Abstract: A display control device is configured to control image display of a display device for remote operation of a moving body by a remote operator. The display device includes a first screen that displays an intersection image captured by a camera installed at an intersection and imaging a traffic situation in an area of the intersection. The display control device includes one or more sensors configured to acquire intention information of the remote operator regarding right and left turns of the moving body, and a processor. The processor determines, in accordance with a traveling direction of the moving body in the intersection image and the intention information, a shape of a course image indicating a planned course of the moving body, and displays the course image in a superimposed manner on the intersection image while associating the course image with the moving body in the intersection image.

Abstract: An image processing system includes: a rear image acquisition unit configured to acquire a rear image of a movable apparatus; a display unit configured to display the rear image from the rear image acquisition unit; a path calculation unit configured to calculate an avoidance path for avoiding an obstacle in front; and a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a rear image of a predetermined angle of field acquired by the rear image acquisition unit when the path calculation unit determines that there is no path in which the obstacle in front is able to avoided or the movable apparatus enters a path into which the movable apparatus is not allowed to intrude.

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes: an imaging sensor including a first pixel region having X1 pixels arranged in a first direction and Y1 pixels arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction; an optical system including at least one lens and having an optical axis intersecting the first pixel region; and a memory configured to store a position of a second pixel region inside the first pixel region and having X2 pixels arranged in the first direction and Y2 pixels arranged in the second direction, the X2 being smaller than the X1, the Y2 being smaller than the Y1. The vehicular camera is configured to: read the position of the second pixel region from the memory in response to start-up of the imaging sensor; and output an output image corresponding to the second pixel region while outputting the position of the second pixel region.

Abstract: A drive assistance system includes a display object configurator that sets, as a display object or a non-display object, each of traffic participants recognized as alert objects from among nearby traffic participants, and a display controller that performs highlight image processing for highlighting the presence of the display object. When a first traffic participant set as the display object and a second traffic participant set as the non-display object are present in the vicinity of the subject vehicle and recognized as alert objects with the recognition of the first traffic participant by the driver being detected while the highlight image processing is performed, the display object configurator compares the degrees of influence of the first and second traffic participants, sets, as the display object, one of the first and second traffic participants designated on the basis of a result of the comparison, and sets the other as the non-display object.

Abstract: A monitoring device that performs monitoring of an occupant of a vehicle by at least one monitoring mode from out of a first monitoring mode or a second monitoring mode that is different from the first monitoring mode. The monitoring device includes a setting section that sets a monitoring mode for monitoring the occupant based on a detection result of part of a body of the occupant using at least one monitoring mode from out of the first monitoring mode or the second monitoring mode.

Abstract: A representative spacecraft system includes a launch vehicle elongated along a launch vehicle axis and having at least one stage carrying a corresponding rocket engine. The representative system further includes an annular support structure carried by the at least one stage and positioned to support a cargo spacecraft having a service module and a cargo module. The cargo module of the cargo spacecraft is positioned along the launch vehicle axis in a direction distal from the support structure, and at least a portion of the service module of the cargo spacecraft positioned within an annulus of the support structure.

Abstract: A lift for a hitch mounted cargo carrier has a linear actuator having fixed and moveable portion. A drive extends and retracts the moveable portion relative to the fixed portion along an axis of the linear actuator. A hitch mount is secured relative to the fixed portion that is sized to be received by a hitch receiver of a vehicle such that the axis is vertically oriented and the moveable portion extends from a bottom end of the fixed portion. A moveable hitch receiver is secured to a bottom end of the moveable portion, the moveable hitch receiver being positioned such that the receiver traverses the axis. The hitch mount and the moveable hitch receiver extend substantially perpendicularly to the axis and the hitch mount extends substantially anti-parallel to the moveable hitch receiver and on an opposite side of the linear actuator.

Abstract: A rear mounted vehicle bike rack includes several adjustable features that allow the bike rack to be configured for a desired use, and to enable normal access to the vehicle rear cargo area. The bike rack includes two sets of telescoping arms that may be independently diagonally retracted or extended to adjust the distance at which the rack or a carried bike is positioned from the vehicle hatch door, and the height above the road surface at which the rack or carried bike is positioned. A cargo assembly of the bike rack stays parallel to the road surface during adjustment of the telescoping arms and includes a folding shelf portion that may be positioned to increase the cargo surface area. A hitch assembly allows a proximal set of telescoping arms to rotate upwards towards the vehicle into a storage position when the bike rack is not in use.

