Improved passenger access and suspension systems for passenger buses, and controllers configured for use therewith; and passenger buses incorporating such systems and controllers. Integration of access ramp, door, suspension, charge interface, and other systems provides improvements in fully- or semi-automatic deployment of features such as passenger doors and ramps, and charge interface components, as well as navigation to passenger access points.

An off-road vehicle includes a driveline, a control system, and a braking system. The driveline provides driveline power and driveline brake power to a first tractive assembly and/or a second tractive assembly. The control system stores vehicle information, determines driving instructions based on environment data, and determines speed references for tractive elements of the first and second tractive assemblies based on the driving instructions and the vehicle information. The braking system includes brakes and a braking subsystem. The brake subsystem operates the brakes to provide brake power to one or more components of the first and/or second tractive assemblies. The brake controller controls the brakes to selectively provide the brake power and the control system controls the driveline to selectively provide the driveline power and the driveline brake power based on current speeds of the tractive elements and the speed references to accommodate the driving instructions.

A control unit for a vehicle is configured to detect a signalling installation ahead, wherein the signalling installation has at least one signal transmitter. The control unit is configured to ascertain digital map information indicating and/or allowing an association between the at least one signal transmitter and at least one possible direction of travel of the vehicle at the signalling installation. The control unit is further configured to operate a driving function of the vehicle on the basis of the digital map information.

A planning system for an autonomous work vehicle system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to determine an action to be performed by the autonomous work vehicle system and an action location of the action in a work area, determine a transition operation associated with the action that enables the autonomous work vehicle system to perform the action at the action location, and generate a plan for operation of the autonomous work vehicle system. The plan includes the action, the action location, and the transition operation.

A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to monitor a position of a vehicle while an adaptive cruise control feature of the vehicle is set to operate in a standard operation mode, identify, based on the position of the vehicle and on visibility zone information, a limited visibility zone in a route of travel of the vehicle, and cause the adaptive cruise control feature to operate in a modified operation mode while the vehicle is in the limited visibility zone, wherein during operation in the modified operation mode, the adaptive cruise control feature operates in accordance with one or more modified operating parameters.

A vehicle control system executes automated driving control that controls automated driving of a vehicle based on driving environment information indicating a driving environment for the vehicle. When a part of functions of the vehicle is failed during the automated driving, the vehicle control system executes emergency stop control that stops the vehicle. In the emergency stop control, the vehicle control system: acquires failure status information being information on the failed part of functions; determines, based on the failure status information and the driving environment information, a target stop position at which even the vehicle with the failed part of functions is able to arrive and stop by the automated driving; and executes the automated driving control such that the vehicle travels toward the target stop position to stop at the target stop position.

A vehicle recording device includes: a mode acquisition unit configured to acquire a signal indicative of an operating mode of an autonomous driving processing unit; a recording target setting unit configured to change a recording target in accordance with the operating mode; and a recording processing unit configured to store information of the recording target set by the recording target setting unit into a data storage unit. The recording target setting unit is further configured to: set a face image of an occupant in a driver's seat as the recording target when the autonomous driving processing unit operates in a level 3 mode; and not set the face image as the recording target when the autonomous driving processing unit operates in an occupant involvement mode.

A control device associated with an autonomous vehicle detects that an emergency personnel is altering traffic on a road using an emergency-related hand signal to divert the traffic from a road anomaly, such as a road accident. The control device determines an interpretation of the emergency-related hand signal. The control device determines a proposed trajectory for the autonomous vehicle according to the interpretation of the emergency-related hand signal. In certain embodiments, the control device may navigate the autonomous vehicle according to the interpretation of the emergency-related hand signal. In certain embodiments, the control device may transmit the proposed trajectory to an oversight server for confirmation. In certain embodiments, the oversight may confirm or override the proposed trajectory.

A traveling control system includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a path plan setter and a controller. The first a acquisition unit communicates with a cloud environment including an edge environment to acquire cloud information including traveling information of other vehicles from at least the edge environment. The second acquisition unit recognizes a traveling environment of an own vehicle and acquires own vehicle traveling information including the recognized traveling environment and a vehicle control state of the own vehicle. The path plan setter sets a path plan in automatic driving control to cause the own vehicle to travel automatically. The determines a need for changing the path plan and the automatic driving control based on the cloud information and controls traveling behavior of the own vehicle according to the need for a change based on the cloud information and the own vehicle traveling information.

Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining sensor data indicative of a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle, the surrounding environment including one or more occluded sensor zones. The method includes determining that a first occluded sensor zone of the occluded sensor zone(s) is occupied based at least in part on the sensor data. The method includes, in response to determining that the first occluded sensor zone is occupied, controlling the autonomous vehicle to travel clear of the first occluded sensor zone.