A calculation apparatus includes a control unit configured to calculate a necessary distance that is necessary for a vehicle to perform lane change from a first travel lane to a second travel lane by combining a first distance that the vehicle travels while the vehicle waits to start the lane change, a second distance that the vehicle travels while a speed of the vehicle is adjusted, and a third distance that the vehicle travels while executing the lane change.

A computer is programmed to allocate respective connectivity quality data of a geographic area to a first map or a second map. The computer is further programmed to assign one of a plurality of subsets of the first map and one of a plurality of subsets of the second map to a first vehicle, identify respective locations of the first and second vehicles and one of the first or second maps that includes the locations of the first and second vehicles. The computer is further programmed to send, to the first and second vehicles, a map dataset that is a result of applying an XOR function to (1) the subset of the identified map that includes the location of the first vehicle assigned to the first vehicle and (2) the subset of the identified map that includes the location of the second vehicle assigned to the second vehicle.

An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller determines, based on a preference of a user of a vehicle that enters a parking lot adjacent to a complex facility having a plurality of shops and a plurality of facility entrances, a shop to be used by the user from among the plurality of shops. The controller determines an entrance to be used by the user from among the plurality of facility entrances based on a position of the shop to be used, and outputs a position of the entrance to be used to the vehicle.

Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.

A mobile apparatus performing an augmented reality function and a navigation function includes an input device, a location receiver for obtaining a current location, an image obtaining device, a display device provided to display surrounding image obtained from the image obtaining device in response to execution of an augmented reality mode, and a controller provided to search for a route from the current location to a destination, destination information and map information obtained by the location receiver, identify a moving situation according to route information corresponding to the searched route, obtain location information of an inflection point at which the moving situation is changed according to information on the identified moving situation, and control the display device to display an object image of the inflection point on the surrounding image displayed on the display device based on the location information of the inflection point and the current location information.

A method of an interactive server system for providing location information to an in-vehicle terminal includes receiving the location information and indication information from an interactive client, the indication information indicating address information of the in-vehicle terminal, obtaining the address information of the in-vehicle terminal based on the received indication information, sending the location information to the in-vehicle terminal according to the address information of the in-vehicle terminal, and instructing the in-vehicle terminal to generate a navigation path according to the location information.

Vehicle guidance with systemic optimization may include traversing, by a current vehicle, a vehicle transportation network, by obtaining, by the current vehicle, systemic-utility vehicle guidance data for a current portion of the vehicle transportation network and traversing, by the current vehicle, the current portion of the vehicle transportation network in accordance with the systemic-utility vehicle guidance data. Obtaining the systemic-utility vehicle guidance data may include obtaining vehicle operational data for a region of a vehicle transportation network, wherein the vehicle operational data includes current operational data for a plurality of vehicles operating in the region, operating a systemic-utility vehicle guidance model for the region, obtaining systemic-utility vehicle guidance data for the region from the systemic-utility vehicle guidance model in response to the vehicle operational data, and outputting the systemic-utility vehicle guidance data to the current vehicle.

A roadway complexity awareness system for a vehicle, comprising a processor, an augmented reality interface disposed in communication with the processor, and a memory for storing executable instructions. The processor is programmed to execute the instructions to receive roadway status information from an infrastructure processor associated with a roadway, obtain, from a vehicle sensory system, sensory information indicative of roadway route complexity, and determine a likelihood of roadway route complexity based on the roadway status information and the sensory information. The system may select an augmented reality message indicative of the roadway route complexity, and generate the augmented reality message using an augmented reality interface device, wherein the augmented reality message is visible to a vehicle operator.

Aspects of the disclosure provide for arranging trips for autonomous vehicles. For instance, a request for a trip may be received by one or more processors of one or more server computing devices. The request may identify an initial location. A weather condition at the initial location may be identified. One or more internal vehicle state conditions and one or more priorities for pulling over may be determined based on the weather condition. A second location may be determined based on the one or more priorities and the initial location. Dispatch instructions may be provided to an autonomous vehicle, the dispatch instructions identifying the second location and the one or more internal vehicle state conditions in order to cause computing devices of the autonomous vehicle to control the autonomous vehicle to the second location and adjust internal vehicle state conditions based on the one or more internal vehicle state conditions.

The present application relates to a method for providing vehicle functions in a motor vehicle, the vehicle functions being provided in a computing device of said motor vehicle on the basis of sensor data from a sensor device of the motor vehicle. The invention provides that the vehicle functions in the motor vehicle are coupled to the sensor device via an integration component, and the integration component procures the sensor data from one sensor unit or a plurality of sensor units of the sensor device independent of the vehicle functions by means of a respective sensor-specific detection routine and generates respective state data therefrom and each of the vehicle functions respectively retrieves at least some of the provided state data from the integration component by means of a sensor-independent retrieval routine.