Abstract: A mount for a mobile device on an internal display screen of an automobile. A housing defines a volume and has a device side attachment surface and a back surface. The housing also has an attachment extension to couple to the internal display such that the device side attachment surface has a permanently fixed orientation relative to the attachment extension. The housing may contain a wireless charger and a first arrangement of magnetic material. The magnetic material exposes a pattern of magnetic fields at the device side attachment surface. The attachment extension has a display screen coupling surface with an arcuate contour that substantially mates with a contour of the internal display screen.

Abstract: The vehicle-mounted retractable display device comprises a flexible display, a guide rail, a display-side engagement component, and a floor-side engagement component. The display-side engagement component is disposed at a lower end of the flexible display. The floor-side engagement component is disposed in a lower region of the vehicle compartment and configured to engage the display-side engagement component.

Abstract: A resin-molded article includes a main body including a first face member including a locked portion, and a second face member raised from the first face member. A protrusion locked to the locked portion and protruding from the first face member. A pawl of the protrusion includes a first wall and a second wall disposed in a substantially V shape, and is bendable. A distal end face of the second wall is in contact with an upper face of the locked portion. The pawl is configured such that one end which is an end closer to a swing axis is bent with a weaker load than an other end which is an end farther from the swing axis.

Abstract: A system includes a power source, a capacitor, a precharge circuit, and/or a controller, in some configurations. The capacitor may be electrically connected to the power source. The precharge circuit may be electrically connected between the power source and the capacitor. The precharge circuit may include a switch connected in parallel with a resistor. The controller may be electrically connected to the power source and the precharge circuit. The controller may conduct a first precharging of the capacitor to a first voltage via the resistor. The controller may conduct a second precharging of the capacitor from the first voltage to a second voltage via the switch.

Abstract: A spacer configured to position a bundle of wires in a grommet includes a receptacle having a longitudinal axis for positioning a plurality of wires. A passage is provided between an outer circumference of the spacer and the receptacle.

Abstract: A power supply management system for a vehicle has at least one main power supply unit with at least one main power supply, at least one supplementary power supply unit with at least one supplementary power supply, at least one consumer unit, and at least one power supply line connectable to the at least one consumer unit to supply power from the at least one main power supply and/or the at least one supplementary power supply to the at least one consumer unit. The main power supply and/or the at least one supplementary power supply is/are connectable to the at least one supply line by a main power supply switch and/or supplementary power supply switch, respectively.

Abstract: A seat device for a vehicle includes: a support member detachably attached to a floor of the vehicle; an occupant seat movably supported by the support member and provided with an electrical component; and a wireless power supply mechanism configured to supply electric power to the electrical component. The wireless power supply mechanism includes a power transmitting unit attached to the floor, and a power receiving unit attached to the support member so as to face the power transmitting unit and configured to receive the electric power wirelessly from the power transmitting unit.

Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper body, a blade, a heat dissipation device, and a driving device. The bumper body is located in front of the heat dissipation device, an air inlet is formed in the bumper body, a projection of the air inlet in a front rear direction at least partially coincides with a projection of the heat dissipation device in the front rear direction, the blade is rotatably arranged at the air inlet; the driving device is connected to the blade and is configured to drive the blade to rotate, so that the blade has an open position, where the blade exposes the air inlet, and a closed position, where the blade covers the air inlet, and projections of the blade and the bumper body in the front rear direction jointly cover the projection of the heat dissipation device in the front rear direction.

Abstract: A remote safety device control system for a vehicle that commands a remote safety device to activate in the event the remote safety device control system determines that a collision is imminent. The remote safety device control system receives safety information from one or more vehicle subsystems from which it determines whether a collision is imminent. If a collision is determined to be imminent, the remote safety device control system activates the remote safety device.

Abstract: A vehicle inside view monitor monitors inside view of passenger compartment of vehicle which is parked. Vehicle inside view monitor includes living object sensor, environment determiner, environment improvement unit, and state-of-charge determiner. Living object sensor works detecting living object left in passenger compartment. When living object is detected, environment determiner determines whether deterioration condition of passenger compartment which is unsuitable for living object has occurred. When determined that deterioration condition of passenger compartment has occurred, environment improvement unit actuates at least one of a high-power improvement device and a low-power improvement device. State-of-charge determiner determines whether a state of charge of battery has reduced.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat including a seat base and a seatback. A collapsible privacy partition system is arranged adjacent the seat. The collapsible privacy partition system includes a first frame member and a second frame member, and a privacy partition connected to the first frame member and the second frame member. The privacy partition being selectively shiftable between a stowed configuration with the second frame member extending along the first frame member and a deployed configuration with the second frame member extending along the seat base.

