Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first electronic control apparatus and a second electronic control apparatus. The first electronic control apparatus includes a first controller, a first communication circuit, and a housing. The first controller is configured to execute a first operating system that operates a first application. The housing is configured to contain the first controller and the first communication circuit. The second electronic control apparatus includes a second controller and a second communication circuit. The second controller is configured to execute a second operating system that operates a second application. The second communication circuit is configured to perform data communication with the first communication circuit.

Abstract: Lane-level route planning includes obtaining lane-level information of a road, where the road includes a first lane and a second lane and the lane-level information includes first lane information related to the first lane and second lane information related to the second lane; converting the lane-level information to probabilities for a state transition function; receiving a destination; and obtaining a policy as a solution to a model that uses the state transition function.

Abstract: A UAV location management method for use with a flight management system is provided, where the method comprises providing a location for at least one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for at least one of: landing, taking-off and loading, providing at least a first weight-sensitive UAV pad at the UAV location, assigning a gross weight limit to each UAV scheduled to take-off from the first weight-sensitive UAV pad, the gross weight limit being based on a safety factor and at least one of: (i) a characteristic of the UAV; (ii) a characteristic of a power source of the UAV; (iii) a scheduled flight path for the UAV; and (iv) a weather condition, monitoring a weight exerted on the first weight-sensitive UAV pad when the UAV is positioned on the UAV pad, and transmitting a halt-flight signal to the flight management system for the UAV where the weight exceeds the gross weight limit.

Abstract: A system for estimating an articulation angle between a first and a second connected vehicle section of an articulated vehicle combination, the system comprising a primary image obtaining device configured to be mounted on a first position of one of the vehicle sections and to obtain images of the other vehicle section during use; a secondary image obtaining device configured to be mounted on a second position of one of the vehicle sections and to obtain images of the other vehicle section during use, the second position being different from the first position, and/or a mounting orientation at the second position of the second image obtaining device being different from a mounting orientation at the first position of the primary image obtaining device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for intelligent driving monitoring systems, advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving systems, and providing alerts to the driver of a vehicle, based on anomalies detected between driver behavior and environment captured by the outward facing camera. Various aspects of the driver, which may include his direction of sight, point of focus, posture, gaze, is determined by image processing of the upper visible body of the driver, by a driver facing camera in the vehicle. Other aspects of environment around the vehicle captured by the multitude of cameras in the vehicle are used to correlate driver behavior and actions with what is happening outside to detect and warn on anomalies, prevent accidents, provide feedback to the driver, and in general provide a safer driver experience.

Abstract: Systems and methods can identify or determine one or more of the candidate route segments of a worksite to modify in order to improve battery usage and/or battery health for one or more vehicles upon future traversal of the one or more candidate route segments by the one or more vehicles. The one or more candidate route segments can be identified using terrain data, battery usage data, and/or battery health data. The one or more identified candidate route segments can be output on a display device. Selection of one or more identified candidate route segments can cause display of battery usage improvement information and/or battery health improvement information.

Abstract: A learning device includes an input section and a learning section. The input section obtains training data in which an image containing an image of equipment of a vehicle, first information indicating a skeleton location of a specific part of a vehicle-occupant, and second information indicating a state of the vehicle-occupant with respect to the equipment are associated with each other. The learning section forms a model such that an estimating device can obtain the first information and the second information associated with the image containing the image of the equipment.

Abstract: The present application provides a method, device and system for automatically fueling a vehicle. The method includes: determining fuel amount to be filled according to the information of vehicle status and the driving route of the vehicle; assigning a fueling device which conforms to a preset position rule to the vehicle according to the current position of the vehicle and the preset position rule; sending a feedback message carrying position information of the fueling device to the vehicle, so that the vehicle drives to the fueling device indicated by a position of the fueling device; and sending information of the fuel amount to be filled and the information of the identifier of the vehicle to the fueling device so that the fueling device offers fuel to the vehicle indicated by the identifier of the vehicle according to the information of the fuel amount to be filled.

