Abstract: A system includes a work implement sensor attached to a work implement to detect work implement roll and pitch angles, and a controller. The controller acquires an actual frame length, a position of the first body connecting portion, and the roll and pitch angles. The controller calculates an assumed position of the first frame connecting portion when the yaw angle is assumed to be a predetermined angle based on the roll and pitch angles in the first posture, an assumed frame length indicating a distance between the assumed position of the first frame connecting portion and the first body connecting portion, the yaw angle of the work implement in the first posture based on a difference between the actual and assumed frame lengths, and a position of the predetermined portion of the work implement based on the roll, pitch and yaw angles of the work implement in the first posture.

Abstract: An automated system for animal waste removal is disclosed. The system comprises a wearable monitoring assembly configured to be fitted to an animal for detecting an imminent waste elimination event. This assembly includes sensors to generate postural and physiological data, which is analyzed by a processor executing a predictive model to identify the event and transmit an alert signal with the animal's location. In response to the alert, an external autonomous aerial vehicle is dispatched. The vehicle features a waste collection mechanism that is configurable in a dual-mode capacity. An interceptive mode is employed for the direct capture of waste during elimination, while a retrieval mode is used to collect waste after it has been deposited. This dual-mode functionality provides a comprehensive, timely, and automated solution for animal waste collection in various environments.

Abstract: An obstacle avoidance and detection device for a vehicle body of a four-way shuttle and a pallet, and a working method thereof are provided. The device includes a four-way shuttle, pallets with goods, and Y direction tracks and an X direction track that are interlaced horizontally and longitudinally. The four-way shuttle can operate in track directions of the Y direction tracks and the X direction track. Shelf supports are arranged on two sides of the Y direction tracks. A vehicle body of the four-way shuttle is provided with distance sensors on front and rear sides in both an X direction and a Y direction. A jacking structure of the four-way shuttle is provided with distance detection sensors on front and rear sides in the Y direction. Collisions between the four-way shuttle and an obstacle or the pallets are avoided.

Abstract: A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) sensor simulator device adapted to be electronically connected to the engine control module (ECM) of a diesel engine and adapted to replace or override electronic signals being sent from an existing DEF header, that is connected between a DEF fluid tank and an ECM of the diesel engine, and send simulated analog or digital signals to the ECM to avoid a sudden reduction in power of the diesel engine, and thereby the power and speed of a diesel vehicle using the diesel engine, during failure of any of the components of the emission system of the diesel vehicle resulting in DEF readings showing that the fuel tank is empty, the fluid temperature is out of a required range, or the fluid quality is out of a required range.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting unexploded ordnance (UXO) is disclosed. The system combines a customized Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with a ground control station, and flies above terrain with centimeter precision using onboard LIDAR, SONAR, and RADAR sensors at altitudes as low as 20 cm. The system also provides several methods for mission planning including numerous Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for tablets and smartphones. The system provides obstacle avoidance and non-geometric area mapping. The data is fully compatible with numerous geophysical software formats and enables the UAV capable of precisely following real world terrain at distances as close as 20 cm, and is able to avoid obstacles in its flight path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle platooning control apparatus including a vehicle speed setter configured to set a target speed of a platooning group based on driving-speed-based fuel economy data of a vehicle included in the platooning group, a distance setter configured to set a separation distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle based on the target speed set by the vehicle speed setter, and a driving controller configured to control driving of the vehicle based on the target speed set by the vehicle speed setter or the separation distance set by the distance setter.

Abstract: A display device including: a road width recognition unit configured to recognize a width of a road on which a vehicle is traveling based on a detection result of a vehicle-mounted external sensor used for at least one of autonomous driving control and driving assistance control of the vehicle including a camera, the camera being configured to capture a surrounding situation image showing a situation around the vehicle; and a display control unit configured to cause a vehicle-mounted display unit to display the surrounding situation image. The display control unit is configured to cause the display unit to display the surrounding situation image when a vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined vehicle speed threshold and a predetermined narrow path condition is satisfied, based on at least the width of the road and the vehicle speed.

Abstract: A mobile body is capable of easily confirming a remaining amount of a battery of the mobile body and a battery remaining amount notification method. The mobile body includes: an attachment portion to which two or more batteries are capable of being attached; and an output unit configured to provide notification of a remaining amount of each of the batteries in a case where the number of attached batteries changes. The mobile body can be applied to, for example, a drone.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes an input device connected to an air conditioning device in which an air conditioning area of conditioned air is allocated to each discharge port; a temperature sensor that detects an indoor temperature or an outdoor temperature; and a controller that stores determination modes, determines a temperature or discharge area of the conditioned air depending on a difference between the indoor temperature and the outdoor temperature, and outputs a control signal to be transmitted to the input device. The air conditioning system can adjust the temperature and discharge direction of the conditioned air based on the outdoor temperature and an air conditioning load to optimize air conditioning efficiency.

