Determination of a trajectory for a first vehicle (1) by model predictive control (MPC) is provided. Trajectory information about a second vehicle (18) traveling in the area ahead of the first vehicle (1) is utilized. In particular, discretization points (P.sub.1, P.sub.2, P.sub.3) and arrival times of the vehicles (1, 18) at the discretization points (P.sub.1, P.sub.2, P.sub.3) are utilized to generate constraints for the model predictive control of the first vehicle (1).

Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a method for navigating a user vehicle may include acquiring, using at least one image capture device, a plurality of images of an area in a vicinity of the user vehicle; determining from the plurality of images a first lane constraint on a first side of the user vehicle and a second lane constraint on a second side of the user vehicle opposite to the first side of the user vehicle; enabling the user vehicle to pass a target vehicle if the target vehicle is determined to be in a lane different from the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling; and causing the user vehicle to abort the pass before completion of the pass, if the target vehicle is determined to be entering the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling.

Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a method for navigating a user vehicle may include acquiring, using at least one image capture device, a plurality of images of an area in a vicinity of the user vehicle; determining from the plurality of images a first lane constraint on a first side of the user vehicle and a second lane constraint on a second side of the user vehicle opposite to the first side of the user vehicle; enabling the user vehicle to pass a target vehicle if the target vehicle is determined to be in a lane different from the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling; and causing the user vehicle to abort the pass before completion of the pass, if the target vehicle is determined to be entering the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling.

The present application discloses autonomous driving methods and apparatuses that may be applied to an intelligent vehicle and an autonomous driving vehicle. An example method includes: obtaining a motion status of an obstacle; determining a location of a towing point and a speed of the towing point based on the motion status of the obstacle, where both the location of the towing point and the speed of the towing point are continuous functions of the motion status of the obstacle; and obtaining expected acceleration of an ego vehicle based on the location of the towing point and the speed of the towing point.

A vehicle control apparatus controls movement of a vehicle in a lateral direction intersecting a direction in which the vehicle travels based on a movement trajectory of a preceding vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a surrounding environment of the vehicle, and a preceding vehicle which travels ahead in the same lane in which the vehicle travels, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the preceding vehicle straddles lanes or approaches within a set distance predetermined for the lanes based on lateral movement information of the preceding vehicle detected by the detection unit, and a control unit configured to control lateral movement of the vehicle based on a determination result of the determination unit and detection information of the detection unit.

An example operation includes one or more of determining a transport is operating in an unsafe manner, directing a proximate transport operating in a safe manner to maneuver in front of the transport, and directing the proximate transport to control at least one function of the transport.

An example operation includes one or more of determining a transport is operating in an unsafe manner, directing a proximate transport operating in a safe manner to maneuver in front of the transport, and directing the proximate transport to control at least one function of the transport.

The vehicle control device controls a vehicle configured to receive power by non-contact from a power transmission coil when passing over the power transmission coil. The vehicle control device includes a processor configured to prohibit lane changing by the vehicle in a predetermined range up to an end point of a power supply area where the power transmission coil is installed when the vehicle is running in a lane of the power supply area.

A method for coordinating vehicles of a vehicle group, including implementing a requested setpoint acceleration, wherein the setpoint acceleration for each vehicle is specified as a function of an emergency braking request triggered manually or automatically, assigning a position in the vehicle group to each vehicle, implementing the emergency braking request, providing, in an advanced emergency braking system (AEBS) cascade, at least a first warning phase for an optical or acoustic warning of a driver of the respective vehicle of the vehicle group, and an emergency braking phase for braking the respective vehicle of the vehicle group as a function of the emergency braking request, at an emergency braking time, and providing a haptic warning phase for at least one vehicle of the vehicle group at a haptic time within a framework of the AEBS cascade.

A method for coordinating vehicles of a vehicle group, including implementing a requested setpoint acceleration, wherein the setpoint acceleration for each vehicle is specified as a function of an emergency braking request triggered manually or automatically, assigning a position in the vehicle group to each vehicle, implementing the emergency braking request, providing, in an advanced emergency braking system (AEBS) cascade, at least a first warning phase for an optical or acoustic warning of a driver of the respective vehicle of the vehicle group, and an emergency braking phase for braking the respective vehicle of the vehicle group as a function of the emergency braking request, at an emergency braking time, and providing a haptic warning phase for at least one vehicle of the vehicle group at a haptic time within a framework of the AEBS cascade.