Abstract: Motorized vehicles that include a mast, a carriage supported by the mast, a hydraulic cylinder configured to raise and lower the carriage along the mast, forks or a platform coupled to the carriage and configured to support a load wherein raising and lowering the carriage raises and lowers the forks or the platform and thereby raises and lowers the load supported thereon, a system of sensors configured to gather data relating to objects in proximity to the motorized vehicle including at least two cameras configured to obtain video of at least two areas around the motorized vehicle, and one or more display screens configured to visually display the data gathered by the system of sensors or information based thereon to an operator including real-time video obtained by the cameras. Methods are provided for operating the vehicles with improved operator visibility and situational awareness relative to pre-existing vehicles.

Abstract: A system for managing traffic information on a platooning vehicle may include a platooning vehicle group classified into at least one or more small groups according to at least one or more stops and including at least one or more platooning vehicles configured to generate second driving information and to transmit the second driving information to the outside through the wireless communication network in preset time units, and a traffic information management server configured to receive the first or second driving information transmitted from the single driving vehicles or the platooning vehicle group and to manage the second driving information to generate and store traffic information on a platooning vehicle which is classified according to one or more stops, in the form of a database.

Abstract: A computing system is implemented as part of a vehicle architecture. The computing system includes a computing component, a first computing node that includes a power distribution system, a second computing node that includes input/output (I/O) interfaces to connect to devices, actuators, or sensors, and a third computing node. The computing component further comprises one or more processors and instructions or logic that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing component to perform, transmitting commands to the second computing node, the commands associated with initial processing of data received at the second computing node, receiving initially processed data from the second computing node, and performing further processing on the initially processed data.

Abstract: Example methods and systems are disclosed to provide autonomous vehicle sensor security. An example method may include generating, by a first autonomous vehicle, a first map instance of a physical environment using first environmental information generated by a first sensor of a first autonomous vehicle. A second map instance from at least one of a second autonomous vehicle located in the physical environment is received. The first map instance may be correlated with the second map instance. In response to a discrepancy between the first map instance and the second map instance, a secure sensor may be activated to generate a third map instance. In response to the third map instance verifying that the discrepancy accurately describes the physical environment, the first environmental information including the discrepancy is used to navigate the first autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically adjusting a motor grader can include receiving one or more identifiers corresponding to a configuration of the motor grader; determining, based at least in part on the one or more identifiers, a position of a leading edge of a blade of the motor grader relative to a rear frame axis of the motor grader; and, if the determined position is not within an operating threshold, causing a frame actuator of the motor grader to change an articulation angle of the frame to move the leading edge to within the acceptable threshold.

Abstract: In an aspect, this disclosure is related to apparatus and method for optimizing motor performance in an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Apparatus includes a motor, an inverter, a sensor, and a flight controller. Flight controller is configured to receive an operational datum from a sensor, which detects a physical phenomenon and generates an operational datum. Flight controller is configured to generate an optimized switching frequency for the inverter based on the operational datum. Flight controller is configured to adjust the switching frequency of the inverter based on the optimized switching frequency.

Abstract: An adaptive device includes an transmission assembly and a laser sensor control assembly, where the transmission assembly includes a rotating shaft of a roller, a harvesting part, a motor base plate, a transmission belt of the harvesting part, a transmission shaft of a motor A, motor arms, the high-power motor A, a high-power motor B, a transmission shaft of the motor B, a transmission belt of the roller, and a rotating shaft of the harvesting part; and the laser sensor control assembly includes the motor base plate, upright lifting columns, a control base plate, a battery, a power distribution board, a voltage reduction module, electronic speed controllers, a main control board, a low-power motor, a laser sensor base plate, a laser sensor, tube clamps, a rotating shaft of the laser sensor, and a bearing for stabilizing the rotating shaft of the laser sensor.

Abstract: A paving machine can include a frame; a screed coupled to the frame; and the screed including a main screed plate and an extender screed plate, each of the main screed plate and the extender screed plate having an angle sensor associated therewith, the angle sensor for each of the main screed plate and the extender screed plate being positioned and configured to determine a paving angle of the main screed plate and the extender screed plate; and a controller, the controller configured to receive the paving angles of the main screed plate and the extender screed plate from the angle sensors and to change the paving angle of the main screed plate and the paving angle of the extender screed plate independently of each other.

