Abstract: The present invention makes it possible for an infrastructure facility to temporarily acquire control authority for the likes of moving of an automatic driving vehicle while suppressing security risks, and to realize simple operations when loading or unloading vehicles. This control device is for controlling a vehicle that moves autonomously, and comprises a function for controlling the movement of the vehicle in accordance with instructions from an external system. When the function for controlling the movement of the vehicle in accordance with instructions from the external system is activated, the control device recognizes the validity of the external system by communicating with the external system and the vehicle, recognizes that encrypted communication with the external system has been established, recognizes that the user of the vehicle is permitted by the external system to move the vehicle, and recognizes that the user is an authorized user of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for providing operating mode transition for a vehicle includes receiving an input indicating a request to transition from a first operating mode of the vehicle to a second operating mode of the vehicle and determining a first planned trajectory corresponding to the first operating mode. The method also includes determining a second planned trajectory corresponding to the second operating mode. The method also includes determining a first road wheel actuator angle corresponding to the first planned trajectory and determining a second road wheel actuator angle corresponding to the second planned trajectory. The method also includes determining a difference between a current handwheel actuator angle and a handwheel actuator angle corresponding to the second road wheel actuator angle and, in response to a determination that the difference is less than a threshold, transitioning from the first operating mode to the second operating mode over a determined period.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle. The system includes a localization system, a memory storing a digital map, at least one sensor, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the localization system, a current location of the vehicle and determine a future driving segment of the vehicle based on the current location of the vehicle. The electronic processor is further configured to determine at least one performance limitation based on the future driving segment of the vehicle and artificially falsify data of the at least one sensor to initiate a safety action for the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle control method, including: acquiring current driving information of a vehicle; determining, according to the current driving information and a preset risk map, whether the vehicle drives to a risky road segment; and controlling a driving state of the vehicle accordingly when it is determined that the vehicle drives to the risky road segment. By presetting a risk map, defining road and roadside risky areas in the map, defining risky road segments of roads according to the road and roadside risky areas, determining in real time, whether the vehicle drives to a risky road segment, and controlling a driving state of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle drives to the risky road segment, so as to avoid risks that the risky areas cause to the driving of the vehicle, the driving safety of the vehicle can be effectively improved.

Abstract: Methods and devices for actively modifying a field of view of an autonomous vehicle in view of constraints are disclosed. In one embodiment, an example method is disclosed that includes causing a sensor in an autonomous vehicle to sense information about an environment in a first field of view, where a portion of the environment is obscured in the first field of view. The example method further includes determining a desired field of view in which the portion of the environment is not obscured and, based on the desired field of view and a set of constraints for the vehicle, determining a second field of view in which the portion of the environment is less obscured than in the first field of view. The example method further includes modifying a position of the vehicle, thereby causing the sensor to sense information in the second field of view.

Abstract: A system for use in a park attraction to provide collaborative driving experiences. The system includes a vehicle including a body with passenger seats, including a user input assembly proximate to each of the passenger seats, and further including a holonomic drive system adapted to move the body in any direction while riding on a driving surface of the park attraction. The system also includes a system controller (running an attraction/game control module) that operates to: (a) receive user input from each of the user input assemblies; (b) process the user input from each of the user input assemblies to generate a control vector associated with each of the user input assemblies; (c) combine the control vectors from all of the user input assemblies to generate a resultant vector; (d) generate a drive control signal from the resultant vector; and (e) transmit the drive control signal to the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assessing runway surface conditions including: configuring a runway surface processing module to process: a first type of reported runway surface condition information, a second type of a set of Runway Condition Assessment Matrix (RCAM) codes, and a third type of a set of runway surface condition codes including: SNOWTAM codes; selecting, at least one of the first, second or third types of runway surface information to input to the runway surface processing module, to estimate at least a braking distance and a braking action of the aircraft; receiving, by input, one of at least the first, second or third types of runway surface information by the runway surface processing module; and mapping a runway surface condition, reported or entered of the first, second or third types of runway surface information, to a particular runway condition code to compute the required runway distance.

Abstract: A method performed by an intention indicating system of a vehicle, for indicating to a potential observer an ongoing or impending autonomous kinematic action of the vehicle. The method includes determining an ongoing or impending autonomous kinematic action of the vehicle and performing a vertical vehicle motion representing the autonomous kinematic action, the vertical vehicle motion including raising and/or lowering a front portion and/or a rear portion of a vehicle body of the vehicle.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining a driving instruction, whereby environmental data relevant to the surroundings of the motor vehicle is acquired by at least one detection device of a motor vehicle, after which, as a function of the environmental data, a driving instruction relevant to the driving operation of the motor vehicle is determined, which is specified by a gesture and/or a pose of a traffic controller mapped by the environmental data, wherein the determination of the driving instruction is carried out as a function of at least one set of training data, which was previously acquired by the detection device or a further detection device and which maps a further traffic controller and at least a traffic participant.

