Abstract: A traffic control system includes a vehicle control system and a management and control system. The vehicle control system transmits, from a probe information transmitter, traveling information of a specific section in which an own vehicle has traveled deviating from a target route or target speed of the own vehicle, as probe information. The management and control system collects the probe information of a plurality of vehicles and extracts highly reliable information by a probe information collector, and calculates and transmits recommended traveling information for passing through the specific section by a recommended traveling information calculator. The vehicle control system performs traveling control for passing through the specific section based on the recommended traveling information for the specific section received from the management and control system and recognition information of a traveling environment for the specific section in a specific section traveling controller.

Abstract: A traveling control system includes a traveling controller, an operation detector, and an alarm controller. The traveling controller is configured to perform traveling control of a vehicle by selectively executing one mode of: a manual driving mode performing any of steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle in accordance with operation performed by a driver of the vehicle; the first driving assist mode performing automatic traveling control while requiring the driver to hold the steering wheel; and the second driving assist mode performing the automatic traveling control without requiring the driver to hold the steering wheel. The automatic traveling control includes control of any of the steering, the acceleration, and the deceleration of the vehicle. The operation detector is configured to detect the operation performed by the driver. The alarm controller is configured to control a notification unit of the vehicle, to output any of visual and auditory information.

Abstract: A traveling control system for vehicle includes a map database, a detector, a traffic signal searching unit, and a speed adjusting unit. The map database is configured to store map data including information regarding one or more traffic signals on a road. The detector is configured to detect a signal state of any, of the one or more traffic signals, ahead of the own vehicle. The traffic signal searching unit is configured to search, from the map database, for a nearest traffic signal ahead of and nearest to the own vehicle. The speed adjusting unit is configured to perform, when the signal state of the nearest traffic signal is undetectable, adjustment of a passing speed at which the own vehicle passes around the nearest traffic signal, to perform a passing speed decreasing operation including decreasing of the passing speed of the own vehicle, stopping of the own vehicle, or both.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle drive system capable of suppressing a feeling of acceleration drop and free running, thereby improving vehicle riding comfort. The vehicle drive system includes: an internal combustion engine for driving a primary drive wheel; a stepped variable transmission; an assist motor for driving a secondary drive wheel; and a motor control device for controlling the assist motor, wherein the stepped variable transmission is a seamless-shift transmission configured such that a drive force to be transmitted therethrough is interrupted during shifting down, but not substantially interrupted during shifting up, and the motor control device is operable, during the shifting down by the stepped variable transmission, to cause the assist motor to generate a drive force to compensate for the interruption of the drive force.

Abstract: A drive assist apparatus, for vehicle, includes a position detector, a storage, a display, an operation unit, and a controller. The position detector acquires own vehicle position information on the basis of a position signal received from positioning satellites. The storage stores road map information. The display displays a symbol representing the own vehicle at a position indicated by the own vehicle position information acquired by the position detector, and displays the road map information around the own vehicle information acquired by the position detector. The operation unit receives a relative moving operation. The relative moving operation allows the symbol representing the own vehicle and the road map information both displayed on the display to move relative to each other in a vehicle width direction. The controller corrects the own vehicle position information in accordance with the relative moving operation received by the operation unit.

Abstract: A travel control system for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed calculator, a mode continuation determiner, and a mode continuing unit. The vehicle speed calculator evaluates a level of worsening of a traveling environment and calculates a first vehicle speed on the basis of the level of the worsening of the traveling environment. The mode continuation determiner determines whether it is possible to continue with driving assist control in the second driving assist mode by comparing a second vehicle speed in the second driving assist mode with the first vehicle speed. When it is not possible to continue with the driving assist control in the second driving assist mode, the mode continuing unit lowers the second vehicle speed in the second driving assist mode to the first vehicle speed to allow the driving assist control in the second driving assist mode to continue.

