Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes an estimator and a controller. The estimator estimates a first estimated vehicle speed and a second estimated vehicle speed when there are a first deceleration target and a second deceleration target in a course ahead of a vehicle, and when a driver of the vehicle releases an accelerator pedal. Wherein the first estimated vehicle speed is an estimated vehicle speed of the vehicle at a first target position corresponding to the first deceleration target, and the second estimated vehicle speed is an estimated vehicle speed of the vehicle at a second target position corresponding to the second deceleration target. The controller controls the vehicle to automatically decelerate toward the second target position when the first estimated vehicle speed is greater than a first predetermined value, and when the second estimated vehicle speed is less than a second predetermined value.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a camera to record an image; memory to store instructions; and a processor in circuit with the memory, the processor to execute the instructions to: determine a depth based on: (a) the image and (b) a calibration parameter of the camera; and adjust the calibration parameter based on a temperature of the camera and the depth.

Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select at least one candidate camera from plural cameras based on position information of each of the plural cameras; a reception unit configured to establish communication connection with the candidate camera selected by the selection unit and to start to receive video captured by the candidate camera; and a display control unit configured to display the video received by the reception unit in response to a predetermined display condition being satisfied.

Abstract: A map data updating device comprises a communication unit, a memory, and a processor configured to store map data, received from a server through the communication unit before the vehicle has begun to travel, in the memory as initial map data, and to send a request to the server through the communication unit for update information representing information updated from the initial map data for each of a plurality of road zones within the scheduled route, from among the information associated with the road zones in the map data updated at the server, and to use the update information received through the communication unit to update the initial map data, after the vehicle has begun to travel along the scheduled route.

Abstract: Vehicle ambient lighting may be provided utilizing a touchscreen, a lighting system, a memory, and a processor. The lighting system may include a direct lighting system and an indirect lighting system. The memory may store one or more instructions and the processor may execute one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform one or more acts or actions, such as rendering a vehicle ambient lighting interface via the touchscreen or implementing a currently selected vehicle ambient lighting mode via the lighting system. The vehicle ambient lighting interface may include two or more vehicle ambient lighting modes and the currently selected vehicle ambient lighting mode from the two or more vehicle ambient lighting modes.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for users localization and guidance of the movements of the users through a building adapted in relation to an event, along paths leading to one or more given target places, with connected objects (T, T?) in communication link with a remote resource server which is a control server (S) accessible by a communication network, comprising the following steps: on the basis of a digital model of the building (BIM, CIM), nodes (N) and edges (A) are computed; a user waiting list is assigned to each passage node; a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) of movement toward the target places (“E”, “S”, “W”) is automatically computed with the nodes and the edges (A); the actual location of an event is detected; the actual position of each user located in the building is computed; as a function of the profile of the user, of the user's location in real time in the building causing the inaccessibility of certain nodes of the Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), the so-called ‘updated’ Directed Acyclic Gra

Abstract: A system includes a conveyance vehicle, and a work machine that loads materials onto the conveyance vehicle. A first processor of a work machine determines a target stop position of a conveyance vehicle based on a position of the work machine, a target offset distance, and the direction of the loading position. A second processor of the conveyance vehicle acquires data indicative of the target stop position of the conveyance vehicle from the work machine. The second processor controls the conveyance vehicle to move the conveyance vehicle to the target stop position.

Abstract: Traversing, by an autonomous vehicle, a vehicle transportation network, may include identifying a distinct vehicle operational scenario, wherein traversing the vehicle transportation network includes traversing a portion of the vehicle transportation network that includes the distinct vehicle operational scenario, communicating shared scenario-specific operational control management data associated with the distinct vehicle operational scenario with an external shared scenario-specific operational control management system, operating a scenario-specific operational control evaluation module instance including an instance of a scenario-specific operational control evaluation model of the distinct vehicle operational scenario, and wherein operating the scenario-specific operational control evaluation module instance includes identifying a policy for the scenario-specific operational control evaluation model, receiving a candidate vehicle control action from the policy for the scenario-specific operational contr

Abstract: To provide personalized data for display on a map, a server device obtains location data for a user and identifies locations that are familiar to the user based on the frequency and recency in which the user visits the locations. The server device then provides the familiar locations in search results/suggestions and annotates the familiar locations with a description of a relationship between the familiar location and the user. The server device also includes the familiar locations as landmarks for performing maneuvers in a set of navigation instructions. Furthermore, the server device provides a familiar location as a frame of reference on a map display when a user selects another location nearby the familiar location. Moreover, the server device includes a familiar location as an intermediate destination when the user request navigation directions to a final destination.

