Abstract: In a road information distribution system, a cloud server detects to road location where an abnormality is occurring based on vehicle location information of a plurality of vehicles or vehicle controlling amount of a plurality of vehicles, and transmits an abnormal road location to a vehicle before identifying a cause of the abnormality. The road information distribution system then notifies the abnormal road location to a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle approaches a predetermined distance from the abnormal road location.

Abstract: A protection device for an electric power steering (EPS) system may include a first comparator for comparing a high voltage potential of a power supply of an electric power steering system with a threshold high voltage, a second comparator for comparing the high voltage potential of the power supply with a threshold low voltage, an exclusive switching unit for outputting an enable signal or a disable signal according to whether a first comparison output signal of the first comparator and a second comparison output signal of the second comparator are the same, and a battery cutoff device for switching a voltage supply of the power supply to an electronic control unit of the electric power steering system according to the enable signal or the disable signal.

Abstract: A steer-by-wire control system adapted for use with a material handling vehicle such as a forklift includes a controller programmed to receive input indicative of a desired direction of travel of the material handling vehicle and to control an actuator coupled with the steered wheels of the material handling vehicle to change the direction of travel of the vehicle and synchronize the direction of travel with a position of a steering wheel of the material handling vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating certain spoofing of vehicle features are disclosed herein. An example method can include determining input torque values obtained from a steering torque sensor associated with a steering wheel of a vehicle, wherein the input torque values are obtained over a period of time, determining road disturbances using a road disturbance model, applying a driver model that is indicative of human driver hands-on-wheel behaviors, determining when input torque values are indicative of a spoof or human interaction with the steering wheel using the input torque values, the road disturbance model, and the driver model, and executing a remediating measure when the input torque values are indicative of the spoof.

Abstract: Provided are an automatic driving control method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a medium. The method includes: when a current braking trigger event is acquired, determining whether a target controlled vehicle is currently located in a braking monitoring period; and when the target controlled vehicle is currently located in any braking monitoring period, sending a braking control instruction corresponding to a next braking monitoring period to the target controlled vehicle according to ranking of the braking monitoring period in which the target controlled vehicle is currently located, and entering the next braking monitoring period, where vehicle control duration of the braking control instruction corresponding to the next braking monitoring period is longer.

Abstract: A vehicle row follow system may include a vehicle comprising at least one sensor to output signals serving as a basis for a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud and to output signals corresponding to a two-dimensional (2D) image of a region forward the vehicle. The system may further include a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions to direct a processor to: determine plan row lines in a 2D image; determine a yaw of the vehicle based upon a slope of a heading line relative to a centerline between the plant row lines in the 2D image; determine a lateral offset of the vehicle from the centerline between the consecutive plant rows based upon an identity of the consecutive plant rows in the 3D point cloud; and output steering control signals based upon the determined yaw and lateral offset of the vehicle.

Abstract: A variable compression ratio device is configured to be incorporated into an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes one or more cylinders housing pistons that are coupled to a crankshaft. The variable compression ratio device includes a rotation coupler assembly formed by gears that have internal and external teeth, the rotation coupler assembly being disposed at a distal end of the crankshaft to cause the crankshaft to rotate. Translation variations of the crankshaft are to be converted into rotation and transmitted to at least one of a toothed gear or a flange of a flywheel.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, the method and apparatus for controlling an electronic power steering system include estimating a vehicle's rack force value when the vehicle's cumulative driving distance is greater than or equal to a reference driving distance, comparing the estimated rack force value with learning data, increasing the number of friction detections when the estimated rack force value is greater than the learning data, and outputting an alarm when the number of friction detections is greater than or equal to a critical number, and it may be applied to other exemplary embodiments.

Abstract: An electronic control device for vehicle-mounted equipment according to the present invention includes: a first microcomputer that operates by receiving power supply through a first power source connector; a second microcomputer that operates by receiving power supply through a second power source connector; a first voltage monitoring line that connects an output end of the second power source connector and the first microcomputer; and a second voltage monitoring line that connects an output end of the first power source connector and the second microcomputer. With this configuration, both the first microcomputer and the second microcomputer can accurately determine the state of voltage supply to the other microcomputer.

