Abstract: A method of guidance for an aircraft includes obtaining relative position data indicative of a direction from a location of the aircraft to a location of a moving target point. The method also includes determining, based on the relative position data, a location of a virtual leader based on projecting the location of the aircraft onto a virtual leader path, where the virtual leader path corresponds to a straight approach path to the location of the moving target point along a desired approach direction. The method further includes determining, based on the location of the virtual leader, a guidance input to cause the aircraft to follow the virtual leader.

Abstract: A system for cleaning sensors of a vehicle includes at least one cleaning apparatus which is configured to clean a number of sensors of a vehicle and a control apparatus which is configured to control the at least one cleaning apparatus. The control apparatus is also configured so as, on the basis of at least one situation parameter, to select a plurality of sensors which are intended to be cleaned from the number of sensors and to determine the order in which the selected plurality of sensors are intended to be cleaned.

Abstract: A method of landing an aircraft in which the aircraft receives information from a second aircraft via a direct aircraft-to-aircraft communication from the second aircraft to the aircraft; determines a landing plan of the aircraft based on the information; and lands the aircraft based on the landing plan. The use of a direct aircraft-to-aircraft communication (i.e. a communication from the second aircraft to the first aircraft which does not travel via an intermediary such as a land station, air traffic controller or satellite) makes the method reliable because such a communication is inherently secure and difficult to hack.

Abstract: Provided is a driver assistance system that may acquire more accurate position information of a vehicle without extracting landmark information or feature point information around the vehicle, the driver assistance system including: a global positioning system (GPS) module configured to acquire GPS information of the vehicle; a lidar configured to acquire point cloud data for an outside field of view of the vehicle; a communicator configured to receive a high definition map; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to process the point cloud data, the high definition map, speed data and steering angle data, the speed data and the steering angle data being received through a vehicle communication network, wherein the controller is configured to generate dead reckoning information in response to processing the speed data and the steering angle data, generate position information of the vehicle based on the dead reckoning information and the GPS information, acquire intensity data around the

Abstract: A brake state estimation device includes: a position acquisition section that acquires a position of a subject vehicle; and a state estimation section that estimates a state of deterioration of brake fluid for operating a hydraulic brake device of the subject vehicle, on the basis of humidity information corresponding to the position of the subject vehicle, and duration information expressing a duration of staying in an area that includes the position of the subject vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adaptive control method applicable to an excavator. The adaptive control method includes: acquiring detection parameters of the excavator, the detection parameters comprising a displacement of an electric control handle of the excavator and angle information of the excavator; identifying a current working condition of the excavator based on the detection parameters; and adjusting control parameters of the excavator based on the current working condition. According to the adaptive control method provided by the present disclosure, the current working condition is identified by using the displacement of the electric control handle and the angle information of the excavator, and then the control parameters of the excavator are adjusted based on the current working condition, so that the control parameters are automatically adjusted with change of the current working condition, which improves control efficiency of the excavator.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the performance of a device in different geographic locations by using transfer learning to provide a customized learning model for the different locations. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving segments of a model from separate members in a geographic hierarchy and assembling the segments into the model. The segments include at least a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The method includes processing sensor data using the model to provide an output for assisting a device.

Abstract: This document discloses system, method, and computer program product embodiments for operating a vehicle, comprising: using kinematic models to generate forecasted trajectories of an actor (the kinematic models being respectively associated with different actor types that are assigned to an actor detected in an environment of the vehicle); selecting a first kinematic model based on the forecasted trajectories and a kinematic state of the actor; using the first kinematic model to predict a first path for the actor; selecting a second kinematic model responsive to movement of the actor no longer being consistent with typical movement of an object of one of the different actor types that is associated with the first kinematic model; using the second kinematic model to predict a second path for the actor; and controlling operations of the vehicle based on the first and second paths.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting which of a plurality of engine starting devices starts an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, engine starting devices may be selected and operated while a vehicle is operating in a creep mode. The system and method may place a driveline disconnect clutch in a wait state or engage a flywheel starter to improve engine starting.

Abstract: A system for planning motion of a vehicle includes a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The vehicle is capable of an automated driving operation. A planning module is executable by the controller to generate a vehicle trajectory constrained by a set of planning parameters. During a degraded driving situation, an adjustment module is executable by the controller to generate at least one adjusted parameter in the set of planning parameters. The controller is adapted to register occurrence of the degraded driving situation when the planning module is unable to generate a feasible path for the vehicle constrained by the set of planning parameters. The planning module is adapted to generate a modified trajectory plan based on the at least one adjusted parameter, with the automated driving operation being based on the modified trajectory plan during the degraded driving situation.

