A method for controlling a subject vehicle with a braking system, a drive system and a distance control system, wherein the distance control system is configured to control an actual following distance between the subject vehicle and a vehicle ahead to a predetermined target following distance, wherein the target following distance is predetermined as a function of an activated operating mode of the distance control system, including performing a plausibility check by checking whether V2X data is exchanged or can be exchanged between the vehicle ahead and the subject vehicle over a V2X connection, and activating, if no V2X data is exchanged or can be exchanged between the vehicle ahead and the subject vehicle over the V2X connection, a first operating mode in which a first target following distance is predetermined as a function of a reaction time of a driver of the subject vehicle.

A vehicle-based safety intervention system receives sensor data collected or generated by an onboard computing system of a vehicle. The sensor data is divided into a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks having a duration. A driver behavioral model is applied to one or more of the plurality of blocks to generate one or more driver behavioral parameters. A trend of the one or more driver behavioral parameters is extracted from the plurality of blocks. Based on the extracted trend, it is determined that a driver's performance when operating the vehicle is unsatisfactory or will be unsatisfactory in the future. A vehicle-based intervention is generated based on the determination that the driver's performance is unsatisfactory or will be unsatisfactory in the future.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a driveline coupled to the chassis, and a control system. The control system is configured to monitor a condition of at least one of the vehicle, an area around the vehicle, or an operator of the vehicle; and control operation of the driveline based on the condition. Controlling the operation of the driveline includes at least one of limiting a speed at which the driveline drives the vehicle or shutting down the driveline and isolating a component of the driveline.

A method and an apparatus for controlling an autonomous driving vehicle are provided. The method includes: receiving environment information sent by an autonomous driving vehicle, the environment information including vehicle exterior environment information; determining whether the autonomous driving vehicle is in an abnormal operation status, based on the vehicle exterior environment information and operation information of an operation executed by the autonomous driving vehicle; and sending a braking control instruction and a data acquisition instruction to the autonomous driving vehicle, in response to determining that the autonomous driving vehicle is in the abnormal operation status, the braking control instruction being used for controlling braking of the autonomous driving vehicle, and the data acquisition instruction being used for acquiring data of a driving recorder in the autonomous driving vehicle.

A vehicle control apparatus including circuitry configured to set a driving performance request in the given environments; determine whether driving performance of each of plural driving functions of a driver satisfies the driving performance request; and identify the driver's driving function that does not satisfy the driving performance request. On condition that an insufficient function is identified or the driving performance request is not satisfied, to realize the driving performance request, the circuitry is configured to perform at least one of controlling the vehicle such that the vehicle performs the identified insufficient function instead and providing the driver with an appropriate information so that the identified insufficient function close to a level of the driving performance request.

A vehicle control apparatus operates in various modes, e.g., a normal mode in which plural travel functions of a vehicle are controlled by plural driving functions of a driver; an automatic mode in which all driving functions are performed by the vehicle; an optimization mode in which, when a temporary reduction of driving performance of any of the plural driving functions of the driver is detected, physical stimulation and/or information that makes the driver recognize the temporary reduction of the driving performance is provided to the driver; and an assistance mode in which, when a chronic reduction of the driving performance of any of the plural driving functions of the driver is detected, information on assistance with execution of the driving performance is provided to the driver.

A vehicle control apparatus includes a circuitry capable of controlling a vehicle. The circuitry is configured to estimate a traffic risk score, a travel risk score, and a driving ability score. The circuitry is configured to change a first threshold, with which automated vehicle attitude stability control is initiated, so as to promptly execute the automated vehicle attitude stability control when a travel risk is not avoided by the driving ability, change a second threshold, with which automatic entry avoidance control is initiated, so as to promptly execute the automatic entry avoidance control when the traffic risk is not avoided by the driving ability, and control the vehicle to travel on a target travel route when the traffic risk and the travel risk are not avoided by the driving ability or when the driving ability is lower than a specified level.

An automated driving system with assistance for a driver in performing a non-driving activity includes an assistance device configured to assist the driver in performing the non-driving activity. The automated driving system, in a first operating state controls the vehicle in an automated manner, and in a second operating state hands over control of the vehicle to the driver. The assistance device is configured to assist the driver in performing the non-driving activity if the automated driving system switches from the first operating state to the second operating state.

An information processing device includes an external information detection unit (141) that detects an object that is present outside a moving body based on data detected by an external detection unit, an internal information detection unit (142) that detects a direction of a driver's face inside the moving body based on data detected by an internal detection unit, a determination unit (155) that determines whether a position of the object detected by the external information detection unit (141) and the direction of the driver's face detected by the internal information detection unit (142) are in a same direction, and an output control unit (105) that outputs an alert to a driver more strongly when the position of the object is not in the same direction as the direction of the driver's face, as compared to a case where the position of the object is in the same direction as the direction of the driver's face.

A system for using artificial intelligence to present geographically relevant user-specific recommendations based on vehicle operator attentiveness includes at least a transport communication device installed in a vehicle, at least a driving condition sensor designed and configured to monitor driving conditions and generate at least a driving condition datum, at least an operator sensor, designed and configured to monitor a vehicle operator and generate at least an operator state datum, an attention state module, designed and configured to generate an attentiveness level as a function of the at least a driving condition datum and the at least an operator state datum, a location interface component, designed and configured to determine geographical location, and a recommender module, designed and configured to receive at least a local attraction datum, generate an associated output message as a function of the attentiveness level and geographical location, and provide the output message to the operator.