Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, an engine coupled to the chassis, a primary electrical system including a primary alternator and a primary battery, and an auxiliary electrical system including an auxiliary alternator and an auxiliary battery. At least one of (a) the primary alternator is electrically decoupled from the auxiliary battery and (b) the auxiliary alternator is electrically decoupled from the primary battery, and the primary battery is electrically coupled to one or more electrical loads.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to selection and execution of one or more output actions relating to a modification of at least one feature of a vehicle. A series of sensors on a vehicle can acquire data that can be used to identify vehicle environment characteristics indicative of a status of a vehicle environment and an emotional state of the user. The vehicle environment characteristics and the emotional state can be processed using a user model that corresponds to a user to generate one or more selected output actions. The output actions can be executed on the vehicle to increase user experience. The output actions can relate to any of entertainment features, safety features, and/or comfort features of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a front end panel assembly (100) for an electric vehicle (300), the assembly comprising: -an at least partially optically transparent laminate sheet (108) having side edges, comprising an optically transparent thermoplastic substrate and at least one protective layer; -a spacing structure (112) comprising a base (110) and a peripheral upstanding wall (120) extending from the base, wherein the upstanding wall connects to the laminate at or near at least part of the side edges of the laminate, such that a space (122) is formed and enclosed between the laminate sheet and the spacing structure, and wherein the at least one protective layer of the laminate faces away from the spacing structure.

Abstract: A structure of the vehicle includes a rear side member, a crush box and a bumper reinforcement. The rear side member is arranged outside in a width direction of the vehicle and is extended with a length direction of the rear side member coinciding with a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The crush box plastically deforms through compression of the vehicle. The bumper reinforcement is provided with a hat-shaped open cross-section where a recess portion recessed outward with respect to the vehicle is provided in an inner surface of the bumper reinforcement in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A width of an open-end portion of the recess portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle is set larger than a width of the rear side member and a size of the crush box in the vertical direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided herewith is a customizable bumper system for a vehicle and a related method of customizing. The customizable bumper system includes a central weldment that bolts onto a frame of the vehicle. The central weldment includes a height adjustable hitch receiver attachment structure in the form of an array of parallel holes for attaching a hitch receiver at a selected hitch height position along the central weldment. The central weldment also includes a pair of height adjustable extension attachment structures in the form of arrays of parallel holes for selectively attaching a respective pair of lateral bumper extension members upon which one or more selected light components are optionally installed. These lateral bumper extension members are also attached at a selected extension height position. Additional component attachment structures enable one aftermarket components to be optionally installed upon the central weldment.

Abstract: An airbag system includes a main airbag device that is provided in front of an occupant and that includes a first bag body, a seat airbag device that is provided in the vehicle seat and that includes a second bag body which is configured to be deployed by being inflated toward at least sides and a front of a torso of the occupant at behind the first bag body and which is configured to restrict the occupant to the vehicle seat, and a seat displacement mechanism that is configured to release restriction by a lock section that restricts movement of the vehicle seat and that is configured to displace the occupant toward the first bag body in front in a case an input impact is equal to or larger than a predetermined strength.

Abstract: A knee airbag apparatus including a housing part that is formed such that one side thereof is open, a cover part covering the open portion of the housing part, a cushion part that is accommodated in a folded state inside the housing part and connected to an inflator, and a flap part surrounding the folded cushion part on a side of the cover part, and blocking a gap between the housing part and a lower panel of a vehicle to substantially prevent the cushion part from being caught by the lower panel when the cushion part is deployed.

Abstract: A vehicle interior panel and method of manufacturing a vehicle interior panel for use over an airbag. The vehicle interior panel includes a substrate having an airbag door with one or more t-shaped stiffening ribs embedded in the airbag door. The t-shaped stiffening ribs help increase the rigidity of the airbag door, which can help improve deployment performance of the airbag. The t-shaped stiffening ribs may be co-molded or insert molded with the substrate.