Abstract: A pillar structure includes a tether clip including a clip body having a panel anchor part and a trim anchor portion. The tether clip further includes: a head anchor part configured to be combined with the trim anchor portion, and a tether connecting the clip body and the head anchor part. The pillar structure further includes: a pillar panel connected with the panel anchor part; and a pillar trim including a tether clip bracket of which a head anchor part insertion hole and a trim anchor portion coupling hole are formed thereto.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle roof, a front pillar extending downwardly from the vehicle roof, and a hinge pillar extending downwardly from the front pillar. The vehicle includes a track having a first portion having a first axis elongated along the front pillar and a second portion having a second axis elongated along the hinge pillar. The second axis is transverse to the first axis. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the vehicle roof and slidably engaged with the track. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag is engaged to the first portion of the track and the second portion of the track in the inflated position.

Abstract: A height adjuster for a vehicle seatbelt comprises: a rail having windows, each of the windows corresponding to a different height adjustment of the height adjuster for the vehicle seatbelt; a slider; a first pin slidingly mounted to the slider, the first pin being moveable in a second direction between (i) an extended position in which the first pin engages with one of the windows and the slider is restricted, and (ii) a retracted position where the first pin does not engage with any of the windows and the slider is not restricted; an actuator for moving the first pin to the retracted position; and a member coupled to the actuator and abutting the first pin in the extended position to restrict the first pin from moving in the second direction, the actuator configured to move the member upon actuation to allow the first pin to assume the retracted position.

Abstract: A seatbelt system for an occupant of a vehicle comprises: an anchor point attached to a body of the vehicle; seatbelt webbing extending from the anchor point toward the occupant; and a dynamic guide for the seatbelt webbing positioned between the anchor point and a shoulder of the occupant, the dynamic guide comprising a lid attached to a base, the seatbelt webbing extending through the dynamic guide and exiting through an opening between the lid and the base, the dynamic guide configured so that the lid at least partially separates from the base at a first predetermined tension in the seatbelt webbing laterally in the vehicle.

Abstract: A belt retractor having a belt shaft which is mounted rotatably on a frame fastenably fixed to a vehicle and on which belt shaft a seat belt can be wound, and having an electric motor for driving the belt shaft to perform a rotational movement, and having a shiftable planetary transmission which transmits the rotational movement from the electric motor to the belt shaft, having a planet carrier, and having a plurality of externally toothed planet gears which are mounted rotatably on the planet carrier and which, in order to produce a driving rotational connection, engage by means of their toothings in a toothing of a drive gear, which is driven by the electric motor, and, for the production of a driving rotational connection, said planet gears engage in a toothing of an output gear which is in driving rotational connection with the belt shaft.

Abstract: A work machine comprising a security system for deterring theft is disclosed. The work machine comprises a frame, a battery, a ground engaging element supporting the frame; and a security system configured to activate an at least one anti-theft deterrent when an unauthorized person is detected in a detection zone around the work machine.

Abstract: A system for key absence management in a vehicle configured to be started by an electronic key fob includes a key absence management controller that implements a method configured to authorize starting of the vehicle by monitoring presence and absence of the electronic key fob in the vehicle. If the controller finds the electronic key fob to be present in the vehicle, then the controller authorizes starting of the vehicle. If the controller finds the electronic key fob to be absent from the vehicle, then the controller authorizes starting of the vehicle based on detection of a keyless authority indicator. A vehicle configured to be started by an electronic key fob includes the system with the controller that implements the method.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining a location of a portable device relative to an object. The system and method may include operating in two modes: 1) a first mode in which an antenna output, such as a received signal strength indicator, satisfies a mode transition criterion that is dynamic, and 2) a second mode in which, with the mode transition criterion being satisfied, the location of the portable device is determined.

Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a housing assembly that includes an inner housing element that accommodates a transparent cover element and that is pivotable relative to an outer housing element that mounts at a vehicle. A camera is accommodated by the housing assembly and mounted to the outer housing element. The camera views exterior of the vehicle via the cover element. An outer surface of the cover element is exposed exterior of the vehicle and, when the inner housing element and the cover element pivot relative to the outer housing element, a wiper of the outer housing element engages the outer surface of the cover element to remove moisture and/or debris from the outer surface of the cover element.

