Indication Or Control Of Braking, Acceleration, Or Deceleration Patents (Class 701/70)
  • Patent number: 11511761
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first actuator that is configured to perform at least any of driving, braking, or steering of a host vehicle, a first controller that is configured to perform traveling control of the host vehicle by controlling the first actuator, a second actuator that is configured to perform at least any of driving, braking, or steering of the host vehicle, a second controller that is configured to perform traveling control of the host vehicle by controlling the second actuator, and a communication line that is interposed between the first controller and the second controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Ochida, Tadahiko Kanoh, Takuji Hiroma, Kanta Tsuji, Takuyuki Mukai
  • Patent number: 11511739
    Abstract: In a method for ending shoulder driving, it is detected by means of a detection unit of a motor vehicle that a wheel is located on a shoulder. By means of a sensor unit, a driver's reaction is recorded, and by means of a computing unit, the driver's reaction is assigned to one of at least two intensity classes. By means of a control unit, an intervention in controlling the vehicle is undertaken counteracting the driver's reaction when the driver's reaction has been assigned to a first intensity class, and an intervention supporting the driver's reaction is undertaken when the driver's reaction has been assigned to a second intensity class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Arne Bartels, Thomas Kolms, Timo Klingemann, Amogh Sakpal, Robin Braeutigam
  • Patent number: 11511742
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an acceleration rate feedback processor, a target driving force processor, a requested torque processor, a supercharging determination torque processor, a requested speed processor, and a supercharging operation determination processor. The requested torque processor calculates requested torque of an engine on the basis of target torque obtained from a target driving force and a transmission ratio of a transmission. When determining the requested torque is in the vicinity of supercharging determination torque, the acceleration rate feedback processor inhibits calculation of an amount of acceleration rate feedback. When determining that the requested torque is in the vicinity of the supercharging determination torque, the requested speed processor corrects a target speed in accordance with an altitude, to set a requested speed at a smaller value than on flat ground as the altitude becomes higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Arata Ueda
  • Patent number: 11508242
    Abstract: A controller and a control method are capable of improving safety by automatic emergency deceleration action while suppressing a motorcycle from falling over. One arrangement also obtains a brake system that includes such a controller. In the controller, the control method, and the brake system, a control mode that causes the motorcycle to take the automatic emergency deceleration action is initiated in response to trigger information generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle. In the control mode, automatic emergency deceleration that is deceleration of the motorcycle generated by the automatic emergency deceleration action is controlled in accordance with a lean angle of the motorcycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Yuki Oshida
  • Patent number: 11505196
    Abstract: A start/stop device initiates an automatic activation process of an automatically deactivated drive machine of a motor vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle with an automatic transmission. The drive machine can be automatically deactivated when the motor vehicle is traveling, and the automatically deactivated drive machine can be activated on the basis of driver actions. The start/stop device is configured to initiate an automatic activation of the drive machine which is automatically deactivated when the motor vehicle is traveling on the basis of a detected drive dynamic desired by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Bodendorf, Johann Schweikl, Steffen Mueller
  • Patent number: 11505065
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a depression amount detection unit, a depression speed detection unit, a reaction force setting unit, and a reaction force generation unit. The reaction force setting unit sets a value of a reaction force in a manner of separating characteristics into advancement characteristics and return characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Yabunaka, Masatoshi Takayama, Yusaku Takeda
  • Patent number: 11505191
    Abstract: The steering controller calculates a target steering angle for causing the own vehicle to travel along the target course acquired by the traveling road information acquirer. The braking/driving force controller calculates a target yaw moment for correcting the positional displacement of the own vehicle from the target course. The control ratio setter sets a control ratio of cooperative control of steering control and yaw moment control based on the deviation amount of a lateral position of the own vehicle from the target course. The control ratio is set so that when the positional displacement of the own vehicle from the target course is relatively small, the ratio at which the steering control occupies is reduced, and the yaw moment control is dominant, and when the positional displacement of the own vehicle from the target course is relatively large, the ratio at which the steering control occupies is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11500378
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods implemented in algorithms, software, firmware, logic, or circuitry may be configured to process data and sensory input to determine whether an object external to an autonomous vehicle (e.g., another vehicle, a pedestrian, a bicyclist, etc.) may be a potential collision threat to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may include a light emitter positioned external to a surface of the autonomous vehicle and being configured to implement a visual alert by emitting light from the light emitter. Data representing a light pattern may be received by the light emitter and the light emitted by the display may be indicative of the light pattern. The light pattern may be selected to gain the attention of the object (e.g., a pedestrian, a driver of a car, a bicyclists, etc.) in order to avoid the potential collision or to alert the object to the presence of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy David Kentley-Klay, Rachad Youssef Gamara