Abstract: A driveline includes a driver configured to be positioned between an engine and a transmission. The driver includes a housing, a motor/generator, and a clutch. The housing includes an engine mount configured to couple to the engine and a backing plate configured to couple to the transmission. The motor/generator is disposed within the housing and configured to couple to an input of the transmission. The clutch is disposed within the housing and coupled to the motor/generator. The clutch is configured to selectively couple an output of the engine to the motor/generator. The clutch is configured to be spring-biased into engagement with the engine and pneumatically disengaged by an air supply selectively provided thereto.

Abstract: An autonomous vacuum cleaner includes an autonomously moveable housing carrying a vacuum collection system for generating a working air flow for removing dirt from the surface to be cleaned and storing the dirt in a collection space. Distance sensors for position sensing are mounted to the housing. The distance sensors can be staggered and/or positioned on one or more sides or above a brush chamber for a brushroll.

Abstract: An on-vehicle control device includes a transmission unit transmitting to a mobile device a response request signal requesting a response in response to operation of instructing a start of a driving source causing a vehicle to drive. An authentication unit authenticates the mobile device and performs start control of the driving source depending on success or failure of authentication by the authentication unit. A determination unit determines a presence or an absence of unauthorized authentication for the authentication unit. A detection unit detects an authorized occupant for the vehicle. A start prohibition unit prohibits the start of the driving source when the determination unit determines that unauthorized authentication is present for the authentication unit. A start permission unit permits the start of the driving source regardless of determination by the determination unit when the detection unit detects the occupant.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes vehicle sensors that detect driving conditions and a communication interface communicatively coupled with a driving condition database via a communication network. The driving condition database stores vehicle sensor information indicative of first driving conditions and mobile device sensor information indicative of second driving conditions. Additionally, in response to a connection rating determination logic determining that a connection rating between the communication interface and the communication network below a threshold, a controller of the autonomous vehicle gathers, processes, and stores the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information for subsequent communication to the driving condition database and operates the autonomous vehicle based on the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information.

Abstract: In a vehicle electronic control system, an electronic control device (ECU) is configured to rewrite a program by writing the update data received from the vehicle master device in a non-volatile memory. Incomplete provisional software is written in a write area of the non-volatile memory in the ECU. The vehicle master device includes: a specific mode determination unit that is configured to determine whether a specific mode for controlling a sequence of a program update is set; and a rewrite instruction unit that is configured to instruct the rewrite target ECU to write the update data under the specific mode when the specific mode determination unit determines that the specific mode is set.

Abstract: A method for selecting a detail for a surroundings detection by a sensor based on sensor data. The surroundings are detected by at least one additional sensor, and an object recognition is carried out based on the ascertained sensor data of the at least one additional sensor. Pieces of position information from at least one recognized object are transformed into a coordinate system of the sensor, based on the object recognition, and based on the transformed pieces of position information, the sensor uses a detail of a scanning area for the surroundings detection, or an image detail from already detected sensor data, for an evaluation. A control device is also described.

Abstract: An electronic control unit that is installed on a vehicle connected to a trailer and capable of towing the trailer changes travel control of the vehicle according to a type of the trailer when the trailer is connected to the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems, methods and instructions for creating building models of physical structures is disclosed. The building model may be a collection of floors defined by outlines containing regions that may be offset relative to a main region, and a collection of connectors. Connectors may have connection points for tracking, routing and sizing. Connectors may indicate elevation changes through georeferenced structural features. Signal elements may also be features that provide corrections when tracking. Feature descriptors are data that describes the structural configuration and signal elements enabling them to be matched to previously collected data in a database. User interface elements assist a user of a tracking device in collecting floor information, structural features and signal features and validating certain collected information based on previously known information. The height of floors may also be inferred based on sensor data from the tracking device.

Abstract: A system and method for locating a portable electronic device that is paired with a vehicle that uses a plurality of antennas located on an exterior of a body of the vehicle, within an interior cabin of the vehicle, or located on the exterior of the body and within the interior cabin of the vehicle to communicate with the portable electronic device, and displays a location of the portable electronic device within or near the vehicle based on the communication between the plurality of antennas and the portable electronic device on a graphic display interface of the vehicle.

Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure is to provide a vehicle capable of safely performing autonomous driving without user intervention through operations of control modules and communication between the control modules even in an emergency situation of an autonomous vehicle. The vehicle includes a plurality of control modules and a central processor. The central processor is configured to: in case of an emergency situation, determine a plurality of paths for each situation based on a speed of the vehicle; determine a risk corresponding to each of the plurality of paths for each situation based on the speed of the vehicle and a mass of the vehicle; determine a safety path corresponding to the smallest risk among the risks corresponding to each of the plurality of paths for each situation; and control the plurality of control modules based on a command set corresponding to the safety path.

Abstract: A safe driving control system for vehicles includes one or more processors configured to: recognize a nearby vehicle approaching a host vehicle, and collect information about the nearby vehicle; receive distance information of the nearby vehicle, and determine an extent of collision danger between the host vehicle and the nearby vehicle based on a distance between the host vehicle and the nearby vehicle; and move the host vehicle in a direction in which there are no vehicles therearound based on the extent of collision danger.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an on-board secure storage system capable of easily and quickly detecting unauthorized access to a storage device and a failure of the storage device, and appropriately using the detection result. the on-board secure storage system includes the storage device that has a controller, a non-volatile memory and an interface, and an electronic control unit that electronically controls a vehicle. After determining that unauthorized access or a failure occurs in the non-volatile memory, the controller performs predetermined processing according to the type of the unauthorized access or failure.

Abstract: Presented in the present disclosure is a method by which a driver situation monitoring device or adjacent vehicles detect the situation of a driver and/or a vehicle in which an abnormality occurs while driving, and provide, through a V2X communication device, the information to the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred and adjacent vehicles, networks or related organizations, and thus accidents can be prevented or a vehicle in which an abnormality occurs can be controlled.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication system is mounted in a vehicle and includes a plurality of functional units connected to a control network in the vehicle and a management device connected to a security network in the vehicle. Communication from the control network to the security network is partially limited. The vehicle-mounted communication system further includes a data acquisition device that acquires data transmitted through the control network and transmits the data to the management device. The management device detects an abnormality related to the control network based on the data received from the data acquisition device.

Abstract: Response methods to human abnormal behaviors for a mobility aid robot having a user-facing camera are disclosed. The mobility aid robot responds to human abnormal behaviors by detecting a face of a human during the robot aiding the human to move through the camera, comparing an initial size of the face and an immediate size of the face in response to the face of the human having detected during the robot aiding the human to move, determining the human as in abnormal behavior(s) in response to the immediate size of the face being smaller than the initial size of the face, and performing response(s) corresponding to the abnormal behavior(s) in response to the human being in the abnormal behavior(s), where the response(s) include slowing down the robot.

Abstract: A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode is provided. The vehicle is configured to obtain an indication of a final destination, and, if the final destination is not on a pre-approved road for travel by the vehicle, the vehicle is configured to determine a route from the vehicle's current location to an intermediary destination. The vehicle is further configured to determine a means for the vehicle user to reach the final destination from the intermediate destination.

Abstract: A vision acquisition system equipped in an intelligent terminal of a smart logistics vehicle is disclosed. The vision acquisition system includes an image information acquisition unit, an angle information acquisition unit, a vehicle information acquisition unit, an image information analysis unit and a calculation unit. The image information acquisition unit includes a ground image acquisition module and a feature point identification module; the ground image acquisition module acquires a ground image in front of a vehicle through a camera; and the feature point identification module is used for identifying contour information of the image and mark a near point and a far point of the image. In implementation of the present invention, a road surface in front of the driving vehicle can be acquired.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to triggering voice assistant(s) on a network microphone device (NMD). An NMD is a networked computing device that typically includes an arrangement of microphones, such as a microphone array, that is configured to detect sound present in the NMD's environment. Once the voice assistant is triggered, the NMD may start recording voice input as a potential voice command. Within examples, the NMD may operate in a wakewordless mode if certain conditions are met. These conditions may involve detecting user proximity in one of multiple different ranges. For instance, an example NMD may monitor for user proximity in a first range from the playback device via at least one touch-sensitive sensor and/or user line-of-sight in a second range that is further from the playback device than the first range. When either user proximity or user line-of-sight is detected, the NMD may enables the wakewordless mode.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed is provided on a vehicle. The information processing apparatus has a controller configured to execute the processing of obtaining a trajectory record defined as a record of the trajectory along which the vehicle has travelled, detecting an abnormal behavior of the vehicle, generating record information, which is information representing a trajectory record prior to the detection of the abnormal behavior of the vehicle among the obtained trajectory records, and transmitting the record information to other vehicles.

