Abstract: A spectral camera control device, being installed, along with a spectral camera provided with a liquid crystal tunable filter, in an aircraft capable of stationary flight. The spectral camera control device causes the spectral camera to capture a spectral image in a snapshot mode each time a transmission wavelength of the liquid crystal tunable filter is switched while the aircraft is in stationary flight, and the spectral camera control device causes a plurality of spectral images to be captured in succession at a same transmission wavelength when an SN ratio of the captured spectral image is less than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that enable human supervision of a highly capable automated driving system. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure enable a human (e.g., a passenger, driver/operator, or remote supervisor of an autonomous vehicle) to easily and quickly transition control of the autonomous vehicle from a primary motion plan that controls the vehicle towards a primary destination to a secondary motion plan that controls the vehicle to a safe state. As such, the systems and methods of the present disclosure enable advanced human supervision of autonomous vehicle behavior in which a human can cause an autonomous vehicle to operate in a risk-reduced manner or otherwise maneuver to a safe state, without requiring the human to actually assume manual control of the vehicle.

Abstract: A display device of a vehicle on which a CO2 recovery device is mounted, the CO2 recovery device through which gas circulates recovering carbon dioxide from the gas, the display device includes: a controller configured to control the vehicle, the controller including a recovery state determination unit configured to determine a recovery amount or a recovery state of the carbon dioxide recovered by the CO2 recovery device and an image data creation unit configured to create image data corresponding to the recovery amount or the recovery state detected by the recovery state determination unit; and a display screen configured to receive the image data and display an image corresponding to the image data, wherein the image data and the image vary depending on the recovery amount or the recovery state.

Abstract: Methods and systems for traffic jam management include generating a representation of a road network that comprises a road graph, with vertices of the road graph representing road segments and edges of the road graph representing pairs of adjacent road segments at each intersection. The road graph is partitioned into sub-graphs to balance a number of messages received from vehicles within each sub-graph and to minimize vehicle transitions between sub-graphs. It is determined that a traffic jam is present on one or more road segments. Navigational information is provided to one or more vehicles responsive to the traffic jam.

Abstract: A server device stores on a storage unit an advanced map database which includes feature information associated with a feature. The server device receives, from vehicle mounted devices equipped with external sensors which measure features, difference information indicative of a difference between feature information and the actual feature corresponding to the feature information. In accordance with the degree of reliability which is calculated based on a plurality of the difference information, the server device sends to the vehicle mounted device a raw data request signal for requesting the transmission of raw data which is measurement data of the actual feature.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to navigational systems, devices, and methods for preparing route guidance information that incorporates user needs—and ensures fulfilment of those needs under a variety of conditions. In particular, this disclosure relates to preparing route guidance information that ensures a user is directed along a route that includes stops where various needs such as e.g. medical, food, or water can be met while also minimizing traffic. Such a system may be useful, for example, when evacuating from a metro region in the face of an oncoming natural disaster such as a hurricane.

Abstract: According to various aspects, a method of generating a collision free path of travel may include defining a global search area encompassing at least a global start position and a global target position; and determining a set of collision free trajectories by iteration, the set of collision free trajectories connecting the global start position to the global target position via one or more local target positions, each iteration including: determining a local search area within the global search area; determining, from the global obstacle map, a local obstacle map associated with the local search area; defining a local start position and one or more local target positions within the local search area; and calculating, in the local search area, a collision free trajectory from the local start position to the one or more local target positions considering the local obstacle map.

Abstract: Techniques enable selection of traffic cameras for display to a user, where the techniques involve determining a primary route and an alternate route, determining a first intersection between the primary route and the alternate route, and obtaining camera metadata identifying multiple cameras, where the camera metadata defines aspects such as positioning data, direction, status data, and image data for individual traffic cameras. The techniques also involve determining a priority score for individual cameras using the camera metadata, where the priority score is based, at least in part, on proximity to the first intersection between the primary route and the alternate route. The techniques then involve selecting at least one traffic camera based on the priority score of the camera and communicating image data of the camera for display on a display device.

