Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a pedal gain adjustment system. The pedal gain adjustment system includes a user input device configured to receive user input data indicating a desired pedal setting of the vehicle, and an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the user input device. The ECU is configured to determine the vehicle is operating in a tow mode, receive the user input data via the user input device, and adjust the pedal gain based on the user input data.

A control system having an ACC control, which for use in a host motor vehicle (ego) is configured and intended for recognizing a preceding motor vehicle (alter) and preferably preceding objects, based on surroundings data obtained from at least one front camera sensor associated with the host motor vehicle (ego). The front camera sensor (FKS) is configured for providing to an electronic control unit of the control system the surroundings data that represent an area in front of the host motor vehicle (ego). The control system is at least configured and intended for detecting another motor vehicle (alter) in traffic that is in front of the host motor vehicle (ego), by means of the at least one front camera sensor (FKS), determining a distance between the host motor vehicle (ego) and the preceding motor vehicle (alter), based on data from the front camera sensor (FKS), determining a relevant difference in length (Diff.sub.rel), based on the last determined distance (A.sub.t-1) and the instantaneously determined distance (A.sub.t), determining a distance (A.sub.ACC) to be used by the ACC control, based on the relevant difference in length (Diff.sub.rel) and the instantaneously determined distance (A.sub.t), determining a measure of the criticality of the determined distance between the host motor vehicle (ego) and the preceding motor vehicle (alter), and outputting the distance (A.sub.ACC) to be used to the ACC control of the host vehicle (ego) when the measure of the criticality deviates significantly from a limit value.

A system for implementing a lane bias maneuver to negotiate a curved road comprises an autonomous vehicle and a control device. The control device determines that the autonomous vehicle is approaching a curved road. The control device determines a road radius of the curved road. The control device calculates a first lane bias adjustment amount associated with a road curvature of the curved road based on the road radius. The control device calculates a second lane bias adjustment amount associated with a trailer angle between a trailer and a semi-truck tractor unit of the autonomous vehicle. The control device calculates a total lane bias adjustment amount by combining the first and second lane bias adjustment amounts. The control device instructs the autonomous vehicle to perform a lane bias maneuver that comprises driving the autonomous vehicle off-center in a curved lane based on the total lane bias adjustment amount.

A monitoring device for a vehicle that, in a case in which it is determined, based on information captured by a towing information capture device, that the vehicle is not towing another vehicle, provides support for monitoring an area to a rear of the vehicle using images captured by a first capture device, and in a case in which it is determined, based on the information captured by the towing information capture device, that the vehicle is towing another vehicle, provides support for monitoring the area to the rear of the vehicle using images captured by a second capture device.

According to a method for assisting reverse driving of a combination (1), an actual value for a hitch angle of the combination (1) is determined by a computing unit (6) depending on sensor data generated by a hitch angle sensor. A hitch length of a trailer (3), given by a distance between a trailer body (11) and a hitch (7) of a vehicle (2), is determined depending on environmental sensor data of the combination (1). A collision value for the hitch angle is determined by the computing unit (6) depending on the hitch length, and the safety measure is triggered by the computing unit (6) depending on the actual value and the collision value for the hitch angle.

A vehicle lane management system and a method of operating a vehicle lane management system is provided. The lane management system minimizes unnecessary driver warnings regarding lane departure and/or vehicle operation intervention actions to alter lane position when a vehicle is to be operated in a turn in conditions where the driver is or will be intentionally placing wheels of the vehicle outside of lane boundaries. The conditions for suppressing lane departure warnings and/or interventions include a vehicle speed being below a threshold speed and an upcoming turn radius being below a predetermined minimum turn radius.

A system for a vehicle towing a trailer includes a sensor system configured to detect objects in an operating environment of the vehicle and a controller configured to monitor a relative position of at least one object with respect to the vehicle during an initial vehicle movement and store in memory the information as a reference data set at an instance when the initial vehicle movement ends at a vehicle standstill. The controller is further configured to retrieve from memory the reference data set upon detecting an event indicating an end of the vehicle standstill, process the reference data set to determine whether the at least one object is in a travel path of the trailer corresponding with a subsequent vehicle movement, and execute a contact avoidance measure based on the at least one object being in the travel path of the trailer.

A hitch assist system is provided herein that includes a sensing system configured to detect a trailer and obstacles proximate the trailer. The hitch assist system also includes a controller in communication with the sensing system and configured to define a final vehicle heading direction relative to the trailer when a hitch ball of a vehicle is aligned with a coupler of the trailer; determine an uppermost/farthest position of the vehicle from the trailer; determine a lowermost/nearest position of the vehicle from the trailer; and determine a vehicle path that aligns the vehicle within the uppermost/farthest and lowermost/nearest positions.

A system may comprise one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the system to perform receiving, from a first sensor coupled to a front part of a vehicle, a first set of sensor data that include data of a first edge of a body part, or from a second sensor coupled to the front part of the vehicle, a second set of sensor data that include data of a second edge of the body part. The system may perform calculating, based on the first or second set of the sensor data, location of the first edge or the second edge of the body part relative to the front part, and determining whether the relative location of the first edge or the second edge is within an expected location range. The system may perform sending a notification that driving adjustment of the vehicle is required if the relative location is outside the expected location range.

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to adapting operation of a driving assistance system according to a presence of a trailer. In one embodiment, a method includes adjusting system parameters according to attributes of a trailer connected with the subject vehicle. The system parameters control operation of the driving assistance system of the subject vehicle. The method includes, in response to detecting a nearby object from sensor data about a surrounding environment of the subject vehicle, estimating a path of the nearby object. The method includes activating the driving assistance system according to the system parameters when i) the estimated path satisfies an activation threshold and ii) the estimated path does not intersect a restricted zone of the trailer.