Patent classifications
B60W2720/12
RECOGNITION DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT, RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
The present invention provides a recognition device that is mounted on a moving object and recognizes a lighting situation of a traffic signal, the recognition device comprising: an imaging unit that periodically images an external environment of the moving object; at least one processor with a memory comprising instructions cause the at least one processor to at least: sequentially detect, for each image periodically obtained by the imaging unit, a lighting mode of the traffic signal included in the image; and determine, in a case where a same lighting mode of the traffic signal is continuously detected for a predetermined time, the lighting mode as a lighting situation of the traffic signal, wherein the predetermined time is twice or more as long as an imaging cycle of the imaging unit.
Collision Avoidance Method and System for a Vehicle
A collision avoidance method for a vehicle includes monitoring a lateral distance between the vehicle and a target vehicle while the vehicle is travelling within a first lane and the target vehicle is travelling within an adjacent second lane, activating a warning on the vehicle and automatically adjusting operation of the vehicle to increase the distance between the vehicle and the target vehicle when the lateral distance between the vehicle and the target vehicle is less than the threshold distance while the vehicle is travelling within the first lane. Automatically adjusting operation of the vehicle may include one or both of steering the vehicle laterally away from the target vehicle and adjusting a longitudinal velocity of the vehicle. A related collision avoidance system is also provided.
System and method for adaptive PTO droop
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for adaptive power take-off (PTO) droop control for a self-propelled work vehicle having an engine and a PTO device directly mechanically coupled to the engine. The systems and methods enable user selection of at least one of a target ground speed or a target power take off (PTO) speed. The systems and methods are responsive to at least one of the selected target ground speed or the selected target PTO speed to identify a maximum transmission ground drive efficiency corresponding to an effective droop value within a defined droop range. The systems and methods control an actual engine speed and an actual transmission ratio to respective adjusted target values corresponding with the maximum transmission ground drive efficiency.
Work Vehicle Automated Travel System
A work vehicle automated travel system for executing automated travel of a work vehicle along a travel route comprising work routes, in which work is performed by a work unit, and turning routes. Said work vehicle automated travel system is provided with an operation unit. Said operation unit is able to select implementation or non-implementation of an automated work unit control, which detects the beginning of turning of the work vehicle and automatically raises the work unit and disconnects the work clutch of the work unit, and detects completion of the turning of the work unit and automatically lowers the work unit and connects the work clutch. If the beginning of turning is detected while the work vehicle is performing automated travel in a turning route, automated work unit control is implemented regardless of whether implementation or non-implementation of automated work unit control has been selected by the operation unit.
Autonomous Travel System for Work Vehicle
This autonomous travel system for a work vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit. The autonomous travel control unit is capable of using a positioning system to cause a work vehicle to travel autonomously along a travel path including a turning path and a work path in which work is performed by a work unit. The work vehicle is provided with a vehicle speed control unit for controlling the vehicle speed and a vehicle speed operation unit for manipulating the vehicle speed. The vehicle speed control unit is capable of executing vehicle speed maintenance control in which even when operating force applied to the vehicle speed operation unit is released, the vehicle speed of the work vehicle corresponding to the operating position of the vehicle speed operation unit prior to release is maintained. The autonomous travel control unit allows vehicle speed maintenance control by the vehicle speed control unit when the work vehicle is being made to travel autonomously along the work path and prohibits vehicle speed maintenance control by the vehicle speed control unit when the work vehicle is being made to travel autonomously along the turning path.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF VEHICLE
An apparatus and method for controlling driving of a vehicle includes a camera configured to acquire an image in front of a vehicle, a sensor configured to acquire a driving speed of the vehicle, a first neural network configured to calculate a compensation steering angle based on comparing a driving steering angle with a calculated steering angle, and a second neural network configured to set a speed of the vehicle based on comparing the compensation steering angle with a threshold, wherein the driving steering angle comprises steering angle information collected while the vehicle is being driven and the calculated steering angle comprises steering angle information learned by receiving the image and the driving speed.
MULTI-LAYER AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL ARCHITECTURE
A system for controlling an autonomous vehicle is provided. The system may include a first sensor system including a first sensor and a first data box. The first sensor system may be configured to determine a first vehicle control decision. The system may further include a second sensor system including a second sensor and a second data box. The second sensor system may be configured to determine a second vehicle control decision. The system further includes a controller configured to receive the first vehicle control decision and the second vehicle control decision from the first sensor system and the second sensor system; determine a priority ranking for the first vehicle control decision and the second vehicle control decision; select, based on the priority ranking, a vehicle control decision from the first vehicle control decision and the second vehicle control decision; and implement, responsive to the determining, the selected vehicle control decision.
Industrial vehicle
An industrial vehicle includes a body, an axle pivotally supported by the body, a lateral acceleration sensor determining lateral acceleration applied to the body when the industrial vehicle is turned, an actuator temporally restricting pivoting of the axle while the industrial vehicle is being turned, a vehicle speed limiter limiting traveling speed of the industrial vehicle when the industrial vehicle is turned, and a controller driving the actuator based on the lateral acceleration determined by the lateral acceleration sensor to temporally restrict pivoting of the axle and to limit traveling speed of the industrial vehicle based on the lateral acceleration. In the controller a first lateral acceleration threshold value which is used in judging whether traveling speed of the industrial vehicle should be limited is set larger than a second lateral acceleration threshold value which is used in judging whether pivoting of the axle should be temporally restricted.
UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD
An unmanned vehicle control system includes: a travel command unit that outputs a travel command for controlling a travel speed of an unmanned vehicle; a steering command unit that outputs a steering command for controlling a steering device of the unmanned vehicle; a response calculation unit that calculates a steering response of the steering device based on a target value of the steering device and a detected value of the steering device detected during a travel of the unmanned vehicle; a determination unit that determines whether the steering response satisfies a restrictive condition; and a restriction command unit that outputs a restriction command for restricting the travel speed when the steering response satisfies the restrictive condition.
Travel Control Method and Travel Control Device for Vehicle
When a subject vehicle arrives at a destination while traveling, or when a driver of the subject vehicle becomes unable to drive during travel or when a failure occurs that interferes with the travel of the subject vehicle during the travel, a control plan for autonomous stop control is generated, the control plan comprising deceleration control for decreasing a speed of the subject vehicle; pulling over control for moving the subject vehicle from a lane in which the subject vehicle travels to the shoulder of the road; and stop control for stopping the subject vehicle at the shoulder of the road, and on a basis of this control plan, the autonomous stop control is performed to decelerate the subject vehicle and then move it to the shoulder of the road by individually and sequentially performing each of the deceleration control, the pulling over control, and the stop control.