Abstract: Methods and systems for power transfer and routing in a compartmentalized electric vehicle (EV) having detachable compartments, and for handing off a load from one EV to another EV for delivering the load to a destination are described herein. Each detachable compartment in the compartmentalized EV may have a separate power supply, motor, set of wheels, and/or autonomous operation features. The detachable compartments may attach to each other, such that each of the detachable compartments combine to form a compartmentalized EV that travels to a particular location.

Abstract: A system, method, autonomous mobile robot, and computer readable media enabling location-based autonomous navigation using a virtual world system. The system comprises at least one server computing device having at least one processor and a memory. The memory stores a virtual world system and computer-readable instructions. The virtual world system comprises at least one virtual object being spatially defined by virtual three-dimensional coordinates that correspond to three-dimensional coordinates of a corresponding physical object in a physical environment.

Abstract: A damper control system includes: a lane module configured to identify boundaries of a present lane of a vehicle in an image of a road in front of the vehicle captured using a forward facing camera; an oil module configured to, from the image, determine whether an area of oil is present on the road between the boundaries of the present lane of the vehicle; and a damping module configured to, when the area of oil is present on the road between the boundaries of the present lane of the vehicle, selectively adjust damping coefficients of adjustable dampers of the vehicle before the vehicle reaches the area of oil on the road.

Abstract: A system provides descriptor-based feature matching during terrain relative navigation (TRN). A scale and orientation (SO) module acquires a source image, image and slope pixel windows, and ring mask. The SO module combines corresponding pixels from the image pixel window and the slope pixel window to generate intermediate values, accumulates the intermediate values into ring accumulators, sums the accumulated values to generate a final ring value, and determines an orientation stability measure, and final scale and orientation values. An extract descriptors (ED) module acquires the source image, the image and slope pixel windows, final scale and orientation values, sector values, and a rink mask value. The ED module identifies pixels of interest, reorients the sector values. combines corresponding pixels from the image pixel window and the slope pixel window, accumulates and normalizes the intermediate values, and generates an image feature descriptor per coordinate.

Abstract: A navigation method for a disinfection robot includes: obtaining an initial map within a field of view of the robot; generating a disinfection grid having multiple disinfection squares on the initial map, and determining multiple disinfecting consideration points in the disinfection squares; determining a disinfection order of disinfecting targets corresponding to the disinfection squares according to distances between the robot after the robot completes disinfection of one of the targets corresponding to one of the disinfection squares and to-be-disinfected ones of the disinfection squares; according to distances between the position and the disinfecting consideration points in to-be-disinfected ones of the disinfection squares, combined with priority levels of the disinfecting consideration points in to-be-disinfected ones of the disinfection squares, determining disinfecting planning points in the disinfection squares; and performing disinfection to the targets corresponding to the disinfection squares acc

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes: a target information acquiring section that acquires information about a target around a user's vehicle; a storage section that stores management information related to at least either an entrance position or exit position of the target in a predetermined subject area on a basis of the information about the target acquired by the target information acquiring section; and a driving trajectory planning section that plans a driving trajectory of the user's vehicle on a basis of the management information stored in the storage section.

Abstract: The teachings of the present disclosure may include operation of a drivetrain system for a vehicle with multiple operation modes. The first includes coupling the AC electric machine with the internal combustion engine for starting the internal combustion engine or for supplying an additional torque. The second includes coupling the internal combustion engine with the AC electric machine for charging the electric battery. The third includes decoupling the AC electric machine from the internal combustion engine and connecting an AC winding to a heating resistance of a catalyst device for electrically heating the catalyst device. The fourth includes coupling the internal combustion engine with the AC electric machine to the heating resistance for electrically heating the catalyst device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for use in navigating a vehicle within an environment, and in one particular example, to a system and method for navigation planning in an unstructured environment including unobservable features, such as negative obstacles and/or occluded regions.

Abstract: A method for creating a road model for planning a trajectory of an ego vehicle, includes capturing a vehicle environment with at least one environment capturing sensor. Objects are detected in the vehicle environment. The method includes producing a grid map with a plurality of grid cells and entering the detections into the grid map wherein the detections are enlarged prior to being entered. The method also includes determining at least one path through the grid map which consists only of vacant grid cells. The at least one path is gradually scanned, wherein detections are determined orthogonally to a scanning direction of the path on both sides. The method further includes assigning the detections along the at least one path to road boundaries and creating the road model based on the previously determined information.

