Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle, comprising: an operation member operable by a vehicle driver; an urging device configured to generate an urging force to urge the operation member; a steering device configured to steer a wheel; and a controller configured to control the urging device and the steering device. In a normal operation, the controller enables the wheel to be steered in accordance with an operation of the operation member and causes the urging force to function as an operation reaction force against the operation of the operation member. In an automatic steering operation in which the wheel is steered without depending on the operation of the operation member, the controller enables the operation member to be moved in accordance with steering of the wheel by the urging force and causes at least part of the urging force generated in the normal operation not to be generated.

Abstract: A remote driver support method according to the present disclosure includes: acquiring vehicle dimension information related to a dimension of a vehicle that is remotely driven by a remote driver, and acquiring road structure information related to a structure of a road ahead to which the vehicle is heading. The remote driver support method according to the present disclosure further includes: generating passability information related to a possibility that the vehicle is able to pass through the road ahead based on the vehicle dimension information and the road structure information; and notifying the remote driver of the passability information.

Abstract: A remote driving system includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring operation information related to an operation of a steering wheel by a user who remotely drives the target vehicle; and a control unit for controlling a resolution and a frame rate of each camera mounted on the target vehicle. When an operation amount of the steering wheel is relatively small, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a front region of the target vehicle in a traveling direction is maintained or improved. When the steering wheel has been rotated to one of right and left and the operation amount is relatively large, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a region of the one of right and left of the target vehicle is maintained or improved.

Abstract: A method according to the present disclosure comprises acquiring a plurality sets of traveling video recorded by a plurality of cameras capturing a plurality of directions equipped in a remote driving vehicle, acquiring information regarding at least one of driving operation by a remote driving operator, a traveling state of the remote driving vehicle, and motion of the remote driving operator, specifying an attention direction or an attention scope of the remote driving operator for a situation around the remote driving vehicle based on acquired information, displaying at least one of the plurality sets of traveling video reflecting the attention direction or the attention scope on a display device, and performing display based on the attention direction or the attention scope.

Abstract: A vehicle control system for a steer-by-wire vehicle executes: driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle; and conjunction reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force component to a steering wheel in conjunction with vehicle turning caused by the driving assist control. A driver turn angle is a target turn angle corresponding to a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a first system turn angle is a target turn angle required by the driving assist control. In the conjunction reaction force control, a second system turn angle is acquired by adjusting the first system turn angle according to a driver's steering intention such that the difference between the system turn angle and the driver turn angle becomes smaller. Then, a steering reaction force component is applied in a direction of reducing a difference between the driver turn angle and the second system turn angle.

Abstract: A vehicle control system controls a vehicle of a steer-by-wire type. The vehicle control system is configured to execute: driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle; and conjunction reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force component to a steering wheel in conjunction with turning of the vehicle caused by the driving assist control. A driving assist direction is a direction of the turning of the vehicle caused by the driving assist control. The conjunction reaction force control includes feedforward reaction force control that moves the steering wheel in a same direction as the driving assist direction without depending on a steering angle of the steering wheel.

Abstract: A remote control request method has requesting, by a computer, a remote operator to perform remote control on an autonomous driving vehicle when the autonomous driving vehicle currently has or is expected to have difficulty in continuing autonomous driving, requesting remote assistance in which the remote operator makes at least a part of determination for the autonomous driving inside an autonomous driving domain, and requesting, outside the autonomous driving domain, remote driving in which the remote operator performs at least one of a steering operation and an acceleration or deceleration operation of the autonomous driving vehicle.

Abstract: A steering control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a target rotation angle of a shaft rotating with a turning operation of turning wheels based on a steering angle of a steering wheel acquired from a rotation angle of a reaction motor, to calculate a command value based on the target rotation angle and a steering torque acquired from a torsion angle of a torsion bar twisting with an operation of the steering wheel, and to compensate for the torsion angle by adding the torsion angle as a compensation value to the steering angle. The electronic control unit is configured to change a value of the torsion angle that is added to the steering angle according to a degree of change of a state variable used to calculate the command value.

Abstract: A remote function selection device selects a remote function in an automated drive vehicle configured to execute automated drive and remote travel and provided with a plurality of remote functions. The remote function selection device is configured to determine whether executing the automated drive at a predetermined timing is impossible; determines the remote function that is executable at the predetermined timing when it is determined that executing the automated drive is impossible; predict an action of a target around the automated drive vehicle based on a detection result from an external sensor configured to detect the target; calculate an action prediction confidence degree for the predicted action of the target; and selects the remote function. The remote function selection device configured to select the remote function based on the calculated action prediction confidence degree when it is determined that a plurality of remote functions is executable.

Abstract: A vehicle control system controls a steer-by-wire type vehicle. The vehicle control system executes: reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force to a steering wheel; and driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle. The reaction force control includes road information transmission control that applies a steering reaction force component corresponding to an oscillation caused by road surface unevenness to the steering wheel. The vehicle control system deactivates the road information transmission control when a deactivation condition is satisfied. The deactivation condition is that the driving assist control is in operation and a steering parameter reflecting a driver's steering intention is less than a threshold. As another example, the deactivation condition is that the driving assist control that vibrates the steering wheel for notifying the driver of a possibility of a lane departure is in operation.

