Patent classifications
B60K31/00
Display device
A display device includes a display unit for displaying a moving body speed being a speed of a moving body, a first speed that is arbitrarily settable by a driver, and a second speed that is not arbitrarily settable by the driver. The display unit includes a display having a drawing function, and a frame member disposed to overlap the display. The display includes a display area spanning an inner side and an outer side of the frame member. The display displays the moving body speed and the first speed on the inner side of the frame member, and displays the second speed on the outer side of the frame member.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL
A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.
Downhill speed control target adaptation based on engine retarder demand
A vehicle computer system controls downhill speed of a vehicle having a cruise control and an engine retarder. The system receives a request to increase engine retarder demand. In response, the system increases an engine retarder demand setting and, if cruise control is active, decreases a downhill speed control (DSC) cruise control offset. The engine retarder system may automatically activate to reduce the vehicle speed to a cruise control set speed plus the DSC cruise control offset. In an embodiment, the request to increase engine retarder demand is generated in response to operator input via an engine retarder demand input device (e.g., a steering-column-mounted control stalk). The system may also receive a request to decrease engine retarder demand in the engine retarder of the vehicle. In response, the system decreases the engine retarder demand setting and, if cruise control is active, increases the DSC cruise control offset.
Downhill speed control target adaptation based on engine retarder demand
A vehicle computer system controls downhill speed of a vehicle having a cruise control and an engine retarder. The system receives a request to increase engine retarder demand. In response, the system increases an engine retarder demand setting and, if cruise control is active, decreases a downhill speed control (DSC) cruise control offset. The engine retarder system may automatically activate to reduce the vehicle speed to a cruise control set speed plus the DSC cruise control offset. In an embodiment, the request to increase engine retarder demand is generated in response to operator input via an engine retarder demand input device (e.g., a steering-column-mounted control stalk). The system may also receive a request to decrease engine retarder demand in the engine retarder of the vehicle. In response, the system decreases the engine retarder demand setting and, if cruise control is active, increases the DSC cruise control offset.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL
A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.
Target object information acquisition apparatus
A target object information acquisition apparatus includes a driving support ECU configured to select, when two or more sensor target objects detected by one of radar sensors among the grouped sensor target objects are present, the sensor target object having a shortest distance with respect to an own vehicle among the two or more sensor target objects detected as a width calculation sensor target object. The driving support ECU is configured to calculate a width of the fusion target object using the lateral position with respect to the own vehicle of the selected width calculation sensor target object.
Vehicle and control method therefor
The present invention relates to a vehicle and a control method therefor. The vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: at least one sensor for acquiring traveling information of the vehicle and external environment information of the vehicle; and a control unit for receiving traveling information of a first group, wherein the vehicles, which join the first group, are traveling on a road including a plurality of lanes, for determining a target position of the vehicle for the first group on the basis of at least one of the vehicle traveling information, the external environment information, and the traveling information of the first group, and for controlling the vehicle so as to execute at least one operation corresponding to the target position.
BRAKE FORCE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
A brake force control system configured to allow a driver to control brake force finely only by operating an accelerator pedal, and to decelerate a vehicle to a target speed only by operating the accelerator pedal. The control system calculates a target deceleration to travel through a target site at a target speed in accordance with a decelerating factor. If a reference deceleration generated by returning the accelerator pedal to an initial position is equal to or less than the target deceleration, the control system increases the reference deceleration.
Vehicle with interchangeable drive modules
Vehicles may be composed of a relatively few number of modules that are assembled together during a final assembly process. An example vehicle may include a body module, a first drive module coupled to a first end of the body module, and a second drive module coupled to a second end of the body module. One or both of the drive modules may include a pair of wheels, a battery, an electric drive motor, and/or a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. One or both of the drive modules may also include a crash structure to absorb impacts. If a component of a drive module fails or is damaged, the drive module can be quickly and easily replaced with a new drive module, minimizing vehicle down time.
Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
A vehicle control apparatus calculates a position at which a distance between a pedestrian and the own vehicle becomes zero in a travelling direction of the own vehicle as a predicted collision position. The vehicle control apparatus determines whether the pedestrian is crossing a course of the own vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus sets a limit value indicating a width of a determination region in a lateral direction perpendicular to the travelling direction of the own vehicle, and determines whether the pedestrian is present within the course of the own vehicle based on the predicted collision position and the limit value. The vehicle control apparatus sets one of a left and right limit values of a determination region in which the predicted collision position is present in the travelling direction of the own vehicle to be greater than the limit value of the other.