Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a lane changing apparatus of an autonomous vehicle configured to change a driving lane in consideration of a congested situation includes a controller configured to determine whether an expected driving lane is congested based on driving information, and a communicator configured to receive the driving information. At least one among an autonomous driving vehicle, a user terminal, and a server according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be associated or integrated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a 5G service related device.

Abstract: An agricultural working machine with a driver assistance system is disclosed. The driver assistance system controls driving functions of the agricultural working machine and at least one working assembly of the agricultural working machine in the context of performing a work process. The driver assistance system accesses a set of rules in the form of control strategies to control the at least one work assembly according to a specific control strategy. The driver assistance system includes an interface to communicate with an external computer unit, which is remote from the agricultural working machine, and through which data can be exchanged between the driver assistance system and the external computer unit. For example, the driver assistance system receives data from the external computer unit via the interface during the work process of the agricultural working machine, and selects the control strategy for performing the work process based on the data.

Abstract: A system for use in a vehicle, the system comprising one or more sensors, one or more processors operatively coupled to the one or more sensors, and a memory including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method. The method comprising capturing a current point cloud with the one or more sensors, determining an estimated location and an estimated heading of the vehicle, selecting one or more point clouds based on the estimated location and heading of the vehicle, simplifying the current point cloud and the one or more point clouds, correlating the current point cloud to the one or more point clouds, and determining an updated estimate of the location of the vehicle based on correlation between the current point cloud and the one or more point clouds.

Abstract: A self-learning robot, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a data receiving unit for sensing video data or audio data relating to an object located within a predetermined range; a data recognition unit for matching data received from the data receiving unit and data included in a database in the self-learning robot; a result output unit for outputting a matching result from the data recognition unit; a recognition result verifying unit for determining the accuracy of the matching result; a server communication unit for transmitting data received from the data receiving unit to a server, when the accuracy of the matching result determined by the recognition result verifying unit is lower than a predetermined level; and an action command unit for causing the self-learning robot to perform a pre-set object response action, when the accuracy of the matching result determined by the recognition result verifying unit is at least the predetermined level.

Abstract: A method is presented for controlling a motor vehicle (10). Initially, driving maneuver data containing information concerning multiple possible, different driving maneuvers of the motor vehicle (10) are generated and/or received. Traffic data containing information concerning at least one undisturbed predicted trajectory of at least one further road user (20, 22, 24) are generated and/or received. An influence of the at least one driving maneuver on the trajectory of the at least one further road user (20, 22, 24) is determined, based on the driving maneuver data and the traffic data, and a characteristic variable is ascertained that describes the influence of the at least one driving maneuver on the at least one further road user (20, 22, 24). In addition, a system (34) for controlling a motor vehicle (10) is proposed.

Abstract: A control system for the autonomous control of a motor vehicle comprises an environmental sensor system, which is arranged and configured to acquire environmental data for the autonomous control of a motor vehicle. The control system further comprises at least one actuator controller, which is configured to control at least one actuator of the motor vehicle. A first control unit is configured to determine control commands for the at least one actuator controller with the environmental data and to transmit these to the actuator controller.

Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system comprises a controlling terminal and a controlled device; the controlling terminal comprises a height measuring device and a processing unit; the height measuring device is configured to measure and obtain a height information of the controlling terminal, and send the height information to the processing unit; the processing unit is configured to receive the height information and generate an operation command; the controlled device is configured to receive the operation command and perform a corresponding motion according to the operation command.

Abstract: An electric aircraft configured to implement a layered data network is provided. The electric aircraft generally includes a first communication component, a second communication component and a third communication component. The first communication component is configured to communicate with a first layer providing radio communication between the electric aircraft and at least a first party at a first bandwidth. The second communication component is configured to communicate with a second layer providing mobile network communication between the electric aircraft and at least a second party at a second bandwidth. The third communication component is configured to communicate with a third layer providing satellite communication between the electric aircraft and at least a third party at a third bandwidth. A method to implement a layered data network in an electric aircraft is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for detecting human intervention over a driving operation of a vehicle that can be operated in a semi-autonomous or an autonomous mode or at least partially in a manual mode. In any one or more aspects, the systems and methods can determine a time period or distance traveled by the vehicle during the intervention of the operation of the vehicle as compared to a time period or distance traveled by the vehicle when operating in the semi-autonomous or autonomous mode, which if desired can be used to determine risk for insurance underwriting of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an action controller that is configured to control an action of a vehicle, in which, in a case where there is another vehicle traveling on a second road adjacent to a first road on which the vehicle is traveling, and the vehicle is controlled to overtake another vehicle, the action controller is configured to accelerate the vehicle, causes the vehicle to show an intention to enter the second road when the vehicle is located a predetermined distance or more in front of another vehicle in an advancing direction of the vehicle after the vehicle is accelerated, and decelerates the vehicle while maintaining the vehicle in a state in which the vehicle is located in front of another vehicle at a timing according to the entry intention.

