A vehicle electronic control device includes a detection device configured to detect a state of an occupant, a first control device, and a second control device. The second control device is configured to refer to a database defining a relationship between the state of the occupant and a first time and to autonomously drive the vehicle at speeds equal to or lower than the maximum allowable speed from a switching time that is the time at which the first control device becomes unable to control the vehicle. The database is set in such a manner that the maximum allowable speed corresponding to a second state of the occupant is lower than the maximum allowable speed corresponding to a first state of the occupant when the first time corresponding to the second state is longer than the first time corresponding to the first state.

A method for assisting in the driving of a vehicle comprises receiving and processing data originating from an actuation module via the first network and in response to the detection of a failure in the first network, further comprising steps of: triggering a phase of manual control recovery by a driver of the vehicle, and receiving and processing the data originating from the actuation module via a second network.

A vehicle involves driving mode switching between an autonomous driving state, in which the vehicle is responsible for implementing driving tasks including vehicle steering, vehicle driving, vehicle braking, and periphery monitoring, and a manual driving state or a driving assistance state, in which a driver of the vehicle is responsible for implementing at least one of the driving tasks. A driving task implementation unit implements the driving tasks based on a vehicle behavior plan, which indicates a vehicle behavior scheduled in the autonomous driving state. A vehicle behavior plan generation unit generates a second task priority plan, which is the vehicle behavior plan until the driving mode is switched from the autonomous driving state to the manual driving state, such that a convenient finish time, at which a second task implemented by the driver in the autonomous driving state is conveniently finished, comes before the driving mode switching.

This application relates to techniques for dynamically determining whether to engage an autonomous controller of a vehicle. A computing system may receive a request to engage the autonomous controller (e.g., autonomous mode) of the vehicle. In some examples, the request may be received from a simulation computing system configured to test an updated autonomous controller in a simulation. Based on a determination that conditions associated with engaging autonomy are satisfied, the computing system engages the autonomous controller. Based on a determination that conditions associated with engaging autonomy are not satisfied, the computing system disables the engagement of the autonomous controller such that the vehicle is controlled according to an initial operational mode (e.g., manual mode, semi-autonomous mode, previous version of the autonomous controller, etc.).

The present disclosure provides a system and method for driving mode switching in autonomous driving. The method may include obtaining status information of a vehicle system, the status information including a current driving mode of the vehicle system; obtaining at least one mode switching condition, each of the at least one mode switching condition corresponding to a candidate driving mode that triggers switching the vehicle system from the current driving mode to the candidate driving mode; determining that the status information of the vehicle system satisfies one of the at least one mode switching condition; designating a candidate driving mode corresponding to the one of the at least one mode switching condition as a target driving mode; switching the current driving mode into the target driving mode.

An autonomous driving system of a vehicle includes: an autonomous module configured to, during autonomous driving, control at least one of: steering of the vehicle; braking of the vehicle; and acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle; and a driving control module configured to: enable and disable autonomous driving; determine a future time for beginning a period of autonomous driving; and at least one of: selectively delay the beginning of autonomous driving to after the future time; and cancel the period of autonomous driving.

Systems, methods, and vehicle for controlling a vehicle's adaptive window transparency with respect to its autonomous operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of controlling adaptive window transparency includes calculating a buffer period having a start time and an end time. The method also includes adjusting transparency on a set of windows based on the start time of the buffer period and transferring control of the vehicle to the vehicle or driver based on the end time. In response to detecting an emergency, the method further includes removing all tinting on the set of windows. In another embodiment, a method of controlling adaptive window transparency includes calculating a buffer period based on a navigation route.

A configuration that generates driving zone display data that allows identification of at least an automated driving allowed zone and a manual driving zone on a driving route of a vehicle and that presents the driving zone display data to a user (driver) is provided. A data processing section that generates driving zone display data that allows identification of at least an automated driving allowed zone and a manual driving zone on a driving route of a vehicle is included. The data processing section generates time linear display data representing time (t) and a display position (h) in a proportional relation for a proximate zone and a remote zone. The data processing section generates display data in which a distance per unit display length of the remote zone is made longer than a distance per unit display length of the proximate zone. Regarding an intermediate-distance zone between the proximate zone and the remote zone, the data processing section generates display data having a time axis that changes gradually at a predetermined rate from the first time axis corresponding to the proximate zone to a second time axis corresponding to the remote zone.

This application relates to techniques for dynamically determining whether to engage an autonomous controller of a vehicle. A computing system may receive a request to engage the autonomous controller (e.g., autonomous mode) of the vehicle. In some examples, the request may be received from a simulation computing system configured to test an updated autonomous controller in a simulation. Based on a determination that conditions associated with engaging autonomy are satisfied, the computing system engages the autonomous controller. Based on a determination that conditions associated with engaging autonomy are not satisfied, the computing system disables the engagement of the autonomous controller such that the vehicle is controlled according to an initial operational mode (e.g., manual mode, semi-autonomous mode, previous version of the autonomous controller, etc.).

This disclosure relates to a system and method for transitioning vehicle control between autonomous operation and manual operation. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle and its operation. During autonomous vehicle operation, the system gauges the level of responsiveness of a vehicle operator through challenges and corresponding responses. The system determines when to present a challenge to the vehicle operator based on internal and external factors. If necessary, the system will transition from an autonomous operation mode to a manual operation mode.