Patents Issued in August 12, 2021
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Publication number: 20210245732Abstract: A method of controlling stability of a vehicle and a stability control system for the vehicle. A driver command is determined based on driver input data. At least one output command is sent to one or more vehicle systems to control stability of the vehicle based on the driver command. A controller sends the output command based on a control hierarchy that provides an order in which the controller controls body motion of the vehicle, wheel slip of the vehicle, and standard stability of the vehicle to control stability of the vehicle. The order dictates that the controller controls the body motion of the vehicle and the wheel slip of the vehicle before the controller controls the standard stability of the vehicle. A state of one or more of the vehicle systems is controlled based on the sent output command as dictated via the control hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Seyedeh Asal Nahidi, SeyedAlireza Kasaiezadeh Mahabadi, James H. Holbrook, Hualin Tan, Bakhtiar B. Litkouhi
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Publication number: 20210245733Abstract: A method to control, while driving along a curve, a road vehicle with a variable stiffness and with rear steering wheels. The method comprises the steps of: determining an actual attitude angle of the road vehicle; establishing a desired attitude angle; determining an actual yaw rate of the road vehicle; establishing a desired yaw rate; and changing, in a simultaneous and coordinated manner, the steering angle of the rear wheels and the distribution of the stiffness of the connection of the four wheels to the frame depending on a difference between the actual attitude angle and the desired attitude angle and depending on a difference between the actual yaw rate and the desired yaw rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Alessandro FLUMERI, Francesca MINCIGRUCCI, Stefano VARISCO
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Publication number: 20210245734Abstract: Provided is an activation method for a control application, which is more safe, reliable, and comfortable. By collating recorded peripheral information with a currently acquired peripheral environment, it is determined whether remote automatic parking is possible, and a remote control application executed by a mobile communication device is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsunori HARAI, Reona MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20210245735Abstract: An automatic parking assistance system, an in-vehicle device and an automatic parking assistance method. The in-vehicle device comprises a communication interface for receiving a parking navigation path and traffic information; and a parking controller coupled with the communication interface, the parking controller being configured to: acquire the traffic information and the parking navigation path; control vehicle parking maneuvers based on the parking navigation path; judge whether there is a potential collision object with respect to the vehicle based on the traffic information; in the case that the judgment indicates there is no potential collision object, control the vehicle to travel along the parking navigation path; in the case that the judgment indicates there is a potential collision object, determine a danger level of the potential collision object based on the traffic information and determine safety measures corresponding to the danger level.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Wei Wang
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Publication number: 20210245736Abstract: An in-vehicle device, a system and a method for automatic parking assistance. The in-vehicle device includes a communication interface through which the in-vehicle device receives a parking navigation path from an external device, the parking navigation path including linear road sections and/or arc road sections; and a parking controller coupled with the communication interface. The parking controller is configured to identify line-shape features of each road section; determine whether the vehicle can travel along a road section based on line-shape features of the road section; in the case that the determination is affirmative, control a driving behavior of the vehicle such that the vehicle travels along the road section; in the case that the determination is negative, determine a new travelling path and control a driving behavior of the vehicle such that the vehicle travels along the new travelling path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Wei Wang
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Publication number: 20210245737Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for controlling an autonomous vehicle to enter a driveway. As an example, an instruction to pickup or drop off a passenger at a location may be received. It may be determined that the vehicle is arriving in a lane on an opposite side of a street as the location, the lane having a traffic direction opposite to a traffic direction of a lane adjacent to the location. A difficulty score to maneuver the vehicle to the lane adjacent to the location may be determined, and the difficulty score may be compared to a predetermined difficulty score. Based on the comparison, it may be determined to an available driveway on the same side of the street as the location. The vehicle may be controlled to enter the available driveway.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: John Wesley Dyer, Michael Epstein, Jonathan Lee Pedersen
