Abstract: The invention relates to an emergency support robot for polar UAVs, belonging to the technical field of emergency support robots for polar UAVs. The technical problem to be solved is to improve the structure of the existing emergency support robots for polar UAVs. The technical scheme adopted is as follows: the robot is of a car body structure; a support table is arranged on the upper side of the chassis of the car body; a traveling mechanism is arranged on both sides of the chassis of the car body; the two sides of the support table are hinged with a pair of casings through hinged buckles and push rods; the casings are also provided with a wind power plant; the support table is provided with a launching guide rail.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to receiving retail products. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for receiving retail products including a storage container. The storage container includes one or more chambers; one or more sensors including at least a radio frequency sensor; a locking assembly; and a storage container control circuit configured to provide an unlock signal based on a first trigger signal associated with at least one of the one or more sensors and a second trigger signal associated with an electronic control device to enable access to the one or more chambers.

Abstract: A vehicle cargo bed system includes a floor assembly that transitions back-and-forth between a standard floor position and an extended floor position. The floor assembly includes floor sections each having a cargo support surface. The floor sections are folded when the floor assembly is in the standard floor position. The floor sections are unfolded when the floor assembly is in the extended floor position. The assembly further includes first and second side wall assemblies of the cargo bed that transition back-and-forth between a standard wall position and an extended wall position. The first and second side wall assemblies each include an extendable portion and a fixed portion. The extendable portions extend and retract relative to the respective fixed portions when the first and second side wall assemblies transition back-and-forth between the standard wall position and the extended wall position.

Abstract: An information presentation device for an autonomous vehicle that automatically moves to a predetermined position where a user can get into an own vehicle in response to a request from the user includes an identification unit and an information presentation unit. The identification unit searches for a person present around the own vehicle based on external environment information including a target present around the own vehicle, and identifies whether a person extracted by the search coincides with the user of the own vehicle. When the identification indicating, as an identification result of the identification unit, that the person extracted by the search coincides with the user of the own vehicle is performed, the information presentation unit performs presentation of information to be presented to the user, and changes a presentation mode of information to be presented to the user according to a distance from the own vehicle to the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a headlamp control system. The front headlamp control system and a control method thereof according to the present invention are highly applicable to existing vehicles and are capable of efficiently controlling light of a front headlamp by adjusting a light quantity of the front headlamp based on a combination of navigation information and camera information in addition to a steering angle of a steering wheel, and are capable of increasing visibility of an area in front of a driver by calculating a light-off section in a case where there is a preceding vehicle and increasing, in a case where a changed position of a high luminance region overlaps the light-off section, a range of a central luminance region in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction to maintain the high luminance region.

Abstract: A lamp for vehicle includes a light source unit that generates light, a shield unit that selectively transmits a portion of the light of the light source unit, and a lens unit that concentrates the light transmitted through the shield unit to a road surface. The shield unit includes at least one protrusion member that protrudes outwardly from a surface of the shield unit.

Abstract: Light-based devices may be provided that emit light. The light-based devices may be incorporated into systems such as vehicles. The light-based devices may include light sources such as light-emitting diodes and lasers. Mirrors may be used to collimate light from the light sources. Light modulators may be used to pattern light from the light sources. The light sources may include light sources of different colors. Arrays of pixels may be used to provide dynamically varying patterns of emitted light. A light source may produce light that is diffracted by an array of diffractive elements on a window. Mechanical and electrical shutters may obscure light sources, mirrors, and light-emitting components mounted on windows.

Abstract: A system for power reduction during vehicle access. A memory storing instructions executable by a processor includes instructions to receive an access message by a target vehicle, authenticate the access message, and determine either an occurrence of a power-saving condition or a non-occurrence of the power-saving condition. The instructions include activating a greeting indicator upon authentication of the access message and determining the non-occurrence of the power-saving condition, and determining not to activate the greeting indicator upon authentication of the access message and determining the occurrence of the power-saving condition.