  • Patent number: 11485357
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes at least one electronic control unit configured to recognize at least one object, calculate a time to collision, operate first driving assistance, when the time to collision is equal to or less than a first threshold value, operate second driving assistance for avoiding the collision between the at least one object and the host vehicle or reducing damage of the collision, when the time to collision is equal to or less than a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, and set, while the first driving assistance is operated, the second threshold value to a second setting value smaller than a first setting value set when the first driving assistance is not operated, when a second target object causing the second driving assistance to operate is the same object as a first target object causing the first driving assistance to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Nagata, Minami Sato, Miyuki Kamatani, Akitoshi Minemura
  • Patent number: 11479297
    Abstract: A vehicle system configured to control a trailer alignment routine includes a hitch mounted on a vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a coupler position of a trailer and control motion of the vehicle to toward an aligned position. The controller is further configured to control a braking procedure of the vehicle including a plurality of concurrent deceleration control procedures in response to a portion of the vehicle passing a gradual stopping distance. The concurrent deceleration procedures include monitoring an elapsed time following the portion of the vehicle passing the gradual stopping distance and monitoring a remaining distance to the aligned position based on a velocity of the vehicle and comparing the remaining distance to a rapid stopping distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Li Xu, Donald Jacob Mattern, Mohamed El-sawah, Roger Arnold Trombley, Douglas Rogan, Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Arnav Sharma
  • Patent number: 11472394
    Abstract: In the case of a method for determining the braking force in an electromechanical brake device having a brake motor, the braking force is determined from a prevailing load current that is determined from the difference between the measured motor current and the calculated switch-on current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Ullrich Sussek
  • Patent number: 11458956
    Abstract: A driving assistance device of a vehicle connected to a trailer, a vehicle system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle driving assistance device includes a processor that determines a driving situation and a braking situation of a vehicle towing a trailer based on vehicle's internal signals and determines an amount of rear wheel steering control and an amount of braking control based on the driving situation and the braking situation of the vehicle and a storage storing the amount of rear wheel steering control and the amount of braking control, determined by the processor, and the vehicle's internal signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyun Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11460850
    Abstract: A trajectory estimate of a wheeled vehicle can be determined based at least in part on determining a wheel angle associated with the vehicle. In some examples, at least a portion of the image associated with the wheeled vehicle may be input into a machine-learned model that is trained to classify and/or regress wheel directions of wheeled vehicles. The machine-learned model may output a predicted wheel direction. The wheel direction and/or additional or historical sensor data may be used to estimate a trajectory of the wheeled vehicle. The predicted trajectory of the object can then be used to generate and refine an autonomous vehicle's trajectory as the autonomous vehicle proceeds through the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasiliy Karasev, James William Vaisey Philbin, Sarah Tariq, Kai Zhenyu Wang
  • Patent number: 11458945
    Abstract: A brake system includes an electromechanical brake having a friction surface, a lining support, an electric motor for moving the lining support, a spring acting on the lining support, and a control and monitoring unit. A control and monitoring unit ascertains from at least one first value ascertained during a first movement of the lining support by the electric motor, an operating behavior value for a real operating behavior of an operating parameter of the relevant brake, and ascertains, by a comparison of the at least one real operating behavior value to at least one stored operating behavior expectation, a correction factor. The brake control system corrects by the one correction factor and activates a regulator of the electric motor using the corrected brake control signal. The control and monitoring unit is performs a calibration by a spring force of the at least one spring during the first movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GREENBRAKES GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Putz
  • Patent number: 11450201
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus that monitor pedestrian traffic and that adjust the behavior of traffic signals at intersections and “walk”-“do not walk” indicators associated with particular crosswalks. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may receive image or sensor data, may monitor the status of different traffic flow, and may adjust the timing of signal lights or walking indications as conditions change at an intersection. In certain instances, a traffic controller at one intersection may receive information collected by other traffic controllers along a set of streets that lead to a particular intersection. Traffic controllers that receive images of an intersection may identify partition the intersection into a set of safe and unsafe zones as those traffic controllers identify when pedestrians can safely cross an intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Malkes, William S. Overstreet, Jeffery R. Price, Michael J. Tourville