Abstract: A display correction system includes a first obtainer, a second obtainer, a third obtainer, a predictor, and a corrector. The first obtainer obtains travel route information on a travel route ahead of a moving body. The second obtainer obtains speed information on a speed of the moving body. The third obtainer obtains orientation information on an orientation of the moving body. The predictor predicts, based on the travel route information and the speed information, a time period during which the moving body travels through a specific section in the travel route. The corrector performs correction of a displacement of a display position of a content on a display image based on the orientation information. Based on prediction result of the predictor, the corrector executes first control when the moving body is traveling in a normal section, and executes second control when the moving body is traveling in the specific section.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for a displaying a route in a first electronic device. A message is received from a second electronic device. Based on analyzing the received message, first location information including address information inputted from a user of the second electronic device is identified in the received message. The first location information is obtained from the received message. Second location information of the first electronic device is obtained. A start location is set to the obtained second location information and the destination location is set to the selected address information. Based on obtaining route information between the start location and the destination location, a route representing the obtained route information between the start location and the destination location is displayed on a display of the first electronic device.

Abstract: The on-board apparatus 50 calculates an automated driving route of the vehicle 55 from the parking space of the vehicle 55 to the destination and an estimated time required to reach the destination in the case in which the vehicle 55 drives by automated driving by following the automated driving route. The server apparatus 30 calculates a walking travel route in the case of traveling by walk from the position of the terminal apparatus 10 to the parking space of the vehicle 55 and an estimated time required to reach the parking space of the vehicle 55 in the case of walking by following the walking travel route. The terminal apparatus 10 displays at the display unit 140 the automated driving route, the estimated time required for the automated driving route, the walking travel route, and the estimated time required for the walking travel route; and when a selection of the automated driving route is accepted, the terminal apparatus 10 starts the drive of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a side of a vehicle so as to view at least sideward and forward of the vehicle including a forward blind zone ahead of the vehicle that is caused by a leading vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle and in the same traffic lane along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. The camera captures image data. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes electronic circuitry and associated software, with the electronic circuitry including an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera. A display screen is disposed in the equipped vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. The display screen, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, displays video images derived from image data captured by the camera to provide displayed images of the forward blind zone ahead of the vehicle.

Abstract: A route control device includes a control unit that sets an angle of a guideway for guiding a wheelchair user with respect to a roadway in accordance with a length of a waiting time for which a vehicle traveling on the roadway is kept waiting, when the wheelchair user who is about to cross the roadway is detected, and performs a control of displaying a pedestrian crossing including the guideway on the roadway.

Abstract: An end-to-end system for data generation, map creation using the generated data, and localization to the created map is disclosed. Mapstreams—or streams of sensor data, perception outputs from deep neural networks (DNNs), and/or relative trajectory data—corresponding to any number of drives by any number of vehicles may be generated and uploaded to the cloud. The mapstreams may be used to generate map data—and ultimately a fused high definition (HD) map—that represents data generated over a plurality of drives. When localizing to the fused HD map, individual localization results may be generated based on comparisons of real-time data from a sensor modality to map data corresponding to the same sensor modality. This process may be repeated for any number of sensor modalities and the results may be fused together to determine a final fused localization result.

Abstract: A method for building a pad at a construction site using a geography-altering machine, the method comprising: receiving a design for the pad at the geography-altering machine, receiving a terrain surface model of the construction site at the geography-altering machine, wherein the terrain surface model is generated using an imaging device located on the geography-altering machine, generating a cut-and-fill map at the geography-altering machine based on the design for the pad and the terrain surface model, generating guidance for building the pad at the geography-altering machine, wherein the guidance includes a starting location and moving directions for the geography-altering machine, monitoring process of building the pad using the imaging device on the geography-altering machine; and updating the cut-and-fill map and the guidance based on the monitored process.

