A system for automated driver assistance, comprising a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data, a vehicle controller configured to generate vehicle speed data, vehicle braking data, vehicle control commands and vehicle braking commands and a processor operating under algorithmic control and configured to receive the sensor data and the vehicle speed data, to process the sensor data and the vehicle speed data to generate control data, and to transmit the control data to the vehicle controller to cause the vehicle controller to generate the vehicle speed commands and the vehicle braking commands.

The present disclosure relates to a method of trajectory planning for maneuvers for an ego vehicle (E) equipped with a sensor systems, a prediction systems, a control system, and a decision-making system. The method includes determining possible lateral motion trajectories of a requested maneuver, longitudinal safety critical zones which correspond to each of the determined possible lateral motion trajectories, a longitudinal motion trajectory of the requested maneuver, lateral safety critical zones which correspond to the determined longitudinal motion trajectory of the requested maneuver, and a lateral motion trajectory of the requested maneuver. The present disclosure also relates to a driver assistance system arranged to perform the method and a vehicle including such a system.

A vehicle position correction device corrects a position error of an host vehicle provided with a navigation control unit that includes a target route corrector that corrects a target route. The target route corrector detects a lane boundary of a lane in which the host vehicle travels. The target route corrector compares positional relationships between a detect lane boundary and a target route on a map, and calculates a lateral correction amount for the target route in situations where the target route is within a prescribed distance of the lane boundary, or in situations where the target route is on an opposite side of the lane boundary to the host vehicle. Upon calculating the lateral correction amount, the target route corrector moves the target route sideways in a lateral direction by the lateral correction amount to correct the target route.

A slip determination system is provided that is capable of providing appropriate control information to a traveling vehicle when the traveling vehicle has proceeded to an area where a slip is likely to occur during automatic travel. The slip determination system includes: a vehicle position detection module for detecting a vehicle position; and an automatic travel control portion for enabling automatic travel based on the vehicle position and a set travel path; a slip amount calculation portion for calculating a slip amount of the traveling vehicle body, using an estimated movement distance of the traveling vehicle body calculated based on the number of revolutions of a driving axle of the traveling vehicle body, and an actual movement distance of the traveling vehicle body calculated based on the vehicle position; an appropriateness determination portion for performing appropriateness determination to determine, based on the slip amount, whether or not a state of a traveling ground surface is appropriate for automatic travel; and an automatic travel stop portion for stopping automatic travel based on a determination result.

A driving lane changing apparatus of a host vehicle comprises a microcontroller. The microcontroller detects information about one or more vehicles traveling in a neighboring lane from a current lane of the host vehicle based on sensing information generated by a sensor of the host vehicle, determines whether the host vehicle is allowed to move to the neighboring lane based on the sensing information, controls the host vehicle to move adjacently to a line distinguishing between the current lane of the host vehicle and the neighboring lane, calculates longitudinal relative distance information between the host vehicle and the one or more vehicles at a preset time point in which the host vehicle moves to the line, and re-determines whether the host vehicle is allowed to move to the neighboring lane based on the calculated longitudinal relative distance information at the preset time point.

A vehicle controller calculates a lateral slip amount indicating a degree to which a target wheel to be controlled which is a front wheel or a rear wheel of a vehicle is slipping in a rightward and leftward direction on a ground surface; performs a lateral slip suppressing control including at least one of a control for reducing an absolute value of a command value of a longitudinal force in a forward and rearward direction which is applied from the ground surface to the target wheel and a control for increasing a distributed load applied to the target wheel, in a case where it is determined that the lateral slip amount is greater than a lateral slip limit threshold; and decides the lateral slip limit threshold based on at least one of the longitudinal force and a normal force applied to the target wheel.

A vehicle, and a method and system for operating the vehicle. The system includes a processor. The processor receives a driver input at the vehicle, determines a current lateral force on a tire of the vehicle for the driver input, determines a desired yaw rate and lateral velocity for the vehicle based on the current lateral force on the tire that operates the vehicle at a maximum yaw moment, and operates the vehicle at the desired yaw rate and lateral velocity.

A method of manufacturing an autonomous cart is provided. The method includes determining a mission type for the autonomous cart and determining a power system for powering the autonomous cart based on the mission type. The method further includes determining a drive system suitable for converting a power delivered by the power system into motive power suitable for moving the autonomous cart based on the power system and the mission type. The method further includes installing the power system onto a chassis of the autonomous cart and installing the drive system onto the chassis of the autonomous cart, wherein the autonomous cart comprises a control system configured to drive the autonomous cart autonomously via the power system and the drive system.

Provided is a vehicle driving support system that achieves a balance between accurately evaluating the path cost of a candidate path and reducing the load of calculating the path cost. A vehicle driving support system includes a controller that sets a target path on a travel road based on travel road information. The controller sets, in the vicinity of an obstacle, a warning area with an outer shape according to the obstacle, and sampling points at first intervals along a part of the candidate path that is included in the warning area, and sets the sampling points at second intervals, longer than the first interval, along the other part of the candidate path.

A vehicle control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle and a driving controller configured to automatically perform speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller is configured to cause, after letting a user alight the vehicle, the vehicle to start traveling from a stopped state when the recognizer has recognized a specific operation that the alighted user performs on or toward a body of the vehicle.