Abstract: A computing device operating as a controller can obtain image data from a camera component. The computing device can determine a location of the self-propelled device relative to the camera based on the image data. A virtual content may be generated on the computing device based at least in part on the location of the self-propelled device.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for providing separable vehicles from a main vehicle to pick up or drop off passengers and return and reconnect to the main vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an information processing method applied to a mobile device, including: acquiring a first vector, wherein the first vector is used for describing the change of a relative velocity between the mobile device and a followed target object caused by the own movement of a first coordinate system which is fixedly connected with the mobile device; acquiring a second vector, wherein the second vector is a relative velocity vector between the mobile device and the followed target object; adding the first vector to the second vector to acquire a third vector, wherein the third vector is an absolute velocity vector of the target object; and acquiring a first included angle according to the third vector, wherein the first included angle is an included angle between the own absolute velocity vector of the mobile device and the third vector; and generating a control law for controlling the movement of the mobile device according to the first included angle.

Abstract: A vehicle having a system for detecting another vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a vehicle sensor configured to sense a steering angle and a yaw rate of the vehicle. The vehicle also has a computing system configured to detect another vehicle within an adjustable angular range from a point of the vehicle. The angular range for detecting another vehicle is adjusted using at least one of the vehicle's current steering angle and yaw rate.

Abstract: A configuration includes: a search unit to access to a map database storing map information to search for a destination corresponding to an input linguistic expression, using a plurality of search criteria provided with orders of priority; and a destination setting unit to set a first destination corresponding to the input linguistic expression, in accordance with the orders of priority.

Abstract: Systems and a related method for internally monitored navigation replace one or more inertial reference units (IRU) of an aircraft navigation system with GNSS-assisted multi-mode receivers (MMR) including dual-antenna receivers. Each MMR may validate inertial position data generated by a remaining IRU by detecting drift errors in the inertial position data or latent faults in the IRU. The system may include, in place of one or more IRUs, attitude heading and reference systems (AHRS) incorporating lower-grade high-performance inertial sensors. Internal monitoring of the remaining IRUs or the inertial position data generated thereby may alternatively be carried out by the AHRS. Based on internal monitoring by the MMRs and/or AHRS, user display and flight control systems of an aircraft can exclude a faulty IRU, preventing the use of position solutions incorporating erroneous inertial data.

Abstract: A method includes defining a flight plan of an unmanned aerial vehicle from a rest location thereof to a destination location within a memory of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and capturing, through one or more sensor(s) communicatively coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle and a server through a computer network, data related to an environment of a specific location covered by the one or more sensor(s). The method also includes detecting, through a processor associated with the one or more sensor(s) and/or the server, a security breach and/or a security threat at the specific location based on analyzing the captured data, and automatically activating, through the one or more sensor(s) or the server, the flight plan on the unmanned aerial vehicle in response to the detection of the security breach and/or the security threat to dispatch the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform additional surveillance of the specific location.

Abstract: Disclosed is a data recording unit and data recording system for use in connection with a vehicle, such as a train, a locomotive of a train, a railcar of a train, and the like.

Abstract: A trackless vehicle may be dispatched in a ride path comprising a predefined path and a set of optional predefined paths by receiving, such as by an on-board trackless vehicle controller, a rider identifier associated with a rider who is associated with the trackless vehicle, either a rider about to board the trackless vehicle or a rider who has boarded the trackless vehicle. Upon receipt, identification, and validation of the rider identifier, a predetermined set of optional predefined paths available to and associated with the validated rider identifier are identified and one or more of the predefined paths are selected, with the trackless vehicle being commanded to proceed onto the selected predefined path.

Abstract: A method is disclosed, comprising holding available, by at least a first apparatus, data associated with each road segment of at least one road segment, said data comprising (i) a representative of a first metric associated with spatial properties associated with the respective road segment; (ii) at least one representative of a second metric associated with at least one dynamic event associated with the respective road segment; and (iii) at least one representative of a third metric associated with a speed associated with the respective road segment, and wherein the method comprises, for at least one road segment of the at least one road segment, providing, by said at least one first apparatus, a safety data of the respective road segment at least partially based on the representative of the first metric, the at least one representative of the second metric and the at least one representative of the third metric associated with the respective road segment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provided a system comprising: a plurality of speed controllers each configured to assume one or more ‘on’ states or one or more ‘off’ states, in a predetermined one or more on states each speed controller being configured to cause a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value, in an off state each speed controller being configured not to cause a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value, the system being configured wherein only one of the speed controllers may be in an on state at a given moment in time, the other one or more speed controllers being arranged to assume an off state when a speed controller is in an on state, the system being configured to delete from a speed controller memory or associated speed controller memory directly accessible by said speed controller, one or more target speed values employed by a speed controller that is not in an on state.

