Aspects of the present invention relate to control system (100) for controlling a transition of a vehicle between a first driving mode and a second driving mode. The control system comprises one or more controllers, configured to: receive (302) a first request signal indicative of an occupant-initiated preparatory request; receive (303) a second request signal indicative of an occupant-initiated transition request; determine (304) a first control signal for controlling output of information to an occupant of the vehicle indicative of the driving environment in dependence on receipt of the first request signal; determine (308) a second control signal for causing transition of the vehicle from the first driving mode to the second driving mode in dependence on receipt of both the first request signal and the second request signal; and output (306, 310) the first or second control signal to a vehicle system.

A travel controller detects, from an image representing the face of a driver of a vehicle, an act of the driver checking surroundings of the vehicle, records a time at which the act of checking is detected, and suggests to the driver a lane change for the vehicle to change a travel lane to an adjoining lane. In the case that the act of checking is detected in a precheck period before a suggestion time at which the lane change is suggested, the travel controller makes the vehicle execute the lane change regardless of whether the act of checking is detected in a post-suggestion check period after the suggestion time of the lane change.

A control device includes a video data acquisition unit, an orientation detection unit that determines whether a first condition that the driver faces a direction other than a traveling direction of the vehicle is met, an event detection unit, and a recording control unit that, if an event is detected, stores first video data including at least an event detection time point as event recording data.

A method according to the present disclosure comprises acquiring a plurality sets of traveling video recorded by a plurality of cameras capturing a plurality of directions equipped in a remote driving vehicle, acquiring information regarding at least one of driving operation by a remote driving operator, a traveling state of the remote driving vehicle, and motion of the remote driving operator, specifying an attention direction or an attention scope of the remote driving operator for a situation around the remote driving vehicle based on acquired information, displaying at least one of the plurality sets of traveling video reflecting the attention direction or the attention scope on a display device, and performing display based on the attention direction or the attention scope.

Provided are methods for goal determination using an eye tracker device and LiDAR point cloud data, which can include receiving first data characterizing a three-dimensional coordinate associated with a first location. The data obtained via a sensor affixed to a vehicle. Some methods described also include receiving second data characterizing LiDAR point cloud data obtained from a LiDAR device affixed to the vehicle. The LiDAR point cloud data including the three-dimensional coordinate associated with the first location. A visual indication of the first location can be provided on a user interface of the vehicle. The visual indication can be generated based on the first data and the second data. The vehicle can be operated to navigate to the first location responsive to a user input selecting the visual indication. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

A road surface marking detection device is applied to a vehicle that includes a first camera that captures an image of at least an area forward of the vehicle, and a second camera that captures an image of at least an area forward of the vehicle and is able to capture a road surface region closer to the vehicle than a road surface region of which the image captured by the first camera. The road surface marking detection device includes a processor that, when a temporary stop sign forward of the vehicle is detected by the first camera, executes a process of detecting a road surface marking corresponding to the detected temporary stop sign by the second camera.

A method for operating an assistance system for a vehicle, including an object sensor device for determining an object characteristic value representative of coordinates of an object in the environment of the vehicle and a viewing sensor device for determining a direction characteristic value representative of a viewing direction of a driver of the vehicle and for determining a position characteristic value representative of a head position of the driver. According to the method, a projection characteristic value representative of a vector that connects the head position to the object is determined; a first region characteristic value representative of an estimated primary field of view of the driver is determined; an attention characteristic value representative of the probability that the object is at least partially in the field of view of the driver is determined; and a warning function of the vehicle is activated.

An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a check direction determination unit determining a check direction for which the driver of an own vehicle needs a checking action for checking the safety based on a traveling direction of a roadway adjacent to a stall and an unparking direction; a direction information acquisition unit acquiring at least one of the line of sight or the facing direction of the face of the driver; a check occurrence determination unit setting a detection range of the line of sight based on the check direction, and determining whether or not at least the one is within the detection range so as to determine occurrence of the checking action; and a notification control unit controlling a display unit, a speaker, or a vibrator to execute a notification action when the check occurrence determination unit determines that the checking action has not occurred.

A system and method for controlling an autonomous vehicle to affect a view seen by an occupant of the autonomous vehicle is described. In one embodiment, a method for controlling an autonomous vehicle to affect a view seen by an occupant of the autonomous vehicle includes determining a navigation route, determining content associated with the navigation route, monitoring current conditions of the autonomous vehicle and the occupant, determining, based on the current conditions, whether to change a position of the vehicle to affect the view seen by the occupant, and when the current conditions permit, moving the autonomous vehicle to affect the view seen by the occupant.

A reporting device mounted on a vehicle, comprises: a recognition processing unit configured to recognize an obstacle existing in front of the vehicle on the basis of information detected by a front detection unit and a risk target existing at least diagonally behind the vehicle on the basis of information detected by a rear detection unit; a sight line monitoring unit configured to determine whether or not a driver recognizes the obstacle or the risk target on the basis of an overlap between a sight line of the driver acquired on the basis of a captured image of the driver and the obstacle or the risk target; and a reporting control unit configured to report the existence of the obstacle or the risk target.