In a vehicle control system (1) configured for autonomous driving, and having a control unit (15) configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, the control unit determines if a person is present within a predetermined range from the vehicle according to information obtained by a surrounding condition acquiring unit (61), the control unit causing the external notification device (14) to generate the acoustic notification at a first notification volume when a person is present within the predetermined range, and at a second notification volume higher than the first notification volume when a person is not present within the predetermined range.

A driver assistance system of a vehicle can adjust a warning time-point for a hands-off detector configured to detect that a hand of a driver is off of a steering wheel. To this end, the driver assistance system can include an image acquisition device configured to acquire image data of an area outside of the vehicle, a sensor configured to acquire behavior data of the vehicle, a hands-off detector configured to detect that a hand of the driver is off of the steering wheel, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a driving situation of the vehicle based on the image data and behavior data, and to determine a warning time-point for the hands-off detector based on the driving situation. The controller can further control a warning device to output a warning message for the hands-off at the determined warning time-point.

A grip detection system of a steering wheel for an autonomous vehicle, may include an autonomous driving portion which autonomously drives a vehicle; a contact detector which is mounted on a steering wheel of the vehicle, and detects a change in capacitance due to contact between a driver and a steering wheel; a control portion which determines that the driver contacts with the steering wheel if the change in capacitance is received from the contact detector, and generates a warning signal when determining that the driver does not contact with the steering wheel if the change in capacitance is not received from the contact detector; and an output portion which receives the warning signal, and outputs the warning signal to outside.

The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus for controlling traveling of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a stop control unit configured to move the vehicle in a vehicle width direction and stop the vehicle in a traveling state; a notification unit configured to make a notification of the stop of the vehicle; and a change unit configured to change a notification method by the notification unit in accordance with a stop mode of the vehicle stopped by the stop control unit.

The present disclosure is related to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control system and a vehicle control method thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides a vehicle control apparatus comprising: a communication device for communicating with a remote control center; and a controller configured to determine a state of each of one or more component devices related to the vehicle performing an autonomous driving, and to generate and output a determination result signal, determine a driving mode of the vehicle as one of a remote driving mode, an emergency action mode, or an autonomous driving maintenance mode based on the determination result signal, and control the vehicle according to the driving mode determined by the driving mode determiner.

An automated operation vehicle control unit is configured to perform a detection process in which an abnormal condition of a passenger of a vehicle is detected and a notification process in which pedestrians are notified of the abnormal condition detected in the detection process in a case where the abnormal condition of the passenger is detected in the detection process.

A method for operating an assistance system in a motor vehicle detects at least one odor profile using a respective odor sensor. The at least one odor profile is defined by concentrations of at least two odorous substances. The method carries out one or more assistance functions depending on the detected at least one odor profile.

A driving assistance device of the embodiment includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a degree of drowsiness of a driver who is driving a vehicle, based on information on the driver being input; a calculation unit that calculates an expected time until the effect is lost indicating an expected time when drowsiness is not eliminated despite a stimulus being applied to the driver, based on a time interval when the degree of drowsiness obtained by the acquisition unit becomes equal to or more than a predetermined threshold; and a control unit that changes control performed on the driver as the expected time until the effect is lost calculated by the calculation unit is reduced.

A vehicular device includes: an eye opening degree determiner that determines a driver eye opening degree; a line-of-sight movement determiner that determines frequency of a driver line-of-sight movement; an operation determiner that determines a driver operation state for a driving operation instrument; a deviation determiner that determines a possibility that a driving state of a subject vehicle driver deviates from a safe driving state; a vehicle inside notification controller that performs a notification operation for a vehicle inside; and a vehicle outside notification controller that performs a notification operation for a vehicle outside.

The safety process covering a vehicle having driving apparatus and a station designed for a person and a person fitted with a medical device, in which: the medical device is designed to work in response to the physiological data of the person with a device and trigger an alarm signal in case of malfunctioning of the medical device per se and alarm signal for any actual or inferred problem regarding the medical condition of the person fitted with a device. A safety module is designed to be associated to the vehicle, to receive data generated by the medical device and generate information matching data received, while the person with a device is associated to the vehicle and the safety module is associated to the vehicle, encrypted communication is established between the medical device and safety module, so that the medical device triggers an alarm signal in case of malfunctioning and/or alarm signal in case of medical problem and so that the safety module generates an alarm notification in line with an alarm signal, one alarm notification at least is thereby transferred to an operator.