Abstract: An electronic device that at least semi-automatically performs car-key pairing is described. During operation, the electronic device may perform wireless pairing with a second electronic device (e.g., a vehicle), where the wireless pairing establishes a connection between the electronic device and the second electronic device. Moreover, during the wireless pairing, the electronic device may receive information associated with the car-key pairing of the electronic device and the second electronic device. Then, after the wireless pairing is completed, the electronic device may determine that the car-key pairing is supported or available based at least in part on the information.

Abstract: A connector for a wiper blade, comprising at least a main body and a rotating cap, comprising at least one cover wall, a reinforcing wall, a hinge and an attachment device for rigidly connecting the rotating cap relative to an end wall of the main body, the hinge being arranged at one of the longitudinal ends of the cover wall and ensuring a rotation of the rotating cap about an axis, the reinforcing wall extending from the cover wall towards the end wall of the main body, the rotating cap further comprising a device for supporting the rotating cap on the end wall of the main body.

Abstract: A connection device for a wiper system for wiping a glazed surface of a vehicle is disclosed. The wiper system includes at least one wiper, and at least one wiper arm designed to drive the rotation of the wiper. The connection device connects the wiper to the wiper arm and further includes at least one connector configured to be secured to the wiper and at least one adapter mounted with the ability to pivot on the connector. The wiper arm extends between a first end designed to be connected to a motor and a second end designed to be secured to the adapter. The adapter and the connector define a closed-section housing for receiving at least part of the second end of the wiper arm. This part of the second end of the wiper arm is configured to contribute to holding the adapter on the connector.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic car washing apparatus including: a frame module unit configured to provide a vehicle accommodation space, and provided with guide frames; a movable module unit configured to move along the guide frames, and provided with a blower unit that sprays air toward the vehicle accommodation space; and a car washing module unit coupled to a rotor unit that is provided in the movable module unit, and configured to perform a washing operation on a vehicle that has entered the vehicle accommodation space; wherein the car washing module unit is configured to rotate around the vertical axis of the rotor unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for optimizing refueling hydrogen in vehicles. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to identifying a refueling station, conducting a safety check on the vehicle based on a distance between the vehicle and the refueling station, switching a power source of the vehicle to only be a battery, swapping an empty or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank on the vehicle with a filled or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank at the refueling station, and switching the power source of the vehicle to include a hydrogen power source.

Abstract: This application provides a support, a battery assembly, an electric device, and a battery swapping system, and relates to the field of batteries. The support may include a support body and a magnetic element, where the support body may be configured for mounting a battery. The magnetic element may be mounted on the support body, where the magnetic element may be configured for detection by a positioning apparatus of a battery swapping device, for positioning the support body and the battery swapping device.

Abstract: A landing gear assembly configured to support a trailer includes a leg assembly including first and second leg members, the first leg member having first and second apertures extending through sidewalls, and a gear assembly including an input shaft extending through one of the apertures and a drive gear fixed to the input gear, an output shaft extending through another of the apertures, where the output gear fixed to the output shaft includes a slot and the input and output shafts telescopingly engage, a first locking pin extending through the output shaft and received within the slot of the output gear thereby fixing the output gear to the output shaft, and a second locking pin extending though the output shaft at a position offset from the first locking pin where the pins cooperate to prevent removal of the output shaft from the apertures.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having a front end, a pair of opposing front wheel wells rearward of the front end, and an air guide duct having at least one air inlet disposed forward of the front wheel wells and facing the front end of the motor vehicle. The air guide duct also has at least one air outlet opening into at least one of the front wheel wells such that incoming air from the front end of the motor vehicle is guided into at least one of the front wheel wells.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a digital hydraulic assisted braking system with a high dynamic response and a control method thereof. The system includes a two-position two-way digital switch valve A, a controller, an electromagnetic two-position two-way proportional reversing valve, a two-position two-way digital switch valve B, a displacement detection system, and a pressure detection system. When a vehicle starts, a control system of the present disclosure maintains a preload state and responds to a braking at any time. During an emergency braking, the braking system is open. When the vehicle is shut down, the braking system is closed. Compared with an existing braking method, by implementing the braking method of the present disclosure, a braking response time is greatly shortened, a dynamic performance of a braking response period is improved, and a safety of vehicle braking is further guaranteed.

Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to one embodiment of the present invention are configured to acquire a physical quantity relating to a speed of a vehicle and a physical quantity relating to a requested braking force required to decelerate the vehicle and to generate a driving force by a driving device under a state in which a friction braking force is being generated when the vehicle is to be decelerated based on the physical quantity relating to the requested braking force.

Abstract: A control method for moving an electromechanical parking brake, according to which method an actuator of the parking brake is moved by actuation by means of an actuator-control unit, wherein a writable, non-volatile memory unit is provided in which position data concerning the current actuator position of the actuator is stored so as to be readable and writable, and according to which method, when a write error occurs while writing the position data to the memory unit, the actuation of the actuator for moving said actuator is continued, and, when the write error is detected, a synchronization process is carried out independently of the actuation of the actuator so that, upon completion of this synchronization process, the position data stored in the memory unit correctly represents the actuator position of the actuator.

Abstract: Method and equipment for estimating a brake temperature, method for estimating a braking factor and computer program product, including a method for estimating a brake temperature of a brake disc of a vehicle, by performing the following: virtually separating the brake disc in a brake disc body and a brake disc contact surface layer; and estimating the temperature of the brake disc contact surface layer in dependence of the temperature of the braking disc body and a heat input in the brake disc contact surface layer due to a braking action, in which the estimated temperature of the brake disc contact surface layer corresponds to the brake temperature.

Abstract: There is provided a fleet management system for ensuring the optimum efficiency and the most cost-effective operation of one or more zero-emission vehicles, wherein each of the one or more zero-emission vehicles comprises a control system configured to monitor, collate and control each vehicle's operational data in order to actively monitor, control and optimise the management of the powertrain of the vehicle; the fleet management system comprising: a communications system, the communications system configured to send and receive vehicle operational data to and from a vehicle; a fleet operations controller configured to provide one or more of the following operations to a fleet controller in use: provide an increase in efficiency of the vehicle powertrain; provide an increase in durability of the vehicle powertrain; and provide a decrease in the overall cost of operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle controller includes: an identifying unit that identifies a parking location of a vehicle; and a control unit that controls power supply to in-vehicle devices in response to operation on a power switch of the vehicle, the control unit maintains the power supply to a target in-vehicle device, which is at least one of the in-vehicle devices, during a predetermined target duration time after the vehicle is parked and the power switch is turned off, and the target duration time is determined depending on the parking location of the vehicle that is identified by the identifying unit.

Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods of online power management for hybrid powertrains. In some embodiments, the hybrid powertrain control system is configured to conduct a brake-thermal-efficiency (BTE) estimation procedure when the powertrain is in operation by operating the hybrid powertrain at a plurality of speeds for a plurality of designated power levels and select certain BTE operating conditions to update the power management.

Abstract: A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether or not a driver is attempting to move a vehicle from a traveling lane in which the vehicle is traveling to an adjacent lane, based on a monitor image taken of an area near a driving seat, and to activate the engine when it has been determined that the driver is attempting to move the vehicle from the traveling lane to the adjacent lane and the engine is stopped with drive power being obtained using the electric motor, wherein the vehicle is accelerated using the drive power of the engine when the engine is activated, if movement of the vehicle from the traveling lane to the adjacent lane has been requested by the driver.

Abstract: An agricultural harvesting system includes a control system. The control system identifies a predictive value of a power characteristic based on a relationship between the power characteristic and a characteristic. The control system generates a control signal to control a controllable subsystem of a mobile hybrid agricultural harvesting machine based on the predictive value of the power characteristic.

Abstract: There is provided a control system for a vehicle comprising a powertrain comprising a plurality of energy sources, the plurality of energy sources comprising a battery, the control system being configured to actively monitor, control and optimise power recapture from regenerative-braking in the vehicle. More specifically a controller and related control system for the energy balancing of the vehicle taking into consideration such factors as fuel usage, power management between the various power generating and storage sub-systems, regenerative braking, terrain topology, weather and other environmental conditions, operation of vehicle peripherals and parasitic power demands in addition to cargo management and environmental needs and driver comfort and safety, as well as vehicle fleet management.

