Abstract: A passenger transportation system includes: an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether or not a passenger feeling unwell is present in a vehicle; a transportation planning unit configured to determine, when it is determined that the passenger feeling unwell is present, a medical facility to which the passenger feeling unwell is transported and a via-point where normal passengers are dropped off; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the vehicle to travel so as to transport the passenger feeling unwell to the medical facility via the via-point.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically scanning an electronic system of a vehicle with an automated diagnostic scanning tool having a controller, at least one vehicle communication protocol, at least one diagnostic scanning program, and an automated control program. The automated diagnostic scanning tool is configured to be connected to the electronic system of a vehicle by a cable and detects power from the vehicle via the cable, with the automated diagnostic scanning tool further configured to select and launch a diagnostic scanning program to perform a diagnostic scan of the electronic system of the vehicle in response to detecting power from the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing equipment including determining, by one or more computing devices, a workscope associated with the equipment; and at least partially-autonomously servicing the equipment in response to the determined workscope.

Abstract: The safety management apparatus comprises a protective shield with automatic opening and closing, a sensor configured to obtain physical information related to an occupant boarded an autonomous traveling cart, and a controller configured to control the opening and closing of the protective shield. The protective shield is configured to be normally open and, when closed, shield an occupant space of the cart from the outside. The controller includes at least one memory including at least one program, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory. The at least one processor executes a first process and a second process upon execution of the at least one program. The first process is to determine whether the occupant is an infant based on the physical information. The second process, which is executed when the occupant is determined to be an infant, is to close the protective shield.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes one or more processors. The processors are configured to: acquire a plurality of pieces of detection information including detection results at two-dimensional positions different from each other acquired by detection of an object by one or more detection devices through a transmission body, the plurality of pieces of detection information including distortion due to the transmission body that exists between the detection devices and the object; detect a feature point from each of the plurality of pieces of detection information; and estimate, by minimizing an error between a three-dimensional position corresponding to the feature point and a detection position of the feature point corrected based on a distortion map expressing distortion at each of the two-dimensional positions, the distortion map, the three-dimensional position, and the detection position.

Abstract: A vehicle braking system includes one or more traction motors and an electrical device configured to be electrically coupled with the one or more traction motors. The one or more traction motors are configured to propel a vehicle and to generate electric power during rollback of the vehicle down a grade. The electrical device is configured to consume the electric power generated from the rollback of the vehicle by performing work with the electric power during the rollback of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a housing; a passive radiator disposed on a rear surface of the housing; an active speaker disposed on a front surface of the housing and configured to output a virtual engine sound; a partition wall disposed inside the housing such that one side is in contact with the left side surface of the housing and the other side is in contact with the right side surface of the housing; a driver configured to move and rotate the partition wall; and a controller configured to control the driver based on at least one of a transmission position of the vehicle and a speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information provision service system for an electric vehicle. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an information provision service system for an electric vehicle using a vehicle sensor, wherein the system estimates a battery status and a distance to empty of an electric vehicle considering weather condition and to information based on a path, and estimates a battery status through an analysis of big data by using travel and weather information measured by a vehicle sensor and weather observation and forecast information from outside, thereby achieving accurate estimation.

Abstract: An update control system and method of a vehicle controller are capable of determining whether a user's vehicle is being updated, based on a state-of-charge (SOC) change rate pattern indicating a degree of SOC change reduced while other vehicles are performing the corresponding update upon determining whether to perform an update using an OTA service. The system and the method re-extract a SOC change rate pattern by using a change in a SOC value measured at the beginning of an update in the corresponding vehicle to re-calculate a remaining SOC value. Thus, the success rate of a controller update using the OTA service and the update performance rate in which an actual update is in progress are increased.