Abstract: A gearbox arrangement of an electric machine of an engine includes a planetary gear arrangement configured to receive rotational input from the electric machine and from the engine and to mechanically couple the electric machine and the engine in first and second power flow directions, the planetary gear set comprising a ring gear, a ring brake, a free-wheel clutch attachable to a fixed structure and the ring brake, the free-wheel clutch permitting rotation of the ring brake in a first direction and preventing rotation of the ring brake in an opposite second direction, and an arrangement for moving the ring gear between a first position in which the ring gear is non-rotatably engaged with the ring brake and a second position in which the ring gear is non-rotatably engaged with the carrier. An engine starter and power generator device Is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an on-board storage system in which the time required for initializing a storage device is substantially shortened by devising a backend start timing. The on-board storage system includes: a storage device that has a controller, a NAND flash memory, and an interface; an electronic control unit that electronically controls a vehicle; and a sensor. The electronic control unit communicates with the storage device through the interface, the sensor transmits a detection result of the sensor to the electronic control unit, and the electronic control unit transmits a command to start initialization of the NAND flash memory to the controller when the transmitted detection result of the sensor indicates a driving-start preliminary operation.

Abstract: A head-up display system includes a first projection module that projects a first image to display the first image in a forward direction not directly facing a user, a second projection module that projects a second image to display the second image in a forward direction directly facing the user, and a reflective optical element that reflects at least a part of the first image and at least a part of the second image.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying high-priority agents in the vicinity of a vehicle. The high-priority agents can be identified based on a set of mutual importance scores in which each mutual importance score indicates an estimated mutual relevance between the vehicle and a different agent from a set of agents on planning decisions of the other. The mutual importance scores can be calculated based on importance scores assessed from the perspectives of both the vehicle and the agents.

Abstract: A first risk potential field for a risk avoidance control is a sum of a risk potential field in which a valley of a risk value extends in a lane longitudinal direction and a risk potential field in which the risk value is maximum at a position of an object and decreases as a distance from the object increases. The steering control is executed such that a vehicle approaches a first minimum point that is a minimum point of the first risk potential field and that is searched for in a first search range. When a plurality of first minimum point candidates is present in the first search range, the first minimum point candidate that is present in a direction away from a foremost object as viewed from a previous minimum point and is the closest to the previous minimum point is selected as the current first minimum point.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle control system (100) for providing motion control of an autonomous vehicle (200), comprising: —a primary control unit (10) configured to perform longitudinal and lateral motion control of the vehicle during normal operation, —a secondary back-up control unit (20) configured to perform back-up longitudinal motion control when an emergency mode has been enabled, wherein the primary control unit is further configured to perform back-up lateral motion control when the emergency mode has been enabled. The invention further relates to a method for providing motion control of an autonomous vehicle and to an autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first sensor mounted to a host vehicle and having a field of view in front of the host vehicle, the first sensor configured to acquire front image data; a second sensor selected from a group consisting of a radar sensor and a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor and mounted to the host vehicle, the second sensor configured to have a field of sensing in front of the host vehicle and acquire front sensing data; a third sensor selected from a group consisting of a radar sensor and a LiDAR sensor and mounted to the host vehicle, the third sensor configured to have a field of sensing behind the vehicle and acquire rear side sensing data; and a controller including a processor configured to process the front side sensing data and the rear side sensing data; wherein the controller is configured to: in response to a lane change command being input, acquire position information and velocity information of other vehicle