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Publication number: 20210245738Abstract: A vehicle assembly system includes a vehicle chassis of a vehicle; at least one object sensor mounted to the vehicle chassis, where the at least one object sensor generates sensor data based on at least one detected object; a vehicle controller mounted to the vehicle chassis and configured to receive the sensor data from the at least one object sensor, where, during assembly, the vehicle controller is configured with production control software that enables the vehicle controller to generate production object data from the sensor data, monitor for a safety event based on the production object data, and generate a safety event signal in response to detecting the safety event; and a safety controller configured to receive the safety event signal from the vehicle controller and alter a movement of a surveilled machine corresponding to the safety event.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Clemens MUELLER, Harald HEINRICH
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Publication number: 20210245739Abstract: A method for performing an action based on risk assessment includes identifying a subject vehicle in a vicinity of a traveling vehicle, wherein the vicinity is based on a direction of travel and a distance between the subject vehicle and the traveling vehicle. The method receives a plurality of observations from a device on the traveling vehicle, where the plurality of observations includes at least one vehicle observation that identifies a feature on the subject vehicle that affects operational safety of the subject vehicle and the traveling vehicle. The method generates an updated risk assessment score for the subject vehicle based on the one or more observations and an initial risk assessment score for the subject vehicle. The method, responsive to determining an action for the traveling vehicle to perform based on the updated risk assessment score for the subject vehicle, performs the action at the traveling vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: David Verburg, Eric V. Kline, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Publication number: 20210245740Abstract: A driving assist system for permitting safe motorcycle lane splitting for use with either an automated driving assist system (which helps a person drive a vehicle) or with an autonomous driving system (which drives the vehicle for the person) having sensors for detecting a motorcycle approaching the vehicle from behind and a control system for determining which side of the motor vehicle the motorcycle will pass and then steering the motor vehicle towards the opposite side of the traffic lane (but without crossing into another lane or otherwise leaving the lane), to increase the safe passing distance between the motorcycle and the side of the motor vehicle. Mechanisms are also optionally provided to warn the driver that a motorcycle is approaching and that the motor vehicle will be maneuvering to avoid too close an approach to the motorcycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Karma Automotive LLCInventor: Todd Maurice GEORGE
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Publication number: 20210245741Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes an emergency vehicle position acquiring section that acquires position information of an emergency vehicle; a road structure acquiring section that acquires a structure of a user's own vehicle travel road on which a vehicle is traveling; and an avoidance control section that performs avoidance control causing the vehicle to get out of the way, if the position information of the emergency vehicle has been acquired. In a case where the emergency vehicle is an oncoming vehicle and the road has a median strip, the avoidance control section suppresses the avoidance control when there is no opening in the median strip between the vehicle and the emergency vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Masahiko ASAKURA
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Publication number: 20210245742Abstract: A method of detecting a collision in a moving object includes: detecting, by the moving object, an object and an event; determining a situation as at least one of an emergency situation, a manageable situation, or a general situation in response to the detected object and the detected event; determining whether or not it is possible to transmit a warning message for the detected event to the detected object upon determining that situation is the manageable situation; and transmitting collision possibility information to the detected object based on a warning alarm system upon determining that it is impossible to transmit the warning message for the detected event to the detected object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Jae Jun HA, Ilsoo YUN, Sangmin PARK, Sungho PARK, Harim JEONG, Cheolwoo KWON, Jiwon KIM, Kiyeon PARK
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Publication number: 20210245743Abstract: Methods and systems to implement sensor fusion to determine collision potential for a vehicle include identifying a specific intersection that the vehicle is approaching, and identifying collision potential scenarios associated with one or more paths through the specific intersection. Each collision potential scenario defines a risk of a collision between the vehicle and an object in a specified area. A weight with which one or more information sources of the vehicle are considered is adjusted for each collision potential scenario such that a highest weight is given to one or more of the one or more information sources that provide most relevant and reliable information about the specified area. Sensor fusion is implemented based on the adjusting the weight of the one or more information sources and performing detection based on the sensor fusion, and an alert is provided or actions are implemented according to the detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Shengbing Jiang, Shuqing Zeng, Prakash Mohan Peranandam, Meng Jiang, Jiyu Zhang, Mohamed A. Layouni
