Abstract: A lighting module for a vehicle includes a light source and a lens including an input dioptre oriented towards the light source and an output dioptre. The output dioptre includes at least one section through a horizontal plane having two convex portions separated by a concave portion, viewed from a side opposite the light source. The input dioptre includes a section through a vertical median plane having a lower convex portion and an upper concave portion, viewed from a side opposite the light source.

Abstract: A computer-implement method for operating an ADV is disclosed. A starting point and an ending point of a route along which an ADV is to be driven is determined. Whether each of the starting point and the ending point is within a first driving area having a lane boundary or a second driving area as an open space is determined. The route is divided into a first route segment and a second route segment. Dependent upon whether the starting point or the ending point is within the first driving area or the second driving area, the method comprises operating in one of an on-lane mode or an open-space mode to plan a first trajectory for the first route segment and operating in one of the on-lane mode or the open-space mode to plan a second trajectory for the second route segment.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle driving control method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, according to driving data of a vehicle, at least one piece of candidate speed information of the vehicle, the candidate speed information is used to indicate traveling speed of the vehicle at each moment in a first preset time period; predicting, according to movement data of an obstacle on a road, an obstacle trajectory of the obstacle in the first preset time period; determining right-of-way information corresponding to the obstacle trajectory, the right-of-way information is used to indicate a priority in traveling of the vehicle and the obstacle; and determining target speed information in the at least one piece of candidate speed information according to the right-of-way information corresponding to the obstacle trajectory and the obstacle trajectory, and controlling the vehicle to travel according to a route corresponding to the vehicle and the target speed information.

Abstract: Provided is a method for recycling lead iodide and a substrate of a waste perovskite device. The method includes steps as follows: preparing an iodide solution having a set concentration; immersing the waste perovskite device in the iodide solution for dissolution until a perovskite substance of the waste perovskite device is not dissolved, and extracting supernatant; adding water to the supernatant for dilution, and obtaining lead iodide crystals containing a small quantity of impurities; washing the lead iodide crystals containing a small quantity of impurities, adding acid to treat the lead iodide crystals, washing the lead iodide crystals with isopropanol and ether to obtain lead iodide powder, and drying the lead iodide powder to obtain obtaining recycled lead iodide; and cleaning and recycling a substrate generated. The lead iodide is recycled according to Le Chatelier's principle, which achieves safe, environmentally friendly and low-cost recycling.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a detection method, apparatus for automatic driving sensor, and electronic device. The method includes: pre-establishing a standard association relationship, the sensor to-be-detected is used for capturing in a fixed scene, and a corresponding capturing result is displayed.

Abstract: A computer-implement method for operating an ADV is disclosed. A first trajectory for the ADV to drive along is planned. The ADV is to autonomously drive along the first trajectory. An obstacle in an affected region of the ADV is detected based on sensor data obtained from a plurality of sensors mounted on the ADV. An expected residence time of the obstacle in the affected region is determined. Whether to plan a second trajectory or to wait for the obstacle to leave the affected region is determined based on the expected residence time of the obstacle in the affected region. A second trajectory for the ADV to drive along is planned and the ADV is to autonomously drive along the second trajectory, or the ADV is to wait for the obstacle to leave the affected region and to autonomously drive along the first trajectory afterwards.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a mobile robot, and a control system are provided. The method includes: in response to receiving a start request sent by a mobile robot, obtaining at least one of the position information or condition information of the mobile robot; determining a speed limit value of the mobile robot according to the obtained information; and sending a start instruction including the speed limit value to the mobile robot, so as to control the mobile robot to move at a speed smaller than or equal to the speed limit value. The implementation improves the motion safety of a mobile robot.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for processing vehicle driving mode switching, a vehicle and a server. The method includes: determining (S103) a target switching reason upon detecting that a driving mode of a vehicle is switched from unmanned driving to manned driving; acquiring (S104) status information and/or traveling environment information of the vehicle corresponding to the target switching reason; and sending the status information and/or the traveling environment information, and the target switching reason to a server, to enable the server to analyze the target switching reason, and improve the automatic driving system continuously according to the analysis result.

Abstract: A remote control method for an autonomous vehicle includes: a central control device receives a remote control request message sent by a vehicle; detects a driving operation of a control person on the simulated cockpit; generates an instruction for simulating a driving operation according to the driving operation of a control person on the simulated cockpit, where the instruction for simulating a driving operation is used to simulate the driving operation of the control person on the simulated cockpit; and sends a remote control message to the vehicle. A remote control apparatus for an autonomous vehicle is also related.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for pushing information, a method and an apparatus for controlling presentation of content. The method for pushing information includes: determining vehicle information of a communicatively connected autonomous vehicle, the vehicle information including autonomous vehicle driving route information; selecting to-be-played content matching the vehicle information from a pre-stored set of to-be-played contents according to the vehicle information, and storing the elected to-be-played content to the sub-set of to-be-played contents; and transmitting the sub-set of to-be-played contents to the autonomous vehicle so that the autonomous vehicle plays the to-be-played content in the sub-set of to-be-played contents. According to the embodiment, targeted to-be-played content can be sent to the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A method, including: acquiring a point cloud frame including point cloud data of a pedestrian; projecting the point cloud data of the pedestrian to a ground coordinate system to obtain projection point data of the pedestrian; determining a direction of a connection line between the two shoulders of the pedestrian, based on a location distribution of the projection point data; extracting a point cloud of a stable region from the point cloud data of the pedestrian based on the direction of the connection line between the two shoulders of the pedestrian, a form change range of the stable region when the pedestrian moves being smaller than form change ranges of other regions of the pedestrian; and determining movement information of the pedestrian based on a coordinate of a center point of the point cloud of the stable region in a plurality of consecutive point cloud frames.