Abstract: When a management device receives battery exchange demand information from a first vehicle, the management device specifies at least one exchange partner candidate which is a vehicle providing a battery exchange with the first vehicle, transmits battery exchange request information to the exchange partner candidate, specifies, when receiving a battery exchange acceptance signal from a second vehicle, a battery exchange place based on location information about each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle, creates exchange instruction information including position information about the battery exchange place, and transmits the exchange instruction information to the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

Abstract: A method includes receiving first driving data associated with a first vehicle, receiving second driving data associated with one or more vehicles around the first vehicle, creating training data by labeling the first driving data as positive data and treating the second driving data as unlabeled, and using the training data to train a classifier to predict whether driving data input to the classifier is positive or unlabeled.

Abstract: An authentication system for a voice controlled autonomous driving system of a vehicle includes a plurality of perception sensors for collecting perception data indicative of an environment surrounding the vehicle and one or more controllers in electronic communication with one or more autonomous driving controllers of the voice controlled autonomous driving system and the plurality of perception sensors. The voice controlled autonomous driving system determines the trajectory of the vehicle based on a voice command generated by an occupant of the vehicle. The one or more controllers execute instructions to calculate a credibility score of the occupant that quantifies a reliability of one or more voice-based commands generated by the occupant. In response to determining an overall credibility score of the occupant is less than the threshold access score, the one or more controllers adjust an access level of the voice controlled autonomous driving system for the occupant.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a central processing unit. The central processing unit detects the size of a parking space. The central processing unit sets the size of an extra space to be secured at a minimum between a vehicle and an object around the parking space while changing that size according to the detected size of the parking space. Based on the set size of the extra space, the central processing unit provides assistance in parking the vehicle into the parking space.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting when a vehicle engages in anomalous driving behavior and managing nearby vehicles to mitigate risk to the nearby vehicles due to the anomalous driving behavior. According to some embodiments, the methods and systems comprise receiving an indication that an anomalous driving behavior of a first vehicle is detected, and identifying a plurality of vehicles within a geographic area of the first vehicle based on receiving the indication. The methods and systems further include generating an arrangement for the plurality of vehicles based on the detected anomalous driving behavior, determining a target speed for each of the plurality of vehicles based on the determined arrangement and a current speed of each of the plurality of vehicles, and communicating control messages to each of the plurality of vehicles. The control messages comprising the target speed to distribute the plurality of vehicles into the determined arrangement.

Abstract: A notification device includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires driving operation information indicating a driving operation status by a driver of a vehicle; and a notification unit that notifies the driver of a driving operation requested to be executed by the driver during a period from notification of transfer of driving authority from the vehicle to the driver to transfer of the driving authority to the driver. The notification unit notifies the driver of a driving operation, execution of which has not been completed by the driver among the driving operations requested to be executed by the driver on the basis of the driving operation information.

Abstract: A device includes a memory configured to store a first position estimate of a first vehicle. The device also includes a receiver configured to receive a second position estimate of a second vehicle. The device further includes a sensor configured to generate sensor data indicating a first relative position estimate of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle. The device also includes one or more processors configured to determine, based on a comparison of the first position estimate and the second position estimate, a second relative position estimate of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle. The one or more processors are also configured to determine whether the first position estimate is reliable based at least in part on determining whether the first relative position estimate matches the second relative position estimate.

Abstract: A method of operation of a compute system comprising: determining a potential ignition-on event from an on-board diagnostics; receiving a message group from the on-board diagnostic based on the potential ignition-on event; determining a match between a footprint and the message group; identifying a vehicle make-model-year based on the match and the footprint; decoding a vehicle identification based on the vehicle make-model-year and the footprint; and communicating the vehicle make-model-year, the vehicle identification, or a combination thereof for displaying on a device.

Abstract: A working vehicle includes a traveling vehicle body, a linking device capable of linking a working device to the traveling vehicle body, a sensor provided on the working device to monitor at least a surrounding area of the working device provided on the working device, and a controller to perform control relating to automatic operation of the traveling vehicle body based on a planned travel route and monitored information obtained by the sensor. The controller is configured or programmed to include an automatic operation controller to determine the automatic operation to be performed if the monitored information contains no obstacles and to determine the automatic operation not to be performed if the monitored information contains an obstacle.

Abstract: In a method for adjusting a vehicle component a function of an operating element is selected by a first operating process and the vehicle component is adjusted by a second operating process carried out manually on the operating element. The first operating process is caused by a speech input, a gesture, and/or a gaze.

Abstract: A travel control system includes a permission unit that permits outermost periphery automatic traveling if predetermined permission conditions are satisfied. The permission conditions include a first condition and a second condition. The first condition is that a reference value corresponding to a working width W1 of a work device 30 is larger than a lateral width W2 of the work device. The second condition is that the reference value is larger than a threshold value determined by a threshold value determination unit. The threshold value determination unit determines the threshold value based on a reference distance D1 between a front end position of a work vehicle 1 and a reference position SP at which the work device 30 is switched from a working state to a non-working state.