Abstract: A system and method is provided that captures command and control string data during an unmanned vehicle operation. The control string includes user inputs (e.g., mouse inputs, keyboard inputs, etc.) and display outputs (i.e., data displaying to the user via displays). The control string data is captured and stored during the sortie (i.e., a flight) and the control string is preserved (also referred to as impounded) when a mishap occurred during the sortie.

Abstract: A method for controlling and documenting a working operation of an agricultural working machine with an device, the method comprising: providing a first device data for identification of the design of the device; collecting second device data relating to the operation of the device; determining one or more physical dimensions of the device using the second device data obtained during operation of the device; storing first device data together with the physical dimensions in a database; retrieving from the database the physical dimension for the device with the agricultural working machine based on the first device data; and controlling a working process of the agricultural working machine based on the retrieved physical dimensions of the device.

Abstract: A battery diagnostic device includes a first discharge process unit that performs a first diagnostic discharge, a first determination unit that determines whether a deterioration diagnosis of the battery is possible based on a physical quantity indicating the state of the battery during the first diagnostic discharge acquired by a first acquisition unit, a second discharge process unit that performs a second diagnostic discharge when it is determined that the deterioration diagnosis of the battery is impossible, and a diagnosis unit that performs the deterioration diagnosis of the battery based on the physical quantity acquired by the first acquisition unit when it is determined that the deterioration diagnosis of the battery is possible, and performs the deterioration diagnosis of the battery based on a physical quantity indicating the state of the battery during the second diagnostic discharge when it is determined that the deterioration diagnosis of the battery is impossible.

Abstract: A device for protecting a travel trajectory of an ego vehicle. An information evaluation device creates an ego grid for the travel trajectory of the ego vehicle through the travel surroundings so that for each ego grid cell, a temporal occupation of the particular ego grid cell by the ego vehicle, driving along the travel trajectory, is established, and creates a surroundings grid for the travel surroundings so that a temporal occupation of a surroundings grid cell by at least one object that is possibly present is established for each surroundings grid cell. The device includes a grid evaluation device that examines each ego grid cell and the particular associated surroundings grid cell with regard to a simultaneous occupation of the particular ego grid cell by the ego vehicle, driving along the travel trajectory, and of the particular associated surroundings grid cell by the at least one possibly present object.

Abstract: A prediction system implemented in a host vehicle to predict a merge cut-in for an autonomous vehicle. The system comprises an input unit for capturing neighboring information of the host vehicle, and a processing unit to receive the captured neighboring information and generate a grid map by determining shape and dimensions of a grid, estimate trajectory of each target vehicle of the one or more target vehicles, based on a driver behavior model of each target vehicle, to determine optimized path of each target vehicle, and generate a global maneuver model by analyzing motion of each neighboring target vehicle, wherein on generation of the global maneuver model a merge cut-in threat for the host vehicle is computed by performing centralized risk management and utilizing the predicted trajectory of the one or more target vehicles.

Abstract: A condition evaluation system evaluates a condition of an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle. The condition evaluation system includes: an evaluation unit configured to acquire load information indicating a load on the in-vehicle device when the vehicle is used and, each time the load information is acquired, derive a condition rank of the in-vehicle device based on the load information, the condition rank indicating at least whether the in-vehicle device should be recycled; and a storage unit configured to store the condition rank derived by the evaluation unit.

Abstract: Presented are control systems for operating rechargeable electrochemical devices, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles with intelligent battery charging and charging behavior feedback capabilities. A method of operating a rechargeable battery includes an electronic controller receiving battery data from a battery sensing device indicative of a battery state of charge (SOC). Using this battery data, the controller determines a number of low SOC excursions at which the battery SOC is below a predefined low SOC threshold and a number of high SOC excursions at which the battery SOC exceeds a predefined high SOC threshold. The controller then determines if the number of low SOC excursions exceeds a predefined maximum allowable low excursions and/or the number of high SOC excursions exceeds a predefined maximum allowable high excursions. If so, the controller responsively commands a resident subsystem to execute a control operation that mitigates degradation of the rechargeable battery.