Abstract: The wire harness includes a base harness having a plurality of electric wires and a protective member. The plurality of electric wires branch into three or more branch lines inside the protective member, and are kept flat by the protective member. The three or more branch lines include a first branch line provided with a first connector for receiving power supply from an upstream side, a second branch line provided with a second connector for supplying power received by the first connector to a device provided in the seat, and a third branch line provided with a third connector for supplying the power received by the first connector to an optional device provided in the seat.

Abstract: A protector that includes a tube configured to cover an electric wire, wherein the tube includes: a base configured to extend partially around the electric wire in a circumferential direction; a first lid configured to be combined with the base to extend entirely around the electric wire in the circumferential direction; and a second lid provided at a position shifted from the first lid in a length direction of the tube, and configured to be combined with the base to extend entirely around the electric wire in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes an in-vehicle communication device having a stream database and multiple in-vehicle relay devices connected to the in-vehicle communication device. Each in-vehicle relay device is connected to multiple in-vehicle control devices. The in-vehicle communication device and the in-vehicle relay device communicate with each other in a first communication protocol. The in-vehicle relay device and the in-vehicle control devices communicate with each other in a second communication protocol. The in-vehicle communication device stores time-series information received from the in-vehicle relay device in the stream database, and delivers the information stored in the stream database to the in-vehicle relay device.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device of the present invention includes a fuse and an upstream capacitor having one end connected to a connection node upstream of the fuse in a current path of current that flows through the fuse. One end of a downstream capacitor is connected to a connection node downstream of the fuse in the current path. A determiner determines whether or not the fuse is blown based on an upstream voltage that passed through the upstream capacitor and a downstream voltage that passed through the downstream capacitor.

Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for managing energy consumption by resources associated with the vehicle. A power management service receives an abstract request for a resource from a software entity, obtains current status information for the vehicle from one or more systems associated with the vehicle, determines whether the requested activation of the resource associated with the abstract resource abstract request is permitted based at least in part on the current status information and a usage profile associated with the abstract resource request, and in response to determining the requested activation of the resource is permitted, the power management service automatically provides a concrete activation request to the resource.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for creating an individual user profile in an event of an occurrence of motion sickness, including: providing an initial user profile for a user of a motor vehicle; capturing at least one characteristic currently characterizing the user of the motor vehicle; generating a user query; outputting the user query at an output device; capturing an input of the user of the motor vehicle based on the user query; linking the input of the user of the motor vehicle to the at least one characteristic currently characterizing the user of the motor vehicle; and creating the individual user profile by adapting the initial user profile based on the input of the user of the motor vehicle linked to the at least one characteristic currently characterizing the user of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a computer program product, and a support system.

Abstract: A method for detecting and rating an accident involving a vehicle, the method steps being executed on a mobile device equipped with at least two sensors that is carried by the vehicle. A accident monitoring system is operated on the mobile device in such a way that the mobile device continually captures sensor data of at least two of its sensors and temporarily stores said data in a memory in the manner of a shift register and that, after the sensor data of at least one of the sensors have exceeded a threshold value stipulated for the respective sensor, a timestamp is set in the memory, the available sensor data remain stored and an accident verification routine is launched on the mobile device.

Abstract: A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module that are operated in a pressure-manipulated type are popped up to allow manipulation by a driver in a manual driving mode, and hide to prevent manipulation by the driver in a autonomous driving mode, to generate a signal related to a pedal function by manipulation of the accelerator pedal module and the brake pedal module.

Abstract: An occupant protection device of a vehicle includes a table that is assigned to a vehicle seat. The table is actively movable into an occupant protection position when a collision or a danger of a collision of the vehicle is recognized. In the occupant protection position, an upper body of an occupant of the vehicle seat is supported by the table against a displacement caused by a collision.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device, including: a driver's seat and a front passenger seat; a recognition device to recognize whether or not an occupant is seated at the front passenger seat; a center airbag; a regulating member provided at the interior of the center airbag to regulate a thickness of the center airbag to a thickness that is suitable at a time at which an occupant is seated at the front passenger seat; and a release device provided at the interior of the center airbag to release regulation by the regulating member, at a time at which a side-on collision of the vehicle is detected or at a time at which a side-on collision of the vehicle is predicted, in a case in which the recognition device has recognized that an occupant is not seated at the front passenger seat.

