The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of improving safety of adaptive cruise operation in a motorcycle.

In the controller for operation of the motorcycle, to which a surrounding environment detector is mounted, an adaptive cruise operation performing section controls deceleration to be generated by the motorcycle in adaptive cruise operation to be equal to or lower than an upper limit value or to be lower than the upper limit value, determines a collision possibility of the motorcycle on the basis of the upper limit value during the adaptive cruise operation, and performs warning operation that acts on a tactile organ of a rider of the motorcycle when determining that the collision possibility is high.

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for integrated path planning and path tracking control of an autonomous vehicle. The method includes: obtaining five input control variables and eleven system state variables of an autonomous vehicle at current time; constructing a vehicle path planning-tracking integrated state model according to the obtained variables at the current time; enveloping external contours of two autonomous vehicles using elliptical envelope curves to determine elliptical vehicle envelope curves of the two autonomous vehicles, respectively; determining time to collision (TTC) between the vehicles according to elliptical vehicle envelope curves and vehicle driving states; establishing an objective function of a model prediction controller (MPC) according to the model; and solving the objective function based on the TTC, and determining input control variables to the MPC at the next time. Autonomous vehicle collision avoidance can be achieved according to the present disclosure.

Embodiments described herein disclose systems and methods for a dual buffer zone system to ensure a stable nudge for autonomous driving vehicles. In one embodiment, a system perceives a driving environment surrounding an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), including perceiving one or more obstacles within a view of the ADV. For each of the one or more obstacles, if a previous planning decision for the obstacle is not a nudge, the system associates a first buffer zone with the obstacle. Otherwise, the system associates a second buffer zone with the obstacle. Based on the associated buffer zone for the obstacle, the system determines a planning decision to nudge the obstacle to ensure a buffer distance between the ADV and the obstacle. The system generates a trajectory for the ADV based on the planning decisions for the one or more obstacles.

A method for controlling a vehicle including: based on map information including information of an installation position of a traffic light and information of a lane controlled by the traffic light and a range of the angle of view of a camera mounted on the own vehicle, calculating an imaging-enabled area in which an image of the traffic light can be captured on the lane by the camera; determining whether or not the own vehicle is positioned in the imaging-enabled area; and when the own vehicle is positioned in the imaging-enabled area, controlling the own vehicle in such a way that the traffic light is not shielded from the range of the angle of view of the camera by a preceding vehicle of the own vehicle.

A Coordinating Apparatus and Method is provided between Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Predictive Cruise Control (PCC). The ACC system is configured to provide a target acceleration or deceleration based on maintaining a target distance from vehicles ahead. The PCC system is configured to provide a target acceleration or deceleration based on upcoming changes in elevation and maximizing fuel economy. The coordinating apparatus communicates with the ACC system and with the PCC system, and applies the lesser acceleration or greater deceleration between the ACC target acceleration or deceleration and the PCC target acceleration or deceleration. The apparatus and method may apply the target acceleration or deceleration by way of a vehicle speed control apparatus, such as a vehicle engine controller.

A method for carrying out a start-up process of an at least semi-automated vehicle. The method includes: recognizing at least one unsuccessful start-up process using a first set of drive parameters; reporting the unsuccessful start-up process to a control system; receiving changed driving-related boundary conditions from the control system; ascertaining at least one changed drive parameter from the changed driving-related boundary conditions; and repeating the start-up process at least once, using the at least one changed drive parameter.

Aspects of adaptive trust calibration may include receiving a trust model for an occupant of an autonomous vehicle calculated based on occupant sensor data and a first scene context sensor data, and/or receiving a second scene context sensor data associated with an environment of the autonomous vehicle, determining an over trust scenario or an under trust scenario based on the trust model and a trust model threshold, and generating and implementing a human machine interface (HMI) action or a driving automation action based on the determination of the over trust scenario or the determination of the under trust scenario, and/or the second scene context sensor data.

The present invention provides a control system and a control method capable of appropriately supporting driving of a motorcycle by a rider. The control system includes a tracking target vehicle identifying unit that identifies a tracking target vehicle of adaptive cruise operation, a vehicle position information acquiring unit that acquires information on the relative position of the tracking target vehicle with respect to the motorcycle during traveling, a control amount setting unit that sets a control amount in the adaptive cruise operation, and an execution unit that causes the motorcycle to execute the adaptive cruise operation, and further includes a lane position information acquiring unit that acquires information on the relative position of a lane boundary with respect to the motorcycle during traveling, in which the tracking target vehicle identifying unit identifies the tracking target vehicle, based on the position information acquired by the lane position information acquiring unit.

A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a skill level acquiring unit and an inter-vehicle distance controller. The skill level acquiring unit is configured to acquire a driving skill level of a driver of a first vehicle other than a second vehicle. The second vehicle is an own vehicle. The inter-vehicle distance controller is configured to control an inter-vehicle distance from the first vehicle to the second vehicle on the basis of the driving skill level acquired by the skill level acquiring unit.

A method for controlling a subject vehicle with a braking system, a drive system and a distance control system, wherein the distance control system is configured to control an actual following distance between the subject vehicle and a vehicle ahead to a predetermined target following distance, wherein the target following distance is predetermined as a function of an activated operating mode of the distance control system, including performing a plausibility check by checking whether V2X data is exchanged or can be exchanged between the vehicle ahead and the subject vehicle over a V2X connection, and activating, if no V2X data is exchanged or can be exchanged between the vehicle ahead and the subject vehicle over the V2X connection, a first operating mode in which a first target following distance is predetermined as a function of a reaction time of a driver of the subject vehicle.