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Autonomous driving system

An autonomous driving system acquires information concerning a vehicle density in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a lane on which an own vehicle is traveling, when the own vehicle travels on a road having a plurality of lanes. The autonomous driving system selects the adjacent lane as an own vehicle travel lane, when the vehicle density in the adjacent lane that is calculated from the acquired information is lower than a threshold density that is determined in accordance with relations between the own vehicle and surrounding vehicles. The autonomous driving system performs lane change to the adjacent lane autonomously, or propose lane change to the adjacent lane to a driver, when the adjacent lane is selected as the own vehicle travel lane.

CRANE, CRANE BODY, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
20230019162 · 2023-01-19 ·

A crane includes a crane body, a flying body, a route information acquisition unit that acquires route information in transporting a suspended load of the crane body via the flying body, and a support unit that performs steering support for performing a transport operation of the crane body along a movement route indicated by the route information.

REMOTE PARKING SYSTEM AND PARKING ASSISTANCE CONTROL APPARATUS USED THEREIN
20230012530 · 2023-01-19 ·

A remote parking system performs remote parking in which a vehicle is moved from a current position and parked by remote parking. In the remote parking system, a remote controller can be carried outside the vehicle, issues an instruction for remote parking by being operated by an operator, and includes a display screen that displays a state of remote parking. An imaging apparatus captures a peripheral image of the vehicle. A control unit inputs imaging data from the imaging apparatus, and includes an image generating unit that generates an image to be displayed on the display screen based on the imaging data. The image generating unit generates, as a remote parking image, an image in a direction along a line of sight in which a vehicle direction is viewed from the operator. The image includes a blind spot position positioned on a side opposite the operator relative to the vehicle.

CORRECTION OF SENSOR DATA ALIGNMENT AND ENVIRONMENT MAPPING
20230221719 · 2023-07-13 ·

Generating a map associated with an environment may include collecting sensor data received from one or more vehicles and generating a set of links to align the sensor data. A mesh representation of the environment may be generated from the aligned sensor data. A system may determine a proposed link to add, a proposed link deletion, and/or a proposed link alteration, and receive a modification comprising instructions to add, delete, or modify a link. Responsive to receiving a modification, the system may re-align a window of sensor data associated with the modification. The modification and/or sensor data associated therewith may be collected as training data for a machine learning model, which may be trained to generate link modification proposals and/or determine sensor data that may be associated with a poor sensor data alignment.

Data Consumable for Intelligent Transport System
20230222907 · 2023-07-13 ·

Systems and techniques are described for consuming data in an intelligent transport system. In some implementations, a system includes a display screen device and sensors. The sensors generates data describing sensor observations of a roadway at a first location and provides data describing the observations to the display screen device. The display screen device receives the data and determines an event and a type of the event. The display screen device displays second data indicative of the type of event, the second data being of a format that is consumable by a sensor on a vehicle traversing the roadway towards the first location, the sensor (i) located within a first resolution distance from the display screen device and (ii) located outside a second resolution distance of detecting the event, wherein the second data is used by an on-board processing system of the vehicle to adjust its driving behavior.

Safety and comfort constraints for navigation

A navigational system for a host vehicle may comprise at least one processing device. The processing device may be programmed to receive a first output and a second output associated with the host vehicle and identify a representation of a target object in the first output. The processing device may determine whether a characteristic of the target object triggers a navigational constraint by verifying the identification of the target object based on the first output and, if the at least one navigational constraint is not verified based on the first output, then verifying the identification of the target object based on a combination of the first output and the second output. In response to the verification, the processing device may cause at least one navigational change to the host vehicle.

Modular mobility base for a modular autonomous logistics vehicle transport apparatus

A modular mobility base for a modular autonomous bot apparatus transporting an item being shipped including a mobile base platform, a component alignment interface, a mobility controller, a propulsion and steering system, and sensors. The component alignment interface provides an alignment channel into which another modular component can be placed and secured on the platform. The mobility controller generates propulsion control signals for controlling speed of the modular mobility base and steering control signals for navigation of the modular mobility base. The propulsion system is connected to the platform and responsive to the propulsion control signal. The steering system is connected to the mobile base platform and is responsive to the steering control signal to cause changes to directional movement of the modular mobility base. The sensors are disposed on the platform provide feedback sensor data to the mobility controller about a condition of the modular mobility base.

Road friction and wheel slippage assessment for autonomous vehicles

The disclosure relates to assessing and responding to wheel slippage and estimating road friction for a road surface. For instance, a vehicle may be controlled in an autonomous driving mode in order to follow a trajectory. A wheel of the vehicle may be determined to be slipping such that the vehicle has limited steering control. In response to determining that the wheel is slipping, steering of one or more wheels may be controlled in order to orient the one or more wheels towards the trajectory in order to allow the vehicle to proceed towards the trajectory when the wheel is no longer slipping. In addition, the road friction may be estimated based on the determination that the wheel is slipping. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode based on the estimated road friction.

Systems and methods for vehicle navigation

Systems and methods are provided for vehicle navigation. In one implementation, at least one processor may be programmed to receive, from a camera, a captured image representative of features in an environment of the vehicle. The processor may generate a warped image based on the received captured image, which may simulate a view of the features in the environment of the vehicle from a simulated viewpoint elevated relative to an actual position of the camera. The processor may further identify a road feature represented in the warped image, which may be transformed in one or more respects relative to a representation of the road feature in the captured image. The processor may then determine a navigational action for the vehicle based on the identified feature represented in the warped image and cause at least one actuator system of the vehicle to implement the determined navigational action.

Control transfer of a vehicle

A method for finding at least one trigger for human intervention in a control of a vehicle, the method may include receiving, from a plurality of vehicles, and by an I/O module of a computerized system, visual information acquired during situations that are suspected as situations that require human intervention in the control of at least one of the plurality of vehicles; determining, based at least on the visual information, the at least one trigger for human intervention; and transmitting to one or more of the plurality of vehicles, the at least one trigger.