Abstract: A vehicle center airbag device includes: an inflator that is provided at a vehicle seat, and that is configured to eject gas due to being actuated; and a center airbag that is provided at a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of a seatback of the vehicle seat, and that is configured to inflate and deploy toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated in the vehicle seat due to the gas being supplied to an interior thereof; and an introduction path that is provided at an upper portion thereof the center airbag, into which gas that has been ejected from the inflator is introduced, wherein the introduction path includes opening portions that eject the gas toward a vehicle lower side, at an intermediate portion thereof.

Abstract: PROBLEM To provide a revolutionary airbag device that can protect an occupant's head from one side, to the front, to the other side. RESOLUTION MEANS The present invention is an airbag device stored in a vehicle seat, the airbag device including: an inflator for generating expansion gas; and an airbag for deploying from near an upper end of the vehicle seat to protect the periphery of the head of an occupant. Furthermore, the airbag includes: a first chamber for protecting one side of an occupant; a second chamber connected to the first chamber and for protecting the front of the occupant's head; a third chamber connected to the second chamber and for deploying from the front of the occupant's head across to the other side of the occupant; and a fourth chamber connected to the third chamber and for deploying at the other side of the occupant.

Abstract: A vehicular airbag device that comprises: an inflator; and an airbag cushion that inflates and deploys between a steering wheel and an occupant. The airbag cushion includes: an occupant-side panel that deploys to the occupant side and restrains the occupant; a vehicle-side panel that is disposed on the opposite side to the occupant-side panel; and side panels that connect the occupant-side panel and the vehicle-side panel and constitute the side surfaces of the airbag cushion. The side panels comprise a plurality of subpanels. A base material weft that constitutes a central section E1 of the sub-panels extends in a virtual plane S2 that follows the occupant side of the rim of a steering wheel when the airbag cushion is inflated and deployed.

Abstract: A filter unit for a gas generator includes a filter and a filter housing coaxially positioning and fixing the filter in a filter accommodating space. The filter housing includes a first restraining end part disposed as a closing surface at one end of the filter housing and restraining a one axial end surface of the filter, a second restraining end part disposed at an other end of the filter housing, surrounding a gas inflow port, and restraining an other axial end surface of the filter, and a peripheral wall part connecting the first restraining end part and the second restraining end part and including a gas discharge port. The peripheral wall part includes a restraining peripheral wall part restraining a peripheral surface of the filter, and a non-restraining peripheral wall part in which the gas discharge port is disposed.

Abstract: A smart safe console system is provided herein. The smart safe console system includes a smart safe console assembly for mounting in a vehicle, having a safe body suitable for securing an electronic device, a button configured for controlling input and output to and from the electronic device when a vehicle hosting the smart safe console system is in use, and a wireless charging apparatus. Such smart safe console system is useful for improving the safety of a user when traveling in a vehicle with an electronic device.

Abstract: An anti-theft sensor and an alarm system thereof are provided. The alarm system includes a plurality of anti-theft sensors and an alarm device, and the plurality of anti-theft sensors are electrically connected to bolts of a vehicle frame of a vehicle to form an electrical loop/circuit, so that the plurality of anti-theft sensors must be removed when the vehicle frame is moved. In this way, when the plurality of anti-theft sensors are removed, the plurality of anti-theft sensors are triggered to send a warning signal to the alarm device, so that the alarm device sends out an alarm. Therefore, the vehicle owner can be immediately and correctly reminded that the condition of the vehicle frame of the vehicle is abnormal without false alarms.

Abstract: A method for keyless dual power system control for an electric motor vehicle is provided. The electric motor vehicle including a powertrain electronic control unit (ECU) and an infotainment system that are independently powered. The method includes receiving a user authentication from a wireless device to authenticate a user, receiving a driver's door status from a door sensor, receiving a driver presence signal from a seat pressure sensor, and determining whether the driver's door status from the door sensor indicates the driver's door is in an open status. The method also includes controlling the infotainment system to be in an on status and controlling the powertrain ECU to be in an off status upon receiving the user authentication, determining the driver's door is in the open status, and receiving the driver presence signal.

Abstract: A vehicle and a method are configured to prevent malfunction of a touch sensor in a vehicle door. The vehicle includes a transceiver for transmitting a searching signal to a smart key located outside the vehicle and receiving a response signal to the searching signal, at least one touch sensor mounted in a door of the vehicle to sense a touch input of a user in a capacitive scheme, and a controller that determines an approach direction of the smart key based on the response signal and controls to operate only a touch sensor installed in a door mapped to the approach direction among the at least one touch sensor.

Abstract: A windshield-wiper system includes a precipitation-detector, a windshield-wiper actuator, an object-detector, and a controller. The precipitation-detector detects precipitation proximate to a host-vehicle. The windshield-wiper actuator clears the precipitation from a windshield of the host-vehicle. The object-detector detects a distance of an object to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the precipitation-detector, the windshield-wiper actuator, and the object-detector. The controller determines when the precipitation is present based on the precipitation-detector, determines the distance from the object to the host-vehicle based on the object-detector, and adjusts a speed of the windshield-wiper actuator when the precipitation is detected and the object is less than a distance-threshold away from the host-vehicle.

Abstract: A first pivot shaft 2a and a second pivot shaft 2b linked with wiper arms; a driving part, rotationally driving the first pivot shaft; a linking part, linked with the second pivot shaft and the driving part, and rotationally driving the two pivot shafts synchronously; and a first holding member 12a and a second holding member 12b for fixing the respective pivot shafts to a vehicle body are provided. The second holding member 12b includes: a body part 20, rotatably supporting the second pivot shaft 2b; and three support parts 21, 22, 23, protruding from the body part 20. The first support part 22 and the third support part 23 in the three support parts 21, 22, 23 include fixed parts 30 fixed via bolts 105 and engagement pins 38 provided in the fixed parts 30 and engaged with the vehicle body.

Abstract: A telescopic cleaning device for an optical sensor of a vehicle, including a support sheath, a sprayer body, a sprayer adapted to be movable in translation relative to the sprayer body, with the sprayer body being adapted to be inserted in translation into the sheath and adapted to be attached in the sheath by blocking means. The sprayer body is thus prevented from coming out of the sheath, allowing secure attachment of the sprayer body in a vehicle. The invention also relates to a detection system and a method for assembling the telescopic cleaning device.

Abstract: A vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and a control method of the vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus are disclosed. The vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus includes a washer pump motor configured to spray washer fluid on at least one sensor located in a vehicle, and a liquid controller configured to control the washer pump motor. The liquid controller is further configured to stop the washer pump motor from operating for a predefined idle time when a number of operations of the washer pump motor reaches a predefined maximum number of operations.

Abstract: A vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and a control method of the vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus are disclosed. The vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus includes a liquid controller configured to control washer fluid spraying to at least one sensor located in a vehicle, and an air controller configured to control air spraying to at least one sensor located in the vehicle, wherein the liquid controller and/or the air controller are further configured to dynamically adjust a duty cycle of a control signal according to vehicle speed and/or an amount of rain.

Abstract: A vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and a control method of the vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus are disclosed. The vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus includes a liquid sprayer configured to spray washer fluid at at least one sensor located in a vehicle through a motor drive, an air sprayer configured to spray air at the at least one sensor, a liquid controller configured to control washer fluid spraying by the liquid sprayer according to a cleaning request signal received from a vehicle controller, and an air controller configured to control air spraying by the air sprayer according to a cleaning request signal received from the vehicle controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an interface device, which is or can be connected to a construction machine to be refueled, on the one hand, and to a preferably mobile hydrogen refueling station, on the other, or forms a component thereof, wherein the interface device has a drive unit or a power transducer designed to provide the drive power for transferring hydrogen from the hydrogen refueling station to the construction machine to be refueled and wherein the interface device is formed by the construction machine to be refueled and/or the preferably mobile hydrogen refueling station and/or a dispenser unit, which is designed to supply the preferably mobile hydrogen refueling station and/or the construction machine with the drive power.

