A novel roof-top autonomous vehicle control system for converting a non-autonomous vehicle into an autonomous vehicle includes a weatherproof housing that removably attaches to the roof of a host vehicle. The housing supports modular attachment of various sensors, receivers, computers, and other electrical components that can be installed, removed, and/or interchanged without disrupting the initial calibration thereof. In a particular embodiment, various internal electrical components of the system are mounted on a tray which can be mounted in, and removed from, the housing without disrupting the initial calibration of the various sensors. In a more particular embodiment, the housing includes a plurality of removable panels and windows that provide access to the inside of the housing.

A vehicle behavior control device for controlling a vehicle equipped with a steering apparatus comprises: a PCM operable to acquire a steering speed in the steering apparatus, and, when the steering speed becomes equal to or greater than a given threshold (T.sub.S1) which is greater than 0, to reduce a driving force for the vehicle according to the steering speed, wherein the steering apparatus comprises a steering shaft coupled to the steering wheel and rotatable together with the steering wheel, wherein the steering shaft has a torsion bar whose torsional rigidity about a rotational axis of the steering shaft is less than a remaining portion of the steering shaft. The steering speed acquisition section is configured to acquire the steering speed of the steering apparatus at a position on the side of the front road wheels with respect to the low rigidity portion.

The present invention relates to providing haptic feedback to driver of a vehicle, wherein the actuators for haptics generation are mounted on steering wheel and provides haptic feedback related to vehicle traveling conditions including speed, torque, acceleration, traction, drift, road surface, etc. Also, the haptics can emulate vibration similar to older generation vehicles in modern vehicles having better isolated cabin for NVH levels. Further, the haptics can emulate vibrations similar to internal combustion engine vehicle in an electric vehicle (EV).

An assembly includes a sensor module having an external surface configured to receive a seal and defining a perimeter. The assembly includes a plurality of sensors supported by the sensor module. The assembly includes a lock movable between a locked state and an unlocked state and supported by the sensor module within the perimeter. A computer is supported by the sensor module and is programmed to actuate the lock.

A vehicle logistic system provides remote operation of self-propelled vehicles in the absence of a human driver. The logistic system operates with a vehicle which includes an accelerator pedal operatively connected to a longitudinal motion controller, a brake pedal operatively connected to the longitudinal motion controller, a steering wheel operatively connected to a lateral motion controller, and an automated vehicle processing module operatively connected to the longitudinal motion controller and to the lateral motion controller. The vehicle is configured to operate in different operating modes. The operating modes include a regular mode and a remote-controlled mode. The automated vehicle processing module is configured to control the longitudinal motion and lateral motion of the vehicle based on vehicle motion instructions received wirelessly from a server while the vehicle is operating in the remote control mode.

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control device provided in a vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle. A vehicle control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit including a first region and a second region different from the first region, a sensing unit configured to sense that either one of both hands holding a steering wheel is separated from the steering wheel, and a processor configured to activate either one of the first region and the second region so as to allow a touch input based on either one hand being separated from the steering wheel.

A system according to the present disclosure includes a trailer distance module, a trailer contact module, a trailer distance module, and at least one of a driver warning module, a brake control module, and a steering control module. The trailer distance module determines a distance from a cab of a truck to a fifth wheel trailer attached to the truck based on an input from a sensor. The trailer contact module identifies potential contact between the trailer and the truck cab based on the cab-to-trailer distance. The driver warning module warns a driver of the potential contact. The brake control module applies a brake of at least one of the truck and the trailer when potential contact is identified. The steering control module increases an amount of driver effort required to steer the truck in at least one direction when potential contact is identified.

A controller for a driver assistance system on a host vehicle comprises an input for receiving a video signal; an input for receiving a signal indicative of an obstacle; an alert output for transmitting an alert; and control logic. The control logic is capable of identifying a lane marker in the video signal; setting a first zone with respect to the lane marker; receiving a signal indicative of an obstacle; setting a second zone with respect to the lane marker in response to the obstacle; and transmitting an alert at the alert output in response to the host vehicle entering the second zone.

Provided is an in-vehicle sensor system capable of maintaining an equivalent level of precision (accuracy) of data to be output before and after replacement of a surrounding sensor. An in-vehicle sensor system (1) includes: a surrounding sensor including: a casing (11) removably mounted to a bracket (BC) fixed to a vehicle body (B) of a vehicle; a detector which is supported by the casing (11), and is configured to output detection data representing a situation within a predetermined detection range; and a first storage having stored therein first data corresponding to a deviation amount of an actual position and an actual posture of the detector with respect to the casing (11) from a predetermined normal design position and a predetermined normal design posture of the detector with respect to the casing (11); a second storage which is provided separately from the surrounding sensor and is fixed to the vehicle body (B), and is configured to store second data corresponding to a deviation amount of an actual position and an actual posture of the casing (11) with respect to the vehicle body (B) from a predetermined normal design position and a predetermined normal design posture of the casing (11) with respect to the vehicle body (B); and a corrector which is provided on an inner side or an outer side of the casing (11), and is configured to correct, when the second data is stored in the second storage, the detection data output from the detector based on the first data and the second data, to thereby generate and output data expected to be output by the detector when it is assumed that the detector is fixed at the normal design position and in the normal design posture.

A detection system includes at least one sensor and a processor. The at least one sensor is disposed in a vehicle. When the vehicle is in a first state, the at least one sensor obtains a first sensing data. When the vehicle is in a second state, the at least one sensor obtains a second sensing data. The processor executes a processing procedure according to at least an instruction, wherein the processing procedure includes the steps of: receiving the first sensing data and the second sensing data, comparing the first sensing data with the second sensing data, and determining whether there is at least one detection object in the vehicle according to a comparison result of the first sensing data and the second sensing data.