Abstract: A system for displaying contextually-sensitive braking information on a surface of a vehicle is presented. The system may include a transceiver, one or more memories, an electronic display disposed on the surface, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to detect a braking event of the vehicle, wherein the braking event has an associated braking force. The one or more processors may compare the braking force to a predetermined threshold braking force to determine whether the braking force exceeds the threshold braking force. The one or more processors may further cause the electronic display to display a braking indication having an intensity that is proportional to the braking force, wherein the braking indication may include a braking rationale corresponding to the braking event in response to determining that the braking force exceeds the threshold braking force.

Abstract: An apparatus (100), including: a framework (104) configured to be secured to a vehicle; an arm base (106) configured to pivot relative to the framework between a retracted position and an extended position; an arm (110) removably secured to and extending from the arm base; and a shock absorber (142) configured to absorb shock and to prevent relative movement between the arm base and the arm.

Abstract: Systems and methods for deploying warning devices for a vehicle. The vehicle can be an autonomous vehicle. A method of deploying warning devices for a vehicle includes deploying one or more warning devices from the vehicle, the one or more warning devices being coupled to a deployment vehicle. Deploying the one or more warning devices includes controlling the deployment vehicle. A system for deploying warning devices for a vehicle includes a deployment vehicle and one or more warning devices coupled to the deployment vehicle. The system includes a controller configured to deploy the one or more warning devices from the vehicle. Deploying the one or more warning devices includes the controller configured to control the deployment vehicle.

Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for expressive vehicle systems. These techniques may include obtaining, with at least one processor, data associated with an environment, the environment comprising a vehicle and at least one object; determining an expressive maneuver including a deceleration of the vehicle such that the vehicle stops at least a first distance away from the at least one object and the vehicle reaches a peak deceleration when the vehicle is a second distance away from the at least one object; generating data associated with control of the vehicle based on the deceleration associated with the expressive maneuver; and transmitting the data associated with the control of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to decelerate based on the deceleration associated with the expressive maneuver.

Abstract: A door leaf, in particular for motor vehicles and rail vehicles, door leaf includes a main closing edge, wherein a light source is located on the main closing edge. A light profile is located on the main closing edge and is designed to guide and scatter a light emission from the light source.

Abstract: Techniques for configuring a vehicle based on user data. A vehicle can receive user data indicative of an environment setting associated with the vehicle, such as a temperature setting, an active safety setting, a suspension setting, etc. The vehicle can use the user data to determine a seat for a user associated with the user data. The user data can include request data and seat preference data. The vehicle can generate and send a seat assignment message to a device associated with the user data. The vehicle system can be configured based on the environment setting associated with the vehicle. The vehicle system can further output an indication for guiding the user to the vehicle seat. In some examples, the indication can be emitted via lights embedded in a headliner of the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a convenient time to play an audible announcement. The techniques described herein can be implemented for audible announcements in various settings, including, for example, audible announcements in an autonomous vehicle and audible announcements from a mapping service on a mobile device. In an autonomous vehicle, interior microphones can be used to detect voices within the vehicle and identify pauses in conversation. Audible notifications and announcements within the autonomous vehicle can then be made during the pauses.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle having at least one surface region designed to come into direct contact with a user, and at least one sensor to register a direct contact between the at least one surface region and the user. The method includes registering the beginning of a use of the vehicle by the user, registering direct contacts of the user with the at least one defined surface region by using the at least one sensor, registering the end of the use of the vehicle by the user, evaluating the registered direct contacts of the user with the at least one surface region, wherein the surface region is classified with respect to a potential degree of soiling of the surface region caused by the direct contacts during the use, and outputting a notification on the potential degree of soiling of the surface region.

Abstract: A method for detecting whether a motor vehicle is located within a section of a roadway, comprising the following steps: detecting roadway markings of a roadway on which the motor vehicle is located, detecting whether the motor vehicle is located within a section of the roadway, wherein the section is defined by section boundaries, and then outputting a warning if the motor vehicle is not located within the section, wherein the section boundaries are defined depending on a marking distance of the roadway markings from one another.

