A method for controlling deceleration of a vehicle includes determining, by a controller, a reference deceleration driving distance of the vehicle based on current speed information of the vehicle and stop signal residual time information of a traffic light located ahead of the vehicle, determining, by the controller, whether the reference deceleration driving distance is less than or equal to a distance between the vehicle and the traffic light, and determining, by the controller, a speed profile including an actual deceleration driving distance of the vehicle based on a waiting distance of a waiting vehicle that waits before the traffic light when it is determined that the reference deceleration driving distance is less than or equal to the distance between the vehicle and the traffic light.

A vehicle control system includes a vehicle estimator and a stop position setter. The vehicle estimator is configured to make determination on whether an entering vehicle entering an oncoming lane from an intersecting road is present, and estimate an overall length of the entering vehicle upon determining that the entering vehicle is present. The intersecting road intersects a traveling road where a vehicle to which the vehicle control system is applied is traveling. The stop position setter is configured to set a stop position of the vehicle based on the determination made by the vehicle estimator as to whether the entering vehicle is present and the estimated overall length of the entering vehicle.

A vehicular control system includes a sensor disposed at a vehicle and capturing sensor data. The system, as the vehicle is approaching an intersection and responsive to processing by a processor of sensor data captured by the sensor, detects a cross-traffic threat approaching the intersection and maintains a buffer to store a trajectory of the cross-traffic threat. The system, using the trajectory, determines an intersection point between the vehicle and the cross-traffic threat, determines an arrival time at the intersection point for both the vehicle and the cross-traffic threat, and determines a difference between the arrival time of the vehicle at the intersection and the cross-traffic threat. The system, responsive to determining that the difference between the arrival time of the equipped vehicle at the intersection and the arrival time of the cross-traffic threat is less than a threshold amount, controls a safety system of the vehicle.

A method for operating an automated vehicle includes controlling by one or more computing devices an autonomous vehicle; receiving by one or more computing devices sensor data from the vehicle corresponding to moving objects in a vicinity of the vehicle; receiving by one or more computing devices road condition data; and determining by one or more computing devices undesirable locations related to the moving objects. The undesirable locations related to the moving objects for the vehicle are based at least in part on the road condition data. The step of controlling the vehicle includes avoiding the undesirable locations.

A system and method for estimating and communicating a path of travel of a reference vehicle by road side equipment (RSE) that includes establishing communication between the RSE and an on-board equipment of the reference vehicle and receiving vehicle parameters of the reference vehicle from the on-board of the reference vehicle. The system and method also include estimating the path of travel of the reference vehicle based on the vehicle parameters of the reference vehicle and environmental parameters determined by the RSE. The system and method further include establishing communication between the RSE and an on-board equipment of a target vehicle and communicating the estimated path of travel of the reference vehicle from the RSE to the target vehicle, wherein a probability of collision between the reference vehicle and the target vehicle is determined based on the estimated path of travel of the reference vehicle.

A vehicle control device includes: a storage portion in which map information is stored, the map information showing a position where a roadside machine configured to transmit a radio signal including predetermined information is provided; a route setting portion configured to set a route where an autonomous driving vehicle is to travel when a current position, of the autonomous driving vehicle, that is measured by a positioning portion provided in the autonomous driving vehicle is included within a predetermined distance from the position of the roadside machine on the map information and the autonomous driving vehicle approaches the position where the roadside machine is provided, the route being set so that a communication portion provided in the autonomous driving vehicle can receive the radio signal; and a vehicle controlling portion configured to control the autonomous driving vehicle so that the autonomous driving vehicle travels along the route.

A method for adjusting a safety distance between a first vehicle and a second vehicle preceding the first vehicle at a bunched traffic site by at least one control device is disclosed which includes receiving measurement data of at least one sensor unit with the at least one control device. The method includes evaluating the measurement data of the at least one sensor unit with the at least one control device to identify a bunched traffic site in front of the second vehicle and identifying a safety distance of the first vehicle from the second vehicle, wherein the identified safety distance accounts for a possible reverse motion of the second vehicle. The method further includes establishing the identified safety distance with the at least one control device based upon the identified bunched traffic site. A control device, a computer program and a machine-readable storage medium are further disclosed.

A vehicle includes a position recognition module that creates position information, a road information combining module configured to create first precise map information including a driving route of the vehicle, an object combining module that creates second precise map information including a driving route of a surrounding vehicle around the present vehicle, a lane link determination module that selects, from the second precise map information, a lane link at which a first lane and a second lane intersect or join each other, a target determination module configured to determine a target vehicle, a pass priority determination module that determines a pass priority at which each of the present vehicle and the target vehicle passes through the lane link, an object route creation module that creates a driving route of the target vehicle, and an adaptive route determination module that determines an adaptive driving route of the present vehicle.

A driving assistance apparatus includes a driving environment information obtaining unit that obtains driving environment information ahead of a vehicle, a target object recognizer that recognizes a target object based on the driving environment information, an object detection area setter that sets an object detection area ahead of the vehicle, and a driving control arithmetic unit that controls a driving state of the vehicle when the target object is detected in the object detection area. The object detection area setter includes a stop area setter that sets a stop area, and a deceleration area setter that sets left and right deceleration areas. The driving control arithmetic unit includes a stop controller that controls the vehicle to stop when the target object is detected in the stop area, and a deceleration controller that controls the vehicle to decelerate when the target object is detected in at least one of the left and right deceleration areas.

A device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an on-vehicle control device configured to control a traveling speed of a vehicle including the on-vehicle control device. The on-vehicle control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a present light color of a traffic light unit installed at an intersection; a calculation unit configured to calculate an avoidance position and an avoidance speed with respect to a dilemma zone at a time when yellow light starts; and a control unit configured to execute a first deceleration process of reducing the traveling speed of the vehicle at the avoidance position to a speed equal to or lower than the avoidance speed, in a case where a present position of the vehicle is on an upstream side relative to the avoidance position and the present light color is green.