Abstract: Airbag deployment data is collected using a plurality of sensors located along a line of weakening formed in a vehicle interior panel. The sensors are configured to provide information pertinent to separation of adjacent portions of the panel from each other as a function of time at a plurality of locations along the line of weakening. Each sensor is attached to the panel so that the sensor crosses the line. The relative time at which a conductive part of each sensor breaks is recorded and provides useful information about airbag door behavior during airbag deployment.

Abstract: A method for controlling deployment of an airbag relative to ground contact includes retrieving a predicted ground contact time for an aircraft from a crash prediction module, retrieving seat position measurements and occupant data for a seat in the aircraft, and comparing the predicted ground contact time, the seat position measurements and the occupant data to pre-established data to determine a custom airbag deployment time with respect to the predicted ground contact time, for at least one airbag on the aircraft. The method includes sending a signal to deploy the at least one airbag based on the custom airbag deployment time.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a side airbag apparatus capable of efficiently improving passenger protection performance and passenger restraining force. [Resolution means] A side airbag apparatus 100 includes: a cushion 108 which is bag shaped, wound, or folded in a storage form; a holding plate 118 with the cushion 108 attached thereto; and an inflator 110 which is embedded in the cushion 108 and attached to a side frame 112 along the side of a seat back 104 of a seat 102 together with the cushion 108 and the holding plate 118. The holding plate 118 includes: a base part 120 formed between the cushion 108 and the side frame 112; and a side wall part 122 which extends in the front-back direction of the vehicle in front of the side frame 112 in the front-back direction of the vehicle and supports the expanded and deployed cushion 108 from the side.

Abstract: An assembly includes a seatback having an upright frame member and a side airbag mounted to the upright frame member. The side airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The side airbag includes a forward chamber and a spacer chamber adjacent each other and substantially fluidly separated from each other in the inflated position. At least one inflator is in fluid communication with the forward chamber and the spacer chamber.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection apparatus includes: an active sensor configured to sense a dynamic behavior of a vehicle; a passive sensor configured to sense a collision of the vehicle; and a pedestrian protection module configured to: predict a possibility of a pedestrian collision in response to active information received from the active sensor, the pedestrian collision being a collision of the vehicle that involves a pedestrian; adjust a threshold value for sensing the collision of the vehicle determined by passive information received from the passive sensor in response to predicting the possibility of the pedestrian collision; and deploy a protection module in response to determining the pedestrian collision using the adjusted threshold value and the passive information received from the passive sensor.

Abstract: A method for generating a trigger signal for triggering at least one safety function of a motor vehicle. The method includes at least the following method steps: a) receiving respective signals from at least two pressure tube sensors, b) determining at least one collision parameter from the signals received according to step a), c) outputting the trigger signal for the at least one safety function as a function of the at least one collision parameter determined in step b).

Abstract: A pop-up hood apparatus includes a hood, a hood lock mechanism, a support mechanism of the hood lock mechanism, and an actuator that displaces the hood lock mechanism upward. The support mechanism includes a movable block that supports the hood lock mechanism and a base block and that supports the movable block such that the movable block is slidable upward and downward. The base block has a long hole that extends along a vertical direction. A protrusion part that is slidably inserted in the long hole is provided on the movable block. A resistance-applying part that comes into contact with the protrusion part and that applies a resistance to the protrusion part is provided in at least a higher region of the long hole than a required elevation position of the hood.

Abstract: The vehicular baby reminder system is a kit. The vehicular baby reminder system is a safety device. The vehicular baby reminder system simultaneously attaches to an infant or pet and a domestic article such that the when the custodian moves with the domestic article, the custodian will be reminded of their custodial responsibility regarding the infant. The vehicular baby reminder system comprises a tether, a plurality of loops, one or more signs and a carton. The plurality of loops attach the infant and the domestic article to the tether. Each of the one or more signs is a placard that displays a sentiment reminding the custodian of their custodial responsibility regarding the infant. The carton is a container used to store the tether, the plurality of loops, and the one or more signs.