Abstract: There is provided a control system for a vehicle comprising a powertrain comprising a plurality of energy sources and for transporting cargo, the control system being configured to optimise the control of the powertrain by accounting for variations in one or more properties of the cargo. More specifically a controller and related control system for the energy balancing of the vehicle taking into consideration such factors as fuel usage, power management between the various power generating and storage sub-systems, regenerative braking, terrain topology, weather and other environmental conditions, operation of vehicle peripherals and parasitic power demands in addition to cargo management and environmental needs and driver comfort and safety, as well as vehicle fleet management.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle and a method for controlling there same, includes a motor provided with a resolver configured for detecting a first rotation angle of the motor, and connected to a crankshaft of an engine through a predetermined connecting means; a rotation angle sensor configured for detecting a second rotation angle of the engine; and a control unit electrically connected to the rotation angle sensor and configured to determine whether a failure has occurred in the rotation angle sensor, and determine a first rotation angle corresponding to a specific crank position based on a relationship of a previously obtained first rotation angle and the second rotation angle, and a rotation number of the motor when the control unit concludes that the failure has occurred in the rotation angle sensor.

Abstract: Environmentally friendly electrical vehicles are presented. The electrical vehicles include electrical low speed vehicles (LSVs) that may use sensed location data to obtain one or more operational profiles. The operational profiles may govern the behavior of the LSV in a specific environment, area, or zone to ensure the LSV reduces its impact on the local terrain. The LSV may leverage locally sensed data to form a local context in which the LSV is operating. The LSV's vehicular controller may refine the operational parameters of the operational profile to ensure smooth operation based on local conditions from the local context.

Abstract: A method for automated guidance of a vehicle along a specified setpoint trajectory at an actual speed, wherein the setpoint trajectory includes geometric trajectory variables, the method including ascertaining an actual deviation of the vehicle from the setpoint trajectory and outputting the ascertained actual deviation and generating manipulated variables such that the vehicle, in the case of automated control of a drive system and/or a braking system and/or a steering system of the vehicle, moves closer to the setpoint trajectory. The method also includes ascertaining whether an undesirable driving state is present when the vehicle moves closer to the setpoint trajectory, wherein the undesirable driving state is ascertained from the specified setpoint trajectory based on the geometric trajectory variable, and, if the presence of the undesirable driving state is identified, automatically controlling the vehicle based on generated stability variables and/or adapting the setpoint trajectory.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for navigating a host vehicle. In one implementation, a system may include at least one processor configured to receive at least one image acquired by an image capture device, the at least one image being representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the at least one image to identify at least one characteristic associated with the environment of the host vehicle; determine a navigational action for the host vehicle based on: the at least one characteristic associated with the environment of the host vehicle, and a steering limit corresponding to a maximum allowable lateral acceleration for the host vehicle; and cause one or more actuators associated with the host vehicle to implement the determined navigational action.

Abstract: A parking management device includes: a receiving unit that receives a vehicle movement request transmitted from a user so as to move a parked vehicle; a specifying unit that specifies the parked vehicle from among the vehicles in a parking lot based on the vehicle movement request; and a transmitting unit that transmits a vehicle movement mode command to the parked vehicle, the vehicle movement mode command being a command for causing a driving mode of the parked vehicle specified by the specifying unit to transition to a vehicle movement mode in which the parked vehicle is caused to execute a vehicle movement operation for moving the parked vehicle.

Abstract: In an automated parking lot in which manual driving vehicles and automated driving vehicles can park, when entering the automated parking lot, the manual driving vehicle is conveyed by a vehicle conveyance robot to an empty parking space. When an automated driving vehicle breaks down and stops in the automated parking lot, the manual driving vehicle being conveyed is unloaded from the vehicle conveyance robot and the broken down automated driving vehicle is loaded on the vehicle conveyance robot. Due to this, the broken down automated driving vehicle is recovered by the vehicle conveyance robot.

Abstract: A rapid acceleration suppression device of a vehicle includes: a shift position acquisition part configured to acquire an operation position of a gearshift; an accelerator position acquisition part configured to acquire a depression amount of an accelerator pedal; an accelerator operation determination part configured to determine an operating state of the accelerator pedal; and an acceleration suppression control part configured to provide control over a vehicle drive part, (i) such that acceleration of the vehicle is suppressed, when the position of the gearshift is in a non-drive range and also when the accelerator operation determination part determines that a sudden depression of the accelerator pedal, and (ii) such that the vehicle travels at a low speed, and then, at an accelerated speed within a prescribed upper limit, when the position of the gearshift is changed from the non-drive to drive range, while the accelerator pedal is kept on being depressed.

