A vehicle control device includes: a first detection unit that detects a traveling state of a host vehicle; a merging detection unit that detects that the host vehicle approaches within a predetermined area of a merging point when the host vehicle travels on the merging road toward the merging point at which a main road joins with the merging road; a second detection unit that detects a speed of a lane flow by another vehicle that travels on the main road toward the merging point; a position detection unit that obtains a position of a pre-merging point as a virtual point on the main road reaching the merging point when the host vehicle reaches the merging point; and a display control unit that controls a display device to display the position of the host vehicle and the pre-merging point.

A method is disclosed for providing information using a navigation apparatus to guide a user in a vehicle along a determined route to a destination through a road network. The method comprises generating data indicative of a navigation map for display on a display device of a navigation apparatus showing the roads in a portion of the road network. The method further comprises generating data indicative of a first route line for display on the navigation map showing the one or more roads to be taken from a current position of the navigation apparatus to follow the determined route through the road network, and then providing the data indicative of the navigation map and the first route line to the display device for display thereon. The method further comprises generating, upon determining, while the vehicle is traveling along the determined route, that the current position of the navigation apparatus on a multi-lane roadway is approaching an associated road junction, data indicative of a lane guidance panel based on a position of the road junction in the navigation map that, when displayed on the display device, covers a portion of the navigation map. The method further comprises generating data indicative of a second route line for display at least on the lane guidance panel indicating one or more lanes in which the user should be travelling so as to follow the determined route, and then providing the data indicative of the lane guidance panel and the second route line to the display device for display thereon.

The objective of the present invention is to provide an information providing device and the like capable of simplifying entry into a road to be entered, even using guidance by voice or the like.

This information providing device is provided with: a route searching unit 1 which acquires both road data 23a and intersection data 23b; and a guidance voice generating unit 2 which, on the basis of the acquired road data 23a and the like, outputs, while moving along a wider road, a simplified guidance voice for moving to a narrower road, in such a way that it is simple to enter the narrower road from the wider road.

A method and an apparatus for road guidance are provided. The method includes: acquiring driving data and navigation data of a vehicle; determining a road guidance type of the vehicle based on the driving data and the navigation data, and generating road guidance data corresponding to the road guidance type; and performing 3D rendering on the road guidance data, and visually displaying the road guidance data in an image collected by the vehicle for road guidance.

A driving lane keeping control system includes a number of vehicles and a server. Each vehicle is configured to transmit wheel position information to the server. The server is configured to receive the wheel position information from each vehicle, to match the wheel position information with a detailed map to generate a moving trajectory of each vehicle, to analyze the generated moving trajectory of each vehicle to select an optimum moving trajectory, to generate virtual lane information based on the selected optimum moving trajectory, and to transmit the generated virtual lane information to at least one of the vehicles to enable the at least one vehicle to correct a driving position based on the virtual lane information.

A system, a method, and a computer program product for generating maneuver data for a vehicle are disclosed herein. The system comprises at least one non-transitory memory configured to store computer program code instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the computer program code instructions to obtain direction share data from at least one mobile device, wherein the direction share data comprises immediate route data and immediate direction data associated with the corresponding at least one mobile device, determine localized direction share data for the at least one mobile device from the direction share data, wherein the localized direction share data indicates location, exact lane and direction of the corresponding at least one mobile device, and generate the maneuver data for the vehicle, based on the localized direction share data and map data, using at least one machine learning model.

In one embodiment, a perception module of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) detects a temporary traffic control device (TTCD) located within a first lane of a multi-lane roadway. The first lane is added to a black list of one or more lanes that the ADV is not permitted to drive within. A rerouting request is made to a planning module of the ADV to route the ADV to a second lane in the multi-lane roadway. The ADV navigates to the second lane and continues navigating along the requested rerouting. The ADV monitors for additional TTCDs. One or more boundary lines of the first lane can be marked “do not cross” so that the ADV does not navigate, even partially, back into the first lane. If there are no more TTCDs in the first lane for a predetermined distance ahead of the ADV, the first lane is deleted from the black list.

A method of lane detection for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps comprising: generating a ground truth associated with lane markings expressed in god's view; receiving features from at least one of a hit-map image and a fitted lane marking, wherein the hit-map image includes a classification of pixels that hit a lane marking, and the fitted lane marking includes pixels optimized based on the hit-map image; and training a confidence module based on the features and the ground truth, the confidence module configured to determine on-line whether a fitted lane marking is reasonable, using parameters that express a lane marking in an arc.

Systems and methods for providing lane-specific recommendations to a vehicle operator of a vehicle operating on roadways are disclosed. The roadways include one or more lanes in each direction of travel. Exemplary implementations may: generate, by a set of sensors, output signals conveying information pertaining to the vehicle; determine a current location of the vehicle; determine a current direction of travel of the vehicle; detect a current lane being used by the vehicle from the multiple traffic lanes of the particular roadway at the current location in the current direction of travel; obtain lane-specific information regarding the multiple traffic lanes at or near the current location of the vehicle; obtain a goal for providing lane-specific recommendations; determine a lane-specific recommendation for the vehicle; and provide the lane-specific recommendation to the vehicle operator.

Provided are a vehicle navigation method, a vehicle and a storage medium. The vehicle navigation method includes: in response to a vehicle being in a driving state, obtaining environment information corresponding to the vehicle; obtaining lane information corresponding to the vehicle from a lane information set based on the environment information, in which the lane information includes first lane information of covered areas of a high-precision map and second lane information of uncovered areas of the high-precision map; and drawing a vehicle sign corresponding to the vehicle on the map based on the lane information, to provide navigation information for the vehicle.