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234 results about "Onboard computer" patented technology

When it come to computers, onboard device connections are all on the motherboard's back panel. An onboard computer is one or more computers that are part of another device. When describing a computer or computer component that is part of another circuit board (as explained above), both "onboard" and "on-board" are correct.

Secure locker system and method

A locker system comprising: a server having a processor, a memory, and instructions executable by the process; a database to store data relating to the locker system, one or more users of the locker system, and information relating to one or more transfer items; at least one locker unit having at least one locker, a keypad, a door, a door locking mechanism, a camera within an interior of the least one locker and a scale within the at least one locker, and one or more controllers to run the keypad, the door, the door locking mechanism, interior camera, and interior scale and to transmit data to and from the server, an onboard computer, or both; wherein instructions executed by the server, the onboard computer, or both cause a method to be performed, the method comprising: in response to receiving a request from a first user to rent a locker to exchange the transfer item with a second user, assigning the at least one locker to the first user and transmitting a first access code to the first user; in response to detecting input of the first access code, unlocking the door to the at least one locker; in response to detecting a presence of the detected item, obtaining data from the interior camera, scale, or both and comparing the obtained data with data from the database to determine if the detected item is the same as the transfer item; and if the transfer item is determined to be the same item, deactivating the first access code.
Owner:EXCHANGE BOX LLC

Multi-unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative hoisting system

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative hoisting, and provides a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative hoisting system and an unmanned aerial vehicle module, the unmanned aerial vehicle module is composed of two or more unmanned aerial vehicles, and each unmanned aerial vehicle is equipped with an airborne computer, a flight control assembly, a power assembly, a space positioning sensor, a tension sensor and a communication unit; the spatial positioning sensor is used for acquiring spatial position data of the unmanned aerial vehicle; the tension sensor is used for acquiring tension data of goods hoisted by the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the airborne computer is in data connection with a communication unit of the unmanned aerial vehicles and is used for calculating real-time lift force and attitude adjustment amount of the unmanned aerial vehicles based on the tension data and spatial data acquired by the unmanned aerial vehicles and controlling flight parameters of the multiple unmanned aerial vehicles according to the real-time lift force and attitude adjustment amount; according to the invention, through a multi-source fusion positioning and sliding mode adaptive hybrid control algorithm, cooperative positioning and dynamic load balancing of the unmanned aerial vehicle group are realized, and the overall stability and anti-interference capability of the hoisting system under complex disturbance are ensured.
Owner:CHONGQING LINGKE AVIATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Automatic navigation deviation correction system for orchard track power platform

The invention relates to the technical field of orchard automatic navigation deviation correction, in particular to an automatic navigation deviation correction system for an orchard track power platform. Comprising a chassis, a vehicle control unit, a navigation system vehicle-mounted computer, a laser radar, a navigation control box, a navigation antenna, a steering motor, a differential planetary mechanism, a rotating speed sensor, an edge architecture control box, a driving wheel assembly, a servo valve and a steering pump. The mode that the whole vehicle controller regulates and controls the servo valve to conduct deviation rectification is adopted, the deviation rectification response speed is high, the control precision is high, the high-speed operation working condition of the orchard power platform can be adapted, and the operation efficiency is improved; the swash plate plunger steering pump is adopted to drive the steering motor, the driving power is small, the heat balance stability is good, and the cost is low; the differential steering mechanism is adopted as a deviation rectifying executing mechanism, the transmission efficiency of the power platform is not affected, the steering line type is controllable, steering is stable, the overcorrection phenomenon is effectively avoided, the automatic navigation operation precision is effectively improved, and the automatic navigation deviation rectifying stability of the orchard power platform is improved.
Owner:FIRST TRACTOR

Digital tape measure and angle finder

This disclosure extends to systems, apparatus, and methods related to digital tape measure systems including a digital angle-finder, which are able to record and store or transmit to an external device both a length measurement and an angle measurement. These measurements may be able to be recorded individually or together in one “capture” motion, such as pushing a “record” button. Such a system allows a user to easily record a length of material and an angle indicating where and how the material needs to be cut.In some illustrative embodiments, systems in accordance with the present disclosure utilized units of measurement that are displayed by the digital tape measure in a form that can easily be recorded by hand by simple visual reading of the numbers, while simultaneously allowing measurements from the system to be displayed or recorded by the onboard computer.
Owner:DONNELL MICHAEL

