Patents Issued in February 1, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240034298
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing traction assistance in a vehicle are disclosed that include determining whether a slip condition exists on a route of the vehicle based on vehicle data, external data, or a combination thereof, determining an electric drive powertrain configuration that includes a minimum state of charge (SoC) for a battery system of the vehicle based on the slip condition, and communicating the electric drive powertrain configuration to an electric drive powertrain controller, which operates the electric drive powertrain in accordance with the electric drive powertrain configuration to provide the minimum SoC to the battery system prior to the vehicle travelling over a portion of the route where the slip condition exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: WILLIAM CLEMENTS, MOUSTAPHA DIAB
  • Publication number: 20240034299
    Abstract: Methods and systems implementing hybrid vehicle with multi-mode functionality are provided. The vehicle includes a steerable front axle coupled with a first motive power source having an integrated axle including an electric motor and a transmission. A rear axle is coupled with a second motive power source and separately operable from the steerable front axle. A sensor measures an additional load applied on the vehicle. A controller coupled with the sensor, the first motive power source, and the second motive power source. The controller receives measurement data from the sensor; selects, based on the measurement data, (a) a first operation mode of activating only the first motive power source or (b) a second operation mode of activating only the second motive power source, to operate the vehicle; and activates, based on the first operation mode or the second operation mode that is selected, the first motive power source or the second motive power source to operate the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher R. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20240034300
    Abstract: A method includes determining, by a controller, that a transient event for a hybrid vehicle is occurring; determining, by the controller, an increase of power demand for the hybrid vehicle based on the determined transient event; directing, by the controller, an amount of power from an electric motor of the hybrid vehicle to a powertrain of the hybrid vehicle based on the increase in power demand, the amount of power from the electric motor determined based on at least one of a state of charge of a battery of the hybrid vehicle; and increasing, by the controller, an amount of power from an engine of the hybrid vehicle as a power output from the electric motor decays to avoid an engine power output spike from the engine based on the determined increase in power demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Lu Qiu, David Schmidt, Yuying Song, Jinyong Luo, Ying Yuan, Manik Narula
  • Publication number: 20240034301
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing vehicle movement during standstill. In one example, a method for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include monitoring a requested torque of an electric machine and a clutch position, predicting a torque at an output shaft by multiplying the requested torque and clutch position, and operating the hybrid or electric vehicle in a default state in response to an indication of a predicted torque exceeding a threshold torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Peter DECKMYN, Biagio BORRETTI, Tony LIBBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20240034302
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to adjusting a prediction model for control at handling limits associated with a projected trajectory during automated driving. In one embodiment, a method includes adjusting parameters of a prediction model using friction estimates and sideslip costs associated with a projected trajectory of a vehicle, the friction estimates being derived from Kalman filtering. The method also includes scaling, using the prediction model, handling limits of the vehicle for the projected trajectory according to a friction circle. The method also includes generating, by the prediction model, vehicle dynamics using a load transfer and a brake distribution, the vehicle dynamics being associated with estimated road conditions and the handling limits. The method also includes outputting, by the prediction model using the vehicle dynamics, a driving command to the vehicle for the projected trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: James Andrew Dallas, Michael Thompson, Yan Ming Jonathan Goh, Avinash Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20240034303
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of regulating a vehicle load of a motor vehicle. The method comprises measuring, by way of a sensing module, an onboard loading data of a motor vehicle; transmitting, by way of a vehicle bus, the onboard loading data measured to a processing unit of a motor vehicle load regulating system; receiving, by way of a processing unit, the onboard loading data measured; and determining, by way of a processing unit, a centrifugal force of a motor vehicle relative to the onboard loading data measure; and executing, by way of the processing unit, a feedback mechanism for regulating a motion of a motor vehicle in response to the centrifugal force determined. A vehicle load regulating system, a computer program and computer-readable medium having stored thereon the computer program is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Nithin Y P, Anjana Gopinath
