A parking brake control apparatus for a vehicle includes a parking switching operation unit switching the parking brake between ON and OFF, a vehicle power source switching operation unit switching a power source of the vehicle between ON and OFF, a parking brake controller controlling the parking brake and executing automatic application control when the power source of the vehicle is operated from ON to OFF by the occupant with use of the vehicle power source switching operation unit, and a prohibition condition determination unit determining that a prohibition condition for prohibiting the automatic application control is satisfied when a turning-off operation for the vehicle power source switching operation unit is executed after a turning-off operation for the parking switching operation unit is executed in a state where the power source of the vehicle is ON, a state where the vehicle is stopped, and a state where the parking brake is OFF, and when a determination is made that the prohibition condition is satisfied, the parking brake controller does not execute the automatic application control.

Disclosed is a surround view monitoring system for a vehicle, including a plurality of cameras included in the vehicle and configured to capture images of a region around the vehicle, an image synthesizer configured to form a synthesized image for monitoring the region around the vehicle by synthesizing the images captured by the plurality of cameras, a driving recognizer configured to recognize driving-state information of the vehicle, and a display controller configured to control a display device to selectively display a portion or an entirety of the synthesized image formed by the image synthesizer based on the driving-state information of the vehicle, recognized by the driving recognizer.

A parking control device includes a detection unit configured to detect at least one possible parking position in which a vehicle is capable of being parked, and a control unit configured to, after a target parking position has been selected from among the possible parking positions, initiate movement of the vehicle into the target parking position on the basis of an operation over a prolonged time period having been performed by a user, the operation over the prolonged time period being an operation in which an operation input unit is continuously maintained in a predetermined state over a threshold time period or greater, the operation input unit being used at least when switching between forward movement and rearward movement of the vehicle.

A vehicular sensing system includes a sensor module disposed at the vehicle. The sensor module includes first and second radar sensors and a camera. A field of sensing of the first radar sensor is encompassed by a portion of a field of view of the camera and a field of sensing of the second radar sensor is encompassed by another portion of the field of view of the camera. Outputs of the radar sensors and the camera are communicated to a control. The control, responsive to processing of the outputs of the radar sensors, detects the presence of an object exterior the vehicle and within the field of sensing of at least one of the first and second radar sensors. The control, responsive to detection of an object via processing of the outputs of the radar sensors, processes the output of the camera to classify the detected object.

A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to receive a vehicle path from a server computer and verify the vehicle path based on vehicle dynamics and vehicle constraints. The instruction can include further instructions to, when the vehicle path is verified as correct, operating the vehicle on the vehicle path and, when the vehicle path is verified as incorrect, stopping the vehicle.

A drive assistance device includes an automatic brake unit configured to perform automatic brake control, a brake hold unit configured to perform a brake hold control keeping the vehicle stopped, a brake hold cancel unit configured to cancel the brake hold control when it is determined that a predetermined cancel condition is satisfied, a surroundings information obtaining unit configured to obtain surroundings information indicating a situation around the vehicle, a maneuver information obtaining unit configured to obtain maneuver information about a driving maneuver performed by a driver of the vehicle, a maneuver determination unit configured to determine, based on the surroundings information and the maneuver information whether the driving maneuver performed during the brake hold control is appropriate for the situation around the vehicle, and a prohibition unit configured to prohibit cancelling the brake hold control as long as it is determined that the driving maneuver is inappropriate.

A parking brake system is disclosed and includes a parking brake valve configured to maintain a fluid pressure of the parking brake system and one or more pressure transducers that monitor the fluid pressure of the parking brake system. The parking brake system also includes a bistable control valve fluidly connected to the parking brake valve, one or more processors in electronic communication with the bistable control valve, the parking brake valve, and the one or more pressure transducers, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the parking brake system to instruct the bistable control valve to actuate into the opened position when the fluid pressure of the parking brake system is less than a threshold pressure.

A method for checking a capacity of at least one supply line for an electrically operated assembly that is coupled electrically via the at least one supply line to an electrical system of an at least partially automated mobile platform. The method includes: ensuring a non-critical operating state of the mobile platform; determining an off-load terminal voltage at an input connection of the assembly, with zero-current supply line; applying a defined current to the supply line of the electrically operated assembly; determining an on-load terminal voltage at the input connection of the assembly, in doing so, the defined voltage being applied to the supply line of the electrically operated assembly; determining a differential voltage between the off-load terminal voltage and the on-load terminal voltage; comparing the differential voltage to a differential-voltage limit value to determine whether the capacity of the electric supply line is sufficient to operate the assembly.

A motor control system is provided. The system includes an inverter that adjusts a stator current applied to a stator coil of a wound-rotor drive motor and a rotor current applied to a rotor coil of the drive motor. When an abnormal starting of the drive motor is detected and a movement of the vehicle is restricted by electronic parking brakes (EPB), a motor controller adjusts the rotor current through the inverter to cancel an abnormal starting torque caused by the abnormal starting.

Provided is a vehicle control device capable of improving the riding comfort of a vehicle during parking control. A vehicle control device 10 includes: a distance measuring unit 14 that measures a distance between a position of a vehicle and a target stop position of the vehicle; and an acceleration setting unit 15 that sets an acceleration profile, which is a time change of a target value of acceleration during deceleration of the vehicle, according to the distance based on a jerk profile 15a, which is a time change of a target value of jerk during deceleration of the vehicle.