Abstract: An internal multi-function rearview device for use with a vehicle includes a rearview element comprising at least one of a reflective element, a camera, or a display element; a housing configured to be attached to the vehicle and configured to be moveable relative to the vehicle; a bezel configured to be affixed to an opening defined by the housing and configured to surround the rearview element; and a foot configured to be fixed to the vehicle and relative to which the housing and bezel is moveable. The bezel is coated and a coating of the bezel is at least one of a decorative coating, an advanced surface technology, or a spectrally controlling system, and the rearview element is coupled to at least one of the bezel or the housing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including at least one optical surroundings sensor which has a detection range in a detection direction. The motor vehicle further includes a deflection arrangement for the surroundings sensor. The deflection arrangement includes an optical arrangement configured to deflect the detection direction and the entire detection range, and an adjustment device configured to move the optical arrangement into and out of the detection range of the surroundings sensor.

Abstract: A motor vehicle rear spoiler includes: an elongate external wall having a front edge and an opposite rear edge, and an internal housing; two substantially parallel longitudinal mounting brackets situated inside the internal housing; and a signal receiving device including a receiving plate having two opposite borders and a receiving casing installed on the plate between the opposite borders. The two opposite borders are designed to be secured respectively to the two mounting brackets. The longitudinal mounting brackets each include a slideway for respectively receiving the opposite borders of the receiving plate in a sliding manner.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide a safety system for use within an interior of a vehicle. The Safety System described herein may include a protection panel coupled to a support for a slider style protection interface.

Abstract: In a vehicle floor structure, an insulator is arranged on a floor of a vehicle, and a floor carpet is arranged on the insulator. The vehicle floor structure includes an attachment member that fixes the insulator to a vehicle body side. The attachment member includes a fixation part that fixes the floor carpet.

Abstract: A grab handle has a U-shaped hollow body. The U-shaped body has a water dispensing section which is configured to dispense a flow of water from an interior of the U-shaped body where the flow of water may be used, among other uses, as a hand wash station, an eye wash station, or for providing water for utilitarian purposes. The grab handle may be attached to a panel of a vehicle and also function to provide assistance to a person to climb up or onto the vehicle. The water dispensing section may have a slot, a plurality of nozzles, an outlet with a fixture, or any combination of the same.

Abstract: A decorative element comprising a faceted transparent body having a front surface and a back surface, and a coating on at least part of the back surface of the faceted transparent body. The coating comprises a reflective layer of semiconductor material and a layer of lacquer over the reflective layer, and the reflective layer of semiconductor material has a thickness of at least about 400 nm or at least about 250 nm. Methods of making a decorative element, uses of the decorative element, a switch cover comprising the decorative element, and a switch comprising a sensor for detecting actuation of the switch and a cover protecting the sensor and comprising the decorative element are also described.

Abstract: There are provided a connecting method and an electrical component unit for connecting between a plurality of electrical devices and a determination unit configured to determine a state for each of the plurality of electrical devices. The connecting method includes: providing wire harnesses having a plurality of types for each of which the number of input terminals is different, the wire harnesses being provided with a connector in which an input circuit is built, the input circuit having the input terminals respectively connected to the plurality of electrical devices and outputting a serial signal; selecting one wire harness of the wire harnesses, the one wire harness including the number of the input terminals corresponding to the number of the plurality of electrical devices; and connecting between the plurality of electrical devices and the determination unit via the one wire harness.

Abstract: A protector structure for an inverter 1 which is an example of an electrical component includes a protector 3 including a protection portion 31, an attachment portion 32A and an attachment portion 32B. The protector 3 has a constricted portion 33A between the protection portion 31 and the attachment portion 32A, and has a constricted portion 33B between the protection portion 31 and the attachment portion 32B.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device for controlling an internal system of a vehicle by using a wireless data communication identifier (ID) of a mobile device, and an operating method of the electronic device. Also disclosed are an electronic device which obtains environment configuration information of the vehicle configured by a user input by using a wireless data communication identifier (ID) (e.g., a Bluetooth ID or a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) device name) of the mobile device, and controls a configuration of the internal system of the vehicle by using the obtained environment configuration information, and an operating method of the electronic device.