Abstract: An embodiment of a communication management unit (CMU) includes emulator and data-mining circuits. The emulator circuit is configured to generate a data request having a same format as a data request from a vehicle communications center, to send the data request to a subsystem disposed on a vehicle, and to receive data sent by the subsystem in response to the data request. The data-mining circuit is configured to provide at least some of the received data to a determining circuit configured to determine information in response to the provided data. For example, such a CMU can request flight-plan data from a flight management subsystem (FMS) by sending, to the FMS, an emulated data-request message having the same format as a data-request message from a ground-based aircraft operations center. That is, the CMU can “fool” the FMS into “thinking” that the data-request message originated from the ground-based aircraft operations center.

Abstract: An energy management system for a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes one or more power sources configured to provide power to one or more recipients. The system includes a controller configured to determine an arbitration vector based at least partially on a state vector and an initial transformation function. The arbitration vector is determined as one or more points for which the initial transformation function attains a maximum value. The controller is configured to determine a current reward based on the arbitration vector and the state vector, the current reward being configured to minimize energy loss in the power sources. The controller is configured to determine an updated transformation function based at least partially on the initial transformation function and a total reward. The controller is configured to arbitrate a power distribution based in part on the updated arbitration vector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle control device adapted to be mounted in a host vehicle (H), the vehicle control device comprising an environment monitoring unit adapted and configured to monitor the environment of the host vehicle (H) and to provide corresponding environment monitoring data, and a lane change request generating unit adapted and configured to determine based upon the environment monitoring data whether the generation of a request for a lane change of the host vehicle (H) from a current lane (CL) to a lower-ranking lane (RL) is to be initiated (arrow A6a) or is to be suppressed (arrow A6b), if the environment monitoring data indicate that at least one succeeding vehicle (S) driving in the same lane as the host vehicle (H) approaches the host vehicle from behind at a speed higher than the speed of the host vehicle (H).

Abstract: In one embodiment, it is determined that a speed of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is below a predetermined speed threshold during a current turn section of a three-point turn, where the three-point turn includes at least three turn sections. In response, detecting an obstacle within a predetermined proximity of the ADV, determining a type of obstacle. An amount of time during which the speed of the ADV remains below the predetermined speed threshold is determined. It is determined whether the amount of time is greater than a time threshold corresponding to the type of the obstacle. If the amount of time is greater than the time threshold, the current turn section is ended and a next turn section is started.

Abstract: A vehicle control method based on detection of falling of a load includes determining whether a load falls by a vehicle, storing one or more surrounding images in response to the falling of the load, transmitting the one or more surrounding images to a center by the vehicle, determining whether the load falls based on the one or more surrounding images by the center, transmitting vehicle control information based on the determination of whether the load falls by the center, and controlling the vehicle based on the vehicle control information received from the center.

Abstract: A vegetation index characteristic is assigned to an image of vegetation at a worksite. The vegetation index characteristic is indicative of how a vegetation index value varies across the corresponding image. The image is selected for predictive map generation based upon the vegetation index characteristic. The predictive map is provided to a harvester control system which generates control signals that are applied to controllable subsystems of the harvester, based upon the predictive map and the location of the harvester.

Abstract: An information-processing device of the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires sensor detection information indicating a detection result from a sensor mounted in a vehicle, a derivation unit that derives a plurality of indices for a surrounding environment based on the sensor detection information acquired by the acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit that evaluates attribute information of a point at which the sensor detection information is acquired based on the plurality of indices derived by the derivation unit.

Abstract: A method for access to a vehicle includes receiving data from an identification device related to at least one device environment sensor of the identification device. At least one pattern associated with the received data is identified. An environment of the identification device based on feedback from the at least one device environment sensor is determined. The environment to the at least one pattern is compared. In response to the comparing step, access to the vehicle is allowed or denied.

Abstract: A driving assistance method includes: extracting a point where a travel lane of a host vehicle joins another lane on a planned travel route of the host vehicle, as a high difficulty point where autonomous driving is difficult; and guiding switching of a traveling state of the host vehicle from autonomous driving to manual driving, at a point located at a predetermined distance before the high difficulty point.

Abstract: A lane change assist system provided with a first terminal in a first vehicle, a second terminal in a second vehicle, a third terminal in a third vehicle, and a lane change assist device, wherein the lane change assist device is configured to decrease the economic value held by the user of the first terminal or the first vehicle and increase the economic value held by the user of the third terminal or the third vehicle when the first vehicle driving on the first driving lane cuts into between the second vehicle and the third vehicle driving following one after the other on a second driving lane adjoining the first driving lane and changes lanes to the front of the third vehicle driving at the rear of the second vehicle.