Abstract: A control system uses visual odometry (VO) data to identify a position of the vehicle while moving along a path next to the row and to detect the vehicle reaching an end of the row. The control system can also use the VO image to turn the vehicle around from a first position at the end of the row to a second position at a start of another row. The control system may detect an end of row based on 3-D image data, VO data, and GNSS data. The control system also may adjust the VO data so the end of row detected from the VO data corresponds with the end of row location identified with the GNSS data.

Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle having partial/full autonomous driving, having a plurality of wheels, a drive system for producing a drive torque at at least one of the wheels, and a brake system for producing at least one holding force for holding still at least one of the wheels, a rotational speed sensor being allocated to at least one of the wheels, which sensor produces a respective signal pulse for each of a plurality of positions of angular rotation of the associated wheel, a specifiable driving maneuver being performed as a function of the produced signal pulses. For a short path driving process starting from a standstill, the brake force is reduced until the rotational speed sensor produces a first signal pulse, and is then held at least temporarily constant until a specified number of signal pulses is produced, and subsequently is increased up to the holding force.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information, and wherein in response to the determined potential propulsion power, predicting a shift event at the particular location at the particular time; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing the state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power to eliminate the need for the potential shift event at the particular location at the particular time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of moving a load using a crane comprising the steps: defining an origin coordinate system in the crane; defining at least one obstacle coordinate system that is fixedly linked to a deployment location of the load movement; establishing a relationship of the at least one obstacle coordinate system with the origin coordinate system; predefining a travel path of the hook block, preferably with the suspended load, with the aid of the at least one obstacle coordinate system; and converting the travel path from the obstacle coordinate system into actuator controls of the crane for a corresponding movement of the hook block, preferably with the suspended load.

Abstract: One example aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for assessing input. The method can include determining a state of the aerial vehicle. The method can include obtaining data indicative of an expected operator input based on the determined state. The method can include obtaining data indicative of an actual operator input. The method can include determining a state of operator behavior based on the expected operator input and the actual operator input. The method can include determining a control action for the aerial vehicle based on the determined state of the aerial vehicle and the determined state of the operator behavior. The method can include implementing the control action.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a trailer parking brake status indicator in a tractor is provided that allow an operator to deactivate the indicator when the tractor is operating without a trailer using a pre-existing operator interface. The apparatus includes means for determining whether a trailer is coupled to the tractor and a controller configured to execute, when a determination whether the trailer is coupled to the tractor cannot be made, a process for controlling activation and deactivation of the indicator. The process includes determining whether a speed of the tractor meets a predetermined condition relative to a predetermined speed. The process further includes monitoring, after determining that the speed of the tractor meets the predetermined condition relative to the predetermined speed, for an activation command to activate a parking brake on the trailer. The process further includes deactivating the trailer parking brake status indicator responsive to the activation command.

Abstract: Technical solutions are described for disturbance feedforward compensation technique for improving the disturbance rejection properties of a closed loop position control system using a cascaded control structure with an inner velocity and outer position control loops. According to one or more embodiments, a system includes a position controller that receives an input rack-position command, and a measured rack-position, and computes a velocity command based on a difference in the input rack-position command and the measured rack-position. The system further includes a velocity controller that receives the velocity command, and a measured motor velocity, and computes an input torque command based on a difference in the velocity command and the measured motor velocity. The system adjusts a position of a rack by generating an amount of torque corresponding to the applying the input torque command to a motor.

Abstract: A machine train is composed of a road milling machine that travels in front and a road finisher that travels behind. The road milling machine has a profile data determining device configured so that a sequence of height profile data describing the height of the road surface in the longitudinal direction is determined while the road milling machine advances. For transmission of the height profile data, a data transmission device is provided on the road milling machine and a data receiving device is provided on the road finisher. To change the position of the screed, the road finisher has a levelling device that comprises at least one actuator and a control unit, which is configured so that the control unit generates a control signal for controlling the at least one actuator in accordance with a height profile data set.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing an end of trip sequence when a vehicle is nearing its destination. One or more computing devices may generate and display a video indicating a projected trajectory of the vehicle and objects detected by sensors on the vehicle, on a map corresponding to a route the vehicle is currently following, where the video is generated from a perspective of a virtual camera at a default position and default pitch A determination that the vehicle has reached a threshold relative to the route of the vehicle may be made and the position and pitch of the virtual camera may be adjusted to an updated position above the vehicle and a perspective which looks downwards towards a roof of the vehicle. The video may then be generated and displayed from the perspective of the virtual camera at the updated position.

Abstract: A method includes determining a first route from a first location to a second location using a first map that includes first map elements. The first route includes a series of the first map elements. The method also includes determining a second route from the first location to the second location using a second map by matching the series of the first map elements from the first route to second map elements from the second map. The method also includes monitoring a current location of a device, determining that the current location of the device does not correspond to any of the first map elements from the series of the first map elements, and determining a third route from the current location of the device toward the second location using the second map in response to determining that the current location does not correspond to any of the first map elements.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicular motion control device and method such that, even when a vehicle is turning, the target trajectory can be followed while maintaining traveling stability, with a reduced sense of incongruity felt by the driver. This vehicular motion control device is equipped with: a target trajectory acquisition unit that acquires a target trajectory for a vehicle to travel; and a speed control unit that increases or decreases the longitudinal acceleration generated in the vehicle, the longitudinal acceleration being positive in the vehicle travel direction. If the vehicle deviates from the target trajectory during turning, the speed control unit performs longitudinal acceleration control to increase or decrease the longitudinal acceleration.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining a source of degradation stemming from a vehicle fuel system during a refueling event. Specifically, in one example a method may include responsive to a refueling lock that enables access to a fuel tank of a fuel system being manually unlocked in order to add fuel to the fuel tank, monitoring a pressure in the fuel system and a fuel level in the fuel tank during refueling the fuel tank, and indicating degradation of the fuel system as a function of both the pressure and the fuel level. In this way, fuel system degradation may be pinpointed during a refueling event that is enabled via manual unlocking of the refueling lock.

Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for routing a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that is configured to receive a current location of the vehicle, routing information including a destination and at least a dynamic wireless power transmission characteristic or an emission characteristic of the vehicle, and a map database. The processing circuitry is further configured to generate one or more routes between the current location and the destination; determine a route cost for each one of the one or more routes wherein the route cost includes the weighted summation of multiple routing factors including a route time and at least a route factor based on the dynamic wireless power transmission characteristic or the emission characteristic of the vehicle; and select a route out of the one or more routes based on route selection criteria.

Abstract: The present invention is one that enables an actual vehicle run on a chassis dynamometer to be reproduced in a vehicle drive train test, and includes: a loading device to be connected to a rotating shaft of a vehicle drive train; and a load controller that controls the loading device to change a load. In addition, the load controller includes a relationship data storage part adapted to store speed-load relationship data indicating the relationship between rotation speed of the loading device and a load corresponding to the rotation speed, and changes the timing of the load to be given by the loading device correspondingly to the rotation speed of the loading device with respect to timing determined by the speed-load relationship data. Alternatively, the load controller changes the load correspondingly to the rotation speed of a roller mounted with a tire in the chassis dynamometer.

Abstract: Provided are a first route condition acquirer to acquire a route condition of a planned travel route of a moving body, the route including a plurality of sections; a recommended operation definer to define a content of recommended operation information related to a device included in the moving body and an output point in the planned travel route at which the recommended operation information is output; a complexity level determiner to determine a complexity level of a route in one of the sections including the defined output point by using a static route condition out of the route condition of the planned travel route and, when the complexity level of the section is greater than or equal to a threshold value, determining a complexity level of each of the other sections in the planned travel route; and a recommended operation determiner to determine the output point using the determination result.

Abstract: A power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft 10 including an input shaft 11, an intermediate shaft 13 connected through a first torsion bar 12 to the input shaft, and an output shaft 15 connected through a second torsion bar 14 to the intermediate shaft; a hollow motor 30 to provide a rotational force to the intermediate shaft; and a control device 60 including a microcomputer, and including an output shaft rotation angle presuming section 63 to presume an output shaft rotation angle ?g based on signals of an input shaft rotation angle ?h and an intermediate shaft rotation angle ?m, a torsion spring constant g1 and g2 of the first and second torsion bars; and a motor drive control section 69 to control the hollow motor based on the output shaft rotation angle.

Abstract: The present invention is one that enables an actual vehicle run on a chassis dynamometer to be reproduced in a vehicle drive train test, and includes: a loading device to be connected to a rotating shaft of a vehicle drive train; and a load controller that controls the loading device to change a load. In addition, the load controller includes a relationship data storage part adapted to store speed-load relationship data indicating the relationship between rotation speed of the loading device and a load corresponding to the rotation speed, and changes the timing of the load to be given by the loading device correspondingly to the rotation speed of the loading device with respect to timing determined by the speed-load relationship data. Alternatively, the load controller changes the load correspondingly to the rotation speed of a roller mounted with a tire in the chassis dynamometer.

Abstract: A lane curvature, a vehicle position offset relative to a lane center line, and a vehicle heading are determined based on image data received from a vehicle camera sensor. An adjusted lane curvature and an adjusted vehicle heading are computed based on a vehicle speed, a vehicle yaw rate and the position offset.

Abstract: A temperature increasing system for vehicle batteries includes a drive motor, first and second batteries, first and second temperature increasing units, and a controller. The drive motor can output a driving force for driving a drive wheel of a vehicle. The first battery can supply electric power to the drive motor. The second battery has a capacity smaller than a capacity of the first battery. The first and second temperature increasing units can increase, respectively, the temperatures of the first and second batteries by using electric power from the second battery. While the vehicle is parked, the controller heats the first battery by using the first temperature increasing unit if the temperature of the first battery is below a first value when the vehicle starts moving, and heats the second battery by using the second temperature increasing unit.

Abstract: A method for preventing a rollover of a vehicle or a tractor-trailer combination in curves, by counteracting a rollover risk of the vehicle by independent regulating interventions, performed without action by a vehicle driver, in a regulation system that actuates the drive and/or the brakes of the vehicle, the method including: capturing the current driving situation and the current load of the vehicle or the tractor-trailer combination as to the current driving position of the vehicle or the tractor-trailer combination, ascertaining a maximum admissible transverse acceleration at the current driving position, at which maximum admissible transverse acceleration the vehicle or the tractor-trailer combination just does not roll over, as to the current driving situation and the current load of the vehicle or the tractor-trailer combination. Also described is a related apparatus for preventing a rollover of a vehicle or a tractor-trailer combination in curves.