Abstract: A method for determining a result path of an aircraft, the result path including a set of successive positions of the aircraft between an initial global point and a final global point that are predetermined for a mission of the aircraft is provided. The aircraft includes a plurality of calculating members, each able to guide the aircraft during at least part of the mission and to calculate an elementary path of the aircraft during that part, each elementary path including a set of successive positions of the aircraft between an initial elementary point and a final elementary point. The device includes calculating a portion of the result path from elementary paths coming from at least two distinct calculating members.

Abstract: A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle, includes providing and using data for making a decision as to whether or not the driver assistance system is to provide a driver assistance function, detecting a vehicle position when the driver assistance function is provided, and assigning the detected vehicle position to the used data to create a set of driver assistance system data. A device for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle, as well as a vehicle system for a vehicle and a computer program are also described.

Abstract: A projected architecture system may include a first device, associated with a driver of a vehicle, which drives the display of content on the infotainment screen of the vehicle. A passenger in the motor vehicle may have a second device that the passenger can utilize to transmit an instruction to the first device. The instruction may cause the display of the infotainment system to be altered. The passenger may, for example, utilize the second device to cast a point of interest or navigation direction to the infotainment display via the first device. Thus, the driver does not need to search, browse, and/or view functions and/or content on the infotainment system's display and can concentrate on operating the vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method for warning of a possible collision of a motor vehicle with an object is disclosed. The system includes sensors configured to monitor a driving path of the motor vehicle, and a warning unit configured to initiate a safety-related action when an object has been detected within the monitored driving path. A control unit dynamically adapts the monitored driving path or driving envelope as a function of vehicle parameters and/or environmental parameters. A method for warning of a possible collision of a motor vehicle with an object in accordance with this system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for transferring the drive torque from the wheels having a low traction to the wheels having a higher traction, the method being configured for vehicles in which not all driven wheels are equipped with a rotational speed sensor. In order to be able to perform a starting aid function, it is provided to measure the rotational speed of the cardan shaft and to put it in relation to the wheel rotational speed of at least one wheel which has a rotational speed sensor. If the deviation between the cardan shaft rotational speed and the measured wheel rotational speed is too high, at least one of the wheels, which does not have a rotational speed sensor, is braked automatically so that the vehicle is able to start.

Abstract: A guidance system for a mobile machine includes a location determining device for determining a location of the machine, a user interface and a controller. The controller is configured to receive location information from the location determining device, detect a path followed by the machine using the location information and, as the machine travels the path, receive waypoint information from a user via the user interface indicating a plurality of initial waypoints associated with the path. The controller is further configured to present the initial waypoints to the user, receive selected waypoint information from the user via the user interface indicating one or more of the initial waypoints as selected waypoints, and automatically guide the machine using the one or more selected waypoints.

Abstract: A method for modifying a default transmission shift schedule for a vehicle includes monitoring current vehicle parameters and determining future roadway information at a predetermined distance in front of the vehicle. Future vehicle parameters are predicted based on the determined future roadway information. The default transmission shift schedule is modified based on the current vehicle parameters and the predicted future vehicle parameters.

Abstract: A method for operating a steering apparatus of a motor vehicle includes detecting interference-induced vibrations which act on a torsion bar of the steering apparatus and analyzing a frequency and amplitude of the interference-induced vibrations. A steering-stabilization function of the steering-assistance device is activated when a limit value for the amplitude of the interference-induced vibrations is exceeded. A drive signal is provided, with the steering stabilization function, for an electric motor of the steering-assistance device, so that the electric motor generates a compensation torque Mbar which acts on the torsion bar and at least partially counteracts the interference-induced vibrations. An indicator is formed from the frequency and the amplitude of the interference-induced vibrations and the carriageway induced vibrations are distinguished from vibrations caused by instabilities in the steering apparatus.

Abstract: Methods are provided for updating a digital road map in which road segments having segment lengths are stored. At least two vehicles are equipped with at least one respective onboard unit generating position readings. If a first set of position readings of a first onboard unit can be associated with a road segment, a first path length is determined based on the position readings of the first set. If a second set of position readings of a second onboard unit can be associated with the road segment, a second path length is determined based on the position readings of the second set. An average path length is calculated based on at least the first and second path lengths. If the average path length deviates from the stored segment length, the average path length is stored as an updated stored segment length of this road segment in the digital road map.

Abstract: A method is provided for estimating vehicle velocity for a vehicle using a single-antenna global positioning system (GPS). An absolute speed and a course angle of the vehicle is measured using the single-antenna GPS. The yaw rates of the vehicle are measured independently of the GPS. An integrated yaw rate of the vehicle is calculated as a function of the measured yaw rates over a period of time. A yaw angle is determined as a function of a reference yaw angle and the integrated yaw rate. Aside slip angle is calculated as a function of the estimated yaw angle and the course angle provided by the GPS. The vehicle velocity is determined as a function of the absolute speed and the side slip angle. The vehicle velocity is provided to a vehicle dynamic control application.

