Abstract: This disclosure is directed to validating a calibration of and/or calibrating sensors using semantic segmentation information about an environment. For example, the semantic segmentation information can identify bounds of objects, such as invariant objects, in the environment. Techniques described herein may determine sensor data associated with the invariant objects and compare that data to a feature known from the invariant object. Misalignment of sensor data with the known feature can be indicative of a calibration error. In some implementations, the calibration error can be determined as a distance between the sensor data and a line or plane representing a portion of the invariant object.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing second order dynamics delays in a control subsystem (e.g. throttle, braking, or steering) in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) and increasing control system bandwidth by accounting for time-latency in a control subsystem actuation system. A control input is received from an ADV's autonomous driving system. The control input is translated into a control command of the control subsystem of the ADV. A reference actuation output and a predicted actuation output are generated corresponding to a by-wire (“real”) actuation action for the control subsystem. A control error is determined between the reference actuation action and the by-wire actuation action. A predicted control error is determined between the predicted actuation action and the between the by-wire actuation action. Adaptive gains are determined and applied to the by-wire actuation action to generate a second by-wire actuation action.

Abstract: A vehicle computer system (e.g., on-board vehicle computer system) obtains a fuel economy performance goal for a vehicle (e.g., an engine speed goal or a vehicle speed goal) that is based on a configuration of the vehicle; calculates a count of events in which a current value exceeds the goal; compares the count of events with a threshold count; and generates one or more notifications based at least in part on the comparison (e.g., for display on an operator interface). The vehicle computer system also calculates an engine speed and a vehicle speed score for a driver of the vehicle based at least in part on comparisons of current speeds with the speed goals. Scoring and other data may be displayed or stored for further processing.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; a controller programmed to execute a deceleration assistance control of assisting in decelerating a host vehicle when a predetermined condition is satisfied; a determinator configured to determine whether or not the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway on the basis of the recognized surrounding situation; and a restraining device configured to restrain execution of the deceleration assistance control by a controller if it is determined that the host vehicle is not traveling on a roadway, in comparison with a situation in which it is determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway.

Abstract: A method is intended to regulate the speed of an at least partially automated vehicle traveling on a first traffic lane adjacent to a second traffic lane. This method comprises a step (10-80) in which, if a radius of curvature of a future portion representative of a bend is detected, a phase of deceleration to a first deceleration speed adapted to the radius of curvature is imposed on the first vehicle unless it is in the course of overtaking a second vehicle traveling in the second traffic lane, since in that case a current speed of the second vehicle is determined and then, if the first deceleration speed is less than this current speed, the first deceleration speed is replaced with a second deceleration speed greater than this current speed.

Abstract: The invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of appropriately assisting with an operation by a driver while preventing a motorcycle from falling over. In the controller and the control method according to the invention, in a control mode to make the motorcycle perform an automatic cruise deceleration operation, automatic deceleration that is deceleration of the motorcycle generated by the automatic cruise deceleration operation is controlled in accordance with a change rate of a state amount that is related to posture of the motorcycle during turning travel.

Abstract: Among other things, a vehicle drives autonomously on a trajectory through a road network to a goal location based on an automatic process for planning the trajectory without human intervention; and an automatic process alters the planning of the trajectory to reach a target location based on a request received from an occupant of the vehicle to engage in a speed-reducing maneuver.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus for performing traveling control of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a peripheral status of the vehicle; a determination unit configured to determine, based on a detection result of the detection unit, whether a preceding vehicle exhibits a predetermined behavior in a vehicle width direction; and a control unit configured to perform steering control of the vehicle, wherein steering control modes of the vehicle include a first mode and a second mode, and wherein in a case where the determination unit determines that the preceding vehicle exhibits the predetermined behavior during the steering control of the vehicle in the first mode, the control unit changes from the first mode to the second mode and performs the steering control of the vehicle in the second mode.

