Abstract: A moving body includes: a first detection unit configured to detect three-dimensional information on a space in which the moving body travels; a second detection unit configured to detect a state of the moving body; and a control unit configured to predict a possibility of overturning of a virtual moving body by allowing the virtual moving body corresponding to the moving body to travel on a virtual road surface in a virtual space prior to a travel of the moving body on a road surface based on a shape of the virtual road surface in the virtual space corresponding to the detected three-dimensional information and based on the detected state of the moving body, and performs control depending on the predicted possibility of overturning.

Abstract: A method and system for navigating an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises determining a relative velocity between the autonomous vehicle and each of one or more surrounding vehicles. Thereafter, the relative velocity associated with each of the one or more surrounding vehicles may be compared with a predefined relative speed threshold to identify a plurality of vehicles-of-interest from the one or more surrounding vehicles. An area bounded by the plurality of vehicles-of-interest may then be determined as a current navigable space for the autonomous vehicle. Subsequently, a future navigable space for the autonomous vehicle may be predicted based on a predicted velocity of the plurality of vehicles-of-interest and a predicted distance to the plurality of vehicles-of-interest. The autonomous vehicle may then be navigated based on the current navigable space and the future navigable space.

Abstract: A device for controlling a vehicle at an intersection. The device variably sets a monitoring range of a vehicle sensor in accordance with a relationship between the progress paths of a host vehicle and a target vehicle at an intersection, or controls the host vehicle according to a collision avoidance control method in comparison with a predetermined scenario of a collision possibility of the host vehicle and the target vehicle at the intersection according to a scenario, thereby making it possible to prevent a collision at the intersection.

Abstract: Apparatuses, storage media and methods associated with computer assisted or autonomous driving (CA/AD), are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes one or more communication interfaces to receive an intended or projected path of an object proximally moving near the CA/AD vehicle; sensors to collect sensor data associated with stationary or moving objects in a surrounding area of the CA/AD vehicle; and a navigation subsystem to navigate or assist in navigating the CA/AD vehicle to a destination, based at least in part on the sensor data associated with the stationary or moving objects in the surrounding area, and the received intended or projected path of the object proximally moving near the CA/AD vehicle. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Abstract: A method of determining a trajectory of motion of a vehicle in a predetermined region, wherein the predetermined region includes a plurality of sub-regions, the method being executed by one or more processors, the method including determining an occupancy hypothesis of the predetermined region, wherein the occupancy hypothesis indicates occupied sub-regions of the plurality of sub-regions and non-occupied sub-regions of the plurality of sub-regions; determining a utility value for each sub-region of the predetermined region; determining the trajectory of motion which crosses at least one sub-region of the non-occupied sub-regions, based on a function of the utility values of the least one sub-region of the non-occupied sub-regions crossed by the trajectory of motion and by maximizing a utility of motion of the vehicle, wherein the utility of motion of the vehicle is indicated by a function of the utility values of the sub-regions crossed by the trajectory of motion.

Abstract: A controller for controlling a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a detection means having a detection zone and a lateral non-detection region, the controller comprising: an input for receiving an object detection signal from the detection means; a processor arranged to generate a control signal for controlling a vehicle system in dependence on the received object detection signal; an output for outputting the control signal wherein the processor is arranged to generate a vehicle speed control signal to vary a vehicle speed about a current vehicle speed in order to bring an object within the lateral non-detection region into the detection zone of the detection means; and the output is arranged to output the vehicle speed control signal.

Abstract: A method of operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle, in particular an agricultural or municipal utility vehicle, having a drive engine (2), a motor vehicle transmission (4) and at least one drive axle (6). A connection between the drive engine (2) and the at least one drive axle (6) of the motor vehicle is separate automatically by way of a function, and a service brake (11) of the motor vehicle has to be actuated for activation of the function. To ensure an appropriate starting gear selection in various operating situations, during the course of the function triggered by a braking process, a brake pressure (pBrems), applied during the process, is determined and a starting gear is automatically determined as a function of the brake pressure (pBrems).

