The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle system which is designed to guide the motor vehicle in different driving situation classes in a fully automated manner. The method includes ascertaining a current driving situation class from multiple specified driving situation classes using at least some of driving situation data, each driving situation class is assigned at least one analysis function. The method further includes retrieving configuration parameter sets assigned to the analysis functions of the current driving situation class from a database and producing analysis units which carry out the analysis function and which have not yet been provided by configuring configuration objects using the retrieved configuration parameter sets.

An access assessment tool is described for providing a technical solution for selectively controlling access to restricted information and/or implementation of restricted functionalities based on a current vehicle mode and/or validated credentials. The access assessment tool described herein controls the validation of a user or diagnostic tool requesting access to restricted information or implementation of a restricted function before allowing access to the restricted information or allowing implementation of the restricted function.

A vehicle control apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle including an engine includes a first power supply system, a second power supply system, a switch, and a switch controller. The first power supply system includes a first electricity storage device and an electric load. The second power supply system includes an electric motor and a second electricity storage device. The switch controller is configured to control the switch to a cutoff state on the condition that the electric motor is controlled to a powering state to bring the engine to starting rotation from a stopped state. The switch controller is configured to control the switch to an electrically conductive state on the condition that the electric motor is controlled to the powering state to bring the engine to an assisted drive from a rotating state.

Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure address shortcomings of existing technology by enabling autonomous vehicle simulations based on retro-reflection optical data. The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that involves initiating a simulation of an environment of an autonomous driving vehicle, the simulation including a plurality of simulated objects, each having an identification of a material type of the respective object. The method can further involve accessing simulated reflection data based on the plurality of simulated objects and retro-reflectivity data for the material types of the simulated objects, and determining, using an autonomous vehicle control system for the autonomous vehicle, a driving path relative to the simulated objects, the driving path based on the simulated reflection data.

An apparatus and method for a mobile transport for delivering temperature-controlled contents includes a plurality of compartments coupled to a vehicle body where each compartment includes an interior space and a front panel defining a wall of the interior space. Each front panel is operable to open and reveal the interior space of its compartment in response to a predetermined condition. A temperature controller is configured to individually control a temperature setting within at least one of the plurality of compartments, and a germicidal controller is configured to provide a germicide to the interior space of each of the plurality of compartments. In operation, the mobile transport receives an order signal to pick up an item from a source, the order signal including the pickup location information, customer identification information, and delivery location information. After the item has been placed in the interior space of a compartment, the temperature controller sets the temperature setting for that compartment according to a type of the item. After arriving at the delivery location, the front panel of the compartment is opened in response to receiving an open request signal satisfying the predetermined condition, the open request signal including information relating to the customer identification information.

An access assessment tool is described for providing a technical solution for selectively controlling access to restricted information and/or implementation of restricted functionalities based on a current vehicle mode and/or validated credentials. The access assessment tool described herein controls the validation of a user or diagnostic tool requesting access to restricted information or implementation of a restricted function before allowing access to the restricted information or allowing implementation of the restricted function.

The present invention provides retaining positions, time and a range as a history on missing of a GPS system. This work vehicle, which travels autonomously along a set travel path that has been stored in a storage device of a control device, is provided with a position calculation means that measures the position of the autonomously traveling work vehicle using a satellite positioning system, with an automatic travel means that makes the autonomously traveling work vehicle travel automatically, and with a control device, wherein the control means, when the current position cannot be measured by the satellite positioning system, stores the position and time at which the position measurement obstacle occurs and the range over which the position measurement obstacle occurs in a storage device, and displays, on a display of a display means or a remotely operated device, the fact that position measurement is impossible.

An automatic driving assistance device includes an information acquirer configured to acquire information on a state of a cabin of a vehicle capable of automatic driving and a modifier configured to modify traveling characteristics in automatic driving according to the state of the cabin of the vehicle.

Operating a host vehicle is described as including identifying remote vehicle information indicating a geospatial state and a kinematic state for a remote vehicle and identifying host vehicle information indicating a geospatial state and a kinematic state for the host vehicle. For a sequence of sampling points, a converging time to a converging location within a transportation network is determined based on the remote vehicle information and the host vehicle information. Operation of the host vehicle is modified to a modified operation responsive to the converging time, having been above a first threshold, falling below the first threshold, and the modified operation of the host vehicle is maintained until the converging time remains above a second threshold higher than the first threshold for a defined number of contiguous sampling points of the sequence. A method, vehicle, and apparatus are described.

Methods, devices, and systems of a sensor surface object detection system are provided. Output from sensors of a vehicle may be used to describe an environment around the vehicle. In the event that a sensor is obstructed by dirt, debris, or detritus the sensor may not sufficiently describe the environment for autonomous control operations. The sensor surface object detection system may receive output from the sensors of the vehicle to determine whether any of the sensors are obstructed. The determination may be made by comparing the output of one sensor to another, determining whether the output of a sensor is within a predetermined threshold, or comparing characteristics of multiple sensor outputs to one another. When a sensor is determined to be obstructed, the system may send a command to a cleaning system to automatically remove the obstruction.