Abstract: A driving force transmission device includes an input rotation member and output rotation member, a multiple-disc clutch, a pressing mechanism, and a control device that includes a current supply circuit. The control device is configured to compute a torque command value based on a state of a vehicle, the torque command value being a driving force that needs to be transmitted by the multiple-disc clutch, to compute a current command value, to correct the current command value, and to control the current supply circuit such that an electric current depending on the current command value is supplied to the pressing mechanism. The control device is configured to perform the correction so as to increase or decrease the current command value by a correction amount depending on a change rate of the torque command value.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. The system includes one or more sensors positioned on the vehicle and configured to sense an environment surrounding the vehicle, a collision mitigation subsystem configured to control a braking system of the vehicle, and an autonomous driving subsystem communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and the collision mitigation subsystem. The autonomous driving subsystem is configured to receive sensor information from the one or more sensors and generate, based on the sensor information, a model of the environment surrounding the vehicle. The autonomous driving subsystem is configured to determine, based on the model of the environment surrounding the vehicle, a plurality of possible trajectories for the vehicle and to select, from the plurality of possible trajectories, a travel path for the vehicle. The autonomous driving subsystem is configured to transmit the travel path to the collision mitigation subsystem.

Abstract: A method of curve speed adjustment for a road vehicle includes obtaining data on: current ego velocity; distance and curvature of an upcoming road segment, represented by a set of control points to be negotiated; road property of a road comprising the road segment; environmental properties; and driver properties. The obtained data is continuously streamed to a data processing arrangement arranged to perform a translation to target velocities for the respective control points and, for each respective control point, a translation from target velocity for that control point and distance to that control point and obtained current ego velocity, to a target acceleration to reach that control point at its target velocity. The resulting target accelerations are continuously streamed to a control unit of the road vehicle to adjust the road vehicle acceleration to reach each respective control point at its target velocity.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus can execute deceleration assistance of decelerating a host vehicle independently of an operation by a driver. The driving assistance apparatus is provided with: an acquirer configured to obtain surrounding information associated with a surrounding situation of the host vehicle; and a controller programmed to reduce a deceleration assistance amount associated with the deceleration assistance when execution of the deceleration assistance is released. The controller is programmed to quickly reduce the deceleration assistance amount when execution of the deceleration assistance is released, if a surrounding situation indicated by the obtained surrounding information is a first situation in which the host vehicle can be required to accelerate, in comparison with a second situation in which the host vehicle cannot be required to accelerate.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for protecting an exhaust catalyst from degradation during a DFSO event. Exit from DFSO due to pedal input received from an operator with a jittery foot is averted by filtering the pedal input differently when operating in a DFSO mode as compared to when operating out of the DFSO mode. Exit from DFSO is confirmed after receiving a higher than threshold pedal position input for a sustained period of time, or when an integrated fuel injection amount exceeds a threshold amount.

Abstract: A cruise operation fuel efficiency improvement control method, the method may include detecting, by an engine control unit, a cruise Resume request during a coasting running state of a vehicle; controlling a NCC Cruise Control which performs a cruise torque control of the vehicle after performing a control of an Electronic Stability Control (ESC) which sets a vehicle speed to a cruise target speed followed by a control of a transmission control unit, when the coasting running is recognized as a Neutral Control Coasting (NCC); and controlling a SSC Cruise Control which performs the cruise torque control of the vehicle after performing the control of the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) which sets the vehicle speed to the cruise target speed followed by the control of the transmission control unit in a driving state of an engine, when the coasting running is recognized as a Start Stop Control (SSC).

Abstract: A vehicular battery control device controls an electric storage amount of a battery as which a lithium-ion battery is employed. The vehicular battery control device includes a control unit that reduces the electric storage amount of the battery until the electric storage amount of the battery assumes a second state, before the lapse of a first time, when the electric storage amount of the battery assumes a first state and it is predicted that a charge current will flow in the first time. The first state is a state where lithium metal is precipitated by charging the battery with a predetermined amount of electric power, and the second state is a state where no lithium metal is precipitated even when the charge current flows through the battery.