  • Patent number: 11447150
    Abstract: A comfort-based self-driving planning method is provided, including the steps of: a) establishing a relationship model of vibration road surface quality and driving comfort on the basis of a vehicle type; b) obtaining road ahead condition parameters, including abnormal condition information, road flatness and road surface anti-slide performance; c) obtaining the road ahead condition parameters, and adjusting a vehicle expected driving trajectory; d) respectively designing vehicle acceleration, deceleration and constant speed processes, and generating a speed change curve; and e) optimizing the speed change curve. Based upon changeable road surface quality and vehicle vibration action mechanism analysis and image-based road surface anti-slide coefficient evaluation technology, a GIS and vehicle-road communication technology are used to acquire road condition parameters, and vehicle acceleration, deceleration and constant speed processes are respectively designed on the basis of changes in the parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Yuchuan Du
  • Patent number: 11447017
    Abstract: An electrical regeneration and vehicle deceleration control method includes operating an electrified powertrain in normal or maximum regeneration modes associated with lesser and greater electrical regeneration and vehicle deceleration rates, respectively, receiving an input from a driver of the vehicle indicative of a request to enable the maximum regeneration mode, detecting a status indicative of an availability of the maximum regeneration mode, and in response to receiving the request and based on the status of the maximum regeneration mode and a current vehicle deceleration rate: (i) operating the electrified powertrain in either the maximum regeneration mode or a normal regeneration mode, (ii) selectively outputting a message to the driver indicative of the status of the maximum regeneration mode, and (iii) selectively commanding a hydraulic brake system of the vehicle to generate brake force based on a driver-expected vehicle deceleration rate associated with the operative regeneration mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Nadirsh Patel, James R Hollowell, Divya E Gorecki, Chandan Lakshmanaiah, Zachary C Rogalski, Richard Roy
  • Patent number: 11430230
    Abstract: The storage device according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a feature amount detection unit that detects feature amounts related to actions of an occupant in a moving body; an excitement degree acquisition unit that acquires excitement degree information indicating the degree of excitement of the occupant when the feature amounts have been detected; and a feature amount storage unit that calculates, on the basis of the feature amounts and the excitement degree information, a first corresponding feature amount corresponding to a first excitement degree of the degree of excitement, and stores the first corresponding feature amount in association with the first excitement degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Noda, Hiroshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11430149
    Abstract: An image processing device is equipped with a marker detector, an oblique line detector, and a parking frame detector. The marker detector extracts, from an image, positive and negative edge segments that are aligned next to each other at a predetermined interval as a pair, and detects a parking space division marker based on the pair. The oblique line detector detects an edge on one side of an edge segment (single-edge segment) that is not extracted as the pair, and detects a presumed straight line based on the single-edge segment connected with an oblique line. The parking frame detector detects neighboring edge segments based on the positive and negative edge segments as well as the single-edge segment of the presumed straight line, and detects a parking space based on a distance between the neighboring edge segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11420628
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including a drive motor connected to a rotation shaft of wheels, a battery that supplies electricity to the drive motor, and an internal combustion engine connected to the drive motor. The vehicle is equipped with, as traveling modes, a normal mode, and an eco-mode having a larger regenerative braking force than the normal mode obtained such that rotational energy of the wheels is converted into electrical energy. A controller stops the internal combustion engine and switches from the normal mode to the eco-mode when detecting at least an abnormality in the internal combustion engine during traveling of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshi, Naoki Nakada, Kenichi Gotou, Takayuki Shimizu, Yohei Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11418935
    Abstract: A system, automobile, and method for implementing an electronic control function of an automobile. The system includes a first vehicle integration unit (VIU), an automobile control unit, and a plurality of automobile parts. The automobile control unit includes a first domain controller (DC) or a central computing platform (CCP). The automobile control unit is configured to send first control information to the first VIU. The first VIU is configured to control the plurality of automobile parts based on the first control information. In embodiments of this application, the first VIU controls the plurality of automobile parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianyong Cai, Xiaohua Chen, Yalin Liu, Chao Pang
  • Patent number: 11414089
    Abstract: A method to determine a roll angle (?E) of a vehicle, wherein the roll angle (?E) is calculated as a combination of at least a first roll angle variable (?1) and a second roll angle variable (?2), wherein the first roll angle variable (?1) is determined from an acquired rolling rate ({dot over (?)}m) of the vehicle using a first method, wherein the second roll angle variable (?2) is determined from one or more further vehicle movement dynamics characteristic variables using a second method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Gabor Ambruzs, Robert Weisz, David Szaloky
