Abstract: A vehicle system includes a warning device and at least one electronic control unit. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to present a light stimulus to a driver, and determine whether the driver is facing forward, determine whether the driver holds a steering wheel, and cause the warning device to perform a first warning when it is determined that the driver is not facing forward while the light stimulus is being presented. The first warning is either the vibration or the sound. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to perform a second warning when it is determined that the driver does not hold the steering wheel before a predetermined time elapses after the first warning is started. The second warning includes the vibration and the sound.

Abstract: A vehicle driving assist apparatus of the invention starts a collision avoidance steering assist control to automatically steer the vehicle to avoid a collision of the vehicle with the obstacle in response to a driver performing a collision avoidance steering operation for avoiding the collision when there is a possibility that the vehicle collides with the obstacle. The vehicle driving assist apparatus cancels the collision avoidance steering assist control in response to the driver performing a counter collision avoidance steering operation against automatically steering the vehicle intended to be achieved by the collision avoidance steering assist control after a first predetermined time elapses from starting the collision avoidance steering assist control.

Abstract: A post-disaster conditions monitoring system. The system may include a device processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the device processor to perform the following steps: receiving information from one or more pre-existing networks; determining conditions in a geographic region based on the information received from the one or more pre-existing networks; and preparing a map indicating the conditions within the geographic region.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for preventing tipping of a load during transport by a vehicle is provided. The present invention may include retrieving a tipping point of the load, based on a center of gravity of the load, a speed of the vehicle, and a turning radius of the vehicle, wherein the tipping point is based on a simulation utilizing finite element analysis; and responsive to determining that the center of gravity of the load is within a threshold distance of the tipping point, taking a corrective action which may include controlling the speed or turning radius of the vehicle.

Abstract: In accordance with a method for presenting home screen shortcuts, a computer system is coupled to a plurality of media content providers and obtains a respective media application for each of the media content providers. Content is provided for display on the television screen from a first media content provider via a first media application. The computer system obtains a plurality of shortcuts corresponding to a home screen user interface, and the plurality of shortcuts includes one or more media shortcuts and a search shortcut. The home screen user interface is displayed concurrently with the provided content on the television screen, and the one or more media shortcuts and the search shortcut are concurrently displayed on the home screen user interface. In response to selection of the search shortcut, the computer system initiates a shortcut search for one or more additional shortcuts for display on the home screen user interface.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a storage configured to store control code sets corresponding to each of a display apparatus and one or more external electronic apparatuses providing contents to the display apparatus; a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with the display apparatus and a remote control apparatus; and a processor configured to determine a source apparatus, providing a content that is currently displayed on the display apparatus, of the display apparatus and the one or more external electronic apparatuses, and controlling the communication circuitry of the communicator to transmit a control code set corresponding to the determined source apparatus to the remote control apparatus.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes obtaining image data representing a set of images of a worksite captured by an image capture component of a mobile computing device, identifying a set of virtual markers associated with the set of images, each virtual marker having a corresponding position in one of the images, and determining, for each virtual marker, a set of coordinates in a coordinate system based on the corresponding position of the virtual marker. Based on the set of coordinates, boundary data is generated that represents a boundary on the worksite. The boundary data is communicated to a robotic mower for control of the robotic mower within an operating area defined based on the boundary.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device capable of accurately estimating a self-vehicle location with a yaw angle error occurring when a vehicle starts to travel due to an initial phase shift between pulsed waveforms of left and right wheels when the vehicle starts to travel suppressed. The vehicle control device further estimates a direction of wheel rotation while the vehicle is at a stop. A yaw angle deviation when the vehicle starts to travel is estimated and corrected on the basis of a weighted average of discrete yaw angle values obtained immediately after the vehicle starts to travel from wheel speed sensors installed on left and right non-steered wheels of the vehicle. A yaw angle while the vehicle is at a stop and a yaw angle when the vehicle starts to travel are also estimated, and the direction of wheel rotation while the vehicle is at a stop is also estimated from a difference between the yaw angles. The yaw angle and coordinates are corrected on the basis of the estimation result.

Abstract: A steering control device 10 is equipped with: a first specification unit 121 for specifying an expected travel position where a vehicle is expected to travel in the traffic lane in which the vehicle is travelling; a second specification unit 122 for specifying information about the weight of the vehicle; an adjustment unit 123 for adjusting the expected travel position in the vehicle-widthwise direction on the basis of the expected travel position of the vehicle and the weight information; and a steering control unit 124 for controlling steering on the basis of the adjusted expected travel position.

Abstract: A robotic mower and method for controlling a robotic mower to a predetermined position, by means of a guide wire. The robotic mower includes a control unit and at least one sensor. At least one of the sensors detects a signal from the guide wire and follows the guide wire at a first distance that is randomly determined. The robotic mower follows the guide wire until detecting, by means of the at least one sensor, a signal from a boundary wire and then following the boundary wire at a second distance, which is randomly determined. When detecting that the signal strength from the guide wire falls outside a first predetermined threshold, the robotic mower starts following the guide wire again.