Abstract: A vehicle airbag assembly includes a vehicle trim panel including at least one door having an outer surface facing a vehicle cabin and an inner surface facing an airbag prior to deployment, In a pre-deployed state the door extends across an opening and is movably coupled to a rim to open upon deployment of the airbag to permit passage of the airbag through the opening. At least one edge of the door has a tear seam that couples the door to the vehicle trim panel. A bridging member is adjacent the inner surface of the door. The bridging member is configured to contact the inner surface at a location away from the rim and support the door in the pre-deployed state. The bridging member extends at least partially across the opening and is movable upon deployment of the airbag such that the airbag is permitted to pass through the opening.

Abstract: An airbag system includes a main airbag device provided in front of an occupant and having a first bag body deployed by being inflated by a gas being supplied during input of an impact, a seat airbag device provided in a seat back of a vehicle seat and having a second bag body deployed by being inflated in an area including a front of a torso of the occupant at behind the first bag body by a gas being supplied during input of an impact, and a screen airbag device having a third bag body deployed by being inflated in an area including behind the first bag body and above the second bag body.

Abstract: An airbag system includes a front airbag device that is provided in front of an occupant and that includes a front bag body configured to be deployed by being inflated by a gas being supplied during input of an impact, a door-side guide device that is provided on a door, and that includes a door-side guide member which displaces laterally toward the occupant from an inner side surface of the door during input of the impact and which is configured to guide the occupant toward the front bag body in front, and a console-side guide device provided on a console, and that includes a console-side guide member which displaces upward from an upper surface of the console during input of the impact and which is configured to guide the occupant toward the front bag body in front.

Abstract: A passenger protection device for a front passenger seat includes: an upper airbag that is installed in a front header of a vehicle, and is configured to inflate and deploy at a time of a frontal collision of the vehicle so as to be supported by a windshield from a front side of the vehicle; and a lower airbag that is provided separately from the upper airbag and installed at a front end of a vehicle cabin below the windshield in a vehicle height direction, the lower airbag being configured to inflate and deploy at the time of the frontal collision so as to be supported by a dashboard including an instrument panel from the front side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle seat of a motor vehicle has a side airbag provided on the vehicle seat, and a tension band assembly which includes a first tension band and a second tension band. The first tension band has an upper end and a lower end. The upper end of the first tension band is fixed in the region of the upper end of the backrest of the vehicle seat while the lower end is arranged in the region of the seat surface of the vehicle seat. The second tension band has an upper end and a lower end. The upper end of the second tension band is fixed in the region of the head support on the vehicle seat while the lower end is rigidly connected to the first tension band below the upper end of the first tension band. The tension band assembly is rigidly connected to the side airbag.

Abstract: An inflator as well as a method of manufacturing an inflator, a module including an inflator and an airbag module. In an inflator, especially for a protective device in a vehicle, comprising plural components a sealant is applied in the area of abutting components, especially a sealant which adheres to both abutting components.

Abstract: A system for noise and vibration sealing of a vehicle while providing reduced impact resistance includes a block of compressible material positionable between a vehicle hood and a support structure of the vehicle. The block of compressible material may include an attachment surface configured to be secured to a portion of the vehicle and an impact surface formed opposite the attachment surface. The impact surface may be positioned in the vehicle to be contacted by the hood or support structure during an impact event. An exterior surface may extend between the attachment surface and the impact surface. A cavity may be formed in the exterior surface. The cavity may have a first inner surface and a second inner surface opposing the first inner surface, and may be shaped to accommodate crushing of the block of compressible material during the impact event.

Abstract: The invention relates to a belt tongue (1) having a tongue body (3) extending in an insertion direction (2), in which a belt slot (4) for guiding a belt through is formed crosswise to an insertion direction (2), and a blocking element (5), movably arranged in the tongue body (3), wherein the belt is movable through the belt slot (4) in an unloaded pass-through position of the blocking element (5) and the mobility thereof is at least inhibited by means of the blocking element (5) in a loaded position, created by a tensile force introduced into the belt, wherein the belt is deflected by the belt tongue (1) in the fastened state in a loop shape, wherein a cover (6) is provided at least on one side of the tongue body (2) and the cover (6) is arranged having at least one partial section (7) under the belt slot (4), wherein the partial section (7) of the cover (6) arranged under the belt slot (4) directly adjoins the belt slot (4) and covers at least one part of the blocking element (5) located in the pass-through

Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a seatbelt buckle and an air damper. The seatbelt buckle is coupled to an anchor point. The air damper is disposed between and coupled to the seat belt buckle and the anchor point. The air damper is configured to increase a resistance force applied to counteract movement of the seatbelt buckle away from the air damper as a speed of the movement of the seatbelt buckle increases.