Abstract: A control system and method for controlling a multiple gear ratio automatic transmission in a powertrain for an automatic transmission having pressure activated friction torque elements to effect gear ratio upshifts. The friction torque elements are synchronously engaged and released during a torque phase of an upshift event as torque from a torque source is increased while allowing the off-going friction elements to slip, followed by an inertia phase during which torque from a torque source is modulated. A perceptible transmission output torque reduction during an upshift is avoided. Measured torque values are used during a torque phase of the upshift to correct an estimated oncoming friction element target torque so that transient torque disturbances at an oncoming clutch are avoided and torque transients at the output shaft are reduced.

Abstract: A method for managing a battery located in a motor vehicle includes cooling the battery when a data item indicative of the temperature of the battery exceeds a first threshold, stopping the cooling of the battery when the data item indicative of the temperature of the battery drops below a second threshold, notably lower than the first threshold, and adjusting at least one of the first and second thresholds.

Abstract: A driving support apparatus mounted to a vehicle includes: a parking space identifier that identifies a parking space by using an imaging process based on a captured image taken by an imaging device, which is mounted to the vehicle and takes an image of the surrounding of the vehicle; an overlapping degree identifier that identifies an overlapping degree of the vehicle towards the parking space based on the captured image and the parking space identified by the parking space identifier; and a speed limiter that limits a vehicle speed to be less than or equal to a maximum value, which is predetermined, when the overlapping degree identified by the overlapping degree identifier is larger to or equal to a predetermined value.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a heading generation method of an unmanned aerial vehicle including the following steps of: making a preliminary flight for selecting a point of view to record flight waypoints, the waypoints including positioning data and flight altitude information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; receiving and recording flight waypoints of the unmanned aerial vehicle; generating a flight trajectory according to waypoints of the preliminary flight; editing the flight trajectory to obtain a new flight trajectory; and transmitting the edited new flight trajectory to the unmanned aerial vehicle to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly according to the new flight trajectory. The present invention further relates to a heading generation system of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a data recorder unit and system for a vehicle. The system includes at least one video camera device configured to generate video data associated with the vehicle and/or its surroundings, and wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the video data. The data recorder unit includes a data recorder enclosure, a data processing unit located in the enclosure and configured to: wirelessly receive at least a portion of the video data from the at least one video camera device, process at least a portion of the video data, and generate processed video data based at least partially on the video data, and at least one storage device comprising at least one crash-hardened memory in communication with the at least one data processing unit and configured to store at least a portion of at least one of the video data and the processed video data.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle responds to mission cues during a mission. The mission cues are characteristics of image and/or sensor data. The unmanned aerial vehicle may change data gathering operations or may perform sub-missions within a mission in response to the mission cues.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) steering control system determines how much and when to apply a steering control to maneuver obstacles of a planned route. The steering control system calculates a first steering angle based on a target directional angle and an actual directional angle of the ADV, a second steering angle based on a target lateral position and an actual lateral position of the ADV to maneuver a planned route, an object, or an obstacle course. The steering control system determines a target steering angle based on the first steering angle and the second steering angles and utilizes the target steering angle to control a subsequent steering angle of the ADV.

Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided that provide for facilitating delivery, via autonomous ground vehicles, of products ordered by customers of a retailer to physical locations of vehicles designated by the customers.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a motor vehicle on the basis of one or more comparison values of a variable relating to a motion of the motor vehicle which have respectively been ascertained with different, motor-vehicle-external capture devices, a functionality in the context of ascertaining the variable with motor-vehicle-internal capture device, and/or a functionality of a drive control system of the motor vehicle, being assessed on the basis of the comparison values.