Abstract: A method of transitioning from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode for a vehicle is provided. The method includes comparing a steering device input angle to an autonomously controlled steering angle to determine a steering angle error. The method also includes comparing an acceleration or deceleration input to an autonomously controlled acceleration or deceleration input to determine an acceleration or deceleration error. The method further includes progressively transitioning to the manual driving mode in a weighted manner based on a confidence level factor determined by a calculation that factors in the steering angle error and the acceleration or deceleration error.

Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a maximum vehicle speed based on a road curvature. The memory stores instructions to limit a vehicle speed at the determined maximum vehicle speed, upon receiving a user acceleration request while a user torque request at a vehicle steering wheel is undetected.

Abstract: A lane change support apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to, when it is recognized that there is an abnormality in a driver of a host vehicle, determine whether or not lane change is possible. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the lane change is possible when a vehicle speed of the host vehicle is lower than a predetermined upper limit speed, a following vehicle present closest to the host vehicle has stayed in a rear guard vehicle approval range for a predetermined time or longer, and a vehicle is not present in a lane change allowance gap.

Abstract: The vehicle control device includes a speed profile generation unit configured to generate a speed profile of the vehicle in the lane change control, a vehicle control unit configured to control a vehicle speed of the vehicle along the speed profile when the lane change control is executed, and a deceleration condition determination unit configured to determine whether or not a deceleration condition in the lane change control is satisfied. The speed profile generation unit is configured to generate the speed profile such that a deceleration upper limit of the vehicle in the lane change control is lower in value when the deceleration condition determination unit determines that the deceleration condition is satisfied than when the deceleration condition determination unit determines that the deceleration condition is not satisfied.

Abstract: A utility vehicle and a method of operating a utility vehicle having a rear axle driven by a drive engine, a rear axle differential on the rear axle, and a front axle that is configured to be switched on to perform four-wheel drive are provided. The method includes activating a differential lock for locking the rear axle differential on the basis of at least one of a rear axle slippage variable, which characterizes a drive slippage occurring at the rear axle, an engine power of the drive engine, a status of at least one brake device associated with the rear axle, and a status regarding the four-wheel drive.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing map information for determining a driving situation of a vehicle includes a processor configured to update a position of an own vehicle to a detailed map including lane information, configure a valid detailed map by selecting an effective region around the position of the own vehicle on the basis of the position of the own vehicle on the detailed map, and generate a road model according to a requested type of a vehicle device which has requested providing of map information, using the valid detailed map.

Abstract: A state estimation system includes a processor configured to: obtain first input data related to a first user; obtain second input data related to a second user; perform an estimation operation for estimating a state of the first user and a training operation for optimizing a content of the estimation operation by using i) first training data which includes the first input data and the first label data associated with each other, ii) second training data which includes the first input data so as not to associate the first input data and the first label data with each other, and iii) third training data which includes the second input data and the second label data associated with each other; and output information related to the content of the estimation operation.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling information indicating traveling conditions of a first vehicle traveling on a road, a determination unit configured to determine one or more driving operations of a driver driving the first vehicle by using the traveling information acquired when a second vehicle approaches the first vehicle, an evaluation unit configured to perform evaluation of safety related to the driver's driving by using determination results of the determination unit, and an updating unit configured to acquire first evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a first predetermined period to compare the first evaluation results with second evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a second predetermined period before the first predetermined period, and to update the second evaluation results based on comparison results.

Abstract: Method for controlling a vehicle, comprising: identifying an upcoming curve and determining its properties; determining current vehicle speed, vv, estimating friction, ?e, between a tire of the vehicle and the road; estimating maximum allowable vehicle speed, vmax_e, when entering the curve based on the properties, speed and friction; if the current vehicle speed is higher than the estimated maximum allowable vehicle speed, determining that a friction measurement is required; if distance, dv, between the vehicle and a curve entrance is higher than a predetermined threshold distance, dT, and if a braking action is detected, performing a friction measurement during the braking action to determine current friction, ?c; if a distance between the vehicle and the curve entrance is lower than the predetermined threshold distance, performing a friction measurement to determine a current friction; and determining a maximum allowable vehicle speed vmax_d based on the curve radius, speed and friction.

