The parking assistance method using a parking assistance device includes: when parking of a subject vehicle is performed in a manual mode, detecting a parking execution state of the subject vehicle and determining, based on the parking execution state, whether or not the parking toward a target parking space is necessary again; and when a determination is made that the parking toward the target parking space is necessary again, outputting, to a user interface, guidance information for switching a parking mode of the subject vehicle from the manual mode to an automated mode.

A method, a computer program, and an apparatus for invoking a tele-operated driving session and a transportation vehicle equipped with an automated driving function using the method or apparatus. An impending situation that requires a tele-operated driving session is identified, a quality of service for a communication between the transportation vehicle and a control center is predicted for a location where the tele-operated driving session will be performed, the speed of the transportation vehicle is reduced to a maximum drivable speed for a tele-operated driving session with the predicted quality of service, and the tele-operated driving session is initiated.

A method and apparatus for providing a human-machine interface (HMI) mode of a vehicle are provided. The method, performed by the device of the vehicle, for providing a human-machine interface (HMI) mode includes, analyzing a state of an occupant, calculating a confidence score for the vehicle based on the state of the occupant, determining an HMI mode corresponding to the confidence score among a plurality of predefined HMI modes; and providing first guidance information to the occupant based on the determined HMI mode.

A driving force control device changes, when shifted to the manual driving mode, the driving force from a driving force generated in an automated driving mode to a driving force generated in a manual driving mode. Further, when the manual driving mode is shifted to the automated driving mode, the driving force is controlled based on an override driving force characteristic specifying the target acceleration according to the vehicle speed, the accelerator pedal position, and a traveling resistance to the vehicle, and when a driving mode is switched to the manual driving mode during the automated driving mode in which the driving force is controlled based on the override driving force characteristic, the control of the driving force based on the override driving force characteristic is continued for a predetermined period after the switching to the manual driving mode.

A driving force control device in which, when an automated driving mode is shifted to a manual driving mode, a driving force is controlled based on an override driving force characteristic specifying target acceleration according to a vehicle speed, a accelerator pedal position, and a traveling resistance to the vehicle, a longitudinal acceleration at a fully closed accelerator pedal position in the override driving force characteristic is higher than the longitudinal acceleration at the fully closed accelerator pedal position in the manual-driving-mode driving force characteristic, and an inclination of a graph representing a relationship between the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration in the override driving force characteristic is smaller than the inclination of the graph representing the relationship between the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration in the manual-driving-mode driving force characteristic at a same accelerator pedal position.

A method of managing operator take-over of autonomous vehicle. The method includes gathering information on an external surrounding of the autonomous vehicle; analyzing the gathered information on the external surrounding of the autonomous vehicle to determine an upcoming traffic pattern; gathering information on an operator of the autonomous vehicle; analyzing the gathered information on the operator of the autonomous vehicle to determine an operator behavior; predicting an operator action based on the determined upcoming traffic pattern and the determined operator behavior; and initiating a predetermined vehicle response based on the predicted operator action. The predicting the operator action includes comparing the determined upcoming traffic pattern with a similar historic traffic pattern and retrieving a historical operator action in response to the similar historical pattern.

A center information display system includes a center information display; a capturing device configured to obtain information on an occupant inside a vehicle; a rotating structure configured to adjust a view angle of the center information display; and a control device in communication with the capturing device, being configured to determine whether there is an occupant in a driver seat or a passenger seat, and control the rotating structure to rotate the center information display to a predetermined view angle.

A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a remote monitoring and control apparatus, a system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program capable of improving the monitoring efficiency of a mobile body when the mobile body is remotely monitored and controlled. A remote monitoring and control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: determination result acquisition means for acquiring a result of determination as to whether or not a mobile body is able to perform autonomous driving; display means for displaying at least one of a monitor screen for displaying video image data captured from the mobile body in a direction external thereto for each of a plurality of the mobile bodies and a remote control screen for displaying the video image data of a remotely controlled mobile body selected from among the plurality of the mobile bodies.

A driving mode transitioning system and method for supporting transitioning to an unsupervised autonomous driving mode of an Automated Driving System, ADS, of a vehicle. The driving mode transitioning system obtains vehicle situational data indicating a state of vehicle surroundings along with position and heading of the vehicle; determines based on the obtained vehicle situational data, that unsupervised driving conditions of an unsupervised driving mode-related driving policy pertinent an unsupervised autonomous driving mode of the ADS, are complied with; determines that the ADS has active a supervised driving mode; implements the unsupervised driving mode-related driving policy to govern the supervised driving mode; and enables the unsupervised autonomous driving mode to be activated for the ADS, when positioning and/or velocity of the vehicle has reached compliance with unsupervised dynamic driving conditions of the unsupervised driving mode-related driving policy.

A utility vehicle includes: a travel structure including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a steering structure mounted to the front wheel, and a drive source that drives the front wheel and/or the rear wheel; circuitry that controls the travel structure to effect autonomous travel without manned operation in a given travel area; and a vehicle location detector that detects a location of the utility vehicle. During the autonomous travel, the circuitry determines, based on road condition data where the travel area is divided into regions with different predetermined road condition levels, to which of the road condition levels a road condition of a region ahead of the location of the utility vehicle in a travel direction belongs, and the circuitry controls the travel structure such that a given travel parameter is within a corresponding one of permissible ranges predetermined respectively in association with the road condition levels.