A method for controlling autonomous driving for an autonomous driving vehicle, includes collecting sensing information on autonomous driving in an autonomous driving mode, calculating an initial longitudinal control value based on the sensing information on the autonomous driving, correcting the initial longitudinal control value based on the sensing information, and performing a longitudinal driving control by transmitting the corrected longitudinal control value to a lower controller.

In some embodiments, techniques are provided for autonomously backing a vehicle (such as a Class 8 truck) to a trailer. In some embodiments, environment sensors such as image sensors and range sensors mounted to the vehicle detect a trailer and determine distances between the trailer and the vehicle as well as relative angles of the trailer and the vehicle. In some embodiments, the vehicle determines a path to the trailer based on this information, and autonomously controls braking, torque, and/or steering of the vehicle to autonomously back the vehicle along the determined path.

A monitoring device for a vehicle that, in a case in which it is determined, based on information captured by a towing information capture device, that the vehicle is not towing another vehicle, provides support for monitoring an area to a rear of the vehicle using images captured by a first capture device, and in a case in which it is determined, based on the information captured by the towing information capture device, that the vehicle is towing another vehicle, provides support for monitoring the area to the rear of the vehicle using images captured by a second capture device.

A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to avoid a sudden and significant reduction in a drive torque generated by a motor during high load operation. A controller comprises a determiner that determines a satisfaction of a predetermined condition, and a power limiter that restricts an upper limit of an output power of an electric storage device supplied to the motor upon satisfaction of the predetermined condition, to a restricted upper limit value which is smaller than a normal upper limit value set in a case that the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

A vehicle control device is configured to control a vehicle. The vehicle control device is capable of deriving a required driving force required for traveling of the vehicle based on an output requirement received from a driver, and controlling a driving force of the vehicle using the required driving force as a target value. The vehicle control device is configured to transition to a second traveling mode when the required driving force increases while the vehicle is traveling in a first traveling mode. The vehicle control device is configured to perform driving force reduction control, in which an amount of increase in the required driving force accompanying an increase in the output requirement is made smaller than an amount of increase in the required driving force in a normal state, at a time of performing transition to the second traveling mode.

A control apparatus for a hybrid electric vehicle includes: an engine control portion configured to control an operation state of an engine in accordance with an engine operation condition; and a driving-mode control portion configured to control the vehicle so as to realize selected at least one of driving modes. The driving modes include a towing mode in which the vehicle tows a towed vehicle, a main-drive-wheel driving mode in which a drive power is distributed to main drive wheels, and an all-wheel driving mode in which the drive power is distributed to the main drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels. The engine operation condition is determined such that an engine operation ratio is higher in a case in which the towing mode is selected, than in a case in which the all-wheel driving mode is selected without the towing mode being selected.

Various applications for use of mass estimations of a vehicle, including to control operation of the vehicle, sharing the mass estimation with other vehicles and/or a Network Operations Center (NOC), organizing vehicles operating in a platoon and/or partially controlling the operation of one or more vehicles operating in a platoon based on the relative mass estimations between the platooning vehicles. When vehicles are operating in a platoon, the relative mass between a lead and a following vehicle may be used to scale torque and/or brake commands generated by the lead vehicle and sent to the following vehicle.

A vehicle hitching assistance system including a controller determining a trailer target area to a rear of the vehicle. The trailer target area is positioned within left and right lateral vehicle steering limits, defined in a lateral direction between left and right boundaries respectively spaced inwardly of the left and right lateral vehicle steering limits by one of a system perception factor or a vehicle geometry factor, and defined in a longitudinal direction between a minimum movement limit and a maximum perception limit. The controller further identifies a trailer coupler within the trailer target area and outputs a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler during movement of the vehicle.

The present disclosure relates to a method, an apparatus, a medium, and a device for processing vehicle data. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a vehicle mounted server on each vehicle in a platoon can determine a position of the vehicle based on position information and parameter value information of one or more specified kinematic parameters transmitted by another vehicle mounted server on a vehicle in front of the vehicle and determined parameter value information of one or more specified relative pose parameters between the vehicle where the vehicle mounted server is located and the vehicle in front of the vehicle where the vehicle mounted server is located. In this way, as the position of the leading can be determined accurately, the position of each following vehicle can also be determined accurately despite presence of a blind area when its forward field of view is blocked.

A periphery monitoring device includes a coupling determiner that determines whether a towed vehicle is coupled to a towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle can be coupled; a target setter that sets a target moving position to be a target for moving at least the towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; a storing controller that stores, as a moving target image, an image, including the target moving position, of a peripheral image generated by as imager provided at the towing vehicle; and an image controller that displays the stored moving target image in association with the towing vehicle or the towed vehicle included in a current image generated by the imager and currently displayed on a display device.