Abstract: A system and method of scheduling an outsourced vehicle service includes providing access to a service scheduling program at a repair facility via a vehicle diagnostic computer tool or via a vehicle repair estimating software system, where the service scheduling program is integrated into or accessible by the vehicle diagnostic computer tool or the vehicle repair estimating software system, and includes scheduling an outsourced service for a vehicle to be performed by an outsourced service provider at a service location, where the scheduling is done by a repair service provider of the repair facility using the service scheduling program. The scheduling includes providing one or more potential outsourced service providers for performing the outsourced service, providing one or more potential appointment times for the outsourced service providers, selecting an outsourced service provider from the one or more potential outsourced service providers, and selecting an appointment time for the outsourced service.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including one or more sensors, at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle, determining, using a first tracking methodology, methodology tracking based on the sensor data, and receiving ground truth tracking. The at least one processor determining an association between the methodology tracking and the ground truth tracking, determining a joint probability distribution of the methodology tracking and the ground truth tracking, determining a methodology tracking distribution based on the joint probability distribution, determining a ground truth tracking distribution based on the joint probability distribution, and determining a Kullback-Leibler Divergence (KLD) score between the methodology tracking distribution and the ground truth tracking distribution.

Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a mounting table having a mounting surface on which a medium is to be placed, a side guide disposed on the mounting surface and including a restricting surface to restrict the medium in a width direction of the medium, and a recessed portion disposed at an upstream or downstream end portion of the side guide in a medium conveyance direction of the medium. The recessed portion has an upper surface and a side surface. The side surface includes a first portion having a first angle with respect to the restricting surface and a second portion having a second angle with respect to the restricting surface. The second angle is different from the first angle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disinfection robot. The disinfection robot includes a body provided with an outlet, a fan provided inside the body, a fan motor configured to rotate the fan, a wheel provided under the body, a wheel motor configured to rotate the wheel, a three-dimensional camera having a forward field of view of the body and configured to capture a three-dimensional image, and a processor configured to control the fan motor to rotate the fan to discharge air through the outlet and control the wheel motor to rotate the wheel to move the body based on the three-dimensional image.

Abstract: A mower implement comprising may include a main frame, a cutter assembly, a hyperspectral sensor, and a controller. The hyperspectral sensor is coupled to the main frame, receives reflectance from a target area disposed rearward of the cutter assembly and including the windrow, and generates a signal indicative of light spectrums of the target area. The controller has a processor and a memory having a windrow distribution algorithm stored therein. The processor is operable to execute the windrow distribution algorithm to: receive the signal indicative of the light spectrums of the target area from the hyperspectral sensor; calculate a normalized difference index based on the signal indicative of the light spectrums of the target area; estimate a volumetric spread of the windrow; and control a machine system based on the volumetric spread. The machine system includes one of a display, an actuator, and a drivetrain component.

Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating driving performance for a given driver/user of a motor vehicle, and automatically modifying the operation of one or more vehicle systems based on the evaluated driving performance. Driving performance may be inferred from input from one or more sensors. The sensor input may be fed to a machine learning classifier, which predicts a corresponding “driving skill level,” such as “Beginner,” “Intermediate,” or “Advanced.” Using the predicted driving skill level, the performance of vehicle systems may be modified to improve safety and/or driver experience.

Abstract: In a technique for controlling a first vehicle, display information and position specifying information are received from a second vehicle different from the first vehicle via inter-vehicle communications. The display information is information for display and independently set for the second vehicle in the second vehicle. The position specifying information is information for specifying a position of the second vehicle. The position of the second vehicle relative to the first vehicle is specified based on the position specifying information. Display on a display device is controlled to superimpose information indicated by the display information on the position of the second vehicle in a landscape in front of the first vehicle based on the position of the second vehicle and the display information.

Abstract: A power-supply management device for service modules applied to a service module installed vehicle includes a vehicle state recognition unit that recognizes a state of a vehicle in which service modules are interchangeably installed, a service module identification unit that identifies a type of the service modules currently installed in the vehicle, and a power-supply management processing unit that is capable of executing, for each of the service modules, power-supply management processing of managing power supply to the service module individually based on the state of the vehicle recognized by the vehicle state recognition unit and the type of the service module identified by the service module identification unit.

Abstract: A fusion positioning method, comprising: sampling an environmental object by means of a two-dimensional laser radar carried by a robot, so as to acquire radar point cloud-related data of the environmental object; performing adjacent matching on the position Pi of a landmark Li in the environmental object on a road sign map and the landmark map, so as to acquire the position Pj of a landmark Lj nearest to the position Pi on the landmark map; performing scan matching on a two-dimensional grid map by using point cloud data, from which distortion is removed, of the environmental object, so as to acquire a global pose of the robot in the two-dimensional grid map, and taking same as a global pose observation value G pose of the robot; and according the position Pi of the landmark Li on the landmark map, the position Pj of the landmark Lj on the landmark map, and an estimated pose and the global pose observation value G pose of the robot, performing an iterative optimization on the pose of the robot until the error

Abstract: The information processing apparatus comprises an inertial sensor provided in a vehicle; a position and orientation estimation unit for performing estimation processing for a position and orientation of the vehicle by using an output from the inertial sensor; a movement state acquisition unit for acquiring a movement state of the vehicle; and a first weighting determining unit for determining a first weighting in relation to output information from the inertial sensor in the estimation processing of the position and orientation estimation unit based on the movement state that has been acquired by the movement state acquisition unit.

