Abstract: The correctness of information transmitted by a vehicle is assessed. Vehicle information about vehicle characteristics of a vehicle is received, wherein a vehicle trust value is assigned to the vehicle. Detector information about the vehicle characteristics is received, which is based on a detection of the vehicle characteristics by at least one detector outside the vehicle, wherein a detector trust value is assigned to the detector. Then, the correctness of the vehicle information is assessed. A correctness value is assigned to the vehicle information, and the vehicle trust value is updated. The vehicle information may be discarded when the correctness value is too low. Vehicles with a high trust value may validate other vehicles, which may in turn validate even more vehicles. In this way, a chain of vehicles with a high trust value (or trusted vehicles) may be established.

Abstract: Process scheduling based on data arrival in an autonomous vehicle, including: receiving, by a node and from one or more other nodes of a distributed automation computing system, a plurality of portions of data; generating a process schedule by scheduling, for each portion of data of the plurality of portions of data, a process for processing a corresponding portion of data within a time window, wherein an ordering of the process schedule corresponds to an order of arrival of the plurality of portions of data; and executing, during the time window, the process schedule.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining, at a device, source and destination data for one or more upcoming flights through a particular airspace. The method also includes obtaining, at the device, a map of societal impact hotspots associated with traffic through the particular airspace, and generating, based on the map of societal impact hotspots, a set of trajectories for the one or more upcoming flights through the particular airspace.

Abstract: A method of controlling a propulsion system of a marine vehicle by a controller, which forms data on a pitch angle (?(?)) of at least one foil based on an angularly variable wake field (W(?)) affecting the at least one foil and an angle (?) of a rotation of the foil wheel. An actuator arrangement that receives the data from the controller sets the at least one foil at the pitch angle (?(?)) based on the data.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support apparatus includes a forward environment recognizing device configured to recognize a traveling environment forward of a vehicle, a control device configured to perform adaptive cruise control and active lane keep centering control based on the recognized traveling environment, an electric power steering device configured to control a turning angle of wheels in a ganged manner in accordance with a steering angle received from a steering handle, and a driver monitoring system configured to detect changes in biological information of a driver who drives the vehicle. When the driver monitoring system detects a drop in alertness of the driver, the control device is configured to perform the adaptive cruise control and the active lane keep centering control and execute a steering handle idle mode that stops the electric power steering device from controlling the turning angle in the ganged manner in accordance with the steering angle.

Abstract: When a control unit assigns, to each of multiple routes, any of multiple vehicles that is able to travel with a drive source of at least one of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, categories of the vehicles being different from each other, the control unit determines, based on a cost or an environmental load when the vehicle is caused to travel on the routes with the electric motor and a cost or an environmental load when the vehicle is caused to travel on the routes with the internal combustion engine, combinations of the vehicles and the routes.

Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle including: obtaining trip information of a current trip of a user of the autonomous vehicle and historical traffic information related to the current trip; selecting an autonomous driving (AD) mode that is suitable for the current trip from a plurality of pre-defined AD modes; comparing time required for the autonomous vehicle to complete a portion of the current trip in the selected AD mode with historical average time to complete the portion of the current trip, the historical average time being acquired based on the historical traffic information; and dynamically adjusting driving of the autonomous vehicle based on the comparison to minimize the difference between the time required for the autonomous vehicle to complete the portion of the current trip in the selected AD mode and the historical average time.

Abstract: An excavator includes a controller that selects, in a machine control function, a master element and a slave element among a plurality of moving elements constituting an attachment, based on a plurality of information representing details of operations for the plurality of moving elements.

Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle. A map of corresponding event locations for one or more high load events is provided, wherein the one or more high load events have historically led to an above-average load on a vehicle component. A current position and/or route of the motor vehicle is determined. A high load event is identified from among the one or more high load events as likely to be relevant to the motor vehicle during the current operation. The identification of the high load event is based on the current position and/or route of the motor vehicle. The vehicle component is thermally preconditioned, via a corresponding automatic control of at least one device of the motor vehicle, before the motor vehicle has reached the corresponding event location of the identified high load event.

Abstract: Technologies and techniques for determining a trajectory of an assisted-operated motor vehicle. At least one object is detected in an environment of the motor vehicle and at least one uncertainty with respect to the object is determined. A future environment with the object is predicted via an electronic computing device, as a function of the detected environment and the detected object, wherein a risk value for a planned trajectory is determined on the basis of a collision probability. A most probable impact constellation and accident severity for the most probable impact constellation is determined, wherein the collision probability and the accident severity is weighted in a risk value, and wherein the trajectory is determined as a function of the determined risk value.

Abstract: A method for operating a motorcycle. In the method, an environment of the motorcycle is acquired and free spaces in the environment that are usable by the motorcycle are detected, and a change in the free spaces and a trajectory of the motorcycle are predicted and evaluated for conflicts, and in a conflict case, a conflict-free alternative trajectory is ascertained for the motorcycle and communicated to a rider of the motorcycle.

