A method of controlling operation of a vehicle includes monitoring at least one of a location and a route of the vehicle when the vehicle is in a first operating state, receiving map data related to an area around at least one of the location and the route, and identifying, based on the map data, one or more map attributes indicative of one or more features of the area. The method also includes comparing the one or more map attributes to at least one reference attribute, and based on the one or more map attributes matching the at least one reference attribute, causing the vehicle to enter a second operating state when the vehicle is in the area.

Disclosed in the present application are a method for generating a speed control model, a vehicle control method and an apparatus. The vehicle control method comprises: acquiring the current geographic location of a target vehicle and a target speed control feature corresponding to the current geographic location, the target speed control feature being a feature that affects the speed of the vehicle; inputting the current geographic location and the target speed control feature corresponding to the current geographic location into a speed control model to obtain the current target speed of the target vehicle, the speed control model being generated by training starting coordinates and ending coordinates of each preset lane segment in the map data, the target speed control feature and a speed control label in the preset lane segment; and controlling the target vehicle to drive according to the current target speed.

Disclosed in the present application are a method for generating a speed control model, a vehicle control method and an apparatus. The vehicle control method comprises: acquiring the current geographic location of a target vehicle and a target speed control feature corresponding to the current geographic location, the target speed control feature being a feature that affects the speed of the vehicle; inputting the current geographic location and the target speed control feature corresponding to the current geographic location into a speed control model to obtain the current target speed of the target vehicle, the speed control model being generated by training starting coordinates and ending coordinates of each preset lane segment in the map data, the target speed control feature and a speed control label in the preset lane segment; and controlling the target vehicle to drive according to the current target speed.

A method for a follower vehicle following a lead vehicle, comprising establishing, in a first control mode of the follower vehicle, a path for the follower vehicle to follow the lead vehicle, characterized by generating environmental data which is related to the environment of the lead vehicle, determining, based on the generated environmental data, an expected behaviour of an operational parameter of the lead vehicle, determining an actual behaviour of the lead vehicle operational parameter, comparing the determined expected behaviour of the lead vehicle operational parameter and the determined actual behaviour of the lead vehicle operational parameter, determining based on said comparison whether to continue in first control mode of the follower vehicle, or in a second control mode of the follower vehicle, differing from the first control mode.

A method for a follower vehicle following a lead vehicle, comprising establishing, in a first control mode of the follower vehicle, a path for the follower vehicle to follow the lead vehicle, characterized by generating environmental data which is related to the environment of the lead vehicle, determining, based on the generated environmental data, an expected behaviour of an operational parameter of the lead vehicle, determining an actual behaviour of the lead vehicle operational parameter, comparing the determined expected behaviour of the lead vehicle operational parameter and the determined actual behaviour of the lead vehicle operational parameter, determining based on said comparison whether to continue in first control mode of the follower vehicle, or in a second control mode of the follower vehicle, differing from the first control mode.

A method for the automatic control of the longitudinal dynamics of a vehicle is provided by which vehicles traveling ahead are detected. If an upcoming traffic jam is detected, the vehicle is decelerated until a predefined distance behind the tail end of the traffic jam is reached. When the predefined distance from the traffic jam tail end has been reached, the vehicle automatically controlled in its longitudinal dynamics is able to close the remaining, predefined distance to the traffic jam tail end at a low differential velocity in comparison to the velocity of the traffic jam tail end. Using an additional rear sensor system that senses trailing vehicles, the controlled vehicle is made to close the distance to the traffic jam tail end only if a trailing vehicle was detected.

A method for the automatic control of the longitudinal dynamics of a vehicle is provided by which vehicles traveling ahead are detected. If an upcoming traffic jam is detected, the vehicle is decelerated until a predefined distance behind the tail end of the traffic jam is reached. When the predefined distance from the traffic jam tail end has been reached, the vehicle automatically controlled in its longitudinal dynamics is able to close the remaining, predefined distance to the traffic jam tail end at a low differential velocity in comparison to the velocity of the traffic jam tail end. Using an additional rear sensor system that senses trailing vehicles, the controlled vehicle is made to close the distance to the traffic jam tail end only if a trailing vehicle was detected.

The present disclosure relates to a steering control system for a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a steering control system and a method for operating such a steering control system for a vehicle. The steering control system comprises a frequency filter unit, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The frequency filter unit comprises a high pass filter and a low pass filter. The frequency filter unit is configured to receive a request for a steering angle and filter the request into a low-pass filtered request and a high-pass filtered request. The first control unit is configured to determine a first controlling torque based on the low-pass filtered request the second control unit is configured to determine a second controlling torque based on the high-pass filtered request. The first control unit is different of the second control unit.

The present disclosure relates to a steering control system for a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a steering control system and a method for operating such a steering control system for a vehicle. The steering control system comprises a frequency filter unit, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The frequency filter unit comprises a high pass filter and a low pass filter. The frequency filter unit is configured to receive a request for a steering angle and filter the request into a low-pass filtered request and a high-pass filtered request. The first control unit is configured to determine a first controlling torque based on the low-pass filtered request the second control unit is configured to determine a second controlling torque based on the high-pass filtered request. The first control unit is different of the second control unit.

The disclosure provides an information processing method for a vehicle driving on a curve. The method includes: obtaining a monitored image of a curve; identifying an image position of a first vehicle driving on the curve in the monitored image; determining a target geographic position of the first vehicle according to the image position; and generating prompt information according to the target geographic position of the first vehicle and sending the prompt information, in which, the prompt information is configured to determine vehicle spacing information according to the target geographic position of the first vehicle and a geographic position of a second vehicle receiving the prompt information, and issue a warning based on the vehicle spacing information.