Abstract: A method of processing data for a driving automation system, the method comprising steps of: obtaining sound data from a microphone of an autonomous vehicle; processing the sound data to obtain a sound characteristic; and updating a context of the autonomous vehicle based on the sound characteristic.

Abstract: A driving assistance device executes dual-side braking steering avoidance control for forcibly decelerating a target vehicle by applying braking forces to wheels on both sides of the target vehicle and forcibly turning the target vehicle to swerve around an object in a case where a turning amount increase request condition is not satisfied. When forcibly turning the target vehicle rightward or leftward by collision avoidance control to swerve around the object in a case where the turning amount increase request condition is satisfied, the driving assistance device executes single-side braking steering avoidance control for forcibly decelerating the target vehicle by applying a braking force only to a right or left wheel of the target vehicle and forcibly turning the target vehicle to swerve around the object.

Abstract: A driver assistance system is provided with: an external sensor unit that acquires forward information; and a driver assistance control device that calculates, on the basis of the forward information, a relative speed and a predicted time to collision between the vehicle body and an object, and additionally executes a braking control for emergency avoidance that operates a brake device automatically at a timing determined on the basis of the predicted time to collision. If the object is a pedestrian, the driver assistance control device executes the braking control when the current state point specified by the relative speed and the predicted time to collision is inside an area 1 above a braking avoidance limit line L4, and executes a steering control that automatically changes the travel direction of the vehicle body when the state point is inside an area 2 at or below the limit line L4.

Abstract: A system and method of predicting a target vehicle entry into a side blind zone of an ADAS equipped vehicle and displaying a real-time alert to inform an operator or occupant of the ADAS equipped vehicle of the predicted target vehicle entry into the side blind zone. The system includes exterior sensors, interior sensors, an augmented reality rearview mirror, and a module. The module is configured to detect an object behind the ADAS equipped vehicle, predict a path of the object, determine a probability that the predicted path of the object will enter a side blind zone of the vehicle, and determine an entry of the object into the side blind zone of the vehicle when the probability exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method for preventing vehicle collision applied in an electronic device obtains a first image in the driving direction of a vehicle using the method (method vehicle), and detects a driving route of other vehicles in the first image, and takes one of the other vehicles in the first image as a target vehicle when it satisfies a first condition. The first condition comprises a vehicle being in the same lane as the method vehicle and having an opposing driving direction. The electronic device further detects whether a detectable distance between the method vehicle and the target vehicle is less than a preset distance, and generates a warning or a control command when the detectable distance is less than the preset distance.

Abstract: A vehicle control device is disclosed. The vehicle control device controls a vehicle on the basis of one or more detection times each representing a distance measured by a distance measuring device mounted on the vehicle. The distance measuring device measures a distance to an object around the vehicle by transmitting and receiving sound waves. The vehicle control device includes acquisition circuitry and estimated coordinate calculation circuitry. The acquisition circuitry acquires the one or more detection times. The estimated coordinate calculation circuitry calculates estimated coordinates indicating an estimated position of an object in a case where the object is present in a neighborhood of the distance measuring device but a distance to the object is not measured. The estimated coordinates is calculated on the basis of the one or more detection times having been acquired by the acquisition circuitry.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for platoon behaviors that discourage other vehicles from interfering.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle control apparatus which can control appropriately the travelling speed at traveling on the curve, considering not only the lateral acceleration at traveling on the curve but also the longitudinal acceleration. A vehicle control apparatus calculates a curve limitation travelling speed at which the lateral acceleration of the own vehicle becomes the maximum lateral acceleration or less, based on the road shape and the maximum lateral acceleration; corrects the curve limitation travelling speed so that a composite acceleration of the own vehicle at traveling on the curve road becomes within a limit range which is set according to the maximum lateral acceleration, the maximum longitudinal acceleration in the front direction, and the maximum longitudinal acceleration in the back direction; and controls the vehicle according to the curve limitation travelling speed after correction.