Abstract: A method for carrying out an at least partly automated driving function provided by means of a motor vehicle. The method includes: determining that an infrastructure element is located in an environment of the motor vehicle, wherein the infrastructure element is part of an event chain for the at least partly automated guidance of a motor vehicle during a trip that is guided in an at least partly automated manner; determining a minimum safety integrity level that the event chain must have; determining which safety integrity level the event chain maximally fulfills; determining, based on the minimum safety integrity level and the maximum safety integrity level of the event chain, whether the driving function may be carried out; and carrying out the driving function.

Abstract: Provided are a high-precision map construction method, an electronic device, and a storage medium, relating to the field of high-precision map technology and, in particular, to autonomous driving technology. The implementation solution includes: calculating a pose of a camera at each position point according to a pre-acquired video; calculating an absolute depth of each keypoint in the pre-acquired video according to the pose of the camera at each position point; constructing, according to the absolute depth of each keypoint in the video, a corresponding three-dimensional point cloud of each pixel point in the pre-acquired video; and constructing, according to the corresponding three-dimensional point cloud of each pixel point in the pre-acquired video, a high-precision map corresponding to the pre-acquired video.

Abstract: A drone delivery system and network includes host sites that are geographically arranged in a region having overlapping drone delivery ranges. A central flight server of the system determines delivery flight paths for a drone transporting a payload from an originating host site to another host site or a target site in the network. The flight range of the drone is extended based on a delivery type for the payload and a distance of the target site from the originating host site.

Abstract: A vehicle consumables management system includes a consumables remaining amount calculation unit receiving vehicle data including a brake pedal input signal, an outdoor temperature, a driving distance, a wheel velocity, and a wheel speed such as a wheel RPM, and calculating a remaining amount of a tire tread based on the driving distance and the wheel speed, and/or calculating a remaining amount of a brake pad based on at least one of the brake pedal input signal and vehicle acceleration and/or deceleration information, thereby being capable of accurately detecting the remaining amount of the tire tread of the vehicle without assistance of separate inspection equipment, and accurately predicting a wear amount and a remaining amount of the brake pad of the vehicle without additional expensive equipment.

Abstract: A system and a method for a navigation system for a visually impaired user includes a navigation module arranged to derive a navigational path from a starting position to a predetermined destination; a guiding vehicle arranged to guide the visually impaired user towards the predetermined destination based on the derived navigational path whereby the movement is arranged to indicate a navigation guidance to the visually impaired user; wherein the navigation module is further arranged to adjust the navigational path of the guiding vehicle in response to the detection of an obstacle during the navigation of the guiding vehicle so as to avoid the detected obstacle whilst following the navigational path.

Abstract: A mobile agricultural corn harvester comprises a non-header portion and a header portion (or header). The mobile agricultural corn harvester further includes a material other than grain (MOG) intake characteristic sensor, disposed on the non-header portion, configured to detect MOG intake and generate sensor data indicative of MOG intake. The mobile agricultural harvester further includes a control system configured to determine a control action based on the sensor data and to generate an action signal to control a controllable subsystem, such as a deck plate actuator a header speed actuator, or a header position actuator, based on the determined control action.

Abstract: A system for integrating state-of-the art of the facilities, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, computer-based tools, quantitative standard values, optionally along with fuzzy logic, to assess GI performance based on factors such as plant density percentages, plant health condition, and invasive plant numbers. A UAV drone is used to take images above the plants and analyze the images to get plant density percentage for various GI sites. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) value is calculated and used to analyze images and investigate plant health conditions. NDVI values between ?1 and 0 correspond to non-plant surfaces, such as equipment, water, or soil. The higher the NDVI value, the greater their density and health. For counting invasive plant numbers, a machine/deep learning method may be applied to enhance invasive plant features to detect and enumerate invasive plants among normal plants in the captured images.

Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a loading tray, a feed roller, a separation roller, a bottom surface guide located at a first position where contact between a bottom surface of the medium placed on the loading tray and the feed roller is restricted, before medium feeding, a first guide engaged with the bottom surface guide located at the first position to restrict contact between a front edge of the medium placed on the loading tray and the separation roller, before medium feeding, and a second guide located between an upstream edge of the separation roller in a medium conveying direction and a central part of the separation roller to regulate the front edge of the medium at a position apart upwardly by a predetermined distance from a nip part of the feed roller and the separation roller, at a time of medium feeding.

Abstract: A system includes a marine propulsion device, an input, and a controller. The input outputs an operating signal indicating a first mode selected in accordance with an operation thereof, and the controller receives the operating signal. When it is intended to move the watercraft to a target spot from a first spot in the first mode, the controller is configured or programmed to select in which mode, including a bow mode that orients a bow of the watercraft toward the target spot, and a stern mode that orients a stern of the watercraft toward the target spot, the marine propulsion device is controlled depending on a position of the target spot with respect to the first spot so as to control the marine propulsion device such that the watercraft is moved from the first spot to the target spot in the bow mode or the stern mode.

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 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.