Attitude synchronization method for landing of ship-borne unmanned rotorcraft

The invention discloses an attitude synchronization method for landing of a ship-borne rotor unmanned aerial vehicle, and relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle landing regulation and control, and the method comprises the following steps: 1, firstly, respectively collecting data of a ship-borne AHRS system and an airborne sensor, and after the data collection is completed, carrying out attitude synchronization on the ship-borne AHRS system and the airborne sensor; the data of the ship-descending AHRS system and the data collected by the airborne sensor are fused, and the relative attitude deviation and the position deviation of the ship are estimated after fusion. According to the method, the requirement of the ship-based unmanned aerial vehicle for a landing window in the landing stage is lowered, the computing power requirement for an airborne computer of a mobile platform is lowered, cost, weight and energy consumption are saved, higher safety is achieved, the collision risk caused by ship attitude changes in the landing process is reduced, the automation degree of landing is improved, and the probability that manual catching is needed is lowered.
Owner:SHANGHAI ATLAS EAGLE AVIATION TECH CO LTD

Secure locker system and method

A locker system comprising: a server having a processor, a memory, and instructions executable by the process; a database to store data relating to the locker system, one or more users of the locker system, and information relating to one or more transfer items; at least one locker unit having at least one locker, a keypad, a door, a door locking mechanism, a camera within an interior of the least one locker and a scale within the at least one locker, and one or more controllers to run the keypad, the door, the door locking mechanism, interior camera, and interior scale and to transmit data to and from the server, an onboard computer, or both; wherein instructions executed by the server, the onboard computer, or both cause a method to be performed, the method comprising: in response to receiving a request from a first user to rent a locker to exchange the transfer item with a second user, assigning the at least one locker to the first user and transmitting a first access code to the first user; in response to detecting input of the first access code, unlocking the door to the at least one locker; in response to detecting a presence of the detected item, obtaining data from the interior camera, scale, or both and comparing the obtained data with data from the database to determine if the detected item is the same as the transfer item; and if the transfer item is determined to be the same item, deactivating the first access code.
Owner:EXCHANGE BOX LLC

Unmanned aerial vehicle cluster control platform and application

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle cluster control platform, and the platform comprises a user interface module which is used for task configuration, real-time monitoring and flight path visualization; the control and management module supports cooperative control and dynamic path planning of three-dimensional and two-dimensional scenes; the data processing module is used for real-time data collection and analysis and global situation awareness; the hardware collaboration interface layer communicates with a flight control node of the unmanned aerial vehicle and an airborne computer in real time to realize instruction issuing and data synchronization; the flight task scheduling module is used for dynamically adjusting task distribution according to task priorities and environmental conditions; the unmanned aerial vehicle cluster flight management module is used for coordinating multi-aircraft cooperative flight, obstacle avoidance and state monitoring; the platform controls unmanned aerial vehicle clusters in a three-dimensional space scene and a two-dimensional plane scene at the same time, and dynamic path planning, obstacle avoidance and multi-vehicle task collaboration are achieved through a hardware collaboration mechanism. The problems that a traditional unmanned aerial vehicle control platform cannot perform multi-scene comprehensive control and is low in hardware cooperation efficiency can be solved.
Owner:NAT UNIV OF DEFENSE TECH

Wall-climbing robot system aiming at steel pipe truss structure coating detection and application method