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Publication number: 20210245744Abstract: A system and related method for predicting movement of a plurality of pedestrians may include one or more processors and a memory. The memory includes an initial trajectory module, an exit point prediction module, a path planning module, and an adjustment module. The modules include instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to obtain trajectories of the plurality of pedestrians, predict future exit points for the plurality of pedestrians from a scene based on the trajectories of the plurality of pedestrians, determine trajectory paths of the plurality of pedestrians based on the future exit points and at least one scene element of a map, and adjust the trajectory paths based on at least one predicted interaction between at least two of the plurality of pedestrians.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Karttikeya Mangalam, Kuan-Hui Lee, Adrien David Gaidon
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Publication number: 20210245745Abstract: A cruise control method, an electronic device, a vehicle and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a driving habit weight of at least one candidate driving strategy associated with a target driving environment; wherein the driving habit weight is determined based on historical driving data of a historical driving device of a driving user; selecting a target driving strategy from the at least one candidate driving strategy according to the driving habit weight; and performing a cruise control on a target driving device of the driving user according to the target driving strategy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Ruisuo Wang
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Publication number: 20210245746Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a controller configured to control operation of a driving motor that is to output a driving force for a vehicle. The controller is switchable between a normal mode of controlling acceleration/deceleration based on a driver's acceleration/deceleration operation, and a cruise control mode of maintaining the vehicle speed at a target speed without the acceleration/deceleration operation. The controller is configured to, during the cruise control mode, calculate a torque command value for the motor by using integral control based on an integrated value of a deviation between the vehicle speed and the target speed, and execute an integrated-value adjustment process if the controller determines that the vehicle entered a flat road or an uphill road from a downhill road or a downhill road from a flat road or an uphill road. The process adjusts the integrated value to reduce an absolute value of the integrated value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Shoto ARAI
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Publication number: 20210245747Abstract: A method includes obtaining one or more images of a segment of a route from a camera while a vehicle is moving along the route. The segment of the route includes one or more guide lanes. The method also includes comparing, with one or more computer processors, the one or more images of the segment of the route with a benchmark visual profile of the route based at least in part on an overlay of the one or more images onto the benchmark visual profile or an overlay of the benchmark visual profile onto the one or more images. The one or more processors identify a misaligned segment of the route based on one or more differences between the one or more images and the benchmark visual profile and respond to the identification of the misaligned segment of the route by modifying an operating parameter of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, James D. Brooks, Jeffrey Armstrong, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Harry Kirk Mathews, JR.
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Publication number: 20210245748Abstract: A cruise control method to control a driven vehicle includes: determining projected speeds of the driven vehicle at each of the predetermined-upcoming locations; determining a plurality of following times at each of the predetermined-upcoming locations of the driven vehicle and the projected speeds of the followed vehicle; determining whether at least one of the plurality of following times is less than the predetermined-minimum time threshold; and in response to determining that at least one plurality of following times is less than the predetermined-minimum time threshold, commanding, by the controller, the propulsion system of the driven vehicle to decrease the commanded axle torque by a torque adjustment in order to prevent each of the plurality of following times at each of the predetermined-upcoming locations from being less than the predetermined-minimum time threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Matthew S. Zebiak, Amanpal S. Grewal
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Publication number: 20210245749Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle includes the steps of identifying a lead vehicle with at least one sensor on the vehicle, tracking the lead vehicle with the at least one sensor, and maintaining the vehicle at a predetermined following position from the lead vehicle based on a position of the lead vehicle and a terrain adjacent at least one of the vehicle or the lead vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Ross, Justin Audley Ruediger, Patrick Alan Crane
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Publication number: 20210245750Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus for educating and reducing risk to inexperienced drivers using vehicles with autonomous navigation systems. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and operating environments may be used to proactively warn the driver about a potential danger detected or predicted by the vehicle. An autonomous vehicle may prevent the driver from operating the vehicle under unfamiliar circumstances or from causing a collision. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and the safety features thereof may be used to mitigate risk of injury or property damage by selectively activating safety features in a new vehicle which the driver has not previously driven. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and safety features thereof may be used to determine a decreased or increased rental rate for a particular vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: William Polisson, Regina Madigan, Timothy W. Gibson, Surender Kumar, Mark Slusar
