B60W2754/20

Traveling control apparatus, vehicle, and traveling control method
11279355 · 2022-03-22 · ·

A traveling control apparatus is configured to control automated driving traveling of a vehicle based on a set automated driving level. The traveling control apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling scene information that specifies a traveling scene of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to perform offset control to offset a traveling position of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction to increase a distance to another vehicle traveling side by side with the vehicle. The control unit performs the offset control by setting one of a first mode and a second mode based on at least one of the traveling scene information and the automated driving level.

Vehicle control device, vehicle control method and storage medium
11307582 · 2022-04-19 · ·

A vehicle control device includes a recognition unit which recognizes surrounding situations of a vehicle, and a driving control unit which automatically controls at least steering of the vehicle based on the surrounding situations recognized by the recognition unit, and the driving control unit increases a distance between the vehicle and a traffic participant in the case where the recognition unit recognizes the traffic participant as an overtaking target and a predetermined structure in a traveling direction of the vehicle, and the vehicle travels on a side opposite to the predetermined structure in a road width direction in a case that viewed from the traffic participant to overtake the traffic participant, as compared to a case where the traffic participant as the overtaking target is recognized by the recognition unit in the traveling direction of the vehicle and the predetermined structure is not recognized.

VEHICLE AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
20220081006 · 2022-03-17 ·

A vehicle and an autonomous driving control method therefore may include detecting traffic environment information around a host vehicle, determining traffic flow in a host vehicle lane and a neighboring lane adjacent to the host vehicle lane according to the traffic environment information, and generating a driving strategy based on the traffic flow to control driving of the host vehicle according to the generated driving strategy.

SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING CONTROL OF MULTIPLE WORK VEHICLES

A control system includes a controller configured to determine a target speed between a first target position of a haul vehicle relative to a harvester and a second target position of the haul vehicle relative to the harvester based on a flow rate of agricultural product through a conveyor of the harvester. The haul vehicle is coupled to a storage compartment, an outlet of the conveyor is aligned with a first unloading point within the storage compartment while the haul vehicle is positioned at the first target position, and the outlet of the conveyor is aligned with a second unloading point within the storage compartment while the haul vehicle is positioned at the second target position. Furthermore, the controller is configured to output a control signal indicative of instructions to direct the haul vehicle from the first target position to the second target position at the target speed.

Vehicle control device
11136027 · 2021-10-05 · ·

This vehicle control device is provided with: a detection unit; and an external environment recognition unit that extracts a target object and left and right recognition lines of a traveling path. Additionally, a local environment map creation unit of the vehicle control device calculates an area of activity of an own vehicle and left and right border lines which indicate a limit of non-interference with the target object. Furthermore, the local environment map creation unit calculates left and right recommended border lines during traveling of the own vehicle by adding a margin interval that narrows the left and right border lines toward the inside.

CONTEXTUAL DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM
20210269045 · 2021-09-02 ·

Systems and methods are disclosed for contextual driver monitoring. In one implementation, one or more first inputs are received and processed to determine a state of a driver present within a vehicle. One or more second inputs are receiving and processed to determine navigation condition(s) associated with the vehicle, the navigation condition(s) including a temporal road condition received from a cloud resource or a behavior of the driver. Based on the navigation condition(s), a driver attentiveness threshold is computed. One or more actions are initiated in correlation with the state of the driver and the driver attentiveness threshold.

Method For The At Least Partly Automated Guidance Of A Motor Vehicle

A method for the at least partially automated guidance of a motor vehicle includes receiving a plurality of surroundings signals which represent an area surrounding the motor vehicle and, when a turning situation is present in which the motor vehicle is to turn at an intersection point, generating a plurality of control signals for the at least partially automated control of a lateral and longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle on the basis of the surroundings signals. The method includes outputting the control signals to guide the motor vehicle on the basis of the control signals to, before a turning maneuver, guide the motor vehicle at a reduced lateral distance from a lane edge that is on an inside of a bend corresponding to the turning maneuver, to impede or prevent overtaking by a two-wheeled vehicle on a side of the motor vehicle on the inside of the bend.

Navigation with a Safe Longitudinal Distance

Systems and methods are provided for navigating a host vehicle. A processing device may be programmed to receive an image representative of an environment of the host vehicle; determine a planned navigational action for the host vehicle; analyze the image to identify a target vehicle travelling toward the host vehicle; determine a next-state distance between the host vehicle and the target vehicle that would result if the planned navigational action was taken; determine a stopping distance for the host vehicle based on a braking profile, a maximum acceleration capability, and a current speed of the host vehicle; determine a stopping distance for the target vehicle based on a braking profile and a current speed of the target vehicle; and implement the planned navigational action if the determined next-state distance is greater than a sum of the stopping distances for the host vehicle and the target vehicle.

Apparatus and method for controlling lane-keeping
11077853 · 2021-08-03 · ·

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling lane-keeping. An embodiment provides an apparatus for controlling lane-keeping, including a sensing unit configured to recognize lane lines of a driving lane in which a host vehicle travels and configured to sense a plurality of other vehicles traveling in the driving lane or lanes next to the driving lane, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first transverse separation distance between the sensed other vehicles or a second transverse separation distance between the host vehicle and the other vehicles, a determination unit configured to determine an optimum position of the host vehicle within the driving lane by comparing space widths for the calculated first transverse separation distance and the calculated second transverse separation distance, and an output unit configured to output a speed control signal to control a travel speed of the host vehicle so as to have the host vehicle located at the determined optimum position.

Systems and methods for navigating a vehicle

A system for navigating a host vehicle may receive an image representative of an environment of the host vehicle and determine a planned navigational action for accomplishing a navigational goal of the host vehicle. The system may identify a target vehicle, determine a current speed of the target vehicle, and assume a maximum braking rate capability of the target vehicle. The system may determine a next-state distance between the host vehicle and the target vehicle that would result if the planned navigational action was taken. The system may implement the planned navigational action if the host vehicle may be stopped using a predetermined sub-maximal braking rate within a distance that is less than the determined next-state distance summed together with a target vehicle travel distance determined based on the current speed of the target vehicle and the maximum braking rate capability of the target vehicle.