Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicle safety protection technologies, and in particular, to an unmanned aerial vehicle safety protection method and apparatus and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method includes: obtaining ultrasonic information and a flight status of an unmanned aerial vehicle, where the flight status includes a normal flight state and a descending state; and performing safety protection on the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the ultrasonic information and the flight status. The implementation can reduce an occurrence probability that an unmanned aerial vehicle crashes at a high altitude when ultrasound encounters abnormalities to get out of control at the high altitude and fail to descend, rise, move to the left or move to the right and land without slowing down to violently hit the ground, so that the safety of the unmanned aerial vehicle is enhanced, and user experience is improved.

Abstract: An operative target position of a leading end device supposed by an operator of a working machine is estimated with high accuracy. The controller calculates a prospective locus region on the basis of respective detection results of a posture detecting part and a manipulation detecting part. The prospective locus region is a region based on a prospective locus along which a leading end device is prospected to shift. The controller calculates a gaze point region on the basis of a detection result of a sight detecting part. The gaze point region is a region based on a gaze point of an operator. The controller sets a target position in a region where the prospective locus region and the gaze point region overlap each other.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) controller may have control elements configured to receive inputs from a user. A cover may be coupled to the controller. The cover may be movable between a closed position in which the control elements are covered and an open position in which the control elements are exposed. An antenna may be integrated in the cover. The antenna may be electrically connected to circuitry in the controller for communicating with a UAV. In some implementations, a conductive plane and/or an insulating plane may be integrated in the cover. In some implementations, a heatsink, a fan, and/or a support mechanism may be arranged on an under portion of the controller. In some implementations, a circuit board including a cutout may be arranged inside the controller.

Abstract: When a non-operable notification is output from any of a plurality of operating vehicles, an operation schedule creator creates a substitute vehicle introduction operation schedule based on planned stopping times and a target velocity determined by a normal operation schedule, as an operation schedule to be provided, to each of operating vehicles other than a non-operable vehicle which has output the non-operable notification, when the operating vehicle passes an operation schedule updating location for a first time after the non-operable notification is output.

Abstract: A method for identifying dangerous roads includes: receiving a vehicle dataset and extracting a driving record associated with a travelled road section therefrom; for a road section belonging to one of a plurality of section categories, obtaining a driving record from the vehicle dataset; calculating a driving characteristic dataset based on the driving records that are associated with an identified road section; and determining, whether the identified road section should be deemed as a potential dangerous road section based on at least the driving characteristic dataset and a corresponding one of a plurality of reference datasets that corresponds to one of the plurality of section categories.

Abstract: A method for workforce management includes receiving a service request associated with a task area from a user device, and controlling movement of an unmanned aerial machine from a home base to the task area. The unmanned aerial machine acquires evaluation data about the task area. The method also includes determining a task to be performed based on the service request, the task area, and the evaluation data.

Abstract: Techniques for integrating a travel control system and attitude and heading (AHR) system in a vehicle are disclosed. The integrated system includes interface circuitry that enables data communication between constituent travel control system and AHR system of the integrated system, and can further communicate data between the travel control system and/or the AHR system and other system(s) or device(s) in or on the vehicle. In some embodiments, the travel control system includes processing circuitry that is fault tolerant. Alternatively, or additionally, the AHR system may include processing circuitry that has a processing power greater than the travel control system processing circuitry.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the external aiding of inertial navigation systems are described herein. In certain embodiments, a device includes an inertial navigation system. In some embodiments, the inertial navigation system includes one or more inertial sensors and an input interface for receiving measurements. In further embodiments, the measurements include at least one of delta attitude and/or delta position measurements from an external system, and position and attitude information in an arbitrary map frame. In certain embodiments, the inertial navigation system includes a computation device that is configured to calibrate the errors from the one or more inertial sensors using the received measurements.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, by a computing device, directional information for a waypoint along a route of travel of a personal mobility vehicle, determining, by the computing device and based on the directional information, a bearing of the waypoint from a current location of the personal mobility vehicle, and displaying, by a display device included in the personal mobility vehicle and configured to display navigational information within an illumination pattern, an indication of the bearing within the illumination pattern for navigating the personal mobility vehicle along the route of travel to the waypoint. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system for updating linear traffic feature data is provided. The system, for example, determines, from sensor data, the linear traffic feature data associated with a matched link. Further, the system, for example, generates heading data based on the linear traffic feature data and updates the linear traffic feature data based on the generated heading data. The heading data is generated by dropping a perpendicular to at least one of the matched link and a second link connected to the matched link.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to generate a map specification based on a behavior objective of a mobility device or a state of the mobility device, and create, based on the generated map specification, an outside map of an environment external to the mobility device that satisfies the generated map specification.