The invention relates to a wall-climbing robot system for detecting a coating of a steel pipe truss structure and an application method, and the system comprises a self-adaptive magnetic adsorption mobile platform which can be adaptively and stably adsorbed on steel trusses with different pipe diameters to execute an inspection task; the robot platform is provided with an autonomous positioning navigation system composed of a laser radar, binocular vision and an airborne computer, and the position of the robot is positioned in the steel pipe truss without satellite signals through real-time mapping and a positioning algorithm of tight coupling of laser and vision. The front part of the robot is provided with an electrically foldable surrounding type array camera, so that full-surface coverage type shooting of a steel pipe component is realized, and real-time identification of coating apparent defects is executed in combination with an artificial intelligence disease identification algorithm in an airborne computer; and the lower part of the robot is provided with a telescopic elastic electromagnetic eddy current probe for detecting the thickness of the coating. The method has the advantages that the apparent diseases and the thicknesses of coatings of steel structures such as ceilings of high-speed rail stations and ceilings of large stadiums can be rapidly detected.
Owner:CHINA RAILWAY CONSTR CORP LTD +1

Method for actively identifying interference and decoy by inspection unmanned aerial vehicle

The invention provides a method for actively identifying interference and decoy by an inspection unmanned aerial vehicle, which comprises the following steps: acquiring real-time feedback data of each sensor of the unmanned aerial vehicle to obtain first data; constructing an unmanned aerial vehicle virtual anti-decoy training scene, and training an intelligent anti-decoy strategy model in a layered reinforcement learning training mode; quantitatively deploying the intelligent anti-decoy strategy model to an airborne computer of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and taking the preprocessed first data as the input of the intelligent anti-decoy strategy model, performing active identification of interference decoy, and outputting and executing a flight decision in real time. Diversified data samples are provided for anti-decoy training of the unmanned aerial vehicle through a virtual simulation environment; various decoy modes are simulated, and adversarial strategy training is adopted to improve the strategy precision of the model; layered reinforcement learning is adopted, effective decision learning is realized through a hierarchical decision target, and the decision ability of a decision model is improved.
Owner:BEIJING HYDROGEN SOURCE INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD

Reusable anti-unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft based on rotary cutting steel blades

The invention discloses a reusable anti-unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft based on rotary cutting steel blades, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle countering. The aircraft comprises a seeker cabin, a function cabin, an instrument cabin, a power cabin, a steering engine cabin and a parachute pack cabin. An infrared seeker is arranged in the seeker cabin; the functional cabin comprises a fixed cabin body, a rotating cabin body and a folding and unfolding mechanism, a fixed shaft is arranged at the axis position of the fixed cabin body, N folding steel blades are installed on the rotating cabin body and evenly distributed in the circumferential direction, and the folding and unfolding mechanism drives the folding steel blades to complete unfolding and folding actions. The folding and unfolding mechanism simultaneously drives the rotary cabin to rotate around the axis of the aircraft; a main power supply, an airborne computer, a data chain and an inertial navigation device are arranged in the instrument cabin, and the power cabin provides patrol flight power for the aircraft; a steering engine for controlling the rudder wings to rotate is arranged in the cabin, and a pressurizing device for pressurizing the parachute pack cabin is arranged in the parachute pack cabin. The anti-unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft can be repeatedly used, and the combat time of the aircraft is prolonged to the maximum extent.
Owner:HEBEI HANGUANG HEAVY IND

Anti-unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft based on folding steel blade rotary cutting

The invention discloses an anti-unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft based on folding steel blade rotary cutting, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle countering. The aircraft comprises a seeker cabin, a function cabin, an instrument cabin, a power cabin, a steering engine cabin and a parachute pack cabin. An infrared seeker is arranged in the seeker cabin; the functional cabin can independently rotate relative to the front cabin section and the rear cabin section under the driving of the motor and release the folding steel blade mounted on the surface of the functional cabin in a folding manner, and the motor drives the functional cabin to rotate at a high speed and drives the folding steel blade to rotate, so that rotary cutting of the target unmanned aerial vehicle is realized; a main power supply, an airborne computer, a data chain and an inertial navigation device are arranged in the instrument cabin, and the power cabin provides patrol flight power for the aircraft; a steering engine for controlling the rudder wings to rotate is arranged in the cabin, and a pressurizing device for pressurizing the parachute pack cabin is arranged in the parachute pack cabin. The anti-unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft is few in component parts, high in reliability, low in cost and high in cost-effectiveness ratio.
Owner:HEBEI HANGUANG HEAVY IND

Onboard computer, computer program, computer-readable recording medium, and security setting method

