A control unit for a vehicle is configured to detect a signalling installation ahead, wherein the signalling installation has at least one signal transmitter. The control unit is configured to ascertain digital map information indicating and/or allowing an association between the at least one signal transmitter and at least one possible direction of travel of the vehicle at the signalling installation. The control unit is further configured to operate a driving function of the vehicle on the basis of the digital map information.

A method for diagnosing failure of a cold start E/M reduction system confirms the change in the torque reserve compared to the torque reserve confirmed for the ignition timing upon cold start by any one of an operation of an electric load device, an operation of an alternator, an operation of a purge valve, an operation of an air conditioner, a shift state of a transmission, and a coolant temperature state of an engine, and confirms the failure or normality of any one of the electric load device, the alternator, the purge valve, and the air conditioner is normal or failed using the change in the torque reserve to apply the confirmed result to determine whether the cold start E/M reduction system is abnormal, securing failure diagnosis accuracy for the components for the cold start E/M reduction.

Disclosed are an apparatus for controlling a stop of a vehicle and a method thereof. In order to prevent a collision accident occurring by a second rear vehicle in an emergency stop of the vehicle in advance, the apparatus includes a vehicle sensor that detects various types of information on a target vehicle, a rear sensor that detects a first rear vehicle and a second rear vehicle driving behind the target vehicle, and a controller that is electrically connected to the vehicle sensor and the rear sensor to control an emergency stop of the target vehicle in consideration of a state of a field of view of the second rear vehicle with respect to the target vehicle when the target vehicle is stopped in emergency.

An active driving intervention system and method based on acceleration rate optimization. After acquiring a distance from a vehicle ahead and a velocity of a driving vehicle, an evenly varying optimal acceleration variation when the driving vehicle is rapidly accelerated or rapidly decelerated in a safe condition may be calculated, which can be used to assist an accelerator or a brake in active intervention of a vehicle acceleration and appropriate adjustment of the opening of an accelerator or brake pedal, thereby realizing active intervention on driving operation. The method and system of the present disclosure can achieve the purpose of reducing energy consumption.

A system for detecting and mitigating an unsafe condition in a vehicle includes an image sensor configured to generate and output image data of one or more seats in a cabin of the vehicle and a processing system operably connected to the image sensor and including at least one processor. The processing system is configured to receive the image data from the image sensor, process the image data to determine a location of at least one passenger in the cabin, detect that the at least one passenger is located outside of the one or more seats based on the determined location of the at least one passenger in the cabin, and operate at least one component of the vehicle in a predefined manner in response to detecting that the at least one passenger is located outside of the one or more seats.

A method and a system for decelerating a single-track motor vehicle, includes using a control unit to determine a total torque of a wheel of the motor vehicle required for a desired riding maneuver, in particular a controlled slip of a rear wheel, determine, a braking partial torque and a motor partial torque as a function of the total torque required, and generate the braking partial torque on the wheel by controlling a brake system of the motor vehicle and generating the motor partial torque on the wheel by controlling a motor of the motor vehicle The invention further includes a single-track motor vehicle configured to execute the decelerating method.

The disclosure is generally directed to an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) enhancement system. In an example method of operation, a processor of the ADAS enhancement system obtains information about a laden weight of a vehicle, identifies a setting associated with an operation of an ADAS of the vehicle (a braking operation, a cruising speed control operation, a lane maintaining operation, etc.) and modifies the first setting based on the laden weight of the vehicle. For example, the ADAS enhancement system may increase a first braking distance set by the ADAS to a second braking distance system based on the laden weight of the vehicle. As another example, the ADAS enhancement system may change a first level of responsiveness to an action performed by the driver of the vehicle to a second level of responsiveness in proportion to the weight of a cargo item in the vehicle.

Various embodiments for systems and methods for cooperative driving of connected autonomous vehicles using responsibility-sensitive safety (RSS) rules are disclosed herein. The CAV system integrates proposed RSS rules with CAV's motion planning algorithm to enable cooperative driving of CAVs. The CAV system further integrates a deadlock detection and resolution system for resolving traffic deadlocks between CAVs. The CAV system reduces redundant calculation of dependency graphs.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode where vehicle has a drive by wire braking system. For instance, while the vehicle is being controlled in the autonomous driving mode, a signal corresponding to input at a brake pedal of the drive by wire braking system may be received. An amount of braking may be determined based on the received signal. The amount of braking may be used to determine a trajectory for the vehicle to follow. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode using the trajectory.

A vehicle driving assist apparatus executes a constant speed moving control to autonomously control a moving speed of an own vehicle to a set moving speed. The vehicle driving assist apparatus pauses the constant speed moving control and executes an intermittent braking control when the own vehicle moves down a slope having a gradient smaller than a predetermined gradient threshold while the constant speed moving control is executed. The intermittent braking control is a control to alternately apply and stop applying the braking force to the own vehicle. The braking force applied to the own vehicle by the intermittent braking control is greater than the braking force applied to the own vehicle by the constant speed moving control.