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8340852 System and method for simultaneous localization and map building  
An autonomous vehicle comprises at least one image sensor to provide measurements of landmark position for a plurality of landmarks; and processing functionality to estimate the position of the...
8335641 Route guidance systems, methods, and programs  
Systems, methods, and programs search for a route to a destination and set a recommended travel lane, based on the searched for route. The systems, methods, and programs provide lane guidance to...
8332134 Three-dimensional LIDAR-based clear path detection  
A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle includes generating a datastream corresponding to a three-dimensional scan of a target area surrounding the vehicle from a vehicle LIDAR...
8326019 Apparatus, method, and medium for dividing regions by using feature points and mobile robot using the same  
An apparatus, method, and medium for dividing regions by using feature points and a mobile robot cleaner using the same are provided. A method includes forming a grid map by using a plurality of...
8326474 Method for operating a navigation system and navigation system for a motor vehicle  
We provide a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle in a road network, and to a navigation system. To this end, first a zone of the road network is provided with an emissions...
8321069 Methods and systems for reviewing datalink clearances  
Provided are methods and systems for the automatic assessment and presentation of data on a display device that describes the operational impact on mission critical parameters resulting from a...
8320941 Mobile terminal and method for displaying data added location information  
A mobile terminal has a current-location information acquisition unit configured to acquire current-location information indicating a current location of the mobile terminal, a direction...
8321067 Transitioning a mixed-mode vehicle to autonomous mode  
Disclosed are methods and devices for transitioning a mixed-mode autonomous vehicle from a human driven mode to an autonomously driven mode. Transitioning may include stopping a vehicle on a...
8315756 Systems and methods of vehicular path prediction for cooperative driving applications through digital map and dynamic vehicle model fusion  
Method and system of vehicular path prediction for a vehicle travelling on a road. A yaw rate of the vehicle is estimated over a prediction time period based on vehicle sensor information and map...
8315794 Method and system for GPS-denied navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles  
A method and system for navigation of one or more unmanned aerial vehicles in an urban environment is provided. The method comprises flying at least one Global Positioning System (GPS)-aided...
8311695 Construction of evidence grid from multiple sensor measurements  
A system includes at least one sensor device configured to transmit a first detection signal over a first spatial region and a second detection signal over a second spatial region. The second...
8311689 Protection against exceeding the braking capability of remote controlled locomotives  
A method for controlling a remote controlled locomotive that is part of a train to insure effective braking, the method including calculating an estimated total energy of a train, calculating a...
8311696 Optical tracking vehicle control system and method  
An optical tracking vehicle control system includes a controller adapted for computing vehicle guidance signals and a guidance subsystem adapted for receiving the guidance signals from the...
8311274 Image recognition system  
Methods, devices and systems for recognizing an object in an image are provided, in which the object is recognized by evaluation of both image data and digital map information that corresponds to...
8306727 Method and system for coordinated vehicle control with wireless communication  
A control system controls a pair of vehicles in coordination to traverse a respective pair of trajectories. The control system is configured to specify a plurality of successive waypoints, a safe...
8306683 Guide-by-wire vehicle steering  
Guide-by-wire vehicle steering involving (a) preparing a vehicle lane in a roadway with a passive, lane-following, elongate, lateral-triangulation responder, (b) equipping a selected vehicle having...
8306684 Autonomous moving apparatus  
An autonomous moving apparatus arranged to travel autonomously in a surrounding environment preferably includes: a distance measuring sensor arranged to output detection waves, detect a distance...
8301374 Position estimation for ground vehicle navigation based on landmark identification/yaw rate and perception of landmarks  
A landmark-based method of estimating the position of an AGV (autonomous ground vehicle) or conventional vehicle, which has an onboard database of landmarks and their locations coordinates. During...
8301325 System and method for autonomous vehicle localization  
An autonomous vehicle capable of determining its position in a space through improved communications with beacons is disclosed. The autonomous vehicle utilizes time of flight as well and angular...
8299956 Method of maneuvering a moving platform with on-board obstruction  
A target in a mobile platform's obstructed zone can be cleared from the obstructed zone and engaged in the most time-efficient manner by determining the direction of the maneuver that would require...
8296054 Method and device for limiting the number of alarms generated by an anti-collision system on board an airplane  
The invention relates to a method and device for limiting the number of alarms generated by an anticollision system on board an airplane according to which the duration of a phase of capture of a...
8295979 Adaptive scheduling of a service robot  
A method for scheduling mowing tasks by a robotic mower is provided. An estimated height of grass cut by the robotic mower is determined for a predetermined number of past mowing tasks. The...
8285435 Lawn mower  
A lawn mower comprising: a frame (10); wheels and motors (20a;20b) for moving the frame (10) relative to a work surface (L); one or more blades (30) for cutting the grass on the work surface (L); a...
8285459 Route planning system and method for agricultural working machines  
In a route planning system and method for agricultural working machines, a defined working width is assigned to the agricultural working machines to generate driving routes in a territory, and...
