Abstract: A passenger airbag inflator for a vehicle includes: a housing having a first gunpowder therein, including a vent hole, and communicating with an airbag cushion; a first chamber located in a first side inner space of the housing, having a first booster and a first igniter, and configured to be triggered forwardly when the first igniter is ignited; and a second chamber located in a second side inner space of the housing, having a second booster and a second gunpowder, including a second igniter, and configured to be triggered forwardly when the second igniter is ignited.

Abstract: The invention relates to a belt retractor comprising a frame (10), a belt reel (12) rotatably arranged within the frame (10), a blocking mechanism (18) by which the belt reel (12) can be blocked within the frame (10), and a load limiter which comprises a corrugated disk (36), characterized in that the corrugated disk (36) is disposed between the belt reel (12) and a cover (38) which is laterally attached to the belt reel (12).

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a passenger seat belt assembly having a pattern that reflects the predetermined wavelength at a preferred luminance. At least one 3-D time of flight camera is positioned in the vehicle to receive reflected light from the structures in the vehicle and provide images of the structures that distinguish the preferred luminance of the pattern from other structures in the vehicle. A computer processor connected to computer memory and the camera includes computer readable instructions causing the processor to reconstruct 3-D information in regard to respective images of the structures and calculate a depth measurement of the distance of the reflective pattern on the passenger seat belt assembly from the camera.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle that includes an electrical power output is described. In one example, the method includes preventing shifting of transmission gears in response to an external electric power consumer being coupled to an electrical power output receptacle of the vehicle. The method may reduce a possibility of interrupting electrical power that may be supplied to the external electric power consumer.

Abstract: One variation of an upgrade kit—for an ignition key corresponding to a vehicle and including an immobilizer transponder and a keyless entry transmitter—includes: a wireless jammer configured to interfere with wireless transmission from the immobilizer transponder; a wireless receiver configured to receive an unlock request from an external device; a relay configured to actuate the keyless entry transmitter to unlock a door of the vehicle in response to the unlock request; and an enclosure configured to contain the wireless receiver and a portion of the ignition key.

Abstract: A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has a door opening/closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands transmitted from an authenticated portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening/closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons are displayed on the touch panel includes an advance-and-open-door icon for giving a command to advance the vehicle door and then open the vehicle door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon for giving a command to reverse the vehicle door and, after reversing, to open the vehicle door.

Abstract: A system for monitoring suspicious activity of a vehicle includes a memory designed to store pattern data corresponding to a historical pattern of behavior of the vehicle. The system further includes a sensor designed to detect sensor data corresponding to a current vehicle behavior. The system further includes a network access device designed to communicate with a remote device. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the memory, the sensor, and the network access device. The ECU is designed to determine a suspicious event when the current vehicle behavior deviates from the historical pattern of behavior of the vehicle by a threshold amount. The ECU is further designed to control the network access device to transmit a notification of the suspicious event to the remote device.

Abstract: A device for emitting bubbles in a vehicle wash facility includes a plenum supported with respect to ground. The plenum includes an air inlet with a first area and an air outlet with a second area. The plenum air outlet is in communication with at least one foaming chamber. The foaming chamber includes a generally planar media element disposed therein. The foaming chamber includes a spray jet located therein, which is in communication with a source of chemical. The spray jet configured to emit a chemical onto the generally planar media element. The device also includes a plurality of nozzle portions in communication with the foaming chamber for emitting bubbles therefrom.

Abstract: An electronic brake system is disclosed. The electronic brake system includes a first housing having a first cylinder chamber hydraulically connected to a wheel brake unit, a first piston connected to a pedal unit so as to press an operating fluid stored in the first cylinder chamber toward the wheel brake unit, and a second cylinder chamber connected to a reservoir unit through a flow passage opened or closed by an electronic control valve. The electronic brake system includes the second cylinder chamber, a volume of which is decided by forward and backward movement of a second piston. The second piston is activated by at least one interlocking unit such that forward and backward movement of the first piston and forward and backward movement of the second piston are performed independently of each other.

Abstract: A vehicle brake assembly includes an actuation lever coupled to a brake pedal. The brake assembly also includes a push rod of a brake booster. The push rod has a clevis on an end portion thereof. The clevis comprises two prongs. The brake assembly further includes an alignment device seated on each respective prong of the clevis. The alignment devices are configured to collectively guide and position the clevis into alignment with the actuation lever during construction of the brake assembly.