Abstract: An integrated jack system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a plurality of jack assemblies disposed within a vehicle frame, wherein each of the plurality of jack assemblies is disposed adjacent to a vehicle wheelbase. Each of the jack assemblies includes a plurality of telescopic, wherein a plurality of controls actuates the plurality of jack assemblies between the extended position and the retracted position. A display is operably connected to a weight sensor disposed within each of the plurality of jack assemblies to display a weight supported by each jack assembly. A width of each telescopic member increases in width from a proximal end of the jack assembly to a distal end of the jack assembly. Each of the jack assemblies terminates in a foot member, wherein a lower surface of the foot member frictionally engages a ground surface when the jack assembly is in the extended position.

Abstract: A brake pedal module for a brake-by-wire braking system of a vehicle is disclosed, with a carrier component for attaching the brake pedal module to the vehicle, a brake pedal mounted pivotably on the carrier component, a feedback unit which, to generate a resistance on actuation of the brake pedal, is mechanically coupled at one end to the brake pedal and at the other end to the carrier module, and a sensor unit for detecting a braking request of a driver and having at least one sensor for detecting an actuation travel. The sensor unit is attached to the carrier component at the side of the brake pedal such that the sensor is arranged on a pivot bearing of the brake pedal.

Abstract: A brake system includes four sensors and at least two electronic control units. The four sensors are a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor, and a fourth sensor. The first sensor transmits a sensor output signal generated therein to a predetermined electronic control unit among the at least two electronic control units. The second sensor transmits a sensor output signal generated therein to other electronic control unit that is different from the predetermined electronic control unit among the at least two electronic control units. The third sensor transmits a sensor output signal generated therein to at least one of the predetermined electronic control unit and the other electronic control unit. The fourth sensor transmits a sensor output signal generated in its own sensor to both of the predetermined electronic control unit and the other electronic control unit.

Abstract: A brake assembly coupled to a wheel is disclosed herein. The brake assembly includes a plurality of stator disks, a plurality of rotor disks interleaved with the plurality of stator disks and configured to apply a braking force to the wheel, a pressure plate disposed adjacent a rotor disk of the plurality of rotor disks, a first electric brake actuator disposed adjacent the pressure plate and configured to apply the braking force to the pressure plate, the first electric brake actuator including a parking brake mechanism, and a second electric brake actuator disposed adjacent the pressure plate and configured to apply the braking force to the pressure plate.

Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a controller. The controller sets a first upper deceleration limit as a set upper deceleration limit, if a first condition is satisfied, to perform first deceleration limiting. The first condition is satisfied when at least one of a high lifting height of the industrial vehicle, a material weight equal to or greater than a threshold, and an empty driver seat is detected. The controller sets a second upper deceleration limit as the set upper deceleration limit, if a second condition is satisfied, to perform second deceleration limiting. The second condition is satisfied when a distance between the industrial vehicle and an obstacle is less than a threshold. The controller performs priority control if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied so that the first upper deceleration limit is set as the set upper deceleration limit in preference to the second upper deceleration limit.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a continuous braking device. The continuous braking device includes a non-firing piston engine which can be drivingly coupled to a drive train shaft of the vehicle and is configured, during operation, for conveying air from an air inlet of the piston engine to an air outlet of the piston engine and for thereby compressing the air and for causing deceleration of the vehicle by performing compression work.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing autonomous braking with a brake system that includes a method that receives a command for application of a brake pressure and controlling a primary valve set, via an electronic control unit (ECU), to a first defined pressure to apply a braking power in response to the received command. The method further includes controlling a secondary valve set, via the ECU, to a second defined pressure in response to the received command, wherein the second defined pressure is less than the first defined pressure. The method also includes controlling the secondary valve set, via the ECU, to the first defined pressure in response to a determination that the braking power applied by the primary valve set is below a low command threshold, wherein the low command threshold is less than the first defined pressure.

Abstract: A parking brake device includes a fluid unit including: a fluid pump that suctions brake fluid from a master cylinder using a first electric motor; and a pressure regulating valve that increases pressure of the brake fluid discharged by the fluid pump and supplies the increased pressure to a wheel cylinder as a brake fluid pressure, the fluid unit causing the brake fluid pressure to press a friction member against a rotating member fixed to vehicle wheels to generate a braking force, an electrically-powered unit that uses a second electric motor and generates the braking force on a parking wheel on which a parking brake is applied among the vehicle wheels, and a controller that controls the fluid unit and the electrically-powered unit. When the parking brake is actuated, the controller increases only the brake fluid pressure corresponding to the parking wheel in the wheel cylinder.

