The present disclosure is related to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control system and a vehicle control method thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides a vehicle control apparatus comprising: a communication device for communicating with a remote control center; and a controller configured to determine a state of each of one or more component devices related to the vehicle performing an autonomous driving, and to generate and output a determination result signal, determine a driving mode of the vehicle as one of a remote driving mode, an emergency action mode, or an autonomous driving maintenance mode based on the determination result signal, and control the vehicle according to the driving mode determined by the driving mode determiner.

In a host controller included in a vehicle control apparatus, a generator-torque-command generating unit monitors an abnormal operation of the engine on the basis of an engine power generation command and a detection signal of a rotating speed detector, switches, when the abnormal operation of the engine is detected, a generator torque command to the lowest value of a torque command value for abnormal time set in advance as the generator torque command, thereafter, gradually increases the generator torque command, and, after recording, as a torque limit value, the magnitude of the generator torque command (a torque command value for abnormal time 3) at the time when the abnormal operation of the engine is detected again, switches the generator torque command to a torque command value for abnormal time (a torque command value for abnormal time 2) having a value smaller than the torque limit value.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control method of an unmanned vehicle and an unmanned vehicle, which have excellent safety. The control method of the unmanned vehicle includes: detecting vibration information and running attitude information of the unmanned vehicle; according to the vibration information, the running attitude information and a running status of the unmanned vehicle, determining a condition of the unmanned vehicle, wherein the running status of the unmanned vehicle includes a stop status and a driving status; and when the condition of the unmanned vehicle is abnormal, controlling the unmanned vehicle according to an abnormal condition coping strategy.

According to some embodiments, described herein is a system and method for handling sensor failures in autonomous driving vehicles (ADV) that is navigating in a world coordination as an absolute coordination system. When the ADV encounters a sensor failure, but still has at least one camera working properly, the sensor failure handling system can switch the ADV from navigating in the world coordination to a local coordination, in which the ADV relies camera-based obstacle detection and lane mark detection to drive safely until human dis-engagement or until the ADV is parked along a road side.

A vehicle controller is provided, including: a drive source generating drive torque in a vehicle; a brake applying braking force to wheels; a drive torque control unit controlling the drive torque; a braking force control unit controlling the braking force; an EPB operation instructing unit instructing operation of an electric parking brake; and an electric parking unit, including the parking brake and a driver driving the electric parking brake to cause the electric parking brake to operate in response to the EPB operation instructing unit. The drive torque control unit implements, based on an operation instruction status of the EPB operation instructing unit, driving force restriction control to restrict the drive torque, and when an operation instruction status becomes unknown while the driving force restriction control is implemented, the driving force restriction control is continued regardless of the operation status of the EPB operation instructing unit.

A driving support device is provided which can estimate the line-of-sight of an occupant with high accuracy. A driving support device 11 includes: a peripheral information acquisition unit 40 which acquires peripheral information of the periphery of a vehicle 1; a driver monitor camera 50 which acquires occupant information related to the occupant of the vehicle 1; an outside-world information detection unit 201 which detects the outside-world information including the position and speed of the target in the surroundings of the vehicle 1 based on the peripheral information; a line-of-sight estimation unit 202 which estimates the line-of-sight of the occupant of the vehicle 1 based on the occupant information; and a line-of-sight correction unit 203 which corrects the estimated line-of-sight, based on the outside-world information detected by the outside-world information detection unit 201.

A microcontroller system for safety-critical motor vehicle systems is provided. The microcontroller system includes a plurality of subsystems arranged on a common chip. At least one of the subsystems has more than one channel and is designed to carry out a plurality of operating modes. The subsystems, in a first operating mode, are operated independently of each other and communicate with each other via an on-chip interface. In a second operating mode, at least one of the subsystems is operated by data transmission means and using non-local resources of at least one further subsystem and/or at least one of the subsystems is operating and at least one further subsystem is inactive. A method for operating such a microcontroller system and to the use thereof is also provided.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system in which the reliability of an automatic driving system can be excellently complemented by a different control system while the automatic driving system is effectively used. The vehicle control device outputs to a drive device one of a first control signal generated on the basis of automatic driving control information, and a second control signal generated on the basis of the relative information between a vehicle and a surrounding object. If an abnormality is detected in the automatic driving control information, the second control signal is output to the drive device in place of the first control signal.

A method for monitoring a system of a vehicle which provides an at least partially automated driving function, including the following steps: checking setpoint driving state of the vehicle, predefined by the system, for plausibility, controlling the vehicle as a function of the predefined setpoint driving state in order to reach the predefined setpoint driving state when a result of the check is that the predefined setpoint driving state is plausible, or controlling the vehicle as a function of an emergency setpoint driving state in order to reach the emergency setpoint driving state when a result of the check is that the predefined setpoint driving state is implausible. Moreover, a corresponding device, a corresponding monitoring system, and a corresponding computer program are described.

While coolant is used to cool a motor inverter and a generator inverter included in a power drive unit configured to invert power between a battery and a motor/generator in both directions, an EV travel mode and a power generation travel mode are switched according to detection values from sensors in an electrically driven vehicle and including a switching device temperature sensor for a switching device of the inverters and a coolant temperature sensor, thereby controlling the vehicle. A failure of the coolant temperature sensor is detected according to a detection value from the coolant temperature sensor, and, in the EV travel mode, a detection value detected by the switching device temperature sensor for the switching device of the generator inverter is set as a detection value of a temperature of the coolant when the failure of the coolant temperature sensor is detected.