Abstract: Systems and method are provided for remotely controlling one or more comfort settings within a cabin of a vehicle. The vehicle includes one or more comfort sub-systems, a communication interface, and a controller. The communication interface receives control signals from a comfort settings management system. The control signals indicate one or more comfort settings of the one or more comfort sub-systems. The controller can generate commands, based on the control signals, that automatically adjust settings of the one or more comfort sub-systems to control the one or more comfort settings within the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and system for impaired driving detection, monitoring and accident prevention with driving habits. An impairment test method is provided with an impairment test determining in real-time whether a driver of vehicle is impaired (e.g., has used drugs, alcohol, is distracted, talking, texting, eating, etc. or is drowsy, etc.). The impairment test determines plural assigned probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of received plural event signals from a passenger compartment of the vehicle for one or more of the plural driver performance actions completed by a driver of a vehicle to those previously stored in a unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile.

Abstract: A physical quantity measurement device includes a sensor element in which coupling capacitances are formed between a drive electrode and a first detection electrode and between the drive electrode and a second detection electrode; and a circuit device that includes a drive circuit which supplies a drive signal to the drive electrode, a detection circuit which detects physical quantity information corresponding to a physical quantity based on first and second detection signals from the first and second detection electrodes, and a failure diagnosis circuit. The circuit device includes first and second switches that are provided between first and second terminals to which the first and second detection signals are input and the detection circuit. The failure diagnosis circuit performs a failure diagnosis, based on a detection result of the detection circuit when connection states of the first and second switches are changed.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to prioritizing notifications for a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode. As an example, a set of notifications based on one or more messages received or transmitted by a planning system of the vehicle may be generated. Each notification of the set of notifications is assigned a priority ranking. The set of notifications may be stored in a cache and the one or more processors may determine a first notification for display based on the priority rankings of the set of notifications and the first notification may be displayed on a display of the vehicle to a passenger of the vehicle.

Abstract: Integrated performance braking is disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a hand-operated lever of a vehicle, a data interface to operatively couple the lever to an anti-lock braking system (ABS) of the vehicle, and a brake controller to cause at least one wheel of the vehicle to lock via the ABS when the lever is rotated to a defined angular position.

Abstract: A method for vehicle control, comprising: inspecting an adjustable vehicle parameter of a vehicle terminal (101); notifying, via a communication connection with a display terminal, and according to the adjustable vehicle parameter of the vehicle terminal, the display terminal to display a configuration interface (102); acquiring, via the communication connection with the display terminal, a configuration action performed on the configuration interface (103); responding to the configuration action and updating the vehicle parameter stored in the vehicle terminal (104); and responding to a vehicle control instruction according to the updated vehicle parameter (105). The control method uses an efficient method to support vehicle parameter adjustment. Further provided is a device, vehicle, and storage medium for vehicle control.

Abstract: An electric power supply apparatus for a vehicle includes a second switch for performing ON/OFF switching of electric power supply from a second power supply to a second control unit, a third switch for performing ON/OFF switching of a first drive signal to the second switch, and a switch control circuit for outputting a second drive signal to the second switch when predetermined conditions are satisfied. The second switch is turned on when the first drive signal or the second drive signal is input, and the second switch is turned off when the first drive signal and the second drive signal are not input.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method and system for stitching frames to assist driver of a vehicle by a driver assistance system. The driver assistance system receives plurality of frames from plurality of image sensors, configured in vehicle. The driver assistance system identifies one or more objects and corresponding pixel coordinates, in plurality of frames, determine one or more set of mapped objects based on correspondence between one or more objects. The driver assistance system determines visibility status for each object in each set of mapped objects, based on pre-defined visibility conditions, identify priority index for each object in each set of mapped objects, based on visibility status and corresponding object parameters and generate resultant image by stitching plurality of frames by considering object from each set of mapped objects having highest priority index. The resultant image is displayed to assist driver of vehicle.