Abstract: A method is provided to adjust an activating braking pressure threshold value of an automatic vehicle brake holding system of a vehicle. If a braking pressure that is generated through actuation of a vehicle brake of the vehicle exceeds an activating braking pressure threshold value while the vehicle is at a standstill, a brake holding state of the vehicle brake holding system is activated and a procedure for ascertaining time is started. A vehicle movement is ascertained during an activated brake holding state within a monitoring procedure period of time since starting the procedure to ascertain time. If a movement occurs within the monitoring procedure period of time, a value of a number of ascertained movements is increased. If this value exceeds a movement threshold value, the activating braking pressure threshold value is increased and the value of the number of ascertained movements is reduced.

Abstract: When a vehicle experiences an instability event, an instability event trigger (e.g., a failed modulator, unexpected yaw or lateral acceleration, unexpected steering wheel position change, etc.) is monitored and the magnitude thereof is compared to a corresponding predetermined threshold above which corrective action is initiated. Depending on the magnitude and type of instability trigger, one or more wheel ends are identified as candidates for brake activation. Braking force at the identified wheel ends is gradually increased until the vehicle becomes stable or comes to a stop.

Abstract: A vehicle stability control device is mounted on a vehicle in which a front tire wears faster than a rear tire. An equation for calculating a target yaw rate includes a stability factor of the vehicle as a parameter, wherein the calculated target yaw rate becomes lower as the stability factor becomes larger. Understeer degree increases as the target yaw rate becomes higher than an actual yaw rate. When the understeer degree exceeds an activation threshold, vehicle stability control is activated. The vehicle stability control device further performs wear coping processing. In the wear coping processing, a wear degree parameter being wear degree of the front tire or a difference in wear degree between the front tire and the rear tire is calculated. When the wear degree parameter exceeds a wear threshold, the vehicle stability control device corrects the stability factor to be larger than a default setting value.

Abstract: A motorbike including an assistant system to a braking system, of the type comprising a phonic wheel, a phonic wheel speed sensor (200), and a related cable (201) for the transmission of a signal of said speed sensor (200), a supporting structure, for supporting the phonic wheel speed sensor (200) and a brake caliper (300), comprises: a main body (1) fastened or which can be fastened to a stem of a fork (F) of a motorbike; a wheel support (2) connected to said main body (1) for supporting a wheel of the motorbike; an extension (3) which develops from said main body (1) and comprises a fastening device (30) for a brake caliper (300), wherein said extension (3) comprises a pair of ribs (33, 34) defining opposite edges thereof, a reinforcing plate (35) extending between said pair of ribs (33, 34), said ribs (33, 34) forming thickenings of the extension (3) with respect to said reinforcing plate (35), and a pass-through opening (31) for housing the phonic wheel sensor (200) and defined in said reinforcing plate (

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an actuating system for a vehicle brake, with an actuating arrangement, in particular a brake pedal, at least one (first) piston-cylinder unit, which is connected via a hydraulic line to the vehicle brake (braking circuit) in order to supply the braking circuit with pressure medium and apply pressure to the vehicle brake, and with a drive for the piston-cylinder unit. Pressure medium can be fed to the braking circuit in controlled manner in both piston movement directions, in particular the advance stroke and the return stroke, by means of at least one, in particular stepped, piston of the piston-cylinder unit.

Abstract: A method for controlling a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The braking system includes a controllable first braking pressure generator and a sensor for a deceleration signal of the vehicle. The method includes: impressing a pressure characteristic with the aid of the first braking pressure generator on an original setpoint braking pressure; and monitoring the deceleration signal for the presence of a deceleration characteristic corresponding to the pressure characteristic.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining information relating to a mechanically effective power of an active brake booster of a braking system of a vehicle, including: ascertaining a first piece of information relating to an assisting force that is effectuated with the aid of the operated active brake booster, ascertaining a second piece of information relating to a pressure force in a master brake cylinder of the braking system, situated downstream from the active brake booster, the pressure force acting counter to the operated active brake booster, ascertaining a third piece of information relating to a spring force of at least one spring of the active brake booster and/or of the braking system, the spring force acting counter to the operated active brake booster, and establishing the information relating to the mechanically effective power of the active brake booster, taking into consideration the first, second, and third pieces of information.