Abstract: Various systems, mediums, and methods herein describe aspects of an authentication system. The system may receive a request from a user device to authenticate a user. The system may determine a route travelled by the user. The route can be determined based at least on data retrieved from the user device of the user. The system may determine one or more objects viewable along the route. At least one image of the one or more objects can be selected. The system may communicate the at least one image and at least one other image to the user device to be displayed on the user device. The system may receive a selection of the at least one image by the user through a display of the user device. The authentication of the user can be based, at least in part, on the user selection of the at least one image.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle having one or more computing devices that may receive instructions to pick up a passenger at a pickup location and determine when the vehicle is within a first distance of the pickup location. When the vehicle is within the first distance, the computing devices may make a first attempt to find a spot to park the vehicle and wait for the passenger. When the vehicle is unable to find a spot to park the vehicle on the first attempt, the computing devices may maneuvering the vehicle in order to make a second attempt to find a spot to park the vehicle and wait for the passenger. When the vehicle is unable to find a spot to park the vehicle on the second attempt, the computing devices may stop the vehicle in a current lane to wait for the passenger.

Abstract: To provide context-aware audio navigation instructions, a server device obtains sets of audio navigation instructions previously provided to users along with sensor data descriptive of a context in which the audio navigation instructions were provided and an indication of whether a driver correctly responded to the audio navigation instructions. The server device trains a machine learning model using this data, where the machine learning model identifies audio navigation instruction parameters for a particular context. In response to a request for navigation directions, the server device receives sensor data from the client computing device generating the request that is indicative of the environment surrounding the client computing device. The server device then applies the sensor data and navigation instructions to the machine learning model to generate a set of audio navigation instructions responsive to the request.

Abstract: A dynamic navigation coach system is programmed to monitor and assist drivers while keeping them engaged en route to the destination. The system may provide driver navigation assistance and training that monitors user navigational skills, driving habits, and environmental factors, and provides dynamically adjustable tools to provide varying levels of navigation assistance in a game play format. The system may selectively provide navigational directions or corrections to the driver when the driver deviates from a scheduled travel route, instead of providing instructions at every driving event.

Abstract: A change point detection device includes a memory 170 that stores map information representing a structure associated with a traveling condition on and around a road, an object detection unit 162 that detects a shielding object 20 hiding the structure from an image acquired by an in-vehicle camera 110 mounted on a vehicle 100 and representing an environment around the vehicle 100, a collation unit 163 that eliminates the structure hidden by the shielding object 20 in the map information, collates the image with the map information, and calculates a coincidence degree between the image and the map information, and a change point detection unit 164 that determines, when the coincidence degree is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, that the structure represented in the image has a change point different from the corresponding structure represented in the map information.

Abstract: Provided is a content visualizing method and apparatus. The content visualizing apparatus generates an object disposition space based on a road surface and an obstacle and determines a display position at which a graphic representation corresponding to route guidance content is visualized in the object disposition space.

Abstract: Provided are a content visualizing device and method that changes positions and shapes of route guidance content and driving related content based on a distance to an adjacent object, a current driving state, and an occurrence of a driving related event.

Abstract: A road tunnel security system includes a road security server system in communication with respective tunnel security client systems arranged and associated with respective cars. A specific tunnel security client system is configured to download a computer coded road map from the road security server system, including at least one tunnel. A first virtual gate is located in front of a first tunnel opening, and a second virtual gate is located In front of a second tunnel opening. When a car enters the tunnel, the first virtual gate submits the license number plate to the road security system, and when the car leaves the tunnel the registered license number plate is deleted on request from the second virtual gate. In this manner the road security server keep track of all cars and their license plate numbers that are inside the tunnel at any time.

Abstract: A method for locating an object of interest using offset. The object may be a mobile platform, or portion of same, associated with a vehicle, or a pavement segment or feature of or on a pavement segment on which the mobile platform is located. The vehicle includes first and second fixed points having a known offset from each other. An image sensor whose field of view includes the second fixed point and a portion of the mobile platform provides image data which is used with the known offset to calculate the precise location of the object of interest.

Abstract: Technologies for sharing route navigation data in a community cloud include a mobile navigation device of a vehicle and a remote mobile navigation device of a remote vehicle. The mobile navigation device generates sensor data associated with a current route of the vehicle and determines whether a reference traffic event occurs within a segment of the current route of the vehicle. In response to a determination that a reference traffic event occurs, the mobile navigation devices transmits route update data to the remote mobile navigation device. Based on the route update data, the remote mobile navigation device updates a current route of the remote vehicle to avoid the reference traffic event within a corresponding segment of the current route of the remote vehicle. The mobile navigation device may also transmit the sensor data to a community compute device, which may transmit route update data to the remote mobile navigation device.

Abstract: Using a planning circuit of a vehicle, a map is accessed that includes information identifying at least one lane on which vehicles can travel. Using the planning circuit and from the map, a graph representing a driving environment of the vehicle is generated. The graph includes multiple trajectories. At least one trajectory includes a lane change. Each trajectory is a path for the vehicle to move from a first spatiotemporal location to a second spatiotemporal location. The trajectory includes at least one lane alone which the vehicle can move. Using the planning circuit, a trajectory of the multiple trajectories for the vehicle to travel is selected based on an initial vehicle trajectory of the vehicle. The selected trajectory includes a stem. The stem is a portion of the selected trajectory to which the vehicle is configured to adhere. Using the control circuit, the vehicle is moved along the selected trajectory.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with aspects of this disclosure may be provided to determine and calculate an overall driving risk index value corresponding to a driver and scene configuration. The overall driving risk index value may provide driving risk modeling and estimation at a personalized driving level. In some cases, the overall driving risk index value may be determined using a risk-predictive modeling system with weighting and machine learning and may include one or more of: a driver score system, a driver-contextual risk score system, and a conflict index system.

Abstract: A dynamic platoon formation method under a mixed autonomous vehicles flow is provided. The method implements dynamic platooning by taking into account a fact that a traffic flow is a mixture of HDVs and CAVs. The dynamic platoon formation method includes: selecting lanes as candidate lanes in turn; constructing a decision tree from a current moment to a moment of platoon formation according to the following process: constructing a decision space for each CAV, generating a compatible decision set, selecting and executing a compatible decision, and updating location and speed information of all vehicles; and selecting, according to a predetermined index (including TTP and DTP), an optimal decision sequence as a decision sequence corresponding to the candidate lane.

Abstract: A method of controlling movement of multi-vehicle includes acquiring a constraint condition under which vehicles move and a calculation cycle for calculating movement routes of the vehicles; acquiring a position of each vehicle; specifying a target position for each vehicle; calculating, based on the position of each vehicle, the target position, and the constraint condition, a movement route for prediction steps of each vehicle; determining, based on the movement routes of the vehicles, a driving condition of each vehicle from a current time to a unit time; and controlling movement of each vehicle. Calculating the movement route including performing optimization calculation based on an evaluation function, evaluation of which becomes higher as a deviation between the vehicle and the target position for each prediction step becomes smaller, and the constraint condition, to calculate the movement route.

Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for utilizing global models to generate local models for electronic devices in an environment, and techniques for utilizing the global models and/or the local models to provide notifications that are based on anomalies detected within the environment. For instance, a remote system may receive an identifier associated with an electronic device and identify a global model using the identifier. The remote system may then receive data indicating state changes of the electronic device and use the data and the global model to generate a local model associated with the electronic device. Using the global model and/or local model, the remote system can identify anomalies associated with the electronic device and, in response to identifying an anomaly, notify the user. The remote system can further cause the electronic device to change states after receiving a request from the user.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a storage portion in which map information is stored, the map information showing a position where a roadside machine configured to transmit a radio signal including predetermined information is provided; a route setting portion configured to set a route where an autonomous driving vehicle is to travel when a current position, of the autonomous driving vehicle, that is measured by a positioning portion provided in the autonomous driving vehicle is included within a predetermined distance from the position of the roadside machine on the map information and the autonomous driving vehicle approaches the position where the roadside machine is provided, the route being set so that a communication portion provided in the autonomous driving vehicle can receive the radio signal; and a vehicle controlling portion configured to control the autonomous driving vehicle so that the autonomous driving vehicle travels along the route.