8280573 Guided control device for unmanned vehicle  
Guiding speed is increased while an unmanned vehicle is prevented from straying from a travel passage width, to improve the work efficiency. Target speed of the unmanned vehicle increases as a...
8280583 Transmission of vehicle-relevant data of a vehicle via mobile communication  
A device, method, computer program and computer readable medium allowing for vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communication. An ignition key radio technology may used in addition to...
8280562 Method and device concerning the taxiing of an aircraft, which is automatic at least in part  
A method and device automatically controls the driving of an aircraft along a ground path of an airport domain. A guidance system is configured to determine, with the aid of at least one current...
8274406 Systems and methods for using multiple hypotheses in a visual simultaneous localization and mapping system  
The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot...
8275495 Method and device for monitoring the ability to navigate of an aircraft during a phase of flight close to the ground  
Disclosed is a method and device, which provide an enhanced ability to monitor the navigation of an aircraft during a phase of flight in which the aircraft is close to the ground in which the...
8275493 Bow riding unmanned water-borne vehicle  
A system and method are provided for launching and recovering an unmanned, water-born vehicle (UWBV) from a mother ship. The UWBV mimics the behavior of dolphins and is positioned ahead of the ship...
8271132 System and method for seamless task-directed autonomy for robots  
Systems, methods, and user interfaces are used for controlling a robot. An environment map and a robot designator are presented to a user. The user may place, move, and modify task designators on...
8271157 Mobile mechanism, member for mobile mechanism and control method for mobile mechanism  
A steering mechanism is provided on an equilateral triangular base of a mobile mechanism, and three joints are attached to the base at the three vertexes thereof. Links are attached to the three...
8271158 System for maintaining communication between teams of vehicles  
A system maintains communication between a plurality of unmanned vehicles within an environment. The system includes a sensor component and an evaluator. The sensor component senses objects within...
8271129 Robot system  
A power-saving robot system includes at least one peripheral device and a mobile robot. The peripheral device includes a controller having an active mode and a hibernation mode, and a wireless...
8265817 Inertial measurement with an imaging sensor and a digitized map  
The present invention relates to a system and method for determining vehicle attitude and position from image data detected by sensors in a vehicle. The invention uses calculated differences...
8265818 Open architecture command system  
A command and control system is provided including a core unit, with a processor and a map display engine. The core unit is configured to exchange information with a multi-domain heterogeneous...
8260483 Guidance, navigation, and control system for a vehicle  
The present invention provides a guidance, navigation, and control method and system for an underground mining vehicle that allow said vehicle to be taught a route by a human operator and then have...
8260482 User interface for displaying internal state of autonomous driving system  
A passenger in an automated vehicle may relinquish control of the vehicle to a control computer when the control computer has determined that it may maneuver the vehicle safely to a destination....
8255092 Autonomous behaviors for a remote vehicle  
A system for allowing an operator to switch between remote vehicle tele-operation and one or more remote vehicle autonomous behaviors. The system comprises: an operator control unit receiving input...
8255107 Traveling control method, medium, and apparatus for autonomous navigation  
A traveling control method, medium, and apparatus for autonomous navigation. The traveling control method of controlling an autonomous navigation machine, having at least on the right and left...
8253368 Debris sensor for cleaning apparatus  
A piezoelectric debris sensor and associated signal processor responsive to debris strikes enable an autonomous or non-autonomous cleaning device to detect the presence of debris and in response,...
8255098 Variably manned aircraft  
In accordance with an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of subsystems cooperatively configured to control an aircraft in accordance with a plurality of manning modes, the system configured...
8255081 Apparatus and method for calculating position of robot  
Provided are an apparatus and method of calculating the position of a robot, which determine the position of a robot and create a map of the surroundings of the robot which account for the travel...
8244408 Method to assess risk associated with operating an autonomic vehicle control system  
A vehicle is configured to execute an autonomic lane change maneuver and is equipped with a spatial monitoring system. Each of a plurality of objects located proximate to the vehicle is monitored....
8244403 Visual navigation system and method based on structured light  
A visual navigation system and method based on structured light are provided. The visual navigation system at least includes at least one projector for generating a specific path pattern formed by...
8239083 Robotic vehicle controller  
A method and apparatus for moving a machine having at least one drive wheel along a desired path includes detecting and storing data including a plurality of GPS locations linked to particular...
8239084 Moving device  
A moving device (70) determines an obstacle virtual existence region (72) of a simple graphic approximating a detected obstacle (71) to detect the obstacle (71) in a real time and determine a...
8234010 Tethered robot positioning  
A system and method for positioning a mobile machine, such as a robot, using a tether line connected between two mobile machines. A first mobile machine, such as a boundary vehicle, is controlled...
8234068 System, module, and method of constructing a flight path used by an avionics system  
A present novel and non-trivial system, module, and method for constructing a flight path used by an avionics system are disclosed. A processor receives flight plan data and object data associated...
8229618 Leader-follower fully autonomous vehicle with operator on side  
The illustrative embodiments provide a method and apparatus for controlling movement of a vehicle. Movement of an operator located at a side of the vehicle is identified with a plurality of sensors...