A system and a vehicle 100 of a system are described. The vehicle 100 is enabled to provide an autonomous driving mode, a manual driving mode and a vehicle-to-vehicle teleoperation driving mode. The vehicle 100 may send a support request if it detects an incident that prevents the use of the autonomous driving mode. FIG. 1a

A calibration apparatus and method suitable for calibration of an offset sensor of a subject vehicle. The calibration apparatus comprises a reference structure that is placed into, a reference locus using image data generated by a camera associated with the reference structure. An offset-target structure is then placed into position by coupling the offset-target structure to the reference structure, the coupling providing an appropriate locus for the offset-target structure during calibration of the offset sensor. The coupling restricts the linear and rotational displacement of the offset-target structure during calibration.

A method for executing a driving task in a decentralized control unit system and a decentralized control unit system are provided. The control unit system includes at least two control units that are designed as senders, and at least one control unit that is designed as a receiver. The at least two senders and the at least one receiver in each case have activity states and operating states. The two senders and the receiver in each case check their own activity states. The two senders’ own activity states are compared to the receiver’s own activity state. An evaluation of operating states is carried out if the two senders’ and the receiver’s own activity states are in each case error-free. The driving task is executed if one of the two senders and the receiver in each case has a dynamic operating state.

A decompression and restoration unit, when differential data between a new execution program and a specific program is input, decompresses and restores the compressed specific program and rewrites the execution program as the specific program. A differential restoration unit differentially restores the new execution program from the differential data and the specific program and rewrites the specific program as the new execution program. A differential restoration unit that, when differential data between a new execution program and a specific program is input, differentially restores the new execution program from the differential data and the execution program in a memory unit and rewrites the execution program in the memory unit as the new execution program. The decompression and restoration unit decompresses and restores the compressed specific program and rewrites the new execution program as the specific program.

A management domain unit is connected, via an independent virtual network (95) using a hypervisor unit, to a separate management domain unit (B) (10B) of a separate electronic control unit ECU (B) (1) having the separate management domain unit (B) (10B) and a separate basic domain unit (A) (50B) which substitutes for a basic domain unit. When an abnormality of the basic domain unit is detected, the management domain unit halts operation of the basic domain unit, and causes the separate management domain unit (B) (10B) possessed by the separate electronic control unit ECU (B) (1) to start operation of the separate basic domain unit (A) (50B).

A method of reconstructing a detected faulty signal. A pitch sensor fault is detected by a processor. A signal of the detected faulty pitch sensor is reconstructed using indirect sensor data. The reconstructed signal is output to a controller to maintain stability.

Disclosed embodiments relate to perform operations for receiving and integrating a delta file in a vehicle. Operations may include receiving, at an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in the vehicle, a delta file, the delta file comprising a plurality of deltas corresponding to a software update for software on the ECU and startup code for executing the delta file in the ECU; executing the delta file, based on the startup code, in the ECU; and updating memory addresses in the ECU to correspond to the plurality of deltas from the delta file.

A method for an autonomous vehicle includes: controlling at least one system of the vehicle by a host system; automatically collecting, by a memory device, data generated by the at least one system, where the data is collected by the memory device independently of control by the host system; and storing the data in the memory device.

A travel control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a travel environment information acquisition unit that acquires travel environment information on a travel environment where the vehicle travels; a travel information detector that detects travel information on the vehicle; and an overtaking controller that detects an overtaking target vehicle ahead of the vehicle in an identical travel lane on the basis of the travel environment information and the travel information, and overtakes the overtaking target vehicle using automatic driving control. When failures are detected in relation to the travel environment information acquisition and in a steering system of the vehicle during the overtaking control, the overtaking controller modifies the overtaking control by activating required substitute control in accordance with the travel environment information obtained most recently before detecting the travel environment information acquisition failure, information on the overtaking target vehicle, the travel information, and conditions during the overtaking control.

A system detects a parameter and generates a first trip plan to automatically control the vehicle according to a first trip plan. A controller is connected to a sensor and configured to receive the parameter. The controller is configured to generate a new trip plan or modify the first trip plan into a modified trip plan based on at least one of a cumulative damage or an end of life date. A new trip plan or the modified trip plan is configured, during operation of the vehicle according to the new trip plan or the modified trip plan, for at least one of an adjustment in velocity or avoiding one or more operating conditions of the vehicle, relative to the first trip plan.