Abstract: A moving part control system for a vehicle configured to cause a movement of a mechanical part for loosening the mechanical part from a stuck state to a loose state. The moving part control system includes an electrically controlled actuator device configured to cause a movement of the mechanical part, a processing circuitry configured to be operatively connected to the electrically controlled actuator device and configured to determine an amplitude and/or a frequency of an oscillating movement of the electrically controlled actuator device to determine if the mechanical part is in a stuck state or a loose state.

Abstract: A bumper arrangement (1) for a motor vehicle, in particular for a lower load plane, wherein the bumper arrangement (1) has a bumper crossmember (2) and two spaced-apart supporting profiles (3, 3), the first ends (4, 4) of which are each fastened indirectly or directly to one of the two regions of the bumper crossmember (2) that are in the vicinity of the end and which are each fastened at a second end (5, 5) to chassis parts or longitudinal member parts (6) formed on the motor vehicle, wherein the bumper crossmember (2) is held by the supporting profiles (3, 3) on the vehicle structure and has a preferably symmetrically curved portion (7) in the form of a portion of a tube or a portion of a groove or a portion of a profile, wherein the portion (7) is fastened by its ends (8, 8?) in the vicinity of the second ends (5, 5?) of the supporting profiles (3, 3?) to the chassis parts or longitudinal member parts (6), wherein the curved portion (7) is shaped in a manner projecting with a central region (9) to the bump

Abstract: A method for making a crush can for a vehicle which has an internal moulded structure can include providing a crush can with a hole, filling the hole in the crush can with a fibre-reinforced material and compression moulding the fibre-reinforced material using the internal shape of the crush can as an outer shell of a split mould.

Abstract: Provided is an anomaly detection device that acquires a degree of anomaly required for anomaly detection when a feature pattern of time series data changes over time. The anomaly detection device is a device that detects the degree of anomaly in the time series data. The anomaly detection device includes a first acquisition unit, a prediction unit, and an anomaly degree acquisition unit. The first acquisition unit acquires, from a first section that is a partial section of the time series data, a dynamic feature pattern of the first section. The prediction unit predicts data of a second section that is a partial section of the time series data later than the first section by using the feature pattern. The anomaly degree acquisition unit acquires the degree of anomaly based on a difference between the predicted second section data and actual data of the second section.

Abstract: A control device of an embodiment includes an airbag inflated at least onto a hood of a vehicle by being filled with gas supplied from a gas supply, a recognizer that recognizes a surroundings situation of the vehicle, an index value deriver that derives an index value indicating a degree of overlap in a vehicle width direction between a traffic participant recognized by the recognizer and the vehicle when the traffic participant comes into contact with the vehicle, and an airbag controller that controls a timing at which the airbag is inflated, on the basis of the index value derived by the index value deriver.

Abstract: A personal mobility device configured for preventing a plurality of occupants from riding therein and a method of controlling stability therefor, may include a sensor unit including a plurality of sensors configured to detect a current boarding weight on the personal mobility apparatus, a pressure applied to a deck, and a driving speed, a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to or from a communication terminal device of a user, and a controller configured to analyze information on a weight of the user, provided from the communication unit, and sensing information provided from the sensor unit, to determine whether a plurality of occupants rides in the personal mobility device, and to control an operation of the driving unit, preventing an accident when a plurality of occupants rides therein.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a module base element for a vehicle occupant protection system comprising at least one module carrier for receiving at least one airbag module, wherein the airbag module comprises at least one airbag and the airbag is connected to a gas source, especially a gas generator, and comprising a hinged arm having at least one hinged element so that the module carrier can be moved from an idle position to an operating position and from an operating position to an idle position, and comprising a lap restraint element. The present disclosure further describes a vehicle occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat comprising at least one restraint element, wherein at least one restraint element of the vehicle occupant protection system is disposed in a module base element according to the present disclosure.