Abstract: Controlling a vehicle using contextual navigation assistance can include defining a context for the vehicle using sensor data for a plurality of time points while the vehicle traverses between a starting and stopping location, the context being one of multiple contexts, and each associated with at least one candidate variable for inclusion in an ordered representation of information, classifying the vehicle into a phase of multiple phases associated with different proximities of the vehicle to a maneuver, each phase associated with at least one candidate variable for inclusion in the ordered representation, and generating, using the phase and the context, the ordered representation. The ordered representation is ranked from most likely to least likely information that is necessary, during a current phase, to successfully complete the maneuver. The ordered representation is produced by a user interface so that it can be used to control the vehicle.

Abstract: A method at a computing device for attributing a cause to a border delay, the method including determining that a vehicle has entered a border geofence; obtaining sensor data from the vehicle; and correlating the sensor data with the determining that the vehicle has entered the geofence to attribute the cause to the border delay.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a follower vehicle (2) following a lead vehicle, comprising—determining a position (PL) and a heading (HL) of the lead vehicle (1), —determining a position (PF) and a heading (HF) of the follower vehicle (2), —subsequently establishing a path for the follower vehicle (2) by fitting a curve (C1) to said positions (PL, PF) and said headings (HL, HF), —and controlling the follower vehicle (2) so as to move along the established path.

Abstract: A display system of the present disclosure forms an AR route by shifting node information included in road map data to a lane on which a subject vehicle is to travel on the basis of lane information. Thus, it is possible to display the AR route which matches a shape of a route on which the subject vehicle is to travel without providing a feeling of strangeness while resolving inconvenience that the AR route is largely displaced from the route on which the subject vehicle is to travel at positions such as an intersection and a branch point, where a plurality of roads intersect.

Abstract: A surrounding vehicle display device includes: a surrounding information detection device that obtains information on surroundings of a host vehicle; and a vehicle speed sensor that detects a vehicle speed of the host vehicle. The surrounding vehicle display device includes a controller that uses the information obtained by the surrounding information detection device to generate a virtual image that indicates the surroundings of the host vehicle as being viewed from above the host vehicle and a display displays the virtual image. The controller makes a display region of at least a rear region around the host vehicle on the virtual image wide when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor is higher than a low vehicle speed.

Abstract: A method of an interactive server system for providing location information to an in-vehicle terminal includes receiving the location information and indication information from an interactive client, the indication information indicating address information of the in-vehicle terminal, obtaining the address information of the in-vehicle terminal based on the received indication information, sending the location information to the in-vehicle terminal according to the address information of the in-vehicle terminal, and instructing the in-vehicle terminal to generate a navigation path according to the location information.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to determine and rank large areas encompassing many parcels (e.g., neighborhoods, cities, towns) for aerial item delivery availability, without the use of image data of the areas. In some implementations, publicly available two-dimensional parcel maps that indicate parcel boundaries and outlines of structures on those parcels may be obtained and processed. For example, parcels within the area may be processed to determine deliverable area shapes, such as rectangles, within the parcel, excluding the area of the structure. A determination is then made as to whether one or more of the deliverable area shapes exceed a deliverable area threshold. If one or more of the deliverable area shapes of the parcel exceed the threshold, the parcel is considered to be available for aerial item delivery. This processing may be done for all parcels within an area or all customer parcels of customers of a service within the area (or any other selection criteria).

Abstract: An information processing device that is capable of executing processing corresponding to execution of replacement of an energy supply unit at a facility. A control server is provided with a control server control unit for acquiring device-related information on a driving device in which a mounted energy supply unit serving as an energy supply unit for supplying energy to a power source is replaceably mounted, and selecting a facility recommended to perform replacement of the energy supply unit out of facilities that store stored energy supply units serving as energy supply units replaceable with the mounted energy supply unit, and that are able to replace the mounted energy supply unit with one of the stored energy supply units.

Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe receiving a target location from a computing device, using a machine learning model: determining a first access point and a second access point associated with the target location, causing presentation of the first access point as a first selectable user interface element and the second access point as a second selectable user interface within a graphical user interface on the computing device, receiving a first selection of the first selectable user interface element from the computing device; and in response to receiving the first selection, and initiating a trip request based on the refined map coordinates of the first access point.