Abstract: Embodiments provide for methods and portable positioning devices adapted to determine a geospatial position of a point of interest. In one embodiment, the portable positioning device comprises an antenna, a levelling detector, an imaging device, a display unit and a processing unit. The antenna may be adapted to receive satellite information signals. The levelling detector is arranged relative to the antenna for detecting whether the antenna is positioned horizontally. The imaging device has an optical axis and a sighting axis. In one embodiment, the sighting axis intersects an antenna axis. In another embodiment, the sighting axis is aligned with the antenna axis. The display unit may be provided for assisting in identifying the point of interest within a field of view of the imaging device and for assisting in identifying whether the antenna is horizontally levelled and whether a phase center and the point of interest are vertically aligned.

Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for delivery of a medication package includes determining a thermal control period for the medication package. The method also includes identifying a delivery location corresponding to the medication package. The method also includes identifying at least one environmental characteristic of an environment that includes a delivery three-dimensional flight path between a starting location and the delivery location, wherein the at least one environmental characteristic indicates an actual weather value at the delivery location. The method also includes determining whether to deliver the medication package based on the thermal control period and the at least one environmental characteristic, using the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Abstract: A server device transmits an instruction for causing a plurality of flying bodies to perform flight operation to the flying bodies. The flight operation includes a step in which a first flying body urges a penetrating tool toward an object placed in a predetermined space and flies out of the predetermined space while holding a first part and a second part of a string member attached to the penetrating tool, the first part having penetrated the object and the second part not having penetrated the object, a step in which a second flying body receives either the first or second part from the first flying body, and a step in which the first and second flying bodies transport the object while towing the object with the string member as the first and second flying bodies fly while respectively holding one or the other of the first and second parts.

Abstract: A transport system transports a transported object using an autonomously moveable mobile robot. The transport system stores management information including a use start time, a use end time, and a use location for each equipment to be lent that is transported as the transported object by the mobile robot. The transport system executes a determination process for determining whether an interval from the use end time to a next use start time is equal to or longer than a predetermined time for each equipment based on the management information. The transport system transports the equipment to its storage location after an end of use of the equipment when the interval is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, and transports the equipment to a next use location of the equipment after the end of the use of the equipment when the interval is shorter than the predetermined time.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus receives a route response comprising an encoded route and one or more delay encoding data structures. The delay encoding data structures are probabilistic data structures configured to not provide false negatives. The mobile apparatus determines a decoded route based on the encoded route and a mobile version of a digital map; determines an expected traffic delay for at least one adjacent traversable map element (TME) of the decoded route based on the one or more delay encoding data structures; and performs one or more navigation functions based at least on the expected traffic delay for the at least one adjacent segment of the decoded route. An adjacent TME is a TME of the digital map that intersects the decoded route and is not a TME of the decoded route.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for surveillance with security camera drone. In some implementations, a determination is made to begin surveillance of an in-house service with a drone. A duration of the in-house service is determined. A location to land the drone during the in-house service is determined based on the duration of the in-house service. Landing of the drone is initiated at the determined location.

Abstract: A method for collecting information required for Bode plot creation of a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) autopilot system is provided. The method comprises: creating a Bode plot generation input signal: adding the Bode plot generation input signal to control inputs; collecting data from multiple points within the control system; calculating magnitude and phase at the multiple points using the data collected; recording the magnitude and phase for the multiple points in a datalog; comparing the magnitude and phase for the multiple points to calculate the gain and phase margins for open loop responses in the control system; creating a Bode plot for at least one of the following: i) a closed loop response of the attitude and/or rate loops, ii) an open loop response of the attitude and/or rate loops and iii) a response of the UAV; and outputting the Bode plot.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for providing navigation instructions. The method may include receiving, from a user apparatus, a first location and a destination location; calculating a first route from the first location to the destination location; generating, for a predetermined time period, a first set of maneuvering data corresponding to the first route, the first set of maneuvering data comprising playback cues based on a predicted user apparatus location; transmitting the first set of maneuvering data to the user apparatus; receiving, from the user apparatus, a second location; generating, for a subsequent predetermined time period, a second set of maneuvering data, the second set of maneuvering data comprising playback cues based on a further predicted user apparatus location; calculating an update set of maneuvering data based on the first and second set of maneuvering data; and transmitting the update set of maneuvering data to the user apparatus.

Abstract: A method for operating a track guidance system including at least one raised floor element includes planning at least one movement of at least one object on the at least one floor element, transmitting at least one control signal for carrying out the planned at least one movement to the object with the aid of an activatable marking on the at least one floor element, and carrying out the planned at least one movement of the at least one object with the aid of an activatable marking on the at least one floor element based upon the at least one control signal.