Abstract: Rain sensor system, vehicle and method for detecting rain A rain sensor system (1) for detecting rain on a window (101) of a vehicle (100), comprising: a camera device (2) configured to capture images (14) of an area surrounding the vehicle (100) which is located in a field of view (103) of the camera device (2); and multiple rain sensors (5) which are arranged on the window (101) and at least partially in the field of view (103) of the camera device (2), each rain sensor (5) comprising: a light guide (7) which is configured to guide light from a light source (6) to a 10 light injection point (8) at which the light is injected into the window (101), and a receiver (9) configured to receive the light injected into the window (101) and guided to the receiver (9) through the window (101), and to guide the received light to the camera device (2).

Abstract: In a cross-sectional structure of an existing blade rubber having a non-hollow cross-section, only elasticity of a material of the blade rubber is used for pressure to wipe a windshield. Therefore, it is difficult for the blade rubber to flexibly follow change of a surface shape of the windshield, and sufficient wiping performance is not obtainable. A blade rubber to be attached to a frame of a vehicle wiper and to wipe the windshield according to the present invention includes a wing portion extending in a lateral direction to fix the blade rubber to the frame, a neck portion perpendicularly coupled to the wing portion, a deformation portion elastically deformable and coupled to a lower side of the neck portion, and a contact portion provided on a side of the deformation portion opposite to a side provided with the neck portion, and configured to abut on the windshield. The deformation portion internally includes a cavity portion having a heart-shaped cross-section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control system, a vehicle control device, and a vehicle control method that are highly safe and prevent an own vehicle from suddenly starting during a two-stage stop. A vehicle control system 1 includes an external environment recognition unit 120 that recognizes external environment information that is information on the surroundings of the vehicle; a driver monitoring unit 130 that detects the direction of the line of sight of a driver of the vehicle; a brake holding unit 150 that maintains the state of operation of brakes of the vehicle; a brake holding control unit 144 that controls the turning ON or OFF of the brake holding unit 150; and a driver monitoring condition generation unit 143 that generates, on the basis of the external environment information detected by the external environment recognition unit, a line-of-sight condition of the driver's line of sight to be detected by the driver monitoring unit.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, it is a method comprising receiving a slip information, wherein the slip information describes a longitudinal slip of the respective wheel of a vehicle, comparing the slip information of each wheel to a predefined wheel slip threshold; and triggering a reduction of a deceleration level of a deceleration request when the slip information of at least one wheel exceeds the predefined wheel slip threshold; and wherein the method is operable for controlling the deceleration request in a one-pedal-driving mode of the vehicle, and wherein the deceleration request relates to the deceleration level being a function of a position of a drive pedal.

Abstract: A brake apparatus capable of identifying an out-of-order state or an out-of-control state of a brake includes a master cylinder, a pump including a cylinder block and a piston configured to linearly move in the cylinder block, a motor configured to provide force for linearly moving the piston, first valves provided on a first flow path extending from the pump to a wheel cylinder, at least one second valve provided on a second flow path extending from the master cylinder to the wheel cylinder, and a processor configured to control the first valves to open the first flow path, control the second valve to block the second flow path, and control the motor to move the piston. The processor can stop the control of the motor and control the second valve to open the second flow path based on a rotating speed and a driving current of the motor.

Abstract: A system and method for allowing failover between an autonomously controlled braking system and a human controlled braking system in a truck having pneumatic brake lines is provided. A cab-mounted brake actuator is arranged to be handled by the human operator and is arranged to selectively deliver pressurized air to truck brakes and a trailer brake air supply. A controller performs autonomous braking operations in response to control inputs and senses when a human operator is handling the actuator. A plurality of valves, interconnected between a pressurized air source on the truck, the actuator, the truck brakes and the trailer brake air supply, are responsive to the controller, and are arranged to override selective delivery of pressurized air to the truck brakes of the truck and the trailer brake air supply in response to the autonomous braking operations in favor of selective delivery of pressurized air via the actuator.

Abstract: A method is for operating a vehicle's electropneumatic brake system. The brake system includes a service brake system and a parking brake system. The parking brake system includes a spring brake cylinder. A control signal for maintaining a spring brake pressurization pressure, which pressurizes the spring brake cylinder, is provided via a control unit. The provision of the control signal is suspended in at least one of a fault event and/or in the event of an electrical failure and/or in a diagnostic event of the control unit and thus automatically ending the maintenance of the spring brake pressurization pressure to ventilate the spring brake cylinder and thus initiating a spring brake failsafe braking operation of the vehicle via the parking brake system. The ventilation of the spring brake pressurization pressure is performed by a service brake ventilation function of the service brake system.

