A method for providing assistance to a driver of a vehicle, the vehicle including a driver assistance system that enables at least temporary autonomous driving, and that, after the termination of the autonomous driving, requests the driver to take over at least the lateral guidance of the vehicle via a signal. It is further provided that the steering of the vehicle is stiffened for a specified time span after the request to take over the lateral guidance. A computer program and a device that are set up to carry out the method, are also described.

A vehicle driving control apparatus and a control method and a display method for the same are provided. The vehicle driving control apparatus includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor detects current relative position and current relative velocity of an object around a vehicle. The processor calculates a collision probability between the vehicle and the object based on the current relative position and current relative velocity of the object, and determines whether to adjust a driving dynamics of the vehicle based on the collision probability.

A system for control of a steering system of a vehicle, mechanically coupled to the wheels and including an actuator for applying a force or a torque to the steering system. A force or torque can be superimposed on a force or torque originating from the wheels. The system includes a detection unit disposed on the vehicle and configured for anticipatorily detecting at least one surface condition of a surface section located ahead of the vehicle in the direction of vehicle travel and subsequently driven on by the vehicle. The system including a data processing unit disposed on the vehicle and connected to and communicating with the detection unit. The data processing unit configured for generating control signals for controlling an actuator of the steering system based on the detected surface condition.

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle adapted for autonomous driving, such as an autonomous vehicle, comprising an assisting object detecting system for detecting obstructing objects to the vehicle. The object detecting system is adapted to detect an object by comparing a reference value of a selected parameter with a measured value of the selected parameter. The present disclosure also relates to a method and a computer program product for use in the vehicle.

A system for predicting a collision risk in lane change decision based on a radar sensor, includes radar sensors disposed at a front portion and a rear portion of a host vehicle to recognize a forward vehicle positioned at a front-side portion of the host vehicle and a rearward vehicle positioned at a rear-side portion of the host vehicle, respectively, and a moving controller configured to determine that the host vehicle is able to change a lane, when a position of a counterpart vehicle, which is measured through the radar sensor, is not included in a section of the local map, and when a relative acceleration of the counterpart vehicle is maintained in an allowance range for a specific time.

Provided is a vehicle control system capable of securing stability even in the event of a collision with a travel-path defining line such as a guardrail. The invention recognizes the travel-path defining line of a travel path from information about an area in a traveling direction of an ego vehicle, recognizes a traveling-direction virtual line extending from the ego vehicle in the traveling direction, and imparts a yaw moment control amount so that a formed angle between the traveling-direction virtual line and the travel-path defining line decreases after the ego vehicle collides with the travel-path defining line.

A motor vehicle including a sensor device detecting the current vehicle surroundings and an auxiliary device producing a steering torque on a steering control of the motor vehicle. A data processing device connected to the sensor device and the auxiliary device determines a free escape lane for the motor vehicle by considering the signals of the sensor device to determine existence of an imminent impact or collision in a current driving situation. The data processing device actuates the auxiliary device if an imminent impact or collision appears likely to produce a temporary indicative steering torque on the steering control. The steering control can be temporarily displaced, moved, or turned to a defined extent in an evasive steering direction the steering control should be displaced, moved or turned to steer the motor vehicle into the free escape lane. The auxiliary device produces the indicative steering torque in a manner such that the driving direction of the motor vehicle is not or is only insignificantly changed by the indicative steering torque.

A vehicle control method for controlling a vehicle using a vehicle control apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect a state outside a subject vehicle; and a control device. The vehicle control method includes: executing control of recovering a travel trajectory of the subject vehicle to a target trajectory, as ordinary control, by giving a steering amount in a lateral direction with respect to a travel lane of the subject vehicle; using detection data of the sensor to determine whether or not another vehicle is traveling in an adjacent lane to the travel lane of the subject vehicle; and when determining that the other vehicle is traveling in the adjacent lane ahead of the subject vehicle, increasing a response of the steering amount to a higher response than that in the ordinary control, before the subject vehicle passes the other vehicle.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for braking a vehicle, including a plurality of electro-mechanical braking (EMB) systems respectively installed for a plurality of vehicle wheels and configured to generate a braking force to the plurality of wheels, respectively, a driving information detecting unit for measuring driving information of the vehicle, an electronic power steering (EPS) system generating a steering torque in a direction opposite to a braking torque generated in the vehicle, and an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling the electro-mechanical braking systems and the electronic power steering system, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control, upon determining that one or some of the plurality of electro-mechanical braking systems are malfunctioning, the vehicle by using the electronic power steering system, and the electronic power steering system is configured to generate the steering torque according to the driving information including wheel speeds.

A system includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation amount or a duration count, and a switching unit that switches a driving state. The switching unit switches the driving state to the cooperative driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than an intervention threshold and less than a start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold during the autonomous driving state, switches the driving state to the autonomous driving state when the operation amount is less than the intervention threshold or the duration count is less than the first threshold during the cooperative driving state, and switches the driving state to the manual driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than the start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than the second threshold.