Systems and techniques by which a navigation system provides directional information for vehicular travel that is customized based upon real-time conditions, a safety profile associated with a vehicle driver, and the safety assessment associated with the characteristics of road segments are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for a personalized vehicular navigation assessed dynamically based on risk tolerance includes retrieving data indicative of accident history associated with at least one of the road segments, retrieving data indicative of real-time condition of the road segments, and retrieving a user profile associated with the user. The method further includes calculating risk scores, based on the accident history and the real-time conditions and weighed based on tolerance level and the driver's history, associated with a plurality of proposed routes, identifying a personalized route based on the risk scores, and transmitting the identified personalized route to a device. The calculation of the risk scores includes combining, using a statistical inference method such as an Empirical Bayes method, the accident history and a statistical regression model based on features of a road segment to compute a likelihood of having an accident on the road segment.

In some embodiments, a computer-based, pickup and delivery system is configured to perform a pickup/delivery route optimization and dispatch optimized route information to client applications. The optimization may include optimizing the routes for servicing multiple delivery and/or pickup stops. The optimization may also include optimizing the route navigation along the routes from one location to another. The optimized navigation may include generating a destination mapping throughout, for example, an apartment complex or a business park, and determining conveniently located parking to be used to park delivery vehicles, conveniently located staircases, conveniently located elevators, access codes to the secured gates and lockboxes, and the like.

Embodiments of the present invention allow users to navigate to a destination by way of haptic feedback. An embodiment employs: (1) a processor executed software application, and (2) one or more vibrating nodes worn by a user. In such an embodiment, upon providing a destination via an application, the application sends commands to the nodes to vibrate along a specific signature to indicate, through the sense of touch, navigation commands to the user.

A method and system for providing navigation commands allows users to navigate to a destination by way of haptic feedback. The method and system employ: (1) a processor executed software application, and (2) one or more vibrating nodes worn by a user. Upon providing a destination via an application, the application sends commands to the nodes to vibrate along a specific signature to indicate, through the sense of touch, navigation commands to the user.

A method and an apparatus for controlling interaction between a vehicle and a vehicle-mounted device are provided according to embodiments of the disclosure. The method includes: determining whether the vehicle is in a parking state; acquiring input operation information of a user, in response to determining the vehicle being in the parking state; determining whether there is as operation matching the input operation information based on the input operation information; and sending control information for executing the operation to the vehicle-mounted device, in response to determining there being the operation matching the input operation information. The embodiment achieves controlling the vehicle-mounted device based on the vehicle state and the user input.

A map system is a system for autonomously navigating a vehicle along a road segment and includes at least one processor. The processor acquires at least one image representing the environment of the vehicle from the imaging device, acquires the brightness of the environment of the vehicle, analyzes the image to calculate the position of the landmark with respect to the road on which the vehicle travels, determines the position of the own vehicle based on the position of the landmark calculated from the image and the map information stored in the server, and emits an illumination light in a direction in which a presence of the landmark is estimated when the brightness is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

An automated valet parking method and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes transmitting a target position and a guide route from a parking infrastructure to a vehicle, performing autonomous driving toward the target position along the guide route; performing autonomous parking at the target position.

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing uninterrupted media content by reordering playlists during vehicle navigation. The disclosed techniques herein determine directions from route data and navigation announcements for each of the directions. For each direction, a corresponding media asset from media assets in a playlist having a media asset duration that matches a direction duration is determined. The direction duration is the time difference between the navigation announcement and a subsequent navigation announcement.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for an infotainment system. The infotainment system includes a first mobile device and an in-vehicle infotainment platform. The in-vehicle infotainment platform includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to receive, from the first mobile device, a first request to control, adjust or manage a first vehicle component. The electronic control unit is configured to receive, from the first mobile device, a second request to control, adjust or manage a second vehicle component. The electronic control unit is configured to control, adjust or manage the first vehicle component based on the first request. The electronic control unit is configured to control, adjust or manage the second vehicle component based on the second request.

The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for detecting wrong way travel of a vehicle. In one example method, a smart device is provided in a vehicle. The smart device may be, for example, a smartphone of an occupant of the vehicle. A GPS system can be used to identify sequential location coordinates of the vehicle as the vehicle travels on a road, such as for example, a multi-lane road. The sequential location coordinates can be used to determine a direction of travel of the vehicle. The smartphone may access a database in order to obtain road rules pertaining to the multi-lane road. The road rules provide information regarding a legitimate direction of travel for vehicles in each of multiple lanes and can be used by the smartphone to determine whether the vehicle is traveling in a wrong direction on the multi-lane road.