Abstract: In a steering control device configured to control a steering system where a steering torque required for steering a steering wheel is changed using a motor torque, a processing circuit includes a first calculation situation where a calculational hysteresis component for adding a first hysteresis characteristic to a torque component is calculated and a second calculation situation where the calculational hysteresis component for adding a second hysteresis characteristic to the torque component is calculated. In the second calculation situation after change from the first calculation situation, the processing circuit calculates a value corresponding to an origin in the second hysteresis characteristic at a time when the calculational hysteresis component enabling a value of the calculational hysteresis component at a timing of the change from the first calculation situation to be maintained is calculated, and calculates the calculational hysteresis component using the calculated value as the origin.

Abstract: An autonomous driving device includes a plurality of driving function ECUs having a function to drive a vehicle in place of an occupant, and a driving function switch ECU is configured to individually change operating states of the driving function ECUs according to a route to a destination and remaining power. The driving function ECUs include an autonomous driving ECU configured to autonomously drive the vehicle, and a remote control ECU configured to operate the vehicle according to remote control from outside.

Abstract: A vehicle is operated in accordance with a second operation amount corresponding to a first operation amount of a remote operation member by an operator. A first maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of the remote operation member. A second maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of an operation member of the vehicle. When the first maximum operation range is smaller than the second maximum operation range, a correspondence relationship between the first and second operation amounts is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes larger than the first operation amount. When the first maximum operation range is larger than the second maximum operation range, an operable range of the remote operation member is restricted or the correspondence relationship is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes smaller than the first operation amount.

Abstract: An autonomous driving device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a first ECU configured to autonomously drive the vehicle, and a second ECU configured to operate the vehicle under remote control from an outside. The first ECU is configured to keep an activated state while the second ECU is operating the vehicle. The second ECU is configured to keep a power saving state while the first ECU is autonomously driving the vehicle.

Abstract: A remote operating system is equipped with an automatically operated vehicle and a remote operating device. A first processor of the automatically operated vehicle calculates a target steering angle of a first steering unit on the vehicle side during the performance of automatic operation control. A first communication device transmits the target steering angle to the remote operating device. A second processor on the remote operating device side controls an electric motor in such a manner as to generate a driving torque for making a steering angle of a second steering unit coincident with the target steering angle, during the execution of a cooperative mode in which a turning actuator on the vehicle side is controlled through cooperation between remote operation control for controlling the turning actuator based on the steering angle of the second steering unit steered by an operator and the automatic operation control.

Abstract: A remote driving device configured to remotely operate a vehicle includes a remote operation device, a reaction force unit, a receiver, and a processor. The remote operation device is operated by an operator in order to remotely operate the vehicle. The reaction force unit is configured to generate an operation reaction force to be applied to the remote operation device. The receiver is configured to receive a parameter affecting vehicle characteristics of the vehicle from the vehicle. The processor is configured to control the reaction force unit so as to generate a magnitude of the operation reaction force according to the received parameter.

Abstract: In a steering system including a steering operation mechanism, a second actuator, a steering angle sensor, a steering torque sensor, and a steering operation control device and a control method for the steering system, only a drive assist target steered angle (first target steered angle) is reflected in a final target steered angle when a torque sensor value (actual steering torque) detected by the steering torque sensor is equal to or less than an intervention threshold. When the magnitude of the torque sensor value is more than the intervention threshold, the rate of reflection (distribution ratio) of a driver target steered angle (second target steered angle) in the final target steered angle is raised as the torque sensor value is increased, and the rate of reflection of the driver target steered angle in the final target steered angle is lowered as the magnitude of the torque sensor value is decreased.

Abstract: A package selection section selects a package for delivery based on package information obtained by a package information section, taking into consideration suitability (attributes) of a delivery driver based on driver information obtained by a driver information section. A route generation section then generates a delivery route for the delivery driver to deliver to a delivery destination.

Abstract: An autonomous delivery box includes a first memory, a first processor coupled to the first memory, and a delivery box configured to house a package. The autonomous delivery box is configured to travel autonomously between a dispatch base from which the package is dispatched and a handover location at which the package is handed over. The first processor is configured to authenticate opening permission for a door of the delivery box, and to control whether or not the autonomous delivery box is permitted to travel such that the autonomous delivery box is not permitted to travel in a case in which a travel-permitting condition of the autonomous delivery box has not been satisfied at the handover location.

Abstract: A distribution base mobility system that acquires position information of a distribution base vehicle, position information for a location where the distribution base vehicle is able to park to exchange distribution items between the distribution base vehicle and the moving bodies, and information relating to a distribution request from a user, creates a transit plan including a transit destination and a transit timing of the distribution base vehicle, based on the acquired information, so as to reduce overall loss in a case in which the plurality of moving bodies move to an exchange location for distribution item exchange with the distribution base vehicle in order to pick up distribution items; and notifies the distribution base vehicle of the created transit plan, and notify the moving bodies of position information of the distribution base vehicle based on the acquired information.