Abstract: A system for operating a handleless door of an automobile having an outer surface includes a remotely-controlled door latch, a sensor disposed at least one of flush to and interior to the outer surface of the automobile and configured to sense an input from a user to open the door, and an antenna configured to receive a radio signal from a key fob in vicinity of the antenna. The system also includes a passive entry passive start (PEPS) system coupled to the antenna to authenticate the key fob as being associated with the automobile and a controller configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicating the user provided input to open the door, receive an authentication signal from the PEPS system to authenticate the key fob, and cause the remotely-controlled door latch to release based on receiving the signal from the sensor and the authentication signal from PEPS system.

Abstract: A vehicle alarm notification system including a housing having a plurality of directional indicia on a front side thereof. A wireless transceiver is operably connected to a power source disposed within the housing, wherein the transceiver can receive an alert signal from a vehicle alarm system when the vehicle alarm system is activated. A microprocessor is operably connected to the wireless transceiver. The microprocessor can determine a location of a vehicle, via an associated vehicle GPS, relative to a position of the housing. The microprocessor is further programmed to illuminate one of the plurality of directional indicia to indicate the location of the vehicle relative to the position of the housing when the alert signal is received. In some embodiments, a speaker is disposed within the housing, wherein the speaker can emit an audible alarm when the alert signal from a corresponding vehicle alarm system is received.

Abstract: Driving a component of a vehicle by using a portable user identification device for the vehicle and an user identification unit of the vehicle, whereat a controller evaluates an identifying signal sent by a transmitter of the portable user identification device to a receiver of the user identification unit and the controller drives the component of the vehicle according to the evaluation of the identifying signal. In order to provide a higher level of security by driving a component of a vehicle by using a portable user identification device for a vehicle, to a point of time tn a position of the portable user identification device relative to a position of the portable user identification device to a point of time tn=tl, to which the portable user identification device is departing from the vehicle, is determined and stored in a memory on a regular basis.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for performing actions using Quick Response (QR) codes are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: generating, at a secondary user device, a unique identifier (UID) and a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) key pair, wherein the PKI key pair includes a public key and a private key; generating a QR code using the UID, wherein the QR code includes an indication of an action to be performed by the secondary device; causing the QR code to be presented on a display associated with the secondary user device; receiving, from a primary device, encrypted action data that corresponds to the indication of the action to be performed by the secondary device; decrypting the encrypted action data using the private key of the PKI key pair; and causing the action to be performed by the secondary device using the decrypted action data.

Abstract: A positioning system includes a plurality of antennae, a detection module, a communication device, and controller circuit. The plurality of antennae are located within an interior of a vehicle. The plurality of antennae are configured to broadcast electromagnetic signals from a transmitter. The detection module is communicatively coupled with the communication device. The detection module is configured to receive the electromagnetic signals from the plurality of antennae. The controller circuit is communicatively coupled with the detection module and the communication device. The controller circuit is configured to determine a position of the communication device within the interior of the vehicle relative to locations of the plurality of antennae based on the electromagnetic signals. The controller circuit is further configured to restrict a function of the communication device based on the position.

Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more controllers, programmed to responsive to detecting a mismatch between a biometric information of a user collected via a biometric sensor and a biometric record, send a lockup signal to a mobile device enrolled with the vehicle to lock an application; and responsive to successfully performing an authentication through an interaction with the application in a lockup mode, send an unlock signal to the mobile device to unlock the application.

Abstract: A proactive vehicular security system is provided. The proactive vehicular security system embodies a new use for lidar radar providing a lidar radar system operatively associated with a vehicle, the lidar radar system configured to provide a field of view defining a coordinate system adjacent to the vehicle so that each separate object in the field of view can be defined by the coordinate system; the lidar radar system configured to provide a zonal coordinate system for a structural profile of the vehicle wherein a datum of the zonal coordinate system comprises a datum for each zone of a plurality of zones comprising the zonal coordinate system, and wherein changes in the zonal coordinates associated with the structural profile, relative to the datum of the zonal coordinate system, indicates metes and bounds of damage to or additions to the structural profile of the vehicle.