An onboard computer (100) to which data is input from outside a vehicle via a communication interface (10), the onboard computer (100) comprising: a risk evaluation unit (21) configured to evaluate, based on data information of the input data, a risk when an abnormality occurs due to the data; a security strength adjustment unit (22) configured to adjust a security strength for the data based on the risk evaluated by the risk evaluation unit (21); and a security setting unit (23) configured to set security for the data with the security strength adjusted by the security strength adjustment unit (22).
Owner:NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD

Automobile headlamp free optical communication system and method based on stroboscopic modulation

The invention relates to the technical field of automobile lamp communication, in particular to an automobile headlamp free optical communication system and method based on stroboscopic modulation. The vehicle-mounted computer receives road condition information and converts the road condition information into an original bit stream, the anti-interference encoder generates an intermediate signal with a check code, the time-frequency interleaver carries out interleaving, the driving circuit modulates the interleaved intermediate signal, and the vehicle lamp receives the modulated signal and sends out an optical signal in a stroboscopic mode; a photoelectric sensor at a receiving end captures an optical signal emitted by a vehicle lamp, a noise reduction filtering module carries out wavelet noise reduction and filtering processing, a judgment decoding module carries out frame positioning, demodulation and verification on the processed optical signal to generate a restoration bit stream, and a vehicle-mounted computer restores the restoration bit stream into road condition information. And the voice broadcast module carries out voice broadcast on the road condition information. According to the invention, stable communication requirements between vehicles and between the vehicle and the sensing equipment in a closed or semi-closed environment in which electromagnetic signals are seriously disturbed can be met.
Owner:SUZHOU UNIV

Direct sensor logging for vehicle network logger system

A method for performing direct logging of sensor data in a vehicle network logging system (VNLS) installed on an autonomous vehicle (AV), the VNLS comprising a network switch connected between an onboard sensor of the AV and an onboard computer of the AV, the network switch comprising a logger for logging sensor data to a disk, is described and includes providing a converter node on the network switch; receiving, using the converter node, data generated by the onboard sensor; and converting, using the converter node, the received data to a data record suitable for logging by the logger to the disk.
Owner:GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC

Automated vehicle for autonomous last-mile deliveries

Provided are various systems and processes for improving last-mile delivery of real-time, on-demand orders for perishable goods. In one aspect, an automated vehicle (AV) comprises a body including a storage compartment for storing perishable goods. The storage compartment is accessible by a user upon authentication of the user. The AV further comprises a sensor module for receiving data for navigating the AV. The sensor module is positioned above the body on a support structure at a predetermined height above the ground, such as three to five feet. The data includes one or more of the following: audio data, video data, radio waves, and backscattered light waves. The AV further comprises an onboard computer system configured to process the data to navigate the AV along motor vehicle routes and pedestrian routes. The AV may be configured to interface with an automated locker system to retrieve or deposit the perishable goods.
Owner:DOORDASH INC

Deformable wing capable of changing camber of front edge and rear edge

A deformable wing with variable camber of front and rear edges is composed of a driving device, a middle-section fixed wing, a movable rear edge and a movable front edge. Through the combined movement of the wings, the smooth and continuous deformation of the wings can be realized, and the resistance caused by discontinuous deformation and gaps of the traditional wings is eliminated. The deformable wing capable of changing the camber of the front edge and the rear edge has the advantages of being simple in structure, low in cost, light and firm in structure and large in variable angle, the lift-drag coefficient of the wing can be changed under the control of an airborne computer according to different flight tasks and environments through smooth and continuous deformation on the premise of low resistance and low noise, and the wing can be applied to the aircraft. The wing can be used as a flap to improve cruising speed and shorten takeoff and landing taxiing distance, and can also be used as an aileron to ensure that resistance coefficients of a left wing and a right wing are the same when lift coefficients change, a rolling-yawing coupling effect is reduced, and flight quality is remarkably improved.
Owner:BEIHANG UNIV