  • Publication number: 20240034304
    Abstract: A parking method includes searching a moving path of a trailer, giving a movement instruction to a vehicle, based on the moving path of the trailer, measuring one or both of a current location of the trailer and a current direction of the trailer according to the movement instruction, comparing one or both of a desired location of the trailer and a desired direction of the trailer in the moving path of the trailer with one or both of the current location of the trailer and the current direction of the trailer; and moving the trailer to a parking space, based on a result of the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DOUGLAS MACKENZIE, VENKATESH DUDIKI, ZHE LI
  • Publication number: 20240034305
    Abstract: A plurality of different reference images for specifying a target parking space is preliminarily stored. The different reference images are generated by using an imaging device that captures an image around a subject vehicle. After that, when the subject vehicle is parked in the target parking space, the current image captured around the subject vehicle is verified with at least one reference image of the plurality of different reference images to recognize the target parking space, and the travel operation of the subject vehicle to the target parking space is autonomously controlled based on positional information of the recognized target parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Muku Takeda
  • Publication number: 20240034306
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a hardware processor coupled to a memory. The hardware processor receives a camera image and performs image processing with the camera image as an input. The hardware processor senses a situation around a vehicle on the basis of the camera image or a sensing image generated by the image processing. The hardware processor performs parking assistance including a plurality of stages on the basis of the situation around the vehicle. The hardware processor restricts the image processing in accordance with the stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yudai ISHIBASHI, Yoshimasa OKABE, Masayuki FUKUYAMA, Ryo OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20240034307
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, apparatuses, computer programs and vehicles including an apparatus for determining in a vehicle assistance system a free space boundary of a physical environment surrounding the vehicle. In aspects, the method includes the operations of: obtaining a parametric curve approximating spatial information representing the free space boundary, wherein the parametric curve is defined by a plurality of control points; determining a shape complexity indicator for a control point of the plurality of control points, the shape complexity indicator indicating a shape complexity of a section of the parametric curve affected by the control point; and modifying the section of the parametric curve affected by the control point based on the shape complexity indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Marek Jacek Szlachetka, Dariusz Borkowski
  • Publication number: 20240034308
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for determining a trajectory for use in controlling a vehicle are described. A trajectory determination system may generate a variety of trajectories for potential use in controlling a vehicle, including a maximum braking trajectory that enables the maximum application of the vehicle's brakes. A vehicle computing system may determine a distance between vehicle and an obstacle and stopping distances for the various trajectories and implement the maximum braking trajectory after determining that the distance to stop for that trajectory is the same as, but not substantially greater than, the distance between the vehicle and the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Varun Agrawal, Jacob Daniel Boydston, Taylor Scott Clawson, Joshua Dean Egbert, Brian Michael Filarsky, Joseph Funke, Noureldin Ehab Hendy, Richard Hsieh, Glenn Xavier Liem, David Benjamin Lu, Leonardo Poubel Orenstein
  • Publication number: 20240034309
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for navigating a host vehicle. In one implementation, at least one processor may be programmed to receive an image captured by a camera; identify an oncoming target vehicle; determine that a planned trajectory for the host vehicle includes a turn that crosses a projected trajectory of the oncoming target vehicle in a potential turn-across-path event; determine a driving jurisdiction associated with the road; determine, based on the driving jurisdiction, whether the target vehicle is approaching a road feature that negates the potential turn-across-path event; and either implement or forego implementing a remedial action based on whether the target vehicle is approaching a road feature that negates the potential turn-across-path event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: OFER FINELT, Tomer Baba
  • Publication number: 20240034310
