Abstract: Techniques are discussed for controlling a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, based on occluded areas in an environment. An occluded area can represent areas where sensors of the vehicle are unable to sense portions of the environment due to obstruction by another object. An occlusion grid representing the occluded area can be stored as map data or can be dynamically generated. An occlusion grid can include occlusion fields, which represent discrete two- or three-dimensional areas of driveable environment. An occlusion field can indicate an occlusion state and an occupancy state, determined using LIDAR data and/or image data captured by the vehicle. An occupancy state of an occlusion field can be determined by ray casting LIDAR data or by projecting an occlusion field into segmented image data. The vehicle can be controlled to traverse the environment when a sufficient portion of the occlusion grid is visible and unoccupied.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for generating control signals to assist occupants in a vehicle, wherein a context of the vehicle is determined, a rule of a rule-based data system is selected depending on the determined context, wherein the rule-based data system comprises a plurality of rules, wherein each rule has a condition part and a result part, wherein the condition part comprises conditions for the context of the vehicle, a confidence value associated with the selected rule is determined, wherein the confidence value indicates the probability with which the result of the rule corresponds with the preference of the user, a result of the selected rule is generated, a control signal is generated and output depending on the generated rule result, wherein the control signal automates a vehicle function with a degree of automation, wherein the degree of automation depends on the confidence value of the selected rule. The disclosure likewise relates to a device for executing this method.

Abstract: A guidance system includes an outputter configured to output information, a first acquirer configured to acquire position information indicating an occurrence position of a predetermined event that occurred due to at least the feelings of an occupant in a moving body, a second acquirer configured to acquire position information indicating a position of a first moving body, and an output controller that is configured to cause the outputter to output guidance information for providing guidance to the occupant in the first moving body regarding the fact that there is a possibility of the predetermined event occurring in the first moving body according to the position information acquired by the first acquirer and the position information acquired by the second acquirer.

Abstract: A control stand is disclosed for controlling a crane, an excavator, a crawler, or a similar construction machine having a seat, control elements actuable from the seat for inputting control commands, a display apparatus for displaying information, and a control unit for generating adjustment signals in dependence on input control commands and/or for providing information to the display apparatus. A crane is disclosed having such a control stand that can be configured in the form of a crane operator's cabin. The control elements and/or the display apparatus of the control stand and various further auxiliary units can be individually configurable. Personal pre-settings can be saved and can be reinvoked when the control stand or the crane is to be controlled by a certain machine operator.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes a steering wheel configured to output an output based on an input from a user, and a controller configured to: determine a target orientation of front wheels of a vehicle based on vehicle environment information, determine whether an orientation of the front wheels of the vehicle based on the output from the steering wheel deviates from the target orientation, disengage the steering wheel from the front wheels in response to determination that the orientation of the front wheels deviates from the target orientation, adjust the orientation of the front wheels to the target orientation and provide a feedback in response to adjusting the orientation of the front wheels to the target orientation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for situational modification of autonomous vehicle operation are disclosed. According to aspects, a computing device may detect the occurrence of an emergency event and may determine a current operation of an autonomous vehicle that may be associated with the emergency event. The computing device may determine a modification to operation of the autonomous vehicle, where the modification may represent a violation of a roadway regulation that may enable effective handling of the emergency event. The computing device may generate a set of instructions for the autonomous vehicle to execute to cause the autonomous vehicle to undertake the operation modification.

Abstract: An autonomous robot is provided. In one example embodiment, an autonomous robot can include a main body including one or more compartments. The one or more compartments can be configured to provide support for transporting an item. The autonomous robot can include a mobility assembly affixed to the main body and a sensor configured to obtain sensor data associated with a surrounding environment of the autonomous robot. The autonomous robot can include a computing system configured to plan a motion of the autonomous robot based at least in part on the sensor data. The computing system can be operably connected to the mobility assembly for controlling a motion of the autonomous robot. The autonomous robot can include a coupling assembly configured to temporarily secure the autonomous robot to an autonomous vehicle. The autonomous robot can include a power system and a ventilation system that can interface with the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing an indicator of a direction between a requester and a transportation vehicle. For example, the systems and methods described herein can provide a dynamic digital compass from the current orientation of a requester client device to the location of a transportation vehicle. For example, the systems and methods described herein can determine a location of a requester client device, a location of a transportation vehicle, and an orientation of the requester client device. The systems and methods can also utilize the location of the requester client device, the location of the transportation vehicle, and the orientation of the requester client device to identify a direction from the requester client device to the transportation vehicle relative to the current orientation of the requester client device and provide a digital compass to indicate the direction to the transportation vehicle.

Abstract: An ADV includes a method to combine data from multiple sensors. The method compresses video data from a camera to generate compressed video data. The compressed video data are segmented. The method time synchronizes each segment of the compressed video data with data from other sensors. The method then combines each segment of the compressed video data with the corresponding time-synchronized sensor data for the other sensors. In one embodiment, each segment of the compressed video data is independently decodable. In another embodiment, each segment of the compressed video data includes a compressed video unit that is prepended with a buffered portion of the compressed video data that immediately precede the compressed video unit. The length of the compressed video unit is smaller than the length of the independently decodable segment to offer finer granularity in time synchronizing the compressed video data with the other sensor data with a tradeoff.