Abstract: A brake system includes first and second wheel brakes, a reservoir, and a brake pedal unit having a housing and a pair of output pistons slidably disposed in the housing. The output pistons generate brake actuating pressure during a manual push-through mode for actuating the first and second wheel brakes. The system further includes a plunger assembly having a housing having first and second ports, a motor driving an actuator, and a piston connected to the actuator. The piston pressurizes a first chamber when the piston is moving in a first direction to provide fluid flow out of the first port. The piston pressurizes a second chamber when the piston is moving in a second direction opposite the first direction to provide fluid flow out of the second port. The first and second ports are selectively in fluid communication with the wheel brakes.

Abstract: The vehicular brake device includes a determination unit, a ratio setting unit, and the control unit. The determination unit determines the operating condition of a vehicular brake device. The ratio setting unit sets, on the basis of the result of determination by the determination unit, a first ratio which is the ratio of a wheel pressure generated by a piston drive unit to a target wheel pressure, and a second ratio which is the ratio of a wheel pressure generated by a hydraulic pressure adjusting unit to the target wheel pressure. The control unit controls the piston drive unit and the hydraulic pressure adjusting unit on the basis of the first ratio and the second ratio.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a motor-magnetostrictive actuator hybrid brake-by-wire system. The system includes a motor, a transmission mechanism, a magnetostrictive-driving piston mechanism and a floating-caliper disc mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a planetary gear set and a screw set, and is driven by the motor. The linear motion of the sleeve is achieved by the planetary gear set and screw set. The sleeve pushes forward the piston head of the magnetostrictive-driving piston mechanism and the piston head pushes forward the brake pad back plate of the floating-caliper disc mechanism to clamp the brake disc, which accomplishes braking.

Abstract: An electromechanical brake assist system driven by an electric motor cooperating with a master cylinder and having, along the axis of actuation, a helper piston in the shape of an axial sleeve solidly connected with a guide bracket and having a threaded surface. A nut, fixed in translation but free to rotate, has interior threads that complement those of the helper piston, which it receives, and exterior teeth that cooperate with the drive motor. A plunger piston carries a drive base so it can be pushed by the piston. Its other extremity is connected to the control rod, formed from a body and a head. The body has a crimping area and the head has a sleeve with an extremity that can be crimped along the crimping area.

Abstract: A brake control device adjusts a front wheel braking hydraulic pressure of front wheel cylinders provided on front wheels of a vehicle and a rear wheel braking hydraulic pressure of rear wheel cylinders provided on rear wheels of the vehicle. The brake control device includes a hydraulic pressure generating unit configured to adjust a hydraulic pressure generated by an electric motor to an adjusted hydraulic pressure and apply the adjusted hydraulic pressure as the rear wheel braking hydraulic pressure and a hydraulic pressure correcting unit configured to adjust to decrease the adjusted hydraulic pressure to be a corrected hydraulic pressure, and apply the corrected hydraulic pressure as the front wheel braking hydraulic pressure.

Abstract: An electric component assembly includes a housing with which an electric component is fitted together, and the electric component and the housing are fixed to one side of a base body. The electric component includes a connecting terminal configured to be press-fitted in a through-hole of the control board of the housing, and a direction in which the connecting terminal is inserted into the through-hole is same as a fitting direction relative to the housing. There are provided a rib protruding from one of the electric component and the housing, and a groove portion recessed from another one of the electric component and the housing and into which the rib is press-fitted. Movement of the electric component in a direction intersecting the fitting direction and rotation of the electric component around an axis parallel to the fitting direction are restrained by the rib press-fitted into the groove portion.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a real-time optimization control method for an electro-mechanical transmission system, and relates to the field of electro-mechanical transmission technologies.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for conserving energy used by an energy consuming device. In certain embodiments, an energy conservation system can be configured to deliver energy to the energy consuming device for a period, followed by a period where energy delivery is dampened and/or cut. By cycling the delivery of energy in this fashion, the energy conservation can achieve a pulsed efficiency.

Abstract: The technology relates to determining the current state of friction that a vehicle's wheels have with the road surface. This may be done via active or passive testing or other monitoring while the vehicles operates in an autonomous mode. In response to detecting the loss of traction, the vehicle's control system is able to use the resultant information to select an appropriate braking level or braking strategy. This may be done for both immediate driving operations and planning future portions of an ongoing trip. For instance, the on-board system is able to evaluate appropriate conditions and situations for active testing or passive evaluation of traction through autonomous braking and/or acceleration operations. The on-board computer system may share slippage and other road condition information with nearby vehicles and with remote assistance, so that it may be employed with broader fleet planning operations.

