Devices, systems, and methods for a vehicular safety system in autonomous vehicles are described. An example method for safely controlling a vehicle includes selecting, based on a first control command from a first vehicle control unit, an operating mode of the vehicle, and transmitting, based on the selecting, the operating mode to an autonomous driving system, wherein the first control command is generated based on input from a first plurality of sensors, and wherein the operating mode corresponds to one of (a) a default operating mode, (b) a minimal risk condition mode of a first type that configures the vehicle to pull over to a nearest pre-designated safety location, (c) a minimal risk condition mode of a second type that configures the vehicle to immediately stop in a current lane, or (d) a minimal risk condition mode of a third type that configures the vehicle to come to a gentle stop.

Provided is a vehicle control device configured to: recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle; detect operation states of a plurality of external recognition sensors; determine a driving mode of the vehicle as any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode, a second driving mode, and a third driving mode; change the third driving mode to either one of the first driving mode and the second driving mode when determining that a failure has occurred in one of the plurality of external recognition sensors that implement: a function of causing the vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle; and a function of assisting the vehicle in keeping a lane; and change the third driving mode to the second driving mode when determining that degradation in performance has occurred in one of the plurality of external recognition sensors.

A controller for a hybrid vehicle controls an electric motor such that a motor torque is input to a crankshaft in order to compensate for a decrease in an engine torque when a cylinder deactivation control is executed, the decrease resulting from suspension of combustion in one or some of cylinders. The controller calculates an engine torque calculated value using an engine rotation speed, a motor rotation speed, and the motor torque. The controller diagnoses that the cylinder deactivation control is functioning normally when the engine torque calculated value is less than a torque determination value and diagnose that the cylinder deactivation control is not functioning normally when the engine torque calculated value is not less than the torque determination value during the execution of the cylinder deactivation control.

An autonomous driving control system, comprising a main control system and a backup control system. The main control system comprises a main control module and main execution modules, and the backup control system comprises a backup control module and backup execution modules; the main control module monitors an operating status of the main control system in real time; the main control module further sends, when detecting that a failure occurs in the main control system, a failure notification to the backup control module, and sends a response termination control instruction to each of the main execution modules, the response termination control instruction being a control instruction for instructing each of the main execution modules not to respond to any control over a vehicle; and the backup control module controls, after receiving the failure notification, the backup execution modules to start to execute a backup control instruction.

This drive assistance device comprises an ACC unit, an abnormality detection unit for detecting an abnormality from a detector used to perform ACC, and a vehicle stop control unit for performing control to stop an ego vehicle when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection unit and an inter-vehicle distance to a preceding vehicle satisfies a certain condition.

Provided are systems, methods and computer program code for transmitting vehicle data to remote monitoring systems using a low bandwidth protocol.

Desired is a control device for a vehicle drive apparatus capable of determining an engagement failure in an engagement device when shifting a transmission device to a neutral state and making the rotational speed of a driving force source reduced. In order to shift a transmission device from a state in which an object shift speed is established and the vehicle is traveling to a neutral state in which no shift speed is established in the transmission device (#02), when an object engagement device is disengaged while maintaining engagement of a non-object engagement device and the rotational speed of a driving force source (#04, #06) is made to be reduced, an engagement failure in the object engagement device (#02, #07) is determined based on a change in the rotational speed of an input member.

Control system and method which is adapted for use in a motor vehicle and intended to effect an at least semi-autonomous driving operation of the motor vehicle by means of assigned actuators on the basis of environmental data which are obtained from one or more environment sensors assigned to the motor vehicle, and wherein the control system is adapted and intended to detect a failure of a conventional steering system of the motor vehicle and attempt a change of direction of the vehicle, which corresponds to a desired steering angle, from current driving parameters by means of matched acceleration and/or deceleration interventions at individual wheel drives or wheel brakes, respectively, of the vehicle.

An automated valet parking system, an automated valet parking method, and an automated valet parking infrastructure, and a vehicle having an automated valet parking feature are disclosed. In particular, the vehicle can autonomously move to and park in a designated parking spot by communicating with the infrastructure. In addition, the vehicle can autonomously move to a pickup area from a parking spot by communicating with the infrastructure.

Example embodiments relate to identification of proxy calibration targets for a fleet of sensors. An example method includes collecting, using a sensor coupled to a vehicle, data about one or more objects within an environment of the vehicle. The sensor has been calibrated using a ground-truth calibration target. The method also includes identifying, based on the collected data, at least one candidate object, from among the one or more objects, to be used as a proxy calibration target for other sensors coupled to vehicles within a fleet of vehicles. Further, the method includes providing, by the vehicle, data about the candidate object for use by one or more vehicles within the fleet of vehicles.