal receiver configured to receive a GPS signal and produce position information on the basis of the GPS signal, and a controller configured to control an operation of the movement part on the basis of the GPS signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for acquiring data from avionics servers, flight management systems, or connected flight management system cloud services. In some embodiments, a method for acquiring data from avionics servers, flight management systems, or connected flight management system cloud services may include: receiving a dataset request from an input device; generating a plurality of sub-requests for a plurality of partial datasets from the avionics server; transmitting the plurality of sub-requests to a plurality of instances of the avionics server; generating identifications for each of the plurality of partial datasets; assembling the plurality of partial datasets into a single dataset; and transmitting the single dataset to the input device.

Abstract: A method for carrying out an autonomous brake application in a two-wheel motor vehicle. In the method, the need for a vehicle deceleration is detected with the aid of a surroundings sensor system; depending thereon, a driver-independent vehicle deceleration is initiated; once the vehicle deceleration has been initiated, a driver readiness variable characterizing the readiness of the driver to control the vehicle deceleration maneuver is ascertained; and the temporal progression of the vehicle deceleration is continued depending on the driver readiness variable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the monitored signalling of a vehicle state, in particular for the monitored signalling of an activated, at least partially automated, driving operating state of a motor vehicle and to a method for the automatic monitoring of a vehicle state-signalling device. Specifically, the invention relates not only to the system and to the method but also to a monitoring device for carrying out the method, to a computer program which is configured to execute the method and to a vehicle state-signalling device and to a vehicle, in particular to a motor vehicle, equipped with the system. In the method, a first control signal, which is configured to change an assigned signal encoder of the vehicle state-signalling device into a deactivated state, is transferred to the vehicle state-signalling device. Testing of a current actual operating state of the signal encoder is then carried out.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a driving controller that switches between autonomous driving an manual driving of a vehicle, a seat whose form is changed between a form during autonomous driving and a form during manual driving that are different from each other, and a seat controller that controls motion of the seat when a form of the seat is changed. If the seat is in a form during autonomous driving, the driving controller does not switch autonomous driving to manual driving when controlling the vehicle.