A vehicle system includes a warning device and at least one electronic control unit. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to present a light stimulus to a driver, and determine whether the driver is facing forward, determine whether the driver holds a steering wheel, and cause the warning device to perform a first warning when it is determined that the driver is not facing forward while the light stimulus is being presented. The first warning is either the vibration or the sound. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to perform a second warning when it is determined that the driver does not hold the steering wheel before a predetermined time elapses after the first warning is started. The second warning includes the vibration and the sound.

A vehicle control device includes a computer memory, an environmental sensor and a processor. The computer memory is configured to store vehicle trajectories in association with road segments of a map. The environmental sensor is configured to detect traveling environment of a host vehicle. The processor is configured to determine one of the vehicle trajectories along which the host vehicle is traveling, determine whether switching from the one of the vehicle trajectories to the other one of the vehicle trajectories is needed, and control a turn signal of the host vehicle according to a detection result of the environment sensor in response to determining that the switching from the one of the vehicle trajectories to the other one of the vehicle trajectories is needed.

A turn signal system and a multi-vehicle system including the turn signal system are disclosed for creating the safe and efficient movement of objects through physical space. The turn signal system includes a straight turn signal. The straight turn signal according to embodiments disclosed herein delivers safe and clear messaging to users of pathways or roads and adds predictability. It also removes the excuse for a non-signal over the prior art methods for signaling-thus contributing to the reduction of road rage and the statement why did you not signal.

A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle includes sensing, using a first sensor, an object located in front of the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle is driving on a driving path using a low beam of a headlight mounted on the autonomous vehicle. The method also includes, when a portion of the object is exposed by the low beam and is additionally sensed by a second sensor, switching, by a processor, the low beam to a high beam.

An automated driving control device enables traveling of a subject vehicle by an automated driving function. The automated driving control device is configured to grasp, in a scene where the subject vehicle is scheduled to pass through an intersection, whether there is a space for the subject vehicle in a subject vehicle lane ahead of the intersection; and determine, in a case where there is not the space in the subject vehicle lane, execution of a lane change in a direction in which the subject vehicle leaves the subject vehicle lane in a section including the intersection. The automated driving control device makes a lateral vector generated in the subject vehicle in the lane change in the section including the intersection smaller than a lateral vector in the lane change in a section not including the intersection.

A vehicle control device that autonomously controls driving of a subject vehicle is configured to recognize environment information at an intersection, and set an angle of a steering wheel of the subject vehicle in a case where the subject vehicle temporarily stops. The environment information includes a size of the intersection. The vehicle control device sets the angle of the steering wheel such that, when the size of the intersection is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value, the steering wheel is oriented toward the traveling direction after the right or left turn, relative to the orientation of the vehicle body of the subject vehicle. The vehicle control device sets the angle of the steering wheel such that, when the size of the intersection is smaller than the preset threshold value, the steering wheel is oriented in alignment with the orientation of the vehicle body.

A message transmission system for a mobility vehicle includes a lighting unit mounted in a steering wheel of the mobility vehicle. Light output is varied according to various traveling situations of the mobility vehicle provide alert to a driver. Accordingly, when an emergency situation occurs during traveling of the mobility, the driver can quickly respond to the emergency situation, thereby ensuring the stability of the traveling mobility vehicle. In addition, the lighting unit mounted in the steering wheel provides an aesthetic appeal to a driver, thereby improving marketability.

A device for a seat, includes: a docking unit that is designed for connection to a mobile terminal in order to allow a data transfer from the mobile terminal to at least one media unit; and a control unit that is designed to record at least one context parameter that specifies a current surroundings situation of the device; and to actuate at least one functional unit based on the at least one context parameter in order to adjust a setting of the at least one functional unit to the current surroundings situation such that a user is able to use the at least one media unit.

A control device includes a first processor. The first processor is configured to provide notification of a warning during autonomous driving to a first display unit of an onboard terminal installed in a vehicle; provide notification of the warning to a second display unit at a portable terminal carried by a vehicle occupant, via a second processor at the portable terminal; and in a case in which a predetermined condition has been satisfied, disable notification of the warning to the portable terminal and provide notification of the warning to the onboard terminal.

A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive an input from an operator of a vehicle, the input setting a parameter for a shifting lighting pattern of a lamp of the vehicle, the shifting lighting pattern including cycling through a plurality of colors including a first color; in response to a speed at which the vehicle is traveling exceeding a speed threshold and the vehicle being in an autonomous mode, actuate the lamp to continuously emit the first color; and in response to the speed at which the vehicle is traveling being below the threshold speed, actuate the lamp to emit light following the shifting lighting pattern according to the inputted parameter.