Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by an accident processing node, an accident report from a transport, determining, by an accident processing node, a time and location parameters of the accident based on the report, querying, by an accident processing node, transport profiles on a storage based on the time and location parameters, and responsive to the transport profiles containing data corresponding to the time and location parameters, sending a request to access the transport profiles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for path planning of a wave glider, comprising acquiring historical navigation data of the glider and an underwater vehicle via a shore-based monitoring center; fitting historical navigation data nonlinearly by a deep learning neural network to obtain a trained network; acquiring real-time navigation data of the glider at an off-line end, real-time navigation data and predetermined shipping track data of the vehicle; obtaining the set of off-line optimized path planning schemes of the glider by the above data and the trained network; and determining an optimal path planning scheme of the glider by the deep learning neural network according to real-time data and constraint data of the glider at the on-line end. The invention can reasonably plan the path of the glider and ensure continuous and reliable information interaction between the glider and the vehicle.

Abstract: A platoon organization device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire operation plan information including a departure place, a destination, and information indicating whether the vehicle corresponds to a special vehicle, of each vehicle, the special vehicle being a vehicle having at least one of a predetermined function and equipment that resolves an event when the event that requires stopping of the vehicle occurs in at least one of the vehicle and a driver; an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of vehicles having at least a part of sections in common in a course from the departure place to the destination; an organization unit configured to organize a platoon including the vehicles such that at least one special vehicle is included in a vehicle group organizing the platoon from a platoon departure place to a platoon destination; and an output unit configured to output platoon information.

Abstract: A vehicle navigation system includes an external source sensor onboard a vehicle system that determines headings of the vehicle system. The external source sensor determines the headings using signals received from an off-board, external system. The navigation system also includes a magnetic sensor onboard the vehicle system that measures magnetic fields along different axes at different times. One or more processors determine a combination of the magnetic fields, determine a position translation and/or a magnitude scaling of the combination of the magnetic fields, and modify at least one of the headings based on the position translation and/or the magnitude scaling.

Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for vehicular cooperative perception for identifying a subset of connected vehicles from a plurality to aid a pedestrian. In some embodiments, a method includes analyzing pedestrian data to determine a scenario depicted by the pedestrian data and a subset of the connected vehicles from the plurality that have a clearest line of the pedestrian. The method includes identifying a group of conflicted vehicles from the subset whose driving paths conflict with a walking path of the pedestrian. The method includes determining, based on the scenario, digital twin data describing a digital twin simulation that corresponds to the scenario. The method includes determining, based on the digital twin data and the pedestrian data, a group of modified driving paths for the group of conflicted vehicles. The method includes causing the group of conflicted vehicles to travel in accordance with the group of modified driving paths.

Abstract: A method for a position determination of a vehicle, at least one camera and one sensor unit for a global satellite navigation system being situated on the vehicle. The method includes: acquiring at least one camera image of the environment of the vehicle with the aid of the camera, generating a transformed image as a function of the acquired camera image, with the transformed image having a virtual perspective pointing perpendicularly in the downward direction, determining a satellite position of the vehicle through a satellite-based position determination, and providing an aerial image of the environment of the vehicle as a function of the determined satellite position. A detection of a position of the transformed image in the supplied aerial image, and an ascertainment of a vehicle position as a function of the detected position of the transformed image in the supplied aerial image take place subsequently.

Abstract: A low flying unmanned vehicle is disclosed that may be able to determine whether a collision is possible and may take evasive action in response to the possible collision. The vehicle may wirelessly communicate and may use a standard protocol such that a variety of additional objects may be taken into account when determining the possible collision risk.

Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous taxi route execution for an aircraft. Clearance communication is received from a ground control station. A plurality of objects is generated from the clearance communication. Next, a context data structure representing a planned taxi route is generated. Last, the planned taxi route is executed.

Abstract: A method and system of magnetic fingerprint based neural network training for mobile device indoor navigation and positioning.

Abstract: A vision-aided inertial navigation system (VINS) implements a square-root multi-state constraint Kalman filter (SR-MSCKF) for navigation. In one example, a processor of a VINS receives image data and motion data for a plurality of poses of a frame of reference along a trajectory. The processor executes an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF)-based estimator to compute estimates for a position and orientation for each of the plurality of poses of the frame of reference along the trajectory. For features observed from multiple poses along the trajectory, the estimator computes constraints that geometrically relate the multiple poses of the respective feature. Using the motion data and the computed constraints, the estimator computes state estimates for the position and orientation of the frame of reference. Further, the estimator determines uncertainty data for the state estimates and maintains the uncertainty data as a square root factor of a covariance matrix.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring vehicle performance and updating engine control parameters, which provides a solution to the problem of tuning engine control parameters for a vehicle. The core components of the invention are an engine controller coupled to an interface device which communicates with a remote device. Generally speaking, the components are configured as follows: the engine controller receives signals from various sensors in a vehicle and the engine controller controls the engine based on engine control parameters and the signals from the sensors. The interface device monitors the engine control and sensor signals and transmits information to the remote device. The remote device receives the information and sends back updated engine control parameters. The interface device receives the updated engine control parameters and communicates with the engine controller to update the engine control parameters using the updated engine control parameters.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring soil properties including soil moisture, soil electrical conductivity and soil temperature during an agricultural input application. Embodiments include a soil reflectivity sensor and/or a soil temperature sensor mounted to a seed firmer for measuring moisture and temperature in a planting trench. A thermopile for measuring temperature via infrared radiation is described herein. In one example, the thermopile is disposed in a body and senses infrared radiation through an infrared transparent window. Aspects of any of the disclosed embodiments may be implemented in or communicate with an agricultural intelligence computer system as described herein.