Abstract: Techniques are discussed for controlling a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, based on occluded areas in an environment. An occluded area can represent areas where sensors of the vehicle are unable to sense portions of the environment due to obstruction by another object. An occlusion grid representing the occluded area can be stored as map data or can be dynamically generated. An occlusion grid can include occlusion fields, which represent discrete two- or three-dimensional areas of driveable environment. An occlusion field can indicate an occlusion state and an occupancy state, determined using LIDAR data and/or image data captured by the vehicle. An occupancy state of an occlusion field can be determined by ray casting LIDAR data or by projecting an occlusion field into segmented image data. The vehicle can be controlled to traverse the environment when a sufficient portion of the occlusion grid is visible and unoccupied.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle based on a driver-centric model is presented. The method includes generating a trajectory for the vehicle and receiving an input from a driver. The method also includes generating a velocity profile and an acceleration profile based on a combination of the trajectory and the input. The method further includes controlling the vehicle based on the velocity profile and the acceleration profile.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle for anti-rollover through active control of an engine and an anti-rollover control method for the same, may include detecting a roll angle of the vehicle, and when the detected roll angle is equal to or greater than a threshold roll angle, accelerating or decelerating, by a controller, the engine in a state in which the engine clutch is released depending on a direction of the roll angle.

Abstract: A method for carrying out an on-board diagnostic function of a vehicle includes activating an on-board diagnostic function of the vehicle and subjecting a predefined gas pedal value of the vehicle to low-pass filtering in order to obtain a smoothed gas pedal value.

Abstract: A driving support apparatus is provided with: a recognizer configured to recognize a light of a traffic light that exists ahead of a host vehicle; and a controller configured to perform a deceleration support control if the host vehicle needs to be decelerated on the basis of the recognized light. The controller is configured to suppress a degree of the deceleration support control if the host vehicle needs to be decelerated on the basis of the recognized light and if the recognized light includes a light indicating permission to travel in a particular direction, in comparison with when the recognized light does not include the light indicating the permission to travel in the particular direction.

Abstract: Provided are a speed planning method and apparatus for self-driving, a device and a medium, relating to artificial intelligence technologies such as self-driving and deep learning. The solution includes acquiring the current state of a vehicle and interpolating actions based on the current state and a predetermined state table to obtain the target action of the current state. The current state includes at least the remaining running distance and the current speed. The state table is determined based on a reinforcement learning method and includes multiple states and an action performed in each state. The action performed in each state includes at least acceleration.

Abstract: A VR system for vehicles that may implement methods that address problems with vehicles in motion that may result in motion sickness for passengers. The VR system may provide virtual views that match visual cues with the physical motions that a passenger experiences. The VR system may provide immersive VR experiences by replacing the view of the real world with virtual environments. Active vehicle systems and/or vehicle control systems may be integrated with the VR system to provide physical effects with the virtual experiences. The virtual environments may be altered to accommodate a passenger upon determining that the passenger is prone to or is exhibiting signs of motion sickness.

Abstract: A torque monitoring device monitors the occurrence of an abnormal torque state causing an estimated torque as an estimated value for an actual torque of an internal combustion engine to differ from an engine-requested torque required of the internal combustion engine and includes: a discrete value setup unit configured to increase a discrete value correspondingly to increase in a difference quantity between the estimated torque and the engine-requested torque; an accumulation unit configured calculate an accumulation value of the discrete value; and a determination unit configured to determine that the abnormal torque state occurs when the accumulation value becomes larger than or equal to a predetermined abnormality determination threshold value.

Abstract: A controller and a control method capable of appropriately assisting with a rider's operation while suppressing falling of a motorcycle, departure of the motorcycle from a lane, a difficulty of the motorcycle in adaptive cruise, and the like is disclosed. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, in a control mode to make the motorcycle perform autonomous cruise acceleration operation, automatic acceleration that is acceleration generated to the motorcycle by the autonomous cruise acceleration operation is controlled in accordance with a lean angle of the motorcycle.