Abstract: An assistance system includes: an vehicular device for a vehicle that performs an autonomous driving operation, and allows a driver action during the autonomous driving operation; and a portable terminal that is carried by the driver of the vehicle and connected to the vehicular device to communicate with the vehicular device. The vehicular device or the portable terminal includes an operation determination section that determines whether the portable terminal is being operated. The portable terminal includes a display unit that performs an assistance display for assisting an execution of the driver action which is required during the autonomous driving operation when the driver action is required during the autonomous driving operation, and the operation determination section determines that the portable terminal is being operated.

Abstract: An information providing system includes a plurality of vehicles, and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. A vehicle-side controller of each of a plurality of first vehicles of the plurality of vehicles determines whether or not an act detected by an act detector is an abnormal act that meets a predetermined condition, and, when the vehicle-side controller determines that the act is the abnormal act, the vehicle-side controller transmits, to the server, abnormal act occurrence information including a position of each first vehicle detected by a position detector. A server-side controller collects the occurrence information transmitted from the first vehicles as collected information, and transmits the collected information to a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to notify a user of the second vehicle of the collected information.

Abstract: Provided are a rear lateral side warning apparatus and method adaptable to a driving pattern. The rear lateral side warning apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a driving condition of a vehicle and a driving state of the vehicle, a control unit configured to learn a driving pattern on the basis of driving information regarding one or more of blind spot warnings, lane change warnings, and rear-end collision warning which are accumulated in the vehicle, calculate a warning index obtained by assigning a weight to the driving information, and determine whether to generate a warning signal using the warning index, and an output unit configured to output the warning signal against at least one of a bind spot, a lane change, and a rear-end collision of the vehicle.

Abstract: Underground distribution system for the distribution of goods in an urban environment including at least one micro-tunnel forming at least one loop, extending under the foundations of preexisting surface buildings and/or infrastructures, in which goods, the transportation of which is automated, circulate, and a plurality of exchange stations exchanging with the surface, each including a shaft allowing goods to be lowered down to the micro-tunnel and raised back up after they have been transported within the micro-tunnel.

Abstract: A railcar hatch control system and method for operating railcar hatches of a multi-railcar train is disclosed. A multi-railcar train may have a locomotive and a plurality of railcars having railcar hatches that can be opened and closed. The system and method may include displaying railcar identification information for the railcars on an operator display device, and receiving selections of railcars from an operator that will have a railcar hatch operation performed thereon, such as opening or closing the hatches. The railcar hatch operation is input, and the system and method control the railcar hatch operation being performed only on the selected railcars, and not on the railcars that have not been selected by the operator. The system and method may have operator interfaces devices at an operator station of the train, or at a remote location or on a remote device that communicates wirelessly with the train.

Abstract: There is provided a hanger bolt which can reduce the burden of positioning work and which hardly corotates with a nut upon nut coupling. A connecting hanger bolt according to an aspect of the present invention is a hanger bolt which is inserted into a hanging groove rail having an opening narrower than the outer diameter of a bolt head and extending in a hanging groove rail longitudinal direction and from which a device is hangable. The connecting hanger bolt includes: a plurality of bolts which move in the hanging groove rail longitudinal direction in the hanging groove rail and whose shaft portions pass through the opening; and a connecting member which connects the plurality of bolts to each other, and keeps an interval in the hanging groove rail longitudinal direction between the plurality of bolts adjacent to each other.

Abstract: There is provided an underfloor duct which enables inspection of electric equipment to be easily performed, has a simple structure, and hardly allows water to intrude into a duct passage. An underfloor duct according to an aspect of the present invention is an underfloor duct, provided under a floor of a railcar, for storing electric equipment including a cable. The underfloor duct includes: a box having a frame that projects upward, and an opening that opens downward; and a lid that closes the opening and forms a duct passage between the lid and the box. An end portion of the box is located outside an end portion of the lid in a car width direction.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle that performs air-conditioning in a vehicle interior of a vehicle; a controller that includes a plurality of operation modes with different continuous operation times for a compressor, and that selects one operation mode from among the plurality of operation modes according to an air-conditioning load in the vehicle interior and executes the one operation mode, during travel operation of the vehicle; a storage unit; and a fault diagnosis unit. The fault diagnosis unit performs, during travel operation of the vehicle, fault diagnosis for the refrigeration cycle, after the high-load operation mode from among the plurality of operation modes, in which the continuous operation time is equal to or longer than a time that is set in advance is selected and executed by the controller at the timing stored in advance in the storage unit and while the refrigeration cycle is stable.

