Abstract: An acceleration/deceleration controller for controlling acceleration/deceleration of a vehicle by a one-pedal, includes: a processor to, in a case of vehicle's deceleration, change acceleration-off deceleration to be weaker than an initial value as a frequency of re-stepping operation, in which an acceleration-on operation is conducted immediately after a human recognizable time after an acceleration-off operation, increases, and change the acceleration-off deceleration to be greater than the initial value as the frequency of the re-stepping operation decreases.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an autonomous mobile machine, a controller, and a point cloud matching state confirmation method for an autonomous mobile machine. The autonomous mobile machine includes a controller, and the controller is configured to execute a program instruction to implement the following operations: obtaining an original point cloud and a target point cloud; registering the original point cloud and the target point cloud to obtain a Hessian matrix and a transformation matrix between the original point cloud and the target point cloud; calculating a matching error between the original point cloud and the target point cloud according to the Hessian matrix and the transformation matrix; and determining a matching state between the original point cloud and the target point cloud based on a comparison between the matching error and a first threshold range.

Abstract: A control system for a tiltable vehicle may include a motor controller configured to respond to backward or reverse operation of the vehicle by hindering a responsiveness of the control system (e.g., proportionally) and/or eventually disengaging a drive motor of the vehicle. Accordingly, a user may intuitively and safely dismount the vehicle by selectively commanding reverse operation. In some examples, the backward direction may be user-defined.

Abstract: A system (for determining one or more emergency escape paths for one or more emergencies that can occur during a flight of an aircraft) includes a control unit configured to automatically determine the one or more emergency escape paths for the one or more emergencies based on performance capabilities of the aircraft, terrain within at least a portion of an original flight path or the one or more emergency escape paths, and obstacles within at least a portion of the original flight path or the one or more emergency escape paths.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring a location of a client device associated with a transportation service and generating augmented reality images for display on the client device. The systems and methods use sensor data from the client device and a device localization process to monitor the location of the client device by comparing renderings of images captured by the client device to renderings of the vicinity of the pickup location. The systems and methods determine navigation instructions from the user's current location to the pickup location and select one or more augmented reality elements associated with the navigation instructions and/or landmarks along the route to the pickup location. The systems and methods instruct the client device to overlay the selected augmented reality elements on a video feed of the client device.

Abstract: An embodiment vehicle side-by-side doors opening and closing system includes a pair of side-by-side doors having a first door and a second door configured to open outwardly from a vehicle toward a boarding and alighting structure and a controller configured to assign the first door and the second door to an initially operative door and a subsequently operative door and to control a first door motor of the first door and a second door motor of the second door to perform opening operations of the initially operative door and the subsequently operative door with a time delay in the opening operation of the subsequently operative door following the opening operation of the initially operative door.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body, a sensor to sense an environment around the vehicle body to output sensing data, and a communication device to transmit the sensing data output from the sensor to a remote device. The sensor changes a data amount of the sensing data output to the communication device, depending on a communication rate from the communication device to the remote device.

Abstract: A high-level motion controller provides a lower-level thrust allocation with generalized forces demanded on the ship for the current instant of time as well as a prediction of future generalized forces { ? ˆ D } t = 0 T demanded over a predicted future time, and optionally one or more other reference predictions, such as a time-varying velocity and position of the ship { ? ^ D , v ^ D } t = 0 T . When predictions of the future desired forces and torque are made available to the lower-level thrust allocation, the lower-level thrust allocation will be aware of what is needed in the future and use the predictions to make efficient changes towards the desired future references, when it generates control signals to thrusters available in the thruster system to distribute the desired generalized forces into individual forces of the individual thrusters.

Abstract: An example method involves detecting a sensor-testing trigger. Detecting the sensor-testing trigger may comprise determining that a vehicle is within a threshold distance to a target in an environment of the vehicle. The method also involves obtaining sensor data collected by a sensor of the vehicle after the detection of the sensor-testing trigger. The sensor data is indicative of a scan of a region of the environment that includes the target. The method also involves comparing the sensor data with previously-collected sensor data indicating detection of the target by one or more sensors during one or more previous scans of the environment. The method also involves generating performance metrics related to the sensor of the vehicle based on the comparison.

Abstract: A boat ramp occupancy indicator system having a server entity with database, a first input for receiving current weather and tidal information, a second input for receiving traffic information, and a plurality of smart phones having an end-user application operating therein. The system communicating with each one of the end-user applications operating on a smart phone. When a smart phone, operating the end-user application, is located at or near a selected boat ramp, the system sends a push notification to such user inquiring if the user is located at the boat ramp. The system determining, regardless of whether or not the user responds to the sent push notification, how busy the selected boat ramp is. The system, based upon how busy the selected boat ramp is determined to be, sending out informative notifications to other users who have designated the select boat ramp as a favorite boat ramp.