Abstract: A method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium with instructions for processing data in a motor vehicle for forwarding to a back end. In a first step, sensor data are detected along a route of the motor vehicle. On the basis of the sensor data, features and context information on the features are then identified within segments of the route. Finally, the features and the context information on the features are combined into a message for the route.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to monitoring data in and around a vehicle to predict anomalous, e.g., unsafe, road conditions, and using the data to suggest a corrective action to avoid the unsafe road conditions. A computing device receives information indicative of imagery, sound, or vehicle operation via sensors and/or cameras mounted in or near a vehicle. The information may be received via the vehicle itself or via a device. The computing device then determines whether there is an indication of an anomalous road condition. The computing device also receives vehicle operation data extracted from one or more vehicle sensors. The computing device then determines whether there is an indication of unsafe road conditions, and if there is, the computing device may output a notice or alert via a notification system to alert the driver.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods for updating an autonomous driving system, autonomous driving systems, and on-board apparatuses. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the autonomous driving system, in a manual driving mode, senses the surrounding environment of a vehicle, performs vehicle positioning, and generates an autonomous control instruction for an underlying vehicle execution system. However, the autonomous driving system does not issue an instruction to control the driving of the vehicle. Instead, it compares the instruction with a control instruction from the driver of the vehicle for the underlying vehicle execution system in the manual driving mode to update a planning and control algorithm of the autonomous driving system. As such, the updated autonomous driving system better caters to the driving habits of the driver and improves the driving experience for the driver without compromising the reliability of planning and decision-making of autonomous driving.

Abstract: A nearshore real-time positioning and mapping method for an unmanned surface vehicle with multiple distance measuring sensors comprises: acquiring predicted gesture data of the unmanned surface vehicle by an inertia measurement unit; acquiring radar point cloud data by a laser radar, projecting the radar point cloud data to a depth map, and reserving ground points and break points on the depth map; dividing the depth map into six sub depth maps, obtaining a feature point set via a curvature of each laser point, and converting all the feature point sets of the laser radar into coordinates of the unmanned surface vehicle; obtaining a relative gesture transformation matrix of the current unmanned surface vehicle via the radar cloud point data of two adjacent frames; accruing multiple factors, and optimizing a gesture of the unmanned surface vehicle in form of a factor pattern; and constructing a three-dimensional cloud point pattern.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided including a flight guidance controller interface. The flight guidance controller interface includes a rotatable knob including a rotatable element disposed around a periphery of a touch control display. A graphical presentation is output on the touch control display including a plurality of sections. The plurality of sections includes an indication of respective functions of an automatic flight control system. A touch input is received to one of the plurality of sections, thereby activating control of a corresponding one of the respective functions of the automatic flight control system. A rotation input to the rotatable element is received, thereby providing information about a value for the corresponding one of the respective functions of the automatic flight control system.

Abstract: Remote controlling of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, may sometimes be more efficient and/or reliable. Such control, however, may require processes for ensuring safety of surrounding persons and objects. Aspects of this disclosure include using onboard sensors to detect objects in an environment and alter remote commands according to such objects, e.g. by reducing a maximum permitted velocity of the vehicle as a function of distance to detected objects. In some examples described herein, such remote controlling may be performed by using objects in the environment as control objects, with movements of the control objects resulting in movement of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a VSA-ECU and an ESB-ECU that perform braking control to apply a braking torque in response to a brake operation by a driver of a host vehicle, and also perform brake holding control to hold the braking torque even when the brake operation is cancelled; and an engine control unit that performs idling stop control to stop driving of an engine that is a drive source of the host vehicle when a stop condition is satisfied, including that a vehicle speed of the host vehicle enters a predetermined low vehicle speed region, and also performs restart control to restart the engine when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied. The engine control unit prohibits execution of the idling stop control during execution of the brake holding control.

Abstract: When a diagnostic period of a specific failure arrives, a management center transmits, to a vehicle, an instruction to order execution of a failure diagnosis of the specific failure. When an ECU of the vehicle receives the instruction to order execution of the failure diagnosis from the management center, the ECU of the vehicle determines whether or not the failure diagnosis can be executed. When the failure diagnosis cannot be executed, the ECU causes the vehicle to continue traveling without executing the failure diagnosis, and ends a process. In this case, the ECU postpones the failure diagnosis in the current diagnostic period, and executes the failure diagnosis when a next diagnostic period arrives. When the ECU determines that the failure diagnosis can be executed, the ECU executes the failure diagnosis.