Fault-tolerant method for operating system of spaceborne computer

The invention relates to the technical field of spacecraft computers, and discloses a satellite-borne computer operating system fault tolerance method, which comprises the following steps of: 1, creating a main operating system partition, a standby operating system partition and a boot partition in solid-state storage equipment, installing a universal operating system with the same version in the main operating system partition and the standby operating system partition, the standby operating system partition stores a compressed mirror image file containing complete data of the main operating system partition; and 2, deploying customized boot management software in the boot partition, and configuring a start flag file storage path and a maximum retry time threshold value of the boot management software. According to the operating system self-sensing and self-switching technology provided by the invention, the switching function of the operating system can be completed under the condition that the satellite-borne computer operates in an unattended manner in orbit, and the satellite-borne computer can be ensured to normally start and operate under extreme conditions without directly losing communication.
Owner:BEIJING ZHONGKE TIANSUAN TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Overcurrent protection circuit of airborne computer product

The invention provides an over-current protection circuit of an airborne computer product, which belongs to the technical field of airborne computer power supply and distribution management and comprises a power switch and an isolation circuit used for controlling a power supply output switch of a power supply. The current sampling detection circuit is used for establishing a linear relation between the detected current and the output voltage; the signal conditioning circuit is used for conditioning an output signal of the current sampling detection circuit, and when the flowing current is 0A, the output voltage of the signal conditioning circuit is 0V; the comparison circuit is used for comparing the voltage output by the signal conditioning circuit with a preset reference voltage, judging whether overcurrent occurs or not, and outputting an overcurrent signal and closing a power output channel when overcurrent occurs; the level maintaining circuit is used for maintaining the over-current signal and preventing the over-current signal from losing efficacy; after the overcurrent fault is eliminated, the overcurrent protection signal is reset through the overcurrent protection reset signal, and the power output channel is opened again. According to the invention, the safety and reliability of airborne computer products are improved.
Owner:XIAN AVIATION COMPUTING TECH RES INST OF AVIATION IND CORP OF CHINA

Digital signal processing platform based on FPGA

The invention provides a digital signal processing platform based on an FPGA, and relates to the technical field of aviation airborne computers, the digital signal processing platform comprises an analog circuit control module, a frequency channel acquisition module and a mode identification and initialization unit, the analog circuit control module and the frequency channel acquisition module are respectively connected with the mode identification and initialization unit; the mode identification and initialization unit is connected with an external input signal and is used for identifying the external input signal and initializing a platform, the external input signal comprises a platform mode selection signal, and the mode identification and initialization unit is respectively connected with an external parallel bus interface and an external serial bus interface; the mode recognition and initialization unit is further connected with the parallel bus interface and the serial bus interface through the serial-parallel protocol conversion control module. According to the invention, mode conversion can be realized according to the operation state of the airborne system so as to adapt to data conversion and data transmission requirements of the airborne aviation electromechanical system at different positions or at different moments.
Owner:XIAN AVIATION COMPUTING TECH RES INST OF AVIATION IND CORP OF CHINA

Automated vehicle for autonomous last-mile deliveries

Provided are various systems and processes for improving last-mile delivery of real-time, on-demand orders for perishable goods. In one aspect, an automated vehicle (AV) comprises a body including a storage compartment for storing perishable goods. The storage compartment is accessible by a user upon authentication of the user. The AV further comprises a sensor module for receiving data for navigating the AV. The sensor module is positioned above the body on a support structure at a predetermined height above the ground, such as three to five feet. The data includes one or more of the following: audio data, video data, radio waves, and backscattered light waves. The AV further comprises an onboard computer system configured to process the data to navigate the AV along motor vehicle routes and pedestrian routes. The AV may be configured to interface with an automated locker system to retrieve or deposit the perishable goods.
Owner:DOORDASH INC

Onboard FC message transmission method based on publishing and subscribing

The invention provides an airborne FC message transmission method based on publishing and subscribing, and belongs to the technical field of aviation airborne computer network communication, and the method specifically comprises the steps: building a publishing table and a subscribing table based on a client and server model mode, enabling a terminal as a client to initiate a publishing request and a subscribing request to a server based on a network management message, and transmitting the publishing request and the subscribing request to the server; the switch serves as a server to process the publishing request and the subscription request and manage message reply response based on the network. The method comprises the steps of performing a message publishing process based on a publishing table, performing a message subscription process based on a subscription table, performing a message sending process based on the publishing table and performing a message receiving process based on the subscription table. Through the processing scheme provided by the invention, the maintenance cost is reduced, a flexible network platform is provided for the system, and a feasible scheme basis is provided for switching message planning during operation.
Owner:XIAN AVIATION COMPUTING TECH RES INST OF AVIATION IND CORP OF CHINA