Abstract: A method and a system for controlling wheel torques of a vehicle (201) to provide a desired vehicle yaw torque during a cornering event. A set of indirect yaw torque parameters (a,k) indicative of the indirect vehicle yaw torque contribution from lateral wheel forces are determined based on the present wheel torque data (PtTq) and the lateral acceleration data (LatAcc) and a model. A required torque for the front axis wheels (202, 204) and a required torque for the rear axis wheels (206, 208) are calculated such that the desired longitudinal wheel torque and the target vehicle yaw (MzReq) provided, taking into account the set of indirect yaw torque parameters. The calculated torques are applied to the respective individual wheels.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicular turning control system that enables immediate stabilization of the vehicle attitude and optimum control for the vehicle turning performance. This vehicular turning control system includes a yaw moment control device, a vehicle attitude stabilization control device, and a torque limiting device. A first torque limiter of the torque limiting device limits a braking/driving torque calculated by a yaw moment controller, in accordance with the slip rate of the wheel and the angular acceleration of the wheel. A second torque limiter of the torque limiting device limits a braking/driving torque calculated by a vehicle attitude stabilization controller, in accordance with the slip rate of the wheel and the angular acceleration of the wheel. The vehicle turning performance is optimally controlled by limiting each braking/driving torque in accordance with the slip rate of the wheel and the angular acceleration of the wheel as described above.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing bleed emissions and exhaust emissions from a vehicle that may be operated autonomously as well as part of a car-sharing model. A parking location of the vehicle is selected at the end of a vehicle event requested by an operator as a function of fuel system and evaporative emissions system variables such that the solar loading of the parking location enables reduced emissions. The parking location selection is further coordinated with the pick-up time and location of a subsequent vehicle event requested by another vehicle operator.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to providing auto-parking for a vehicle according to the presence of a passenger. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving a request for the vehicle to auto-park and to determining the passenger is present within the vehicle, analyzing sensor data about the passenger to generate passenger characteristics that indicate at least an age group for the passenger. The method includes determining whether the age group for the passenger satisfies an auto-park threshold that is based, at least in part, on regulations of a locality in which the vehicle is presently located. The method includes selectively executing auto-parking of the vehicle according to whether the age group of the passenger satisfies the auto-park threshold.

Abstract: A crossing detection unit (21) detects a pedestrian who is about to cross a roadway on which a vehicle (100) travels. A behavior detection unit (22) detects a behavior of a nearby vehicle traveling around the vehicle (100). A stop determination unit (23) determines whether or not to stop the vehicle (100) in view of the detection of the pedestrian who is about to cross the roadway by the crossing detection unit (21) and the behavior of the nearby vehicle detected by the behavior detection unit (22). A vehicle control unit (24) stops the vehicle (100) before the pedestrian when the stop determination unit (23) determines to stop the vehicle.

Abstract: A driving control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The driving control apparatus includes: an object detection device configured to detect objects in the vicinity of the vehicle and generate information on the objects; a sensing unit configured to detect a state of the vehicle and generate vehicle state information; and a processor configured to: based on the vehicle state information and the information on the objects, generate information on collision with a first object out of the objects, and based on the information on the collision, generate a control signal for at least one of steering, partial braking, and partial driving of the vehicle and provide the generated control signal so as to control operation of the vehicle after the collision through at least one of a steering control action, a partial braking control action, and a partial driving control action.

Abstract: Implementations a method using a collision detection device associated with a user to detect a moving object in an environment and provide an alert to the user are provided. In some implementations the environment comprises at least one transmitter of opportunity. In some implementations, the collision detection device comprises a receiver and a processor. In some implementations, the method comprises receiving at the collision detection device Wi-Fi signals reflected from the moving object where the Wi-Fi signals originate from a Wi-Fi source not associated with the moving object. The method further comprises detecting, measuring, and tracking the Doppler effect of the Wi-Fi signals at the collision detection device to track velocity vector relative to the collision detection device. The method further comprises calculating the time of arrival of the moving object based on the velocity vector relative to the location of the collision detection device.

