Aspects of the disclosure relate to improving realism in simulations for testing software for operating a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, an initial observation of a road user object may be identified in a log data segment captured by a perception system of a vehicle. The perception system having one or more sensors. The initial observation includes a point in time and an initial location of the road user object. A distance traveled by the road user object from a start of the log data segment to the point in time may be determined. A starting location for the road user object may be determined using the distance traveled. A trajectory for the road user object may be determined between the starting location and the initial location of the road user object. The trajectory may be appended to the log data segment.

An apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of a vehicle, a system including the same and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of the vehicle includes a processor to adjust a driving assistance controlling setting value, based on at least one of whether a user looks ahead, whether the user performs a driving manipulation, and a driving condition during driving assistance of the vehicle, and a storage to store the driving assistance controlling setting value.

An autonomous driving controller includes a plurality of parallel processors operating on common input data received from the plurality of autonomous driving sensors. Each of the plurality of parallel processors includes communication circuitry, a general processor, a security processor subsystem (SCS), and a safety subsystem (SMS). The communication circuitry supports communications between the plurality of parallel processors, including inter-processor communications between the general processors of the plurality of parallel processors, communications between the SCSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SCS cryptography, and communications between the SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SMS cryptography, the SMS cryptography differing from the SCS cryptography. The SCS and/or the SMS may each include dedicated hardware and/or memory to support the communications.

Disclosed is a method of receiving a V2X message from a first V2X communication device by a second V2X communication device associated with a vehicle. The method of receiving a V2X message includes receiving a V2X message for providing information related to air pollution, determining whether the V2X message includes vehicle control information including information associated with at least one type of vehicle control, wherein the vehicle control information includes control mode information indicating a mode of the vehicle control, and controlling the vehicle on the basis of the control mode information if the V2X message includes the vehicle control information.

A device to be controlled used for an operation of a vehicle, a determination device used for controlling the device, and a control information management device different from the determination device are included. The determination device generates control information defining a control content of the device to be controlled, the control information management device includes a control information comparison unit which determines an operating state of the determination device based on the control information, and a control switching unit which changes the control of the determination device based on a determination result of the control information comparison unit, and the control information comparison unit determines, based on the control information and a plurality of pieces of control condition information which define control conditions of the device to be controlled by the determination device, which control condition information among the plurality of pieces of control condition information is to be applied.

Aspects of this disclosure relate to controlling one or more vehicle systems based on a determined weather condition. In some embodiments, a radar system can be mounted on a vehicle and can collect weather data by receiving electromagnetic signals. A weather condition can be determined based on the collected weather data, and a vehicle system can be controlled based on the determined weather condition, such as vehicle lighting, windscreen wipers, or cruise control. In some embodiments, weather conditions can include fog, sleet, or smog. The weather condition can be determined by analyzing scattered reflections from incident microwaves and/or radio waves to determine a level of attenuation of the scattered electromagnetic energy indicative of a presence or absence of particles. A map can be displayed displaying the weather condition and controlling vehicle navigation systems. The collected weather data can be compared with data from a LiDAR or camera system for reliability.

A control map information evaluation method is provided that includes acquiring control map information in which additional information pieces of plural kinds are given to a target area on a map. The additional information pieces are map information used for travel control of a vehicle. The method further includes determining whether consistency is present or absent between the additional information pieces of two or more of the plural kinds given to the same target area. The method further includes determining reliability of at least one of the additional information pieces, depending on presence and absence of the consistency determined.

A vehicle electronic control device includes a detection device configured to detect a state of an occupant, a first control device, and a second control device. The second control device is configured to refer to a database defining a relationship between the state of the occupant and a first time and to autonomously drive the vehicle at speeds equal to or lower than the maximum allowable speed from a switching time that is the time at which the first control device becomes unable to control the vehicle. The database is set in such a manner that the maximum allowable speed corresponding to a second state of the occupant is lower than the maximum allowable speed corresponding to a first state of the occupant when the first time corresponding to the second state is longer than the first time corresponding to the first state.

Systems and methods for verifying whether vehicle operators are paying attention are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate output signals conveying information related to a first vehicle operator; make a first type of determination of at least one of an object on which attention of the first vehicle operator is focused and/or a direction in which attention of the first vehicle operator is focused; make a second type of determination regarding fatigue of the first vehicle operator; make a third type of determination of at least one of a distraction level of the first vehicle operator and/or a fatigue level of the first vehicle operator; and effectuate a notification regarding the third type of determination to at least one of the first vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.

A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, electric motors, an electric supercharger, a battery, and a controller. The controller determines whether to increase a total electric power supply amount to the electric motor and the electric supercharger from the battery based on a state of charge of the battery. When so determined, electric power supply promotion control is performed to increase the total electric power supply amount from the battery. In the electric power supply promotion control, the controller controls the electric power supply amount to the electric motors and the electric supercharger so as to maximize fuel save rate, which is the percentage of decrease of the fuel consumption of an internal combustion engine relative to an increase in the total electric power supply amount from the battery.