Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of vehicle technologies, and specifically, to a vehicle control method and system, a vehicle, a control apparatus, a vehicle-mounted device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The disclosure aims to solve the following technical problem: Since a distinction between understeering and oversteering conditions is not taken into consideration when increasing the engine torque, there is still room for improvement in a formulated engine torque increasing strategy. For this purpose, the disclosure provides a vehicle control method and system, a vehicle, a control apparatus, a vehicle-mounted device, and a computer-readable storage medium, where the control method includes: when an abnormal state occurs in a vehicle in a steering condition, determining whether the current abnormal state is understeering or oversteering; and adjusting torque of the vehicle based on a determining result and a torque amount adjustment mechanism predetermined for the current abnormal state.

Abstract: An external device for use with one or more robotic tools, the external device including a display and an electronic processor, where when an initiate setup button is selected by a first user input, the processor is configured to send a signal to the first robotic garden tool to travel from a dock and along a perimeter of an operating area. When the add start point button is selected by a second user input, the processor is configured to retrieve a first position of the first robotic garden tool, the first position being indicative of a first start point remote of the dock, and where the first robotic garden tool is configured to return to the dock after traveling along the perimeter and to communicate a calculated boundary length based on the data gathered by the odometry unit to the processor.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method, in particular a computer-implemented method, for optimizing the driving strategy of a rail vehicle having an energy-generating device and an energy-storage device. The method comprises the steps of dividing a route to be driven into at least one, in particular several, route sections, combining the at least one route section into at least one horizon, determining an energy demand of the at least one horizon, determining a substantially constant energy consumption rate of the energy-generating device of the rail vehicle for the horizon, at which the state of charge of the energy-storage device for the horizon lies within an optimum range.

Abstract: An apparatus for autonomously controlling vehicles at a specified location is provided. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory includes instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive site-specific driving rules for a distribution center and communicate with a plurality of delivery vehicles at the distribution center. Communicating includes receiving status data from the plurality of delivery vehicles, determining a waypath for the plurality of delivery vehicles based on the status data and the site-specific driving rules, and transmitting the waypath to the plurality of delivery vehicles. The processor is also configured to communicate with a monitor device, wherein the monitor device is configured to monitor movements of the plurality of delivery vehicles.

Abstract: A flight deck system is configured to: receive a data model populated with flight data obtained while performing a core avionics function; receive configuration information from an external source that identifies a specific plurality of flight data items to extract from the data model; extract from the data model data values for the specific plurality of flight data items identified in the configuration information; generate an optical code that encodes the extracted data values; generate an HMI display that provides a selectable link for causing the optical code to be displayed in the aircraft; cause the HMI display to be display on an aircraft display; and cause the optical code to be displayed on an aircraft display responsive to selection of the selectable link; wherein the optical code provides encoded data values corresponding to the specific plurality of flight data items for decoding and display by a mobile device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining drone-based water measurements. One of the methods includes receiving, by a drone management system that controls a drone that is configured to collect water samples, data from a simulator that generates simulation data associated with a body of water; receiving, by the drone management system, an indication that the drone is available to collect one or more water samples from the body of water; determining, by the drone management system and based on the data from the simulator, one or more locations associated with the body of water at which the drone is to collect one or more respective water samples; and; transmitting, by the drone management system, the one or more locations associated with the body of water to the drone.

Abstract: A mobility includes a storage vessel, a power train configured to generate power using liquid hydrogen stored in the storage vessel, and a control device configured to downwardly adjust a target operating pressure of the storage vessel at a time of entering a refueling preparation mode, compare a supply pressure of the liquid hydrogen supplied to the power train with a target hydrogen supply pressure according to the target operating pressure, and limit the power of the power train in response to the supply pressure of the liquid hydrogen being less than the target hydrogen supply pressure.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a steering operation element configured to receive a steering operation of a vehicle by a driver, a grip detector configured to detect a gripping state of the steering operation element by the driver of the vehicle, a traveling controller configured to perform traveling control related to steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, and a determiner configured to determine on the presence or absence of execution of the traveling control or the degree of execution of the traveling control based on the gripping state.

Abstract: A system is provided that includes a detection circuit having a first and second sensor. The first sensor is configured to measure a rotational speed of a first wheel. The second sensor is coupled to a vehicle chassis and configured to measure a position over time of the vehicle chassis. The system further includes a controller circuit configured to determine a shock frequency based on the position of the vehicle chassis. The controller circuit is further configured to determine a condition (e.g., an anomalous condition) of the first wheel based on the shock frequency and the rotational speed, and may be further configured for vehicle control based on the determined condition.

Abstract: A mobile device in a moving vehicle initializes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)—Inertial Navigation System (INS) system while the vehicle is in-motion with the orientation of the mobile device with respect to a global reference frame. The mobile device uses gyroscope measurements made while the vehicle is turning to determine a gravity vector. The gravity vector and accelerometer measurements may be used to determine a forward vector for the mobile device. A north vector is determined using the GNSS measurements. After the GNSS-INS system is calibrated, the mobile device may be positioned with respect to the vehicle. The orientation of the mobile device, prior to repositioning, may be compared to a current orientation, determined while the vehicle is in motion, in order to determine whether the GNSS-INS system should be re-initialized.