    Abstract: A control device and a method for determining a time variable which is a time variable for describing a possible collision of an ego-vehicle with at least one further object. The method includes determining a movement variable which is based on a movement of at least one of the ego-vehicle and the object; determining a current and/or possible location area for at least one of the ego-vehicle and the object; determining the time variable based on the movement variable and the location area, the location area is determined based on a surroundings model of the ego-vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Marcel AGUIRRE MEHLHORN, Hendrik DECKE
  • Publication number: 20240034311
    Abstract: A method controls a motor vehicle equipped with at least two perception sensors to avoid a target. The control method includes: determining data of the sensors, fusing the data of the sensors so as to determine the steering wheel angle, the vehicle speed and the vehicle heading, planning an avoidance path to avoid the target, taking the form of a Euler spiral, refining the avoidance path depending on the steering wheel angle, on the vehicle speed and on the vehicle heading and based on the solution of an optimisation problem, controlling the vehicle so as to follow the refined path, the refining the path including honing the avoidance path depending on the path length, on the direction of steering wheel rotation and on the final heading and refining the honed trajectory depending on the initial heading and on the direction of steering wheel rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: RENAULT S.A.S, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geoffrey BRUNO, Anh-Lam DO, Khoa Duc NGUYEN, Juan-Pablo SANCHEZ-PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20240034312
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a vehicle computer coupled to a vehicle. The vehicle computer may be configured to compute (e.g., generate) an automated lane change maneuver moving the vehicle from a first lane into a second, adjacent lane. The lane change maneuver may have commenced while the maneuver was safe to conduct, but a threat vehicle (or another threat object) may be subsequently detected moving into the same target lane. The option to immediately abort the maneuver and return to the original lane may not be appropriate after some time into the lane change maneuver. The vehicle computer may control the vehicle in a lateral position hold along the lane demarcation line for a predetermined amount of time before moving into the second lane when the threat vehicle clears the second lane or returning to the first lane when the threat vehicle does not clear the second lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: PlusAI, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Dingli, Lichun Yang, Mohammadhussein Rafieisakhaei
  • Publication number: 20240034313
    Abstract: A driver assistance device according to the present disclosure includes a recognition sensor and a processor. The recognition sensor includes a camera that captures an image of another vehicle on a road having two or more lanes intersecting with a traveling lane of a subject vehicle, and is configured to recognize a situation around the subject vehicle. The processor is configured to execute a driver assistance process of assisting collision avoidance between the subject vehicle and the another vehicle. The processor is configured to predict whether or not the another vehicle performs a lane change from a farther lane to a closer lane when viewed from the subject vehicle, based on other-vehicle traveling information which is traveling information of the another vehicle detected by the recognition sensor. The processor is configured to execute the driver assistance process in a mode according to a result of the prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji MIYAI
  • Publication number: 20240034314
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle includes a monitoring sensor and a brake apparatus. The vehicle control apparatus determines whether a pre-preceding vehicle is present in front of a preceding vehicle in front of an own vehicle in a vehicle advancing direction. In response to the pre-preceding vehicle is determined to be present in front of the preceding vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus compares a first required deceleration required to cause the own vehicle to travel to follow the preceding vehicle based on a monitoring result of the monitoring sensor and a second required deceleration required to cause the own vehicle to travel to follow the pre-preceding vehicle based on a monitoring result of the monitoring sensor, and controls the brake apparatus to bring deceleration of the own vehicle closer to the second required deceleration in response to the second required deceleration being greater than the first required deceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Takaomi KINUGAWA, Tooru TAKAHASHI, Yuki TEZUKA, Naoki KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240034315
    Abstract: A surrounding environment around a vehicle is recognized and surrounding environment information is acquired. Traveling control is performed on the vehicle based on the acquired surrounding environment information. When an obstacle expected to hinder traveling of the vehicle is recognized ahead of the vehicle and other vehicles traveling ahead of the vehicle are recognized in an adjacent lane adjacent to a traveling lane where the vehicle is traveling, a movement amount of the obstacle moved due to an effect of a first other vehicle among the other vehicles that travels at a position near the obstacle is detected. An estimated movement amount of the obstacle moved due to an effect of a second other vehicle among the other vehicles that follows the first other vehicle is calculated based on the detected movement amount. The traveling control is performed on the vehicle based on the estimated movement amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reo HARADA, Hiroaki KURAMOCHI, Seiya SATO, Hiroki MANIWA, Wataru MUNEMURA, Shigeki MUKAI, Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240034316
