Abstract: A method controls drive units for adjusting vehicle seat components. According to the method, a vehicle speed-dependent and crash-related nominal position or a vehicle speed-dependent and crash-related nominal position range are defined for at least one component. Starting from an actual position that is the same as the nominal position or from an actual position within the nominal position range, the actual position cannot be manually or automatically adjusted in the first instance or can only be adjusted in the nominal position range in the second instance, independently from the identification of a crash situation. Starting from an actual position that is different from the nominal position or outside the nominal position range, the actual position is automatically adjusted towards the nominal position or the nominal position range, preferably according to the identified defined situations, independently from the identification of a crash situation.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a route circuit and a stop-start circuit. The route circuit is structured to estimate a number of charging locations for an energy storage system of a vehicle for a planned route. The stop-start circuit is structured to determine a stop-start strategy for an engine of the vehicle based on the estimated number of charging locations and expected charges to be received by the energy storage system. The stop-start strategy defines a frequency and duration of using the engine in an on-mode during operation of the vehicle along the planned route. The stop-start circuit is further structured to determine that the energy storage system fails to receive an expected charge at one of the charging locations, and update the stop-start strategy to compensate for failing to receive the expected charge by increasing use of the engine in the on-mode during operation of the vehicle along the planned route.

Abstract: An intersection traffic control method, apparatus and system are provided.

Abstract: A vehicle dispatch system including a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the device processor to perform the following steps: receiving a user request for one or more services; dispatching, to a location designated by the user, a vehicle configured to provide one or more services to the user.

Abstract: A vehicle and method for controlling a vehicle having a traction battery and an internal combustion engine include adapting a power limitation of the internal combustion engine by sensing a currently supplied power level of the internal combustion engine and a current velocity of the vehicle, sensing an ambient temperature of the vehicle and determining an associated ambient-temperature-related weighting factor, sensing an ambient air pressure and determining an associated air-pressure-related weighting factor, determining a thermal load indicator as a function of a ratio of the sensed currently supplied power and the sensed current velocity as well as of the ambient-temperature-related weighting factor, the air-pressure-related weighting factor, and a vehicle-bodywork-related weighting factor, and limiting a maximum supplied power level of the internal combustion engine as a function of the determined thermal load indicator.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agricultural device for semi-automatic movement of a holding tool, for holding an object, between two positions, said two positions being at different heights. The device comprises said holding tool for holding the object, load sensing means for determining if the holding tool holds an object, driving means (9) for moving the holding tool up and down, a control unit for controlling the driving means, and a user interface for user input to the control unit. The device can be used in two modes of operations, wherein the holding tool in a first mode of operation is freely movably, and in a second mode of operation is semi-automatically movable between a plurality of determined positions (URP, UPP, LRP, LPP) depending on if the holding tool is holding an object or not, and which command is given to the user interface.

Abstract: A system for operating a driverless utility vehicle in a restricted area, including: a transfer module for transferring control of the utility vehicle at an entrance: from the driver of the utility vehicle to the system, and at an exit: from the system to the driver of the utility vehicle, wherein the restricted area has the entrance, the exit and a predetermined target point; a movement module for autonomously moving the utility vehicle from the entrance to the predetermined target point and from the predetermined target point to the exit; and a performance module for autonomously performing an action on the utility vehicle while the utility vehicle is situated at the predetermined target point, so as to change a state of the utility vehicle by the action. Also described are a related management system, a method, and a computer readable medium.

Abstract: Systems and methods of a vehicle for visually displaying a current state of a vehicle in regards to operational constraints of the vehicle are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate output signals conveying operational information regarding the vehicle; visually present information; determine, based on the output signals, the operational information; determine, based on the operational information, a current vehicle state of the vehicle; determine, based on the operational information, predicted boundaries of the current vehicle state; determine a metric value of a metric representing a difference between the current vehicle state and the predicted boundaries of the current vehicle state; and effectuate display of the metric upon the visual display unit.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a driving information input unit for receiving driving information generated while a vehicle travels, a steering angle location control unit for receiving a command steering angle for autonomous driving and a current motor steering angle of a driving motor and outputting an autonomous driving command through location control, and a motor-driven power steering control unit for driving the driving motor based on the autonomous driving command in an autonomous driving mode, determining whether a driver intervenes in steering, based on the driving information during the autonomous driving, computing a driver command according to the driver' steering based on a result of the determination, computing a compensation output between the autonomous driving command and the driver command by applying a weighting according to a steering angular speed, and making a mode transition from the autonomous driving mode to a driver mode while driving the driving motor.

Abstract: A machine includes an engine, a brake system, a speed sensor, a grade sensor, a load sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine a grade force based on the weight of the machine and the grade at which the machine is disposed; determine a deceleration force based on a target deceleration and the weight of the machine; monitor the speed at which the machine is traveling; determine an actual deceleration of the machine based on the monitored speed at which the machine is traveling; determine a deceleration error based on a difference between the actual deceleration and the target deceleration; determine a force correction based on the deceleration error; and control the brake system to apply a total brake force equal to the sum of the grade force, the deceleration force, and the force correction.

