Disclosed is a detection system and a detection method for detecting external environment information of a vehicle. The detection system includes at least two groups of vehicle-mounted modules (200) arranged on different vehicles, wherein each of the vehicle-mounted modules (200) includes: at least one sensor (201), configured to acquire distance information between the vehicle and a target; a processing unit (202), configured to establish a reference coordinate system by taking the vehicle as a center and perform calculation according to a detection direction of the sensor (201) and the distance information to obtain coordinates of the target in the reference coordinate system; a communication unit (203), configured to receive target positioning information of other vehicles transmitted by a communication unit (203) of at least one of other vehicle-mounted modules (200); and the processing unit (202) generates the external environment information of the vehicle in combination with target positioning information of the vehicle and the target positioning information of at least one of other vehicles. The system overcomes the limitation that a single vehicle independently acquires the external environment information, thereby accurately detecting the external environment information of the vehicle.

A travel control method estimates a position of a moving object around a subject vehicle using a detector configured to detect the moving object. This method includes detecting a direction of travel in a lane from map information. The lane is located on a road on which the moving object travels. When the subject vehicle is changing directions, the position of the moving object is estimated on the basis of the direction of travel in the lane.

A scanning device for laser detection and ranging (LiDAR), the scanning device includes, arranged in optical free space: an optical input for receiving a pulsed broadband laser beam having a linear polarization; a separating unit configured for transmitting the laser beam along a scanning optical path while changing the polarization into a circular one; a wavelength selection unit; and a scanning unit.

The separating unit is configured for deviating the reflections (4) on a broadband detector while changing the orthogonal circular polarization into an orthogonal linear polarization compared to the linear polarization of the laser beam. The broadband detector is configured to receive the deviated reflections, and to detect a time-of-flight and an optical power of the light reflection.

Disclosed is a driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle, including: a communication apparatus configured to perform V2X communication with an external device outside of the vehicle; and a processor which is configured to: acquire information about a set path for the vehicle; receive V2V data from one or more other vehicles through the communication apparatus; based on the information about the set path and the one or more V2V data, select, from among the one or more V2V data, data of interest which is V2V data transmitted by a vehicle of interest which is a other vehicle located on the set path; and set a recommended path for the vehicle based on the data of interest.

Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting autonomous vehicle driving behavior. A controller of the autonomous vehicle may utilize an aggression factor to adjust control of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may detect one or more characteristics of proximate vehicles, analyze the one or more characteristics to estimate an aggression level of the proximate vehicles, and adjust the aggression factor based on the estimated aggression level.

A method of operating a traffic management system comprises receiving data from a vehicle indicating a traffic state, estimating a future time at which the vehicle will receive driving instructions transmitted by the traffic management system, predicting a future traffic state at the estimated future time, determining the driving instructions for the vehicle based on the predicted future traffic state, and transmitting the driving instructions to the vehicle.

A method for identifying a composition material of an object located in an environment surrounding at least one device, the object moving relative to the device, in which at least one sensor is mounted on the device and communicates with at least one central processing unit.

A control unit for a vehicle is designed to detect movement sensor data with regard to a movement of at least one component of the vehicle. The movement is or has been effected by a roadway driven upon by the vehicle. In addition, the control unit is designed to detect a lane boundary of the roadway on the basis of movement sensor data and, in reaction thereto, to cause a functional reaction of the vehicle.

A method for evaluating a travel surface proximal to the vehicle is described, and includes generating, by the LiDAR sensor, a plurality of light pulses and capturing, by the LiDAR sensor, returned light data for the plurality of light pulses, wherein the light pulses are projected into a region of interest that includes the travel surface proximal to the vehicle, determining a multi-level image file based upon the returned light data for the plurality of light pulses, generating a trained classification model, and classifying the travel surface as one of a plurality of travel surface states based upon the multi-level image file and the trained classification model. Operation of the vehicle is controlled based upon the classifying of the travel surface.

A voice activation system for a vehicle. The voice activation system for a vehicle which has at least one sound panel capable of providing vibrations of a user's voice from the outside of the vehicle into an inside area of the vehicle. A laser listening device is operably connected to the panel for receiving vibrations from a user's voice. A controller receives a pre-identified command of the user from the laser listener and operates an action in the vehicle in response thereto.