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for determining a deceleration setpoint value of an autonomous vehicle (204), the autonomous vehicle (204) comprising an adaptive cruise control capable of decelerating the autonomous vehicle according to a first deceleration setpoint (215), referred to as standard deceleration, the autonomous vehicle (204) traveling along a first lane (201) at a first speed, the vehicle heading into a second lane (202) subject to a speed limit (208) at a distance, D, relative to the beginning (203) of the second lane (202), said method comprising the steps wherein: —a necessary deceleration is calculated; —the deceleration setpoint of the autonomous vehicle (204) is determined; —the adaptive cruise control applies the deceleration setpoint thus determined in order to decelerate the autonomous vehicle (204) from the beginning (203) of the second lane (202).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Vincent DESCHAMPS, Jean-Baptiste BRACONNIER, Claire BELLE, Eric FAVREAU
  • Publication number: 20240034317
    Abstract: A method for operating an automated vehicle involves recording traffic congestion ahead of the vehicle and determining whether hazard lights of a vehicle following the vehicle in its lane are switched on. When the hazard lights of the following vehicle are switched on, a rear collision risk is evaluated as being lower than when the hazard lights are switched off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Christoph KELLER, Holger MIELENZ
  • Publication number: 20240034318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for having a vehicle (1) approach a loading ramp (7), wherein the vehicle (1) has an acceleration sensor (19) which is designed to detect vehicle acceleration of the vehicle (1), the method comprising the following steps: —defining a vehicle speed of the vehicle (1) such that the vehicle (1) does not exceed a specified approach speed when approaching the loading ramp (7); —monitoring, over time, the vehicle acceleration measured by the acceleration sensor (19); —determining an approach state according to the vehicle acceleration monitored over time, wherein the approach state indicates whether or not the vehicle (1) and the loading ramp (7) touch; and —bringing the vehicle (1) to a standstill and/or keeping the vehicle (1) at a standstill if the vehicle (1) touching the loading ramp (7) has been determined as the approach state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Goers, Christoph Barth
  • Publication number: 20240034319
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes: an environment information acquisitor that acquires environment information ahead of the vehicle; a vehicle position estimator that estimates a vehicle's position; a target route setter that sets a target route; and a controller that causes the vehicle to travel along the target route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki UMEZAWA, Hiroaki KURAMOCHI, Satoshi NAKANO, Masashi OKANO, Shuhei DAIROKUNO, Motohiro HIDAKA, Tatsuro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240034320
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes an environment information acquisitor, a vehicle position estimator, a target route setter, and a controller. The environment information acquisitor acquires environment information in front of the vehicle. The vehicle position estimator estimates a position of the vehicle on a road. The target route setter sets a target route of the vehicle. The controller causes the vehicle to travel along the target route. The controller includes an intersection determiner, a right-left turn determiner, a route generator, and an intervention controller. The intersection determiner determines whether an intersection is in front of the vehicle based on the environment information. The right-left turn determiner determines whether the vehicle turns right or left at the intersection. The route generator generates correct and erroneous routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro HIDAKA, Katsuyuki UMEZAWA, Hiroaki KURAMOCHI, Satoshi NAKANO, Shuhei DAIROKUNO, Tatsuro SUZUKI, Masashi OKANO
  • Publication number: 20240034321
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes: an environment information acquisitor that acquires environment information in front of the vehicle; a target route setter that sets a target route; and a controller that causes the vehicle to travel along the target route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki UMEZAWA, Hiroaki KURAMOCHI, Satoshi NAKANO, Masashi OKANO, Shuhei DAIROKUNO, Motohiro HIDAKA, Tatsuro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240034322
    Abstract: A travel controller determines whether a traveling lane in which a vehicle is traveling is a merged lane into which a merging lane merges using peripheral data that represents a surrounding situation of the vehicle, and while the traveling lane is the merged lane, repeatedly performs yielding determination to detect a merging vehicle traveling in the merging lane from the peripheral data, and to determine whether or not yielding control for securing a larger space for the merging vehicle to change the lane to the merged lane is necessary, the yielding determination at the first time being performed based on a relative positional relationship between the merging vehicle and the vehicle, the yielding determinations at the second and subsequent times being performed based at least on a result of a previous yielding determination, and controls travel of the vehicle according to the result of the yielding determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiki Kitagawa, Satoru Akahane, Yoshihiro Aotani