Abstract: Operational data generated and used in a vehicle to control various vehicular systems is temporarily stored in a data buffer in the vehicle. A processor in the vehicle is configured to detect anomalous conditions, which can be based on predefined fault codes or user defined conditions (based on a single parameter or a combination of parameters). Whenever such an anomaly is detected, a diagnostic log is conveyed from the vehicle to a remote location. Such a log will include the detected anomaly, and buffered operational data. In at least one embodiment, the diagnostic log includes buffered operational data collected both before and after the anomaly. The diagnostic log is analyzed at the remote location to diagnose the cause of the anomalous condition so a decision can be made as to whether the vehicle requires immediate repair, or whether the repair can be scheduled at a later time.

Abstract: A flight recorder system of an aircraft includes a resource controller module (RCM) communicatively coupled, via a switch fabric, to a set of flight recorder system modules (FRM). Each FRM comprises a respective control module, a respective local memory, and a respective set of input and output (I/O) ports communicatively coupled to the switch fabric. The RCM is configured to detect a respective FRM coupled to the switch fabric, and based on the detection, configure an operation of the FRM, and wherein the respective local memory of the FRM is readable by the RCM, and shareable with the other FRMs via the switch fabric.

Abstract: A latch circuit device includes: a latch circuit configured to latch an input signal to a microcomputer; a detection circuit configured to detect that the input signal is input to the latch circuit during a sleep period in which the microcomputer is in a sleep state; a wake-up circuit configured to transmit a wake-up signal to the microcomputer when an input of the input signal is detected during the sleep period; a sampling circuit configured to read the input signal from the latch circuit; a transmission circuit configured to transmit the input signal read by the sampling circuit to the microcomputer returned from the sleep state based on the wake-up signal; and a release circuit configured to release a latch state of the latch circuit after the input signal is read.

Abstract: A system for predicting injuries includes a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data and an apparatus having an input-output interface and a processor coupled to the input-output interface and wherein the processor is coupled to a memory, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations including receiving the sensor data, applying analytics to the sensor data, based on the applying step, predicting a likely injury, and transmitting a report based on the predicting step.

Abstract: There is provided a route guidance apparatus including a route search unit which searches for at least one route, to a predetermined destination, which is to be traveled by an electric vehicle propelled by electric power stored in a secondary battery provided within the vehicle, and a power consumption calculation unit which calculates power consumption of the electric vehicle when a route to a destination, which was searched for by the route search unit, is traveled by the electric vehicle, based on information on electric power to be consumed when the electric vehicle travels and geographical information relating to the route.

Abstract: A system for obtaining a prediction an action (at) of a vehicle (V), including a camera for acquiring a sequence of images (Ft) a convolutional neural network visual encoder which obtains a corresponding visual features vector (vt), one or more sensor that obtains a position of the vehicle (st) at the same time step (st), a Recurrent Neural Network configured to receive the visual features vector (vt) and position of the vehicle (st) at the time step (t) and to generate a prediction of the action (at) of the vehicle (V). The system comprising a command conditioned switch configured upon reception of a control command (ci) to select a corresponding branch of the Recurrent Neural Network. The system is configured to operate the selected corresponding branch to process the visual features vector (vt) and position of the vehicle (st) at the time step (t) to obtain the prediction of the action (at) of the vehicle (V).

Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for a mobile device including transmitting a request by the mobile device for a route that considers transportation modalities and route conditions, the request including location data of the mobile device, receiving a recommended route, the recommended route based on low energy hardware based classification of conditions associated with a plurality of available routes, and receiving a recommended transport modality vehicle and a list of known vehicle identifiers associated with the location data. Low energy wireless signals are received by the mobile device with low energy hardware based classifiers from a mobility vehicle including dedicated hardware including a being a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and/or hardware supporting a spiking neural network (SNN), the hardware receiving camera and microphone inputs.