Abstract: A security system is provided for a vehicle having an on-board diagnostic (“OBD”) data link cable and an OBD port. The system includes, a glass break sensor, and an input connector having a power input configured to be coupled to a vehicle battery voltage input of the OBD data link cable and to provide power to the glass break sensor. The glass break sensor is configured to detect a vibration, air pressure, or audio frequency disturbance and to generate an alarm signal when a disturbance is detected. The microprocessor is configured: to use OBD data to monitor whether the vehicle engine is running; to automatically arm the glass break sensor device when the vehicle engine is turned off; to automatically disarm the glass break sensor device when the vehicle engine is on; and to activate an alarm or a camera when in response to the alarm signal.

Abstract: An optical system to facilitate vehicle operation, a cleaning system to clean an optical element of the optical system and a hollow, protective plastic enclosure for use therein are provided. The cleaning system includes a flexible house having first and second ends, a nozzle fluidly coupled to the hose at the first end of the hose and a hollow protective plastic enclosure having a passageway extending through the enclosure and housing a portion of the hose within the passageway. The enclosure is configured to receive a camera assembly within an interior of the enclosure. The nozzle is configured and positioned at the first end of the hose to direct the flow of a cleaning fluid therethrough to an exterior surface of a transparent optical element to clean the exterior surface to allow the camera assembly to have an unobstructed view of an environment outside the vehicle.

Abstract: A foreign matter removal device that removes foreign matters adhering to a lens (101) included in an in-vehicle camera (100), including a camera bracket (91) that attaches the in-vehicle camera (100) to a rear bumper panel (200b) of a vehicle in a state in which the lens (101) is exposed toward the outside of the rear bumper panel (200b) of the vehicle, a high-pressure air generation unit disposed inside the rear bumper panel (200b) and configured to generate high-pressure air, and a nozzle unit provided with a nozzle (22) that injects the high-pressure air toward the lens (101), wherein a through-hole (92) is formed in the camera bracket (91), and the high-pressure air generated by the high-pressure air generation unit passes from the inside to the outside of the rear bumper panel (200b) through the through-hole (92), and is injected from the nozzle (22) toward the lens (101).

Abstract: A braking force controller causes a first actuator unit to generate a target jerk when the target jerk is equal to or larger than a first jerk, causes the first actuator unit to generate the first jerk and a second actuator unit to generate a jerk obtained by subtracting the first jerk from the target jerk as an additional jerk when the target jerk is smaller than the first jerk and equal to or larger than the sum of the first jerk and a second jerk, and causes the first actuator unit to generate the first jerk and the second actuator unit to generate the second jerk as the additional jerk when the target jerk is smaller than the sum of the first jerk and the second jerk.

Abstract: Provided is a brake device capable of stabilizing a deceleration at the time of starting braking. The brake device is configured to correct a distribution of a braking force to each wheel or a braking force for each wheel, based on a detection value obtained by a load position distribution detection unit configured to detect a position distribution of a load applied to the vehicle when the vehicle is stopped or is in an initial period of starting.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining braking-related actual values of a train assembly including multiple carriages for carrying out a deceleration-controlled braking of the train assembly, in which the longitudinal deceleration and the longitudinal slope are considered to be actual values, from which an adjustment value balancing the control deviation is determined for a control element of the brake by a deceleration controller/deceleration force controller according to a predefined setpoint value of a desired braking deceleration.

Abstract: A piston pump for pumping a pressure medium in an electronically slip-controllable vehicle brake system includes a pressure-medium control valve configured to control a throughflow direction in a pressure medium circuit. The pressure-medium control valve has a valve housing, a valve seat, and a valve-closing body that is received in the valve housing in an axially movable and radially guided manner. The valve-closing body is configured to control the valve seat according to the prevailing pressure ratios upstream and downstream of the valve seat. The valve seat is configured as a single component with the valve housing. The pressure-medium control valve is produced by forming in a compact and cost-effective manner. The pressure-medium control valve operates quietly and is configured to be used alternatively as an independent unit that is configured to be tested prior to use.