Abstract: A replenishment planning device calculates a first route replenishment point on a travel route at which replenishment of a chemical becomes necessary, a second route replenishment point on the travel route which is closer to a replenishment area than the first route replenishment point is, and first and second times necessary for an unmanned helicopter to travel from a travel start point, via the first and the second route replenishment points, to a replenishment area to have the chemical replenished, and to move back to the travel route. Thereafter, a process takes the first and the second route replenishment points as next travel start points, and calculates, for each, next first and second route replenishment points, and first and second times, and is repeated for each replenishment plan pattern until the first route replenishment point reaches a travel end point, such that position information and time information for each replenishment plan pattern are generated.

Abstract: Methods of determining for a vehicle a three-dimensional path that extends between an origin and a destination. The paths are determined based on the vehicle having a limited amount of energy that is not resupplied during travel. The paths are further determined based on the vehicle arriving at the destination with a predetermined amount of remaining energy.

Abstract: A parking control method calculates a first control instruction and causing a control device of a vehicle to execute the first control instruction on the basis of an operation command acquired from an operator. The first control instruction is for moving the vehicle along a first route to a target parking space. The parking control method includes: when detecting an object after start of execution of the first control instruction, presenting the operator with selection information for selecting a first mode in which the execution of the first control instruction is continued or a second mode in which the control device of the vehicle is caused to execute an alternative control instruction for moving the vehicle along an alternative route different from the first route; and causing the control device to execute the first control instruction or the alternative control instruction in accordance with selection input information from the operator.

Abstract: Generating parking area statistics for identifying parking areas within a geographic region. Navigation support for reaching a top-ranked parking area according to collected parking area data, user preferences, parking feedback, and real-time traffic conditions. Selection of a top-ranked parking area and monitoring progress during a parking event improve future identification and ranking of parking areas.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including a vehicle propulsion system, a braking system, a steering system, and a computing system that is in communication with the vehicle propulsion system, the braking system, and the steering system. The computing system includes a processor and memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts including setting as a destination for a trip of the autonomous vehicle. The destination for the trip of the autonomous vehicle being set as a location of a second autonomous vehicle at a specific time. The processor is further configured to select a route to the destination for the trip of the autonomous vehicle. The processor is yet further configured to control at least one of the vehicle propulsion system, the braking system, or the steering system to move the autonomous vehicle along the route as selected for the trip.

Abstract: A system receives historical vehicle battery data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. Some vehicles with plug-in rechargeable batteries recommend/require that the vehicle computer be turned off when recharging. Thus, obtaining a current state of charge while a vehicle is charging can be difficult because the vehicle computer can be off. While the vehicle/gateway device is unable to transmit current battery data, the systems estimate a battery charge from the historical data.

Abstract: The present disclosure disclosures an artificial intelligence based method and apparatus for determining regional information. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring to-be-determined information, and extracting a keyword set of the to-be-determined information; inputting the keyword set of the to-be-determined information into a pre-trained subject classification model for classifying, to obtain a subject category of the to-be-determined information, wherein the subject classification model is used for representing a corresponding relation between the keyword set of the information and the subject category of the information; selecting, from a pre-stored place name set, a place name corresponding to the subject category of the to-be-determined information as a target place name set; matching, in the to-be-determined information, the target place name set; and determining, based on a matching result, whether the to-be-determined information belongs to the regional information.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a mapping application that displays an initial map with a zoom level that is based on a travel time associated with the location of the user. The mapping application receives a request to present a digital map from a client device. Based on the current geographic location of the client device, the mapping application estimates a distance in which a user of the client device can travel within a particular time period. The mapping application then selects a parameter for a viewport of the digital map based at least on the estimated distance. For example, the viewport parameter may be a zoom level. The mapping application then generates the digital map in accordance with the selected parameter, and displays the digital map via a user interface of the client device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for emergency shutdown and landing by an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for passenger drones include detecting a passenger drone is one of distressed and rogue; determining timing for a shutdown and a location for landing; and communicating the determined timing and the landing location to the passenger drone by the Air Traffic Control system via one or more wireless networks comprising at least one cellular network, wherein the passenger drone is constrained in flight based on cell coverage over the at least one cellular network.

