In a control device of a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a rotating machine, a power transmission device, and an electric oil pump, the control device comprising: a state determining portion; an electric oil pump control portion performing a test operation of the electric oil pump for determining whether the electric oil pump operates normally when it is determined that the measured temperature of the oil allows the electric oil pump to operate normally; and an engine control portion, the electric oil pump control portion performs the test operation of the electric oil pump in a predetermined period after a power supply state of the hybrid vehicle is switched to a power-on state enabling the vehicle to run and before the hybrid vehicle actually starts running, and when the test operation of the electric oil pump is performed in the predetermined period, the engine control portion starts the engine.

A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control processor competence level of an on-board SDV control processor in controlling the SDV to a human driver competence level of a human driver in controlling the SDV while the SDV encounters a current roadway condition which is a result of current weather conditions of the roadway on which the SDV is currently traveling. One or more processors then selectively assign control of the SDV to the SDV control processor or to the human driver while the SDV encounters the current roadway condition based on which of the control processor competence level and the human driver competence level is relatively higher to one another.

A method of providing a heating cycle for an after-treatment system is described. The method comprises initiating a pre-charge cycle of a DCDC converter and determining a temperature of the after-treatment system. In response to determining the temperature of the after-treatment system is below a threshold temperature and the pre-charge is complete, the method further comprises operating a solid-state switch to electrically connect a high voltage power source to a heating element to of the after-treatment system, and heating the after-treatment system with the heating element until the after-treatment system reaches the threshold temperature.

An information processing device for managing a vehicle including a toilet unit, a tank unit connected to the toilet unit for storing waste that flows from the toilet unit, and a traveling unit capable of moving the toilet unit and the tank unit. The information processing device performs control for disconnecting the traveling unit from the toilet unit and the tank unit when installing a toilet. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire a storage amount of waste in the tank unit and to generate commands to the traveling unit to cause the traveling unit to replace the tank unit when the storage amount of waste becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.

A machine control system includes an agricultural work machine having an ECU coupled via a system bus to control engine functions, a GPS receiver, data collector, and specialized guidance system including a stored program. The data collector captures agricultural geospatial data including location data for the work machine and data from the ECU, and executes the stored program to: (a) capture geometries of the farm; (b) capture agricultural geospatial data; (c) automatically classify the agricultural geospatial data using the geometries of the farm, into activity/event categories including operational, travel, and ancillary events; (d) aggregate the classified data to create geospatial data events; (e) match the geospatial data events to a model to generate matched events; (f) use the matched events to generate actionable information for the working machine in real time or near real-time; and (g) send operational directives to the agricultural work machine based on the actionable information.

A driving support device includes an output unit configured to output information, a recognition unit configured to recognize surrounding vehicles existing around a subject vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine control modes of in-vehicle devices of the subject vehicle on the basis of a position of a surrounding vehicle existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a subject lane on which the subject vehicle exists among one or more surrounding vehicles recognized by the recognition unit.

A vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, and a rechargeable power source can be configured for reduced fuel consumption at idle. The vehicle drive system includes an electric motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the first prime mover. The control system causes fuel to be eliminated to the first prime mover while the vehicle is stopped and causes the electric motor to rotate the first prime mover at a speed, thereby reducing fuel consumption at idle for the vehicle.

An apparatus for improving the sound of a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a window open/closed detection sensor for detecting the open/closed state of a window of the vehicle; a car door open/closed detection sensor for detecting the open/closed state of a car door of the vehicle; a speed sensor for measuring the speed of the vehicle; a microphone; a memory; and a processor for adjusting a coefficient of an adaptive filter used for an engine order cancellation (EOC) function, on the basis of the opened degree of the window and the speed, when the car door is closed, the window is open, and the magnitude of noise inputted to the microphone is less than or equal to a threshold magnitude.

A vehicle cruise control device controls traveling of a vehicle, the vehicle cruise control device includes arithmetic circuitry, and device processing circuitry to control actuation of one or more traveling devices mounted in the vehicle, based on an arithmetic result from the arithmetic circuitry. The arithmetic circuitry is configured to recognize a vehicle external environment based on an output from information acquisition circuitry that acquires information of the vehicle external environment; set a route to be traveled by the vehicle, in accordance with the recognized vehicle external environment; determine a target motion of the vehicle to follow the route that was set; and set operations of one or more body-related devices of the vehicle, based on the target motion of the vehicle, and generate control signals that control the one or more body-related devices.

A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control processor competence level of an on-board SDV control processor in controlling the SDV to a human driver competence level of a human driver in controlling the SDV while the SDV encounters a current roadway condition which is a result of current weather conditions of the roadway on which the SDV is currently traveling. One or more processors then selectively assign control of the SDV to the SDV control processor or to the human driver while the SDV encounters the current roadway condition based on which of the control processor competence level and the human driver competence level is relatively higher to one another.