Abstract: A traveling controller for vehicle includes a first computing unit, a traveling control unit, a first calculating unit, a second calculating unit, and a second computing unit. The first computing unit is configured to compute control information on a traveling control of an own vehicle. The traveling control unit is configured to perform the traveling control on the basis of the control information. The first calculating unit is configured to calculate estimated positions. The second calculating unit is configured to calculate estimated position reliability on the basis of pieces of positional information, including information on one or more estimated positions. The second computing unit is configured to compute the control information on the basis of one or more estimated positions when positioning information, lane line information, or both is undetectable.

Abstract: A vehicle drive-assist apparatus includes: a first front-environment recognizer recognizing, with a vehicle-mounted autonomous sensor, a front environment; a second front-environment recognizer recognizing the front environment on the basis of information received from an external device via external communication; a first brake controller determining, when a preceding vehicle is recognized by the first front-environment recognizer, a target position on the basis of the preceding vehicle, and executing a first brake control based on the target position; and a second brake controller determining, when the preceding vehicle is recognized only by the second front-environment recognizer, the target position on the basis of the preceding vehicle, and determining a corrected target position by correcting the target position, and executing a second brake control based on the corrected target position in advance of the first brake control.

Abstract: A traveling control system includes a traveling controller, an operation detector, and an alarm controller. The traveling controller is configured to perform traveling control of a vehicle by selectively executing one mode of: a manual driving mode performing any of steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle in accordance with operation performed by a driver of the vehicle; the first driving assist mode performing automatic traveling control while requiring the driver to hold the steering wheel; and the second driving assist mode performing the automatic traveling control without requiring the driver to hold the steering wheel. The automatic traveling control includes control of any of the steering, the acceleration, and the deceleration of the vehicle. The operation detector is configured to detect the operation performed by the driver. The alarm controller is configured to control a notification unit of the vehicle, to output any of visual and auditory information.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control apparatus for controlling following travel in which a host vehicle travels to follow a preceding vehicle traveling ahead, includes: a preceding vehicle biased travel determination unit calculating a lateral position inside a lane of the preceding vehicle, and determining whether the preceding vehicle biasedly travels while deviating from a setting range at a lane center; and a control target point setting unit setting, as a control target point of the following travel, a setting position in a vehicle width direction of the preceding vehicle in a case where it is determined that the preceding vehicle does not biasedly travel, and a position shifted as much as a predetermined shift amount from the setting position in a direction opposite to a direction in which the preceding vehicle deviates from the setting range in a case where it is determined that the preceding vehicle biasedly travels.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a frontward environment recognition unit that obtains frontward environment information by recognizing a frontward environment of the vehicle; a frontward environment information reliability calculator that calculates a reliability of the frontward environment information; a map information storage unit that stores map information relating to a travel region of the vehicle on the basis of position information indicating a position of the vehicle; a map information updating unit that updates the map information while calculating a reliability of the map information; a control information selector that compares the reliability of the frontward environment information with update information relating to the map information, and selects either one of the frontward environment information and the map information as information to be used during automatic driving control; and an automatic driving control execution unit that executes the automatic driving control ba

Abstract: A driving assist apparatus includes a driving mode setting calculator and a steering wheel holding detector. The driving mode setting calculator is configured to control a transition between driving modes including a manual driving mode, a first driving assist mode, and a second driving assist mode, in accordance with a driving condition. The steering wheel holding detector is configured to detect whether the driver holds the steering wheel or releases the steering wheel. The driving mode setting calculator causes the driving modes to make the transition from the first driving assist mode to the second driving assist mode, on a condition that the first driving assist mode is set as the driving modes and the steering wheel holding detector detects that the driver releases, from a state in which the driver holds the steering wheel, the steering wheel.

