Abstract: Systems and methods for providing map data of a selected region and supplemental data associated with one or more locations outside of the selected region are disclosed. A computing system can initiate a request for map data associated with a selected region of a mapped region. The one or more requests can be associated with one or more search criteria. The computing system can receive the map data associated with the selected region and supplemental data associated with a subset of records. Each record may satisfy the one or more search criteria and be associated with a respected location outside of the selected region. The computing system can present, within a viewport of a digital mapping application, the map data of the selected region and a visual indication of the supplemental data associated with the subset of records.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a movable object that operates as a movable shop after business hours of a predetermined shop; and a control unit that executes acquiring product information, the product information being information relevant to a plurality of foodstuffs loaded in the movable object, each of the plurality of foodstuffs being a product of the predetermined shop and being discounted due to an expiration date, and controlling a route of the movable object based on the product information. The control unit controls the route of the movable object, based on a ratio of kinds of the plurality of foodstuffs loaded in the movable object, as the product information.

Abstract: An automated transporting, storage and retrieval system is provided and includes a control center, and an automated guided mobile unit, a picking spot and a delivery spot in an area; the automated guided mobile unit is connected to the control center; plural storage and retrieval shelves deployed within the area with one of them located on the picking spot containing an inventory item; the control center is configured to: transmit a task command including the inventory item and the delivery spot to the automated guided mobile unit; the automated guided mobile unit is configured to: determine whether it is engaged with the shelf; if yes, the automated guided mobile unit receives the task command and approaches the shelf located on the picking spot to retrieve the inventory item to deliver it to the delivery spot; if no, the automated guided mobile unit approaches one of the shelves and engages therewith.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating robotic equipment in a controlled zone are presented. The system comprises one or more self-driving material-transport vehicles having at least one sensor, non-transitory computer-readable media, and a processor in communication with the at least one sensor and media. The media stores computer instructions that configure the processor to move the vehicle towards the controlled zone in a normal mode of operation, capture environmental data associated with the controlled zone using the at least one sensor, determine environmental-change data based on comparing the captured environmental data with known-good environmental data, and operating the vehicle in a safe mode of operation based on the environmental-change data.

Abstract: A host vehicle includes a rear image capturing device and a vehicle control device. The rear image capturing device captures an image of an area behind the host vehicle. The vehicle control device detects a lateral position of a following vehicle in the same lane as that in which the host vehicle travels, the following vehicle being reflected in the image captured by the rear image capturing device and traveling in the lane. The vehicle control device determines a lateral position of the host vehicle within a lane depending on the lateral position of the following vehicle within the same lane.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile object includes a sensor unit configured to sense the condition of a road, an operation controller configured to cause the autonomous mobile object to move autonomously on the basis of an operation command, an obtainer configured to obtain surveyed place data, which is information about a surveillance target place and data relating to a method of surveillance associated with each other, and an information collector configured to collect information about the condition of the surveillance target place by the sensor unit when the autonomous mobile object reaches the surveillance target place while travelling on the basis of the operation command.

Abstract: Provided are a system, apparatus, and method for vehicle control and more particularly. The apparatus includes a first spatial information generator configured to generate first spatial information at a vicinity of a host vehicle, based on at least one of image data or sensing data, a vehicle specification receiver configured to receive first vehicle information, which is vehicle information of at least one of external vehicles existing the vicinity of the host vehicle and a second spatial information generator configured to generate second spatial information of the vicinity of the host vehicle by modifying the first spatial information based on the first vehicle information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle user interface system allowing for plug and play customizations of vehicle electronics. These customizations are permitted by the use of vehicle electronics modules that can be moved as desired without requiring additional programming from the user to map a desired function to a specific switch of the vehicle electronics system.

Abstract: A dual direction accident prevention (DDAP) and assistive braking system (ABS) which detects both the risk of a frontal accident and a rear accident and then coordinates braking to prevent both if possible while giving priority to preventing a frontal accident. In the event of an imminent rear collision with an object or vehicle in front of a driver, the system will choose a braking force which minimizes the impact of the rear collision, while determining a safe approach toward the front obstacle. Furthermore, if a vehicle is approaching the driver and an accident is imminent, and there is no further room in front to reduce the effect of the imminent impact, the system prepares the vehicle and driver by bracing for impact by applying emergency brakes, tightening seatbelts, etc.

Abstract: A method and system of diagnosing the integrity of a sealed air tube of a pedestrian protection system of a vehicle is provided. The method provides the sealed air tube having a pressure sensor connected at each end of the air tube. The air tube is constructed and arranged to be located in front fascia of a vehicle. A processor circuit is electrically connected with the pressure sensors and the processor circuit has a Fast Fourier Transform element. Natural frequencies of a frequency spectrum of the air tube are obtained when no leak is known to be present in in the air tube. Signals from the pressure sensors are transformed into the frequency domain with the Fast Fourier Transform element. A leak is determined to be present in the air tube if frequencies other than the natural frequencies exist in the frequency spectrum of the air tube.