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Publication number: 20210245751Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle that includes a driveline disconnect clutch is described. In one example, the method adjusts torque of an electric machine in response to a estimated torque capacity of the driveline disconnect clutch. The estimated torque capacity of the driveline disconnect clutch is based on a combined inertia of a dual mass flywheel and the driveline disconnect clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Fazal Urrahman Syed, Rajit Johri, Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar, Thomas Scott Gee, Ming Lang Kuang, Kevin Ray Ruybal
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Publication number: 20210245752Abstract: Industrial vehicles that include a speed sensor configured to generate a speed sensor signal, a payload sensor configured to generate a payload sensor signal, an inclination sensor configured to generate an inclination sensor signal, a wheel motor connected to a wheel of the industrial vehicle, and a controller. The wheel motor includes an electric retarder device for applying a retardation force to the wheel. The controller is configured to receive the speed sensor signal, receive the payload sensor signal, receive the inclination sensor signal, determine a required retardation force for the industrial vehicle based on the payload sensor signal and the inclination sensor signal, determine an available retardation force for the industrial vehicle based on the speed sensor signal, and generate an output indicating the required retardation force for the industrial vehicle relative to the available retardation force for the industrial vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: David J. Scott, Sudhir Reddy Thaduru
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Publication number: 20210245753Abstract: There is provided a travel control apparatus. A control unit controls a position of the self-vehicle in a width direction so as to ensure a first predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the other vehicle and to ensure a second predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the boundary of the first lane. In a case in which both the first predetermined interval and the second predetermined interval cannot be ensured, the control unit controls the position of the self-vehicle in the width direction to preferentially ensure the first predetermined interval when the other vehicle has crossed a first boundary between the first lane and the second lane and to preferentially ensure the second predetermined interval when the other vehicle has not crossed the first boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Keisuke OKA, Yuki KIZUMI, Takashi MINE, Masahiko ASAKURA
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Publication number: 20210245754Abstract: A motor vehicle stop/start control system for controlling at least a portion of a powertrain of a vehicle, the system being configured to: receive speed information indicative of vehicle speed; and receive brake information indicative that a braking system has been activated to apply brake torque; wherein the control system is further configured to cause an engine of the motor vehicle to be switched off when a first set of predetermined conditions are met, the first set of conditions including the conditions that the brake information indicates that the braking system is active and the speed information indicates that vehicle speed is a below a predetermined engine-off speed, the engine-off speed being determined by the control system at least in part by reference to information received by the control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Thomas VALERO
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Publication number: 20210245755Abstract: A computer-implemented method for intersection communication includes detecting a first vehicle behind a host vehicle and in a same lane as the host vehicle and determining a rear distance between a rear end of the host vehicle and a front end of the first vehicle. The method also includes transmitting a backup request to the first vehicle based on the rear distance and a wait time period between the stop state and a go state controlled by a traffic signal device. Further, the method includes controlling the host vehicle to perform a backup maneuver with respect to an intersection based on the rear distance and the wait time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Xue Bai, Samer Rajab, Danyang Tian
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Publication number: 20210245756Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving fuel economy and reducing undesired emissions. In one example, a method may include in response to an engine speed being within a first threshold speed of an engine idle speed during a speed reduction request with engine cylinders unfueled, maintaining the cylinders unfueled, and controlling the engine to a desired stopping position responsive to the engine speed being greater than a second threshold speed lower than the idle speed. In this way, fuel usage and emissions may be reduced and engine restart requests may be conducted at least in part via vehicle inertia.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Douglas Martin, John Rollinger, Julia Buckland Seeds, Joseph Lyle Thomas, Joshua Schumaker, Adam Richards, John Erik Mikael Hellstrom
