G05D1/0278

Power moding for reduction of vehicle power consumption
11592821 · 2023-02-28 · ·

The present disclosure provides a method including determining an operational mode of a vehicle based on data accumulated from at least one vehicle information system associated with the vehicle; selecting one of a plurality of power consumption profiles for the vehicle based on the determined operational mode; and applying the selected one of the power consumption profiles to the vehicle.

MOTOR VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A MOTOR VEHICLE AND SUCH A SYSTEM
20180001929 · 2018-01-04 ·

A motor vehicle has a control device, a first sensor and a global positioning device. The control device has a control unit and a data memory. At least one item of information about an arrangement of an overhead line is stored on the data memory. The control unit is connected to the first sensor and to the global positioning device. The first sensor determines a position of the overhead line relative to the motor vehicle and provides the control unit with the relative position. The global positioning device determines a global position of the motor vehicle and provides the control unit with it. The control unit, on the basis of the established relative position, the established global position and the information about the arrangement of the overhead line, calculates a position of the motor vehicle.

CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE
20180004205 · 2018-01-04 ·

A control device of a vehicle comprises: a driving plan generating part 90 configured to generate a driving plan in automated driving of the host vehicle; a package extracting part 91 configured to extract driving assistance packages packaging permissions for a plurality of driving assistance operations based on at least one of the surrounding environment information, the vehicle information, and the driver information; a package proposing part 92 configured to propose driving assistance packages to the driver of the host vehicle based on the driving assistance packages extracted by the package extracting part and the driving plan; and an automated driving executing part 93 configured to perform driving assistance operations permitted in a driving assistance package proposed by the package proposing part and approved by the driver of the host vehicle.

Systems and methods for navigating a vehicle among encroaching vehicles

Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a method for navigating a user vehicle may include acquiring, using at least one image capture device, a plurality of images of an area in a vicinity of the user vehicle; determining from the plurality of images a first lane constraint on a first side of the user vehicle and a second lane constraint on a second side of the user vehicle opposite to the first side of the user vehicle; enabling the user vehicle to pass a target vehicle if the target vehicle is determined to be in a lane different from the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling; and causing the user vehicle to abort the pass before completion of the pass, if the target vehicle is determined to be entering the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling.

Driverless Vehicle Movement Processing and Cloud Systems
20180012497 · 2018-01-11 ·

A system for navigating a vehicle automatically from a current location to a destination location without a human operator is provided. The system of the vehicle includes a global positioning system (GPS) for identifying a vehicle location and a communications system for communicating with a server of a cloud system. The server is configured to identify that the vehicle location is near or at a parking location. The communications system is configured to receive mapping data for the parking location from the server, and the mapping data is at least in part used to find a path at the parking location to avoid a collision of the vehicle with at least one physical object when the vehicle is automatically moved at the parking location. The mapping data is processed by electronics of the vehicle so that when the vehicle is automatically moved collision with the at least one physical object is avoided and the electronics of the vehicle is configured to process a combination of sensor data obtained by sensors of the vehicle. The processing of the sensor data uses image data obtained from one or more cameras and light data obtained from one or more optical sensors.

Automatic Working System, Self-Moving Device, and Methods for Controlling Same
20230004172 · 2023-01-05 ·

A self-moving device, including: a moving module, a task execution module, a control module. The control module is electrically connected to the moving module and the task execution module, controls the moving module to actuate the self-moving device to move, controls the task execution module to execute a working task. The self-moving device further includes a satellite navigation apparatus, electrically connected to the control module and configured to receive a satellite signal and output current location information of the self-moving device. The control module determines whether quality of location information output by the satellite navigation apparatus at a current location satisfies a preset condition, controls, if the quality does not satisfy the preset condition, the moving module to actuate the self-moving device to change a moving manner, to enable quality of location information output by the satellite navigation apparatus at a location after the movement to satisfy the preset condition.

Work Vehicle
20230004171 · 2023-01-05 ·

The present disclosure provides a work vehicle that allows detecting an error in an installation position of an antenna more flexibly than a conventional device. The work vehicle includes a control device 150. The control device 150 has a detection function F106, a calculation function F104, a calculation function F105, a calculation function F107, and an estimation function F110. The detection function F106 detects steady traveling based on a velocity, an acceleration, and an angular velocity of a vehicle. The calculation function F104 calculates a first vehicle direction based on installation information of a first antenna and a second antenna with respect to the vehicle. The calculation function F105 calculates a second vehicle direction based on a time change of position information of the first antenna when the steady traveling is detected. The calculation function F107 calculates a direction correction parameter for correcting the first vehicle direction based on the second vehicle direction. The estimation function F110 estimates a location and a posture of the vehicle based on the direction correction parameter and the first vehicle direction.

Integrated navigation method for mobile vehicle

An integrated navigation method for a mobile vehicle is provided, which includes: acquiring a motion measurement of the mobile vehicle by using an inertial navigation element in the mobile vehicle and calculating a gesture parameter of the mobile vehicle based on the motion parameter; estimating, based on the gesture parameter, a motion state of the mobile vehicle in a real time manner by using a satellite navigation element in the mobile vehicle to obtain an error estimation value of the motion state, and correcting a motion parameter of the mobile vehicle based on the error estimation value of the motion state; and controlling an operation route of the mobile vehicle based on corrected navigation information.

Antenna unit for work vehicle and work vehicle
11569569 · 2023-01-31 · ·

A GNSS antenna 26 and an inertial measurement unit 25 are placed at a longitudinal center of a unit base 55 mountable onto a work vehicle. A wireless communication unit 27 is placed at the longitudinal one end side of the unit base 55. A wireless communication antenna 28 of the wireless communication unit 27 is placed in a front part of the unit base 55, which is located on the front side of a vehicle body when the unit base 55 is mounted on the work vehicle. The GNSS antenna 26 is provided above the inertial measurement unit 25.

Systems and methods for navigating a vehicle among encroaching vehicles

Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a method for navigating a user vehicle may include acquiring, using at least one image capture device, a plurality of images of an area in a vicinity of the user vehicle; determining from the plurality of images a first lane constraint on a first side of the user vehicle and a second lane constraint on a second side of the user vehicle opposite to the first side of the user vehicle; enabling the user vehicle to pass a target vehicle if the target vehicle is determined to be in a lane different from the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling; and causing the user vehicle to abort the pass before completion of the pass, if the target vehicle is determined to be entering the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling.