Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique that enables a driver to approve transmission of vehicle data to a data center. The information system includes a first device (101-a) mounted in a vehicle, a second device (102-a) operated by a driver, and a third device (103). The first device classifies the vehicle data into the first data and the second data according to preset classification conditions. The first data is data for which an approval operation by the driver is requested. The second data is data for which the approval operation by the driver is not requested. The first device transmits the first data to the second device and transmits the second data to the third device. The second device receives the first data from the first device, and transmits the first data to the third device in response to the approval operation by the driver.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus which allows a vehicle to safely negotiate a bump smoothly without feeling unusual to the driver of the vehicle. This vehicle control apparatus is characterized by comprising: a strain sensor output value acquisition unit that acquires the output value of a strain sensor (113) mounted to a drive shaft (115) for driving wheels (116); and a vehicle behavior detection unit that detects when the wheels (116) start moving on the basis of when the output value of the strain sensor decreases from the value when the wheels (116) are in the stopped state.

Abstract: Example implementations as described herein are directed to the use and detection of asymmetrical markers in conjunction with an autonomous mode for a human operated vehicle system. In example implementations, the vehicle system adjusts at least one of a position, orientation and speed based on the detection of asymmetrical markers, which can be utilized for vehicle navigation as well as autonomous valet parking.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a parking assist device for a vehicle such that the vehicle can be parked without decreasing or excessively increasing the speed or causing the vehicle to stop during assisted parking, the speed of the host vehicle is kept constant even immediately after an obstacle or a bump is cleared, and the vehicle is prevented from colliding with any other parked vehicle. The device calculates a speed command value and/or an engine torque command value in consideration of the acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle and controls the speed of the vehicle on the basis of the calculated speed command value and/or the engine torque command value, said acceleration/deceleration being predicted in advance on the basis of the height and distance of an obstacle and/or a bump that is present in a parking path, the gradient of the road surface, and the steering angle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus which allows a vehicle to safely negotiate a bump smoothly without feeling unusual to the driver of the vehicle. This vehicle control apparatus is characterized by comprising: a strain sensor output value acquisition unit that acquires the output value of a strain sensor (113) mounted to a drive shaft (115) for driving wheels (116); and a vehicle behavior detection unit that detects when the wheels (116) start moving on the basis of when the output value of the strain sensor decreases from the value when the wheels (116) are in the stopped state.

Abstract: The present invention provides technology for achieving both high responsiveness to an interrupt process and non-interference between control software. This vehicle control device comprises a storage device that stores various programs for controlling a vehicle, and a plurality of computation devices that include a first computation device and a second computation device, and that read a program from the storage device and execute the same. In addition, the storage device includes a first type of computation processing program executed not by time division and a second type of computation processing program executed by time division. The first computation device is configured to execute the first type of computation processing program, and the second computation device is configured to execute the second type of computation processing program.

Abstract: In order to address the problem of providing a high-safety vehicle control system and action plan system, the present invention provides a vehicle control system comprising a trajectory generation determination unit (603) having an emergency trajectory generating unit (6032) for calculating an emergency trajectory while driving is being switched from a system to a driver at the time of a fault, and a motion control unit (604) having a trajectory retaining unit (6042) for retaining the emergency trajectory and a trajectory switching unit (6041) for switching whether to travel in the emergency trajectory retained by the trajectory retaining unit on the basis of a fault state detected by a malfunction detection unit.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve fuel efficiency during coasting by calculating, with high accuracy, travel resistance during coasting. This vehicle control device comprises: a first travel resistance acquisition unit that acquires a first travel resistance, which is determined on the basis of road information or external information; and a second travel resistance acquisition unit that acquires a second travel resistance, which is determined on the basis of the result of actual traveling of the vehicle. This vehicle control device determines the content of coasting travel control during traveling of the vehicle on the basis of the result of a comparison of the first travel resistance and the second travel resistance in a predetermined zone where the vehicle has actually traveled.

Abstract: Vehicle systems that implement action planning for a vehicle have had difficulty in maintaining safety in the event of a failure in a recognition device since these systems generate trajectories and control the vehicle on the basis of outside-world information recognized by recognition devices. The present invention was conceived in light of the aforementioned situation and addresses the problem of maintaining safety even in the event of a failure in a recognition device of a vehicle system. This problem can be solved by an action planning device having a failure detection unit for detecting a failure in an outside-world recognition unit and a trajectory generation/determination unit for executing an action on the occurrence of a failure on the basis of outside-world information outputted by the outside-world recognition unit, wherein the trajectory generation/determination unit takes an action for coping with the failure on the basis of failure information from the failure detection unit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to switch driving modes smoothly and ensure that a passenger understands driving operations controlled in the relevant driving mode and necessary driving operations.

Abstract: This invention provides a secure self-driving system or drive-assisting system. A drive control system of the present invention has an image recognition unit for detecting the peripheral environment of a vehicle and a drive control apparatus that controls driving of the vehicle, characterized by having a peripheral environment storage unit for storing the peripheral environment of the vehicle and by changing a mode of drive control performed by the drive control apparatus on the basis of a detection performance status of the image recognition unit obtained on the basis of information about the peripheral environment stored in the peripheral environment storage unit and information detected by the image recognition unit.

Abstract: Vehicle systems that implement action planning for a vehicle have had difficulty in maintaining safety in the event of a failure in a recognition device since these systems generate trajectories and control the vehicle on the basis of outside-world information recognized by recognition devices. The present invention was conceived in light of the aforementioned situation and addresses the problem of maintaining safety even in the event of a failure in a recognition device of a vehicle system. This problem can be solved by an action planning device having a failure detection unit for detecting a failure in an outside-world recognition unit and a trajectory generation/determination unit for executing an action on the occurrence of a failure on the basis of outside-world information outputted by the outside-world recognition unit, wherein the trajectory generation/determination unit takes an action for coping with the failure on the basis of failure information from the failure detection unit.

Abstract: Control can be continued so that control of automatic driving is not canceled even in a non-average specific road environment. An automatic driving control device, which controls an actuator of a vehicle in order to automatically travel on a road without driver operation through the use of an external surrounding recognition sensor for recognizing external surroundings and information from the external surrounding recognition sensor, has a learning recording device for recording external surrounding recognition information and vehicle status information when the driver is driving, an output comparison device for comparing the information recorded in the learning recording device with the processing results when the information recorded in the recording device is processed by the automatic driving control device, and a control parameter setting device for setting control parameters so that the results compared by the output comparison device approach the driving of the driver.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an external recognition means, a limit-distance calculation means, a relative-speed calculation means, and a required detection distance calculation means. When it is determined that the detectable limit distance is smaller than the required detection distance, the driver is notified that the lane change cannot be performed. When it is determined that the detectable limit distance is larger than the required detection distance, an automatic lane change of the vehicle is performed. The limit-distance calculation means detects a plurality of objects, which are sequentially detectable from the vehicle, and, based on the objects, the detectable limit distance is set in a vicinity of a farthest object.

Abstract: Example implementations as described herein are directed to the use and detection of asymmetrical markers in conjunction with an autonomous mode for a human operated vehicle system. In example implementations, the vehicle system adjusts at least one of a position, orientation and speed based on the detection of asymmetrical markers, which can be utilized for vehicle navigation as well as autonomous valet parking.

Abstract: Vehicle systems that implement action planning for a vehicle have had difficulty in maintaining safety in the event of a failure in a recognition device since these systems generate trajectories and control the vehicle on the basis of outside-world information recognized by recognition devices. The present invention was conceived in light of the aforementioned situation and addresses the problem of maintaining safety even in the event of a failure in a recognition device of a vehicle system. This problem can be solved by an action planning device having a failure detection unit for detecting a failure in an outside-world recognition unit and a trajectory generation/determination unit for executing an action on the occurrence of a failure on the basis of outside-world information outputted by the outside-world recognition unit, wherein the trajectory generation/determination unit takes an action for coping with the failure on the basis of failure information from the failure detection unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides technology for achieving both high responsiveness to an interrupt process and non-interference between control software. This vehicle control device comprises a storage device that stores various programs for controlling a vehicle, and a plurality of computation devices that include a first computation device and a second computation device, and that read a program from the storage device and execute the same. In addition, the storage device includes a first type of computation processing program executed not by time division and a second type of computation processing program executed by time division. The first computation device is configured to execute the first type of computation processing program, and the second computation device is configured to execute the second type of computation processing program.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve fuel efficiency during coasting by calculating, with high accuracy, travel resistance during coasting. This vehicle control device comprises: a first travel resistance acquisition unit that acquires a first travel resistance, which is determined on the basis of road information or external information; and a second travel resistance acquisition unit that acquires a second travel resistance, which is determined on the basis of the result of actual traveling of the vehicle. This vehicle control device determines the content of coasting travel control during traveling of the vehicle on the basis of the result of a comparison of the first travel resistance and the second travel resistance in a predetermined zone where the vehicle has actually traveled.

Abstract: A traveling control system capable of reducing uneasiness felt by an occupant in automatic traveling control of a vehicle includes an on-vehicle control device which performs traveling control on the vehicle, and a display device that is connected to the on-vehicle control device and presents information to an occupant through screen display or audio output. The on-vehicle control device acquires externality recognition information recognized by an externality sensor and/or out-of-vehicle communication, decides driving behavior content to be taken by the vehicle based on the externality recognition information, specifies a driving behavior cause which is a reason why the driving behavior content is decided, and outputs the driving behavior content and the specified driving behavior cause. The display device acquires the driving behavior content and cause output by the control device and sends a notification of the driving behavior content and cause through screen display or audio output.

Abstract: To provide a drive control device of a moving body capable of increasing a regeneration amount without hindering a driver's brake operation and causing too much deceleration. A drive control device of a moving body that updates a regenerative pattern of a driving motor of the moving body including a brake that generates a braking force by being linked to an operation amount of a brake pedal, the drive control device including an external world information acquisition unit that acquires external world information and a brake detector that detects ON/OFF of the brake, wherein when the brake detector detects ON, the regenerative pattern is changed based on the external world information acquired by the external world information acquisition unit such that a braking distance only decreases.