Abstract: A system configured to receive baseline map data from a remote map-data source, and determine whether the baseline map data is sufficient for present mobile navigation-unit function, yielding a map-sufficiency determination. If the map-sufficiency determination is affirmative, using the baseline map data for the present mobile navigation-unit function. If the map-sufficiency determination is negative, the system predicts navigation-unit movement, obtains based on the navigation-unit movement predicted, supplemental map data, and uses the baseline map data and the supplemental map data for the present mobile navigation-unit function.

Abstract: A portable system, for use in projecting proprietary host-data-based output utilizing a dual-layer proprietary-data arrangement including the portable system, a remote proprietary-data server, and a host device. The system having a first-layer arrangement component communicating with the server by way of a long-range channel, and a second-layer arrangement component communicating with the host device by wired or a short-range communication. The system also includes a portable-system application that generates, based on proprietary host data, proprietary-host-data-based app output. The first-layer includes a remote-server-communications client sub-module that receives the proprietary host data from the server. The application generates, based on the proprietary host data, proprietary host data-based app output data, for use in presentation via the host device.

Abstract: A multi-modal projection system, such as a smartphone, a wearable, or a generic universal-serial-bus-class (generic USB-class), for use in projecting device output via a host apparatus, such as a transportation vehicle. The system includes a hardware-based processing unit (processor), and a base data-processing resource needed by each of a plurality of interface components to generate the output to be projected via the host apparatus. The system includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage component having the interface components that, when executed by the processing unit, generate the output to be projected via the host apparatus. The storage component further includes a plurality of virtual data-processing components being virtual representations of the base data-processing resource. The storage component further includes a mapping module that, when executed, controls access for the interface components to the base data-processing component by way of the virtual data-processing components.

Abstract: The present application generally relates to methods and apparatus for inferring map data from GPS measurements. More specifically, the method and apparatus to receive a plurality of measurement data from vehicular GPS measurements and, optionally, additional sensor data. The system is then operative to generate latitude and longitude errors from the covariance matrix and apply this information to a plurality of measurement data in order to determine an actual location in response to the plurality of measurement data.

Abstract: In one aspect, the technology includes a portable system, for providing add-on resources to a host device, such as a vehicle host device. The portable system includes a portable-system resource, which in various embodiments is at least partially a part of a portable-system data storage. The data storage includes at least one companion application that, when executed, provides, based on operation of the portable-system resource, host-device output for use at the host device, wherein the host-device output is output that the host device could not produce on its own or is supplemental to output that the host device can produce on its own. Example portable-system resources include a central-processing unit, a graphics processor, an application shop, an app-refresh program, security or hardware accelerators, and a speech recognition or three-dimensional rendering program. The technology in various embodiments also includes the host device described herein.

Abstract: A portable system, for use in projecting proprietary host-data-based output to a host device using a dual-layer proprietary-data-provision arrangement including the host device and portable system. A storage component includes one or more first-layer components, of the dual-layer proprietary-data-provision arrangement, that, when executed by a hardware-based processing unit, communicates with the host device by a first wired communication channel or a first short-range wireless communication channel to receive the proprietary host data from the host device. The storage also includes a portable-system application that, when executed, generates, based on the proprietary host data, proprietary host-data-based app output.

Abstract: A system and method is taught for collaborative vehicle to all (V2X) communications to improve autonomous driving vehicle performance in a heterogeneous capability environment by sharing capabilities among different vehicles. In particular, the system and method are operative to facilitate path planning contention resolution among a plurality of road uses within a road segment by facilitating the election and transition of a segment leader to arbitrate conflicts.

Abstract: A video communications method includes segmenting an image frame or an image frame portion into first and second source network packet blocks. The first source network packet block includes a first number of source network packets and the second network packet block includes a second number of source network packets. The method further includes encoding the first source network packet block to produce a first encoded network packet block and encoding the second source network packet block to produce a second encoded network packet block. The first encoded network packet block includes a first number of encoded network packets and the second encoded network packet block includes a second number of encoded network packets. Still further, the method includes transmitting the first and second encoded network packet blocks over a wireless network. A wireless device and a vehicle may utilize the video communications method.

Abstract: Systems and method are provided for participative map anomaly detection and correction. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented method for map anomaly detection is provided. The method includes receiving, by a processor in a vehicle, pre-planned trajectory data from a navigation module in the vehicle, retrieving, by the processor, sensor data from one or more vehicle sensing systems, analyzing, by the processor, the sensor data and the pre-planned trajectory data, identifying, by the processor, an anomaly from the analysis, and transmitting information regarding the anomaly to a central repository external to the vehicle wherein the central repository is configured to analyze the information regarding the anomaly to determine if a navigation map attribute is incorrect.