  • Patent number: 11415979
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a controller (10) for controlling movement of a vehicle (100), and a corresponding method. The controller (10) comprises processing means configured to: receive (501) a first signal indicative of the vehicle being in a remote control drive mode; receive (502) a second signal indicative of operation of a main input device (124S, 161, 163, 171, 174) within the vehicle (100); and provide (520) an output signal for applying a braking force to slow the vehicle (100) to a stop in dependence on said first and second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan Woodley, Roxana Ciovnicu
  • Patent number: 11407455
    Abstract: The technology relates to enhancing the operation of autonomous vehicles. Extendible sensors are deployed based on detected or predicted conditions around a vehicle while operating in a self-driving mode. When not needed, the sensors are fully retracted into the vehicle to reduce drag and increase fuel economy. When the onboard system determines that there is a need for a deployable sensor, such as to enhance the field of view of the perception system, the sensor is extended in a predetermined manner. The deployment may depend on one or more operating conditions and/or particular driving scenarios. These and other sensors of the vehicle may be protected with a rugged housing, for instance to protect against damage from the elements. And in other situations, deployable foils may extend from the vehicle's chassis to increase drag and enhance braking. This may be helpful for large trucks in steep descent situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Vijaysai Patnaik, William Grossman
  • Patent number: 11407425
    Abstract: A vehicle control device comprises an accelerator (22a) which a driver of a vehicle operates in order to accelerate the vehicle, and a controller configured to execute a limit control for imposing a limitation on a driving force, in such a manner that the driving force is prevented from becoming excessively large, when a predetermined limit condition is satisfied. The controller executes the limit control and a mistaken operation notification, when a mistaken operation state has been occurring. The controller executes a failure notification, when the mistaken operation state has not been occurring at a failure occurrence time point at which a control failure that the controller cannot execute the limit control has occurred. The controller continues executing the mistaken operation notification without executing the failure notification at the failure occurrence time point, if the mistaken operation state has been occurring at the failure occurrence time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kan Mayoshi, Yoshikatsu Oda
  • Patent number: 11400945
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring a driver's actual driving behaviors (e.g., acceleration, deceleration) in a manual driving mode to determine their preferred driving style, and then causing an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to operate itself, within limits, in accordance with the drivers' driving style when operating in a self-driving mode, thereby providing a more familiar and comfortable driving experience for the driver. Data is collected on the actual driving behavior, any pre-existing data is accessed on the actual driving behavior, and the collected data and the pre-existing data are combined. A custom control is then created based upon the combined data, and the custom control is applied to manage the self-driving behavior of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle in a self-driving mode. Additional data continues to be collected on the actual driving behavior, and the custom control is adjusted based upon the collected additional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian M. Fields, Joseph P. Harr, Jeremy Myers
  • Patent number: 11400899
    Abstract: A braking force control apparatus includes a fluid pressure generation mechanism, a braking mechanism and an electric control unit. The fluid pressure generation mechanism causes a braking mechanism to generate a required fluid pressure. The braking mechanism applies a braking force depending on the required fluid pressure to each of wheels through the pressing of a braking member against a rotating rotary member due to the required fluid pressure. The electronic control unit performs, when the required fluid pressure is generated and a vehicle state shifts from a running state to a stopped state at a first time point, stop-time boost control to boost the required fluid pressure at and after the first time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kamiya, Hayato Kubota
  • Patent number: 11396279
    Abstract: An emergency stop system for transferring an at least semi-autonomously operable vehicle into a safe state includes an actuating device configured to output an actuating signal, a control device configured to receive the actuating signal and to output a control signal, and an emergency braking device configured to actively brake the vehicle. The emergency braking device is configured to actuate a braking system provided in the vehicle based on the output control signal and based on a predetermined operating mode in order to generate a braking force for decelerating the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Carolin Heller, Michael Amann, Alexander Beck
  • Patent number: 11397122
    Abstract: A pressure sensor module detects a fluid pressure on the basis of a differential pressure between a reference pressure and the fluid pressure, and includes: a housing; a sensor element that can contact each of the reference pressure and the fluid pressure; a support member that supports the sensor element and is held in the housing; a first pressure passage that guides the fluid pressure to a first contact surface of the sensor element; and a second pressure passage that is sealed from the first pressure passage and guides the reference pressure to a second contact surface of the sensor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Masaya Eto, Yasuhiro Kawai
  • Patent number: 11390269