Abstract: An advance driver brake customizing method applied to a brake customizing system is provided to identically implement a braking feeling set according to a driver's vehicle regardless of a vehicle type by transplanting driver braking feeling information of a driver's vehicle into a braking feeling matching vehicle. A braking characteristic of a brake of a brake system, which is applied to the braking feeling matching vehicle, is directed to follow the braking characteristic of a brake of the brake system, which is applied to the braking feeling matching vehicle, through driver matching control in conjunction with a wireless network. In particular, even when the same driver changes a vehicle or a driver for the same vehicle is changed, the same braking feeling is maintained.

Abstract: A work machine with a mechanical brake touch-up system includes a power source that provides power to a rotational element. The work machine includes a brake that is configured with a piston to selectively engage a frictional element rotationally coupled to the rotational element, a position sensor for generating a position signal of the piston, and a control valve configured to supply hydraulic pressure to the piston to selectively apply a retarding torque to the frictional element, a speed sensor for generating a rotational speed signal. The work machine includes a touch-up controller which is configured to detect a retarding condition of the work machine based on the speed signal, and, upon detection of a retarding condition, control the position of the piston to a touch-up position between an engaged and retracted position.

Abstract: A hydraulic unit for generating brake pressure for a hydraulic brake system, comprising a housing which is produced from a cast blank, wherein the cast blank has at least one receiving cavity which is provided for machining to form a receiving profile for sealingly receiving a connecting piece, which is connected to a fluid container and can be plugged into the receiving profile along a plug-in axis, wherein the housing comprises at least one piston bore for receiving at least one piston, which is driven along a piston bore axis into the cast blank.

Abstract: A brake fluid reservoir for a hydraulic brake actuator of vehicles, which is coupled at its lower base to the upper side of the hydraulic module of the hydraulic brake actuator. The reservoir includes at its lower base a mechanical anchor, which fastens it to the hydraulic module and includes a single anchoring point, which is centered at the lower base of the reservoir in the longitudinal direction. The reservoir also includes several connecting nipples, which may be connected to the hydraulic module with the aid of sealing washers, which generate a torque on the reservoir in relation to the mechanical anchor. The reservoir includes a compensation seal, which is situated in a receptacle of its lower base in such a position that it generates an additional torque in relation to the mechanical anchor, which compensates for the torque generated by the plurality of connecting nipples.

Abstract: An electric vacuum pump applied to a vacuum boosting brake system is provided. The pump has a water containing capacity that is greater than a backflow water capacity of an internal space defined in a pump housing which forms vacuum pressure. The pump includes a watertight chamber that is coupled to an exhaust port of a pump housing.

Abstract: A braking control device includes a first adjustment unit, a master unit, a regenerative coordination unit, a first opening/closing valve, a second opening/closing valve, a reaction force hydraulic pressure sensor, an input hydraulic pressure sensor, a controller. The master unit includes a master cylinder and a master piston, a master chamber, a servo chamber, and a reaction force chamber. The regenerative coordination unit includes an input piston. The first opening/closing valve provided in a first fluid passage. The second opening/closing valve provided in a second fluid passage. The reaction force hydraulic pressure sensor detects a pressure in the reaction force chamber. The input hydraulic pressure sensor detects a pressure in the input cylinder.

Abstract: A servo brake cylinder for a distributed brake system with an electric motor, a ball screw assembly with a lead screw and a nut, a piston, a cylinder body is disclosed. The electric motor is connected to the ball screw assembly. The piston is installed in the hollow inner space of the cylinder body, slidable axially. The piston has a hole at the center formed by three sections of surfaces including a first cone surface, a cylindrical surface a second cone surface. One end of the lead screw is connected with the nut, and the other end at the tip of the lead screw has three sections of surfaces including a gradually constricting cone surface from the tip followed by a cylindrical surface, further followed by a gradually expanding cone surface. These surface sections at the lead screw and the three sections of the surfaces at the hole of the piston form an inlet valve and an outlet valve between the piston and the lead screw.

