Various driver assistance systems mountable in a host vehicle and computerized methods for detecting a vertical deviation of a road surface. The driver assistance system includes a camera operatively connectible to a processor. Multiple consecutive image frames are captured from the camera including a first image of the road and a second image of the road. Based on the host vehicle motion, the second image is warped toward the first image to produce thereby a warped second image. Image points of the road in the first image and corresponding image points of the road in the warped second image are tracked. Optical flow is computed between the warped second image to the first image. The optical flow is compared with an optical flow based on a road surface model to produce a residual optical flow. The vertical deviation is computed from the residual optical flow.

A device for controlling a pressure of an oil pump in a vehicle is provided to. The device includes a sensor that detects an inclination of a vehicle and an oil pump that pumps oil in an oil pan to pressure transfer the oil to an engine of the vehicle. A controller determines an inclination value of the vehicle based on the information from the sensor and adjusts the operating mode of the oil pump to adjust the pressure of the oil supplied to the engine.

A device for controlling a pressure of an oil pump in a vehicle is provided to. The device includes a sensor that detects an inclination of a vehicle and an oil pump that pumps oil in an oil pan to pressure transfer the oil to an engine of the vehicle. A controller determines an inclination value of the vehicle based on the information from the sensor and adjusts the operating mode of the oil pump to adjust the pressure of the oil supplied to the engine.

A method of increasing engine braking of an engine for a vehicle, the method including: determining the change in kinetic energy of the vehicle over a period; determining the energy output from a drivetrain of the vehicle over the period; comparing the change in kinetic energy to the energy output; and increasing the engine braking of the vehicle when the change in kinetic energy is greater than the energy output over the period.

A method of increasing engine braking of an engine for a vehicle, the method including: determining the change in kinetic energy of the vehicle over a period; determining the energy output from a drivetrain of the vehicle over the period; comparing the change in kinetic energy to the energy output; and increasing the engine braking of the vehicle when the change in kinetic energy is greater than the energy output over the period.

An example trailer road grade estimating method includes calculating a road grade beneath a trailer vehicle based on a difference between a first estimated mass and a second estimated mass.

An example trailer road grade estimating method includes calculating a road grade beneath a trailer vehicle based on a difference between a first estimated mass and a second estimated mass.

A trailer backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer includes a brake system and a throttle sensor module outputting a throttle application signal. The system further includes a control module estimating a road grade beneath the trailer and outputting a brake torque request to the brake system based on the estimated road grade and the throttle application signal.

An axial deviation detection device configured to detect axial deviation of a LIDAR system mounted on a vehicle is provided. The axial deviation detection device includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores reference plane information indicating a position of a reference plane, and LIDAR measurement information indicating positions of point clouds detected by the LIDAR system in a sensor coordinate system. The processor is configured to extract a road surface point cloud representing a road surface from the point clouds indicated in the LIDAR measurement information, approximate the road surface point cloud by an approximation plane and acquire the approximation plane as an estimated road plane, compare the estimated road plane with the reference plane indicated by the reference plane information, and determine that the axial deviation occurs when a deviation between the estimated road plane and the reference plane is larger than a threshold.

An axial deviation detection device configured to detect axial deviation of a LIDAR system mounted on a vehicle is provided. The axial deviation detection device includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores reference plane information indicating a position of a reference plane, and LIDAR measurement information indicating positions of point clouds detected by the LIDAR system in a sensor coordinate system. The processor is configured to extract a road surface point cloud representing a road surface from the point clouds indicated in the LIDAR measurement information, approximate the road surface point cloud by an approximation plane and acquire the approximation plane as an estimated road plane, compare the estimated road plane with the reference plane indicated by the reference plane information, and determine that the axial deviation occurs when a deviation between the estimated road plane and the reference plane is larger than a threshold.