Abstract: A method and system utilizes a device in a vehicle to periodically determine a location of the vehicle and store, only locally at the device, the location data. The device first detects the vehicle being turned on and identifies the vehicle. After identifying the vehicle the device determines the present location of the vehicle and transmits the present location to a backend server. The server determines the applicable geofence definition including the location and transmits the geofence definition back to the device, whereupon the device commences periodic location fixes, storing each location locally at the device. While performing the location fixes, the device also monitors the present location relative to the geofence definition. If the vehicle is approaching a border or edge of a geofenced region, the device requests a new geofence definition from the server. When the vehicle is shut off, the device transmits the distance driven in each geofenced region to the server.

Abstract: A system including a vehicle having a network comprising a plurality of end points and a controller, where the controller includes an automation definition circuit, an automation management circuit, and an automation execution circuit. The automation definition circuit is structured to interpret an automation description. The automation management circuit is structured to provide an automated action plan in response to the automation description, and to store the automated action plan as a data file on a data storage communicatively coupled to the controller. The automation execution circuit is structured to provide an automation command in response to the automated action description, where an end point of the plurality of end points is responsive to the automation command to implement an automated vehicle response.

Abstract: A motor control device includes a torque controller to operate based on a steering torque and to give an input to a control target that is a motor, and a model following controller to generate a first correction torque based on an output from the control target. A model following controller includes a high-pass filter to remove a low frequency component from a first correction torque, a friction compensation calculator that is coupled in parallel to the high-pass filter to apply friction compensation to the first correction torque to calculate an estimated value of a mechanical friction torque, and an adder to add the estimated value of the friction torque to the first correction torque from which the low frequency component is removed by the high-pass filter to generate a second correction torque and feed back the second correction torque to an input to the control target.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric vehicle, an automatic driving method and device, and an automatic freighting method and system. The electric vehicle includes a plurality of wheel assemblies independent of each other, each wheel assembly has a wheel and an independent power system including a driving device and a displacement device; the driving device can drive the wheel to rotate, and the displacement device can drive at least the wheel to move in a width direction of a vehicle body of the electric vehicle. When the electric vehicle is used to carry passengers, driving needs of high flexibility, high stability, high safety and high comfort can be meet; and when the electric vehicle is used to carry goods, freighting needs of fully automation, high efficiency, high accuracy, low cost and high safety can be meet.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an eyeball behavior analysis unit (300) that analyzes an eyeball behavior of a driver who drives a moving object, in which the eyeball behavior analysis unit dynamically switches an analysis mode according to a driving mode of the moving object.

Abstract: Advanced vehicle control systems are disclosed. Within a vehicle system having several subsystem controllers dedicated to separate tasks in the vehicle, the subsystem controllers may use supplied control parameters. In this context, a centralized optimization unit is configured to receive prediction data, determine, within a prediction horizon, a modification to at least one supplied control parameter using the prediction data; and communicate the modification to the at least one supplied control parameter to at least one subsystem control unit.

Abstract: A braking control apparatus includes a braking force control unit, a first abnormality detecting unit, a regenerative brake stopping unit, and a braking force compensating unit. The braking force control unit is configured to perform a braking force control by causing an engine brake, a regenerative brake, and a friction brake to operate in cooperation with each other. The regenerative brake stopping unit is configured to disconnect the regenerative brake from the braking force control, when an abnormality of the regenerative brake is detected by the first abnormality detecting unit. The braking force compensating unit is configured to perform a braking force compensation that utilizes the friction brake, from the detection of the abnormality of the regenerative brake until the regenerative brake is disconnected from the braking force control, by performing a feedback control on a deceleration rate at a time when the abnormality of the regenerative brake is detected.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to aggregation of data associated with events related to automotive vehicles. Automotive vehicles may include a variety of sensing devices used in local sensing operations. However, these sensing devices may not be leveraged beyond the local sensing operations. When automotive vehicles are operated, sometimes events occur. As discussed herein, an event-based data aggregation service may aggregate sensing data from one or more sensing devices, such as sensing devices of the automotive vehicles, in response to receiving an event notification associated with one or more of the events and may use the sensing data when responding to the event notification.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a controller determines whether the current performance of a piece of equipment satisfies a determination criterion, on the basis of the current state of the equipment, acquired by a sensor. If the controller determines that the current performance of the equipment does not satisfy the determination criterion, the controller calculates a parameter with which the performance of the equipment satisfies the determination criterion, on the basis of the current state of the equipment, acquired by the sensor, and the determination criterion. The controller changes a parameter managed by a storage device to the parameter calculated by the controller.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a diagnostic center, malfunction information related to a transport, acquiring, by a diagnostic center, agreements on a threshold for the malfunction information from a plurality of diagnostic centers, in response to the malfunction information exceeding the threshold, storing the malfunction information on a remote storage, and deleting the malfunction information from the transport.