Object detection and tracking techniques for a vehicle include accessing a deep neural network (DNN) trained for object detection, receiving, from a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system of the vehicle, LIDAR point cloud data external to the vehicle, running the DNN on the LIDAR point cloud data at a first rate to detect a first set of objects and a region of interest (ROI) comprising the first set of objects, and depth clustering, by the controller, the LIDAR point cloud data for the detected ROI at a second rate to detect and track a second set of objects comprising the first set of objects and any objects that subsequently appear in a field of view of the LIDAR system, wherein the second rate is greater than the first rate, wherein the depth clustering continues until a subsequent second iteration of the DNN is run.

Disclosed is a display apparatus for vehicle comprising: a display unit; an interface unit; and a processor configured to receive information on a first object and a second object positioned outside a vehicle through the interface unit, and control the display unit to display a graphic object corresponding to the first object, when the second object is positioned between the vehicle and the first object.

Mowing systems include a mower and, optionally, a remote control unit such as a handheld unit, between which may be provided 1- or 2-way communications. Components and features are included in the mower, the remote control unit, or both to enhance the safety, functionality, or user experience of the system's user/operator. One aspect relates to monitoring a tilt angle of the mower, and defining or executing different system responses as a function of different first and second conditions that relate to the tilt angle. Another aspect relates to automatic adjustment of a speed setting of the mower's drive system as a function of a power takeoff (PTO) unit of the mower.

A system and method for operating a hybrid vehicle having an engine and an eMachine coupled by a clutch using a hybrid controller is presented. The method determines an idle fuel rate of the engine, determines a hybrid efficiency index for the hybrid vehicle, determines an expected energy storage rate increase for an operating condition where the engine is decoupled from a vehicle transmission using said clutch, multiplies the expected energy storage rate increase by the hybrid efficiency index to determine an expected fuel rate reduction of the engine in the operating condition; and decouples the engine from the vehicle transmission using the clutch if the expected fuel rate reduction is greater than the idle fuel rate.

A method is provided for calculating a position and/or orientation of a first object relative to a second object. The method includes receiving a first object initial absolute position. The method includes sensing, using a first IMUs, motion of the first object and generating sensed motion data of the first object. The method includes generating, using the controller, a motion signal representative of the motion of the first object. The method includes calculating, using the controller, a first object current absolute position using the motion signal and the first object initial absolute position. The method includes receiving, from the second object, a second object current absolute position calculated using a second IMUs associated with the second object. The method includes calculating a relative position and/or orientation of the first object relative to the second object using the first object current absolute position and the second object current absolute position.

A method (200) and an apparatus (100) applied in autonomous vehicle. The method (200) applied in an autonomous vehicle comprises: receiving data from a plurality of environment perception sensors on the vehicle and data from a plurality of vehicle motion sensors on the vehicle; generating control parameters for control devices including an acceleration device, a braking device, and a steering device, based on at least the received data; and outputting the received data and the generated control parameters to the driver.

An automated valet parking system identifies a node section where a target vehicle is located based on position information on nodes corresponding to passages in a parking place and on a vehicle position, identifies target nodes that are a predetermined number of the nodes including a next-passing node that is one of not-yet-passed nodes of the target vehicle and is the node that the target vehicle will pass next on a target route, acquires node information associated with the target nodes based on the target nodes and parking place map information, and gives an instruction to the target vehicle by sending the node information on driving boundaries and targets associated with the target nodes to the target vehicle based on the results of a node information acquisition unit, a node section identification unit, and a target node identification unit.

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving driver warnings for automated driving by a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring a vehicle control system for driver feedback during the automated driving. The method also includes adapting a points value at a defined rate according to whether the driver feedback is present. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the points value satisfies a threshold before the driver feedback is present, generating a warning to a driver.

The invention relates to a device for determining the driving behavior of a driver, the device comprising at least means for receiving data from two or more data sources, of which at least one produces data relating to changes in the state of motion of a vehicle and at least one other produces measured data on the well-being of the driver; means for scoring the received data by comparing it with data-specific reference values; means for forming a respective sub-index from each scored item of data; means for determining a driving behavior index on the basis of the formed sub-indices; and means for controlling control equipment of the vehicle on the basis of the driving behavior index and/or for storing the driving behavior index in a database.

Hybrid drive for a vehicle, with a combustion engine and with at least one additional drive means, wherein an exhaust gas system with an exhaust gas post-treatment device and a turbine of an exhaust gas turbo-charger is provided for discharging the exhaust gases of the combustion engine and wherein the exhaust gas post-treatment device is arranged in the exhaust gas system in flow direction of the exhaust gases in front of the turbine, as well as a method for operating a hybrid drive.