Abstract: An electric booster including an input member that is advanceably/retractably moved according to a brake pedal operation. An electric motor of an electric actuator advanceably/retractably moves a power piston. A master pressure control unit sets a target movement amount of the power piston according to an amount of a movement of the input member that is caused by the brake pedal, and controls the electric motor to move the power piston so as to achieve the target movement amount, thereby causing a brake hydraulic pressure to be generated in a master cylinder. The master pressure control unit includes a reaction force generation portion, which changes a characteristic of a hydraulic reaction force applied to the brake pedal. The reaction force generation portion corrects the target movement amount of the power piston according to a temporal change in the movement amount of the input member.

Abstract: A bistable solenoid valve for a hydraulic brake system has a guide sleeve in which an upper immovable pole core is fixedly arranged and a closing element is displaceably arranged. The closing element is forced into a valve seat during a closing movement and lifts off from the valve seat during an opening movement, and is fixedly connected to a magnet assembly. An actuation of the movement of the closing element is performed by the magnet assembly via a coil positioned around and substantially surrounding the guide sleeve. A lower immovable pole core is fixedly arranged in the guide sleeve and the magnet assembly is positioned between the lower and the upper pole core.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for a braking system of a vehicle is disclosed comprising a connection interface, a control unit, and a sensor. The sensor has an external interface with electrical contacts via which the sensor is connected to the control unit. The control unit is connected to and supplied with power via the connection interface and exchanges data with a higher-level unit via the connection interface. The sensor is provided power via the electrical contact points and provides electrical output signals via the electrical contact points. A first contact point provides a first electrical output signal and is connected to the connection interface via a first switching element such that the first contact point is connected to the connection interface when the first switching element is in the deenergized state and is disconnected from the connection interface when the first switching element is in the energized state.

Abstract: An on-board controller executes a torque reduction process that reduces torque generated by an electric motor when a brake pedal of a vehicle is depressed and the vehicle is stopped during motor creep driving. When a start request for an internal combustion engine is issued, the on-board controller executes an engine start process that sets a clutch mechanism to an engagement state, which engages an output shaft of the internal combustion engine with an output shaft of the electric motor, and drives the electric motor to perform cranking. When a state in which the clutch mechanism is maintained immediately before the engagement state is defined as an engagement preparation state, the on-board controller executes a preparation process that applies hydraulic pressure to the clutch mechanism during execution of the torque reduction process so that the clutch mechanism is set to the engagement preparation state.

Abstract: A system includes an internal combustion engine including a crankshaft, a transmission including a transmission shaft, an axle, and a first electric machine rotatably coupled at least one of the crankshaft, the transmission shaft, and the axle. The first electric machine is configured to deliver rotational torque, and to generate electrical energy. The system includes an electrically-assisted turbomachine including a second electric machine configured to deliver rotational torque, and to generate electrical energy. The system includes a hybrid propulsion traction battery electrically coupled to the first and second electric machines. The hybrid propulsion traction battery is configured to deliver electrical energy to the first electric machine, and to receive electrical energy from the first and second electric machines.

Abstract: A vehicle propulsion system includes an engine arranged to output a first torque to a driveshaft and an electric motor arranged to output a second torque to the driveshaft. The vehicle also includes an automatic transmission arranged to receive an input torque from the driveshaft. The vehicle further includes an exhaust system to output combustion byproduct from the engine. A vehicle controller is programmed to, during deceleration, cause the engine to apply a negative first torque to increase an audible exhaust system sound. The controller is also programmed to activate the electric motor to output a positive second torque such that the input torque to the automatic transmission does not exceed a transmission torque threshold during deceleration.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for wear prediction of a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein, during operation of the motor vehicle a computing device of the motor vehicle receives at least one item of operating information describing an operating state of a component of the drivetrain, which operating information is recorded by at least one sensor of the motor vehicle and transmitted to the computing device, wherein the operating information and/or comparison information generated by using the operating information is compared to reference information stored in the computing device, wherein wear information describing wear of the component is generated depending on said comparison.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided for implementing a preemptive control for an autonomous vehicle to improve ride quality. Data from one or more sensors onboard the autonomous vehicle can be acquired. A surface imperfection of a road can be identified from the data. A next action for the autonomous vehicle can be determined based on the surface imperfection. A signal can be outputted that causes the autonomous vehicle to act in accordance with the next action.

