Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a methods and systems for autonomous parking of vehicles (103). The vehicle receives an input signal for parking the vehicle in parking premises (100) comprising a plurality of parking space (102) having an elevated parking boundary indicator (101). The vehicle (103) obtains a map of the parking premises (100). Further, the vehicle (103) receives a plurality of LIDAR data points (205) of the parking premises (100) and identifies a plurality of linear patterns from the plurality of LIDAR data points (205). Thereafter, the vehicle (103) detects at least two linear patterns (401) from the plurality of linear patterns, having a predefined length and parallelly spaced apart, indicating the elevated parking boundary indicator (101) of an available parking space, where the vehicle (103) can be autonomously parked in the available parking space.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for determining a vehicle orientation. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method for determining a vehicle orientation may include receiving a first set of satellite signals associated with a connected device positioned relatively stationary with respect to a vehicle. The method may also include determining that the first set of satellite signals is insufficient to determine the vehicle orientation. The method may further include determining the vehicle orientation based on a first relative orientation of the connected device relative to the vehicle and a second relative orientation of the connected device relative to a reference object.

Abstract: One general aspect includes a system to establish a deployment force for an airbag of a vehicle, the system includes: a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to carry out the following steps: monitoring a head position of a vehicle occupant; based on the monitored head position, calculating a distance of a body part of a vehicle operator relative to a portion of an interior cabin of the vehicle; and based on the distance of the body part, establishing the deployment force for the airbag.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a turning device that turns a wheel of a vehicle; a steering sensor that detects a driver's steering operation; and a control device configured to execute automated turning control that controls the turning device to automatically turn the wheel, independently of the driver's steering operation. A modification desire degree represents a degree to which the driver's steering operation modifies vehicle travel caused by the automated turning control. During execution of the automated turning control, the control device calculates the modification desire degree based on a result of detection by the steering sensor. When the modification desire degree exceeds a threshold, the control device executes system suppression processing without terminating the automated turning control. In the system suppression processing, the control device weakens the automated turning control as compared to a case where the modification desire degree is equal to or lower than the threshold.

Abstract: An inter-vehicle communication and driving assistance device performs wireless communication with other vehicles, and includes an inter-vehicle communication unit including a reception level detection unit, a position information reception unit, and an arithmetic processing unit. The arithmetic processing unit calculates inter-vehicle distances to other vehicles using latitude and longitude information of the other vehicles and the own vehicle, receives a position error radius, and acquires a reception level from the other vehicles. When a difference between the inter-vehicle distances is smaller than position error radius, a vehicle with a larger reception level is determined as a vehicle closer to the own vehicle. When the difference between the inter-vehicle distances is larger than the position error radius, a vehicle with a smaller inter-vehicle distance is determined as a vehicle closer to the own vehicle, and a distance to a leading vehicle is calculated.

Abstract: Upon detecting that an occupant has donned electronic smart glasses, an occupant protection system in a vehicle takes into account that the occupant is wearing electronic smart glasses.

Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one speaker, a camera configured to obtain a passenger's image, and a controller. The controller is configured to identify the passenger, to search for the identified passenger and emotion tag information related to a sound source output through the at least one speaker, and to control the at least one speaker or obtain passenger's emotional information according to the search result.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for automatically obtaining a profile for a set of accelerator pedal position sensors in a target vehicle. The profile can comprise a correlation of the position of the pedal to an output signal for one or more sensor in the set of sensors. A pedal position sensor signal reader can be used to automatically detect signals from one or more pedal position sensor in the target vehicle's accelerator pedal, while the pedal is released, depressed, and moving between the released and depressed positions. A pedal profile can be automatically generated using the output signals and corresponding pedal positions. Obtained data can be used to program a speed control device for the target vehicle. Correlated output can be used to adjust the speed of the vehicle by sending an emulated signal to the ECM, which may adjust the speed control system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a control device for a braking system of a motor vehicle, wherein the control device receives a braking request from a driver assistance system and determines a target value of a braking operation parameter of the braking system and determines an ideal temporal process for the braking operation parameter, which gradually leads to the target value, complying with a predetermined jerk criterion, and a determines a control fault of an actual value of the braking operation parameter in relation to the ideal process and determines a request value for a controller of a brake pressure pump of the braking system from the control fault on the basis of a controller unit.

