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Route Search Method and Route Search Device

In a route search method executed by a computer system, the route search method includes: a preliminary search procedure of generating label data on the basis of link cost data and node cost data of a…

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G01C21/3453 Hitachi, Ltd.

CONTROLLING A DEVICE TO SENSE AN ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE DEVICE

There is provided a computer-implemented method of controlling a device. The method comprises sensing an environment in which the device is located using radio frequency, RF, signals received by the d…

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G01C21/3453 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

Re-routing autonomous vehicles using dynamic routing and memory management

The invention relates to a system and method for navigating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) that utilizes ADV an-onboard computer and/or one or more ADV control system nodes in an ADV network plat…

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G01C21/3453

Penalizing difficult immediate maneuvers in routing cost functions

A transportation management system generates routing guidance from an origin location to a destination location by modifying edge weights in a graph of a geographic location to penalize difficult imme…

DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Uber Technologies, Inc.

TECHNIQUES FOR NAVIGATING NETWORK COVERAGE AND A NETWORK COVERAGE MAP OVERLAY

At a high level, the technology disclosed herein relates to navigating network coverage (e.g., cellular coverage, cellular coverage for critical use cases, etc.). For example, mobile devices, drones, …

DRIVE·May 7·1 min read

G01C21/3453 T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC

DETERMINATION OF A ROUTE IN AN UNDERGROUND WORKSITE FOR A MINING VEHICLE

According to an aspect, an apparatus may obtain map data associated with a tunnel system of an underground worksite, obtain a start position and an end position for a mining vehicle configured to oper…

DRIVE·Apr 9·2 min read

G01C21/3453 SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION OY

Method and System for Route Planning for Automated Driving Vehicles

The present disclosure relates to a method for route planning for automated driving vehicles, which includes determining a plurality of candidate driving routes from a starting point to a destination;…

DRIVE·Apr 9·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

LOCALIZATION USING PATH-SPECIFIC TRACKERS FOR AUTONOMOUS OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

In various examples, path-specific trackers may be initialized and used to localize a machine (e.g., an autonomous or semi-autonomous machine or vehicle) with respect to a specific path in an environm…

DRIVE·Apr 2·1 min read

G01C21/3453 NVIDIA Corporation

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DELIVERY ROUTE BASED ON MOBILE DEVICE ANALYTICS

In one aspect, a system for analyzing a route traveled by an item carrier is disclosed. The system comprises a memory circuit and a hardware processor. The memory circuit is configured to store locati…

DRIVE·Mar 19·2 min read

G01C21/3453 United States Postal Service

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING, DETECTING, ANALYZING, AND INFORMING ABNORMAL CELLULAR RADIO-FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS

A method includes the monitoring of one or more marshaling-related characteristics, the detection of at least one cellular-related disruption corresponding to a cell of a plurality of cells associated…

DRIVE·Jan 29·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Ford Global Technologies, LLC

VEHICLE SCHEDULING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

A vehicle scheduling method, apparatus and system, relating to the field of scheduling. The method comprises acquiring image information of each region (110); determining vehicle density information i…

DRIVE·Jan 21·1 min read

G01C21/3453 BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECH CO LTD [CN]

METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF ASSIGNING TRIPS TO VEHICLES

A method of assigning a trip to a vehicle within a fleet of vehicles that traverse a navigable network in a geographic area is disclosed, where each of the vehicles in the fleet is equipped with one o…

DRIVE·Nov 12·2 min read

G01C21/3453 BRIDGESTONE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS B V [NL]

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-DESTINATION CONTRACTION HIERARCHY PATH SEARCH

A system described herein may efficiently perform a multi-destination backward search, which may be a part of performing a bidirectional search in a node map that implements contraction hierarchy tech…

DRIVE·May 8·2 min read

G01C21/3453 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

TRAVEL ROUTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The present disclosure provides a travel route management system that generates a travel route for autonomous driving control of a vehicle. The travel route management system comprises one or more sto…

DRIVE·Jan 16·1 min read

G01C21/3453 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Using a Machine-Trained Model that provides an Estimated Time-of-Arrival and Distribution Parameters

A technique generates estimated time-of-arrival (ETA) information to assist in navigating from one physical location to another. The technique uses a computer-implemented route-finding engine to ident…

DRIVE·Dec 12·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING UPDATES FOR VEHICLE FLEETS

Mechanisms and methods are provided for establishing vectors indicating the presence, in a first vehicle and second vehicle, of a super-set of vehicle features present across a fleet of vehicles. The …

DRIVE·Nov 27·1 min read

G01C21/3453 RED BEND LTD [IL]

SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION IN RESPONSE TO A CONTINGENCY EVENT

A method is provided for supporting a robot in response to a contingency event. The method includes detecting the contingency event during travel of the robot on a route to a destination. In response,…

DRIVE·Sep 4·1 min read

G01C21/3453 AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING DECISIONS BASED ON DOOR USAGE DATA

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying a transportation task within a dynamic transportation network, accessing a database of door closing event locations, wherein the datab…

DRIVE·Jul 11·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Lyft, Inc.

PROPULSION STRESS AWARE NAVIGATION ROUTING

A system for routing a vehicle based on roadway characteristics includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) for determining a geographical location of the vehicle, a vehicle communication sys…

DRIVE·Jun 13·1 min read

G01C21/3453 GM Global Technology Operations LLC

VEHICULAR TRAINING SYSTEM FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM

A vehicular training system includes a sensor disposed at a vehicle and sensing exterior of the vehicle. The sensor is operable to capture sensor data. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes electr…

DRIVE·May 9·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Magna Electronics Inc.