Abstract: An online system uses a model to determine affinities of users for geographical locations. Using the affinities, which may indicate travel-related preferences of the users, the online system may customize content items to include content captured by client devices of other users of the online system. For example, the online system presents to a particular user a content item including a photo or video of a geographical location captured by a camera of a client device of another user who is connected to the particular user. The model may implement, for example, collaborative filtering or other machine learning techniques to determine commonalities between users' travel affinities. Additionally, the model may determine latent properties or temporal trends of user preferences based on training data including historical actions performed on the online system or social data. The model may also classify different types of geographical locations.

Abstract: A map information system includes a database management device configured to manage a map database used for vehicle driving support control. The map database includes background map information that indicates a position of a stationary object and an evaluation value. The evaluation value indicates certainty that the stationary object exists at the position indicated by the background map information. Driving environment information includes: surrounding situation information including information on a detected target detected by an in-vehicle sensor; and vehicle state information indicating the vehicle state. The database management device recognizes relative behavior of the vehicle with respect to the detected target, based on the driving environment information.

Abstract: A control apparatus comprises a first information acquisition circuit configured to acquire a recognition result relating to a passenger of a vehicle; a second information acquisition circuit configured to acquire information relating to a surrounding environment of the vehicle; and a vehicle control circuit configured to generate a travel route of the vehicle based on the recognition result acquired by the first information acquisition circuit and the information relating to the surrounding environment acquired by the second information acquisition circuit, wherein the information relating to the surrounding environment includes information relating to a route set according to the recognition result.

Abstract: A method of generating a flight path for an aircraft is provided. The method includes modeling geographic space and time that includes a plurality of mobile communication nodes. The model includes locations of each of the plurality of mobile communication nodes as those nodes move over time. The model also provides an indication of wireless connectivity between a radio on each of the plurality of communication nodes and a radio of the aircraft at their respective location. The method further includes running a plurality of flight paths through the model in order to identify a selected flight path that provides a desired level of connectivity between the aircraft and the plurality of communication nodes.

Abstract: A relative atlas graph is generated to store mapping data used by an autonomous vehicle. The relative atlas graph may be generated for a geographical area based on observations collected from the geographical area, and may include element nodes corresponding to elements detected from the observations along with edges that connect pairs of element nodes and define relative poses between the elements for connected pairs of element nodes.

Abstract: A mapping system presents geographically relevant images. The images may be relevant to a search entered by the user, directions requested by the user, or any other factor relevant to the user's relationship to the displayed map. Moreover, the images may change in response to user actions or other factors, wherein new images “bubble up” as user context changes. The mapping system may display geographically relevant images by way of an information card presented in response to a user interacting with a point on a digital map. The user may interact with any of the geographically relevant images, causing an indicator of the map location associated with the image to be presented. Alternatively or additionally, a user interaction with a geographically relevant image may cause an interactive panoramic presentation of street-level imagery to be presented.

Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a system and method for controlling an operation of the components in the two/three wheeled vehicle through a smartphone. The system comprises a vehicle module, a smartphone and a cloud computing system. The vehicle module reads the vehicle parameters with a vehicle parameter reader and sensors. The read vehicle parameter are forwarded to the microprocessor for transmission to the smartphone through a transceiver using a wired or wireless network. The microprocessor sends the vehicle parameters data to the smartphone for generating the commands/events for controlling an operation of the parts/components of the vehicle through the vehicle parameter controller. The data is uploaded to a cloud computing system and analyzed using an artificial intelligence module, a machine learning module and a pattern recognition module for providing insights/predictions to the user for controlling the vehicle.

Abstract: Embodiments for establishing configurations for a location sharing session are described. A location sharing session can include a sharing device gathering location data and providing it to a recipient device, e.g. via a server system. Configurations for a sharing session can include, for example: a duration that the sharing device provides the location data or that the sever system permits access to location data by the recipient device; preferences for how to manually or automatically set the duration for the sharing session; options to automatically end the sharing session; etc. A sharing session duration can be automatically set based on, e.g. an estimated time of arrival, a specified mode of transport, etc., and can include a specified amount of buffer time. The automatic share duration can last until a particular event occurs, e.g. the sharing device arriving at a particular location.