Abstract: Fuel injection of a hybrid electric vehicle including an engine and a transmission may be controlled by a method including, determining to release coasting of the hybrid electric vehicle based on a brake pedal operation, determining whether a fuel injection suspending condition is satisfied based on vehicle running state data, suspending fuel injection when the vehicle running state data satisfies the fuel injection suspending condition, performing an engagement control of the transmission while the fuel injection is suspended, determining whether a fuel injection suspension release condition is satisfied, determining whether the engine and the transmission are directly coupled when the fuel injection suspension release condition is satisfied, and initiating fuel injection of the engine when the engine and the transmission are directly coupled.

Abstract: A vehicle is described, and includes an on-board controller, an extra-vehicle communication system, a GPS sensor, a spatial monitoring system, and a navigation system that employs an on-vehicle navigation map. Operation includes capturing a 3D sensor representation of a field of view and an associated GPS location, executing a feature extraction routine, executing a semantic segmentation of the extracted features, executing a simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM) of the extracted features, executing a context extraction from the simultaneous location and mapping of the extracted features, and updating the on-vehicle navigation map based thereon. A parsimonious map representation is generated based upon the updated on-vehicle navigation map, and is communicated to a second, off-board controller. The second controller executes a sparse map stitching to update a base navigation map based upon the parsimonious map representation. The on-vehicle navigation map is updated based upon the off-board navigation map.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine and an electric machine are described. In one example, torque requests are aligned in time to compensate for a delay that may be caused by broadcasting one or more torque commands over a controller area network or another type of communication link. The torque requests may be aligned via delaying an engine torque request and predicting an electric machine torque.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle when driving on a bend, includes determining bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle, determining predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend, and determining the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value. A roll stability control system outputs a reduced deceleration request if the predicted lateral acceleration values undershoot the lateral acceleration limit value at least in certain regions.

Abstract: A method includes recording a first timestamp of a detection with a first sensor array of a first physical property of an event; determining a direction of the event, based on the detection with the first sensor array; recording a second timestamp of a detection with a second sensor array of a second physical property of the event; determining a distance of the event from the first and second sensor arrays, based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp; determining the event, based on the first physical property and the second physical property; and taking an action based on the event.

Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating point of interest pickups in a transportation service are provided. In example embodiments, the system detects a location of a device of a user. Responsive to detecting the location of the device of the user, the system automatically determines one or more potential pickup points based on the detected location. A pickup point user interface (UI) that displays one or more potential pickup points based on the detected location is presented on the device of the user without displaying a map. The system receives confirmation of a pickup point from the one or more potential pickup points and receives an indication of a destination. The system then establishes the transportation service based on the confirmed pickup point and the destination. The system can provide user interfaces that display progress of a driver to the pickup point and progress to the destination without displaying a map.

Abstract: In a method for automatically adjusting the speed of a motorcycle as a function of the longitudinal distance as well as the lateral distance of a motorcycle from a preceding other vehicle, a minimum lateral distance to be maintained is determined as a function of the type of the other vehicle.

Abstract: A method detects a driving state of a vehicle. The vehicle has a drive train with at least one drive and an accelerator pedal. A rest state of the accelerator pedal is determined by evaluating an operating point position of the accelerator pedal by a first accelerator pedal gradient in a first time interval, and checking whether the first accelerator pedal gradient within the first time interval is less than a maximum value.

Abstract: In a method and a device for operating a first vehicle, a method includes receiving a signal from an external processing unit for influencing a first surroundings sensor system of the first vehicle, influencing the first surroundings sensor system dependent on the received signal, receiving surroundings data values detected by at least one second surroundings sensor system of a second vehicle and that at least partially represent surroundings of the first vehicle, and operating the first vehicle dependent on the influence of the first surroundings sensor system and the received surroundings data values.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving in which at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is automatically controlled; and a mode setter configured to set a mode of the automated driving which is executed by the automated driving controller and to set the mode of automated driving to an exchangeable mode in which an occupant who sits in a driver seat is able to be exchanged when the automated driving is executed in a mode in which an occupant needs to sit in the driver seat of the vehicle and predetermined conditions have been satisfied. Accordingly, it is possible to enable smooth exchange of an occupant during automated driving.

Abstract: A vehicle control method may include determining by a controller, a state of a brake pedal wherein a controller is configured to determine during performing an SSC control mode whether a brake pedal is in an ON state; determining, by the controller, overlap of control modes wherein when it is determined in the determining by a controller, a state of a brake pedal that the brake pedal is in the ON state, the controller is configured to determine whether conditions for performing an extended ISG control mode are satisfied; and converting, by the controller, a control mode wherein when it is determined in the determining, by the controller, overlap of control modes that the conditions for performing the extended ISG control mode are satisfied, the controller terminates the SSC control mode being performed and converts the current control mode to the extended ISG control mode.