Abstract: A semiactive damper of the present invention includes a cylinder, a rod movably inserted into the cylinder, a piston slidably inserted into the cylinder and comparting the interior of the cylinder into a rod-side chamber and a piston-side chamber, a tank, a suction passage permitting only flow of a hydraulic fluid from the tank to the piston-side chamber, a damping passage communicating the rod-side chamber with the tank or the rod-side chamber with the piston-side chamber, and a variable damping valve provided on the damping passage, and a detecting portion for detecting an expansion and contraction direction according to pressure in the piston-side chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed is a frame for a bogie, comprising two side beams parallel to each other and a transverse beam connected to the middles of the side beams, wherein the middle of the transverse beam is provided with a traction pin hole, and an upper surface of the transverse beam is provided with a plurality of mounting seats for mounting a secondary suspension. The frame of the present invention is provided with a traction pin hole at the center of the transverse beam so that the transverse beam is connected to the bolster so as to bear a traction force, and a plurality of mounting seats for mounting the secondary suspension are arranged on an upper surface of the transverse beam, so that the secondary suspension can bear a rotation movement between the bogie and the vehicle body to improve curve passing capability of the vehicle.

Abstract: Navigation devices, systems, and methods for transmitting notifications to and/or receiving notifications from electronic devices associated with passengers of connectable vehicles are described herein. In one example, a method is provided for sending a notification regarding a planned detachment of a designated vehicle from a plurality of connected vehicles. The method includes receiving a navigation destination for a passenger of an initial vehicle, calculating a detachment time or detachment location of the designated vehicle from the plurality of connected vehicles based on the received navigation destination, and transmitting a personalized notification to an electronic device associated with the passenger regarding the detachment time or detachment location of the designated vehicle from the plurality of connected vehicles.

Abstract: A top of rail (TOR) applicator has a bar positioned in a housing and an exit orifice on the upper portion of the bar for delivering a friction control composition to the crown of a railhead. The upper portion of the bar slopes away from the friction control composition exit orifices. The bar may be composed of an elastomer such as polyurethane. Passageway extend from an inlet or entry orifice to the exit orifices. The friction reduction composition is pumped into the entry orifice, through the passageways to the exit orifices and then onto the crown of the railhead. The friction reduction composition may be thixotropic.

Abstract: A transmitter device for a sensor device detects a magnetic field change caused by an object approaching or moving past the sensor device, in particular by a wheel of a rail vehicle. The transmitter device has at least two alternating-current-fed transmitter oscillating circuits. In order to implement error disclosure of the sensor device in a particularly simple manner, the at least two transmitter oscillating circuits are formed in such a way that the resonance frequencies thereof are different from each other. A sensor device and a method for detecting a magnetic field change are also provided.

Abstract: A switch system for rail-guided vehicle-based transport systems includes a turntable provided with a single straight rail and a single curved rail integral with said turntable, said turntable being rotatable about a rotating shaft, said rotating shaft being arranged such that it is shifted with respect to said straight rail and said curved rail. The switch system is simple and economical and prevents vehicles from stopping as they approach the switch system when the switch system changes its position, and allows the free passage of the vehicle, without the rails hindering the passage of the wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: An anti-collision system for railcars and locomotives and, more particularly, to a distance ranging and worker coupling protection system utilizes remote-sensing radar techniques for use with a locomotive and railcar. The anti-collision system may include an object detector device attached to a railcar or a locomotive that detects objects in a path of the railcar and the locomotive and a train display device electrically connected to the object detector device. The anti-collision system may also include an emergency action device which enables a crew member to stop the railcar or locomotive without communication to a locomotive operator when a hazard is recognized. The object detector device may include a remote sensor, a radio, and a microprocessor programmed to include data-logging to record and log all data from the anti-collision system.

