Systems and methods for predictive adaptive cruise control of a plurality of vehicles traveling in succession. A system engages in a vehicle-to-vehicle communication session with one or more vehicles of the plurality of vehicles. During the communication session, terrain information is obtained and first speed trajectory information is determined for an upcoming segment of road. Second speed trajectory information is received from a first adjacent vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. Third speed trajectory information is generated based on the second speed trajectory information received and the terrain information. The operation of the vehicle is controlled during the upcoming segment according to the third speed trajectory information.

An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a memory, a network interface, and a processor that determines whether the vehicle is in a bypass situation in which the vehicle has to bypass, calculates a plurality of bypass paths capable of replacing a previously set travel path in the bypass situation, evaluates the plurality of bypass paths, selects one bypass path based on the evaluation of the plurality of bypass paths, and performs control on the vehicle such that the vehicle travels along the selected bypass path.

A motorcycle includes a brake lamp, a brake operation unit, a first switching unit, a second switching unit, and a brake controller. The first switching unit is switched a circuit state so that a driving current is supplied to the brake lamp while the brake operation is being performed. The second switching unit is switched the circuit state between a closed state in which the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp regardless of the brake operation and an opened state in which the second switching unit is not electrically connected with the brake lamp. The brake controller controls to actuate the brake and switches the second switching unit from the opened state to the closed state when the brake activation condition is met.

A driver assistance device is configured to determine whether a type of a deceleration target is included in a category of a position-fixed object or a moving object, and determine whether the deceleration target is lost, and to continue the deceleration assistance on assumption that the lost deceleration target exists when the deceleration target is determined to be lost. The driver assistance device is configured to notify a driver of a host vehicle that the deceleration target is lost when the deceleration target is determined to be lost and the type of the deceleration target is included in the category of the moving object, and not to notify the driver that the deceleration target is lost when the deceleration target is determined to be lost and the type of the deceleration target is included in the category of the position-fixed object.

A system for controlling platooning by a following vehicle includes a main body of the following vehicle. The system further includes a pressure sensor located in or on the main body and configured to detect a pressure corresponding to a pressure wake from a leading vehicle. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) located in or on the main body, coupled to the pressure sensor, and configured to determine an optimal distance from the following vehicle to the leading vehicle based on the detected pressure. The optimal distance corresponding to a distance at which drag applied to the following vehicle is reduced based on the pressure wake from the leading vehicle.

A method for operating a single-track or multi-track vehicle including a driver-assistance system. In the method, a speed of the vehicle and a distance of the vehicle from a vehicle in front are controlled. The speed is controlled within a system-related speed range of the driver-assistance system using a position of an operating element of the vehicle and is controlled up to an optional target speed that is selectable within the speed range. Before an upper limit of the speed range is exceeded, a warning signal is provided to a driver of the vehicle. The distance is controlled within the speed range in a speed-dependent distance buffer region depending on the position.

In a vehicle teleoperation session, a speed limit is determined for which the vehicle can be safely teleoperated. A safety system senses data relating to the vehicle environment and generates a depth map from which obstacles in the vicinity of the vehicle can be identified. Based on the detected obstacles and a motion state of the vehicle, a speed limit is determined at which the teleoperator is predicted to be able to utilize an emergency braking command to avoid a collision. the speed limit may be automatically applied to the vehicle or may be provided to the teleoperator to enable the teleoperator to adjust the vehicle speed.

A driving supporting apparatus comprises an acceleration operation element operated by a driver; and a control unit capable of performing an acceleration limiting control to control the vehicle in such a manner that an acceleration of the vehicle does not exceed a predetermined limiting acceleration. The control unit sets a distance threshold to a value varying depending on a kind of a front target object that is present in front of the vehicle, and performs the acceleration limiting control when a distance condition and an erroneous operation condition are satisfied. The distance condition is a condition that is to be satisfied when a distance between the vehicle and the front target object is equal to or shorter than the distance threshold. The erroneous operation condition is a condition that is to be satisfied when the driver is erroneously operating the acceleration operation element.

In a vehicle or a lane change timing determination method, when a distance from a vehicle to a nearby vehicle is outside of a first distance threshold value, lane changing is determined to be permitted. When the distance is within the first distance threshold value, lane changing is determined not to be permitted. After determining lane changing to be not permitted, lane changing not being permitted is switched to lane change being permitted when the nearby vehicle decelerates or accelerates to move further away from the vehicle than a second distance threshold value, even if the distance is still within the first distance threshold value.

A vehicle identification system includes a communication device receiving other vehicle information related to other vehicle around a host vehicle, a detection device detecting other vehicle around the host vehicle, and a vehicle identification device identifying a vehicle transmitting the other vehicle information on the basis of the other vehicle information received by the communication device and the detection device, wherein the vehicle identification device is switching between a capturing mode capturing the transmitting vehicle on the basis of the other vehicle information received by the communication device and the detection device, and a tracking mode identifying the transmitting vehicle on the basis of a positional relation between the host vehicle and the transmitting vehicle at the time of the capturing mode, and motion information related to the transmitting vehicle based on the other vehicle information received by the communication device, after the capturing mode.