Abstract: Provided is a display method, which is executed by a display device capable of forming an image in both of an inside of a lens area and an outside of the lens area and enabling a user to visually recognize the image, the display method including displaying, by the display device, one or more objects from a predetermined area inside the lens area toward the outside of the lens area so that an object near the predetermined area is displayed in a different display mode relating to at least one of a density, a color strength, a luminance, and a size compared to an object away from the predetermined area.

Abstract: In a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to the present invention, in control of a motion of a vehicle which is based on a signal relating to a target trajectory and a signal relating to a traveling state, a target traveling state of the vehicle after a predetermined time period corresponding to a delay element in the control of the motion of the vehicle is predicted, and a command for achieving the predicted target traveling state is output to an actuator configured to control the motion of the vehicle, thereby suppressing occurrence of a deviation of a traveling trajectory from the target trajectory and occurrence of an unstable behavior, for example, meandering, due to the delay element in a vehicle motion control system which is based on the target trajectory.

Abstract: Embodiments of a device that includes an automotive-specific connector are described herein. The device includes radiofrequency (RF) communication circuitry communicatively coupled to processing circuitry and configured to receive a broadcast digital television signal. The processing circuitry configured to receive a user selection of broadcast digital television content to be obtained. The RF communication circuitry controlled to select a frequency band corresponding to the broadcast digital television content from the broadcast digital television signal. Encoded broadcast digital content is received from the RF communication circuitry and a digital bitstream is decoded to obtain the selected broadcast digital television content therein.

Abstract: A head-up display includes a display panel, a reflective optical element, a controller, and an obtainer. The display panel displays a first image. The reflective optical element reflects image light from the first image displayed by the display panel. The controller controls a position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel. The obtainer obtains, as positional information, a position of an eye of a user. The controller changes the position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel in accordance with the positional information.

Abstract: A surrounding moving object detector includes a vehicle traveling information acquiring unit, a contact detection unit, a surrounding object information acquiring unit, a traveling course prediction processor, a contact possibility calculation processor, and a determination threshold changing processor. The traveling course prediction processor predicts a future traveling course of an vehicle based on vehicle traveling information acquired by the vehicle traveling information acquiring unit and predicts a future traveling course of a moving object present around the vehicle based on the surrounding object information acquired by the surrounding object information acquiring unit. The contact possibility calculation processor calculates a possibility of contact by comparing the future traveling course of the vehicle and the future traveling course of the moving object. The determination threshold changing processor changes a determination threshold based on the possibility of contact.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes first acquisition means for acquiring driving status sensing data of a vehicle from a driving status sensing device provided in the vehicle, second acquisition means for acquiring biological information regarding a biological change of a driver of the vehicle, and determination means for determining occurrence of a dangerous event on the basis of a first occurrence index value for a dangerous event that is a value corresponding to the driving status sensing data and a second occurrence index value that is a value corresponding to the biological information of the driver.

Abstract: An updating system includes a plurality of electronic control units and an updating management device. The updating management device is configured to request that the electronic control units respectively update programs and store update results of the programs transmitted from the electronic control units. The electronic control unit has a first storage region and a second storage region, and is configured to store an updated program in the second storage region and notify the updating management device of the update results according to a request from the updating management device, and is configured to start a predetermined control using the updated program stored in the second storage region when the update results stored in the updating management device indicate that the updating of the programs in the electronic control units is completed.

Abstract: A system for generating virtual lane markers of an intersection so that the virtual lane markers are visible to an operator of a vehicle at the intersection. The system includes a remote station having a transceiver, a remote memory module configured to store map data and baseline static paths of vehicles moving through the intersection, and a remote control module configured to broadcast via the transceiver a map message indicating the baseline static paths. A vehicle transceiver is configured to receive the map message. A vehicle control module is configured to generate virtual lane markers through the intersection based on the baseline static paths included with the received map message.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a steering control device and a steering assist system including same. Particularly, a steering control device according to the present disclosure comprises an input-side steering control device which includes: a first controller connected to an output-side steering control device via at least one first communication bus; and a second controller connected to the output-side steering control device via at least one second communication bus and connected to the first controller via at least one third communication bus.