  • Publication number: 20240034323
    Abstract: A control system for controlling axle hop in a vehicle includes a sensor and an electronic controller. The sensor is configured to detect a vibration of an axle and to detect a wheel slip of a wheel. The electronic controller is configured to determine whether one of the detected axle vibration exceeds a first predetermined threshold or the detected wheel slip exceeds a second predetermined threshold. An engine traction control system is started upon determining that the one of the detected axle vibration exceeds the first predetermined threshold or that the detected wheel slip exceeds the second predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Paul ROBSON, Scott WARNECKE
  • Publication number: 20240034324
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a mode transition determination unit, and a controller. The mode transition determination unit is configured to make a determination as to whether or not one or both of a driving mode and a travel mode have made a transition. The controller is configured to vary a speed of a state change of interior equipment, based on a result of the determination by the mode transition determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya HOMMA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Ryota NAKAMURA, Junichi MOTOYAMA, Kazuhiro HAYAKAWA, Yuta GOTO, Takuya KANETA
  • Publication number: 20240034325
    Abstract: To improve current and future safety of a site. An information processing system for ensuring safety of a site where a heavy machine is introduced, the information processing system includes one or more sensor units that are mounted on an apparatus arranged at the site to detect a situation at the site, a recognition unit that recognizes the situation at the site based on sensor data acquired by the one or more sensor units, and an apparatus management unit that manages the apparatus based on a result of recognition by the recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yasushi Fujinami, Akitoshi Isshiki
  • Publication number: 20240034326
    Abstract: A vehicle and a control method thereof are capable of automatically displaying a surround view image depending on a condition of a road surface. The vehicle includes at least one sensor, a display, a surround view monitor system, and a controller. The surround view monitor system is configured to obtain a surround view image. The controller is configured to estimate a gradient of the road surface based on a sensor value received from the at least one sensor and to control the display to display at least a part of the surround view image based on a preset condition related to the gradient of the road surface being satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sangheon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240034327
    Abstract: A road abnormality detection apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor having hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, from a traveling vehicle, a road image indicating an image of a surface of a road or a periphery of the road and image capturing position information indicating a position where the road image is captured; recognize a road facility included in the road image and a position of the road facility based on the road image and the image capturing position information; determine whether or not abnormality exists in the road facility by comparing the road facility included in the road image and correctness information that is prepared in advance; and accumulate, in the memory, facility position information indicating the position of the road facility that the abnormality exists in when it is determined that the abnormality exists in the road facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKEMURA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Tae SUGIMURA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Tomoaki UMEKI
  • Publication number: 20240034328
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle motion control device capable of reducing vibration generated in a running vehicle and suppressing the occurrence of an unstable behavior of the vehicle. A vehicle motion control device that controls a motion of a vehicle includes an operation management unit that generates traveling status information of the vehicle, a traveling track generation unit that generates a traveling track of the vehicle based on the traveling status information, and a travel control unit that controls driving, braking, and steering of the vehicle based on the traveling track. The traveling track generation unit includes a course planning unit that generates a target course based on the traveling status information and a speed planning unit that plans a target speed by calculating a longitudinal acceleration and a lateral acceleration whose composite acceleration has one peak when the vehicle travels on each curve in the target course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shingo NASU, Kentarou UENO, Masaru YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240034329