Abstract: Provided are a seat belt retractor and a seat belt device capable of stably supplying components and avoiding an increase in cost even when an injection body made of resin is used. A spool 2 which winds up webbing which restrains an occupant, a base frame 3 which accommodates the spool 2 so as to be rotatable, a spring unit 4 which biases the spool 2 in a winding direction, a pretensioner 5 capable of winding up the webbing in an emergency, and a lock mechanism 6 capable of stopping withdrawal of the webbing are provided, the pretensioner 5 including a rotating body 51 concentrically connected to the spool 2 and an injection body 52a made of resin which rotates the rotating body 51, the rotating body 51 made of metal having a wall thickness T half a diameter D of the injection body 52a or smaller.

Abstract: A method and system controls access to an authentication-dependent or authentication-conditional function of a vehicle, via a smart device or smartphone. For the authentication, an authentication feature of the smart device is compared with a stored authentication feature of the device, and authentication is granted if they are identical or sufficiently correspond, the authentication is subjected to an approval process by a user of the smart device, in which it is determined whether the user approves the authentication or not. The authentication and the approval process have at least one channel in a protected region of the smart device and/or are themselves embedded in the protected region, which lies outside a region of the operating system of the applications and/or the apps of the smart device. The function of the device is executed when there is an authentication and an approval.

Abstract: An authentication information providing server includes: a memory configured to store information about vehicles associated with a recipient of a package as a place of delivery, and store pieces of authentication information corresponding to lock/unlock devices each configured to lock or unlock a corresponding one of predetermined compartments of the vehicles; and a processor configured to issue the authentication information to a delivery user terminal based on a request from the delivery user terminal, the delivery user terminal being used by a user who delivers the package, and, when there is a request from the delivery user terminal to set a place of delivery of the package to a vehicle different from a first one of the vehicles, corresponding to the authentication information issued first by the processor, issue the authentication information corresponding to a second one of the vehicles, different from the first one.

Abstract: Security systems for secured assets such as vehicles, are described in which facial recognition systems or other biometrics systems provide enhanced security for an authorized user. Subtle or covert cues provided by the user during authentication or subsequent monitoring of the user by the facial recognition system and other input systems are used to invoke user-editable personal security rules that respond to the cues to implement the user's desired responses for added security in various situations. Related security systems, methods, and devices are described to protect an asset such as an automobile or other vehicle or other secured asset through the use of biometrics and personal security rules. In such systems, a training module may provide periodic training and practice sessions to assist the user in being prepared to properly use the personal rules system in response to various scenarios and threats, and can guide adjustment of personal rules for better success.

Abstract: Example vehicle security systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a destination and a driving route to the destination for an autonomous vehicle to follow. A vehicle security system identifies a passkey associated with the driving route and communicates the passkey to a user designated to meet the autonomous vehicle at the destination. The vehicle security system confirms that the user designated to meet the autonomous vehicle possesses the passkey.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a capacitive sensor configured to detect rain. The capacitive sensor may be integrated within an interior surface of a laminated glass structure comprising an adhesive interlayer disposed between two glass layers. The capacitive sensor electrodes may be arranged in a variety of configurations between the two glass layers. The capacitive sensor may be used with a printed circuit board that is configured to electrically couple to the capacitive sensor electrodes.

Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning an optical surface, such as an optical lens of a vehicle camera or sensor, includes at least one nozzle arranged to eject a jet of air towards and/or parallel to the surface; and an outer protective cover layer. The cover layer is mountable on the optical surface and configurable in: a closed configuration, wherein the cover layer and optical surface form a cleaning space between the cover layer and optical surface and the optical surface is protected by the protective cover layer; and an open configuration wherein the optical layer is exposed. A cover assembly is also provided for a vehicle sensor(s) or an image sensitivity part of a camera(s).

Abstract: The disclosed invention facilitates the removal of dirt and other sediment from a bucket of heavy machinery. With regular use, buckets build up dirt that decreases the available volume. Removing the dirt can require additional equipment and labor, and would require the heavy machinery to be away from the service area. The disclosed invention allows for rapid removal of the dirt on site with a single piece of equipment.