Abstract: A method for parking a motor vehicle curbside by means of an apparatus, wherein, in a predetermined parking area, a height of a curb is detected by a first detection device of the apparatus, a profile of wheel pulses of a respective wheel sensor of at least one wheel is detected during a driving maneuver for curb parking in the predetermined parking area, and a crossing of the curb edge by the at least one wheel is detected by a second detection device of the apparatus. During the crossing of the curb edge, a correction measure for an odometry module of the apparatus is carried out as a function of the height of the curb.

Abstract: The method includes: determining predicted moving space of a target vehicle and predicted moving space of a target object during a parking period of the target vehicle; if the predicted moving space of the target vehicle overlaps with predicted moving space of at least one target object, determining, as a conflicting target object, the target object whose predicted moving space overlaps with that of the target vehicle; and determining moving priorities of the target vehicle and the conflicting target object according to a preset rule, and sending a moving order coordination instruction to the target vehicle and the conflicting target object based on the moving priorities. The target vehicle and the target object are scheduled in a coordinated manner, so that improving parking safety and efficiency.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assisting driving include: identifying one or more set of video frames from captured video regarding surrounding condition of a vehicle, wherein the one or more set of video frames comprise a moving object; extracting one or more features indicating motion characteristics of the moving object from the one or more set of video frames; and predicting motion intention of the moving object in the one or more set of video frames based on the one or more features.

Abstract: A vehicle driving assist apparatus has surrounding sensors which detect vehicle surrounding situations and driving assist systems which assist a driving operation of a driver, based on the vehicle surrounding situations. The vehicle driving assist apparatus determine whether the surrounding sensors malfunction. When the at least one electronic control unit determines that at least one of the surrounding sensors malfunctions, the vehicle driving assist apparatus determine operable driving assist systems and inoperable driving assist systems, and causes a display device to display both of a display indicating that at least one of the surrounding sensors malfunctions and a display indicating a list of the operable driving assist systems and the inoperable driving assist systems in a manner that the driver can realize which driving assist systems are operable and which driving assist systems are inoperable.

Abstract: When a vehicle is stopped in an intersection by automatic emergency braking, secondary braking is prohibited in S305, a hazard lamp flashes in S310, and an idling stop is prohibited in S320. After it is determined in S325 that the vehicle is stopped, when it is determined in S330 that it is safe for the vehicle to start moving, stop maintenance braking is released in S340.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle braking support device. The braking support device includes: detection units for detecting a state around a host vehicle; a braking support control unit for executing braking support by a braking device according to the detected state; and a vehicle stop control unit for maintaining a stopped state of a host vehicle after the host vehicle is stopped by the braking support control unit, and for releasing the stopped state of the host vehicle after a predetermined period has elapsed. The vehicle stop control unit, in a case where by using the detected state it is determined that it is desirable to maintain the stopped state of the host vehicle beyond the predetermined period, the vehicle stop control unit does not release the stopped state of the host vehicle until an operation by a driver is detected.

Abstract: A system for a vehicle may be configured to, for each combination including a driving behavior of one or more driving behaviors, a traffic situation of one or more traffic situations in which to implement the one or more driving behaviors, and an object hypothesis of one or more object hypotheses for each of the one or more traffic situations obtain, for the respective combination, one or more driving model parameters associated with the driving behavior and object hypothesis for the respective combination obtain, for the respective combination, a probability indicating a likelihood of an accident or collision for the respective combination determine, for the respective combination, a risk value based on the obtained safety driving parameters and the obtained probability for the respective combination; and select a driving behavior for each traffic situation based at least in part on the one or more determined risk values.