Abstract: A drive assist apparatus, for vehicle, includes a position detector, a storage, a display, an operation unit, and a controller. The position detector acquires own vehicle position information on the basis of a position signal received from positioning satellites. The storage stores road map information. The display displays a symbol representing the own vehicle at a position indicated by the own vehicle position information acquired by the position detector, and displays the road map information around the own vehicle information acquired by the position detector. The operation unit receives a relative moving operation. The relative moving operation allows the symbol representing the own vehicle and the road map information both displayed on the display to move relative to each other in a vehicle width direction. The controller corrects the own vehicle position information in accordance with the relative moving operation received by the operation unit.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a detector, and a controller. The obtaining unit obtains traveling environment information. The traveling environment information includes at least lane line information of a lane along which an own vehicle travels and preceding vehicle information. The detector detects traveling information of the own vehicle. The controller performs a steering control on a basis of the traveling environment information and the traveling information. When the obtaining unit obtains only the lane line information and when the obtaining unit obtains both the lane line information and the preceding vehicle information, the controller performs the steering control on a basis of the lane line information.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control device includes a preceding vehicle offset calculation unit and a control target point setting unit. The preceding vehicle offset calculation unit calculates a lateral offset amount of a center position of a preceding vehicle with respect to a center position of a travel lane, in a first state where a host vehicle recognizes the travel lane. The control target point setting unit sets the center position of the travel lane as a control target point of travel control to follow the travel lane, when the host vehicle is in the first state, and that sets a position shifted as much as the offset amount from the center position of the preceding vehicle as a control target point of travel control to follow the preceding vehicle, when the host vehicle shifts from the first state to a second state where the host vehicle does not recognize the travel lane.

Abstract: A traveling control system for vehicle includes a map database, a detector, a traffic signal searching unit, and a speed adjusting unit. The map database is configured to store map data including information regarding one or more traffic signals on a road. The detector is configured to detect a signal state of any, of the one or more traffic signals, ahead of the own vehicle. The traffic signal searching unit is configured to search, from the map database, for a nearest traffic signal ahead of and nearest to the own vehicle. The speed adjusting unit is configured to perform, when the signal state of the nearest traffic signal is undetectable, adjustment of a passing speed at which the own vehicle passes around the nearest traffic signal, to perform a passing speed decreasing operation including decreasing of the passing speed of the own vehicle, stopping of the own vehicle, or both.

Abstract: A traveling controller for vehicle includes a first computing unit, a traveling control unit, a first calculating unit, a second calculating unit, and a second computing unit. The first computing unit is configured to compute control information on a traveling control of an own vehicle. The traveling control unit is configured to perform the traveling control on the basis of the control information. The first calculating unit is configured to calculate estimated positions. The second calculating unit is configured to calculate estimated position reliability on the basis of pieces of positional information, including information on one or more estimated positions. The second computing unit is configured to compute the control information on the basis of one or more estimated positions when positioning information, lane line information, or both is undetectable.

Abstract: A traveling controller for vehicle includes a first computing unit, a traveling control unit, a first calculating unit, a second calculating unit, and a second computing unit. The first calculating unit is configured to calculate estimated positions. The second calculating unit is configured to calculate estimated position reliability on the basis of pieces of positional information, including information on one or more estimated positions. The second computing unit is configured to compute control information on the basis of one or more estimated positions when lane line information is unobtainable.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes a calculator, a first controller, a second controller, a switcher, and a third controller. The calculator is configured to calculate a target steering angle, on a basis of a shape of a target course. The first controller is configured to perform a first steering control. The second controller is configured to perform a second steering control. The switcher is configured to switch, on a basis of the shape of the target course, between the first steering control and the second steering control. The third controller is configured to calculate, on a basis of a feedback control amount, a yaw moment to be added to an own vehicle, and control, on a basis of the calculated yaw moment, a distribution of braking/driving force to be distributed to wheels of the own vehicle. The feedback control amount causes the own vehicle to travel while allowing a displacement amount of the own vehicle relative to the target course to be reduced.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus for a vehicle detects a vehicle to be passed that is a target of passing and is in front of the vehicle equipped with the apparatus in the traveling lane thereof, detects a parallel traveling vehicle that is traveling in a lane that is adjacent to a lane to which the vehicle performs lane changing to pass the vehicle to be passed and is located on the opposite side of the lane which the vehicle to be passed is traveling, monitors the vehicle to be passed and the parallel traveling vehicle, and variably controls a passing maneuver with respect to the vehicle to be passed on the basis of a monitoring result.