Abstract: An automatic speed control including repeated autonomous establishment of a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint speed and/or a setpoint acceleration of the vehicle in such a way that the setpoint speed is smaller or equal to a specified or established maximum speed and/or the setpoint acceleration of the vehicle remains smaller or equal to a specified or established maximum acceleration controlling at least one vehicle component by taking into account the autonomously newly established setpoint variable so that an actual speed of the vehicle corresponds to the setpoint speed and/or an actual acceleration of the vehicle corresponds to the setpoint acceleration; and establishing the maximum speed and/or the maximum acceleration by taking into account a measured and/or estimated temperature of a component of a wheel brake caliper and/or a driving variable that is relevant for overheating of the component of the wheel brake caliper.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer 130 which recognizes a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller 140 and 160 which executes driving control by controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, wherein the driving controller assigns predetermined required tasks to an occupant of the host vehicle to execute the driving control when there is a gap of a threshold value or more between first speed information determined from at least one of a traveling speed of the host vehicle and a target speed and second speed information determined from at least one of a speed limit in a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling and a speed of a neighboring vehicle traveling around the host vehicle.

Abstract: A method for automatically controlling a following vehicle. A leading vehicle is guided along an actual trajectory, and a desired trajectory is produced for the following vehicle. The actual trajectory of the leading vehicle is captured by the following vehicle, and a trajectory similarity is determined by comparing the captured actual trajectory of the leading vehicle and the produced desired trajectory of the following vehicle. Automatic control of the following vehicle along the desired trajectory is activated if the trajectory similarity exceeds a particular value. Also disclosed is a system for automatically controlling a following vehicle using a leading vehicle.

Abstract: A method of substantially preventing road speed excursions while traversing a road grade event includes receiving, by a controller, vehicle operations data regarding operation of a vehicle and road grade data regarding an upcoming road grade of a path ahead of the vehicle. The method additionally includes determining, by the controller, an amount of braking power that substantially prevents the vehicle from exceeding a speed threshold regarding operation of the vehicle based on the road grade and vehicle operations data, and determining an amount of engine braking power based on a current transmission setting. The method further includes controlling, by the controller, a transmission setting in response to a determination that the amount of engine braking power is less than the amount of braking power.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that employ spatial and temporal attention-based deep reinforcement learning of hierarchical lane-change policies for controlling an autonomous vehicle. An actor-critic network architecture includes an actor network that process image data received from an environment to learn the lane-change policies as a set of hierarchical actions, and a critic network that evaluates the lane-change policies to calculate loss and gradients to predict an action-value function (Q) that is used to drive learning and update parameters of the lane-change policies. The actor-critic network architecture implements a spatial attention module to select relevant regions in the image data that are of importance, and a temporal attention module to learn temporal attention weights to be applied to past frames of image data to indicate relative importance in deciding which lane-change policy to select.

Abstract: Control commands in a system and method for autonomously driving a vehicle or partially autonomously driving a vehicle are generated on the basis of an environment representation, which is generated from sensor signal of a sensing means. The environment representation where ambiguous objects are identified is such that information obtained from the driver of the vehicle are added. The system generates an information request. Additional information is extracted and accumulated in the environment representation map. Traffic is then determined and suitable control signals for the vehicles are generated. In case no ambiguous objects are included in the environment representation but the system is not capable of deciding on traffic, the driver is asked to disambiguate the situation or to instruct on dealing with the traffic.

Abstract: A method for determining a state of a roadway of a vehicle. A first distance value of a measurement coordinate to a first tire characteristic curve associated with a first state of the roadway is ascertained. A second distance value of the measurement coordinate to a second tire characteristic curve associated with a second state of the roadway is ascertained. The measurement coordinate represents a measurement carried out using at least one vehicle sensor of a presently utilized traction between wheels of the vehicle and the roadway and a wheel slip of the wheels, while the first tire characteristic curve and the second tire characteristic curve are based on a model function for the modeled representation of the traction as a function of the wheel slip. An output signal representing the state of the roadway is output using the first distance value and the second distance value.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, a computer-implemented method for real-time determination of the status of autonomous operation features of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be provided. With the customer's permission, the operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be monitored to obtain operating data from one or more autonomous operation features. An operating status of the autonomous features may be determined based upon the operating data. After which, a change in the operating status of the autonomous features may be identified, and a report containing information regarding the change in the operating status of the autonomous features may be generated.