Abstract: A ride-sharing mediating system includes a driver terminal, a user terminal, and a server. The driver terminal receives input of planned travel information and transmits it to the server. The user terminal receives input of ride-sharing request information and transmits it to the server. The server includes a reception portion, a server controlling portion, a transmission portion, and a storage portion. The server controlling portion searches pieces of planned travel information stored in the storage portion based on the ride-sharing request information and determines a proposal route including one or more routes in which a user shares a ride in a registered vehicle from a departure point to a destination. The server controlling portion determines the proposal route by comparing, with each other, a plurality of routes including a route in which the user changes at least two registered vehicles.

Abstract: Aspects and embodiments disclosed herein include a computational approach to automatically generate a wayfinding design for a given environment. To use aspects and embodiments of the disclosed computational approach, a designer specifies all the navigation scenarios likely to be taken by the users. A wayfinding design is then generated to accommodate the needs of all the scenarios while considering a number of desirable factors relevant to the navigation experience and management convenience. Through agent-based simulations, the locations of the wayfinding signs are further refined by considering visibility and robustness with respect to the possible mistakes made by the users throughout their navigation. After generating a wayfinding design, the designer can gain further insights of the design by visualizing the accessibility of a destination from any other locations in the environment and remove any blind zones by adding more signs and re-triggering the optimization.

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting when users deviate from a provided transportation route and for correcting the transportation route in response to such user deviations is presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided including detecting a changed condition for a transportation route between a first location and a second location. The transportation route may include multiple transportation segments. A first transportation segment designating a first modality may be identified, wherein the changed condition decreases a likelihood that vehicles associated with the first modality will be available to service the first transportation segment. In response, a second transportation segment designating a second modality different from the first modality is generated. The first transportation segment is then replaced with the second transportation segment in the transportation route.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a computer device and a storage medium for stay point recognition are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining reference stay points corresponding to a to-be-recognized positioning point; selecting from the reference stay points a stay point in a predetermined relationship with the to-be-recognized positioning point; and determining whether the to-be-recognized positioning point is a stay point based on the stay point selected. The technical solution may improve the accuracy and recall rate of the stay point recognition.

Abstract: A delivery assistance device assists in an operation of a delivery service in which the inside of a vehicle, a building, or a facility that is used by a purchaser is designated as a delivery destination of one or more products purchased via a predetermined website regarding electronic commerce. The delivery assistance device includes a controller configured to transmit delivery destination information on the vehicle, the building, or the facility for designating the inside of the vehicle, the building, or the facility that is used by the user as a delivery destination of the product to an external device or a terminal at which the user browses the website when the controller receives user information indicating that the user intends to order the one or more products in the website from the external device operating the website.

Abstract: A device receives, from another device, a request for navigational instructions for a vehicle. That request includes data that identifies stops for the vehicle. The device receives route restriction data that identifies route restrictions that include a set of waypoints. The device selects, by analyzing the route restriction data, particular waypoints to include in the stops. The device determines an initial route through the stops that include the particular waypoints. The device obtains fuel selection data to use to identify fuel stops. The device identifies a subset of the fuel stops that are near the initial route. The device selects a fuel stop, to include in the stops, based on at least one of: fuel data, fuel cost data, weather data, or traffic data. The device determines a final route that includes the stops, and provides, to the other device, the final route to permit the vehicle to be navigated.

Abstract: A control system includes one or more processors that are configured to obtain event data associated with a vehicle. The one or more processors are also configured to receive a statement including a designated chargeable usage of the vehicle, with the statement issued by an entity, and the one or more processors further configured to access one or more rules dictating rule-based chargeable usage of the vehicle. The one or more processors are configured to compare the event data with the one or more rules to determine the rule-based chargeable usage of the vehicle based on the event data and to compare the rule-based chargeable usage with the designated chargeable usage to identify one or more discrepancies between the rule-based chargeable usage and the designated chargeable usage.