Abstract: Provided is an embodiment to automatically detect signals in track-bound traffic when track-bound vehicles are traveling on track sections in a track network.

Abstract: A method for detecting obstacles in a hazardous area in front of a rail vehicle uses an obstacle detection arrangement to detect the obstacles in the hazardous area in front of the rail vehicle. In order to permit improved autonomous driving of the rail vehicle, a target value is determined for a value which characterizes the performance of the obstacle detection arrangement. A system for detecting obstacles in a hazardous area in front of a rail vehicle is also provided.

Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes: a measurement value acquiring unit configured to acquire input accelerations of n vehicles traveling along a track; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine abnormality in the track at a track position at which the input accelerations are equal to or more than a threshold value in a case where it has detected that the input accelerations for all of the n vehicles are equal to or more than a threshold value, and determine abnormality in any one or a plurality of vehicles out of n?1 or less vehicles in the n vehicles at which the input accelerations are equal to or more than the threshold value in a case where it has detected that the input accelerations for the any one or a plurality of vehicles out of the n?1 or less vehicles in the n vehicles are equal to or more than the threshold value.

Abstract: An electronic tag (Radio-frequency identification) device for a rail traffic concrete prefabricated parts is disclosed, which comprises a bracket. A column is on a top of the bracket. There is a groove on a top end of the column. The electronic tag is inside groove. The electronic tag device further comprises a waterproof end cap which is put on the top of the column. The pressure relief holes, the release-proof clasps, the rebar clamps, the groove on the column, etc. ensure a stable fixation of the electronic tag inside the concrete railroad sleeper. The waterproof end cap is able to protect and fix the electronic tag.

Abstract: A method of exchanging application messages generated by an applications with a format specified by a predetermined protocol and then encapsulating the message with a railroad edge messaging protocol (EMP) header and a railroad Class D messaging transport header to form a packet for transmission across a railroad communications system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a manually operable carriage and working attachments that may be employed with the carriage. The attachments may include a plow, a logging clamp, or other implements.

Abstract: A beach cart includes a frame mounted on rollers, and a sun shade integrally secured in a non-detachable manner, to at least one other element of the beach cart. The beach cart can also include at least one seat carried by the frame. The seat can be operable between a retracted storage position and a deployed extended use position.

Abstract: Example edge support devices for a dolly are described. The edge support devices include a body including first and second body sections angled relative to each other, a first engagement assembly extending from a bottom surface of the first body section, and a second engagement assembly extending from a bottom surface of the second body section. The first and second engagement assemblies each include a central protrusion and pairs of side protrusions configured to be inserted into openings in the supporting surface of the dolly. The pairs of side protrusions of the first and second engagement assemblies engage the respective openings of the dolly to detachably couple the body of the edge support devices to the dolly.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding two different mobile devices on a shopping cart comprises a frame portion that extends horizontally and includes a perimeter that forms an interior region for receiving at least one of the two different mobile devices; a first opening in the interior region for receiving a handle of one of the two different mobile devices; at least one second opening for providing a line of sight view from a sensor in each of the two different mobile devices; a base portion that extends from a bottom region of the frame portion; and a removable coupling mechanism that extends between the base portion, and is constructed and arranged for coupling to a shopping cart.

Abstract: A motorized kayak cart is provided. The cart has a frame for supporting the hull of a kayak, a motor that drives two opposing wheels mounted on the frame, and stabilizing bars that contact a ground surface on which the cart rests and slides along the ground surface in order to maintain the cart in an upright position when the cart is in motion so that the cart does not tip over when in use.

Abstract: A flat furniture dolly for moving furniture, building and garden materials, and other objects too heavy to be readily moved by human effort alone, which includes a platform for supporting the load, two rows of fixed wheels to allow free movement across flat ground and to allow the traversal of small obstacles such as small steps and broken concrete, and a rope attached to one end of the platform to provide additional control when crossing irregular surfaces.