Abstract: Vehicle control systems and modules are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a vehicle control module includes a first module connector configured to connect to a vehicle in place of a vehicle input device configured to control an operational part of the vehicle, a second module connector configured to connect to the vehicle input device, and an electronic controller configured to (i) receive an input command regarding the operational part of the vehicle from the vehicle input device connected via the second module connector, (ii) modify the input command, and (iii) transmit the modified input command to the vehicle via the first module connector to cause the vehicle to operate the operational part in accordance with the modified input command.

Abstract: A traveling body includes a range sensor and circuitry. The range sensor is disposed on a front face of the traveling body in a traveling direction in which the traveling body travels on a road surface and disposed obliquely downward at an inclination angle relative to the road surface. The circuitry determines presence of a continuous obstacle in a case where measurement results of a plurality of planes scanned by the range sensor include a plurality of feature values indicating unevenness relative to the road surface similar to each other. The circuitry generates an obstacle map of a front region of the traveling body not scanned by the range sensor, based on sequential feature information indicating that a predetermined number of feature values indicating the unevenness are sequentially present; and controls the traveling body to travel on the road surface based on the obstacle map.

Abstract: A roundabout characteristics recognition system for an autonomous driving vehicle. The roundabout characteristics recognition system detects the various remote object trajectories around the roundabout traffic circle environment and analyzes the trajectories to extract feature data relevant to the roundabout topology and geometry. The roundabout characteristics recognition system processes the remote object trajectories data and determines the statistical characteristics of the various topological characteristics and geometric characteristics for path planning and control to make a more precise decision for operation of the autonomous driving vehicle.

Abstract: A method of lane detection for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps comprising: generating a ground truth associated with lane markings expressed in god's view; receiving features from at least one of a hit-map image and a fitted lane marking, wherein the hit-map image includes a classification of pixels that hit a lane marking, and the fitted lane marking includes pixels optimized based on the hit-map image; and training a confidence module based on the features and the ground truth, the confidence module configured to determine on-line whether a fitted lane marking is reasonable, using parameters that express a lane marking in an arc.

Abstract: The method for controlling the work machine includes executing a restraint process of restraining an operation of the work machine based on a detection result of a detector detecting a detection target in a monitoring area around the work machine, performing switching between an enabled state and a disabled state of a function associated with the restraint process, and displaying a display screen including restraint state information indicating whether the function associated with the restraint process is enabled or disabled, on a display device.

Abstract: It is an object to provide technology enabling continuous verification of highly reliable function units. An information processing apparatus includes a verification function unit to inject injected verification data into an input to perform a highly reliable function unit, and verify operation of the highly reliable function unit based on output from an output when performing the highly reliable function unit in a verification execution environment being a secure execution environment against a system execution environment. The information processing apparatus includes a time management function unit to manage timing of verifying operation and a maximum time of verifying operation.

Abstract: In a method for analyzing a mechatronic system which has one or more mechatronic components, structure data is provided. The structure data is representative of a predefined structure for a network. The structure has a plurality of layers and a respective layer is representative in each case of a technical domain of the mechatronic system. A model in the form of a multilayer network is generated depending on a multiplicity of input data relating to the mechatronic system and to the predefined structure. The multilayer network comprises a multiplicity of nodes and a plurality of connections in each case between two nodes. Each node of the plurality of nodes is assigned to one of the plurality of layers. The mechatronic system is analyzed depending on the multilayer network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for editing routes for robotic devices are disclosed herein. According to at least one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, Bezier curves and controls are provided to enable a user to intuitively manipulate a robot route, including changing the shape of the route, deleting segments of the route, and/or adding new route segments.

Abstract: To provide a contactor failure determination apparatus capable of appropriately determining failure of a contactor provided in a vehicle, a voltage sensor capable of detecting rising or dropping of a voltage of a second circuit including an external charger is provided. When an external charging request is made, a first control for closing each external charging contactor is executed, a second control for closing a pre-charge contactor is executed after execution of the first control, a third control for closing a second main contactor is executed after execution of the second control, and response to the voltage sensor detecting that the voltage of the second circuit has not risen after execution of the third control, it is determined that at least one of the external charging contactors has failed in an open state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for communicating information between an automated vehicle (20) and a remote terminal (10), comprising providing (102) information (12, 22) to be communicated between the automated vehicle and the remote terminal, packaging (104) said information as a sequence (30) of N data packets (P), wherein each data packet is provided with a unique data packet number (6) ranging from 1 to N indicating the position of each data packet in the sequence of data packets, transmitting (106) the sequence of N data packets via at least a first (A) and a second (B) communications link between the automated vehicle and the remote terminal, assembling (108) a complete sequence of N unique data packets after each unique data packet has been successfully communicated via either said at least a first or a second communications link, wherein the sequence of N data packets is transmitted via said at least a first communications link in an order of ascending data packet numbers and vi