A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes: drive wheels; an engine; a flywheel damper connected to the engine; at least one inertial body provided between the flywheel damper and the drive wheels; and a clutch for connecting and disconnecting between the flywheel damper and the at least one inertial body. In a process of reduction of a rotational speed of the engine for stopping the engine, the control apparatus keeps the clutch engaged until the rotational speed has passed through a first resonance speed range, and causes the clutch to be released before the rotational speed reaches a second resonance speed range. The first resonance speed range is a range of the rotational speed in which resonance is generated with the clutch being released. The second resonance speed range is a range of the rotational speed in which the resonance is generated with the clutch being engaged.

A vehicle control apparatus includes a plurality of control units communicable with each other. The plurality of control unit includes a host unit and a plurality of lower units managed by the host unit. The vehicle control apparatus configured to perform: specifying a lower unit used for executing a predetermined operation among the plurality of lower units when received a signal for instructing any one of the plurality of lower units to start the predetermined operation of the vehicle control apparatus; outputting an activation request command to the lower unit used for executing the predetermined operation; and outputting, after a predetermined time elapsed since the activation request command is output, an operation start command of the predetermined operation to the lower unit used for executing the predetermined operation.

This document describes techniques and systems to make determinations of lane-type and roadway hypotheses in a road model. The road-perception system can fuse various forms of evidence to determine lane-type hypotheses and respective belief masses associated with the lane-type hypotheses. The road-perception system the computes, using the belief masses, a belief parameter and a plausibility parameter associated with the lane-type hypotheses. One or more roadway hypotheses are then determined using the lane-type hypotheses. The road-perception system then uses the respective belief parameter and plausibility parameter associated with the lane-type hypotheses to compute a belief parameter and a plausibility parameter associated with the roadway hypotheses. In this way, the described techniques and systems can provide an accurate and reliable road model with quantified uncertainty.

A method of operating a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes: an engine; a throttle operator moveable by a driver; a throttle valve regulating airflow to the engine; a continuously variable transmission (CVT) operatively connected to the engine; at least one ground engaging member including at least one of: a wheel and a track; a piston operatively connected to a driving pulley of the CVT for applying a piston force to the driving pulley when actuated and thereby changing an effective diameter of the driving pulley; and a control unit for controlling actuation of the piston and the piston force. The method includes: determining a driven pulley speed of a driven pulley of the CVT; detecting an uphill stand condition indicative of the vehicle being stopped on an uphill; responsive to the detection of the uphill stand condition, controlling the piston force based on the driven pulley speed.

Provided is a vehicle travel control apparatus configured to set an operation mode of automatic start control to any one of a first mode, in which the automatic start control is executed, and a second mode, in which the automatic start control is not executed, the vehicle travel control apparatus being further configured to: issue to a driver a notification for inquiring whether the driver desires the automatic start control to be executed when the current travel state of an own vehicle is a specific state; and set the operation mode of the automatic start control to the first mode when the driver has performed a predetermined response operation in response to the notification.

A control apparatus includes: a rotor temperature estimation unit estimating a temperature of a rotor based on stator temperature information from a first temperature sensor for identifying a temperature of a stator, refrigerant temperature information from a second temperature sensor for identifying a temperature of refrigerant used to cool an electric motor, and rotation speed information about the rotor from a resolver for identifying a rotation speed of the rotor; and an electric motor control unit controlling at least one of an output characteristic and a drive condition of the electric motor based on the temperature of the rotor estimated by the rotor temperature estimation unit.

A full speed range adaptive cruise control system for a vehicle that stops at an intersection includes one or more controllers that execute instructions to receive localization data and situational data related to the vehicle. The one or more controllers determine, based on localization data and situational data, that the vehicle is approaching an intersection and will come to a stop at the intersection, where the vehicle is part of a queue including one or more surrounding vehicles. In response to determining the vehicle has come to a stop, the controller determines a position of the vehicle within the queue and an overall length of the queue. The controller calculates an adaptive launch time based on at least the position of the vehicle within the queue, the overall length of the queue, the situational data, and a timing delay associated with the queue.

A vehicle parking control device includes a data collection module that collects vehicle data, and at least one processor electrically connected to the data collection module, wherein the at least one processor may obtain the vehicle data through the data collection module, determine whether a vehicle satisfies a first parking condition based on location information of the vehicle included in the vehicle data, determine whether the vehicle satisfies a second parking condition, based on state information of the vehicle included in the vehicle data when the vehicle satisfies the first parking condition, activate a parking mode when the vehicle satisfies the second parking condition, and control the vehicle according to the parking mode. It is possible to prevent accidents and enhance the driver's convenience by controlling the behavior of the vehicle during parking.

Systems and methods for reducing driver awareness of engine stoppage by a vehicle are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the system includes a stop-start mechanism in communication with an engine operable to cause movement of the vehicle, the stop-start mechanism programmed to shut off the engine at a beginning of a nonoperational period and restart the engine at an end of the nonoperational period. The system also includes a vibration device triggered to cause at least one vehicle component to vibrate when the stop-start mechanism shuts off the engine at the beginning of the nonoperational period, and triggered to cease causing the at least one vehicle component to vibrate when the stop-start mechanism restarts the engine at the end of the nonoperational period.

Methods and systems are provided for a start/stop feature. In one example, a method includes adjusting start/stop conditions in response to a vehicle operator customizing start/stop conditions. The vehicle operator customizes start/stop conditions for a plurality of different driving conditions.