Abstract: A platooning controller is provided. The platooning controller includes a processor configured to perform platooning control when an outside vehicle cuts in during platooning and a storage configured to store information for performing the platooning control. The processor is configured to perform the platooning control based on sensor information of a host vehicle, when the outside vehicle cuts in front of the host vehicle. The processor is configured to determine whether a platooning vehicle which is traveling in front of the host vehicle performs emergency braking, based on communication information received from a vehicle which is platooning in front of the host vehicle.

Abstract: A driving assistance device that detects an object in a traveling direction of a vehicle and to assist avoiding a collision of the vehicle with the object, including: a decision unit that decides whether there is a possibility of the own vehicle colliding with the detected object; a creation unit that creates an action plan for the own vehicle to avoid colliding with the detected object; a transmission unit that transmits the action plan to another vehicle; a receiving unit that receives, from the other vehicle that received the action plan, a response including information on whether it is possible for the other vehicle to take an action to avoid colliding with the own vehicle; a determination unit that determines an action based on the action plan and the response from the other vehicle; and an execution unit that executes the action determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: A secondary control device may obtain main control information regarding an implement. The secondary control device may obtain monitoring information regarding the implement. The secondary control device may determine, using a first reduced functionality processing technique, secondary control information regarding the implement based on the monitoring information. The secondary control device may determine, using a second functionality processing technique, based on the main control information, the monitoring information, or the secondary control information, that a critical error associated with the implement has occurred. The secondary control device may determine a circumstance associated with the critical error. The secondary control device may select, based on determining the circumstance, a control technique and may control the implement using the control technique.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a moving object control apparatus, a moving object control method, and a moving object that make it possible to properly perform driving of a moving object in accordance with a person getting on the moving object or a candidate therefor and a person getting off the moving object or a candidate therefor. The moving object control apparatus includes a driving control unit that performs, on the basis of recognition of at least one of a candidate for getting on the moving object or a candidate for getting off the moving object, acceleration/deceleration control of the moving object. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a moving object such as a bus and a taxi, or a control apparatus that controls automatic driving or semi-automatic driving of the moving object.

Abstract: A driving support apparatus includes a communication device configured to be able to communicate with a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle that is under automatic driving control and a mobile terminal of a user of the vehicle; and a processor configured to send, upon receiving a return request for moving the vehicle to an exit location at which the user has exited the vehicle, from the mobile terminal through the communication device, a return command for moving the vehicle to the exit location to the vehicle-mounted device through the communication device, when a return time required to move the vehicle to the exit location is less than an available return time.

Abstract: A method for providing maximum traffic flow throughput and controlling vehicular pollution concentration is provided. The method includes (i) processing a source location and a destination location obtained from a user device associated with a user to determine at least one possible route to reach the destination location from the source location, (ii) determining at least one maximum flow route that includes at least one edge with an edge capacity from the at least one possible route, (iii) determining maximum traffic flow capacity for the at least one maximum flow route, (iv) determining active traffic flow routes by comparing continuously if shared or common edges of a plurality of route solutions is less than or equal to a pre-defined limit and (v) partitioning the maximum traffic flow capacity for the active traffic flow routes and permuting each partition of the maximum traffic flow capacity for the active traffic flow routes.

Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor programmed to identify, based on data from first sensors included in a first vehicle, that a second vehicle proximate to a route of the first vehicle is stationary. The processor is further programmed to receive, from second sensors included in the first vehicle, transient velocity data from the second vehicle; and determine an operating condition of the second vehicle based on the transient velocity data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the automated aerial application of chemicals onto agricultural areas. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are configured to selectively attach to modular sprayer payloads, each payload having a payload reservoir, a spray nozzle, a pump, and a battery. A ground station having landing pads for the UAVs is configured to coordinate and automatically fill at least one payload reservoir from a material tank and provide the payload to a given UAV. A control subsystem can determine a mission plan and command the UAV to selectively deliver the contents of the payload reservoir to at least a portion of one or more agricultural areas.

Abstract: To provide a technique for recognizing a tendency of a parking lot that was actually used by users visiting a target facility, a parking lot information management system includes: a parking information collecting unit that collects parking information indicating a parking point at which a vehicle is parked from the vehicle; and a history information accumulating unit that accumulates history information for every target facility that is set as a destination, the history information configured so that a tendency of a parking lot that the vehicle was actually parked in when the target facility was set as the destination is derived, based on the parking information.

Abstract: An automatic steering control apparatus includes a target-path acquisition unit that acquires a target path that is to be a traveling path of the vehicle, a target-rudder-angle acquisition unit that acquires a target rudder angle that is to be a rudder angle in the vehicle, on the basis of the target path, a sideslip-angle estimation unit that estimates a sideslip angle in the vehicle that is traveling at the target rudder angle, on the basis of the target rudder angle and a vehicle condition of the vehicle, and an automatic steering control unit. The automatic steering control unit performs at least one of stopping of automatic steering control and controlling of a steering-quantity regulation gain for regulating the target rudder angle, when the estimated sideslip angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.