Abstract: A method for autonomously operating a vehicle includes capturing environmental data of a front area by a front sensor mounted to the vehicle, capturing environmental data of a rear area by a rear sensor, capturing a position of the vehicle by a position sensor, assigning the position of the vehicle to a location in an topographic map containing slope information, retrieving slope information from the topographic map for a predetermined range in front of and behind of the location of the vehicle, determining a maximum detection distance of the front and rear sensors for detecting an object having a specific vertical height based on the slope information, front and rear sensor positions, and a vertical opening angle of a field of view of the front sensors, determining a minimum detection distance of the front and the rear sensor required for a planned driving maneuver or a current driving state of the vehicle, and actuating the vehicle such that the required minimum detection distance is equal or smaller than t

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for articulating visual inspection devices are provided. For example, a method can include receiving an inspection template by a control system associated with the visual inspection device. The inspection template can include data associated with at least one point of interest in a scene viewable to the visual inspection device. The method can further include generating, by the control system, an articulation path based on the data. The method can also include actuating an electro-mechanical system of the visual inspection device according to the articulation path.

Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus capable of making a parking route shorter when providing parking assistance for parallel parking is obtained. The parking assistance apparatus according to the present invention is a parking assistance apparatus for assisting the parallel parking of a driver's own vehicle 21 and has a configuration that: calculates an escapable position where the driver's own vehicle 21 can be made to escape from a parking area Sp; calculates a parking-space leaving route E where the driver's own vehicle 21 can be moved from the escapable position to an initial position P0 in a passage area Sr; and sets a parking route based on the parking-space leaving route E.

Abstract: A display of a changing operation assisting apparatus for a vehicle selectively displays various screens which include setting elements and transition elements. Each of the setting elements is previously related to a setting item relating to a driving assistance function provided by the vehicle. Each of the transition elements is previously related to a different one of the screens. If a set state corresponding to one of the elements has changed within a setting change determination period, the apparatus increases a state change value corresponding to a combination of a driver who is currently on the vehicle and the element. The apparatus displays, as a part of a specific screen, the element whose increase amount of the state change value corresponding the driver within a display determination period is equal to or greater than a threshold.

Abstract: An imaging device is provided in a vehicular display device mounted in a vehicle to display information and photographs a passenger of the vehicle. The imaging device includes an imaging unit having a plurality of viewpoint positions provided at vertically different locations in the vehicular display device. The imaging unit is configured to photograph the passenger from a plurality of viewpoints at the plurality of viewpoint positions.

Abstract: A microscope system includes a microscope with at least one microscope sensor. Each microscope sensor has a measurement device for recording sample signals; an analog-to-digital converter for converting recorded sample signals to digital data; a data compression device which produces a compressed data stream from the digital data; and a data output interface, which outputs the compressed data stream and a raw data stream that comprises digital data that were not compressed. The microscope system additionally includes a user computer to which the compressed data stream is transmitted and also a data memory to which the raw data stream is transmitted. The user computer calculates real-time images from the compressed data stream and reads and processes the raw data stream from the data memory for subsequent data analysis. In addition, a method for operating such a microscope system is described.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an MDPS system includes a driving information input unit configured to detect driving information generated during autonomous driving of an autonomous vehicle and input the same to an MDPS controller; a command information input unit configured to input a command for controlling the autonomous vehicle to the MDPS controller in consideration of a road or route along which the autonomous vehicle is to drive, the command being generated by a command information input unit; and the MDPS controller configured to provide a final output that is corrected using a weight (K) set depending on a preset vehicle speed based on the information inputted from the driving information input unit and the command information input unit when the autonomous vehicle switches an operation mode for MDPS control depending on a change in the vehicle speed while driving in an autonomous driving mode.

Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle incorporates polling regarding the control of the motor vehicle, leading to an improvement in the working conditions of a plurality of evaluation units accessing sensor units of the motor vehicle. Control commands for controlling the motor vehicle are determined from this polling by a conflict checking unit. The conflict checking unit determines the feasibility of the control commands, taking into consideration predetermined verification criteria with regard to conflicts between the individual control commands and the practicability of the individual control commands. The conflict checking unit also determines a control specification for a vehicle control unit based on the feasibilities and certain decision criteria. Finally, the motor vehicle is controlled by use of the vehicle control unit in accordance with the control specification.

Abstract: A control method of a multipurpose rollable moving device may include monitoring the object docked at a docking portion, a docking portion and a driving device; identifying the object mounted on a mounting portion through an identifier element; determining whether or not a camera is mounted; determining whether or not a current mode is an object following mode when the camera is mounted; recognizing a following object when the current mode is the object following mode; determining a distance and a direction to the object; and executing a driving control and a posture control through the driving device depending on the distance and direction to the object.

Abstract: A system and method for localization of an autonomous vehicle based on 3D point cloud are disclosed. The system includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory tangibly storing thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive an initial position of a vehicle; receive a data file representative of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud from a LIDAR scanning subsystem of the vehicle; divide the 3D point cloud into a plurality of tiles and compute a plurality of key points for each tile; generate an estimated low frequency 2D position and yaw angle for the vehicle based on a particle filter process and a dynamically downloaded 2D reference map; and generate a position and orientation of the vehicle.