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.

In an information processing device, a first acquirer acquires, from a user, plan information including a scheduled time and a destination. A second acquirer acquires a spare time. A third acquirer acquires travelling schedule information for enabling arrival at the destination earlier than the scheduled time by the spare time or more. A display controller displays, on a display unit, information regarding the travelling schedule information and the spare time.

A seating system include a seat assembly including a first seat, a track assembly, and/or an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to control movement of the first seat along the track assembly. The first seat may be configured to move along the track assembly in at least one direction. The ECU may be configured to communicate with an external network. The ECU may be configured to move the first seat proximate a door of a vehicle in response to information received from the external network. The first seat may include an actuator. The ECU may be configured to control movement of the first seat via the actuator, such as in response to the information received from the external network. The ECU may include a first seat profile including information corresponding to the first seat. The ECU may communicate with the external network regarding the first seat profile.

In certain embodiments, a vehicle may obtain a video stream via a camera system of the vehicle. The video stream may be processed to extract one or more feature vectors from the video stream. Based on the feature vectors extracted from the video stream, vehicle description information related to one or more parked vehicles in the parking area may be determined. Space information indicating locations of the parked vehicles relative to available parking spaces in the parking area may also be determined based on the feature vectors extracted from the video stream. A mapping of the parking area may then be generated based on the vehicle description information and the space information.

An information processing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to control a vehicle including a storage apparatus including one or more compartments configured such that a user deposits baggage. The processor is configured to, when a predetermined event related to storage of the baggage has occurred in the storage apparatus, restrict deposit of the baggage into the storage apparatus by the user until the vehicle including the storage apparatus moves to a predetermined place where the predetermined event is resolvable.

A method and system for generating an efficient driving route for a transportation vehicle providing a personal mobility service is disclosed. A transportation vehicle may be a car, truck, bicycle, motorcycle, or the like that transport a payload. A payload may be a person or a product being transported by the vehicle. The personal mobility service broadly refers a service that enables users to plan and book a transportation service at a convenient location and time. A plurality of transportation requests each comprising an origin and a destination is received from the users, a driving route creation device generates an efficient route that visits all destinations of the plurality of transportation requests, and the route may be presented to the users.

Distributing and rebalancing crewless vehicles (CV) by receiving a CV demand-availability gap, identifying candidate CV to relocate to close the CV demand-availability gap, identifying a candidate transport to relocate the CV to close the CV demand-availability gap, generating a candidate CV relocation plan, optimizing an overall CV relocation plan, and executing the overall CV relocation plan.

Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for creating, modifying, and viewing geographic areas and their corresponding routes and items of work. For example, an interface can be provided with a map display area and a route display area. The map display area and the route display area can be synchronized to create new routes, modify existing routes, and/or view information about various routes and/or items of work.

In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises obtaining, from a calendar database associated with a particular mobile computing device, an event record specifying an event, and a date value and a time value indicating a date and time of the event; obtaining, from a user location history table accessible to a server computer, historical location data specifying a plurality of past geographical locations of the particular mobile computing device; using the server computer, determining, based upon the plurality of past geographical locations of the particular mobile computing device, a predicted location of the event; based upon the predicted location of the event, a current location of the particular mobile computing device, and mode data specifying a particular mode of transportation, calculating a route of travel between the current location and the predicted location and an estimated duration of travel; determining, based upon the date value, time value, route of travel and estimated duration of travel, a recommended time to leave to arrive at the predicted location of the event approximately on time.

A distribution system is disclosed. The distribution system comprises a transport plan comprising logical positions, carriers for transporting objects, a drive system to move the carriers on the transport plan between logical positions, a control system configured for controlling the carriers to move on a planned route from a start position to a final destination position on the transport plane via logical positions, wherein the control system comprises a routing system configured for calculating routes for at least two carriers on the transport plane by modeling the transport plane with graphs of nodes, wherein the routing system is configured for calculating the planned routes considering balancing of surface usage of the transport plane, and wherein the routing system is configured for considering temporal blocking of logical positions and/or a considering variable move length and/or considering a variable reservation length.