A travel control device includes a first arithmetic unit configured to calculate a target moment, that is, a turning moment necessary for causing a vehicle to turn and move along a target path from a current position to a target position; a second arithmetic unit configured to calculate a limit moment, that is, a maximum turning moment which can be generated by a steering mechanism of the vehicle by the time the vehicle reaches the target position from the current position, while taking into account at least response delays of the vehicle; and an output unit configured to output brake commands for causing brake devices, which are respectively disposed so as to correspond to multiple wheels of the vehicle, to independently generate a braking force when the target moment is greater than the limit moment such that an insufficient moment corresponding to the difference between the target moment and the limit moment is generated.

The present disclosure provides a vehicle collision avoidance control device including: at least one first sensor configured to sense a first direction of a driver vehicle and to sense a first target vehicle in the first direction of the driver vehicle; at least one second sensor configured to sense a second direction that is opposite to the first direction of the driver vehicle and to sense a second target vehicle in the second direction of the driver vehicle; and a controller configured to output a vehicle control signal at least partially on the basis of processing of the first sensor and the second sensor, wherein the controller is configured to generate a primary vehicle control signal for avoiding a primary collision when a primary collision with the first target vehicle is predicted according to a first direction sensing result by the at least one first sensor, to modify the primary vehicle control signal into a secondary vehicle control signal on the basis of a result of sensing the second target vehicle by the at least one second sensor, and to output the secondary vehicle control signal.

The present disclosure provides an emergency braking system, an emergency braking method and a semitrailer, capable of improving the braking effect of the vehicle, thereby achieving improved safety for the vehicle. The system includes: a sensor component configured to collect sensed information on an environment where a semitrailer is located; and a braking controller configured to determine whether there is a risk of collision for the semitrailer based on the sensed information, and if so, calculate a maximum adhesive force that can be provided by a road surface the semitrailer is currently on, determine a first braking pressure corresponding to each wheel based on the maximum adhesive force and axle load information, and transmit to a braking system a first braking instruction carrying the first braking pressure for each wheel.

An automatic tilting vehicle includes a pair of wheels that are non-steering driving wheels, a braking/driving device, a vehicle tilting device, and a control device, and the control unit calculates a target tilt angle of the vehicle for tilting the vehicle turning inward and controls the vehicle tilting device so that a tilt angle of the vehicle becomes the target tilt angle. The control unit calculates target braking/driving forces of the pair of wheels based on a braking/driving operation of a driver, corrects the target braking/driving forces so that a difference between vertical forces acting on the wheels caused by the braking/driving forces of the pair of wheels is reduced, and controls the braking/driving device such that braking/driving forces of the pair of wheels becomes the corrected target braking/driving forces.

Motorcycles can become unstable when operating at high speeds and at high cornering levels. For example, they can exhibit an oscillation at the rear wheel commonly known as weave. A system and method is provided which utilizes a high-fidelity computer simulation model of a 2- or 3-wheel motorcycle to predict operating states such as yaw rate, lateral acceleration and roll angle for a stable motorcycle at a given speed and steer angle. The operating state of a physical motorcycle can be measured and compared to that of the model at every instant in time to determine if the operating state of the physical motorcycle differs from that of the simulation model in such a way as to indicate loss of stability. The nature of that difference can then be used to intervene in the operation of the motorcycle independent of driver actions by application of brakes, modulating the engine torque or applying torques to urge the steering system in a corrective direction. Thus by comparing the physical response of the motorcycle to that of the computer model in an on-board controller these interventions can be applied at a time and intensity to stabilize the motorcycle and prevent a loss of control.

An ECU operating as a vehicle control device, to be mounted on a truck tractor, has a hauling determination part and an automatic driving control part. The truck tractor is hauling/pulling a trailer. The hauling determination part detects whether the trailer is hauled by the truck tractor. The automatic driving control part switches an automatic driving mode between a first automatic driving mode and a second automatic driving mode on the basis of a detection result of the hauling determination part. The first automatic driving mode represents a situation in which the truck tractor is not hauling/pulling the trailer. The second automatic driving mode represents a situation in which the truck tractor is hauling/pulling the trailer.

A system includes a controller configured to individually control brake force applied to steered wheels of a vehicle. The controller is configured to release a braking force from a first brake associated with a first steered wheel of the vehicle when the vehicle is stationary, and the controller is further configured to subsequently release a braking force from a second brake of a second steered wheel when the vehicle remains stationary after braking force is released from the first wheel. Methods relate to distributing braking force of a vehicle.

A system for providing driverless operation of a utility vehicle in a limited area, including: a control module to output a valid autonomous control signal to an electropneumatic parking brake system and to control the utility vehicle in a driverless manner, wherein the utility vehicle allows an autonomous operating mode and includes the electropneumatic parking brake system which is configured to release the parking brake system when the valid autonomous control signal is present and to initiate automatic emergency braking when no valid autonomous control signal is applied; and a transfer module to transfer control of the utility vehicle from the driver to the control module. Also described are a related method and computer readable medium.

A method of controlling and optimizing braking and directional control of a vehicle operated on a contaminated, compliant, or non-compliant surface. The method includes steps of: collecting data from a plurality of sensors, the data being indicative of a condition of the contaminated, compliant, or non-compliant surface; sending the data to a neural controller having an algorithm configured to process the data. The algorithm includes: determining optimum braking and directional control instructions for the vehicle, generating warnings and alerts based on the calculated optimum braking and directional control instructions, and sending the optimum braking and directional control instructions to a braking and steering system of the vehicle and the warnings and alerts to an alert and warning system of the vehicle. The method further includes adjusting the steering and directional control of the braking and steering system in accordance with the optimum braking and directional control instructions provided by the neural controller.

The disclosure relates to a driver assistance method, in which a vehicle performs a driving manoeuvre automatically, and a braking device, in particular a parking brake, is at least partially actuated during the performance of the driving manoeuvre so that a braking action is constantly exerted on the wheels of at least one axle so that a drive of the vehicle operates counter to the braking action of the braking device in order to move the vehicle. According to the disclosure, during the driving manoeuvre at least one operating parameter which is related to an undesired increase in the braking action exerted on at least one wheel is detected and evaluated, and a braking action on at least one wheel is reduced in accordance with the result of said evaluation.