Volkswagen Ag

Knightscope, Inc.

Audi Ag

Infineon Technologies Ag

Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

A{circumflex Over ( )}3 by Airbus LLC

Knighscope, Inc.

A'by Airbus LLC

Volkswagen Aktienegesellschaft

A^3 by Airbus

Arne Stoschek

Phillip Wong

William Santana Li

Stacy Dean Stephens

Mercedes Soria-Li

Dominic A Villa

Aaron J Lehnhardt

Brian Ng

Cedric Dupont

Sven Strohband

Daniel Rosario

Pao Chen

Philippe Alessandrini

Thomas Chan

Derek Pai

Jonathan Lee

Ina L Liu

Marcial Hernandez

Michael Derse

Hen-You Tan

Nicholas L Xydes

Joshua P Switkes

Carsten Bergmann

Brian Michael Finn

Daniel De Rocha Rosario

Rizwan Ahmed

Luis Sampedro Diaz

Will Specks

Zachary Thomas Lovering

Chu Hee Lee

Steffen Ross

Annegret Matthai

Bernhard Senner

Knut Sanny

Jason Swager

Charles Lee

Carlo Rummel

Venkat Srinivasan

Jan MuEnchhoff

Kai Christen Rose

Vickie Chiang

Rosario Daniel

Markey Charles

Zachary Lovering

Alexander Dean Naiman

Cedric Cocaud

Pao Hsu Chen

Jan Münchhoff

Alessandrini Philippe

Michael T Derse

A vehicular monitoring system () has a plurality of sensors () that are used to sense the presence of objects () around a vehicle () for detecting collision threats. At least one of the sensors is positioned such that a portion of the vehicle is at a predefined location relative to the sensor and is within the sensor's field of view. As an example, for an aircraft, a sensor may be positioned such that a portion of the aircraft's wing, aerospike, or other structure is within the sensor's field of view. The system is configured to automatically calibrate the sensor and, if desired, other sensors using the portion of the vehicle at the predefined location.

Systems and methods for calibrating vehicular sensors

A charging system for an autonomous data machine may be provided. The system may comprise: a charging station, wherein the charging station has a low profile allowing the autonomous data machine to drive over to charge a power supply of the autonomous data machine automatically; and one or more processors of the autonomous data machine configured to make charging decisions to effect charging operations of the autonomous data machine that include charging time, charging location, and operations to be performed during charging. In some instances, the charging decision are based on at least one of the following: location of charging station, availability of charging station, mission parameters, locations of other autonomous data machines, and/or charging requirements and/or availability of charging stations.

Autonomous data machines and systems

Systems and methods are provided for improved security services. In one aspect, a method is provided for controlling an autonomous data machine situated near a monitored environment. The method comprises: obtaining security data from a plurality of data sources; analyzing the security data to generate an analysis result; determining, based on the analysis result, an action to be performed by the autonomous data machine; and transmitting a command to the autonomous data machine causing it to perform the action.

Systems and methods for security data analysis and display

Systems, methods, and devices for autonomous monitoring of parking areas are provided. In one aspect, a method for collecting information associated with a parking space includes providing a self-propelled autonomous data machine comprising one or more sensors. The autonomous data machine can be navigated to a location near a parking space for a vehicle. Parking information pertaining to the parking space can be obtained via the one or more sensors of the autonomous data machine. The obtained parking information can include at least occupancy data for the parking space. The parking information can be transmitted to a remote computing system configured to display the parking information to a user.

Autonomous parking monitor

A monitoring system for an aircraft has sensors that are used to sense the presence of objects around the aircraft for collision avoidance, navigation, or other purposes. At least one of the sensors may be configured to sense objects around the aircraft and provide data indicative of the sensed objects. The monitoring system may use information from the sensor and information about the aircraft to determine an escape envelope including possible routes that the aircraft can follow to avoid colliding with the object. The monitoring system may select an escape path based on the escape envelope and control the aircraft to follow the escape path to avoid collision with one or more objects.

Systems and methods for sensing and avoiding external objects for aircraft

Autonomous data machines and systems may be provided, which may be deployed in an environment. The machines may roam within the environment and collect data with aid of one or more sensors. The data may be sent to a control center, which may optionally receive information from additional data sources, such as other on-site sensors, existing static data, or real-time social data. The control center may send instructions to the machines to perform one or more reaction based on the received information. The autonomous data machines may be capable of reacting autonomously to one or more detected condition. In some instances, the autonomous data machines may be employed for security or surveillance.

A navigation system for a motor vehicle includes: an off-board navigation system spatially separated from the motor vehicle, for calculating a suggested route for the motor vehicle; a wireless communication connection between the off-board navigation system and the motor vehicle, for transmitting the suggested route to the motor vehicle; and a man-machine interface arranged in the motor vehicle, for outputting the suggested route to an operator of the motor vehicle.

Navigation system for a motor vehicle

A motor vehicle includes an input device for the input of a search criterion or a search term, a first interface for the exchange of data with a first offboard data memory, a second interface for the exchange of data with a second offboard data memory, and a computing device for the automatic search for information corresponding to the search criterion or the search term in the first onboard data memory and in the second onboard data memory.

Input device and interfaces for motor vehicle

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