A method for determining the ability of a vehicle user to react in the automated driving mode of a vehicle uses detected image data of a driver monitoring camera. Using digital map data present in the vehicle and/or sensor data detected by the vehicle, it is determined whether at least one specified relevant object in a momentary vehicle environment is located in the field of vision of the vehicle user. For at least one detected specified relevant object in the momentary vehicle environment, detected image data of the driver monitoring camera is used to determine a duration and/or frequency the vehicle user directs their gaze to the detected relevant object. When a determined duration falls short of a specified minimum duration and/or when a determined gaze change frequency falls short of a minimum frequency, the ability of the vehicle user to react is evaluated as not given.

A mobile object control device includes a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and a processor connected to the storage medium. The processor executes the computer-readable instructions to recognize a surrounding situation of a mobile object, set a risk area to be avoided in a traveling process of the mobile object in a plurality of distance-specific areas centered on the mobile object on the basis of the recognized surrounding situation, generate a target trajectory indicating a route along which the mobile object is to travel in the future on the basis of the set risk area, and cause the mobile object to travel along the generated target trajectory. The processor sets different types of risk areas in accordance with the plurality of distance-specific areas.

A vehicular sensing system includes a radar sensor disposed at a first vehicle and operable to sense objects within a field of sensing of the radar sensor. Responsive to a sensing system of a second vehicle detecting an object while the detected object is not within the field of sensing of the radar sensor of the first vehicle, the vehicular sensing system receives from the second vehicle one or more characteristics of the detected object while the detected object is not within the field of sensing of the radar sensor of the first vehicle. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to receiving the one or more characteristics of the detected object from the second vehicle, adjusts sensing by the radar sensor of the first vehicle based at least in part on the received one or more characteristics of the detected object.

A vehicle control method as executed includes acquiring surrounding information of the subject vehicle by a sensor includes, specifying an entry position located on a second lane adjacent to a first lane where the subject vehicle travels in accordance with the surrounding information of the subject vehicle, specifying a front vehicle located front the entry position and a rear vehicle located rear the entry position, determining the travel state of each of the front vehicle and the rear vehicle, determining whether there is a space for the subject vehicle to enter at the entry position, predicting whether the front vehicle starts to travel when the front vehicle and the rear vehicle are determined to be stopped and no space is determined at the entry position, and starting to move the subject vehicle to the entry position when the front vehicle is predicted to start traveling.

A method for automatically setting a speed-control or proximity-control system of a two-wheeled motor vehicle. In the method, it is ascertained if the two-wheeled motor vehicle is on a group ride with at least one other two-wheeled motor vehicle; and in the event of a group ride, the speed-control or proximity-control system is switched to a special operating mode.

A driving assistance device includes: a sensor (camera) configured to detect an object in front of a host vehicle; and a controller. The controller sets a detection range of the sensor (camera), and when the host vehicle is stopped, the controller extends the detection range in a vehicle width direction as compared with when the host vehicle is traveling following the preceding vehicle.

A rear side warning system for a vehicle includes at least one processor configured to: sense an external obstacle of the vehicle; classify the external obstacle as either one of a fixed object and a moving object; and control a rear side warning signal of the vehicle based on a result of the classifying of the external obstacle.

A control subsystem, method, computer program product and autonomous vehicle are provided to respond to an unknown object on a carriageway along which an autonomous vehicle is to travel. In this regard, sensor data is received from at least one vehicle sensor. The sensor data includes location coordinates of the object on the carriageway. The sensor data is evaluated to determine whether the object is known or unknown. If unknown, the size of the object is determined and a motion plan is defined for the autonomous vehicle depending upon the size of the object and the location coordinates of the object relative to the autonomous vehicle. The motion plan that is defined is dependent upon the size of the object with different motion plans being defined for differently sized objects. Driving instructions for the autonomous vehicle are then updated based upon the motion plan that is defined.

At least one processor executes one or both of a braking control process of stopping a vehicle, and a steering-based avoidance control process of avoiding a collision with the object, execute a first preliminary operation control process of performing a first preliminary operation of notifying a driver that the object is present; and execute a second preliminary operation control process of performing a second preliminary operation of notifying the driver that the object is present when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and there is no travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel after the vehicle avoids the collision with the object in the steering. Control content is changed in accordance with a type of the object in at least some of the steering-based avoidance control process, the first preliminary operation control process, and the second preliminary operation control process.

A driving assist system assists driving of a vehicle. A deceleration target includes at least one of a preceding vehicle, a mandatory stop line, a mandatory stop sign, a traffic signal, and a stop line before the traffic signal that exist ahead of the vehicle. A risk factor includes at least one of a pedestrian, a bicycle, a motorcycle, an oncoming vehicle, and a parked vehicle that exist ahead of the vehicle. The driving assist system executes: deceleration assist control that automatically decelerates the vehicle before the deceleration target; and risk avoidance control that automatically performs at least one of steering and deceleration of the vehicle so as to avoid the risk factor. When both the deceleration assist control and the risk avoidance control operate concurrently, the driving assist system notifies a driver of the vehicle of not the deceleration target but the risk factor.