Abstract: An activation system of a work machine includes a vehicle body control unit outputting a control signal to drive a vehicle body of the work machine with power supplied by a power source, and an authentication unit performing authentication of an operator of the work machine. The activation system of a work machine first activates the authentication unit, and activates the vehicle body control unit when the authentication unit authenticates that the operator boarding the work machine is a specific operator.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for clear air turbulence (CAT) detection. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving, from a vehicle, biometric data for at least one subject aboard the vehicle, wherein the biometric data meets a biometric abnormality threshold; applying a first weight value to a first subset of the biometric data determined to correspond to a passenger aboard the vehicle; applying a second weight value to a second subset of the biometric data determined to correspond to a crewmember aboard the vehicle, wherein the first weight value represents a greater impact value than the second weight value; determining the vehicle has encountered a monitored vehicle event representing CAT based at least in part on the first and second weight values; generating a predicted event location based on vehicle data associated with the vehicle; and providing the predicted event location to an additional vehicle.

Abstract: A system for controlling the operation of an agricultural implement includes a disk blade configured to rotate relative to soil in a field across which the agricultural implement is traveling. Moreover, the system includes a computing system configured to access a map identifying a length parameter at a plurality of locations within the field. The length parameter is, in turn, associated with one or more corn stalks that have been severed from a corresponding root ball and are present on a surface of a portion of the field. In addition, the computing system is configured to receive location sensor data indicative of a current location of the agricultural implement within the field and control an operating parameter of the disk blade based on the accessed map and the received location sensor data.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a wheel group connected to the vehicle body, a door disposed on the vehicle body and opened by an actuator in a first direction, and a planar light shielding member disposed on the door, having a variable light transmittance and including at least a first region and a second region that are disposed along the first direction. When the vehicle is in a first state, the first region and the second region of the light shielding member in the door have a first light transmittance. When the vehicle is in a second state, the second region remains at the first light transmittance, and the first region has a second light transmittance larger than the first light transmittance. Thereafter, an opening operation of the door in the first direction is completed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning robot and a movement control method thereof. Based on the method, during travel of the cleaning robot, three-dimensional information of an obstacle is acquired through a sensor system. When the obstacle moves within the detection range of the sensor system, when a distance between the obstacle and the cleaning robot along a central axis of the cleaning robot is less than a first preset detection threshold, and when a maximum value among included angles between connection lines constituted by a first reference point of the cleaning robot and second reference points of the obstacle and a current traveling direction of the cleaning robot is greater than a third preset detection threshold, an action away from the obstacle is intelligently performed.

Abstract: A control system an unmanned vehicle includes a first processing unit configured to execute a primary autopilot process for controlling the unmanned vehicle. The control system further includes a programmable logic array in operative communication with the first processing unit. The control system also includes a state machine configured in the programmable logic array. The state machine is configured to enable control of the unmanned vehicle according to a backup autopilot process in response to an invalid output of the first processing unit.

Abstract: A communication control method applied to a gateway of a vehicle includes: obtaining driving information and driving environment information of the vehicle; determining a communication parameter according to the driving information and the driving environment information of the vehicle; and sending the communication parameter to a plurality of vehicle on board controllers (VOBCs) of the vehicle. The communication parameter is selected form a group of a communication frequency, a communication rate, and a communication protocol, the plurality of VOBCs communicate with each other according to the communication parameter. A gateway and a vehicle are also disclosed.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment, and a thermal event monitoring system. The thermal event monitoring system includes a plurality of sampling elements each configured to sample an environmental condition associated with a sampling location within the refuse compartment and a processing circuit operatively coupled to and configured to receive sampling data from the plurality of sampling elements and to determine a presence and location of a thermal event within the refuse compartment.

Abstract: The portable terminal is operated by an operator to operate the vehicle, and performs wireless communication with the vehicle. The portable terminal includes a sensor, a touch panel, and a processor. The sensor detects an inclination direction and an inclination angle of the portable terminal. The touch panel includes a display screen and detects touch of an operator on the display screen. The processor selects one of the first and second operation methods corresponding to the first and second holding methods of the portable terminal by the operator based on orientation information, generates travel control information for vehicle travel control based on the tilting operation of tilting the portable terminal during selection of the first operation method, and generates travel control information based on the tilting operation and the touch operation to a predetermined position on the display screen during selection of the second operation method.

Abstract: A control device controls a partition of a moving object including a first seat provided in the moving object, a second seat provided in the moving object, and the partition positioned between the first seat and the second seat and which is projectable. The control device includes a moving state determination unit that determines whether or not the moving object has transitioned to a predetermined moving state, and a partition control unit that automatically project the partition when the moving state determination unit determines that the moving object has transitioned to the predetermined moving state.