Abstract: Autoland systems and processes for landing an aircraft without pilot intervention are described. In implementations, the autoland system includes a memory operable to store one or more modules and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor is operable to execute the one or more modules to identify a plurality of potential destinations for an aircraft; calculate a merit for each potential destination identified; select a destination based upon the merit; and create a route from a current position of the aircraft to an approach fix associated with the destination that accounts for the terrain characteristic(s) and/or obstacle characteristic(s).

Abstract: A power generation amount of a power generator disposed on a vehicle is appropriately controlled by ordering the power generator a required power generation amount so as to control the power generator, driving a drive motor configured to drive a driving wheel of the vehicle using at least part of electric power generated by the power generator according to the required power generation amount, storing at least part of surplus power left in the electric power generated by the power generator in a storage device, detecting a slip of the driving wheel, and, executing reduction processing of a power generation amount for further reducing a required power generation amount that reflects a reduction amount of the electric power for driving the drive motor due to the slip of the driving wheel, if the detected extent of the slip is larger than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus is provided that is capable of improving convenience for a driver by determining that parking is possible in a case where the local vehicle will protrude from a parking frame but safety is ensured around a prescribed position that corresponds to the parking frame. The presence/absence of an obstacle around a prescribed position that corresponds to a parking frame is also determined for a parking frame from which the local vehicle will protrude. In a case where safety is ensured around the prescribed position that corresponds to the parking frame, it is determined that parking is possible, and the location of the parking frame is presented to a driver.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for activation of valet mode for vehicles. An example vehicle system includes a remote near-field communication (NFC) device and a vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine, a cabin, and an interior NFC reader located in the cabin. The vehicle also includes a controller configured to enter a valet mode and authenticate the remote NFC device for the valet mode when the engine is active and the interior NFC reader communicates with the remote NFC device.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic operation assistance system comprising: a telematics center (1) that gives notification to a connected car (2) in accordance with a request that originated from the connected car (2), the notification pertaining to the traveling environment of the connected car (2) from which the request originated and a sensor evaluation value matching an external field sensor (22a); and the connected car (2) that changes, on the basis of the sensor evaluation value notified from the telematics center (1), a process for reflecting recognition data of each external field sensor (22a) of the connected car on an automatic operation control of the connected car.

Abstract: Technologies relating to an autonomous vehicle are described. The autonomous vehicle is configured to determine that a person is attempting to hail the autonomous vehicle through use of a passenger identifier. The autonomous vehicle identifies a passenger account associated with the passenger identifier being presented by the person, and responsive to identifying the passenger account, determines whether the autonomous vehicle should pick up the person.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an inputter receiving an emergency stop command; an emergency stop condition determiner determining that an emergency stop condition is satisfied when a driver's state is determined as a predetermined inoperable state, a steering wheel is not operated for a predetermined time period, or a rate of change of a yaw rate of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined value; a sensor configured for detecting an obstacle around the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine whether the vehicle can avoid collision with a front obstacle only by braking without a lane change, to determine a risk area in an adjacent lane based on a braking distance of the vehicle and obstacle detection information in a lane adjacent to a driving lane of the vehicle, and to control the lane change or a braking process of the vehicle based on whether the obstacle is detected in the determined risk area.

Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program for identification of at least one road work extension in a geographical location are provided. The method includes, for example, the process of building and accessing a map for the geographic location curated with the marking of one or more road work zones corresponding to the at least one road work extensions. To calculate road work extension, the method includes obtaining a plurality of lane markings on a road work link and determine a start and an end offset of at least one link using obtained lane marking observations. Further, the method includes generating the road work extension data comprising co-ordinates of each of the start position and the end position of the road work extension, based on the determined link start offset and the link end offset.

Abstract: A method of positioning a vehicle during a parking operation includes positioning a vehicle in a parked position during a first parking operation, and detecting a distance of the vehicle from an object when the vehicle is in the parked position. The distance is stored in a vehicle memory. The distance from the object is recalled during a second parking operation with the vehicle. An indication is provided during the second parking operation when the vehicle is spaced from the object by the distance.

Abstract: A method for facilitating travel reservations is described. The method may commence with receiving a travel-related query from a user and parsing the travel-related query to derive at least one attribute of the travel-related query. One or more further users may be selected based on comparing the at least one attribute of the user with attributes of the one or more further users. The at least one attribute of the user may be ranked based on preference data of the one or more further users. The method may continue with assigning weights to the at least one attribute based on the ranking to create at least one weighted attribute. Feasible travel itineraries may be searched based on the at least one attribute. The feasible travel itineraries may be scored based on the at least one weighted attribute and travel itineraries selected based on the scoring may be presented.

Abstract: A charging system, wherein a movable body has an automatic operation function, the charging system comprises: a movable body managing unit that manages a charging state of the storage battery of the movable body; and a waiting space managing unit that manages a usage state of a plurality of waiting spaces for keeping the movable body waiting, the waiting space managing unit has: a waiting space determining unit that determines, among the plurality of waiting spaces that the waiting space managing unit is managing, a waiting space for keeping the movable body waiting after charging of the movable body has completed, if the movable body managing unit has detected that: (i) charging of the movable body is being started; (ii) charging of the movable body has been started; (iii) charging of the movable body is completing; or (iv) charging of the movable body has completed.