Abstract: A landing leg assembly for a heavy duty commercial vehicle includes a first leg member defining an interior space, a second leg member telescopingly engaging the first leg member and movable between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the first leg member, a gear assembly at least partially located within the interior space of the first leg member and operably coupled to the second leg member and configured to receive an input from a user to move the first leg member between the retracted and extended positions, the gear assembly including a shaft member and a gear member fixed for rotation with the shaft member, and an integral, single-piece bearing member including a bore that rotatably receives the shaft member, wherein the bearing member comprises a powdered metal and is directly welded to the first leg member.

Abstract: A self-lifting vehicle features a chassis, a plurality of primary ground wheels, and lifting mechanisms installed in an undercarriage of said vehicle. The lifting mechanisms feature actuators attached to the chassis of the vehicle and one or more ground-engagement units movable downwardly away from said chassis by extension of said one or more actuators to force said one or more ground engagement units downwardly against the ground, thereby elevating the chassis and lifting the primary wheels from the ground. Auxiliary wheels on the ground engagement units enable manoeuvring of the lifted vehicle in a lateral manner for parallel parking purposes, or in a swivelling manner for U-turn purposes. Other applications include flood protection, theft prevent, undercarriage service access, and tire removal.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for parking control of a vehicle and the method includes a step in which a control unit determines a driver's parking intention by receiving a brake signal, pressure of a master cylinder, and a position of a shift lever from a brake switch, a pressure detection unit, and a shift lever detection unit, respectively; a step in which the control unit determines a state of the vehicle by receiving an inclination, a wheel speed, and a vehicle speed from an inclination detection unit, a wheel speed detection unit, and a vehicle speed detection unit, respectively; a step in which the control unit determines a state of an electronic parking brake; and a step in which the control unit operates the electronic parking brake through an EPB driving unit.

Abstract: An agricultural implement is provided. The agricultural implement includes a braking system configured to slow or stop the agricultural implement. The agricultural implement also includes a hitch configured to couple the agricultural implement to a towing vehicle. The agricultural implement further includes an electronic sensor disposed on the hitch and configured to sense tension and compression forces. The agricultural implement further includes a controller configured to automatically actuate or disengage the braking system in response to a signal indicating a presence of compression or tension forces from the electronic sensor.

Abstract: A module for providing control signals for a brake system of a vehicle which has a supply source, including: at least one interface to be connected to a compressed-air source; at least one interface to transmit the control signals to at least one processing unit for the purposes of generating brake pressures; wherein the module is configured to be provided with a supply by a further supply source. Also described are a related redundancy system, an electronically controlled brake system, and a method.

Abstract: In a method for activating and deactivating a control unit which can be used to control an electrically activatable assembly, the control unit is switched between a waking state, a sleep state and a deactivated state, wherein in the sleep state, the control device is disabled but can be transferred into the waking state by means of a sensor signal.

Abstract: A deflection control apparatus is configured to perform a deflection control in which a subject vehicle is deflected by a braking force difference between left and right wheels. The deflection control apparatus is provided with a releaser configured to release the deflection control if a steering operation, which is an operation of deflecting the subject vehicle in a direction opposite to a direction in which the subject vehicle is deflected by the deflection control, is detected during the deflection control. When releasing the deflection control, the releaser is configured to reduce a controlled variable over a predetermined time, which is shorter than a fall time of the controlled variable when the deflection control is ended without being released, and which becomes longer, as the controlled variable increases when the steering operation is detected.

Abstract: A brake controller according to the present disclosure that changes an effect correlation value correlating to an effect of braking in a first braking system provided in a vehicle in accordance with a vehicle condition of the vehicle includes a control part generating a braking force by at least one of the first braking system and a second braking system different from the first braking system in a case where the vehicle condition is a first condition based on a braking distribution ratio different from that in a case where the vehicle condition is a second condition and a setting part setting the effect correlation values so as to be different from each other in the case where the vehicle condition is the first condition and in the case where the vehicle condition is the second condition.