Abstract: A loading amount accumulation device includes a loading amount storage section 403 storing a loading amount, a loading amount calculation section 402 accumulating load weight data about a transport object in a working front to the loading amount, and updating the loading amount by the value after being accumulated, a difference calculation section 404 calculating a difference between a loaded amount of a vessel and the loading amount, an accumulation success/failure determination section 405 comparing an absolute value of the difference and a value Dth, determining that accumulation has failed when the absolute value is larger than the value Dth, and outputting a result, a loading amount correction section 406, when the failure is output as the result, performing correction so as to set the loaded amount data as the loading amount, and updating the loading amount by the corrected loading amount, and an output section outputting the loading amount.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of determining a current location speed-limit in a road-vehicle (1) speed-limit information system (2). One or more signals (3, 4) corresponding to respective candidate speed-limits for the current location are received. A parametrized heuristic algorithm with an associated cost function is applied (7) to decide which candidate speed-limit (3, 4), if any, that is applicable. If available for the current location, a cloud service (8) supplied estimated true speed-limit (9) and an associated confidence in this estimate is received. An online learning or a reinforcement learning method is used to, based on the cloud service (8) supplied estimated true speed-limit (9) and the associated confidence in that estimate, constantly fit (10) the heuristic's parametrization to, with a high confidence, reproduce the cloud service (8) supplied estimated true speed-limit (9). A speed-limit information signal (11) corresponding to the decision of the parametrized heuristic algorithm is output.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device for a vehicle and an operation method thereof. The electronic device, which performs transmission and reception of information with other vehicles through direction communication, includes an interface unit, and a processor for acquiring traveling environment information on a travel road through the interface unit, determining a first distance, which is an estimated arrival distance of a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication signal, based on the traveling environment information, calculating a first time, which is a time to prepare for danger defined by the first distance versus a speed of the vehicle, and generating a signal to control the speed of the vehicle, for secure of the time to prepare for danger. Data produced in the vehicle electronic device can be transmitted to an external device through a 5G communication system.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle having a step-variable transmission. The control apparatus includes: a shift control portion to temporarily increase an input torque of the step-variable transmission beyond a required value, the shift control portion commanding an engaging-side coupling device which is the coupling device placed in a released state, to be brought into an engaged state, when the input speed has been raised to a predetermined value; and a torque increasing amount setting portion to set an amount of increase of the input torque of the step-variable transmission beyond the required value, such that the amount of increase is smaller when a rate of change of a running speed of the vehicle is relatively low than when the rate of change is relatively high, the rate of change of the running speed having a negative value in a decelerating state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A prediction device including: a recognizer recognizing a road structure and another vehicle in the vicinity of a subject vehicle; and a predictor predicting a running locus of the other vehicle recognized by the recognizer in the future on the basis of the road structure recognized by the recognizer in a predetermined situation, wherein, in the predetermined situation, in a case in which at least a part of the road structure used for predicting the running locus of the other vehicle in the future is not recognizable for the recognizer, the predictor predicts the running locus of the other vehicle in the future on the basis of a running locus of the other vehicle in the past acquired on the basis of a result of recognition in the past that is acquired by the recognizer.

Abstract: A smart governor system that intercepts and adjusts throttle commands when certain criteria are met based on vehicle operations and a user-selected transmission mode. The governor, when engaged, reduces a throttle command in order limit engine and/or ground speed.

Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for determining data representative of the layout of a road in a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, the coordinate system being associated with a vehicle travelling along the road. To this end, a first set of first points in the Cartesian coordinate system is determined on the basis of data representative of at least one image of the road environment in front of the vehicle. A second set of second points is determined in the Cartesian coordinate system on the basis of mapping data of the road environment of the vehicle. The data representative of the road layout are obtained on the basis of a part of the first points and a part of the second points.

Abstract: A travel track creation device (2) includes a travel track creator (42) that creates a travel track including an inlet straight track, an inlet clothoid track formed by connecting a first group of clothoid curves, an arc track, an outlet clothoid track formed by connecting a second group of clothoid curves, and an outlet straight track, wherein the travel track creator (42) includes an arc creator (42a) that creates the arc track which is located further on a side opposite to the center side of the arc portion than a passing target point and a radius of which is as large as possible, the passing target point being separated from an inner edge of the arc portion by a predetermined distance toward the side opposite to the center side of the arc portion, and a clothoid creator (42b) that creates the inlet clothoid track in which a radius of a last tangential arc corresponds to a radius of the arc track and a start point of which is in contact with the inlet straight track and in which a direction angle of the st

Abstract: A method is intended to regulate the speed of an at least partially self-driving vehicle, knowing the radius of curvature of a future position it is preparing to take on a course along which it is travelling. This method comprises a step (10-90) in which the speed is regulated as a function of a speed set point and, if a radius of curvature of the future position which is representative of a curve is detected, a phase of deceleration down to a chosen speed followed by a phase of acceleration until the speed setpoint is obtained are imposed on the vehicle. In this step (10-90), when the driver imposes acceleration on his vehicle during the deceleration phase, this deceleration phase is halted and then another phase of acceleration until the speed set point is obtained is imposed on the vehicle.