NAVIGATION SYSTEM, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING NAVIGATION PROGRAM

A navigation system includes an evaluation unit for evaluating a degree of a health state quality for a driver of a moving body, and a route guidance unit for searching a route from a current position…

DRIVE·Mar 14·1 min read

G01C21/3453 HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

AUTONOMOUS MANAGEMENT OF WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY OF PRIORITY RESPONSE VEHICLES

Autonomous management of wireless connectivity of priority response vehicles is provided. It is received, from a communications network including a plurality of access points, the access points config…

DRIVE·Mar 7·1 min read

G01C21/3453 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING DECISIONS BASED ON DOOR USAGE DATA

DRIVE·Sep 14·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Lyft, Inc.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMAL PATH DETERMINATION USING CONTRACTION HIERARCHIES WITH MULTI-LINK CONSTRAINTS

A system described herein may provide a technique for the generation of a node map using contraction hierarchy techniques in a manner that accounts for multi-link constraints. Multi-link constraints m…

DRIVE·Jul 27·2 min read

G01C21/3453 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

VEHICLE ALLOCATION CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE ALLOCATION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE ALLOCATION CONTROL METHOD

A vehicle allocation control device, when a forgotten item in the vehicle is detected after setting a first travel route including a drop-off place, is configured to: calculate a first time at which t…

DRIVE·Jul 13·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

TRAVEL DESTINATION SEARCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING COLOR BASED SPACE INFORMATION DATABASE

A travel destination retrieval system using a coloration-based spatial information database includes a data collection unit configured to collect image data from a user terminal, a coloration extracti…

DRIVE·Apr 27·2 min read

G01C21/3453 Huple Inc.

WEATHER AND ROAD SURFACE TYPE-BASED NAVIGATION DIRECTIONS

To provide navigation directions according to road surface types of road segments, a request for navigation directions from a starting location to a destination location is received. A set of candidat…

DRIVE·Apr 27·1 min read

G01C21/3453 GOOGLE LLC

PENALIZING DIFFICULT IMMEDIATE MANEUVERS IN ROUTING COST FUNCTIONS

DRIVE·Mar 30·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Uber Technologies, Inc.

ASSOCIATING PERCEIVED AND MAPPED LANE EDGES FOR LOCALIZATION

A system for associating perceived and mapped lane edges can include a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions such that the processor is configured to receive a sensor data represent…

DRIVE·Feb 16·1 min read

G01C21/3453 GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Managing Service Requirements and Ride Request Fulfillment Across a Fleet of Collectively Managed Vehicles

In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine that a first vehicle is unsafe to continue navigating to the drop-off location while the first vehicle is trave…

DRIVE·Feb 9·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Lyft, Inc.

DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM

A display control system includes a vehicle navigation apparatus and a display control apparatus. The display control apparatus includes at least one processor. The at least one processor determines a…

DRIVE·Jan 12·1 min read

G01C21/3453 SUBARU CORPORATION

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING SPECIAL ROAD CONDITION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

An example apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to: …

DRIVE·Dec 15·2 min read

G01C21/3453 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Vehicle Operation Assistance Device and Vehicle Operation Assistance Method

The present invention assists at work related to the setting of an evaluation index for a vehicle operation plan. A vehicle operation assistance device manages one or more pieces of evaluation informa…

DRIVE·Oct 13·2 min read

G01C21/3453 Hitachi, Ltd.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING UNINTERRUPTED MEDIA CONTENT DURING VEHICLE NAVIGATION

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for selecting alternate routes with fewer directions during vehicle navigation. The disclosed techniques herein determine directions from route data and direct…

DRIVE·Aug 11·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Rovi Guides, Inc.

MOVING NUMBER ESTIMATING DEVICE, MOVING NUMBER ESTIMATING METHOD, AND MOVING NUMBER ESTIMATING PROGRAM

An intersection determination is made regarding whether or not a traffic route included in map information intersects a boundary between areas on a basis of the traffic route and an area shape between…

DRIVE·Jul 14·2 min read

G01C21/3453 NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

AMBIENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

The disclosure relates to using ambient lighting conditions with passenger and goods pickups and drop offs with autonomous vehicles. For instance, a map of ambient lighting conditions for stopping loc…

DRIVE·Jul 14·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Waymo LLC

ROUTE PLANNING APPARATUS, ROUTE PLANNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

A route planning apparatus includes a state information generation unit configured to generate, every unit time, state information indicating a state of each moving object in a search for a first rout…

DRIVE·Apr 21·1 min read

G01C21/3453 NEC Corporation

JOINT ROUTING OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Various examples are directed to a service assignment system for providing transportation services. The service assignment system may receive a transportation service request from a user. The transpor…

DRIVE·Mar 3·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Uber Technologies, Inc.

METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ESTIMATING A TIME-OF-ARRIVAL AT A DESTINATION

Provided herein is a method of estimating a travel time along a route. Methods may include: obtaining a route between an origin and a destination, where the route includes a plurality of road links; i…

DRIVE·Feb 3·2 min read

G01C21/3453 HERE Global B.V.

SYSTEMS, COMPUTING DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR INDICATING A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A USER

Systems, computing devices, and methods for indicating a geographic location of transportation for a user are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes determining an approximate time when …

DRIVE·Dec 30·1 min read

G01C21/3453 Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.