Abstract: A surrounding situation information acquisition device acquires surrounding situation information of a vehicle. A steering angle sensor detects a steering angle and a steering direction of the vehicle. A steering assist controller executes traveling control involving steering assist control based on information output from the surrounding situation information acquisition device and information output from the steering angle sensor. The steering assist controller recognizes, based on the information output from the surrounding situation information acquisition device, an oncoming vehicle in an oncoming lane adjacent to a traveling lane of the vehicle and an avoidance target on a road shoulder side of the traveling lane of the vehicle, estimates an avoidance priority level of the oncoming vehicle and an avoidance priority level of the avoidance target, and sets a new target lane keeping traveling path of the vehicle based on the avoidance priority levels.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes one or more vehicle sensors for capturing host data and a processor having modules. The data receiving module identifies one or more proximate vehicles within the environment based on one or more of the host data and proximate data received from the one or more proximate vehicles. The motion prediction module generates a first joint uncertainty distribution based on an initial joint uncertainty model and a host model distribution. The motion prediction module also samples host kinematic predictions based on the first joint uncertainty distribution and the host data. The object localization module generates a second joint uncertainty distribution based on the initial joint uncertainty model and an object prediction model distribution. The object localization module also samples proximate kinematic predictions based on the second joint uncertainty distribution and the proximate data.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining a number of vehicles passing a driving road segment within a duration; determining whether the driving road segment is a sparse road segment by determining whether the number of vehicles is less than or equal to a vehicle threshold; obtaining first real-time driving data transmitted by a first vehicle the target road segment, and obtaining first driving characteristic-information of the target road segment based on the first real-time driving data; obtaining second real-time driving data transmitted by a second vehicle passing a topology road segment, and obtaining second driving characteristic-information of the target road segment based on the second real-time driving data, the topology road segment being a road segment within a target range of the target road segment; and generating road-condition information of the target road based on at least the second driving characteristic-information.

Abstract: A method and system for developing a flight plan for taking images from an area of interest is disclosed. A series of trajectories is determined. Each trajectory is determined based on a logarithmic spiral curve derived from a range of predetermined basis angles and selecting a constant tangent angle between a radial line from the location of an image sensor to a target location, and a tangent line to the logarithmic spiral curve at the location of the image sensor. A set of trajectories from the series of trajectories is selected. The selected trajectories are scaled to cover the area of interest. The selected trajectories are transformed to coordinates corresponding to the area of interest. The set of scaled and transformed trajectories are stored as the flight plan for taking images of the area of interest.

Abstract: A proximity detection system for facilitating charging of electric aircraft. The proximity detection system includes at least a computing device. The at least a computing device is configured to receive a detection datum from at least a sensor, determine a proximal element as a function of the detection datum, and communicate a notification as a function of the proximal element to at least one of the electric aircraft and a charging structure. The detection datum includes information on at least one of the electric aircraft and the charging structure. The proximal element includes information on a spacing between the electric aircraft and the charging structure. A proximity detection method for facilitating charging of an electric aircraft is also provided.

Abstract: A management system includes a course data generation unit that generates course data for each of a plurality of unmanned vehicles such that loading work for the plurality of unmanned vehicles by a loader is sequentially performed on a work site where a plurality of the loaders operates; and a priority determination unit that determine a passage order at an intersection on the work site of the plurality of unmanned vehicles traveling according to the course data so as to reduce a total loading loss indicating a total of loss amounts in operation of each of the plurality of the loaders.

Abstract: A seat control device controls an electric seat in which a seat portion is moved by a predetermined distance by a first motor and a backrest is tilted by a predetermined angle by a second motor. The seat control device includes: a pinching detecting unit that detects an object being pinched between seats due to a movement of the seat portion based on a rotational state of the first motor and a predetermined threshold value. The threshold value is a threshold value that changes according to a tilt angle of the backrest such that pinching is easily detected as the tilt angle of the backrest increases.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification relates to a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device that comprises, in some implementations, a pulsed-laser source configured to generate a pulsed optical signal, a continuous wave (CW) laser source configured to generate a CW optical signal, one or more optical amplifier circuits configured to amplify at least the pulsed optical signal, a combiner configured to combine the pulsed optical signal and the CW optical signal into a hybrid transmission signal, and at least one photodetector configured to receive a reflection signal produced by reflection of the hybrid transmission signal by a target.

Abstract: Methods and systems of estimating an end of life of a rechargeable energy storage device in an energy storage system is disclosed. The system includes at least a motor, the energy storage device associated with the motor, a processing unit associated with the energy storage device, and at least one sensor operatively coupled with the processing unit and the energy storage device. The method includes measuring a most recent state of health (SOH) of the energy storage device after the system is started, storing the most recent SOH with at least one previously measured SOH, calculating a new replace-by date of the energy storage device based on the most recent SOH and the at least one previously measured SOH, and replacing a previously calculated old replace-by date with the new replace-by date, the new replace-by date being the same as or shorter than the old replace-by date.

Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes includes receiving, by a processing device of a vehicle, first road data. The method further includes receiving, by the processing device of the vehicle, second road data from a sensor associated with the vehicle. The method further includes identifying, by the processing device of the vehicle, an object based at least in part on the first road data and the second road data. The method further includes causing, by the processing device of the vehicle, the object to be illuminated.

Abstract: A display device, a display control method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are disclosed. The display device of an embodiment is mounted on a vehicle and includes: a display part; and a display controller displaying a first image showing a speed range controllable by a driving controller that controls a speed of the vehicle to a constant speed, a second image showing a target vehicle speed of the vehicle, and a third image showing the speed of the vehicle on the display part. The display controller displays the second image in association with an upper limit or a lower limit of the first image on the display part when the speed of the vehicle deviates from the speed range.

Abstract: A method for estimating a position of a trailer relative to a truck of a road train includes providing or obtaining a kinematic model of the road train, providing or obtaining a length estimation of the trailer, and measuring an articulation angle between the truck and the trailer. The method further includes determining a position of the trailer relative to the truck using the kinematic model, the length estimation, and the measured articulation angle.