Abstract: A system and a method for estimating the coefficient of friction of a hydraulic brake system in a motor vehicle. A system and a method for adjusting the braking torque of a hydraulic brake system in a motor vehicle in order to obtain a desired actual braking torque.

Abstract: A brake control device includes an electronic controller that is configured to control a braking unit that is configured to brake at least one of a plurality of rotating bodies of a human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to control the braking unit upon determining an ABS control is performed to decrease a braking force of a first rotating body included in the plurality of rotating bodies so that a braking force of a second rotating body, which is different from the first rotating body and included in the plurality of rotating bodies, is increased by a force that is different from hydraulic pressure.

Abstract: A vehicle apparatus, for example, receives map data comprising a sensor quality index table; accesses the sensor quality index table to determine an expected sensor effectiveness of a sensor onboard a vehicle along at least a portion of a planned route based on current and/or expected driving conditions; and responsive to determining that the expected sensor effectiveness for the at least one sensor satisfies a threshold requirement, perform a low sensor quality mitigation function. The vehicle apparatus is onboard the vehicle and is in communication with the sensor onboard the vehicle. The sensor quality index table may be generated by a network apparatus based on a plurality of sensor quality communications, generated by probe apparatuses, that are partitioned based on location and timestamp. Sensor quality index tables may be aggregated to generate driving condition tables.

Abstract: A system for promoting passenger trust and to mitigate motion sickness in a vehicle may include a first sensor structured to detect an operational status of the vehicle, a processor operably coupled to the first sensor; and a subliminal sensory system operably coupled to the processor. The processor may be structured to control the subliminal sensory system to subliminally provide information about the operational status of the vehicle to a passenger.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for detecting a steering angle, a steering system, and a torque sensing method of the steering system. The apparatus includes a rotor formed in a cylindrical shape having a central region, in which a space for housing a rotary shaft is formed, and configured to have a plurality of permanent magnets of different polarities alternately disposed at regular intervals in a circumferential direction, a stator body formed in a cylindrical shape having a space for housing the rotor, and two stator rings formed in ring shapes coupled to the stator body and disposed at a certain distance in a longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft. Accordingly, it is possible to calculate an accurate torque, and a response rate is increased so that stability and performance of the steering system can be improved.

Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle identification are described herein. A set of vehicle identification information may be obtained from a set of autonomous vehicles. Individual vehicle identification information may convey identifications of one or more vehicles and locations of the one or more vehicles. Vehicle context information for individual vehicles may be determined from the set of vehicle identification information. The vehicle context information for the individual vehicles may describe a context of the individual vehicles. The context may include one or a combination of a speed of travel, a direction of travel, a trajectory, or an identity profile.

Abstract: A method for feedback of a temperature setting of an air-conditioning device involves adjusting a light color of at least one lighting element for the display of a set temperature. The adjusted light color corresponds to a temperature setting of an airflow zone in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed that determine when alternative routes are to be pre-generated for a vehicle. A route planning system receives a request for a navigation route for a vehicle. The navigation route is generated, where the navigation route includes navigation nodes. For a given navigation node, a corresponding weight and/or a probability of an exception event occurring are determined, and are used to determine whether to generate an alternate route configured to be utilized in response to a future detection by the vehicle of an exception event associated with the given node. The route planning system may then generate alternate routes accordingly, and may transmit the navigation route and an alternate route for a corresponding given node to the vehicle. The navigation route may be used to navigate the vehicle, and the alternate route may be used to navigate the vehicle if an exception event is detected.

Abstract: A crane risk logic apparatus and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the crane risk logic apparatus, the crane risk logic apparatus is integral with a crane, such as a mobile or crawler crane or a tower crane, and located in communication with a load moment indicator. The crane risk logic apparatus receives crane data from the load moment indicator and determines various data analytics, such as, lift angle data, allowable capacity data, operator override data, anti-two-block activation data, operational time data, lift cycle count data, lift classification data, slewing speed data, wind speed data, warning message data, error message data, and winch direction and speed data for each crane lift cycle. The data analytics may be utilized to inform a crane operator evaluation or a crane maintenance schedule for the crane, for example.

Abstract: A monitoring system is configured to monitor a property. The monitoring system includes a sensor that is located at the property and that is configured to generate sensor data that reflects an environmental condition at the property. The monitoring system includes a monitor control unit that is configured to receive the sensor data. The monitor control unit is configured to analyze the sensor data. The monitor control unit is configured to, based on analyzing the sensor data, determine that a resident of the property is likely to perform an action that includes interacting with a vehicle. The monitor control unit is configured to, based on the action, determine a configuration for the vehicle. The monitor control unit is configured to transmit, to the vehicle, an instruction to configure the vehicle according to the configuration.