    Abstract: A vehicle control system (30) for controlling a behavior control device (20) that controls a behavior of a vehicle (1), comprising: a feed-forward computing unit (71) that computes a feed forward control amount of the behavior control device according to a steering angle of the vehicle; a feedback computing unit (72) that computes a feedback control amount of the behavior control device according to a difference between a target vehicle state amount computed from the steering angle and an actual vehicle state amount; a correcting unit (73) that computes a corrected feed-forward control amount by correcting the feed forward control amount according to the feedback control amount; and a target control amount computing unit (74) that computes a target control amount of the behavior control device according to the feedback control amount and the corrected feed forward control amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoma Kanda, Yuya Goto
  • Patent number: 11392119
    Abstract: An autonomous driving device includes an autonomous driving release unit that releases the autonomous driving control if an override operation is input during the autonomous driving control which is based on a first travel plan, a travel plan setting unit that sets a second travel plan different from the first travel plan after the input of the override operation, an autonomous driving restore determination unit that determines whether to restore the autonomous driving control with the autonomous driving control which is based on the second travel plan after the input of the override operation, and a vehicle control unit that maintains the manual driving and prohibits automatic starting of the autonomous driving control until after a predetermined time elapses after the autonomous driving control is released and when the autonomous driving restore determination unit determines not to restore the autonomous driving control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihito Sato, Kentaro Ichikawa, Maiko Hirano, Bunyo Okumura
  • Patent number: 11390281
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and controlling vehicle operation includes a monitoring unit disposed at a vehicle, the vehicle including rear brakes and front brakes, the monitoring unit configured to monitor driver inputs, and automatically detect a driver's intention to perform a combined brake and propulsion maneuver based on the driver inputs meeting a first set of conditions. The system also includes a control unit configured to receive a brake request and an engine torque request from the driver during the maneuver, and based on detecting the first set of conditions, apply a front braking force via the front brakes according to the brake request, and automatically control a rear braking force applied by the rear brakes during the maneuver, so that the rear braking force is less than the front braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. Barber, Stefan M. Frick
  • Patent number: 11378961
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an obstacle is predicted to move from a starting point to an end point based on perception data perceiving a driving environment surrounding an ADV that is driving within a lane. A longitudinal movement trajectory from the starting point to the end point is generated in view of a shape of the lane. A lateral movement trajectory from the starting point to the end point is generated, including optimizing a shape of the lateral movement trajectory using a first polynomial function. The longitudinal movement trajectory and the lateral movement trajectory are then combined to form a final predicted trajectory that predicts how the obstacle is to move. A path is generated to control the ADV to move in view of the predicted trajectory of the obstacle, for example, to avoid the collision with the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Kecheng Xu, Jinghao Miao, Yajia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11370448
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is equipped with a travel control unit which, in the case that a user-requested driving force exceeds a system-required driving force in a state in which a user is not in contact with an operating element, performs a travel control on the basis of a limited driving force obtained by applying a limit to the user-requested driving force, whereas in the case that the user-requested driving force exceeds the system-required driving force in a state in which the user is in contact with the operating element, performs the travel control on the basis of the user-requested driving force without applying the limit to the user-requested driving force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Atsushi Ishioka, Daiki Nishida, Akira Shiogai, Atsuki Iwamitsu, Daisuke Nakanishi, Koichi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 11373520
    Abstract: A method for sensing a traffic environment for use in an electronic device is provided. The method includes: generating local object information by sensing an environment within a first sensing range of the electronic device, wherein the local object information at least includes first geographical distribution information of local objects within the first sensing range; receiving external object information transmitted by at least one node, wherein the external object information includes at least second geographical distribution information of external objects within a second sensing range of the node; and generating object integration information according to the local object information and the external object information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Tu, Ping-Ta Tsai, Chung-Hsien Yang, An-Kai Jeng
  • Patent number: 11364924
    Abstract: A device for controlling sudden unintended acceleration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor for detecting a current acceleration of a vehicle, a first controller that calculates a motor torque command value for driving a motor, calculates an expected acceleration of the vehicle based on the motor torque command value, and compares the expected acceleration with the current acceleration, and a second controller that compares the motor torque command value with a preset value. Therefore, the device may determine a cause of the sudden unintended acceleration and block the sudden unintended acceleration based on the determination result to improve safety of a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Moon Kyung Joo, Jin Kuk Cho, Ji Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11358572