Abstract: An electrohydraulic brake actuator for a motor vehicle. The brake actuator has a piston-cylinder unit, whose piston is displaceable by an electric motor via a screw drive. Two pistons are provided, of which initially only a piston having a greater pressure-generating piston surface is displaced in order to build up pressure quickly and subsequently a second piston having a smaller pressure-generating piston surface is displaced in order to increase pressure.

Abstract: A bistable solenoid valve for a hydraulic braking system includes a magnetic assembly and a guide sleeve in which a pole core is fixedly arranged and in which a valve armature is arranged for axial movement. The valve armature has a permanent magnet that is polarized in a direction of motion thereof. The magnetic assembly is slid onto the pole core and the guide sleeve, and the pole core forms an axial stop for the valve armature. The permanent magnet is injected or mounted in a magnet receptacle at an end face of the valve armature facing the pole core. The valve armature is configured to be driven by a magnetic force of the magnetic assembly and/or the permanent magnet so as to force a closing element into a valve seat during a closing motion and to lift the closing element out of the valve seat during an opening motion.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a solenoid actuated valve includes: providing a brake system including a fluid pressure source: providing a valve having a solenoid, and wherein the valve is in fluid communication with the fluid pressure source; operating the fluid pressure source to provide a constant flow of fluid to the valve; energizing the solenoid of the valve with a constant current such that fluid flows through the valve; measuring the pressure of the fluid flowing at the valve; adjusting the current sent to the solenoid until a predetermined pressure has been obtained; storing a nominal current value of the current required to obtain the predetermined pressure; and calibrating the valve by adding a correction offset factor to the nominal current value for future actuation of the solenoid of the valve.

Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a device for a vehicle, having: a first interface configured to couple to at least one replaceable fluid container for a vehicle comprising a battery, the first interface comprising at least one fluid port configured to couple to at least one fluid port of the replaceable fluid container; a second interface configured to couple to an engine of the vehicle, the second interface comprising at least one fluid port configured to couple to at least one fluid port of a fluid circulation system of the vehicle; a fluid path coupled to at least one fluid port of the first interface and at least one fluid port of the second interface; and at least one electrical pump configured to be powered and/or driven by the battery of the vehicle and to cause fluid flow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (1) for a vehicle having at least two drive units, comprising a first interface (3) which is designed to record a target torque (4), and comprising a computer device (5) which is designed to cyclically minimise an evaluation function (6) for the operation of the at least two drive units, in order to determine a torque distribution (11) between the at least two drive units, wherein a boundary condition (7) of the evaluation function (6) is the generation of the target torque (4), wherein the evaluation function (6) has a penalty term (8), which evidences a change in the torque of one of the at least two drive units with an evaluation penalty. The invention also relates to a corresponding drive train and a corresponding method.

Abstract: A computer-based system for testing a server-based vehicle function, which is designed to implement a method comprising the following steps: a function model of the vehicle function is simulated by a first simulator on a server, an at least partial vehicle model is simulated by a second simulator and the vehicle function is tested, while a data connection between the first simulator and the second simulator is systematically influenced.

Abstract: A vehicle control method for executing a sailing stop control when a drive source stop condition is established while a vehicle is traveling. The sailing stop control stops a drive source of the vehicle and releases an engaging element provided between the drive source and a drive wheel such that the vehicle travels under inertia. The vehicle control method acquires information on a road on which the vehicle will travel, and then determines whether there is a section on a route where the sailing stop control can be executed based on the information. Upon determining a section exist capable of the sailing stop control, the vehicle control method estimates a power shortage amount, which is a shortage amount of power during sailing stop control, based on the information, and charges a battery with power required to cover the power shortage amount prior to starting the sailing stop control.

Abstract: An electrode of an ignition plug at the time of cooling start is heated to suppress generation of hydrocarbons at the time of cooling start of an internal combustion engine, and to reduce a production cost of an exhaust catalyst. Therefore, an ignition control unit 83 is provided to control a discharge of an ignition plug 200 provided in a cylinder 150. In a first combustion cycle after the operation of an internal combustion engine 100 is started, the ignition control unit 83 performs a discharge of the ignition plug 200 in a state where fuel in the cylinder 150 is not injected from a fuel injection valve 134 into the cylinder 150.

