B60W2050/0057

Systems and methods for detecting vehicle mass changes

Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses include collecting, via one or more sensors and during a first window of time, sensor data associated with an acceleration of the vehicle, processing the sensor data to obtain frequency domain sensor data, analyzing the frequency domain sensor data to identify one or more occurrences of a vehicle mass change event, classifying a use of the vehicle for a shared mobility service during one or more time periods of the first window of time based on the one or more occurrences of a vehicle mass change, and transmitting, to a remote computing device, a notification relating to use of the vehicle for the shared mobility service.

Vehicle control device

A vehicle control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including a rotation lock mechanism preventing rotation of a coupling portion on the engine side of the rotating member in at least one direction, and an engine rotation speed sensor detecting a rotation speed of the engine, includes: a characteristic detecting portion detecting at least a torsional rigidity as the rotational characteristic by applying a torque to the rotating member from the electric motor to measure a twist angle of the rotating member while the rotation of the coupling portion is prevented by the rotation lock mechanism; and an engine rotation filtering portion calculating an actual resonance frequency based on the torsional rigidity detected by the characteristic detecting portion and filtering an engine rotation speed signal supplied from the engine rotation speed sensor to attenuate a vibration component of the actual resonance frequency in the engine rotation speed signal.

ROAD SURFACE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE

A vehicle having a road surface recognition apparatus, may perform obtaining, by a controller, sound data for a sound detected by a sound detector while driving; obtaining, by the controller, driving data for driving information detected by a driving information detector; recognizing, by the controller, a type of road surface based on the obtained sound data and the obtained driving data; and controlling, by the controller, a traction control system based on information related to the recognized type of the road surface.

AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING METHOD
20220065653 · 2022-03-03 ·

Disclosed herein an autonomous driving system includes a first sensor installed in a vehicle, having a field of view facing in front of the vehicle, and configured to acquire front image data; a second sensor selected from the group consisting of a radar and a light detection and ranging (lidar), installed in the vehicle, having a detection field of view facing in front of the vehicle, and configured to acquire forward detection data; a communicator configured to receive a high definition map at a current location of the vehicle from an external server; and a controller including a processor configured to process the high definition map, the front image data, and the forward detection data; wherein the controller is configured to calculate a first distance between the vehicle and a right road boundary line and a second distance between the vehicle and a left road boundary line in response to processing the front image data and the forward detection data, calculate a third distance between the vehicle and the right road boundary line and a fourth distance between the vehicle and the left road boundary line in response to processing the high definition map, and determine a map quality index of the high definition map based on the first distance, the second distance, the third distance, and the fourth distance, and determine an error of the high definition map based on the map quality index.

ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE

An abnormality determination device is applied to a vehicle provided with a transmission configured to transmit power by rotation of a shaft. The abnormality determination device includes a processor and a memory. The memory configured to store mapping data that is data that defines mapping learned by machine learning. The processor is configured to execute an acquisition process and a determination process. The acquisition process is a process of acquiring a variable indicating a time-series data of a rotation speed of the shaft and using the variable as a value of an input variable of the mapping. The determination process is a process of determining whether an abnormality has occurred in the transmission based on a value of the output variable acquired using the value of the input variable and the mapping.

USING SOUND TO DETERMINE VEHICLE HEALTH
20210335064 · 2021-10-28 · ·

Systems and methods cause a component of a vehicle to activate. The systems and methods receive audio data generated by a microphone of the vehicle, where the audio data represents sound of the component. Based on the audio data, a condition of the vehicle or the component may be determined, and based on the condition, the vehicle may be commissioned for use or decommissioned.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC CONTROL FUNCTION
20210309236 · 2021-10-07 ·

A system for implementing an automobile electronic control function includes a plurality of automobile parts and an integrated unit VIU, and the VIU is configured to obtain control information of the plurality of automobile parts. The VIU is configured to control the plurality of automobile parts based on the control information. The plurality of automobile parts include automobile parts having only an execution function, and/or automobile parts having a part of an electronic control function and an execution function.

METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DRIVE TRAIN SENSITIVITY OF A DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

A method for determines the drive train sensitivity of a drive train of a motor vehicle. A vehicle body is placed in longitudinal oscillations in the direction of travel and a parameter for the drive train sensitivity is determined as a function of the determined longitudinal accelerations of the vehicle body and the resultant angular accelerations of a transmission input shaft of a transmission of the motor vehicle.

System and Method for Implementing Automobile Electronic Control Function
20210291763 · 2021-09-23 ·

A system includes obtaining a plurality of automobile part sets through classification based on at least one of the following factors an interface type of an interface of an automobile part, a transmission type used by the automobile part to transmit data, a manufacturer of the automobile part, a type of the automobile part, a safety level of the automobile part, a service type of a service to which data transmitted by the automobile part belongs, or a service level of the service to which the data transmitted by the automobile part in the automobile belongs.

METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ROAD NOISE MAPPING
20210166719 · 2021-06-03 ·

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for encoding audio events as geo-referenced audio events for use in location establishment. Methods may include: receiving first audio data from a first sensor; identifying, within the first audio data, a first audio event, where the first audio event satisfies at least one predefined criteria; identifying a location corresponding to the first audio event; encoding the first audio event in a database to correspond to the location; receiving second audio data from a second sensor; identifying, within the second audio data, a second audio event; correlating the second audio event with the first audio event; and providing the location in response to the second audio data. The at least one criteria may include a statistically significant change in amplitude in the audio data.