Abstract: A shoulder blade position estimation apparatus for a vehicle is provided in a seat on which an occupant operating a steering wheel of the vehicle is seated, and configured to estimate positions of shoulder blades of the occupant. The shoulder blade position estimation apparatus includes a surface pressure sensor and a shoulder blade position estimation unit. The seat includes a seat surface member on which thighs and a waist of the occupant are placed, and a seat back disposed in rear of an upper body of the occupant. The surface pressure sensor detects a distribution of surface pressures that the seat back receives from the upper body of the occupant. When the occupant turns the steering wheel by a predetermined angle, the shoulder blade position estimation unit estimates that the shoulder blades are present near a region where the surface pressures on left and right sides change in opposite directions.

Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, a first hydraulic pump provided on the upper swing structure, an attachment attached to the upper swing structure, a first actuator, a second actuator, a first directional control valve corresponding to the first actuator, a second directional control valve corresponding to the second actuator, a first conduit connecting the first hydraulic pump and the first directional control valve, a second conduit connecting the first conduit and the second directional control valve, a control valve installed in the second conduit, and processing circuitry configured to control the opening area of the control valve according to information on work details.

Abstract: An aircraft propeller control system for an aircraft propeller with adjustable blade angle has a blade angle feedback ring and a sensor, one of which is mounted for rotation with the propeller. The blade angle feedback ring moves longitudinally along with adjustment of the blade angle and has position markers circumferentially spaced apart at distances that vary along a longitudinal axis. The sensor is positioned adjacent the feedback ring for producing signals indicative of passage of the position markers. Intervals between signals are indicative of circumferential distances between position markers. A controller measures longitudinal position of the feedback ring based on the intervals and is configured to produce a warning signal if the longitudinal position is outside a first threshold range.

Abstract: A vehicle power supply device acquires a state of a vehicle, controls a first switch disposed between an auxiliary power supply and a second load to be in a disconnected state in a case where the vehicle is in a predetermined state including ignition off, and controls the first switch to be in a connected state in a case where the vehicle is in a predetermined automatic driving state among automatic driving states including partial and conditional automatic driving.

Abstract: An implement monitoring/soil sensor control system for an agricultural implement may include one or more soil sensors configured to couple to a ground engaging tool of the agricultural implement. The one or more soil sensors may be configured to detect one or more soil properties. Additionally, the soil sensor control system includes a controller with a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a height of a main frame of the agricultural implement above a soil surface, determine a tool penetration depth of the ground engaging tool based on the height of the main frame, wherein the ground engaging tool is configured to couple to the main frame, and selectively activate the one or more soil sensors based on the tool penetration depth of the ground engaging tool.

Abstract: Enclosed are embodiments of motion control operations in various traffic scenarios in consideration of the kinematic factor for trajectory planning. In some embodiments, a method includes: determining a danger rating for at least one object identified in an environment, wherein the danger rating represents a perceived risk associated with a respective object; evaluating a set of hierarchical factors with respect to a traffic scenario, wherein a metric is derived for trajectories of the traffic scenario that quantifies passenger ride comfort based on the danger rating and the set of hierarchical factors; determining a motion control operation in the traffic scenario to increase the passenger ride comfort based on the metric; and augmenting a route planner of an autonomous vehicle with motion control operations in different traffic scenarios to increase the passenger ride comfort.

Abstract: A method for bypass alert, the method includes (i) obtaining sensed information about an environment of the vehicle, by one of more vehicle sensors of a vehicle. The environment of the vehicle includes a passing lane and a current lane; (ii) determining whether a driver initiates a bypass of another vehicle to be bypassed, by a first machine learning process (MLP), based on at least one out of vehicle parameters and the sensed information (iii) determining that the vehicle entered the passing lane; (iv) determining, by a second (MLP), a determined time to collision (TTC) to an incoming vehicle that is located at the passing lane and drives towards the vehicle; (v) determining, based on at least on the determined TTC and an allowable TTC to provide a safety parameter of the bypass; and (vi) responding to the safety parameter.

Abstract: A method for checking a vehicle includes receiving measured data by an electronic computing device which is external to the vehicle and which is different from the vehicle. The measured data are received from a measurement device which is different from the vehicle and different from the electronic computing device and the measured data characterize an acceleration of the vehicle recorded by the measurement device and/or a noise of the vehicle recorded by the measurement device and/or an image of a subregion of the vehicle recorded by the measurement device. The received measured data are evaluated by the electronic computing device and the vehicle is checked for a malfunction based on the evaluating of the received measured data by the electronic computing device.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus includes a surrounding-condition-information acquiring unit that acquires surrounding condition information, a vehicle-state-information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle state information, a light-distribution control processor that executes light distribution control, a traveling control processor that executes traveling control in accordance with traffic lane designation, a DDI detector that detects a DDI in a front region based on the surrounding condition information and determines whether the vehicle is entering or exiting from the DDI based on the surrounding condition information and the vehicle state information, and a control switch. When the vehicle entering the DDI is detected, the control switch switches the traveling control and the light distribution control from standard traveling control to non-standard traveling control.