Abstract: A parking brake control method for an electromechanical brake system of an urban rail vehicle includes an operation instruction mechanism, a brake control mechanism, an electromechanical actuating mechanism and an auxiliary mechanism. The operation instruction mechanism outputs a control signal to the brake control mechanism to drive the action of the electromechanical actuating mechanism so as to achieve braking application and relief of the vehicle. The auxiliary mechanism is used for a redundant power supply system of a brake system. The auxiliary mechanism further includes a zero-speed state monitoring mechanism for monitoring a zero-speed state of the vehicle and an energy storage battery mechanism for providing a backup power supply. The parking brake control method enables an urban rail vehicle using an electromechanical brake system to achieve brake application and relief in a parked state and achieve brake application and relief in a dormant state of the urban rail vehicle.

Abstract: A transmission assembly has a plurality of reduction ratios. For this purpose, the transmission assembly can comprise a planetary transmission in which the annulus can rotate freely in a first direction of rotation and in which the annulus is held fixed against rotation in a second direction of rotation. A method of operating a transmission assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for updating a pre-stored setting value for controlling boost power of an electric booster, includes: a control unit including a processor; and a storage medium recording one or more programs configured to be executable by the processor, the one or more programs including instructions; and a measuring unit of measuring braking characteristics including pedal stroke, deceleration, and hydraulic pressure applied from the electric booster to a braking unit during braking through a braking test of a vehicle, wherein the control unit is configured for updating the pre-stored setting value so that the deceleration includes desired target deceleration based on the measured braking characteristics, and wherein the pre-stored setting value may be proportional to the pedal stroke, and may be a value for setting a magnitude of the hydraulic pressure.

Abstract: A method of calibration includes determining whether thermal expansion has been detected the electric mechanical brakes when a braking force is generated; performing a first calibration to calibrate each electric mechanical brake in which thermal expansion has been detected while the vehicle is running; performing a second calibration to calibrate each electric mechanical brake that has been calibrated in the first calibration after the vehicle is stopped; and determining whether thermal expansion has been detected in the electric mechanical brakes and calibrating the air gaps of the electric mechanical brakes in a preset order after the vehicle is stopped, when it is not determined that thermal expansion has been detected in any one of the electric mechanical brakes while a braking force is being generated in the running vehicle.

Abstract: An electromechanical brake system including an actuator of an electromechanical brake that operates by a motor, according to an aspect of the disclosure, includes: a motor driver configured to drive the motor; and a controller electrically connected to the motor driver, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a differential value of a control parameter for controlling the motor with respect to time while moving a brake pad of the electromechanical brake forward, compare the calculated differential value to a preset reference value to detect occurrence of a contact between the brake pad and a brake disc of the electromechanical brake, store a contact position at which the contact between the brake pad and the brake disc has occurred, and set an origin position by storing a position moved backward by a preset gap distance from the contact position.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a transmission system for a vehicle comprising a first gear assembly, a second gear assembly, an intermediate unit comprising a first sprocket element, a second sprocket element, a coupling element, and an output gear assembly with an output shaft. The first sprocket element is connectable to an input shaft of a traction motor of the vehicle in an axial direction of the first sprocket element to receive an input torque and the first gear assembly is connectable to the second sprocket element coaxially to convert the input torque to a first output torque. The second sprocket element is arranged radially to the first sprocket element and in communication with the first sprocket element through the coupling element to receive the input torque and the second gear assembly is connectable to the first sprocket element coaxially to convert the input torque to a second output torque.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is applied to a vehicle including a turning inner wheel, a turning outer wheel, and a limited slip differential. The vehicle control apparatus includes a target yaw moment setter, a target braking force setter, and a braking device. The target yaw moment setter sets a target yaw moment of the vehicle. The target braking force setter sets a target braking force to be added to the turning inner wheel based on the target yaw moment. The braking device adds a braking force to the turning inner wheel based on the target braking force. The target braking force setter incrementally corrects the target braking force based on a transmission torque transmitted from the turning inner wheel to the turning outer wheel by the limited slip differential.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine is connected to a transmission via a torque converter. The transmission includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism and a clutch. When the transmission is switched from the P range to the D range, a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine decreases with engagement of the clutch. In order to suppress engine stalling in cold climates, electric power generation of an alternator is stopped to reduce an electric power generation load when a speed difference between the rotation speed of the engine and an input rotation speed of the transmission becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined speed difference value. The electric power generation is restarted after a predetermined time period has elapsed since the input rotation speed of the transmission became lower than or equal to a second predetermined rotation speed value.

