A method of providing forward traffic light information during a stop includes capturing a front image in a vehicle, detecting traffic light information from the front image, and outputting a notification corresponding to the traffic light information to a mobile terminal or the vehicle depending on at least one of a communication state with the mobile terminal and a monitor state of the mobile terminal. A system for providing forward traffic light information during a stop includes a mobile terminal, and a vehicle that captures a front image and to detect traffic light information from the front image, where a notification corresponding to the traffic light information is output to the mobile terminal or the vehicle depending on at least one of a communication state with the mobile terminal and a monitor state of the mobile terminal.

Systems and methods for traffic learning are described. One embodiment of a method includes predicting a vehicle route of a vehicle, determining historical traffic data related to at least one segment along the vehicle route, and determining an energy traffic budget for electric power consumption of the vehicle along the vehicle route, where the energy traffic budget is learned from the historical traffic data. Some embodiments include creating a schedule for transitioning between gasoline power and electric power for the vehicle route, implementing the schedule as the vehicle traverses the vehicle route, and in response to encountering traffic along the vehicle route, implementing the energy traffic budget.

A circular wheel is aligned in a rotational plane and has a peripheral outfacing surface symmetrical about the plane of rotational. A center line of the width of the peripheral outfacing surface is sinusoidal around the wheel. The wheel may have a central hub, a rim, a medial wheel structure between the hub and the rim, and a tire mounted on the rim. The outfacing surface may be that of the hub, the medial wheel structure, the rim, or the tire depending on the application.

The present invention relates to a wheel cover and to a wheel hub arrangement, wherein the wheel cover has a shielding section, which shields a gap formed between a hub and the wheel cover, and wherein a wheel hub arrangement is provided, in which a seal element is arranged in a gap formed between a wheel cover and the hub, which seal element is embodied as a profile seal.

A track widening system for motor vehicles, having at least one track widening disc and at least one centering ring, which is inserted into a central opening of the track widening disc, wherein the centering ring has at least one catch device which is arranged at the free end of a resilient arm and wherein the track widening disc has at least one corresponding catch device. The centering ring may be plastic, and may be fiber-reinforced. One or more centering rings may have different colors.

A method and apparatus for dynamically balancing a tire/wheel assembly of a motor vehicle is provided. The wheel of the tire/wheel assembly has raceways along the circumference of the wheel containing balancing media that provide dynamic rotational harmonic center of moment compensation for manufacturing imperfections. Balancing media may be solid bearings, fluid, or a combination thereof, and the balancing media moves along the raceways to certain areas of the wheel to compensate for the mass imbalances on the correspondingly opposing side of the wheel. The raceways have any combination of mathematically-described geometric cross-sectional area shapes, and the balancing media may be shaped accordingly. In another embodiment, the raceways may be noncontiguous and may have different orientations throughout the wheel. The present invention also provides sensors for real-time management of the balancing media to inform the driver of sudden changes in the state of the tire/wheel assembly.

A vehicular display device includes an image display device, a circuit board, a casing, and fastening members. The image display device includes a plurality of boss parts having a proximal portion having a contact surface capable of being brought into contact with the circuit board on a distal end in a first direction; an insertion portion formed in a projecting manner from the distal end of the proximal portion and being capable of being inserted into a board fastening hole of the circuit board and a casing fastening hole of the casing along the first direction; and a threadedly engaging hole formed from the distal end of the insertion portion in the first direction toward the proximal portion along the first direction, the fastening members being capable of being threadedly engaged with the threadedly engaging hole.

A motor integration assembly includes a supporting structure for connecting a transmission of a vehicle to a drivetrain of the vehicle, wherein the support structure includes a housing to receive a portion of the drivetrain of the vehicle. The motor integration assembly also includes a torque transfer unit for transferring torque from an electric machine to the portion of the drivetrain of the vehicle.

A lane-keeping system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes a camera, an inertial-measurement-unit, and a controller. The camera is configured to detect a lane-marking of a roadway traveled by a vehicle. The inertial-measurement-unit is configured to determine relative-motion of the vehicle. The controller in communication with the camera and the inertial-measurement-unit. When the lane-marking is detected the controller is configured to steer the vehicle towards a centerline of the roadway based on a last-position, and determine an offset-vector indicative of motion of the vehicle relative to the centerline of the roadway. When the lane-marking is not detected the controller is configured to: determine an offset-position relative to the last-position based on information from the inertial-measurement-unit, determine a correction-vector used to steer the vehicle from the offset-position towards the centerline of the roadway based on the last-position and the offset-vector, and steer the vehicle according to the correction-vector.

The application relates to a method for stall-starting a hybrid vehicle comprising a combustion engine (12), an electric machine (14), a transmission (16) and two clutches (20, 22). In a first stall phase torque output of the combustion engine (12) is increased and compensated by the electric machine (14) operating as a generator. In the second start phase the method comprises configuring the electric machine (14) not to operate as a generator, in particular to operate as a motor. A further independent claim is directed to a stall-start apparatus. This avoids overheating the clutches (20, 22) and battery depletion, while at the same time providing high acceleration.