Multi-unmanned aerial vehicle real-time control communication system based on cellular network

The invention discloses a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle real-time control communication system based on a cellular network. The system comprises a user control terminal, a base station and a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle terminal. The user control end is connected with the cellular module, and the cellular module carries an antenna and a self-writing SIM white card to access a cellular network; the base station is established based on the USRP, the srsRAN is operated to construct a private subnet, and the base station is configured with basic information of a plurality of self-writing SIM white cards, so that a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles and user equipment can be conveniently connected to the subnet subsequently; the multi-unmanned-aerial-vehicle end connects flight controllers of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles with corresponding airborne computers through serial ports, each airborne computer carries a cellular network module, access of a cellular network is achieved in a dialing mode, and corresponding equipment IP addresses are obtained. Compared with an existing cellular network unmanned aerial vehicle system, a cellular network multi-unmanned aerial vehicle control communication solution with higher expandability is provided, access of more unmanned aerial vehicles can be supported, and low time delay and high reliability are kept.
Owner:HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) (INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SHENZHEN)

Flexible and scalable thermal test vehicle design for electronics cooling solutions

The density and power consumption of modern integrated circuits, such as Graphic Processing Units (GPUs), Central Processing Units (CPUs), and Network Processing Units (NPUs) is growing rapidly, which necessitates designing advanced cooling systems. Existing solutions for characterizing and validating these cooling system are inadequate. A flexible, scalable Thermal Test Vehicle (TTV) is disclosed which is based on an array of power transistors, measurement / control circuitry, and onboard computer. The TTV is configured for characterizing the performance of electronic cooling solutions under a variety of operating conditions.
Owner:RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA +1

Aircraft optimal abortion guidance and online trajectory planning method

The invention provides an optimal abortion guidance and online trajectory planning method for an aircraft, belongs to the technical field of industrial control systems, and solves the problems that an existing guidance and trajectory planning algorithm is low in robustness and cannot be applied when the flight height is low in a Mars environment. Comprising the steps that 1, the thrust direction of an aircraft in the descent stage is optimized based on a safe abortion guidance algorithm; 2, establishing a power-sliding-power three-stage trajectory optimization model based on an online trajectory algorithm, and introducing a tail end trajectory constraint to generate a trajectory planning scheme; and step 3, embedding the safe abortion guidance algorithm and the online trajectory optimization algorithm into an airborne computer of the aircraft, intelligently switching the safe abortion guidance algorithm and the online trajectory optimization algorithm at different flight stages of the aircraft, completing an orbit injection task of the aircraft, and ensuring accurate insertion of a tail end orbit.
Owner:HANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION INSTITUTE OF BEIHANG UNIVERSITY

U-turn signal indication system

A U-Turn signal indicating system includes a controller that connected to a vehicle by a communication plug and is selectively operated by a vehicle component alone or in conjunction with a user input device. The controller is nested within a main body housing and includes a processor, a memory, and power unit. The vehicle communication plug includes a CAN transceiver for communicating with the CAN bus of a motor vehicle. The plug allows the controller to send and receive information with the vehicle's onboard computers that operate the turn signal indicator lights. The controller detects vehicle settings or actions performed by the driver alone or in combination with the actuation of the user input device and instructs the vehicle computer to operate the turn signal lights in a specific pattern that is provided to the vehicle by the controller.
Owner:MENDOZA NOEL +2

