Abstract: A pet litter device includes: a base configured to be placed on a support surface, the base defining a recessed portion that comprises a recess surface defining an opening, and a drum rotatably connected to the base and partly received in the recessed portion. The drum has an outer lateral surface. The recess surface and a portion of the outer lateral surface that faces the recess surface define a gap and form a passage in communication with the opening. The recess surface is to guide litter particles entering the passage to pass through the opening to fall on the support surface.

Abstract: This invention presents an automated driving system with distributed computing (ADS-DC). During the operation of a connected automated vehicle (CAV), some or all of its automated driving capabilities for sensing, prediction, planning, decision-making, or control may be downgraded due to long-tail events or malfunctions. The intelligent roadside toolbox (IRT) functions as an edge server or a cloud, and can supplement CAV's sensing functions, prediction and management functions, planning and decision-making functions, and vehicle control functions by providing customized, on-demand, and dynamic computing resources and functions to the CAV. In addition, the IRT computing functions provide the computation support for sensing, prediction, planning, decision-making, and/or control functions of said CAV. Namely, the IRT functions as an edge server or a cloud to provide processing, training or optimization of CAV driving models as well as facilitate the implementation of the driving models in the CAV.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology related to a distributed driving system (DDS) by using flexible, on-demand, and customized resources and functions from an intelligent roadside toolbox (IRT). These resources comprise computational resources, cloud resources, system security resources, backup and redundancy resources. The functions comprise sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision-making, and vehicle control functions. The DDS and IRT technologies described herein are vehicle oriented, modular, and customizable for each vehicle to meet the specific needs of each individual vehicle as an on-demand and dynamic service. The DDS is configured to provide customized, on-demand, and dynamic IRT resources and functions to individual CAVs to supplement the CAV's sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision-making, and/or vehicle control.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology related to a distributed driving system (DDS) that provides transportation management and operations and vehicle control for connected and automated vehicles (CAV) and intelligent road infrastructure systems (IRIS) and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods and systems for sending individual vehicles with customized, detailed, and time-sensitive control instructions and traffic information for automated vehicle driving, such as vehicle following, lane changing, route guidance, and other related information

Abstract: A pet litter device includes: a base configured to be placed on a support surface, the base defining a recessed portion that comprises a recess surface defining an opening, and a drum rotatably connected to the base and partly received in the recessed portion. The drum has an outer lateral surface. The recess surface and a portion of the outer lateral surface that faces the recess surface define a gap and form a passage in communication with the opening. The recess surface is to guide litter particles entering the passage to pass through the opening to fall on the support surface.