A vehicle, method, and machine-readable storage medium for detecting a vehicle accident are provided. For example, the method includes accessing an accident profile associated with a second vehicle by a first vehicle, wherein the accident profile contains data indicating vehicle operating parameters during a prior vehicle accident; collecting current vehicle operating parameters from the first vehicle and the second vehicle, the current vehicle operating parameters being collected in real time; based on a comparison between the current vehicle operating parameters and the accident profile associated with the second vehicle, determining a probability of the future vehicle accident; determining a preventive action responsive to the probability of the future vehicle accident occurring; and when the probability of the future vehicle accident occurring exceeds a probability threshold, implementing the preventive action by controlling one or more of the operational systems of the first vehicle to change at least one of the current vehicle operating parameters.

The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, methods, and non-transitory storage medium for controlling the maximum speed of a vehicle as that vehicle travels along a route. Apparatus and methods consistent with the present disclosure may receive location information from an electronic device that is located at a vehicle and may provide information to the electronic device at that controls the maximum speed of the vehicle as speed limits change along the route.

A vehicle (100) may include one or more image sensors (110) configured to provide sensor image data (112d) representing a sensor image of a vicinity of the vehicle (100), and one or more processors (120) configured to determine one or more obstacles (132) from the sensor image data (112d), to determine a distance from ground for each of the one or more obstacles (132) based its corresponding image object (114), and to trigger a safety operation when the distance from ground is equal to or less than a safety height associated with the vehicle (100). A method for avoiding a collision of a vehicle with one or more obstacles.

A system and method for actuating a vehicle operation power mode that include receiving sensor data from at least one sensor of a vehicle. The system and method also include determining if at least one vehicle operation requirement is met based on analysis of the sensor data and actuating an electric powered operation mode of the vehicle based on determining that the at least one operation requirement is met. The system and method further include controlling the vehicle to be powered by electrical power supplied by an electric battery of the vehicle based on the actuation of the electric powered operation mode.

A travel control device comprising: a control unit configured to control travel of a vehicle; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding the surroundings of the vehicle; and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle information regarding another vehicle traveling in the same direction as the vehicle in a different lane from the lane that the vehicle is traveling in with at least a part of the other vehicle forward of the vehicle, the vehicle information regarding the other vehicle being included in the information regarding the surroundings of the vehicle acquired by the first acquisition unit, wherein, if the vehicle information regarding the other vehicle fulfills a condition, the control unit, in accordance with a state of approach of the vehicle to the other vehicle, performs control so that the vehicle decelerates.

A driving assistance device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire object detection information indicating a detection result of an object around a vehicle by a sensor mounted on the vehicle, output driving assistance information from the input object detection information by using a learned model for driving assistance to infer the driving assistance information for assisting driving of the vehicle from the object detection information, calculate, as an evaluation value, a degree of influence of the input object detection information on an output of the learned model for driving assistance, and output the driving assistance information on a basis of the object detection information in which the calculated evaluation value is greater than a predetermined threshold among the input object detection information.

A computer-implemented method for reducing a lateral drift of a heavy-duty vehicle due to a road bank angle, where the heavy-duty vehicle is associated with a non-zero understeer/oversteer gradient. The method comprises obtaining a road bank angle of a road section the heavy-duty vehicle is about to traverse; obtaining a vehicle model indicative of a vehicle motion response to the road bank angle, where the vehicle model includes the understeer/oversteer gradient; determining, based on the road bank angle and the vehicle model, a first compensation torque for reducing the lateral drift of the heavy-duty vehicle at the road section; and applying the first compensation torque across different wheels of the heavy-duty vehicle to reduce the lateral drift of the heavy-duty vehicle due to the road bank angle.

A vehicle control apparatus includes a determination processor and a regeneration controller. During traveling in a first travel mode, the determination processor determines a timing at which a regenerative braking force based on a motor regenerative force is to be increased under the condition that an accelerator-off operation period is equal to or less than a predetermined period. During traveling in a second travel mode, the determination processor refrains from determining the timing at which the regenerative braking force is to be increased under the sole condition that the accelerator-off operation period is equal to or less than the predetermined period. The regeneration controller performs control that increases the motor regenerative force as the determination processor determines the timing at which the regenerative braking force is to be increased.

A vehicle motion control system includes: a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle; a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed; a lateral acceleration sensor for detecting an actual lateral acceleration of a vehicle body; a reference lateral acceleration calculation unit configured to calculate a reference lateral acceleration from the steering angle and the vehicle speed; a required longitudinal force calculation unit configured to calculate a required longitudinal force for reducing a deviation of the actual lateral acceleration relative to the reference lateral acceleration; and a longitudinal force control unit configured to control an output of at least one of a brake and a power plant such that the required longitudinal force is generated.

A vehicle control apparatus is provided with a reliability determination unit that determines a reliability related to an own vehicle location as a current location of the own vehicle being in a parking place, using a detection result of a parking space or a parked vehicle around an own vehicle based on image data around the own vehicle captured by a camera; and an own vehicle location determination unit that determines whether the own vehicle location is in the parking place, using a determination result of the reliability determined by the reliability determination unit.