Abstract: A method for estimating a lateral velocity of a vehicle includes receiving sensor data from a sensor of the vehicle, determining a physics-based longitudinal velocity estimation of the vehicle using a physics-based model and the sensor data, determining a data-driven longitudinal velocity estimation of the vehicle using a first neural network and the sensor data, determining, using a second neural network, which of the physics-based longitudinal velocity estimation and the data-driven longitudinal velocity estimation is more reliable to determine a selected longitudinal velocity estimation, determining the lateral velocity of the vehicle using the selected longitudinal velocity estimation, and controlling the vehicle based on the lateral velocity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle monitoring and control system and a method for controlling at least one function of a vehicle. For example, a Recreational Vehicle (RV) monitoring and control system and a method for controlling at least one function of a RV are proposed. The vehicle monitoring and control system comprises at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to receive sensor input data from at least two different types of sensor units. The at least one controller is configured to process the received sensor input data into a combined sensor input data and to compare the combined sensor input data against at least one threshold. Based on a result of the comparison, the at least one controller is configured to control at least one function of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes one or more processors that execute a braking delay process and a stopping control process. The braking delay process is related to contact avoidance in which a recognized road-side object is set to a target object, and is a process of performing a control of delaying intervention by braking in a case where the contact avoidance using steering is predicted to be possible, as compared with a case where the contact avoidance using the braking is performed. The stopping control process is a process of performing a control of preventing a vehicle from stopping within a section corresponding to a discontinuous portion in the road-side object in a case where the intervention by the braking is to be delayed, where the discontinuous portion is recognized in the road-side object, and where the vehicle is predicted to stop within the section.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear wheel steering apparatus and a control method thereof, which can detect stick-slip that may occur during the operation of a rear wheel steering (RWS) system, thereby controlling the performance of a motor in a variable manner, and can control the motor to operate in a limited operation mode only when the stick-slip has occurred during the operation of the RWS system, thereby reducing the noise generated by the stick-slip and the shock transmitted to a vehicle.

Abstract: The present document relates to a device and method for controlling a reaction torque of an SBW system, which may include a yaw rate estimator for estimating a yaw rate of a vehicle, a vehicle state determinator for comparing a detection result of a yaw rate detection sensor and a yaw rate estimate which is estimated by the yaw rate estimator to determine whether the vehicle is in an under-steer or over-steer state, and a target torque compensator for compensating for a target torque by using an index which is a determination result of the vehicle state determinator and outputting a final target torque.

Abstract: A steering system includes a steering operation shaft in which power transmission to and from a steering wheel is disabled and that steers a steered wheel of a vehicle, a steering operation motor that generates a steering operation force that is a torque applied to the steering operation shaft so as to steer the steered wheel, and a control device that controls the steering operation motor. When a rotation position of the steering wheel is different from a rotation position corresponding to a steered position of the steered wheel, the control device executes a process for correcting the steered position of the steered wheel to a position corresponding to the rotation position of the steering wheel through the steering operation motor.

Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a first CAN communication line provided between a steering input mechanism and a steering mechanism controller and configured to output a first steering operation amount signal output from a first steering operation amount signal output portion to the steering mechanism controller, and a communication line provided between the steering input mechanism and the steering mechanism controller and configured to output a second steering operation amount signal to the steering mechanism controller without intervention of a first microprocessor.

Abstract: Vehicle control using map-based braking includes receiving, while a driver is operating the vehicle to traverse a vehicle transportation network, vehicle operation information including at least a current speed of the vehicle, retrieving, from a planned path of an in-vehicle navigation system, an upcoming turn in a current road when the driver is using the in-vehicle navigation system, and retrieving from map data, the upcoming turn in the current road when the driver is not using tin-vehicle navigation system. Thereafter, it is determined whether, during the upcoming turn, wheels of the vehicle will maintain contact with a road surface at the current speed. A braking instruction is issued to a control system of the vehicle responsive to whether the wheels of the vehicle will maintain contact with the road surface at the current speed.

Abstract: A brake system for an air vehicle having more than one wheel is described. The system has at least one rotating structure provided on the aircraft o as to be concentric with the wheel and to perform rotational movement together with the wheel, a friction element, contacting and compressing the rotating structure so as to generate a brake force to slow down the air vehicle, at least one actuator triggered by an electric motor to actuate the friction element so that it moves closer to and/or away from the rotating structure, a control unit enabling to control the amount of current given to the electric motor, more than one brake level changing in dependence to the amount of current given to the electric motor and expressing the magnitude of brake force applied to the air vehicle, through which the rotating structure and friction element contact each other.

Abstract: A power system includes an intake arrangement and a compression ignition engine including piston-cylinder sets. Each piston-cylinder set includes: a cylinder; a piston positioned within the cylinder to form a combustion chamber in between; an intake valve configured to open and close the intake port; an exhaust valve configured to open and close the exhaust port; and a fuel injector. During an exhaust stroke, the exhaust valve is opened to enable exhaust gas to flow out; during an initial portion of an intake stroke, the intake valve is opened to enable the intake air to flow into the combustion chamber, and during a further portion of the intake stroke, the intake valve is closed and the exhaust valve is opened to enable a portion of the exhaust gas to flow back into the combustion chamber in order to create thermally stratified layers of intake gas and exhaust gas.

Abstract: The friction insert for oriented valve is intended for a valve-controlled ignition prechamber and includes an external valve body guide cylindrical bearing surface which is arranged at the periphery of a valve having a guide pin and which slides with a small clearance into a first valve body guide, the insert also including an external pin guide cylindrical bearing surface which is arranged at the external periphery of an orientation pin and which slides with a small clearance into a second orientation pin guide, the valve body guide and orientation pin guide being resistant to abrasive wear and being fixedly mounted in a non-magnetic prechamber tip in which they guide and orient the valve having a guide pin.