    Abstract: A system includes a computer on board a vehicle and a server remote from the vehicle. The computer and the server each store a network graph of actions performable by components of the vehicle that includes costs of transitioning between the actions. The computer is programmed to log a sequence of the actions; upon determining that a sub-sequence of the sequence constitutes a lowest-cost path from the beginning action to the final action based on the network graph, store a reduced sequence including a beginning action and a final action of the sub-sequence ordered immediately after the beginning action, the reduced sequence excluding at least one intermediate action from the sub-sequence; and transmit the reduced sequence to a server remote from the vehicle. The server is programmed to determine the sequence from the reduced sequence based on the network graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Makke, Jeremy Lerner, Oleg Gusikhin
  • Publication number: 20240034330
    Abstract: A system for obtaining vehicle status data includes a location sensor configured to obtain location data for one or more connected devices in or around the vehicle. The vehicle has a plurality of seats, including at least one seat without an occupant sensor. The location data is obtained based at least partially on radiofrequency waves. A command unit is adapted to receive the location data. The command unit has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The command unit is adapted to obtain the vehicle status data in real time based in part on the location data of the one or more connected devices, the vehicle status data including a total number of occupants in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eric T. Hosey, Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres, Matthew Neely, Russell A. Patenaude
  • Publication number: 20240034331
    Abstract: A drowsiness sign notification system applied to a vehicle includes a driver monitor and a controller. The driver monitor detects a driver state being a state of a driver of the vehicle. The controller executes a drowsiness sign determination process that determines whether or not the driver shows a drowsiness sign based on the driver state. When it is determined that the driver shows the drowsiness sign and an activation condition is satisfied, the controller executes rest area informing process that informs the driver of a rest area. The activation condition of the rest area informing process is set from a viewpoint of a relationship between a location of the rest area and a target route of the vehicle, or an expected time required for the vehicle to reach the rest area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Kaori SAKAI, Takaaki ITO, Tetsu YAJIMA, Koichiro YAMAUCHI, Masataka SANO, Takuya SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20240034332
    Abstract: An electronic system, a method, and a computer program product support wireless communication with reduced distraction for a driver experiencing challenging driving conditions. The method includes connecting to a communication session with second electronic device(s) via a communication subsystem of the electronic device and via a communication network. The method includes receiving an indication of a challenging driving condition from a first image stream from image capturing device(s) positionable to have a field of view encompassing a face of a driver of a vehicle and/or a detected condition from sensor(s) that detects external conditions to the vehicle that can require the driver to be more attentive while the vehicle is in motion. In response to receiving the indication of the challenging driving condition, the method includes communicating a notification over the communication session to the second electronic device(s), the notification indicating that the driver is in the challenging driving condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: AMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL, RAHUL BHARAT DESAI
  • Publication number: 20240034333
    Abstract: An electronic system, a method, and a computer program product support wireless communication with reduced distraction for a driver experiencing challenging driving conditions. The method includes communicating, via a communication subsystem of an electronic system and via a communication network, with a first electronic device participating in a communication session with at least one second electronic device, the communication session hosted by the electronic system. In response to determining that the first electronic device is being used by a driver in a vehicle, the method includes: receiving data about the first electronic device that indicates whether current driving conditions allow the driver to communicate without degrading driving performance; and restricting transmission of new communication inputs from the communication session to the first electronic device to reduce distractions to the driver when the received data indicates the driver is potentially in a challenging driving condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: AMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL, RAHUL BHARAT DESAI
  • Publication number: 20240034334