    Abstract: A brake control system and method for autonomous vehicle control that includes a first brake pedal connected to a first brake arm, the first brake arm is connected to a first brake shaft, the first brake shaft extends a length between an upper end and lower end and includes a first actuator that expands and contracts in length. The lower end of the first brake shaft is operably connected to a first brake mechanism. An autonomous control system having a controller with microprocessor, memory and instructions is connected and controls operation of the first actuator. When the first brake shaft expands in length the first brake mechanism is engaged by the lower end of the first brake shaft thereby applying the brakes. The first brake mechanism is operable by depressing the first brake pedal in manual operation mode as well as by controlling the first actuator in autonomous operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Josh Hurd, Quincy Milloy
  • Patent number: 11358599
    Abstract: A first specifying unit specifies a first possible space, for which a lane change of a vehicle is possible, from an inter-vehicle distance between a first preceding other vehicle and the vehicle, a speed of the first preceding other vehicle, and a speed of the vehicle. A second specifying unit specifies a second possible space, for which the lane change of the vehicle is possible, from an inter-vehicle distance between a second preceding other vehicle and a following other vehicle, a speed of the second preceding other vehicle, and a speed of the following other vehicle. A judgment unit judges, based on the first possible space and the second possible space, whether the lane change of the vehicle is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Takayasu Kumano
  • Patent number: 11358575
    Abstract: A control device and a method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a brake system configured to execute anti-lock control actions, including the steps: determining a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint brake pressure to be produced by the electromechanical brake booster, in view of at least a differential travel; and controlling the electromechanical brake booster in view of the determined setpoint variable; at least during an anti-lock control action carried out in the brake system, it being ascertained if the differential travel lies outside of a specified normal value range, and in some instances, the additional steps being executed: determining a correction variable for the setpoint variable in view of at least a difference between the determined setpoint variable and an actual variable regarding an actual pressure present in at least part of the volume of the brake system, and controlling the electromechanical brake booster in additional view of the determined correction variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerdes, Patrick Christian Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11352243
    Abstract: Controlling a maximum vehicle speed for an industrial vehicle includes determining, by a processor of the industrial vehicle, a torque applied to the traction wheel of the industrial vehicle; converting the torque to an equivalent force value; and determining an acceleration of the industrial vehicle while the torque is applied to the traction wheel. Additional steps include calculating a load being moved by the industrial vehicle, based at least in part on the acceleration and the equivalent force value; and controlling the maximum speed of the industrial vehicle based on the calculated load being moved by the industrial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Joe K. Hammer, Mark E. Addison
  • Patent number: 11352024
    Abstract: A system for route guidance, the system comprising a driving controller, wherein the driving controller is configured to receive sensor output from at least one sensor, wherein, based on the received sensor output, the driving controller determines, for a common time interval, a first set of route actions and a second set of route actions; and a vehicle motion controller configured to receive, from the driving controller, the first set of route actions and the second set of route actions, and wherein, during the common time interval, the first set of route actions are executed when the vehicle is in a first state and the second set of route actions are executed when the vehicle is in a different second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex J. Smith, Ali A. Ayoub, Stefan T. Hilligardt
  • Patent number: 11352000
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus comprising a navigation system and a control unit, wherein the navigation system includes a map database, a position acquisition unit, a route determination unit, and an output unit configured to output road information on a plurality of locations from a position of the vehicle to a location at a predetermined distance ahead on the target route, wherein the control unit includes a buffer unit configured to store the road information as the road information on a first distance interval, and a controller unit configured to control the speed of the vehicle, wherein the output unit is configured to, in response to changing the target route, thin out the road information such that the number of data becomes less than that of the road information on the first distance interval, and wherein the buffer unit is configured to store the thinned-out road information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JTDOSHA KABUSHIKI KATSHA
    Inventor: Kazuaki Aso
  • Patent number: 11345465
    Abstract: A brake system includes a brake stack having a stack closure pressure, a force member positioned within a cylinder, a valve configured to control fluid pressure of the brake system, and one or more pressure transducers that generate a proportional electrical signal representative of the fluid pressure within the cylinder. The brake system also includes one or more processors in electronic communication with the valve, the one or more pressure transducers, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the brake system to determine the stack closure pressure of the brake stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David T. Yamamoto, Steven Elliot Smith, Nima Forghani