Vehicle identification and secure operating program

A method to authenticate operators of motor vehicles includes obtaining, based on a driver's license, operator information of an operator of a motor vehicle. The method further includes authenticating, by a Vehicle Identification and Secure Operating Program (VISOP) running on an onboard computer of the motor vehicle, the operator information with a Motor Vehicle Department (MVD). The method determines, based on the authenticating and vehicle identifying information pertaining to the motor vehicle, whether the operator is approved to operate the motor vehicle. The method performs biometric identification to verify that the driver's license matches the operator. The method prevents the motor vehicle from starting, responsive to the operator not being approved to operate the motor vehicle, and allows the motor vehicle to start, responsive to the operator being approved to operate the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle can include the VMAC when wirelessly transmitting operator information and vehicle identifying information for self-reporting to a passing LEO, e.g., to Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs). This enables LEOs to make safer decisions in pulling over a potential suspect to better protect the public and themselves.
Owner:THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SEC OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Multistage fault-tolerant starting method for spaceborne computer

The invention relates to the technical field of spacecraft electronic systems, and discloses a satellite-borne computer multi-stage fault-tolerant starting method which comprises the following steps: step 1, a management FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) reads a starting source identification bit of a BIOSBOOT register, and selects a main BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) storage address or a standby BIOS storage address according to an identification bit value; 2, the management FPGA starts a BIOS level watchdog timer corresponding to the BIOS storage address, and the duration of the timer is configured by a BIOSWDT register; and 3, when the BIOS-level watchdog timer is overtime and does not receive the reset signal, the management FPGA modifies the starting source identification bit of the BIOSBOOT register, and a system reset signal is generated. According to the method, the management FPGA is taken as a core, and a double-BIOS redundant architecture and a multi-disk hot standby mechanism are combined, so that the problem of system startup single-point failure caused by BIOS firmware code bit flipping or startup disk physical damage is solved, autonomous fault-tolerant recovery of firmware and a storage medium is realized, and the defect that an existing single-BIOS single-storage-medium architecture cannot self-repair hardware failure is overcome.
Owner:BEIJING ZHONGKE TIANSUAN TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

System and method for mobile robot task planning

A technique for enabling a robot to autonomously compute solutions to complete sequential logic tasks, and to complete these solutions at runtime. A task formula is obtained on an airborne computer of the mobile robot. And converting the task formula into an automaton. A motion tree is established using the initial map of the space and the automaton. Sampling-based tree search is performed using the motion tree to generate an initial plan for the mobile robot to operate in space and satisfying a task formula, the initial plan including a trajectory. The mobile robot is then moved along the trajectory.
Owner:THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

Unmanned sailing boat for full-coverage scanning

The unmanned sailing boat comprises a boat body, a steering control mechanism, a sail, a shipborne radar, an electronic scanning sonar, an anemograph, a balancing weight and an electric control unit, the boat body is of a spindle-shaped structure which is symmetrical front and back, and an upper cover plate is arranged at the top of the boat body. A solar panel is arranged on the top of the upper cover plate, and the sail is vertically arranged above the boat body and connected with a steering driving device in the boat body. The two steering control mechanisms are symmetrically arranged at the front end and the rear end of the ship body. The balancing weight is fixedly arranged below the ship body, the electronic scanning sonar is arranged at the bottom of the ship body, the shipborne radar is installed on the front upper portion of the ship body, and the anemograph is arranged on the rear upper portion of the ship body. The electric control unit comprises a shipborne computer, a lithium battery pack, a navigation module and a communication module. The unmanned sailboat provided by the utility model uses solar energy and wind energy as power, has bidirectional sailing capability, is suitable for long-term offshore tasks, reduces the operation difficulty, and improves the scanning efficiency.
Owner:泛海智能科技(三亚)有限公司

Extended Range Electric Vehicle System

An electric vehicle system that includes a plurality of Li-ion batteries to alternately provide electric power to propel the vehicle, with a generator motor converting rotational energy from the motors installed in wheels of the vehicle into electric energy for recharging the Li-ion batteries. An onboard computer management system controls the system's operations, including switching between the Li-ion batteries for providing power to the vehicle based on power levels of the Li-ion batteries. The system automatically discontinues charging of a lithium-ion battery when its cut-off point is reached to prevent damage or fire hazards. The system eliminates the need to charge batteries at a charging station, enabling one battery to power the vehicle while the second is charged.
Owner:JOHNSON MARCO