Abstract: An occupant protection device protects an occupant seated on a seat, in which an airbag is held in a holding body disposed in a periphery of a hip portion of the occupant. The airbag has a bag main body, and a conduit portion that causes an inflating gas discharged from an inflator to flow into the bag main body. The bag main body is held in the holding body as a completely folded body, folded using a front-rear reduction folding such that a width dimension in a front-rear direction is reduced from a preliminary folded bag. The completely folded body is formed by a lower side rolled region, formed by a lower side region of the preliminary folded bag being wound from a lower edge side, being stacked on an upper side rolled region, formed by an upper side region of the preliminary folded bag.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle seat which makes the load from the airbag more likely to be concentrated on a weakened part of a skin member, a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion constituting a seating surface and a seat back constituting a backrest including a seat back frame forming a structural member of the seat back; an airbag module supported on a side portion of the seat back frame on a vehicle outer side; a pad member covering the airbag module; and a skin member covering a surface of the pad member, wherein the skin member is provided with a weakened part vertically extending on an edge part of the seat back on a vehicle outer side and a first low-elasticity reinforcement part extending from a vicinity of the weakened part in a direction intersecting with the weakened part.

Abstract: A rear-seat airbag is configured to expand and deploy from a lower portion of a center console of a vehicle toward a center portion of a row of rear seats. The rear-seat airbag includes a first airbag and a second airbag. The first airbag is configured to restrain an upper body of a passenger sitting in the center portion of the row of rear seats. The second airbag is configured to restrain a lower body of the passenger sitting in the center portion of the row of rear seats. The first airbag is coupled to the second airbag such that, when the rear-seat airbag expands and deploys, the first airbag covers a half or more of the second airbag.

Abstract: An embodiment air bag device includes a first chamber, wherein in a deployed state, the first chamber surrounds a first portion and a front portion of a seat with a frontal surrounding portion of the first chamber expanding toward a second portion, a second chamber, wherein in the deployed state, the second chamber surrounds the second portion and the front portion of the seat with a frontal surrounding portion of the second chamber expanding toward the first portion and overlaps with the first chamber behind the first chamber, and a first fastener provided at a portion where the first chamber and the second chamber overlap with each other and fastening the first chamber and the second chamber to each other.

Abstract: An airbag device includes a tether having an improved folding position that enables the tether to unfold as it cuts through a covering. The airbag device may include a foam pad embedded in a seatback, an airbag cushion folded at a lateral side of the foam pad and configured to be deployed forward, a covering shaped to cover the foam pad and configured to cover the seatback, and a tether positioned between the foam pad and the covering and connected between the seatback and the airbag cushion. The tether is configured to unfold as it cuts through the covering when the airbag cushion is deployed.

Abstract: A method of folding an airbag cushion including a first operation of tuck-in folding an upper portion of the airbag cushion downward to form an upper tuck-in portion, and tuck-in folding a lower portion of the airbag cushion upward is to form a lower tuck-in portion, a second operation of partially in-board folding the front based on a longitudinal direction from the rear to the front of the airbag cushion, the third operation of out-board folding the airbag cushion in a state in which the airbag cushion has a partially double overlapping structure through the in-board folding, and a fourth operation of in-board folding the airbag cushion in a state in which the airbag cushion has a triple overlapping structure through the out-board folding, wherein the in-board folding and the out-board folding are alternately performed in the longitudinal direction of the airbag cushion.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection device for a motor vehicle having a windscreen and an A-pillar extending adjacent a side edge of the windscreen. The protection device comprises a base member securable to the A-pillar of the motor vehicle, and a trim member moveable relative to the base member. A deployment mechanism is operable upon actuation of the device to drive the trim member away from the base member from an initial position in which the trim member is proximal to the base member, to a deployed position in which the trim member is spaced from the base member. The deployment mechanism comprises a plastically deformable member interconnecting the base member and the trim member and which is arranged, in said deployed position of the trim member, to absorb impact energy arising from impact between a pedestrian and the trim member in compression.