Abstract: A system and method is taught for collaborative vehicle to all (V2X) communications to improve autonomous driving vehicle performance in a heterogeneous capability environment by sharing capabilities among different vehicles. In particular, the system and method are operative to facilitate path planning contention resolution among a plurality of road uses within a road segment by facilitating the election and transition of a segment leader to arbitrate conflicts.

Abstract: Disclosed are vehicle communications networks for adapting user information using crowd-sensed contextual data, computer-executable instructions for provisioning such content/information, and vehicles equipped with a telematics system for adapting driver information using contextual data from vehicle participatory sensing systems. A disclosed method for provisioning information to occupants of a motor vehicle includes determining trip characteristics, including vehicle and driver data, for a current trip of the vehicle, and determining trip characteristics for previous trips that correspond to the current trip. The vehicle's communications system receives, over a distributed computer network from a vehicle participatory sensing system aggregating data from participative vehicles, operational data for the current trip as sensed by the participative vehicles.

Abstract: A system and method is taught for collaborative vehicle to all (V2X) communications to improve autonomous driving vehicle performance in a heterogeneous capability environment by sharing capabilities among different vehicles. In particular, the system and method are operative to receive an image from a proximate vehicle and to augment a display within the host vehicle by providing a view of objects with an area of obstructed view.

Abstract: A vehicle, a computer system for driving the vehicle and a method of operating the vehicle. The vehicle includes an embedded processor. The embedded processor receives an instruction to perform a computational task involving an operation of the vehicle and offloads the computer task to a remote processor. The remote processor receive the offloaded computational task from the embedded processor, performs the computational task to obtain a partial result, and provide the partial result to the embedded processor. The embedded processor performs the computational task starting with the partial results provided by the remote processor.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a map via a cloud-based system is disclosed. The method includes requesting, by a controller of an autonomous vehicle, a map data from a cloud-based server. The map data is stored on the cloud-based server. The method also includes receiving map data from the cloud-based server. The method also includes autonomously navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the received map data.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a map via a cloud-based system is disclosed. The method includes requesting, by a controller of an autonomous vehicle, a map data from a cloud-based server. The map data is stored on the cloud-based server. The method also includes receiving map data from the cloud-based server. The method also includes autonomously navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the received map data.

Abstract: Methods and systems for communicating data between a network and devices of a vehicle are provided. A method includes: determining, by a processor, a value associated with a round trip time based on vehicle information; adjusting, by the processor, a size of a window used in communication with the network based on the value; and communicating data at least one of to and from the network based on the size of the window.

Abstract: Systems and method are provided for implementing selective crowd sourcing. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented method for obtaining data from vehicles includes calculating a greedy parameter value for each of a plurality of vehicles in a geographical area; selecting no more than a predetermined number of the plurality of vehicles having a greedy parameter value in a greedy parameter threshold range; instructing the selected vehicles to transmit data while in the geographical area; and receiving the data from the selected vehicles. In another embodiment, a vehicle including a crowd sourcing selection module is provided. The crowd sourcing selection module is configured to retrieve consensus information from a central repository; calculate greedy parameter information regarding the vehicle using the consensus information; and determine whether to transmit an event observation to the central repository based on the greedy parameter information.

Abstract: A portable communication device, for implementation with a host vehicle of transportation having an on-board diagnostics port and a limited-access head-unit display. The device includes an on-board diagnostics connector sized and shaped to connect to the on-board diagnostics port of the host vehicle, a hardware-based processing unit in communication with the on-board diagnostics; and a non-transitory storage device in communication with the processing unit, the storage device. The storage includes a media-options presentation module that, when executed by the processing unit: sends, by way of the on-board diagnostics connector and port, media-options data to the host vehicle for presenting user media options by way of the limited-access head-unit display; and receives user-selection data responding to the user media options.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for receiving local data via a vehicle sensing module of a vehicle control system, receiving remote data via a cloud interface unit of the vehicle control system from a cloud server, and processing the local data and the remote data via a processing unit of the vehicle control system. Based on the processing of the local data and the remote data, at least one vehicle feature is controlled. The local data and the remote data are associated with processing priority levels. The processing unit varies a frequency of processing based on the processing priority levels. Further provided is a cloud server for transmitting remote data to a crowd of vehicles. The cloud server comprises a first module configured to allocate vehicles to a plurality of groups based at least on location data received from the vehicles. A second module of the cloud server is configured to determine different remote data for each group.

Abstract: A system having a resource-availability module configured to cause the processing unit to determine whether a resource scarcity condition exists in connection with providing map data to a mobile navigation unit. The system also includes a tuning-parameter module configured to cause the processing unit to, in response to determining that the resource scarcity condition exists, determine a tuning parameter to use in preparing map data to provide to the mobile navigation unit. The system further includes an encoding module configured to cause the processing unit to encode map data based on the tuning parameter, and a map-data-delivery module configured to cause the processing unit to provide or make available the encoded map data to the mobile navigation unit.