Abstract: A method for assisting a driver in returning a vehicle to a roadway from a periphery or shoulder of the roadway includes the following steps. Data is received from a sensor that monitors a region ahead of the vehicle. The data is analyzed to detect a transition between the roadway and the periphery, and to detect a free space ahead of the vehicle on the roadway. It is assessed whether the transition at a transition point is suitable for returning the vehicle to the roadway, and a corresponding first signal is issued. It is assessed whether the free space is sufficient for returning the vehicle and/or whether obstacles are present, and a corresponding second signal is issued. An output signal is generated based on the first and second signals, and alerts the driver or autonomously or semi-autonomously controls the vehicle to return the vehicle onto the roadway.

Abstract: A method for identifying roadway curvature that includes determining a range of interest and collecting shape points from a map database from a current position of the vehicle to an end of the range of interest that define the location of the roadway. The method converts the shape points from World Geodetic System 84 (WGS84) coordinates to UTM coordinates, and then fits a single set of polynomial equations to define a curve using the converted shape points. The method determines whether the single set of polynomial equations exceeds a predetermined curvature accuracy threshold, and if so, fits multiple sets of polynomial equations to multiple roadway segments over the range of interest using the converted shape points. The method then determines the roadway curvature at any roadway location using solutions to the multiple sets of polynomial equations.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and corresponding method of determining a navigation trajectory of a vehicle. The method includes receiving, by a control server, traffic congestion information with respect to a road network comprising trajectories from the current location to the destination, determining, by the control server, candidate trajectories ordered by the shortest distance among the trajectories from a current location to a destination or ordered by the shortest time among the trajectories from a current location to a destination, in consideration of the traffic congestion information, and determining, by the control server, the trajectory having the smallest increase in the traffic congestion degree with respect to the road network among candidate trajectories as a final trajectory.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for preventing a vehicle collision are provided. The method includes collecting, by a controller, vehicle information of a traveling vehicle and calculating a last point to brake time to collision, a last point to steer time to collision, a front collision warning time to collision, and time to collision based on the collected vehicle information. The controller confirms whether the traveling vehicle enters a collision risk area in which there is a collision possibility between the traveling vehicle and a front vehicle. A vehicle driving support is controlled based on a direction in which a rear-side vehicle is present and whether steering is attempted when the traveling vehicle enters the collision risk area, thereby minimizing the collision between the traveling vehicle and the front vehicle and rear-side vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lane recognition system using a defog sensor, including: a defog sensor mounted in a defogging system of a vehicle; an imaging unit mounted on a windshield of the vehicle so as to image the front of the vehicle; and an integrated control unit configured to analyze a defog sensor signal received from the defog sensor, process an image signal received from the imaging unit based on the analyzed defog sensor signal, and acquire lane information.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for automatic landing of an aircraft on a landing runway, including an on-board video camera intended to take images of the ground, image processor to extract from these images visual features of the landing runway, guidance system determining guidance commands of the aircraft to bring it into a nominal approach plane and to align it with the axis of the landing runway, from the respective positions of the visual features of the landing runway, in at least one of the images, where the guidance commands are supplied to a flight control computer.

Abstract: A system installed with a vehicle for evaluating operation of the vehicle with respect to environmental factors includes: (a) operational sensors for sensing data relating to operational factors of the environmental factors; (b) an operational information store coupled with selected sensors for storing operational data received from the selected sensors relating to the operational factors; (c) an operational standards store for storing operational standards associated with operating the vehicle; (d) an operational standard compliance evaluation unit coupled with the information store and coupled with the standards store for effecting comparison of the operational data with the operational standards to ascertain an operational comparison result, and determining whether the vehicle complies with the standards based upon the comparison result; and (e) an operational report and store unit coupled with the compliance evaluation unit for receiving the operational determination and generating at least one report rel

Abstract: A navigation system for a vehicle including a mobile navigation computer, a vehicle-based central control unit, a GPS receiver, a communication link between the mobile navigation computer and the central control unit, wherein position data for the vehicle is processed in a navigation unit in the mobile navigation computer to form information relevant to the navigation. The navigation information is transmitted from the navigation computer to the control unit for a respective maneuver which is to be performed, and this information is output in at least one of visual and audible forms via the central control unit. The position data for the vehicle is determined by the position-finding unit of the central control unit, and is transmitted to the mobile navigation computer, wherein the vehicle is navigated on the basis of data calculated in the navigation unit of the mobile navigation computer.

Abstract: An assistance system is provided for a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to an activation device, which switches the assistance system over into a beginner mode, a capturing device, which determines a curve radius located ahead of a road travelled by the motor vehicle, and a processing device, which from the curve radius located ahead and a speed of the motor vehicle in the beginner mode generates a signal in the case the speed of the motor vehicle when travelling through the curve radius located ahead exceeds a predetermined maximum lateral acceleration. A method is also provided for controlling a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A propulsion unit control system is provided for a boat having plural propulsion units provided side by side and electrically connected in association with two adjacent operation levers. The control system synchronizes engine speeds of the respective propulsion units with each other in light of inputs to the two operation levers. The control system computes a deviation between the averaged engine speed of a reference propulsion unit and the averaged engine speed of a propulsion unit to be synchronized, and corrects a throttle opening of the propulsion unit to be synchronized based on the computed deviation in order to synchronize the engine speeds of the respective propulsion units with each other.