Abstract: A pedestrian airbag device includes an airbag and an inflator that supplies an inflating gas to the airbag. The airbag includes a cowl cover portion and two pillar cover portions. The inflator includes a main body portion having a substantially columnar outer shape, and a mounting bolt disposed to protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion in an axis orthogonal direction of the main body portion. The main body portion is mounted on an accommodation site side by using the mounting bolt in a state where the main body portion is inserted into the cowl cover portion while an axial direction is disposed to substantially extend along a left-right direction. A gas flow regulating member suppressing a rearward outflow of an inflating gas discharged from the main body portion is disposed at a position on a rear side of the main body portion inside the cowl cover portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for warning the collision of a vehicle includes an information acquirer configured to acquire information on a surrounding object and information on a vehicle, and a controller configured to generate collision predicting information for the surrounding object, based on the information on the surrounding object and the information on the vehicle, and generate control information to control braking of the vehicle and to provide, based on the collision predicting information, a buffer element to an outside of the vehicle while controlling the braking of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: stop a smart key function of a vehicle when a first state in which an intensity of a radio wave received from a predetermined wireless communication device is a threshold or more has continued for a predetermined time.

Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate authenticating and verifying pick-ups and deliveries associated with an autonomous vehicle delivery service. In one example embodiment, a method comprises accessing, by a system comprising a processor, authentication information associated with a target physical location, wherein the authentication information comprises network access information for a communication network associated with the target physical location. The method further comprises verifying, by the system, whether a current location of an autonomous vehicle corresponds to the target physical location based on an ability of a communication device of the autonomous vehicle to establish a network connection with the communication network using the network access information.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus that may collect data from at a vehicle. Data may be collected by connecting to a port of an on board diagnostic bus at the vehicle or this data may be received via a wireless communication interface. Collected data may be stored at a database and this data may be analyzed to identify whether a person at a vehicle is authorized to access or drive the vehicle. This collected data may also be analyzed to identify faults that may occur at a vehicle and recommendations to responding those faults may be provided to a driver of the vehicle via a user interface such as a speaker or display at the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication unit; a memory configured to store information for connection to a person who recently got out from a vehicle by the communication unit; and at least one processor. The processor(s) are configured to: in a case where a user who tries to newly start to use the vehicle gets in the vehicle, obtain information for authentication of the user; connect to the person by the communication unit using the information for connection stored in the memory; send the information for authentication of the user to the person; decide whether the authentication of the user is successful on a basis of an authentication result received from the person; and determine to allow the user to use the vehicle when the authentication of the user is successful.

Abstract: A structural assembly for use in a motor vehicle includes a rocker and a running board. The motor vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a door. The rocker extends in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. The running board is movably coupled to the vehicle frame between a deployed position and a stowed position in which an upper portion of the running board extends vertically above the rocker. The running board is configured to be positioned underneath the door and substantially flush with a lower portion of the door when the door is in a closed position and the running board is in the stowed position.

Abstract: A horizontally moving retractable vehicle step is attachable to a vehicle, such as a low to the ground vehicle like a van. The horizontal vehicle step can provide access to different portions of the vehicle. Further, the horizontal vehicle step can act as a safety mechanism to reduce potential harm to a user in accidentally stepping in gaps between the vehicle and a curb.

Abstract: A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a running board assembly including a deck, and a linkage assembly configured to guide movement of the deck. The vehicle further includes a motor configured to move the linkage assembly to adjust a position of the deck, and a sensor configured to obtain information indicative of activity adjacent an exterior of the motor vehicle. Additionally, the vehicle includes a controller configured to interpret the information from the sensor to determine a length of at least a portion of a leg of a person. The controller is configured to instruct the motor to adjust the position of the deck based on the determined length.