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Publication number: 20210245757Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus according to the present invention outputs a signal regarding a target braking/driving force for guiding a vehicle in a target traveling direction to a braking/driving controller. The signal regarding the target braking/driving force is acquired based on information regarding a running route of the vehicle and a physical amount regarding a motion state of the vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus outputs a signal regarding a steering correction torque for correcting a steering torque according to a behavior of the vehicle to a steering force controller. The signal regarding the steering correction torque is acquired based on a vehicle-body slip angle of the vehicle and the target braking/driving force.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Masamichi IMAMURA, Satoshi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20210245758Abstract: A vehicle broadcasts a lane change intent message indicating parameters of a maneuver to be performed by the vehicle operating as a main traffic participant vehicle, the maneuver requiring use of a road resource. Response messages are received from recipient vehicles indicating approval or disapproval of performance of the maneuver. Responsive to one of the recipient vehicles returning a response message indicating conflict with use of the road resource required for performance of the maneuver, a conflict resolution procedure is performed between the main traffic participant vehicle and the conflicted recipient vehicle, the conflict resolution procedure using a pre-agreed identical conflict resolution algorithm executed on each of the main traffic participant vehicle and the conflicted recipient vehicle to each make a same distributed decision whether to proceed with the maneuver.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Syed Amaar AHMAD, Ivan VUKOVIC, Azin NEISHABOORI, John WALPUCK
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Publication number: 20210245759Abstract: A travel assistance device configured to execute travel assistance when a plurality of vehicles form a vehicle group and travel in a line. The travel assistance device includes: a first control unit configured to, if there is lane-change instruction for the vehicle group, cause an end-of-line vehicle to change lanes, such vehicle being the vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles forming the vehicle group that is positioned at the end of the line; and a second control unit configured to, following the lane change of the end-of-line vehicle, allow a lane change for at least one vehicle that is other than the end-of-line vehicle and that is one of the vehicles forming the vehicle group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, HINO MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Syuuichi YONEMURA, Masayoshi TAKEDA, Hirokazu OKUYAMA, Hirofumi YASUI, Naoshi ICHINOSE, Nobuhiko KOJIMA, Tomonari YAMAKAWA, Sadahiro KAWAHARA
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Publication number: 20210245760Abstract: An autonomous driving system includes a lane change control device that performs lane change control for making a lane change from a first lane to a second lane during autonomous driving of a vehicle. The lane change control device is configured to: determine, from start to completion of the lane change control, whether or not a driver's operation is performed as an abort request operation that requests to abort the lane change control; when the abort request operation is performed, determine whether or not an abort permission condition is satisfied; when the abort permission condition is not satisfied, continue the lane change control; and, when the abort permission condition is satisfied, abort the lane change control and make the vehicle travel in the first lane. The lane change control device changes ease of satisfaction of the abort permission condition depending on the situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuta Hashimoto, Hiroki Fukuda, Akira Ito
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Publication number: 20210245761Abstract: A method of operating a motor vehicle drive-train having a drive aggregate, a group transmission and a drive output. The aggregate can couple an input shaft of the transmission which includes main, splitter and range groups. To carry out a shift, a target gear and target rotational speed of the aggregate are calculated for the shift to be carried out. After the initiation of the shift a load reduction is first carried out, then a group of the transmission is disengaged in order to shift the transmission to neutral, after which a group of the transmission is synchronized and to shift out of neutral, the synchronized group is engaged, and then the load is again built up. Initiation of the shift, after calculating the target gear and the target rotational speed, occurs at a point in time when complete performance of a shift is not yet possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Mario STEINBORN, Andreas HEINZLER
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Publication number: 20210245762Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a distance-acquisition section acquiring a path end distance between a vehicle and an end of a turn-travel path, on which the vehicle travels with turning; a path-width-acquisition section acquiring a path width of the turn-travel path; a velocity-acquisition section acquiring a velocity of the vehicle; an anticipated-curvature-radius-acquisition section acquiring a curvature radius of an anticipated turn-travel path obtained by assuming that the turn-travel path starts from a pre-turn position, based on the path width and the path end distance obtained at the pre-turn position; a target-velocity-setting section setting a target velocity at which the vehicle should travel on the turn-travel path, based on the anticipated curvature radius; a target-acceleration/deceleration-calculation section calculating a target acceleration/deceleration for accelerating/decelerating the vehicle to the target velocity, based on the velocity of the vehicle and the target velocity, and a vehiType: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Naohiko TSURU
