Abstract: A method for operating a main vehicle along a trajectory, the vehicle belonging to a fleet of vehicles, the main vehicle including a powertrain controlled by a control unit. To diminish the consumption of the vehicle, the method includes analyzing, by an external server, consumption data of each vehicles of the fleet of vehicles having previously travelled on said trajectory; based on the analyzed consumption data, identifying, by the external server, an improvable-consumption section of the trajectory; and providing to the control unit from the external server with instructions to restrict consumption of the powertrain on the improvable-consumption section.

Abstract: A method for operating a main vehicle along a trajectory, the vehicle belonging to a fleet of vehicles, the main vehicle including a powertrain controlled by a control unit. To diminish the consumption of the vehicle, the method includes analyzing, by an external server, consumption data of each vehicles of the fleet of vehicles having previously travelled on said trajectory; based on the analyzed consumption data, identifying, by the external server, an improvable-consumption section of the trajectory; and providing to the control unit from the external server with instructions to restrict consumption of the powertrain on the improvable-consumption section.

Abstract: A vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a battery, an alternator, a starter, configured to start the internal combustion engine, a charger, distinct from the battery, and an electrical energy storage system, connected to the starter and to the charger, and distinct from the battery. To allow the engine to be started in case of a battery failure, a method for operating the vehicle comprises: starting the internal combustion engine, measuring a state of charge of the battery, comparing the measured state of charge with a predetermined threshold value, if the measured state of charge is lower than the predetermined threshold value: charging the electrical energy storage system with the charger, then starting the internal combustion engine with the starter, by powering the starter with the electrical energy storage system, when restarting the internal combustion engine is required.

Abstract: A computer system comprising processing circuitry configured to handle wheel slip a vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises a first axle. The first axle comprises at least two wheels. Each of the at least two wheels of the first axle is drivable by at least two hydraulic motors. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a slip condition of the vehicle. The processing circuitry is configured to, based on the obtained slip condition, trigger an adjustment of pressure and/or flow to be supplied to at least one of the at least two hydraulic motors in the vehicle. Triggering the adjustment comprises triggering an adjustment of pressure and/or flow between at least two hydraulic motors, and/or triggering adjustment of pressure and/or flow supplied by a source.

Abstract: A security system circuit for a vehicle includes an electronic main control unit, at least one electronically operated switch, which is arranged on an input line of an electric load of the vehicle. Each electronically operated switch is controlled by the main control unit and is configured to switch between a connected configuration. The electronically operated switch allows electricity to flow through the input line between a main electric power source of the vehicle and the electric load, and a cutoff configuration, where said electronically operated switch prevents electricity from circulating through the input line between the main power source and said electric load, a safety switch, configured to be activated by a user of the vehicle. The safety switch is configured to control the main control unit, so that each electronically operated switch switches to its cutoff configuration when the safety switch is activated.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include operating, by a processor device of a computer system, a vehicle at a predetermined speed. The method may further include receiving, from a sensor device, a sensor signal indicating an abnormal condition. The method may further include receiving, from a sensor device, a sensor signal indicating an abnormal condition. The method may further include, based on the sensor signal, determining, by the processor device, an operation risk. The method may further include, in response to determining the operation risk, activating, by the processor device, an alarm. The method may further include, in response to determining the operation risk, maintaining, by the processor device, operation of the vehicle at the predetermined speed.

Abstract: The vehicle comprises a shading device arranged inside the driving cab. The shading device comprises a main curtain and a first side curtain, which are separate from each other but carried by common shaft, rotatable relative to a chassis, and which are each kinematically linked to the shaft. The vehicle further comprises a camera monitoring system capturing images outside the driving cab, and a first display screen arranged inside the driving cab, positioned on first one of the two lateral sides of the windshield, and vertically aligned with first side curtain but offset from main curtain. The shading device is configured to change between a first configuration, in which the main curtain and the first side curtain are entirely disposed higher than top of the first display screen, and a second configuration, in which a portion of the main curtain is disposed lower than top of the first display screen.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a processor device of a computer system of a vehicle, image data from a camera proximate a distal end of a camera mount structure coupled to the vehicle, the image data including a captured image of a region adjacent a vertical side surface of the vehicle, the distal end of the camera mount structure protruding outwardly from the vertical side surface. The method further includes determining, by the processor device, a relative location of the distal end of the camera mount structure with respect to the vertical side surface of the vehicle within the captured image. The method further includes causing, by the processor device, a display device of the vehicle to display an image comprising the captured image and a first indication of the relative location of the distal end of the camera mount structure within the captured image.

Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle feeding material to a road finishing machine. The vehicle includes a vehicle retarding system controllable to retard the vehicle, and processing circuitry coupled to the vehicle retarding system.

Abstract: A method of activating cruise control for a vehicle in motion is described. The vehicle speed is continuously acquired. A maximum allowable speed on the path currently travelled by the vehicle is determined. A value V1 for a limit speed is selected based on and below the determined maximum allowable speed. A time range of T units of time is selected based on the maximum allowable speed. The average speed is continuously calculated based on the continuously acquired speed measurements for the most recent T units of time. Upon determination that the speed of the vehicle exceeds the value V1 and that during the most recent T units of time the speed has deviated less than or equal to a predefined allowable deviation from the last calculated average speed, the cruise control is automatically activated to operate the vehicle at said last calculated average speed.

Abstract: A truck adapted to transport Dangerous Goods. The truck includes a chassis on which is arranged a battery; a cab mounted on the chassis, a solar panel for charging the battery, said solar panel being arranged on cab roof. A first relay is configured to disconnect the battery and a second relay, distinctive from the first relay, configured to disconnect the solar panel. At least one manual control element is located in the cab configured to simultaneously open the first and second relays. A crash sensor detects a crash situation and an electronic control unit is configured to disconnect the second relay, the electronic control unit being connected to the crash sensor so that the crash sensor sends a signal to the electronic control unit when a crash situation is detected.

Abstract: A skid steer machine having separate left and right hydraulic propulsion units includes an operating ratio change system by which the ratio of the propulsion speed of at least one of the hydraulic propulsion units versus the hydraulic flow directed to the propulsion units can be changed from at least a first ratio to a second ratio and inversely. The operating ratio change system includes an operating ratio change ECU which controls an operating ratio change device to operate in at least a first ratio configuration or a second ratio configuration, and the operating ratio change system operates in an automatic operating mode where the operating ratio change ECU selects the operating ratio according to machine parameters received by the operating ratio change ECU.

Abstract: A skid steer machine having separate left and right hydraulic propulsion units includes an operating ratio change system by which the ratio of the propulsion speed of at least one of the hydraulic propulsion units versus the hydraulic flow directed to the propulsion units can be changed from at least a first ratio to a second ratio and inversely. The operating ratio change system includes an operating ratio change ECU which controls an operating ratio change device to operate in at least a first ratio configuration or a second ratio configuration, and the operating ratio change system operates in an automatic operating mode where the operating ratio change ECU selects the operating ratio according to machine parameters received by the operating ratio change ECU.