Abstract: A brake system for a motor vehicle includes an electrohydraulic partial brake system with hydraulically actuated wheel brakes and an electromechanical partial brake system with electromechanically actuated wheel brakes. The brake system includes two control units and two energy supplies which are independent of one another, a first one of the control units being configured to control the electromechanical partial brake system, and a second one of the control units being configured to control the electrohydraulic partial brake system. The first control unit is supplied with energy exclusively by way of a first one of the energy supplies and the second control unit is supplied with energy exclusively by way of a second one of the energy supplies.

Abstract: A braking control device includes: a master cylinder having a master chamber defined by a master piston; and a first pressure regulation unit having a servo chamber located on an opposite side of the master chamber and supplying a servo pressure to the servo chamber to generate a master pressure in the master chamber. The first pressure regulation unit acquires the master pressure and servo pressure and determines bottoming out of the master piston based on a comparison between the master and servo pressures. The first pressure regulation unit may make the comparison based on pressure-receiving area of the servo chamber and a pressure-receiving area of the master chamber. If the servo chamber pressure-receiving area is equal to the master chamber pressure-receiving area, the first pressure regulation unit determines bottoming out occurs when a difference between the servo pressure and the master pressure equals or exceeds a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed are a parking fault detection method, an apparatus, a system and a working machinery. The method includes: acquiring a parking control signal; the parking control signal is a parking signal or a parking release signal; in response to that it is determined that a parking control condition is met, generating a parking control instruction according to the parking control signal and sending the parking control instruction to a parking brake component of a working machinery; the parking brake component is configured to execute parking or parking release action according to the parking control instruction, and the parking control instruction is configured to correspond to the parking control signal; and acquiring a feedback signal of the parking brake component, and acquiring a parking fault detection result of the working machinery according to the feedback signal.

Abstract: In a hybrid electric vehicle and a touchpoint learning method therefor, while a motor is driven, an engagement oil pressure of an engine clutch is adjusted step-by-step, to learn a touchpoint, thereby reducing touchpoint learning time and improving learning accuracy. The touchpoint learning method may include: determining whether a touchpoint learning entry condition previously set is satisfied or not; controlling a first motor connected to one end of an engine clutch to be in a stopped state when the learning entry condition is satisfied; maintaining a second motor connected to the other end of the engine clutch at a preset speed; changing an engagement oil pressure of the engine clutch step-by-step; and learning a touchpoint of the engine clutch based on a torque change of the second motor.

Abstract: A vehicle behavior control method is suitable for a vehicle behavior control device. The vehicle behavior control device includes: a lateral acceleration sensor, detecting lateral acceleration occurring in a vehicle body; a wheel speed sensor, detecting a wheel speed of a wheel; a steering angle sensor, detecting a steering angle of the wheel; a steering angle lateral acceleration calculation unit, calculating steering angle lateral acceleration from the wheel speed and the steering angle; and a yaw moment control unit, applying yaw moment to the vehicle body. In the vehicle behavior control method, when the lateral acceleration and the steering angle lateral acceleration meet a predetermined condition, a yaw moment directed inward in a turning direction of the vehicle body is applied by the yaw moment control unit.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: an acquisition part that acquires the oxygen concentration of exhaust from an engine mounted on the vehicle that can travel on an electric driving force generated by an electric motor and an engine driving force generated by the engine; and a drive control part that reduces an injection amount of fuel injected into a cylinder of the engine and increases the electric driving force, from among the engine driving force and the electric driving force for propelling the vehicle, in the case where the oxygen concentration is lower than an oxygen threshold value in comparison to the case where the oxygen concentration is equal to or higher than the oxygen threshold value.

Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to parking assistance systems and methods. An example method can include determining, by a processor of a parking assistance system in a first vehicle, a first swing out arc radius of a door of the first vehicle and/or a second swing out arc radius of a door of a second vehicle that is parked adjacent to the first vehicle. The swing out arc radius of a door may, for example, be determined based on vehicle specifications or on data provided by a distance measuring sensor. The processor may then provide to an autonomous driving system of the first vehicle and/or a driver of the first vehicle, guidance for positioning the first vehicle in a parking spot, based, on the first swing out arc radius of the door of the first vehicle and/or the second swing out arc radius of the door of the second vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control device controls an independent turn wheel vehicle or a swivel three-wheeled vehicle having three or more wheels. The device instructs a turn with a normal driving operation, instructs a pivot turn for setting one wheel as a turning center and driving other wheels using a target instruction value, turns each wheel individually according to the turning center of the pivot turn, and brakes and drives each wheel individually. Further, the device acquires vehicle characteristics from a vehicle characteristic storage device, and calculate a turn wheel angle and a drive direction of each wheel based on the target instruction value to execute the pivot turn of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electronic device and method for control of a medicament dispenser based on a collision of a vehicle is disclosed. The electronic device receives first information from one or more first sensors associated with a vehicle. The first information corresponds to a collision event of the vehicle. The electronic device receives second information from one or more second sensors associated with the vehicle based on the collision event. The second information corresponds to a set of health parameters associated with an occupant of the vehicle. Thereafter, the electronic device controls one or more medicament dispensers integrated into the vehicle based on at least one health parameter of the set of health parameters. Such dispensers are controlled to dispense one or more medicaments on at least one body part of the occupant.

Abstract: A method of controlling collision avoidance of a vehicle, which is capable of preventing a collision accident caused by other vehicle even in a parked or stopped state of the vehicle, includes: detecting other vehicle in the parked or stopped state of the vehicle and predicting whether a collision occurs due to a movement of other vehicle and turning the vehicle during parking or stopping in a collision avoidance direction using a driving torque and a braking torque when a collision is expected due to the movement of other vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an interface unit and a preventive safety device. The preventive safety device includes a performance evaluation unit that performs evaluation of driving performance of the autonomous driving kit, and a suppression unit that suppresses a cancel signal output from the autonomous driving kit to cancel the preventive safety function based on the evaluation of the driving performance.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes one or more processors. The one or more processors set a merging middle position based on information regarding a position of a head of a driver and information regarding an entry road and a merging road. The merging middle position is a position at which a region becomes viewable from the driver. The region is a blind spot from the driver of a vehicle traveling on the entry road. The blind spot is caused by a blind spot forming object present on a turning outer side of the vehicle. The one or more processors set a path that allows an inclination to be a predetermined angle or less at the merging middle position. The inclination is an inclination of a viewing angle center line of the driver viewing the region having been the blind spot with respect to a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for early detection of objects by a perception system of a vehicle, and triggering a precautionary action by the vehicle in response without waiting for a more precise detection. The vehicle has a multi-level sensor range, wherein a first level of the sensor range is adjacent an outer bounds of the sensor range and has a first confidence value, and a second level of the sensor range is within the first range and has a second, higher confidence value. In situations when oncoming traffic is traveling at a high rate of speed, the vehicle responds to noisier detections, or objects perceived with a lower degree of confidence, rather than waiting for verification which may come too late.

Abstract: A number of variations are disclosed including a system and method including modifying motion controller actuator commands in real-time based on calculated offset induced when a vehicle exceeds acceleration and rotational limits of a vehicle when experiencing crosswind or other environmental forces.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems to avoid collisions with animals. In an example, a method comprises receiving, by a processor, an indication that a current trajectory of an autonomous vehicle is associated with a likelihood of a collision that satisfies a collision threshold indicating a potential collision with an animal having an attribute that satisfies a threshold; disabling, by the processor, at least one lighting apparatus associated with the autonomous vehicle; and enabling, by the processor, a sound-generating device associated with the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A method of driving assistance at a device is disclosed herein. The method includes identifying that a vehicle is approaching a driving event based on sensor data while the vehicle is operating. The method includes computing a time to arrival at the driving event based on the sensor data. The method includes adjusting at least one of an acceleration value or a position of the vehicle with respect to the driving event based on the sensor data and the time to arrival at the driving event being equal to a threshold value.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a change between different driving functions for the at least partially automated longitudinal guidance of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus is designed to detect that it is intended to change from a first driving function to a different second driving function. The apparatus is also designed to automatically adopt a set speed from the first driving function for the second driving function for the at least partially automated longitudinal guidance.