Abstract: A computing device can present a map user interface for users to suggest updates to entry point data for a place, such as points of interest to the user. For an entry point, the computing device can present an entry point indicator that remains in a fixed position on a map view. The user may move the map view as the entry point indicator remains fixed. In response to inputs, the computing device can adjust the map view, so that the fixed entry point indicator lies in a new position relative to the point of interest. The computing device can also insert an entry point indicator on the map view. In response to user inputs, the computing device can associate a location of the inserted entry point indicator with the location of an entry point. The computing device can send the entry point data changes to a server for implementation.

Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.

Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising: data processing means; data repository containing data representative of a digital map; and display means. The device further comprises means for, in relation to data representative of a plurality locations relevant to the digital map, providing, on a representation of the digital map displayed on the display, for each of the locations, one of a plurality of different graphical user interface (GUI) elements characterised by different prominence levels to indicate the locations, wherein the prominence level of the GUI element used for each location is dependent on the level of detail at which the digital map is displayed and a deemed relevance of that location to a user query.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for load balancing for map application route selection and output. A user may utilize a device application to map or route between two or more endpoints, such as geo-locations entered or detected by the device. During calculation of a travel route between the endpoints, real-time data, user preferences, and requesting entities may provide criteria data that may cause determination of a particular travel route, where the travel route may be longer than a most efficient route but within a pre-defined variable time or distance allotment and match the criteria data. Use of the route may accrue a form of compensation for the user. The user may view an application interface displaying the route, which may further include one or more executable processes to cause recalculation of the route. Recalculation of the route may require the user to provide credits or compensation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying a device requesting map data is within an approved geographic boundary. The method includes receiving a request including a route hop count and a latency value calculated from the device to a network node. The route hop count and latency values are compared against threshold values. The device is determined to be within the approved geographic boundary based on the comparison.

Abstract: A route retrieval apparatus includes a route retrieval unit configured to perform route retrieval from a departure place to a destination, the route retrieval retrieving a route using one or two or more pieces of moving means among a plurality of pieces of moving means including sharing type moving means in which a vehicle with a relatively small riding capacity is used by unspecified people, and perform the route retrieval from the departure place to the destination, the route retrieval retrieving a route including usage of the sharing type moving means, such that the usage of the sharing type moving means is restricted to at least one of usage from the departure place or a periphery of the departure place and usage for reaching the destination or a periphery of the destination.

Abstract: A driving behavior evaluation device includes a memory and a processor. In a case in which a speed of a target vehicle exceeds a regulation speed and an amount of deviation of the speed of the target vehicle with respect to an average speed of vehicles around the target vehicle is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the processor is configured to set an evaluation of driving behavior of the target vehicle to a lower value than in a case in which the speed of the target vehicle exceeds the regulation speed and the amount of deviation is less than the threshold value.

Abstract: A route planning system and methods involving: a processor operable by executable instructions, the instructions having cooperating algorithms, the cooperating algorithms having an A* algorithm, an IA* algorithm cooperatively communicating with the A* algorithm; and a Dijkstra algorithm cooperatively communicating with the IA* algorithm, the IA* algorithm configured to iteratively and recursively call the A* algorithm to generate directed arcs, the IA* algorithm configured to call the Dijkstra algorithm and to transmit the directed arcs to the Dijkstra algorithm, and the A* algorithm and the Dijkstra algorithm being non-interacting; and an automatic identifications systems transceiver disposed in relation to a vessel, the transceiver configured to receive global positioning system signals and calculate a current position of the vessel in relation to Earth, the AIS transceiver configured to communicate with the processor.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an ADV includes a method to plan a path. The method selects a plurality of discrete points of a path to determine the obstacle cost for the path. For the discrete points that do not overlap with an obstacle, the method accumulates an obstacle cost of the path using a first cost function starting from the initial discrete point through the discrete points that are successively further away from the initial point until a first discrete point is determined to overlap with an obstacle. The method calculates an overlapping obstacle cost for the first discrete point using a second cost function. The second cost function is based on a distance of the first discrete point from the initial point of the path. The method accumulates the overlapping obstacle cost to the obstacle cost to determine the obstacle cost for the path that overlaps with an obstacle.