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Publication number: 20210245763Abstract: A radar sensor system and a method for detecting an occupancy in an interior of a vehicle and with vital sign monitoring. The radar sensor system includes a radar transmitting unit, a radar receiving unit and a signal processing and control unit. The method includes: transmitting a radar wave towards a scene within the vehicle interior, receiving at least one radar wave that has been generated by reflection of the transmitted radar wave, decomposing the received radar wave into range, Doppler and angular information, quantifying and tracking a movement in each region of interest by angular gating and range gating, detecting and monitoring vital signs of occupants in each region of interest, and determining whether quantified and tracked movements in the scene are related to an occupant or to external or internal disturbances, based on a fulfillment of at least one predefined condition concerning the and/or the detected vital signs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Oscar GOMEZ, Muhammad-Zeeshan KHAN, Jochen LANDWEHR, Peter LARSEN, Dimitri TATARINOV
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Publication number: 20210245764Abstract: A utility cart for maneuvering trailers and trailer accessories includes a base frame member, caster wheels mounted on an underside of the base frame member, a height adjustable hitch assembly, and a pair of handles extending upwardly from the base frame member. The hitch assembly is mounted to the central support members, and includes a vertical post extending upwardly from the support members and a telescoping frame member with a vertical sleeve that mates telescopically with the vertical post. The telescoping frame member includes a height adjustment mechanism that is operated by a hand crank, so that a user can turn the hand crank to raise or lower the height of the telescoping frame member. The utility cart may attach to trailers, trailer hitch accessories, or may be used as a docking station for the recreational vehicle loading and carrying apparatus set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 9,670,013.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Bryan Lee Parrish
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Publication number: 20210245765Abstract: The disclosed embodiments are directed to adjusting the operational characteristics of a black box installed in a vehicle. In one embodiment a method is disclosed comprising classifying a mental state of a driver of an automobile, loading at least one setting based on the mental state, the setting defining an operational characteristic of a black box installed in the automobile, configuring the black box using the at least one setting, and recording one or more events by the black box.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Gil Golov
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Publication number: 20210245766Abstract: A system can train a vehicle electronically to accommodate a driver. The system can train the vehicle to accommodate the ability, condition, and/or personality of the driver. The system can change the controls of the vehicle, responsive to the inputs from the driver, to match with the patterns of controls resulting from a predetermined model (such as a safe-driver model). Accordingly, the vehicle can appear as it is being driven by a safe driver when it may not be the case. A driver with a lower driving competence may apply physical controls in a pattern that may be slow, unstable, or insufficient. However, the vehicle can be trained to adjust the transformation from the UI signals to the drive-by-wire signals such that the transformed signals appear to be applied by a more competent driver on the road. And, the transformation can improve over time with training via machine learning.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Junichi Sato
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Publication number: 20210245767Abstract: A method for providing information related to an external object in a field of view of a driver of a vehicle comprises that the driver is monitored by a camera system, and that an estimated eye position is identified based on data provided by the camera system. Spatial information is gathered for at least one external object outside the vehicle. A basic display location is determined for a visual output related to the external object based on the spatial information. At least one imminent or instantaneous disturbance event for the vehicle is detected. An eye position correction and/or a display location correction are determined in response to the imminent or instantaneous disturbance event. The visual output related to the external object is generated based on the estimated eye position and the basic display location and based on the eye position correction and/or the display location correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Dennis Müeller, Lutz Roese-Koerner, Christian Prediger, Alexander Barth
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Publication number: 20210245768Abstract: An apparatus includes a control section that performs: acquiring information related to a purpose of use of a passenger cabin part, the purpose of use being intended by a user who rides in the passenger cabin part; and setting a control parameter of a traveling part that carries the passenger cabin part, based on information related to a behavior of the user in the passenger cabin part, and on the information related to the purpose of use intended by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Daiki KUBO, Yosuke NOZAKI, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Hironori AOYAMA, Seiji YOGO, Tae SUGIMURA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE, Takeshi YAMADA, Ryo SATO, Sayaka NINOYU