Abstract: Remotely controlling use of an on demand electric vehicle is disclosed. In various embodiments, data associated with a vehicle is received via a communication interface. A determination is made based at least in part on the receive data that a condition associated with control of the vehicle is satisfied. In response to the determination, a communication to control the vehicle remotely in a manner associated with the condition is generated and sent to the vehicle. The vehicle includes a control module configured to control a controlled component comprising the vehicle in a manner indicated by the control communication.

Abstract: Among other things, a vehicle drives autonomously on a trajectory through a road network to a goal location based on an automatic process for planning the trajectory without human intervention; and an automatic process alters the planning of the trajectory to reach a target location based on a request received from an occupant of the vehicle to engage in a speed-reducing maneuver.

Abstract: An automotive adaptive cruise control system for a host motor vehicle configured to operate in at least two different operating modes comprising a first operating mode, in which a current speed of the host vehicle is controlled to maintain a cruise speed, and a second operating mode, in which the current speed of the host vehicle is controlled to maintain a cruise distance to a leading vehicle, wherein the system is configured to: detect approaching to a traffic light and determine a light signal emitted thereby, signal to the driver the presence of the detected traffic light and the determined light signal, if the traffic light emits a red or amber light signal, estimating a driver reaction time, determining a higher threshold distance and a lower threshold distance from the traffic light, and warning the driver of the host vehicle of the need to slow it down if, after the driver reaction time has elapsed: i) the host motor vehicle has not decreased its speed by more than a calibratable threshold, ii) the

Abstract: A first driving solution for a vehicle along a portion of a route is determined based on an agent detected in the vehicle's environment following a first trajectory of a plurality of possible trajectories. A switching time is determined for the vehicle to deviate from the first driving solution for a situation in which the agent is following a second trajectory of the plurality of possible trajectories. The first driving solution is revised such that the vehicle will be able to switch from the revised first driving solution to another driving solution at the switching time in case if the detected agent is following the second trajectory.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus performs a stop control of stopping a host vehicle so that a following distance between the host vehicle and a stopped vehicle, which is ahead in a course of the host vehicle, approaches a target following distance. The driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a setting device configured to set the target following distance smaller, if an operation speed is less than a predetermined speed, in comparison with that if the operation speed is greater than the predetermined speed when one of an acceleration off operation and a brake off operation is performed, or when one of an accelerator opening degree corresponding to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal and a brake opening degree corresponding to an operation amount of a brake pedal is less than or equal to a predetermined opening degree, while the stopped vehicle is recognized.

Abstract: An automatic deceleration control device includes an electronic control unit including a central processing unit, the electronic control unit configured to: acquire road-type information that is information about a type of a road on which a vehicle is traveling; set a maximum deceleration based on the road-type information; and output a signal to decelerate the vehicle at a first deceleration that is equal to or lower than the maximum deceleration, when an actual vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a target vehicle speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes various sensors. The system can include, among others, LIDAR, RADAR, SONAR, cameras, microphones, GPS, and infrared systems for monitoring and detecting environmental conditions. In some implementations, one or more of these sensors may become miscalibrated. Using data collected by the sensors, the system can detect a miscalibrated sensor and generate an indication that one or more sensors have become miscalibrated. For example, data captured by a sensor can be processed to determine an average height represented by the sensor data and compared to an average height of data captured by other sensors. Based on a difference in heights, an indication can be generated identifying a miscalibrated sensor.

