Hubs for social interaction via electronic devices are described. In one aspect, a data processing device includes a display screen displaying a social interaction hub, the social interaction hub including a collection of records. Each record includes a counterparty identifier identifying a counterparty of a past social interaction event, a mode indicium identifying a mode by which the past social interaction event with the counterparty occurred, and a collection of mode indicia each identifying a mode by which a future, outgoing social interaction event with the counterparty can occur. The counterparty identifier, the mode indicium, and the collection of mode indicia are associated with one another in the records of the social interaction hub.

A driving support apparatus that includes a communication device configured to communicate with a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle that is under automatic driving control and a mobile terminal of a user of the vehicle, and a processor configured to send, upon receiving a return request for moving the vehicle to an exit location at which the user has exited the vehicle, from the mobile terminal through the communication device, a return command for moving the vehicle to the exit location to the vehicle-mounted device through the communication device, when a return time required to move the vehicle to the exit location is less than an available return time, the available return time being calculated based on an expected arrival time at which the vehicle is expected to arrive at a destination of a passenger different from the user.

A driving support apparatus that includes a communication device configured to communicate with a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle that is under automatic driving control and a mobile terminal of a user of the vehicle, and a processor configured to send, upon receiving a return request for moving the vehicle to an exit location at which the user has exited the vehicle, from the mobile terminal through the communication device, a return command for moving the vehicle to the exit location to the vehicle-mounted device through the communication device, when a return time required to move the vehicle to the exit location is less than an available return time, the available return time being calculated based on an expected arrival time at which the vehicle is expected to arrive at a destination of a passenger different from the user.

A driving support apparatus that includes a communication device configured to communicate with a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle that is under automatic driving control and a mobile terminal of a user of the vehicle, and a processor configured to send, upon receiving a return request for moving the vehicle to an exit location at which the user has exited the vehicle, from the mobile terminal through the communication device, a return command for moving the vehicle to the exit location to the vehicle-mounted device through the communication device, when a return time required to move the vehicle to the exit location is less than an available return time.

The invention is provided with: a turning determination unit 13 and an image reproducing unit 14. The turning determination unit 13 determines a section in which an automobile travels with turning, not travels straight, based on road-route information regarding a traveling route and a road on the traveling route. The image reproducing unit 14 displays a selected-virtual space image that is selected in advance in a straight section in which the automobile travels straight, and displays a turning-virtual space image for a view field turning in accordance with a turning pattern determined by a road shape and a traveling direction in a turning section, in the turning section in which the automobile travels with turning. When the automobile turns, a contradiction that occurs between information obtained by the brain through an experience of a user and information obtained by the brain through that the user views the turning-virtual space image displayed on an HMD 200 is reduced, and thus an occurrence that the autonomic nerves cause an abnormal phenomenon is suppressed.

In various examples, live perception from wide-view sensors may be leveraged to detect features in an environment of a vehicle. Sensor data generated by the sensors may be adjusted to represent a virtual field of view different from an actual field of view of the sensor, and the sensor data—with or without virtual adjustment—may be applied to a stereographic projection algorithm to generate a projected image. The projected image may then be applied to a machine learning model—such as a deep neural network (DNN)—to detect and/or classify features or objects represented therein. In some examples, the machine learning model may be pre-trained on training sensor data generated by a sensor having a field of view less than the wide-view sensor such that the virtual adjustment and/or projection algorithm may update the sensor data to be suitable for accurate processing by the pre-trained machine learning model.

A vehicle may include a speaker; a display; a plurality of microphones configured to receive sound waves outside the vehicle; and a controller connected to the speaker, the display, and the plurality of microphones, and configured to determine sound wave characteristics of a terrain around a road on which the vehicle travels, based on map information, to determine a direct wave and a reflected wave of the received sound waves based on the terrain, the determined sound wave characteristics of the terrain, and the received sound waves, to determine a position and a velocity of an object that has generated the received sound waves based on the direct wave and the reflected wave, and to control at least one of the speaker and the display to output information on the position and the velocity of the object.

The invention relates to a system for controlling the navigation of a motor vehicle equipped with a covering system that can be removed depending on the cargo being transported, comprising a system for controlling a vehicle and a remote site, said control system comprising: a first comparison means capable of periodically comparing the positioning signal received from a means for identifying the position of the removable covering, with a value associated with a position of said removable covering; a control means capable of transmitting a volume request to a means for determining the volume that is being transported, and a position request to a positioning device, upon receiving a signal from said first comparison means; transmitting and receiving means capable of transmitting the volume and the position that have been determined to a remote site and capable of receiving at least one request to load said remote site, including at least one load position, load description and load volume; means for displaying the loading request; and a remote site that is equipped with processing and storing means, capable of receiving the volume and position of the vehicle as determined, of receiving at least one loading request for the vehicle, and of determining whether said vehicle can accept the loading request depending on the vehicle specifications, the vehicle position and the loading request.

An inertia measure unit (IMU) includes a main circuit board, and first and second weight blocks. A first surface of the first weight block contacts the main circuit board. The first weight block includes a recess formed on a second surface thereof opposite to the first surface, and an opening formed on a side surface thereof. The second weight block is coupled to the first weight block on the second surface to cover the recess. The first and second weight blocks jointly form an inner chamber in communication with the opening. The IMU further includes a circuit board disposed in the inner chamber, and a signal line coupled to an edge of the circuit board and extending out of the opening. The signal line bends over an outer surface of the first weight block or the second weight block to connect to the main circuit board.

A method and a system for calibrating an inertial measurement unit (IMU) via images of a calibration target are provided herein. The method may include: measuring parameters via an IMU; capturing a plurality of calibration images of a scene that contains at least one calibration target, wherein the calibration images are taken from different locations and/or orientations, wherein each of the calibration images shares a common calibration target with at least one other calibration image; calculating, based on the at least one common calibration target, a position and orientation of the sensing device relative to the calibration target, for each location of the capturing of the calibration images; and calibrating the IMU by comparing relative motion between two of the calibration images based on the calculated relative position and orientation, to measurements of the parameters taken by the IMU in time ranges corresponding to the at least two calibration images.