A method for automatically braking a commercial vehicle includes: providing a plurality of ultrasonic radars on a front vehicle body of a target commercial vehicle, the ultrasonic radars being configured to detect a region before the target commercial vehicle in a gapless manner, an active speed range being set for each ultrasonic radar; acquiring a current speed of the target commercial vehicle in real time and calculating a safe distance for each ultrasonic radar in accordance with the current speed; and detecting whether there is an obstacle within the safe distance in real time, and when there is the obstacle within the safe distance, transmitting a decelerating or braking instruction to an execution system of the target commercial vehicle.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a collision warning apparatus of a vehicle may include an information acquisition device that obtains surrounding object information and vehicle information and a controller that generates collision prediction information of a surrounding object based on the surrounding object information and the vehicle information and provides a warning to an outside of the vehicle or generates control information for controlling braking of the vehicle while providing the warning to the outside of the vehicle based on the collision prediction information.

A control system (100) for an emergency braking system (200) using at least one transmitter/receiver sensor (210) comprising: means for causing automatic transition, from a first state (310) in which the emergency braking system (200) is inactive to a second state (320) in which the emergency braking system (200) is active, in dependence upon satisfaction of a first condition (412); and means for causing automatic transition from the second state (320) to the first state (310) in dependence upon satisfaction of a second condition (421) different to the first condition (412) wherein transition from the second state (320) to the first state (310) does not occur in dependence upon the first condition (412) no longer being satisfied, and/or transition from the first state (320) to the second state (310) does not occur in dependence upon the second condition (421) no longer being satisfied.

The present invention provides a method/device to improve braking performance on a wheeled vehicle comprising at least one driving axle, the wheeled vehicle further comprising a collision warning system and an emergency braking system and an air suspension system, the air suspension system comprising at least one air suspension module associated with the at least one driving axle and the air suspension system being configured to control the air pressure in the at least one air suspension module associated with the at least one driving axle, the collision warning system being configured to monitor the environment of the wheeled vehicle, and to determine if and when the emergency braking system may need to be actuated, so that when the collision warning system determines the emergency braking system may need to be actuated, the method being implemented by the collision warning system and comprising one step implemented before eventually actuating the emergency braking system, said step comprising actuating the air suspension system to increase the air pressure on the at least one of air suspension module associated with the at least one driving axle.

A vehicle braking apparatus that is constructed to be operably coupled to a trailer or a vehicle and provide emergency braking and stoppage thereof. The apparatus of the present invention includes a lever arm that is pivotally coupled to the frame of the trailer or vehicle. The lever arm has secured to the second end thereof an engagement member. The engagement member is planar in manner and configured to be parallel to the road surface. A support member is coupled to the frame and the lever arm and is operable to maintain the lever arm in a downward angled position ensuing the apparatus being placed in its operational position. The vehicle braking apparatus includes a deployment member operable to rapidly deploy the apparatus to its operational position. A biasing member maintains a downward force on the engagement member when the vehicle braking apparatus is in its operational position.

Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a method for navigating a user vehicle may include acquiring, using at least one image capture device, a plurality of images of an area in a vicinity of the user vehicle; determining from the plurality of images a first lane constraint on a first side of the user vehicle and a second lane constraint on a second side of the user vehicle opposite to the first side of the user vehicle; enabling the user vehicle to pass a target vehicle if the target vehicle is determined to be in a lane different from the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling; and causing the user vehicle to abort the pass before completion of the pass, if the target vehicle is determined to be entering the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling.

The present invention obtains a control system, a controller, and a control method capable of appropriately controlling body behavior of plural motorcycles that travel in group.

In a control system (1), a controller (12), and a control method according to the present invention, in plural motorcycles (10) to each of which an environment sensor (11) and the controller (12) are mounted and in each of which a control mode for controlling body behavior is executed by the controller (12) on the basis of output of the environment sensor (11), a first controller that is mounted to a first motorcycle of the plural motorcycles (10) transmits acquired information that is acquired during execution of the control mode to a second controller that is mounted to a second motorcycle other than the first motorcycle of the plural motorcycles (10), and the second controller receives the acquired information and executes the control mode on the basis of the acquired information.

A vehicle control device that autonomously controls a vehicle so as not to cause rapid deceleration that leads to a deterioration in ride quality. The vehicle control device controls first and second deceleration, means that reduce a speed at a deceleration rate large than a deceleration rate of the first deceleration means. The vehicle control device includes a blind spot area detecting unit that detects a blind spot area of a sensor that recognizes an external environment, and a blind spot object estimating unit that estimates a blind spot object that is a virtual moving body hidden in the blind spot area. When a vehicle approaches the blind spot area at a speed reduced by the first deceleration means, the vehicle is decelerated by the second deceleration means when a type of a moving body detected by the sensor is different from a type of the blind spot object.

A driving assistance device recognizes traveling environment information on a vehicle, detects a moving object having a speed component from an outside of a traveling road of the vehicle to an inside of the traveling road, determines whether the moving object will collide with the vehicle based on movement information of the vehicle and the moving object, performs execution of emergency braking if a physical quantity indicating a correlation between the vehicle and the moving object is equal to or smaller than a preset threshold, and cancels the execution of the emergency braking if the physical quantity is equal to or smaller than the threshold and a structure that blocks entry of the moving object into the traveling road is present on a movement path of the moving object.

A driver assistance apparatus includes an external camera disposed at a vehicle so as to have an outer field of view of the vehicle, configured to obtain image data on the outer field of view of the vehicle; an internal camera disposed inside the vehicle to grasp a drivers gaze on board the vehicle, configured to obtain the drivers gaze data; and a controller including at least one processor configured to process the image data and the gaze data. The controller may be configured to grasp the driver's gaze based on the gaze data, and based on a determination that the driver is in a careless condition, to control at least one of a control timing of a steering device and a lateral distance limit value for operating the steering device to be changed.