A vehicle control apparatus includes an electric control unit that performs a preceding vehicle trading control which makes an own vehicle trail a preceding vehicle as an adaptive cruise control, and performs a first brake control which automatically applies a first braking control to the own vehicle when a time-to-collision to a target object is less than a first threshold. In a case where a performing condition for the first brake control has been determined to be satisfied during a performance of the adaptive cruise control, the electric control unit continues performing the adaptive cruise control without performing the first brake control when a deceleration control by the adaptive cruise control is being performed, whereas stops performing the adaptive cruise control when the deceleration control by the adaptive cruise control is not being performed.

A system for parking a vehicle includes a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes at least one first image acquisition device for acquiring first image data, a first computing unit which is designed to receive the first image data from the first image acquisition device and to generate information indicating a parking position on the basis of the first image data, and a transmission device for transmitting the information. The vehicle includes a receiving device which is designed to receive the information, and a second computing unit which is designed to determine a parking strategy on the basis of the information. The vehicle includes a parking apparatus which is designed to park the vehicle in the parking position taking into account the parking strategy.

The disclosed embodiments include a handheld mobile device (HMD) operable to cause a subsystem of a vehicle to perform a vehicular operation associated with an existing capability of the subsystem. The HMD includes a processor, a port operable to communicatively couple the HMD to an existing on-board computer of a vehicle via an existing data link connector of the vehicle, and a wireless interface operable to communicatively couple the HMD to at least one of the vehicle or a remote service. The HMD further includes a memory storing a software application that, when executed by the processor, causes the HMD to communicate a command to the on-board computer via the data link connector to perform the vehicular operation associated with the existing capability of the subsystem.

A drive-train has an internal combustion engine (1) with an exhaust gas turbocharger, which drives a vehicle wheel (3) by way of a power-branching transmission (2). When there is an increase of the power demanded from the combustion engine (1) but the exhaust gas turbocharger is not yet producing the required charging pressure, an additional motor (4) is always switched into the drive-train in order to deliver torque to the drive-train.

A computing device in a vehicle can determine an object by determining a first rectangular bound centered on the object based on joint probabilities of first 3D data points, then determining the object by determining a second rectangular bound centered on the object based on joint Bayesian probabilities of second 3D data points conditioned on the first rectangular bound and piloting the vehicle based on the determined object.

An agricultural vehicle and method of controlling the same are provided, the vehicle having a motive power unit providing a driving torque to at least one driven wheel and having at least one tire or track frictionally coupled with the periphery of the driven wheel. A vehicle operating parameter is controlled in dependence on the driving torque and a slippage characteristic relating the respective driving torque at which the frictional coupling between driven wheel and tire or track begins to slip for a range of vehicle operating parameter values. The operating parameter is suitably a tire pressure or track tension, and the control may involve reducing driving torque or increasing pressure/tension to prevent slipping.

A method is provided for controlling a hydraulic hybrid vehicle, the hydraulic hybrid vehicle including: a first pair of wheels and a second pair of wheels; an internal combustion engine connected to the first pair of wheels for propelling the hydraulic hybrid vehicle; and a hydraulic propulsion system including a first hydraulic machine connected to the second pair of wheels, the method including the steps of; receiving a signal indicative of a driving condition, including vehicle speed, of the hydraulic hybrid vehicle; comparing the vehicle speed of the driving condition of the hydraulic hybrid vehicle with an upper predetermined threshold speed limit; determining if the vehicle speed of the driving condition is higher than the upper predetermined threshold speed limit; and when the vehicle speed is higher than the upper predetermined threshold speed determining, based on the driving condition, control parameters for operating the first hydraulic machine; and controlling the control parameters of the first hydraulic machine for operating the first hydraulic machine. The invention also relates to a control unit and a hydraulic hybrid vehicle.

The likelihood of a collision of a vehicle colliding with an object in front of an own vehicle is determined, and an emergency braking control for avoiding a collision with the object is started in accordance with the determination results. A determination is made as to whether travel environment conditions have been established, from the location at which the vehicle is currently travelling, the situation behind the vehicle, and, the travel state of the vehicle, and the braking control is released when the likelihood of a collision dropped to a predetermined safety level during the period from the start of the emergency braking control until the own vehicle stops, and when the travel environment conditions have been established.

A vehicle driving control apparatus includes an object detection unit configured to detect an object located outside a vehicle; and at least one processor configured to provide a first control signal and a second control signal based on information regarding the object detected by the object detection unit. The at least one processor provides the first control signal and the second control signal by: based on the information regarding the object, providing the first control signal to cause one of an increase or a decrease in a speed of the vehicle during a first time period; and based on the information regarding the object and based on the first control signal provided during the first time period, providing the second control signal to cause the other of the increase or the decrease in the speed of the vehicle during a second time period.

A speed control system includes features which allow for control of a target speed through use of an acceleration pedal and a brake pedal. The control system includes a drivetrain, a braking system, and a plurality of traction devices configured to accelerate and decelerate the vehicle based on input from the drivetrain and braking system. The control system further includes the acceleration pedal and brake pedal configured to be operated by a driver. The control system also includes a controller and one or more sensors. The controller is electronically connected to the drivetrain, the braking system, the acceleration pedal, the brake pedal, and the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to store a target speed and adjust the target speed based on input from the acceleration pedal, the brake pedal, and the one or more sensors.