    Abstract: An electronic system, a method, and a computer program product support wireless communication with reduced distraction for a driver experiencing challenging driving conditions. The method includes initiating setup of a communication session by the electronic system as host, via the communication subsystem and the communication network, with a first electronic device and second electronic device(s). In response to determining that the first electronic device is being used by a driver in a vehicle, the method includes pausing setup of the communication session to reduce distractions to the driver when potentially in a challenging driving condition. The method includes requesting data about the first electronic device that indicates whether current driving conditions allow the driver to communicate without degrading driving performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: AMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL, RAHUL BHARAT DESAI
  • Publication number: 20240034335
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamic driver training, and may include: a communication interface to receive sensor data, the sensor data comprising driver biometric data and driver performance data for a driver operating a vehicle; a driver inference circuit to infer a skill level and emotional state of the driver operating the vehicle; and a driver training circuit to, based on the inferred skill level and emotional state of the driver operating the vehicle, dynamically adjust a driver training level for the driver while the driver is operating the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: MINORU BRANDON ARAKI, Michael Thompson, James Dallas, Yan Ming Jonathan Goh, Avinash Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20240034336
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing continuous safe-driver training safely are provided. A safe-driving challenge may be presented to an operator of a vehicle. Data captured by sensors associated with the vehicle may be analyzed to determine whether the operator of the vehicle has completed the safe-driving challenge. Based on a determination that the operator of the vehicle has completed the safe-driving challenge, a notification may be provided to the operator (e.g., indicating to the operator that he or she has successfully completed the challenge). A processor may randomly select whether a reward is to be provided to the operator of the vehicle based on the determination that the operator of the vehicle has completed the safe-driving challenge. Moreover, if a reward is to be provided to the operator of the vehicle, a processor may randomly select a type of reward to be provided to the operator of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Theobolt N. Leung, Micah Wind Russo, Eric Dahl, Gareth Finucane
  • Publication number: 20240034337
    Abstract: A method of detecting a malicious wireless vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication includes retrieving perception data from a perception system on an ego vehicle, determining information about nearby objects from the perception data, receiving a first Basic Safety Message (BSM) from a first V2X source and determining if a vehicle location indicated in the first BSM corresponds to a location visible to the ego vehicle. In the event that the vehicle location indicated in the first BSM does not correspond to a location visible to the ego vehicle, the method further includes receiving a second V2X communication from a second V2X source and determining if the second V2X communication indicates a vehicle at the vehicle location indicated in the first BSM. In the event that the second V2X communication does not indicate a vehicle at the vehicle location indicated in the first BSM, the first BSM data is flagged as malicious.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Wenyuan Qi, Zhengyu Xing
  • Publication number: 20240034338
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a control device that controls such that a first drive machine propels, while a second drive machine operates as a generator, and a load point of the first drive machine is increased by an amount that is bounded by a first limit value chosen such that, when a driving torque of the first drive machine is reduced to zero, while the amount is set at the first limit value and at a same time a motor slip control of the motor vehicle is not active, a destabilization of the motor vehicle occurs in a first test driving situation and no destabilization of the motor vehicle occurs in a second test driving situation, wherein a coefficient of friction of a static friction between tires of the motor vehicle and a roadway is between 0.4 and 0.9, or and the coefficient of friction is between 0.9 and 1.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Manuel PAßLER
  • Publication number: 20240034339
    Abstract: The present invention aims to improve the efficiency of automobile development by front loading the evaluation of an on-road driving test, and comprises a virtual evaluation step of simulating the on-road driving test using a driving environment model which models a driving environment, an operating state model which models an operating state, and a vehicle model which models the actual vehicle; a bench test evaluation step of imitating the on-road driving test by combining a part or all of the actual vehicle, a part or all of the vehicle model, a part or all of the driving environment model, and a part or all of the operating state model, and conducting a bench test of a part or all of the actual vehicle, and an on-road driving test evaluation step of conducting the on-road driving test of the actual vehicle in a real driving environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.