Abstract: The current embodiments include a method and a system in which a variable-configuration powertrain and trailer airbag inflation pressure can be controlled to maintain a desired following distance. By controlling a vehicle transmission, a final drive status, and/or a trailer airbag inflation pressure, a following distance can be maintained in anticipation of deceleration events to enhance vehicle deceleration capabilities. While applicable to vehicle platooning, particularly tractor trailers, the method and the system are equally applicable to essentially any autonomous following vehicle(s) which may or may not be communicatively coupled to a lead vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle controller includes: a surrounding area recognition unit that detects a state surrounding a subject vehicle; a human detection unit that detects a specific target object in a specific area into which entry of the specific target object is restricted; an automated driving control part that provides control such that the subject vehicle follows a vehicle traveling ahead thereof, based on a result detected by the surrounding area recognition unit. The automated driving control part makes the subject vehicle operate at at least one of a first support status, and a second support status which has an automated degree higher than that of the first support status or has a task required to be done by a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle less than that of the first support status.

Abstract: A control method to control a vehicle driving along a main road having a plurality of detours. The control method exhibits the steps of: recognising a road surface marking present on a surface of the main road; recognising a road sign present beside the main road in order to determine possible speed limits set by the road sign; establishing whether a speed limit set by a road sign refers to the main road or to a detour which is located ahead of the vehicle and has been signalled by a satellite positioning system equipped with georeferenced mapping; establishing whether the driver is going to take the detour; warning the driver of the speed limit set by the road sign and related to the main road for as long as the driver does not intend to take the detour; and warning the driver of the speed limit set by the road sign and related to the detour only when the driver is going to take the detour.

Abstract: Method and equipment for estimating a braking factor for a braking system for a vehicle. The method includes estimating a braking factor (kbrk) for a braking system for a vehicle, in which the braking factor (kbrk) is by applying the following equation: kbrk = a + b * Vveh + c * pbrk + d * Tbrk + f * pbrk2, in which a, b, c, d and f are model parameters, Vveh is a velocity of the vehicle, pbrk is a braking pressure, and Tbrk is a brake temperature.

Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to the present invention estimate, in response to a deceleration command to a vehicle, the first deceleration generated by a frictional braking force based on characteristics of deceleration with respect to a force acting on a friction pad of a frictional braking device, determine the second deceleration by subtracting the first deceleration from the deceleration command, output the first command for generating the frictional braking force based on the deceleration command, and output the second command for generating the regenerative braking force based on the second deceleration. This allows compensating for uncertainty in achieving deceleration by frictional braking, and improving the accuracy of the actual deceleration with respect to the deceleration command.

Abstract: A method for controlling an automated vehicle when driving into a crossing of equal-ranking roads involves the vehicle granting grants the further vehicles right of way at least for a pre-determined waiting time. The vehicle determines, according to a pre-determined arbitration rule, whether it should have priority over the further vehicles for passing through the crossing. After the waiting time has passed, the vehicle begins a crossing traversal maneuver to traverse the crossing if it is determined that it should have priority for passing through the crossing and if none of the further vehicles has driven on in the interim.

Abstract: Vehicle controller circuitry for a subject vehicle. The vehicle controller circuitry includes vehicle constraint determination circuitry to determine vehicle constraints including predicted values for vehicle speed of at least one other vehicle and predicted values of for vehicle position of the at least one other vehicle relative to the subject vehicle, wherein the vehicle constraints are determined at predetermined time steps (k) over a time horizon (Th). The vehicle controller circuitry also includes traffic signal constraint determination circuitry to determine, within a distance horizon (Dh) from the subject vehicle, traffic signal constraints including a green signal state of at least one traffic signal, a distance to the at least one traffic signal relative to the subject vehicle, and a time remaining in the green signal state of the at least one traffic signal; wherein the traffic signal constraints are determined at the predetermined time steps (k) over the time horizon (Th).