Abstract: A navigation server includes a network interface controller through which identification information and movement line information of a mobile terminal are received from the mobile terminal, the movement line information including location information and a timestamp, a storage device in which movement line data of the mobile terminal and location data of different places are stored, and a processor configured to extract the movement line data from the movement line information and record the extracted movement line data in the storage device. The processor, in response to a search criteria received from the mobile terminal through the network interface controller, generates using the movement line data and the location data of the different places, a navigation map that shows a place that is located along a route defined by the movement line data and meets the search criteria, and transmits the navigation map to the mobile terminal for display.

Abstract: An image captured by a far-infrared camera is analyzed to analyze a distribution of a road-surface temperature, and a course of a highest road-surface temperature is determined to be a traveling route. Further, automatic driving along the course of the highest road-surface temperature is performed. Furthermore, a state of the distribution of a road-surface temperature, and a direction of the course of the highest road-surface temperature are displayed on a display section, so that a user (a driver) recognizes them. For example, a state analyzer detects a candidate course travelable for a vehicle, the state analyzer detecting a plurality of the candidate courses, calculates an average value of a road-surface temperature of each of the plurality of the candidate courses, and determines the candidate course having a largest average value of a road-surface temperature to be a traveling route.

Abstract: A method of mobile automation apparatus localization in a navigation controller includes: controlling a depth sensor to capture a plurality of depth measurements corresponding to an area containing a navigational structure; selecting a primary subset of the depth measurements; selecting, from the primary subset, a corner candidate subset of the depth measurements; generating, from the corner candidate subset, a corner edge corresponding to the navigational structure; selecting an aisle subset of the depth measurements from the primary subset, according to the corner edge; selecting, from the aisle subset, a local minimum depth measurement for each of a plurality of sampling planes extending from the depth sensor; generating a shelf plane from the local minimum depth measurements; and updating a localization of the mobile automation apparatus based on the corner edge and the shelf plane.

Abstract: A wireless engine monitoring system for an aircraft engine includes a housing and wireless transceiver that receives engine data, including engine data relating to environmental engine emissions. A processor processes the engine data and generates an alarm report when the environmental engine emissions exceed a threshold.

Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to ways to improve route duration calculations e.g., estimated time of arrival (ETA) approximations, by taking consideration of reroute probabilities along a given vehicle path. In some aspects, the disclosed technology encompasses a process including steps for identifying a route between a first destination to a second destination, determining a reroute likelihood associated with at least one AV maneuver along the route, and calculating an estimated time of arrival (ETA) based on the reroute likelihood associated with at least one AV maneuver. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: Upon autonomous travel control of a subject vehicle having an autonomous travel control function based on a remote operation command from a remote operation device located outside the subject vehicle, when start of a remote operation by the remote operation device is input, a predetermined authentication code stored in the subject vehicle is displayed inside or outside the vehicle so as to be visible, the displayed authentication code is acquired by the remote operation device, a determination is made whether or not the authentication code acquired by the remote operation device matches the authentication code stored in the vehicle, and upon matching, a paring process between the vehicle and the remote operation device is completed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and storage media for storing and loading visual localization maps. The methods for storing the visual localization maps may include acquiring a visual localization map; extracting key frame abstract information of each key frame from the visual localization map; grouping the key frame abstract information of all key frames of the visual localization map; for each group, generating and storing a sub-map-file of the group using the key frame abstract information of the group; generating key frame space index information based on the key frame abstract information of all groups; and generating and storing a master map file according to the key frame space index information for indexing the sub-map-file.

Abstract: A method receives a first image set depicting a merging zone, the first image set including first image(s) associated with a first timestamp; determines, using a trained first machine learning logic, a first state describing a traffic condition of the merging zone at the first timestamp using the first image set; determines, from a sequence of states describing the traffic condition of the merging zone at a sequence of timestamps, using a trained second machine learning logic, second state(s) associated with second timestamp(s) prior to the first timestamp of the first state using a trained backward time distance; computes, using a trained third machine learning logic, impact metric(s) for merging action(s) using the first state, the second state(s), and the merging action(s); selects, from the merging action(s), a first merging action based on the impact metric(s); and provides a merging instruction including the first merging action to a merging vehicle.

Abstract: A method to establish a lane-change maneuver, the method includes the steps of calculating a plurality of anchor points along a projected vehicle route and, based on the plurality of anchor points, generating a lane-change maneuver trajectory. The plurality of anchor points can include: a first anchor point based on time, a second anchor point where the vehicle would cross a lane boundary from a host lane to a target lane, and a third anchor point where counter steering torque would be applied to center the vehicle in the target lane.

Abstract: A system and method for reliably and efficiently monitoring and arbitrating the performance of one or more UTM infrastructure systems are provided herein.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle, an information terminal apparatus that can provide, on a display unit, a plurality of contents which provide training on an operation method of the vehicle, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the information terminal apparatus. The information terminal apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a first content that provides training on an operation method including a method to start an operation of a specific function of the vehicle and a second content that provides, to a user of the vehicle who has been trained by the first content and is registered in the server, training on an operation method corresponding to a phenomenon that can occur while the specific function is provided.