  • Patent number: 11347255
    Abstract: A reaction force control system configured to control a reaction force applied to a pedal without reducing an operational feeling. A controller reduces a reaction force applied to the pedal mildly from a second reaction force to a first reaction force at a rate D upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition. The rate D is determined based on a depression of the pedal, a pedal force applied to the pedal, an elapsed time, or a predetermined function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11338818
    Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes a manual driving control section, an autonomous driving control section, and a travelling condition determining section. If it is detected that there is a malfunction in a first sensor during control of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, the autonomous driving control section executes emergency autonomous driving until a predetermined condition is satisfied while changing, based on the determined travelling condition, a driving manner of an emergency autonomous driving as compared with a driving manner of the autonomous driving executed before no malfunctions are detected in the first sensor; and after the emergency autonomous driving is terminated, the autonomous driving assistance device being configured to selectively execute one of: causing the autonomous driving control section to stop the vehicle; and causing the manual driving control section to control the manual driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Masuda, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Takahisa Yokoyama, Takehito Fujii
  • Patent number: 11332107
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for operating a main brake in case of a failure of an autonomous driving function of an autonomous vehicle. the system for operating the main brake in case of a failure of the autonomous driving function of the autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving control unit configured to perform control such that the autonomous vehicle travels in the autonomous driving mode, a main brake control unit configured to perform first communication with the autonomous driving control unit and to output a first control signal so that a frictional braking force is generated to a main brake by hydraulic pressure, and a regenerative braking control unit configured to perform second communication with the main brake control unit and to output a second control signal so that a regenerative braking force is generated to a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS COPORATION
    Inventor: In-Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11333526
    Abstract: A physical quantity detection circuit includes a detection signal generation circuit that generates a detection signal based on an output signal of a physical quantity detection element, an analog/digital conversion circuit that converts the detection signal into a first digital signal during a first period and converts the first test signal into a second digital signal during a second period, a digital signal processing circuit that processes the first digital signal to generate a third digital signal during the first period and processes a second test signal to generate a fourth digital signal during the second period, and a failure diagnosis circuit that performs a failure diagnosis of the analog/digital conversion circuit based on the second digital signal and a failure diagnosis of the digital signal processing circuit based on the fourth digital signal during the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kiminori Nakajima, Naoki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11332204
    Abstract: An augmented traction system for a two-wheeled vehicle comprising a CMG (control moment gyroscope) system including a plurality of CMGs to provide a first torque vector to decrease a roll angle of a turn of the vehicle and to increase force on one or more of the tires of the vehicle on a road surface, a steering system for the vehicle, the steering system to determine a steering control for the turn of the vehicle at a particular vehicle speed and roll angle, based on sensor data, and an aerodynamic control system to actuate one or more aerodynamic elements of the vehicle, the one or more aerodynamic elements to provide a second torque vector to decrease the roll angle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Lit Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Kee Young Kim, David Arthur Bailey
  • Patent number: 11327499
    Abstract: A vehicle control system that is mounted in a vehicle includes a camera and an autonomous driving control device. The camera images a situation in front of the vehicle to acquire camera imaging information indicating an imaging result. The autonomous driving control device controls autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the camera imaging information and decides a maximum speed of the vehicle in the middle of the autonomous driving. In more detail, the autonomous driving control device estimates a maximum visible distance of the camera based on the camera imaging information. Then, the autonomous driving control device variably sets the maximum speed according to the maximum visible distance such that the maximum speed in a case where the maximum visible distance is long becomes higher than the maximum speed in a case where the maximum visible distance is short.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Ueda
  • Patent number: 11327496
    Abstract: A planned acceleration of a vehicle and a predicted optimal acceleration of a target is determined. Upon determining that an actual acceleration of the target differs from the predicted optimal acceleration, the planned acceleration of the vehicle is revised based on the actual acceleration of the target. The foregoing steps can be implemented by a vehicle computer according to program instructions stored in a memory of the vehicle computer. The vehicle can include sensors, actuators, and/or controllers in communication with the computer via a vehicle communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mrdjan J. Jankovic, Mario Anthony Santillo