Abstract: A method for operating a highly or fully automated vehicle equipped with a plurality of driving functions and at least two, at least partially redundant sensors recording measurement data. In this method, the sensors are checked for their operativeness. The measurement data of the at least two, at least partially redundant sensors are based on different measuring principles, and at least one driving function is modified and/or deactivated as a function of the operativeness of the sensors.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a travel control unit configured to control travel of a vehicle on the basis of an action plan including a plurality of events that are sequentially executed to control acceleration and deceleration or steering when the vehicle travels; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect a specific abnormal state that affects a control result of the travel control unit based on the action plan; and a changing unit configured to change content controlled by the travel control unit on the basis of either or both of a type of an event being executed according to control by the travel control unit and a type of an event scheduled to be executed following the event being executed among events included in the action plan when the specific abnormal state is detected by the abnormality detection unit.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes a driving assister section, a scene determiner section, and an assignment determiner section. The driving assister section provides a driving assistance to a driver in a vehicle using a sensing result by a sensor device monitoring a periphery of the vehicle. The scene determiner section determines whether a driving scene requiring the driver to confirm safety takes place. The assignment determiner section determines an assignment of an implementation work that is to be implemented by the driver according to the driving scene when the scene determiner section determines that the driving scene requiring the driver to work takes place; the practice work precludes an exemption work from which the driving assister section exempts the driver.

Abstract: Systems and methods of visualizing predicted driving risk are provided herein. Vehicle sensor data associated with a vehicle operator may be analyzed. Based on the analysis of the vehicle sensor data, one or more vehicle operation risks associated with the vehicle operator may be predicted. Each vehicle operation risk may be associated with a portion of a vehicle associated with the vehicle operator. Additionally, each vehicle operation risk may be assigned a priority level, e.g., based on predicted likelihood of occurrence, predicted danger to the vehicle operator, predicted damage to the vehicle, etc. A display overview of the vehicle may be presented to the vehicle operator. In the display overview of the vehicle portions of the vehicle associated with each of the predicted vehicle operation risks may be highlighted. The portions may be highlighted differently (using different colors, heavier/lighter shading, etc.) based on the priority level of their associated risks.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including a sensor system that outputs a sensor signal indicative of a condition of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle also includes a user interface device with a display. A computing system determines, based upon a profile of the passenger, that support is to be provided pictorially to the passenger when the support is provided to the passenger. The computing system further detects occurrence of an event that has been identified as potentially causing discomfort to the passenger. The computing system yet further sets a predefined pictorial support message defined in an account corresponding to the event maintained in a database prior to occurrence of the event as a pictorial support message to be presented to the passenger. The computing system additionally causes the display to present the pictorial support message, wherein the pictorial support message solicits feedback from the passenger of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A system providing tactile sensations. The system comprises a seat back of a seat, the seat back having a left side and a right side separated by a center-line of the seat back. A first plurality of electroactive transducers are arranged along the center-line of the seat back and provide tactile sound to a user. A second plurality of electroactive transducers in the seat back provide tactile alerts or feedback. The second plurality of electroactive alert transducers comprise a left-side electroactive transducer at the left side of the seat back and right-side electroactive transducer at the right side of the seat back.

Abstract: A modified, hollowed-out, bi-level double decker passenger car is equipped to provide electricity to electrically charge the batteries of battery-powered electric automobiles, either on a car by car basis, using the wheels of the car to generate electricity, or as the whole of the train supplied with power generated by a locomotive, a designated generator car, or an outside source.

Abstract: A maintenance vehicle has side walls for creating a work space, delimited by the same, for working personnel situated on a track. The side walls are arranged on a vehicle frame and configured to be distanced from one another in a transverse direction of the vehicle. For treatment of a track section situated within the work space, an industrial robot is arranged on the vehicle, having at least three motion axes, media couplings for energy supply as well as a tool coupling for selective connection to a track treatment tool.

Abstract: A vehicle, particularly a rail vehicle, includes at least two coach bodies being coupled together and at least one line bridging a gap between the coach bodies. The line, which is an outwardly electrically insulated high-voltage line, is flexible and is guided by a cable guiding device in the region of the gap between the coach bodies at least in sections. The cable guiding device includes a multiplicity of guiding elements which are mechanically coupled together and can be pivoted in relation to each other in a guiding plane. The cable guiding device is flexible in the guiding plane and is less flexible in a plane which is perpendicular thereto than in the guiding plane.