Abstract: A speed planning device is disclosed. The speed planning device may perform a method including obtaining elevation information associated with a route for a vehicle; identifying a section of the route based on the elevation information, wherein the section is associated with a change in elevation; determining subsections of the section; determining respective slopes of the subsections and respective lengths of the subsections; obtaining information identifying a mass associated with the vehicle; generating a speed plan for the vehicle to traverse the section, wherein the speed plan indicates one or more speeds at which the vehicle is to correspondingly traverse the subsections based on the respective slopes of the subsections, the respective lengths of the subsections, and the mass associated with the vehicle; and providing the speed plan to permit the vehicle to be controlled to traverse the section according to the one or more speeds of the speed plan.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna unit for an antenna array allows shifting the phase of a radiated or received signal without the need for a phase shifter, and includes an antenna element, switching devices, and signal couplers. The antenna element includes at least one section and signal ports each electrically isolated from each other and from each of the at least one section. The switching devices are each configured to couple a respective one of the signal ports to one of the at least one section in response to a respective control signal, and the signal couplers are each configured to couple a respective one of the signal ports to a respective location of a respective transmission medium.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, determining multiple data packets for transmission. The method includes generating a log that includes a sequence identifier associated with each data packet. The method includes transmitting the data packets via a first radar antenna coupled with a vehicle and associated with the computing system. The method includes receiving an acknowledgement from a second radar antenna that identifies at least one sequence identifier associated with at least one of the data packets. The method includes identifying one or more data packets that were not received by the second radar antenna by comparing the at least one sequence identifier in the acknowledgment and the sequence identifier associated with each data packet in the log. The method includes retransmitting the one or more identified data packets that were not received by the second radar antenna via the first radar antenna.

Abstract: A method for operating a biomedical laser. The method includes providing the biomedical laser having a first range of operational parameters; providing a second range of operational parameters for the biomedical laser; activating the biomedical laser to operate within the second range of operational parameters; identifying a need for a change in operational parameters of the biomedical laser; and triggering an action based on the identified need. The action includes providing a third range of operational parameters for the biomedical laser and activating the biomedical laser to operate within the third range of operational parameters; and de-activating a range of operational parameters. The second and third range of operational parameters is within the first range of operational parameters.

Abstract: A control method for a Start Stop Coasting (SSC) function and an Stop and Go (ISG) function of a manual transmission vehicle includes: determining, by a controller, whether an SSC activation condition is satisfied based on vehicle running state information; stopping, by the controller, an engine and disengaging a clutch to activate the SSC function when the controller determines that the SSC activation condition is satisfied; determining, by the controller, whether a first ISG operation is satisfied based on the vehicle running state information in the state that the SSC function is activated; and deactivating, by the controller, the SSC function and activating the ISG function when the controller determines that the first ISG operation condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control device controls travel of a vehicle toward a target stop position. Travel state information indicates a travel state of the vehicle and includes vehicle position information indicating positions the vehicle and each wheel. Difference-in-level position information indicates a position of a difference-in-level on a travel path. The vehicle travel control device determines whether the vehicle goes beyond the target stop position when a subject wheel of the vehicle passes the difference-in-level, based on the difference-in-level position information and the vehicle position information. When determining that the vehicle goes beyond the target stop position, the vehicle travel control device changes the target stop position so as to prevent the subject wheel from passing the difference-in-level, or generates a braking force to stop the vehicle before the subject wheel passes the difference-in-level.

Abstract: A device, system and method for controlling speed of a vehicle are provided. The device includes a locational information module for determining location information and speed; a storage module for storing at least one geographic map including at least one route and a speed limit for the at least one route; a processing module configured to receive the location information, retrieve at least one geographic map based on the location information, determine a speed limit based on the location information and compare the speed of the device to the determined speed limit; and a display module for alerting a user if the speed of the device exceeds the determined speed limit. The system and method can be for communicating a subject vehicle's speed to a central server where it can be utilized to analyze traffic congestion patterns or notify selected companies or individuals.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus capable of executing control to cause a vehicle to automatically follow a preceding vehicle, includes a determination unit configured to determine, based on internal information of the vehicle, whether to request an increase of a cruising speed of the preceding vehicle during automatic following to the preceding vehicle, and a request transmission unit configured to transmit an increase request for requesting to increase the cruising speed of the preceding vehicle in a case in which the determination unit determines to request the increase of the cruising speed.