The present application discloses systems and methods for detecting and handling a crash on an autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle includes a plurality of sensors connected to an autonomy computing system. The autonomy computing system includes a memory device and a processor in communication with the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to receive sensor data from the plurality of sensors, detect a crash based on the sensor data, identify a remedial action for safe navigation of the crash, and initiate execution of the remedial action on the autonomous vehicle.

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 headlight is provided for a motor vehicle. The headlight includes: a light module, which includes a cornering light or illuminated lettering; an environment sensing element, which includes an optical environment sensor, a radar, or a camera; a housing; and a changing device. The housing has a region into which the light module or the environment sensing element is displaceable, and the changing device is configured to carry out a change between the light module and the environment sensing element in the region.

The present invention relates to an automatic light intensity control device for vehicle rear lamps in response to changes in visibility distance and its control method. To this end, the automatic light intensity control device for vehicle rear lamps of the present invention comprises: a visibility distance measurement unit that is mounted on a driving vehicle or installed in the vicinity of a driving road to measure a visibility distance of the road in real time; and a light intensity calculation and control unit that is mounted on the driving vehicle to calculate an appropriate light intensity using visibility distance information measured by the visibility distance measurement unit and then control the light intensity of rear lamps in real time.

Communicating vehicle intent using projection includes receiving an exception scene generated using scene data captured by one or more systems of a vehicle. The exception scene is indicated by a detection of at least one potential hazard to a safe operation of the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a projector. A hazard type associated with the potential hazard(s) and one or more gestures are determined using the exception scene. A drive plan for the vehicle based on the hazard type and the one or more gestures is generated. A representation of the drive plan in an area external of the vehicle is displayed, using the projector of the vehicle, in a visually perceptible manner. The drive plan is executed by a control system of the vehicle.

The processor 162 of ECU 160 is configured to determine an action schedule of the vehicle capable of autonomous driving and notify two or more consecutive action schedules to surrounding other vehicles, and is configured to perform at least one of notifying the two or more consecutive action schedules from the vehicle to the outside by display or voice or having the two or more consecutive action schedules notified by display or voice in the surrounding other vehicles.

A driving mode of a VP set in each of main and sub VCIBs is switchable to an autonomous or manual driving mode. When a two-system failure occurs while the driving mode set in the main/sub VCIB is the autonomous driving mode, a base vehicle carries out control for emergency stop of the base vehicle and the main/sub VCIB controls an output unit to output a prescribed sign in a prescribed manner, the two-system failure being a failure that makes communication or control via the first and second paths impossible. The main/sub VCIB sets the prescribed manner in accordance with a request from an ADK.

Dynamic outputs for inducing interactions with autonomous vehicles is described. In one or more implementations, a system includes an output device configured to produce audible signals in an environment outside an autonomous vehicle, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the output device. The processor is configured to detect one or more characteristics of the environment, dynamically generate, based on the characteristics, an audio output for inducing human interactions with the autonomous vehicle, and cause the output device to transmit the audio output as the audible signals produced in the environment for facilitating a human interaction with the autonomous vehicle.