A drive force control system for a vehicle having a motor and a battery that allows a driver to sense a satisfactory acceleration even if an output torque of a motor is restricted. The drive force control system comprises a controller that calculates an upper limit acceleration of the vehicle based on an upper limit power to be supplied from the battery to the motor. The controller sets a reference jerk as the required jerk when the upper limit acceleration is equal to or greater than the target acceleration, and sets a corrected jerk that is greater than the reference jerk as the required jerk when the upper limit acceleration is less than the target acceleration.

A vehicle control system capable of ensuring safety at a low cost even when a control device fails, includes a first control device that implements at least two automatic driving-related functions based on information from external sensors and/or information from a map database, a second control device that implements fewer automatic driving-related functions than the first control device based on the information from the sensors and/or the map database, and a vehicle motion control device that automatically controls a driving state of a host vehicle based on a function planned by the first or second control device including: a backup determination unit that determines whether the future function planned by the first or second control device is backed up by the second control device; and an interface that notifies a driver that system responsibility is switched to the driver, when the backup is not available.

A vehicle control system capable of ensuring safety at a low cost even when a control device fails, includes a first control device that implements at least two automatic driving-related functions based on information from external sensors and/or information from a map database, a second control device that implements fewer automatic driving-related functions than the first control device based on the information from the sensors and/or the map database, and a vehicle motion control device that automatically controls a driving state of a host vehicle based on a function planned by the first or second control device including: a backup determination unit that determines whether the future function planned by the first or second control device is backed up by the second control device; and an interface that notifies a driver that system responsibility is switched to the driver, when the backup is not available.

Among other things, a vehicle drives autonomously on a trajectory through a road network to a goal location based on an automatic process for planning the trajectory without human intervention; and an automatic process alters the planning of the trajectory to reach a target location based on a request received from an occupant of the vehicle to engage in a speed-reducing maneuver.

Among other things, a vehicle drives autonomously on a trajectory through a road network to a goal location based on an automatic process for planning the trajectory without human intervention; and an automatic process alters the planning of the trajectory to reach a target location based on a request received from an occupant of the vehicle to engage in a speed-reducing maneuver.

In a torque-based detection process, a control device detects an excess acceleration state of a vehicle when a duration time of a state in which a value obtained by subtracting a required torque from an actual torque of an internal combustion engine is equal to or greater than a torque threshold value is equal to or greater than a torque determination time. In an acceleration-based detection process, the control device detects the excess acceleration state of the vehicle when a duration time of a state in which a value obtained by subtracting a required acceleration from an actual acceleration of the vehicle is equal to or greater than an acceleration threshold value is equal to or greater than an acceleration determination time.

There is provided a method to stop or slow down a vehicle in an emergency, the method involving a vehicle comprising an emergency stop system which is able to cause the vehicle to stop or slow down, said emergency stop system comprising at least one microphone for detecting sounds in the vicinity of the vehicle, and a sound analysis unit for analysing sound, the method involving the steps: a) the microphone of the emergency stop system receiving a sound and sending a signal representing the sound to the sound analysis unit, b) the sound analysis unit of the emergency stop system determining that the received sound is a predetermined sound or a predetermined sound pattern, and c) the emergency stop system causing the vehicle to stop or slow down.

A device for controlling sudden unintended acceleration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor for detecting a current acceleration of a vehicle, a first controller that calculates a motor torque command value for driving a motor, calculates an expected acceleration of the vehicle based on the motor torque command value, and compares the expected acceleration with the current acceleration, and a second controller that compares the motor torque command value with a preset value. Therefore, the device may determine a cause of the sudden unintended acceleration and block the sudden unintended acceleration based on the determination result to improve safety of a driver.

A device for controlling sudden unintended acceleration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor for detecting a current acceleration of a vehicle, a first controller that calculates a motor torque command value for driving a motor, calculates an expected acceleration of the vehicle based on the motor torque command value, and compares the expected acceleration with the current acceleration, and a second controller that compares the motor torque command value with a preset value. Therefore, the device may determine a cause of the sudden unintended acceleration and block the sudden unintended acceleration based on the determination result to improve safety of a driver.

Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for implementing automated vehicle safety response measures to ensure continued safe automated vehicle operation for a limited period of time after a vehicle component or vehicle system that supports an automated vehicle driving function fails. When a critical vehicle component/system such as a vehicle computing platform fails, the vehicle is likely no longer capable of performing calculations required to safely operate and navigate the vehicle in an autonomous manner, or at a minimum, is no longer able to ensure the accuracy of such calculations. In such a scenario, the automated vehicle safety response measures disclosed herein can ensure—despite failure of the vehicle component/system—continued safe automated operation of the vehicle for a limited period of time in order to bring the vehicle to a safe stop.