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Publication number: 20210245769Abstract: A driver assistance control device includes a detection part detecting a degree of concentration of a driver; an acquisition part acquiring assistance levels set by the driver; a driver assistance control part performing a plurality of the functions; and a changing part automatically changing setting of the plurality of the functions in accordance with the degree. The changing part automatically changes the settings of first driver assistance functions including one of a plurality of the functions so that the assistance levels become higher than the levels set by the driver when the degree becomes lower than a first value, and automatically changes the settings of second driver assistance functions including at least another of a plurality of the functions so that the assistance levels become higher than the levels set by the driver when the degree becomes lower than a second value different from the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Masaaki YAMAOKA, Florin BAIDUC, Yuki YOSHIHAMA, Masayasu TANASE, Toshinobu WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210245770Abstract: The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation of human-like vehicle control for an autonomous vehicle. Information related to a target motion to be achieved by the autonomous vehicle is received, wherein the information includes a current vehicle state of the autonomous vehicle. A first vehicle control signal is generated with respect to the target motion and the given vehicle state in accordance with a vehicle kinematic model. A second vehicle control signal is generated in accordance with a human-like vehicle control model, with respect to the target motion, the given vehicle state, and the first vehicle control signal, wherein the second vehicle control signal modifies the first vehicle control signal to achieve human-like vehicle control behavior.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Mianwei Zhou, Hao Zheng, David Wanqian Liu
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Publication number: 20210245771Abstract: The disclosed embodiments are directed to detecting persons or animals trapped in vehicles and providing automated assistance to such persons or animals. In one embodiment a method is disclosed comprising detecting that a vehicle is stopped; activating at least one camera and recording at least one image of an interior of the vehicle using the at least one camera; classifying the at least one image using a machine learning model; and operating at least one subsystem of the vehicle in response to detecting that classifying indicates that a person or animal is present in the at least one image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Gil Golov
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Publication number: 20210245772Abstract: A vehicle can have a user profile securely deployed in it according to a security protocol. The vehicle can include a body, a powertrain, vehicle electronics, and a computing system. The computing system of the vehicle can be configured to: retrieve information from a user profile according to a security protocol. The computing system of the vehicle can also be configured to receive a request for at least a part of the retrieved information from the vehicle electronics and send a portion of the retrieved information to the vehicle electronics according to the request. The computing system of the vehicle can also be configured to propagate information sent from the vehicle electronics back into the user profile according to the security protocol. And, the computing system of the vehicle can also be configured to store in its memory, according to the security protocol, information sent from the vehicle electronics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Michael Tex Burk
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Publication number: 20210245773Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for vehicular cooperative perception for identifying a subset of connected vehicles from a plurality to aid a pedestrian. In some embodiments, a method includes analyzing pedestrian data to determine a scenario depicted by the pedestrian data and a subset of the connected vehicles from the plurality that have a clearest line of the pedestrian. The method includes identifying a group of conflicted vehicles from the subset whose driving paths conflict with a walking path of the pedestrian. The method includes determining, based on the scenario, digital twin data describing a digital twin simulation that corresponds to the scenario. The method includes determining, based on the digital twin data and the pedestrian data, a group of modified driving paths for the group of conflicted vehicles. The method includes causing the group of conflicted vehicles to travel in accordance with the group of modified driving paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Hongsheng Lu, Rui Guo
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Publication number: 20210245774Abstract: A vehicle is a vehicle on which an ADK is mountable. The vehicle includes: a VP that controls the vehicle in accordance with an instruction from the ADK; and a VCIB that serves as an interface between the ADK and the VP. The VP outputs a brake pedal position signal in accordance with an amount of depression of a brake pedal by a driver, and outputs a brake pedal intervention signal, to the ADK through the VCIB. The brake pedal intervention signal indicates that the brake pedal is depressed, when the brake pedal position signal indicates that the amount of depression is larger than a threshold value, and indicates beyond autonomy deceleration of the vehicle, when a deceleration request in accordance with the amount of depression is higher than a system deceleration request.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ikuma SUZUKI, Yuta OHASHI
