An obstacle-avoidance method includes detecting an obstacle in a vicinity of a motor vehicle and planning an obstacle-avoidance path for avoiding the obstacle; and commanding steering and differential braking systems to handle the avoidance path.

A computer in a vehicle includes first and second electronic control units (ECUs). The first and second ECUs are programmed to monitor, respectively, a first operating condition and a second operating condition. Each operating condition includes one of path deviation, lane width, user awareness, or steering torque. The second ECU is programmed to monitor the second operating condition according to a protocol with a security measure. The first or second ECU is further programmed to control vehicle operation based on the first or second operating condition.

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 the existence of an imminent impact or collision in a current driving situation. If an imminent impact or collision appears likely the data processing device actuates the auxiliary device to produce a temporary 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 to steer the motor vehicle into the free escape lane.

A vehicle gear-shifting control apparatus is equipped with an engine, a motor, an automatic transmission, a friction brake system, and a controller which executes, during deceleration of an automobile, a gear-shifting control of changing a shift stage of the automatic transmission by outputting a gear-shifting signal in accordance with the rotation speed of an input shaft and a regeneration control of performing regeneration by at least one of distributing a braking force by the friction brake system and imparting a regenerative braking torque to rear wheels by causing the motor to perform a regeneration operation. The controller executes a first coordinated gear-shifting control of reducing hydraulic pressure in the friction brake system and, at the same time, changing the shift stage while continuing the regeneration operation during brake regeneration and executes a second coordinated gear-shifting control of changing the shift stage after increasing an input torque during non-brake regeneration.

A vehicle control device includes processing circuitry configured to: detect a predetermined travel path boundary and a travel path region for the vehicle to travel partitioned by the travel path boundary, based on surrounding information of the vehicle; and generate travel path information indicating positions of the detected travel path boundary and the travel path region based on a detection result of the detection unit. When the moving body is detected around the vehicle based on the surrounding information, the processing circuitry refers to the travel path information, and determines whether the moving body is positioned in a target travel path region in which the vehicle travels, and executes the collision prevention control that prevents collision between the vehicle and a moving body based on determination that the moving body is positioned in the target travel path region.

An operating system for an automated vehicle includes a failure-detector and a controller. The failure-detector detects a component-failure on a host-vehicle. Examples of the component-failure include a flat-tire and engine trouble that reduces engine-power. The controller operates the host-vehicle based on a dynamic-model. The dynamic-model is varied based on the component-failure detected by the failure-detector.

A control device includes an electronic control unit configured to expand a first detection range at least in front of a host vehicle during execution of current first steering control, determine whether next first steering control is needed to be implemented and whether a relative direction of a next second object with respect to the host vehicle is the same as a relative direction of a first object with respect to the host vehicle when the second object is detected, and perform relaxation steering control based on a target value smaller in absolute value than a return target value after an end of the current first steering control when the implementation of the next first steering control is determined to be needed and the relative directions with respect to the host vehicle are determined to be the same between the second and the first object.

Provided are methods for controlling ESA system of a vehicle and an ESA system. The method includes: generating a trajectory to avoid an obstacle in front of the vehicle; obtaining a target yaw rate and yaw moment according to the trajectory; allocating the target yaw moment to one or more chassis actuators; controlling the one or more chassis actuators according to allocated yaw moments. The cooperation of actuators is implemented for more safe evasion.

The disclosure generally describes a system and method for determining a preferred steering wheel rate in autonomous and semi-autonomous driving systems that includes measuring a torque applied to the steering wheel by a driver during an autonomous driving mode, measuring the steering wheel position, measuring the steering wheel rate of rotation, wherein the steering position and rate of rotation are measured at the time when the torque was applied to the steering wheel, determining a preferred steering wheel rate of rotation, and adjusting the steering wheel rate of rotation during an autonomous driving maneuver to include the preferred steering wheel rate.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle and to a method for operating a motor vehicle for carrying out a parking procedure, wherein the motor vehicle comprises at least a first parking assistance function and a second parking assistance function, which may be selected as desired, and wherein the method comprises: detecting a gripping status of a steering handle of the motor vehicle by a driver; and automatically selecting the first or the second parking assistance function depending on the gripping status.