    Inventors: Philip ROBERTS, Kunio TABATA, Steven WHELAN, Aaron HEADLEY
  • Publication number: 20240034340
    Abstract: A method for assisting with driving a motor vehicle includes generating a control response to be made with respect to a current situation and sending a command to an actuator in order to control the vehicle. In accordance with an item of quality information regarding the result of the command, the method further includes generating, by reinforcement learning, a new control response, the new control response being optimized with respect to the current situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S
    Inventors: Hussam ATOUI, David GONZALEZ BAUTISTA, Imane MAHTOUT, Vicente MILANES
  • Publication number: 20240034341
    Abstract: Vehicle dynamics related parameter(s) of an autonomous vehicle model can be calibrated so that the autonomous vehicle model can more accurately determine the driving related behaviors of the autonomous vehicle. An example method comprises obtaining, from sensor data, vehicle related parameters; performing a first determination of a slope of a road and a banking angle of the road based on a pitch angle of the vehicle and a roll angle of the vehicle, respectively; performing a second determination of a set of parameters that describe a driving-related operation of the vehicle; performing a third determination that at least one difference between at least one value from the set of parameters and a corresponding parameter from the plurality of vehicle related parameters exceeds at least one threshold value; and obtaining, in response to the third determination, a calibrated longitudinal dynamic-related parameter or a calibrated lateral dynamic-related parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shen QU, Liu LIU, Junbo JING, Haoming SUN
  • Publication number: 20240034342
    Abstract: A driving operation determiner that is configured to: based on lever operation information representing whether or not a turn signal lever of a vehicle is operated, and based on yaw rate information representing a yaw rate of the vehicle, make a determination as to whether, in an identified duration between a first time and a second time, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the yaw rate is at least a first threshold value and an absolute value of the maximum value of the yaw rate is at least a second threshold value, the turn signal lever being switched from a non-operation state to an operation state at the first time, and the turn signal lever being switched from the operation state to the non-operation state at the second time subsequent to the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryoichi CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20240034343
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle includes at least one system for recovering navigation data, a compilation interface to create at least one sequence of events from the recovered navigation data, and a computer for calculating a driver alert distance. The driver alert distance is calculated for each of the events of each created sequence of events depending on at least one natural deceleration distance of the vehicle specific to each event. The driver assistance system also includes a management interface determining a priority among the events of each sequence of events depending on the driver alert distance calculated for each event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S
    Inventors: Abdou-Salam GUEYE, Virgile PARIS, Clément PAURON
  • Publication number: 20240034344
    Abstract: To identify driving event sounds during navigation, a client device in a vehicle provides a set of navigation directions for traversing from a starting location to a destination location along a route. During navigation to the destination location, the client device identifies audio that includes a driving event sound from within the vehicle or an area surrounding the vehicle. In response to determining that the audio includes the driving event sound, the client device determines whether the driving event sound is artificial. In response to determining that the driving event sound is artificial, the client device presents a notification to the driver indicating that the driving event sound is artificial or masks the driving event sound to prevent the driver from hearing the driving event sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Publication number: 20240034345
    Abstract: By an automated driving control device, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing automated driving control program, a presentation control device, or a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing presentation control program, at least one of a switching of a traveling control state of a subject vehicle among a driving assistance control and an autonomous traveling control, notification of a shift of the traveling control state, change of a setting of a vehicle-to-vehicle distance, or notification of the change is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240034346
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a parking interaction method and apparatus, a storage medium, an electronic device and a vehicle, and belongs to the field of vehicle technologies. The method includes: outputting and displaying a currently-generated virtual parking image and a corresponding real parking image; receiving a parking space selection instruction for the virtual parking image, where the parking space selection instruction includes first position information of a to-be-parked target available parking space in the virtual parking image; according to a correspondence between the virtual parking image and the real parking image, determining second position information of the target available parking space in the real parking image; according to the first position information, highlighting the target available parking space in the virtual parking image, and according to the second position information, highlighting the target available parking space in the real parking image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Momenta (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunhong Zhang, Fang Chen, Yue Tuo, Lu Liu
  • Publication number: 20240034347
    Abstract: A sensor calibration system periodically receives scene data from a detector in a calibration scene. The calibration scene includes calibration targets. The sensor calibration system generates a calibration map based on the scene data. The calibration map is a virtual representation of the calibration scene and includes features of the calibration targets that can be used as ground truth features for calibrating AV sensors. The sensor calibration system can periodically update the calibration map. For instance, the sensor calibration system receives the scene data at a predetermined frequency and updates the calibration map every time it receives new scene data. The predetermined frequency may be a frequency of the detector completing a full scan of the calibration scene. The sensor calibration system provides a latest version of the calibration map for being used by an AV to calibrate a sensor on the AV 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Chou, Nigel Rodrigues, Jordan Michael Croom