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Publication number: 20210245775Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards the interpretation of driver behavior and communication with autonomous vehicles and incentivizing drivers based on the driver's behavior. A computing device that sits on the dashboard of a vehicle includes at least one camera and circuitry. The computing device captures first images of the driver in the vehicle and second images of an area outside the vehicle. The computing device identifies another vehicle based on an analysis of the second images. The computing device determines a driving behavior of the driver based on an analysis of the first images. The computing device determines if the driving behavior satisfies a positive incentive threshold or a negative incentive threshold. The computing device selects and provides a positive or negative incentive to the driver in response to the driving behavior satisfying the positive incentive threshold or the negative incentive threshold, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Prakash Subramanian, Nicholas Newell, John Calef, Ribhav Agarwal, Robert Laughlin, Matthew Xi
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Publication number: 20210245776Abstract: Methods and systems for providing Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) warnings and/or other types of information to an occupant of a motor vehicle are provided. Warning lights can be provided around the perimeter of a shape that represents the perimeter of the vehicle from a top-view perspective. Lights around the shape can be lit to convey a sense of the area of danger and/or the direction from which danger is approaching.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Diego Furtado
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Publication number: 20210245777Abstract: A map generation device includes a storage device that stores a program, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes the program stored in the storage device to acquire position information of a target outside a vehicle from an external sensor mounted on the vehicle, acquire a first movement amount of the vehicle based on the position information of the target, acquire a second movement amount of the vehicle based on odometry information of the vehicle, and generate map information on a location, where the vehicle has traveled, based on the position information of the target, the first movement amount, and the second movement amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventor: Naoki Mori
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Publication number: 20210245778Abstract: A vehicle (10) includes a VP (120) that carries out vehicle control in accordance with a command from an autonomous driving system (202) and a vehicle control interface (110) that interfaces between the autonomous driving system (202) and the VP (120). A tire turning angle command that requests for a wheel steer angle is transmitted from the autonomous driving system (202) to the VP (120). A signal indicating an estimated wheel angle which is an estimated value of the wheel steer angle is transmitted from the VP (120) to the autonomous driving system (202). The VP (120) steers the vehicle in accordance with the tire turning angle command set based on a wheel estimation angle while the vehicle (10) is in a straight-ahead travel state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ikuma SUZUKI, Satoshi KATOH, Ryo IRIE
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Publication number: 20210245779Abstract: A vehicle is a vehicle on which an ADK is mountable. The vehicle includes: a VP that controls the vehicle in accordance with an instruction from the ADK; and a VCIB that serves as an interface between the ADK and the VP. The VP outputs an accelerator pedal position signal in accordance with an amount of depression of an accelerator pedal by a driver, and outputs an accelerator pedal intervention signal, to the ADK through the VCIB. The accelerator pedal intervention signal indicates that the accelerator pedal is depressed, when the accelerator pedal position signal indicates that the amount of depression is larger than a threshold value, and indicates beyond autonomy acceleration of the vehicle, when an acceleration request in accordance with the amount of depression is higher than a system acceleration request.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ikuma SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20210245780Abstract: A system for vehicle navigation is provided. The system includes at least one processing circuitry programmed to receive via a data interface one or more images captured by one or more cameras representative of an environment of a vehicle, identify, based on analysis of the one or more images, at least one direction of at least one directional arrow on a road surface in the one or more images, determine a direction of travel for the vehicle based on the at least one direction of the at least one directional arrow on the road surface, determine at least one navigational action for the vehicle based on the determined direction of travel for the vehicle, and cause one or more actuator systems of the vehicle to implement the determined at least one navigational action for the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Avigdor ELDAR, Eli PEKER, Matan SULAMI
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Publication number: 20210245781Abstract: A method for automated driving of a vehicle, comprising: provide function modules, wherein the function modules each comprise at least one subfunction for automated driving, and wherein the function modules are each assigned at least one module validity attribute that defines the context of the surroundings in which the particular function module is valid, provide at least one system configuration, wherein the at least one system configuration comprises at least one of the function modules, and wherein the at least one system configuration is assigned at least one configuration validity attribute that defines the context of the surroundings in which the at least one system configuration is valid, select one of the at least one system configurations, wherein the selection depends on a context of the surroundings and the at least one associated configuration validity attribute, control the vehicle, wherein controlling is based on the selected system configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Fabian Hüger, Peter Schlicht