Abstract: Vehicle-based sign language communication systems and methods are provided herein. An example device can be configured to determine a sign language protocol used by the first user, determine a target language used by a second user, obtain a translation library based on the sign language protocol and the target language, receive spoken word input from a second user through a microphone, convert the spoken word input into sign language output using the translation library, and provide the sign language output using a sign language output device.

Abstract: When two target objects cannot see each other and at least one of them is a moving object following lanes, the warning system identifies the couples of two predicted trajectories having at least one point in common or an inter-trajectory distance less than a distance threshold (dth), among all possible couples of two predicted trajectories for the two respective target objects, then calculates a probability of collision for each identified couple of trajectories, by determining a predicted collision time and calculating probability distribution functions for the positions of the two target objects at said predicted collision time, and checks whether or not the probability of collision calculated for at least one of the identified couples of trajectories is more than a collision probability threshold in order to trigger an alert towards at least one of the two target objects.

Abstract: A vehicle control device is a vehicle control device mountable in a vehicle and including an acquirer configured to acquire positional information of a frame line of a second parking frame from other vehicle stopped at the second parking frame adjacent to a first parking frame at which the vehicle automatically parks, and a calculator configured to calculate a position of a frame line of the first parking frame on the basis of the positional information of the frame line of the second parking frame acquired by the acquirer.

Abstract: A system for generating a 360-degree viewing experience may receive a plurality of images of an object from an image capture device, wherein each of the plurality of images corresponds to a different rotational orientation of the object relative to the image capture device. The system may detect, using a first machine learning model, the object in each of the plurality of images. The system may detect, using a second machine learning model, regions associated with identifiable object features in one or more images of the plurality of images. The system may assign feature metadata to the one or more images, the features metadata associated with one or more detected regions of the detected regions of the object in the one or more images. The system may publish, with an application programming interface, the plurality of images and the feature metadata for the 360-degree viewing experience.

Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises: a detection unit configured to analyze a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle, and detect a viewpoint of the driver in a visual field region of the driver that is obtained as a result of the analysis; a display control unit configured to display an image such that the image is superimposed on the visual field region, based on a result of the detection by the detection unit; and a transmission control unit configured to, if a condition is satisfied, transmit related information that is related to information represented by the image to an external terminal, in addition to or instead of the display control unit displaying the image.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a camera to record an image; memory to store instructions; and a processor in circuit with the memory, the processor to execute the instructions to: determine a depth based on: (a) the image and (b) a calibration parameter of the camera; and adjust the calibration parameter based on a temperature of the camera and the depth.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for automated remote transactions between a vehicle and a lodging system. The system may enable the vehicle to initiate an automated remote transaction to the lodging system to book an accommodation and complete a remote payment. The lodging system may transmit available accommodations to the vehicle. The vehicle may respond with a booking request comprising an accommodation selection and vehicle identifying data and the lodging system may communicate the vehicle identifying data to a payment network to authorize the remote transaction. In response to authorizing the remote transaction, the lodging system may complete the booking request with the vehicle.

Abstract: Various systems, mediums, and methods herein describe aspects of an authentication system. The system may receive a request from a user device to authenticate a user. The system may determine a route traveled by the user. The route can be determined based at least on data retrieved from the user device of the user. The system may determine one or more objects viewable along the route. At least one image of the one or more objects can be selected. The system may communicate the at least one image and at least one other image to the user device to be displayed on the user device. The system may receive a selection of the at least one image by the user through a display of the user device. The authentication of the user can be based, at least in part, on the user selection of the at least one image.

