Systems and methods are provided for autonomous vehicle passenger safety monitoring following an autonomous vehicle route. In particular, an autonomous vehicle waits for a selected time period after a passenger exits the vehicle. In some examples, the autonomous vehicle remains until the passenger has entered a building at the passenger's destination. In some examples, the autonomous vehicle remains until the passenger is no longer detectable by the vehicle's sensors. During the waiting period, the passenger may choose to re-enter the vehicle.

Systems and methods are provided for autonomous vehicle passenger safety monitoring following an autonomous vehicle route. In particular, an autonomous vehicle waits for a selected time period after a passenger exits the vehicle. In some examples, the autonomous vehicle remains until the passenger has entered a building at the passenger's destination. In some examples, the autonomous vehicle remains until the passenger is no longer detectable by the vehicle's sensors. During the waiting period, the passenger may choose to re-enter the vehicle.

A hazard beacon has an interface to a vehicle wiring harness configured to detect that vehicle emergency indicators have been deployed, a plurality of separately strobe capable light segments forming a hazard symbol, and a microcontroller controlling operation of the plurality of separately strobe capable light segments.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an autonomous vehicle with an emergency escape mode. When fleeing a scene is critical, embodiments provide an AV that can operate in an emergency escape mode (EEM) to enable the AV to flee a scene, protecting its occupants. Typically, a passenger or operator invokes EEM in an AV when they are in imminent danger from criminal activity such as carjacking. A least resistance route can be computed to determine an escape route that provides for reduced chance of injury and/or increased probability of a successful escape.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an autonomous vehicle with an emergency escape mode. When fleeing a scene is critical, embodiments provide an AV that can operate in an emergency escape mode (EEM) to enable the AV to flee a scene, protecting its occupants. Typically, a passenger or operator invokes EEM in an AV when they are in imminent danger from criminal activity such as carjacking. A least resistance route can be computed to determine an escape route that provides for reduced chance of injury and/or increased probability of a successful escape.

A device and a method for controlling autonomous driving are provided The device includes non-transitory memory storing instructions executable to control an autonomous driving; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine whether a collision has occurred using an acceleration sensor mounted on an airbag control unit during the autonomous driving, determine a collision direction based on a change in acceleration of three axes obtained by the acceleration sensor, and perform an emergency action by controlling at least one of longitudinal direction travel or transverse direction travel based on the collision direction.

A warning system for warning pedestrians and other road users prior to a collision with a charging cable for an electric automobile. Charging cables run from a power source to a vehicle. The vehicle is charged using a charging cable. The vehicle being charged has the information that it is currently charging. It also has sensors that can identify the course of the cable, depending on the resolution and orientation of the sensors. This can be implemented using image processing algorithms or machine learning. The parked vehicle can also detect other road users by means of the onboard sensor system. If an impending collision between the road user and the charging cable is determined from these data, the road user is warned, using any of acoustic warning, or visual warning.

A warning system for warning pedestrians and other road users prior to a collision with a charging cable for an electric automobile. Charging cables run from a power source to a vehicle. The vehicle is charged using a charging cable. The vehicle being charged has the information that it is currently charging. It also has sensors that can identify the course of the cable, depending on the resolution and orientation of the sensors. This can be implemented using image processing algorithms or machine learning. The parked vehicle can also detect other road users by means of the onboard sensor system. If an impending collision between the road user and the charging cable is determined from these data, the road user is warned, using any of acoustic warning, or visual warning.

A vehicle control system including: a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surroundings status of a vehicle; and a driving controller that is configured to perform control of causing at least the vehicle to move forward or causing the vehicle to move backward on the basis of the surrounding status recognized by the recognizer; and a notification controller that is configured to notify traffic participants in the vicinity of the vehicle using an outputter in a case in which the vehicle having stopped is caused to advance in a second direction opposite to a first direction in which the vehicle has advanced before stopping by the driving controller, the driving controller is configured to cause the vehicle to advance in the second direction after the outputter is configured to perform the notification.

A vehicle travel control method includes, when controlling a vehicle having an autonomous travel control function to travel autonomously, detecting whether or not an object is present around the vehicle and displaying a predetermined pattern corresponding to a detection range at a certain position on a road surface toward the detection range so that the predetermined pattern is visible.