A remote control system for a vehicle having an onboard vehicle controller for controlling vehicle functions and a mobile radio remote control, connected to the vehicle controller in a signal-transmitting manner, for remotely controlling the vehicle functions according to a location of the radio remote control relative to the vehicle. The vehicle controller and the radio remote control each have at least one antenna for wireless signal transmission between the vehicle controller and the radio remote control. The antenna of the radio remote control has a direction-dependent antenna characteristic. At least one spatial position of the antenna of the radio remote control can be determined automatically by a position sensor device of the radio remote control, and an automatic determination of a distance or spatial location of the radio remote control relative to the vehicle can be processed according to the determined spatial position of the antenna.

Provided are an in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, and a vehicle control method configured to realize prompt external control of a vehicle. An in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an out-of-vehicle apparatus installed outside the vehicle, and a processing unit configured to perform processing related to communication, and the processing unit transmits information regarding a data format of control data to be output to an in-vehicle network by an in-vehicle control apparatus that controls the vehicle, to the out-of-vehicle apparatus using the wireless communication unit, receives data transmitted from the out-of-vehicle apparatus using the wireless communication unit, the data including control data having the data format, and outputs the control data included in the received data to the in-vehicle network.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to sensor systems. In some aspects, a method may include determining a classification of a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles traveling in a platoon. The method may include causing, based at least in part on the classification, the first vehicle to share sensor data with a second vehicle in the platoon according to a sensor data sharing profile, wherein the sensor data is associated with a sensor system of the first vehicle. Numerous other aspects are provided.

The present document relates to a simulation method for an autonomous vehicle, a method for controlling the autonomous vehicle, a device, an electronic apparatus, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The method for the simulation of the autonomous vehicle comprises acquiring current state information of the autonomous vehicle; performing the simulation based on the current state information to acquire the prediction information of the autonomous vehicle; and sending the prediction information to the autonomous vehicle.

An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes features that allows the AV to comply with applicable regulations and statues for performing safe driving operation. An example system for an AV includes a communications gateway device. The communications gateway device includes a plurality of modules each configured for different communication mediums or applications. In particular, the plurality of modules includes a first module for communicating with a remote computer. Via the first module, vehicle operational data is reported to the remote computer, and instructional data is received from the remote computer. The modules further include a second module for communicating with devices located within a vicinity external to the vehicle, and a third module configured to communicate with subsystems located within the vehicle. The example AV system includes a second communications gateway device that is configured to be redundant.

The technology relates to autonomous vehicles having hitched or towed trailers for transporting cargo and other items between locations. Aspects of the technology provide a smart hitch connection between the fifth-wheel of a tractor unit and the kingpin of a trailer. This avoids requiring a person to make physical pneumatic and electrical connections between the fifth-wheel and kingpin using external hoses and cables. Instead, the necessary connections are made internally, autonomously. For instance, the fifth-wheel may provide air pressure via one or more slots arranged on a connection surface, and the trailer is configured to receive the air pressure through one or more openings on a contact surface of the kingpin. An electrical connection section of the fifth-wheel may also provide electrical signals and/or power to an electrical contact interface of the kingpin. Rotational information about relative alignment of the trailer to the tractor unit may also be provided.

The offline map generation process may collect multiple point cloud data of the same area. A perception algorithm may operate on the point cloud data to detect static objects, which may be fixed road features that do not change among the point cloud data, allowing the perception algorithm to more accurately detect the static objects. During online operation of the ADV through the area, the ADV may trim regions-of-interest (ROI) of the area to exclude the predefined static objects. The perception algorithm may execute the sensor data of the ROI in real-time to detect objects in the ROI. The may be added back to the output of the perception algorithm to complete the perception output.

A method for modifying a queue of vehicles. In one embodiment, the method includes at least one computer processor determining respective distance values between a first vehicle and one or more adjacent vehicles within a queue of vehicles. The method further includes determining a threshold distance value that corresponds to a distance required to extract the first vehicle from within the queue of vehicles. The method further includes determining a change of position corresponding to at least one adjacent vehicle to the first vehicle within the queue of vehicles based on the determined respective distance values, wherein the determined change in position moves the at least one adjacent vehicle to a distance value from the first vehicle that exceed the threshold distance value. The method further includes transmitting respective requests to the at least one adjacent vehicle to move to the determined change of position.

Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining when to provide and providing secondary disengage alerts for a vehicle having autonomous and manual driving modes. For instance, while the vehicle is being controlled in the autonomous driving mode, user input is received at one or more user input devices of the vehicle. In response to receiving the user input, the vehicle may be transitioned from the autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode and provide a primary disengage alert to an occupant of the vehicle regarding the transition. Whether to provide a secondary disengage alert may be determined based on at least circumstances of the user input. After the transition, the secondary disengage alert may be provided based on the determination.

A method, system and computer program product for determining a map position of an ego-vehicle are disclosed. The method includes acquiring map data comprising a road geometry, initializing at least one dynamic landmark by measuring a position and velocity, relative to the ego-vehicle, of a surrounding vehicle, and determining a first map position of the surrounding vehicle based on this measurement and the geographical position of the ego-vehicle. Further, the method includes predicting a second map position of the surrounding vehicle, and measuring a location, relative to the ego-vehicle, of the surrounding vehicle when it is estimated to be at the second map position, whereby the geographical position of the ego-vehicle can be computed and updated.