Abstract: A driving range estimator system for a vehicle accounting for a load on the vehicle may include an energy storage device configured to power the vehicle. Sensors may be disposed about the vehicle and may be configured to detect information relevant to a range estimate. A towing control unit may be configured to receive the detected information from the sensors, and configured to determine a) an expected range for the vehicle with the load, and b) an expected range for the vehicle without the load. A display may be configured to simultaneously display a) the expected range for the vehicle with the load and b) the expected range for the vehicle without the load.

Abstract: A position estimation system and the like that prevent accuracy of self-position information from decreasing is provided. A position estimation system 100 according to the present disclosure includes a first sensor configured to output first data including data of an angular velocity of a wheel driven when a moving apparatus 10 moves. The position estimation system further includes a second sensor configured to output second data including position data of the moving apparatus 10 detected not according to the angular velocity of the wheel or data concerning a change in a posture of the moving apparatus 10. The position estimation system further includes a self-position estimation unit configured to set a priority of the first data according to a value of the angular velocity of the wheel and integrate the first data with the second data based on the set priority to estimate a position of the moving apparatus 10.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure in a mode in which a plurality of users share the same vehicle sets, when determining a combination of a driving user and fellow users, a scheduled traveling route which is a scheduled route along which the vehicle travels from a getting-in spot to a getting-off spot of each of the fellow users. Upon detecting that the vehicle is traveling off a scheduled traveling route while the fellow users are in the vehicle, the information processing apparatus transmits warning information which is information warning a first user terminal of the driving user and a second user terminal of the fellow user that the vehicle is traveling off the scheduled traveling route.

Abstract: A vehicle inspection device includes an inspection processing section and a communication processing section. The inspection processing section includes an inspection control section that generates a first communication request or a second communication request based on an inspection program, a communication request transmission buffer that stores the first communication request, and a transmission buffer for high-speed communication that stores the second communication request. The communication processing section transmits the first communication request to an ECU to be inspected and transmits the second communication request to an ECU on which writing is to be performed.

Abstract: The following steps are executed by a self-propelled device and a calculating device: the self-propelled device moves on a path to form a moving trajectory; the calculating device obtains a sensing data file generated by a sensing module of the self-propelled device on the path; after the sensing data file is imported into a simultaneous localization and mapping algorithm, a map corresponding to the path can be constructed; if the sensing data file is imported into a loop closure algorithm, a pose at each unit time can be obtained, and an optimized trajectory can be formed; when the sensing data file is imported into a cartographer localization algorithm, a reference trajectory can be constructed, and whether the reference trajectory approaches an optimized trajectory is determined; and parameters capable of being imported into the self-propelled device are obtained according to the reference trajectory which approaches the optimized trajectory.

Abstract: A method for estimating remaining energy in a battery pack having series-connected cells/cell groups includes measuring battery parameters, including a battery voltage, current, and temperature. The controller estimates a static state of charge difference (?SOC) value and a current-dependent ?SOC value in real-time using the parameters, including calculating the static ?SOC value as a difference between an average SOC of the battery pack and an SOC of a weakest/lowest energy cell group. The current-dependent ?SOC value is a percentage SOC per unit of the current. The static ?SOC value and current-dependent ?SOC values are filtered via a multi-parameter state estimator block. Using the filtered state values, the controller executes a control action responsive to the estimated remaining energy, including displaying the remaining energy and/or a quantity derived from the remaining energy via a display device. A powertrain system includes the controller, electric machine, and battery pack.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control a vehicle with a self-driving capability, including a travel state detector configured to detect a traveling state of a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle, and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing a drive-mode of the forward vehicle based on the traveling state detected by the travel state detector. The recognizing includes calculating a degree of variance of a vehicle speed or an acceleration of the forward vehicle based on the traveling state detected by the travel state detector, and determining whether the forward vehicle is traveling in a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode based on the degree of variance calculated in the calculating.