Abstract: This document describes techniques and systems for identifying and selecting a parking spot using radar-centric occupancy grid (RCOG) maps. An example system includes a processor that can identify available parking spots near a host vehicle using sensor data, including a radar occupancy grid (ROG) map. Parking-spot characteristics of each available parking spot are also determined using the sensor data. The processor can then determine a selected parking spot based on the parking-spot characteristics. The processor or another processor can then control operation of the host vehicle to park in the selected parking spot using an assisted-driving or autonomous-driving system and based on the parking-spot characteristics. In this way, the described system can identify, select, and navigate to a parking spot using a RCOG map without having to rely on infrastructure sensors or pass by open spots.

Abstract: A park assist device includes: a surroundings information sensor configured to acquire information on an object and an indication that are present around a subject vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to when a request to start automatic parking control is detected while the subject vehicle is traveling, perform a search process for searching for a parking spot based on the information acquired by the surroundings information sensor, when the parking spot is detected, perform a reception process for receiving a choice as to whether to park the subject vehicle in the detected parking spot, and when a choice to park the subject vehicle in the detected parking spot is received, perform a parking process for controlling movement and operation of the subject vehicle in such a manner that the subject vehicle is parked in the detected parking spot.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are presented regarding utilizing technology onboard an autonomous vehicle (AV) to mitigate the effects of communication signals being deleteriously affected/lost when the AV is navigating a road tunnel (e.g., where the AV is operating partially autonomously or autonomously). Prior to entering the tunnel, the AV can receive information regarding the length of the tunnel, etc., which the AV can then utilize to self-navigate the tunnel. To improve communications while in the tunnel, a second vehicle can act as a communication relay between the AV and an external navigation system (e.g., GNSS). The AV can also request an occupant drive the vehicle through the tunnel. In the event of an accident, the AV can transmit status reports to external entities such as police, traffic department, and suchlike.

Abstract: A vehicle comprises an autonomous driving system and a vehicle platform that controls the vehicle in response to a command received from the autonomous driving system. In the present vehicle, when the autonomous driving system issues a first command to request the vehicle platform to provide deceleration to stop the vehicle and a first signal indicates 0 km/h or a prescribed velocity or less, the autonomous driving system issues a second command to request the vehicle platform to maintain stationary. And after brake hold control is finished, a second signal indicates standstill. Until the second signal indicates standstill, the first command continues to request the vehicle platform to provide deceleration.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining an acceleration prevailing in a vehicle. The method includes reading in a first input signal which represents a first acceleration acting transversely to the vehicle axis at a first location located on a vehicle axis in the vehicle, and a second input signal which represents a second acceleration acting transversely to the vehicle axis at a second location in the vehicle located on the vehicle axis, and an ascertainment of an output signal which represents a translational acceleration acting in the vehicle transversely to the vehicle axis at a position which differs from the first location and the second location. For this purpose, the input signals and distances along the vehicle axis between the locations and the position are used.

Abstract: A risk estimation system estimates the degree of risk ahead of a vehicle. Three-dimensional object layout information indicates the three-dimensional layout of a three-dimensional object ahead of the vehicle. An intersecting road is a road that intersects a traveling road, which is a road on which the vehicle is traveling, at an intersection ahead of the vehicle. The risk estimation system sets a first area that extends from the intersection into the intersecting road by a first length. Based on the three-dimensional object layout information, the risk estimation system calculates the degree of blocking indicating a degree to which the first area is blocked by the three-dimensional object when seen from the position of the vehicle. After that, the risk estimation system calculates the degree of risk in such a way that the degree of risk increases as the degree of blocking is higher.

Abstract: A vehicle control device is a device that can execute obstacle avoidance control and lane departure prevention control. The obstacle avoidance control sets a target trajectory for avoiding an obstacle that is present in the forward traveling direction of a host vehicle and controls the host vehicle so that the host vehicle travels along the target trajectory. The lane departure prevention control prevents the host vehicle from departing from a driving lane, in which the host vehicle is traveling, when the host vehicle is about to depart from the driving lane. When the lane departure prevention control is to be executed while the obstacle avoidance control is being executed to avoid the obstacle, the vehicle control device executes the lane departure prevention control to cause the host vehicle to move toward the center of the driving lane after the host vehicle passes the obstacle.