Abstract: A vehicle control system for a semi-autonomous vehicle is provided. The vehicle control system includes a controller coupled to a plurality of sensors positioned within the vehicle and to a heads-up display (HUD. The controller includes a processor in communication with a memory device. The controller receives sensor data from the plurality of sensors, determines, the vehicle is turning, identifies, based on the sensor data, a candidate turn path for the vehicle, and identifies an actual turn path for the vehicle. The controller also transmits, to one or more automation systems of the vehicle, a control signal that instructs the automation systems to perform a turn-assist function to reduce a determined deviation between the actual turn path and the candidate turn path and to transmit, to the HUD, a control signal that instructs the HUD to display a notification to a driver of the vehicle of the turn-assist function.

Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle having an assistance system includes the steps of guiding the motor vehicle with the aid of the assistance system, determining a position of the motor vehicle, determining that the motor vehicle is approaching a location where operational capability of the assistance system could be restricted, and outputting a warning to a driver of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A traveling control apparatus includes: an information obtainer configured to obtain braking state information of a braking device in the host vehicle; and an ACC-ECU configured to execute traveling control including constant speed traveling control to cause the host vehicle to travel at a constant speed based on a preset vehicle speed, and follow-up traveling control to cause the host vehicle to travel so as to follow another vehicle traveling ahead of the host vehicle at a predetermined inter-vehicle distance. The ACC-ECU deactivates the ACC at a time when a braking performance index EV1z, derived from braking state information obtained by the information obtainer while the ACC being in operation, is deemed to be decreased by more than a predetermined first variation width IN_dif1, as compared with a braking performance index EV1a at a time of the ACC having been activated.

Abstract: A method for occupancy map synchronization in multi-vehicle networks may include receiving three-dimensional perception sensor (3DPS) data. The method may include generating a data message including an occupancy map (OM) octree. The OM octree may be generated from an occupancy map constructed from the 3DPS data. The method may include reducing at least one of a messaging time or a messaging size of the data message including the OM octree. The method may include transmitting the data message including the OM octree via a leader vehicle controller communicatively coupled to a leader vehicle. The method may include receiving the data message comprising the OM octree via a follower vehicle controller communicatively coupled to the follower vehicle. The method may include generating a local occupancy map from the data message comprising the OM octree via the follower vehicle controller.

Abstract: A working combination (10) having self-propelled first (12) and further vehicles (14) that are embodied to move one behind another with a setpoint spacing (D) in a working direction (A); the working combination (10) having a spacing monitoring device (26) that outputs a spacing signal on the basis of a detection state of the spacing monitoring device (26) which depends on the actual spacing (D) of the vehicles (12, 14), and that comprises a beam source (28) and a sensor arrangement (30) detecting the radiation (32) of the beam source (28); one vehicle (12), constituting a source vehicle (12), carrying the beam source (18); the beam source (28) radiating, toward the respective other vehicle (14) constituting a target vehicle (14), an electromagnetic radiation (32) directed in such a way that the radiation (32) is present only in a beam space (40) that extends over a first angular region (43) around a first beam space axis (42) and over a second angular region (46) around a second beam space axis (44) and that

Abstract: A velocity trajectory generation method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: setting starting point time, intermediate point time and terminal point time of a velocity trajectory to be generated, wherein the velocity trajectory includes a first velocity sub-trajectory: and a second velocity sub-trajectory; generating multiple first velocity sub-trajectories corresponding to a starting point velocity between the starting point time and the intermediate point time, according to the starting point velocity and multiple intermediate point velocities; and generating, for each of the first velocity sub-trajectories, multiple second velocity sub-trajectories between the intermediate point time and the terminal point time according to multiple terminal point velocities. A velocity trajectory which is more in line with a human driving characteristic may be generated, the comfort level of a passenger may be improved, and an algorithm may be simplified.