Abstract: A method for performing rotational speed synchronisation of a first transmission component having a first initial rotational speed with a second transmission component having a second initial rotational speed, so that they rotate with the same final rotational speed during a gear switch from an initial driving gear to a final driving gear in a stepped gear transmission for a hybrid electric or electric drive train having an electric traction motor. The method including calculating a total frictional work resulting from performing the total rotational speed synchronisation by means of a mechanical synchroniser of the stepped gear transmission only, and if the calculated total frictional work exceeds a maximal frictional work of the mechanical synchroniser, performing the rotational speed synchronisation by means of both the electric traction motor and the mechanical synchroniser.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle having a drive shaft, an engagement element, an engine connected to the drive shaft via the engagement element, and an electric motor connected to the drive shaft not via the engagement element includes a control portion adapted to stop the engine after a maintaining period in which the engine is maintained at predetermined rotation speed during travel of the vehicle. The a control portion gradually decreases an engagement volume of the engagement element while gradually increasing a power generation load of the electric motor during the maintaining period to disengage the engagement element, and stops the engine after disengagement of the engagement element.

Abstract: A yielding action assistance system for assisting a vehicle driver to take an appropriate action in yielding to a passing emergency vehicle. The yielding action assistance system comprises: a detector that detects a proximity of the emergency vehicle; an information collector that collects a road information and information about the emergency vehicle and other vehicle; a target zone determiner that sets and updates a target zone to pull over the vehicle based on the information about the other vehicle and the road; and a notifier that informs a driver about the target zone.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving stability of a trailer being towed by a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing sensor data from a set of sensors associated with the vehicle to generate a pressure signature that characterizes lateral forces on the trailer resulting from a pressure differential between opposite sides of the trailer. The method includes, in response to determining the pressure signature satisfies criteria indicating an onset of instability in the trailer, generating a control signal based, at least in part, on the pressure signature that activates one or more vehicle systems to mitigate the instability in the trailer.

Abstract: An electronic device including a first device having a spherical housing, and a second device arranged on a surface of the spherical housing, wherein the first device includes a first driving device arranged in the spherical housing and configured to deliver power to the spherical housing, a structure arranged in the spherical housing and configured to arrange the second device on a surface of the spherical housing, a second driving device configured to trigger a movement of the structure, a processor electrically connected with the first driving device and the second driving device, and a memory operatively connected with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed, enable the processor to control the second driving device to, in response to identifying a coupling of the second device with the first device, adjust an arrangement direction of the second device with respect to the first driving device.

Abstract: A parking control method is provided for executing a control instruction to move a vehicle along a parking route on the basis of an operation command acquired from an operator located outside the vehicle. This method includes detecting movement of the operator; calculating an anxiety level of the operator from the movement of the operator; and when the anxiety level is less than a predetermined threshold, parking the vehicle in accordance with a first control instruction that is preliminarily set in the control instruction, while when the anxiety level is not less than the predetermined threshold, calculating a second control instruction obtained by limiting a control range of the first control instruction, and parking the vehicle in accordance with the second control instruction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automatic parking control apparatus and method. The automatic parking control apparatus for automatically parking a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors and a plurality of cameras provided outside the vehicle and a control device provided inside the vehicle to automatically park the vehicle by selectively using data of the sensors and cameras.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device which comprises a traveling course control part 10a to update a target traveling course R, and an automatic emergency avoidance control part (10b, 10e) to execute automatic emergency avoidance control processing for automatically operating a given control system to avoid collision with an obstacle. The part 10a corrects the target traveling course R to calculate plural corrected traveling course candidates for avoiding the obstacle, and evaluates the candidates by an evaluation function J to select one of the candidates as a corrected traveling course. The part 10a generates a first request signal for allowing the vehicle 1 to travel along the corrected traveling course. The emergency avoidance course control part (10b, 10e) generates a second request signal. The vehicle control device further comprises an output control part 10d to output the first or second request signal to the given control system.

Abstract: A vehicle driving control apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive, from a sound sensor, a signal corresponding to sound that is generated in an external environment, and a processor configured to identify a sound object generating the sound, by obtaining a type of the sound object and either one or both of a direction of the sound object and a distance from the sound object to a vehicle including the vehicle driving control apparatus, based on the received signal, and control driving of the vehicle, based on the identified sound object.