Abstract: According to various embodiment, described herein are methods and systems for reliably detecting malfunctions in a variety of software or hardware components in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). In one embodiment, a redundant system can be provided on an independent computing device in an ADV to check for malfunctions in a number of software or hardware components. When no malfunction occurs in the ADV, an autonomous driving system (ADS) in the ADV operates to drive the ADV, while the redundant system can monitor the ADS in a standby mode. In the event of a malfunction, the redundant system can take over the control of the ADV, and take appropriate actions based on a severity level of the malfunction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for controlling an autonomous vehicle to pass through a curve, a device and a medium, and relate to the field of autonomous driving technologies. At least one implementation of the method for controlling an autonomous vehicle to pass through a curve includes: determining a curve boundary within a sensing area in a current driving direction of the autonomous vehicle based on a current position of the autonomous vehicle on the curve; determining a current safe stopping distance of the autonomous vehicle on the curve based on current driving parameters of the autonomous vehicle and the curve boundary; determining a speed threshold of the autonomous vehicle based on the current safe stopping distance, braking parameters of the autonomous vehicle and a curve curvature corresponding to the current position; and controlling a speed of the autonomous vehicle not to exceed the speed threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a remote login processing method, apparatus, device and storage medium for an unmanned vehicle, and relates to the technical field of remote control. The implementation method of the specific method includes: sending a login request to an unmanned vehicle terminal through a first communication channel in response to a the login request received from an operator, and waiting to receive a reply instruction returned by the unmanned vehicle terminal; returning the reply instruction to the operator through the second communication channel in response to the reply instruction received from the unmanned vehicle terminal, so that the operator logs in the unmanned vehicle terminal according to the reply instruction, where there is a persistent connection state that unidirectionally authenticated between the second communication channel and the unmanned vehicle terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for remotely controlling a self-driving vehicle, including: a control device receives operation state information of the vehicle to be controlled transmitted by the vehicle, and video data and/or audio data of a passenger in the vehicle; determines a first abnormal parameter of the vehicle according to the operation state information of the vehicle; determines a second abnormal parameter of an emotion of the passenger in the vehicle according to the video data and/or audio data of the passenger in the vehicle; and controls the vehicle remotely according to the first abnormal parameter and the second abnormal parameter. It is possible to avoid the situation that the passenger in the vehicle performs a wrong manipulation on the vehicle due to a large emotional fluctuation in an emergency, thus making the control of the vehicle more safe and reliable in the emergency.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an exemplary method of autonomously charging an autonomous driving vehicle includes receiving, from a sensor in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), indication that a batter level of the ADV falls below a threshold; and selecting a charging pile from a plurality of charging piles on a high definition map based on information received from a cloud server. The method further includes generating a first trajectory based on a current location of the ADV and a location of the selected charging pile, the first trajectory connecting a first point representing the current location of the ADV to a second point at the selected charging pile, and including a first segment and a second segment. The method further includes driving forward along the first segment of the first trajectory, and driving backward along the second segment of the first trajectory when the ADV drives towards the selected charging pile along the first trajectory.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for detecting an obstacle. The method may include: acquiring first point cloud data collected by a first vehicle-mounted laser radar and second point cloud data collected by a second vehicle-mounted laser radar, where a height of the first vehicle-mounted laser radar from a ground is greater than a height of the second vehicle-mounted laser radar from the ground, and a number of wiring harnesses of the first vehicle-mounted laser radar is greater than a number of wiring harnesses of the second vehicle-mounted laser radar; performing ground estimation based on the first point cloud data; filtering out a ground point in the second point cloud data according to the ground estimation result of the first point cloud data; and performing obstacle detection based on the second point cloud data after the ground point is filtered out.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an autonomous driving vehicle control method and apparatus, an electronic device and a readable storage medium, and relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to the field of artificial intelligence technologies such as intelligent transportation and autonomous driving technologies. A specific implementation solution involves: constructing a communication link between an autonomous driving vehicle and a cloud; reporting, based on the communication link, emergency information provided by a passenger of the autonomous driving vehicle to the cloud; receiving control information of the autonomous driving vehicle fed back by the cloud, the control information of the autonomous driving vehicle being sent by the cloud in response to a trigger operation of an agent of the cloud based on the emergency information; and controlling the driving of the autonomous driving vehicle according to the control information of the autonomous driving vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle passenger flow statistical method, including: acquiring, by a server, door opening time and door closing time of a vehicle during any one door opening and closing process of door opening and closing processes in a pending statistical period; acquiring, by the server, a first set of images and a second set of images in a carriage of the vehicle according to the door opening time and the door closing time; and acquiring, by the server, the number of on-board people and the number of off-board people during the door opening and closing process according to the first set of images and the second set of images. The present disclosure can improve efficiency and accuracy of passenger flow statistics according to which an operation plan of the vehicle may be optimized timely and effectively.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for autonomous driving control, an electronic device, and a storage medium; the application relates to the technical field of autonomous driving. A specific implementation solution is: obtaining movement data of a pedestrian, where the movement data includes a velocity component of the pedestrian along a width direction of a lane and a time of duration that the pedestrian cuts into a driving path of the autonomous vehicle from one side; determining a movement direction of the pedestrian according to the movement data and the movement information of the pedestrian; and generating a driving strategy for the autonomous vehicle according to the movement direction of the pedestrian. Therefore, the movement direction of the pedestrian can be accurately predicted, which facilitates the autonomous vehicle to avoid the pedestrian and insures driving safety.