Abstract: A robot for waste disposal, the robot being configured to be secured to a garbage container. The robot includes a propulsion system, a control unit, a navigation system, and at least one power source. The control unit is configured to: store a scheduler event in the memory, the scheduler event including information pertaining to a day of the week and a time of the day; store a navigation instruction in the memory, the navigation instruction including at least a first route that begins at a first location and ends at a trash pickup location; and activate the propulsion system based on information provided by the navigation system to propel the garbage container along the first route of the navigation instruction such that the garbage container is propelled from the first location to the trash pickup location when the scheduler event occurs.

Abstract: A thruster system for a marine vessel includes an electric motor having an output shaft. The thruster system also includes a housing having a first housing opening and a second housing opening, the first housing opening defining a water intake, the second housing opening defining a water discharge. The thruster system further includes a rotatable member operatively coupled to, and driven by, the output shaft of the electric motor, wherein rotation of the rotatable member results in water brought into the housing through the first housing opening and expelled through the second housing opening to generate a thrust force in a direction that is greater than 45 degrees relative to a propeller direction of the marine vessel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an autonomous mobile device, an operating method, and a storage medium. The operating method is configured to control the autonomous mobile device to move along a work route, including: a first rotating step in which the autonomous mobile device rotates in a first direction for a first angle at a first location on the work route; a first moving step in which the autonomous mobile device moves to a second location on the work route; a second rotating step in which the autonomous mobile device rotates in a second direction for a second angle at the second location; and a second moving step in which the autonomous mobile device continues moving along the work route. The first rotating step, the first moving step, the second rotating step, and the second moving step form a cycle, and the operating method includes repeatedly executing the cycle.

Abstract: This application disclose a method for constructing an indoor map. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of first tracks and a second track, where each first track is a flat-layer track located on an indoor horizontal layer, the second track is a cross-layer track located between different indoor horizontal layers, and a first wireless signal information similarity between each first track point of the first track and each second track point is less than a first threshold; and performing layering on the plurality of first tracks based on a second wireless signal information similarity between the plurality of first tracks, to obtain a layering result, where the layering result may be used to construct an indoor map.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple parameters associated with operation of a turbine engine. The method also includes applying a model predictive control algorithm to the parameters to predict a future torque value of a shaft of the turbine engine, the future torque value indicating a likelihood of future shaft shear. The method further includes, in response to the future torque value being outside of an expected range, performing an action to reduce risk of the future shaft shear.

Abstract: A method of controlling a secondary drivetrain of an electrically powered vehicle includes receiving a connect request for a disconnect mechanism, which includes a first and second clutch member. The second clutch member is biased to a disconnected state from the first clutch member and axially moveable into a connected state to transfer torque from an electric motor to the wheels. An initial current is applied to an actuator of the second clutch member, but the initial current does not overcome the bias on the second clutch member. The electric motor rotates the first clutch member such that a speed difference relative to the second clutch member is reduced below a threshold level. The method applies an additional current to the actuator, which overcomes the bias and connects the clutch members to transfer torque. The time to connect the clutch members is reduced because the initial current was already applied.

Abstract: In a navigation system, a data center is connected to a plurality of vehicles via a communication network. The data center receives video data and stores the received video data in a storage device, the received video data being data of a video captured by a drive recorder and provided from a first vehicle among the plurality of vehicles, the first vehicle having a destination that is set such that route guidance until arrival at the destination cannot be accomplished by the navigation device, the first vehicle having arrived at the destination. The data center transmits the video data stored in the storage device to a second vehicle among the plurality of vehicles, the second vehicle having the destination set in the navigation device. The navigation device of the second vehicle performs guidance to the destination by replaying the received video after the route guidance around the destination is terminated.

Abstract: A vehicular navigation system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) having electronic circuitry and associated software. The ECU is operable to determine routes for a vehicle equipped with the vehicular navigation system based at least in part on map data. The ECU, to route the vehicle from a starting location to an ending location, determines one or more candidate routes from the starting location to the ending location. For each determined candidate route, the ECU determines a respective energy efficiency for travel of the vehicle along the respective determined candidate route based at least in part on environmental temperature data for at least one location along the respective determined candidate route. The ECU selects one of the determined candidate routes for the vehicle to travel along based on the determined respective energy efficiency for travel of the vehicle along each determined candidate route.

Abstract: A hybrid electric vehicle includes a control device that performs travel control and battery control. The battery control includes: first discharge control that sets a lower limit voltage of the battery to a first lower limit value when the battery is not in a warm-up state of the catalyst device, and sets battery dischargeable power to a first upper limit value; and second discharge control that sets a lower limit voltage of the battery to a second lower limit value that is smaller than the first lower limit value when the battery is in a warm-up state of the catalyst device, and sets the battery dischargeable power to a second upper limit value that is larger than the first upper limit value. The travel control includes transient control for causing the battery to output power that is a sum of the battery dischargeable power and a temporary increase.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for controlling an outrigger of a pump truck, a method for controlling the pump truck and the pump truck. The method for controlling the outrigger of the pump truck of the present disclosure includes: obtaining a first tilting angle of an entire pump truck after a boom is unfolded; and in a case that the first tilting angle is larger than or equal to a first preset value, obtaining a current error count, and controlling the outrigger to act based on the current error count.