A method for controlling a motor vehicle including steps of determining a position of the motor vehicle; determining topographical surroundings of the position; and controlling, based on the determined topographical surroundings, a protection device on board the motor vehicle if a collision of the motor vehicle with another object is imminent.

A vehicle control system comprises one or more content reproduction part for reproducing a content based on operation of an occupant of a vehicle, an automated driving control part for executing automated driving for automatically performing at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle, and a reproduction control part for controlling the content reproduction part based on the condition of the automated driving which is executed by the automated driving control part, in such a manner as to stop the reproduction of the content in the content reproduction part when the reproduction of the content is restricted, and thereafter to automatically resume the reproduction of the content in the content reproduction part when the restriction on the reproduction of the content is released.

The subject disclosure relates to techniques for application-based controls of a wheelchair-accessible autonomous vehicle. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving a request for a wheelchair-accessible autonomous vehicle (WAV) to execute an ingress function, wherein the ingress function includes a deployment of a wheelchair ramp by the WAV, sending an ingress command to the WAV in response to the request, wherein the ingress command comprises instructions cause the WAV to execute the ingress function at a specified pick-up location, and receiving feedback from the WAV, the feedback includes sensor data associated with a wheelchair ramp and status information associated with the ingress function. Machine-readable media and systems are also provided.

A system for analyzing the environment of a vehicle i) receives a plurality of data from at least one sensor associated with a vehicle, such that the plurality of data includes at least one environmental condition at a location; (ii) analyzes the plurality of data to determine the at least one environmental condition at the location; (iii) determines a condition of a building at the location based upon the at least one environmental condition; (iv) determines an insurance product for the building based upon the determined condition associated with the building; and (v) generates an insurance quote for the insurance product. As a result, the speed and accuracy of insurance providers learning about potential clients and the conditions of the potential client's property and needs is increased.

In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a transportation request from a transportation requestor device to travel from a first location to a second location. The computer-implemented method also includes determining one or more routes from the first location to the second location and a characteristic associated with each route of the one or more routes. The computer-implemented method also includes selecting, based on the characteristic associated with each route of the one or more routes, a personal mobility vehicle from a fleet of personal mobility vehicles. The fleet of personal mobility vehicles includes different types of personal mobility vehicles. The computer-implemented method also includes providing instructions to a device associated with the personal mobility vehicle to direct the personal mobility vehicle to traverse a particular route of the one or more routes.

Enabling or disabling vehicle applications for execution is described. When a request to execute an application is received by a vehicle processing system or a change in the operational status of a vehicle is detected, the vehicle processing system may obtain classification data classifying the application and the current operational status of the vehicle. The classification data may indicate an application type of the application and the types of vehicle operation statuses that the application can be executed under. Based on the classification data, vehicle operation status, and one or more rules, the vehicle processing system may determine whether to enable execution of the application or deny execution of the application in the vehicle.

The present disclosure relates to a hybrid electric vehicle configured to respond to a required torque while reducing exhaust gas emission in a situation where catalyst heating of an engine is not completed, and a driving control method for the hybrid electric vehicle. The driving control method of the hybrid electric vehicle comprises entering catalyst heating control of an engine when there is a request for catalyst heating and a required torque exceeds a first threshold during traveling in a first mode using an electric motor as a driving source, and entering acceleration feeling increase control when the required torque exceeds a second threshold greater than the first threshold, in which the second threshold is set between the first threshold and a third threshold that is a reference for an entry into a second mode using the engine as the driving source.

Systems and methods are provided for controlling a transmission. An engine stop-start event may be allowed or denied based on one or more characteristics of the vehicle including the transmission.

A vehicle is provided that includes a bio-signal sensor configured to measure a bio-signal of a user and a feedback device configured to interact with the bio-signal of the user. A controller determines a current emotional state of the user based on the bio-signal and adjusts an output signal of the feedback device based on the current emotional state. The output signal leads to a target emotional state in which the degree of excitability is a reduced emotional state.

In a control device for a vehicle including: a dog clutch mechanism that is disposed in a power transmission path in which a driving force is transmitted from an engine to a wheel and is operated by a hydraulic actuator; and an electric oil pump that supplies hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic actuator, rotation of the engine is stopped in a state in which the dog clutch mechanism is engaged by the hydraulic pressure supplied from the electric oil pump at a time during an engine stop operation, the rotation of the engine is started in the state in which the dog clutch mechanism is engaged by the hydraulic pressure supplied from the electric oil pump at a time during an engine restart operation, hence occurrence of up-lock of the dog clutch mechanism is prevented.