According to one embodiment, a motion trajectory boundary is obtained based on a trajectory that has been planned to drive an ADV for a next time period. A safe driving area boundary is determined for the ADV based on perception data perceiving a driving environment surrounding the ADV. The motion trajectory boundary and the safe drivable area boundary are projected onto a map such as an HD map. A relative location of the ADV within the map relative to the motion trajectory and the safe drivable area boundary is determined. A fail-safe action or a fail operational action may be performed based on the relative location of the ADV in view of the motion trajectory boundary and the safe drivable area boundary.

A method for operating a first vehicle operated in an at least semiautomated manner. Surrounding-area information and operating data of the first vehicle operated in an at least semiautomated manner are initially acquired. At least one second vehicle traveling ahead in the direction of travel of the first vehicle is detected as a function of the acquired surrounding-area information. At least one collision-free evasive trajectory of the first vehicle is calculated in response to a predicted collision of the second vehicle, as a function of the acquired surrounding-area information and the acquired operating data of the first vehicle. A distance from the first vehicle to the second vehicle is adjusted in such a manner that at least one collision-free evasive trajectory is available. A processing unit and a first vehicle including the processing unit are also described.

A detection system includes a first-sensor, a second-sensor, and a controller. The first-sensor is mounted on a host-vehicle. The first-sensor detects objects in a first-field-of-view. The second-sensor is positioned at a second-location different than the first-location. The second-sensor detects objects in a second-field-of-view that at least partially overlaps the first-field of view. The controller is in communication with the first-sensor and the second-sensor. The controller selects the second-sensor to detect an object-of-interest in accordance with a determination that an obstruction blocks a first-line-of-sight between the first-sensor and the object-of-interest.

Technologies and techniques for providing assistance to a motor vehicle during a process of exiting a lateral parking space. A device is configured with at least one surroundings sensor system and at least one control unit with an assigned memory to acquire successive values of distances from adjacent motor vehicles during a parking process and to store them in a map of the surroundings. The device may be designed in such a way that, before the start of the process of exiting a parking space, current values of distances from the adjacent motor vehicles are acquired and compared with the distance values stored in the map of the surroundings, wherein, when they correspond, a parking-space-exiting trajectory is made available by means of the map of the surroundings.

When two target objects cannot see each other and at least one of them is a moving object following lanes, the warning system identifies the couples of two predicted trajectories having at least one point in common or an inter-trajectory distance less than a distance threshold (d.sub.th), among all possible couples of two predicted trajectories for the two respective target objects, then calculates a probability of collision for each identified couple of trajectories, by determining a predicted collision time and calculating probability distribution functions for the positions of the two target objects at said predicted collision time, and checks whether or not the probability of collision calculated for at least one of the identified couples of trajectories is more than a collision probability threshold in order to trigger an alert towards at least one of the two target objects.

An autonomous driving apparatus, which is used in a subject vehicle capable of performing an autonomous driving, is configured to: determine a deviation value of each of one or more candidate routes, which indicates a possibility of the subject vehicle deviating from a traveling rule when the subject vehicle travels the corresponding candidate route, based on a comparison result between an inter-vehicle distance and a minimum control permission distance; select one candidate route having the deviation value within a control permission range as a target route; output an instruction for controlling the subject vehicle to travel along the selected target route; execute a traveling control of the subject vehicle according to the instruction; and update a determination rule of the deviation value in response to a change in a sensor that detects a behavior of at least one of the subject vehicle or the peripheral vehicle.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide for improved object pathing. The improved object pathing is provided based at least in part on continuous, real-time sensor data transmitted over a high-throughput communications network that enables updating of object in real-time as changes to an environment are detected from high-fidelity, continuous, real-time sensor data. Some embodiments are configured for receiving, in real-time via a high-throughput communications network, a continuous set of sensor data associated with one or more real-time sensors, determining current location data associated with at least one of a set of travelling objects within an environment, identifying current pathing data associated with each travelling object, generating optimized pathing data for the at least one travelling object based on the current pathing data and the current location data associated with each travelling object, and outputting the optimized pathing data to a computing device associated with the at least one travelling object.

A proactive pedal algorithm is used to modify an accelerator pedal map to ensure the deceleration when the accelerator pedal is released matches driver expectation. Modifying the accelerator pedal map provides the driver of a vehicle the sensation that the vehicle resists moving when travelling in dense scenes with potentially high deceleration requirements and coasts easily in scenes with low deceleration requirements. The accelerator pedal map is modified based on a scene determination to classify other remote vehicles as in-lane, neighbor-lane, or on-coming.

System that causes a first vehicle and a second vehicle to perform automated valet parking includes one or more processors configured to cause, a second vehicle to perform follow-up traveling to follow a first vehicle; set a stop position between the first vehicle and the second vehicle when the second vehicle is performing the follow-up traveling to follow the first vehicle in the parking place; calculate, between the stop position and a position where the second vehicle starts deceleration to stop at the stop position; and set a target vehicle-to-vehicle distance of the second vehicle from the first vehicle, and set, as the target vehicle-to-vehicle distance, a distance longer than a sum of the deceleration start distance and a margin distance from the stop position to the first vehicle.

A vehicle is capable of disabling autonomous driving by identifying whether an intervention of a user has occurred during autonomous driving. The vehicle includes a steering wheel, a first sensor device configured to detect a steering torque of the steering wheel, a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a steering angular velocity of the steering wheel, and a second sensor device configured to detect a touch of a user applied to the steering wheel. When the vehicle travels in an emergency control state in which a deceleration/acceleration speed of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined first value during autonomous driving, if the touch of the user on the steering wheel is detected through the second sensor device, the emergency control state is disabled under certain conditions, and if the steering torque is greater than or equal to a predetermined torque value, autonomous driving is disabled.