Abstract: Provided herein is a system that comprises one or more sensors that capture data, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform functions that include identifying one or more locations within a distance of the vehicle, capturing current data of the identified one or more locations, determining one or more changes that exceed respective threshold amounts between the current data and historical data of the identified one or more locations, and updating the historical data of the identified one or more locations based on the determined one or more changes.

Abstract: Techniques for moving about a computer simulated reality (CSR) setting are disclosed. An example technique includes displaying a current view of the CSR setting, the current view depicting a current location of the CSR setting from a first perspective corresponding to a first determined direction. The technique further includes displaying a user interface element, the user interface element depicting a destination location not visible from the current location, and, in response to receiving input representing selection of the user interface element, modifying the display of the current view to display a destination view depicting the destination location, wherein modifying the display of the current view to display the destination view includes enlarging the user interface element.

Abstract: Arrival determination systems and programs determine whether a vehicle is at a standstill; and determine that the vehicle has arrived at a destination when the vehicle is determined to be at a standstill and a present location of the vehicle is on the inner side of a road that surrounds the destination.

Abstract: A personalized device for monitoring a motor vehicle driver is disclosed. The personalized device includes a device for measuring a driver monitoring parameter and a control unit that is programmed to estimate a state of alertness of the driver in accordance with an estimation rule and the measured value of said monitoring parameter, and determine said estimation rule in a personalized manner for said driver in accordance with a set of driver-specific data comprising at least said measured value of the monitoring parameter and multiple sets of predefined data, each of which corresponds to a predefined group of drivers.

Abstract: A method for autonomously operating a driverless vehicle along a path between a first geographic location and a destination may include receiving communication signals from the driverless vehicle. The communication signals may include sensor data from the driverless vehicle and data indicating occurrence of an event associated with the path. The communication signals may also include data indicating that a confidence level associated with the path is less than a threshold confidence level due to the event. The method may also include determining, via a teleoperations system, a level of guidance to provide the driverless vehicle based on data associated with the communication signals, and transmitting teleoperations signals to the driverless vehicle. The teleoperations signals may include guidance to operate the driverless vehicle according to the determined level of guidance, so that a vehicle controller maneuvers the driverless vehicle to avoid, travel around, or pass through the event.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a temporal map of radio frequency (RF) signals detected from a vehicle. The method includes: detecting a plurality of RF signals over a predetermined spectrum of frequencies at a first longitude, a first latitude and a first altitude; analyzing the plurality of RF signals to determine at least a first parameter associated with at least a first RF signal of the plurality of RF signals; and adding to the temporal map the first RF signal frequency, the at least a first parameter associated with the first RF signal, the first longitude, the first latitude and the first altitude.

Abstract: A device can parse a query to determine a first road identified by the query and a second road identified by the query. The device can determine a plurality of road segment pairs that include a first road segment of a first plurality of road segments associated with the first road and a second road segment associated with second plurality of road segments associated with the second road. The device can determine a plurality of candidate intersection points based on the plurality of road segment pairs. The device can determine an intersection of the first road and the second road based on the plurality of candidate intersection points and can provide, to a client device, information identifying the intersection of the first road and the second road.

Abstract: A traveling path providing system comprises: a determining unit that determines the driving skill of a driver of a vehicle, based on a driving history of the driver; an acquiring unit that acquires surroundings information including information of a road surface on which the vehicle is currently traveling; a specifying unit that specifies at least one path travelable by the driver on the road surface, based on the surroundings information and the determined driving skill; and a providing unit that provides the at least one path specified by the specifying unit.

Abstract: An approach is provided for recommending a vehicle parking or stopping location at a current destination based on a next destination. The approach, for example, involves determining the next destination that follows the current destination. The approach also involves processing map data representing a road network within a proximity threshold of the current destination to determine the recommended parking or stopping location based on minimizing a travel time, a travel distance, or a combination thereof between the recommended parking or stopping location and the next destination.

Abstract: A server identifies landmarks associated with users as the users take part in trips or otherwise interact with a navigation system. The server causes presentation of the identified landmarks to the users during future trips, such as part of navigational directions along a route to a particular destination, or on a visible portion of a map user interface. Presentation of the user-specific landmarks allows the users with more context and thus the ability to better navigate.