Abstract: A control device that performs travel control of a vehicle, the control device includes a processor configured to acquire output information of a sensor configured to detect an object in the around of the vehicle based on a reflected wave from the object. The processor is configured to: acquire first detection point group data of the object in a first region in the around of the vehicle based on the output information of the sensor, and recognize a first specific object present in the around of the vehicle based on the first detection point group data: and recognize a second specific object present in the around of the vehicle based on the first detection point group data in a second region that is narrower than the first region in the around of the vehicle when recognizing the presence of the first specific object.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle control apparatus that can correctly determine that lane changing is possible in a situation that by accelerating or decelerating, an ego vehicle can perform the lane changing without interfering with an obstacle, and that raises the comfortability for the drier. In the vehicle control apparatus, a target trajectory for performing lane changing under restriction of not entering an entry prohibition region is calculated; a determination section determines whether or not lane changing is possible, based on at least information on a position of the ego vehicle in the target trajectory; in the case where it is determined that lane changing is possible, the ego vehicle is made to change a lane, by use of the target trajectory.

Abstract: A vehicle control device has a processor configured to set a reference lane change start zone on a traveling lane, determine a target lane change start zone on the traveling lane, based on the reference lane change start zone and a current correction value, count a number of requests as number of times a vehicle lane change has been requested by the driver at a different location than a start location of the target lane change start zone, and calculate a new correction value for the reference lane change start zone, based on a correction coefficient determined based on the number of requests, and distance between the start location of the target lane change start zone and request location where the vehicle lane change has been requested, wherein the next target lane change start zone is determined based on the reference lane change start zone and the new correction value.

Abstract: A driving diagnostic device includes a processor. The processor acquires vehicle operation information including a direction indicator signal indicating an operation of a direction indicator of a vehicle and a yaw rate of the vehicle from a sensor mounted on the vehicle, determines that an event indicates a lane change by the vehicle when the vehicle operation information satisfies a predetermined condition, and performs evaluation of a driving operation of the vehicle during a period of the event.

Abstract: A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a peripheral situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller that controls one or both of steering and speed of the host vehicle on the basis of a result of recognition performed by the recognizer. In a case where the host vehicle traveling in a first lane performs a lane change to a second lane adjacent to the first lane and a case where it is recognized by the recognizer that there is another vehicle in the vicinity of the host vehicle, the driving controller specifies a position of the other vehicle by changing a range to be recognized as the second lane on the basis of a relative speed between the host vehicle and the other vehicle, and executes control related to the lane change on the basis of the specified position.

Abstract: Systems and methods of performing localization of a vehicle are provided. The system receives data comprising one or more of: raw images from one or more vision sensors, motion sensor data, or lane-level map information. The system determines, based on the data, a lane in which the vehicle is located and lateral displacement of a center of the vehicle relative to a center of the lane.

Abstract: Method and system for generating a hybrid epoch score and driver feedback for a user. In some examples, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving prior telematics data indicative of the operation of a vehicle by the user during one or more prior trips in a prior epoch; receiving recent telematics data indicative of the operation of the vehicle by the user during one or more recent trips in a current epoch; generating a prior epoch score based at least in part upon the prior telematics data; generating a partial current epoch score based at least in part upon the recent telematics data; generating a hybrid current epoch score based at least in part upon the prior epoch score and the partial current epoch score; generating a driver feedback based at least in part upon the hybrid current epoch score; and presenting the driver feedback to the user via a display.

Abstract: A learning-based lane change prediction algorithm, and systems and methods for implementing the algorithm, are disclosed. The prediction algorithm evaluates the driving behaviors of a target human driver and predicts lane change maneuvers based on those personalized driving behaviors. The algorithm may include an online lane change decision prediction phase and an offline prediction training and cost function recovery phase. During the offline training phase, a machine learning model may be trained based on historical vehicle states. During the online validation phase, driving data may be collected and fed to the trained model to predict a driver's lane change maneuver, identify potential vehicle trajectories, and determine a most probable vehicle trajectory based on a driver's cost function recovered during the offline phase.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driver assistance system including a gripping detection sensor provided on a steering wheel of a vehicle and configured to detect a driver gripping the steering wheel and acquire gripping information, and a controller configured to receive the gripping information from the gripping detection sensor, receive behavior information from a behavior detection device configured to acquire the behavior information of the vehicle, and determine whether the driver is dozing, wherein the controller is configured to match the gripping information according to the behavior information, predict gripping information according to current behavior information based on a result of the matching to generate gripping prediction information, and compare current gripping information with the gripping prediction information according to the current behavior information to determine whether the driver is dozing.