According to one embodiment, when an ADV transitions from a manual driving mode to an autonomous driving mode, a first speed reference is determined based on a current position of the ADV. The current position of the ADV is dynamically measured in response to a speed control command issued in a previous command cycle and a target speed of a current command cycle. A second speed reference is determined based on a current target position for a current command cycle. A speed control command is then generated for controlling the speed of the ADV in the autonomous driving mode based on the first speed reference, the second speed reference, and the target speed of the ADV for the current command cycle, such that the ADV operates in a similar acceleration rate or deceleration rate before and after transitioning from the manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode.

A vehicle system includes a user interface, an autonomous mode controller, and a processor. The autonomous mode controller controls a host vehicle in a partially autonomous mode. The processor receives a first user input requesting the partially autonomous mode and command the user interface to present a tutorial associated with the partially autonomous mode. The processor receives a second user input indicating that a driver completed the tutorial and activates the partially autonomous mode in response to receiving the second user input.

A vehicle system is arranged for allowing transition from an autonomous driving mode to a second driving mode in a road vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities and including a vehicle compartment, a steering wheel and at least one pedal. The vehicle system includes a control arrangement, a first switch arranged at a first position at the steering wheel, a second switch arranged at a second position within the vehicle compartment, and a first determination arrangement for determining if the at least one pedal is depressed. The control arrangement is configured to allow the transition when the at least one pedal of the vehicle is depressed when the first switch and the second switch are simultaneously activated.

Position information of a vehicle 100 and feature amounts of driving operations by a driver are acquired as triggered by occurrence of switching from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode, and a driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and a correction amount thereof, are determined from these feature amounts. A driving operation in the automatic driving mode is corrected using the determination result, so that the vehicle 100 is controlled in the automatic driving mode in which the corrected driving operation is included.

A vehicle system includes a user interface, an autonomous mode controller, and a processor. The autonomous mode controller controls a host vehicle in a partially autonomous mode. The processor receives a first user input requesting the partially autonomous mode and command the user interface to present a tutorial associated with the partially autonomous mode. The processor receives a second user input indicating that a driver completed the tutorial and activates the partially autonomous mode in response to receiving the second user input.

An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a vehicle includes a storage unit configured to store a location of an autonomous driving prohibition section on a map in association with a release condition set based on a traveling state of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to acquire the traveling state of the vehicle including the location of the vehicle on the map from the vehicle through communication, the control unit being configured to determine whether or not to release the autonomous driving prohibition section based on the acquired traveling state of the vehicle, the location of the autonomous driving prohibition section and the release condition of the autonomous driving prohibition section, the location and the release condition being stored in the storage unit.

A vehicle comprises: a control device mounted to a vehicle body; an additional device removably mountable to the vehicle body; and an existing device mounted to the vehicle body and electrically connected to the control device, the existing device being different from the additional device, wherein the control device includes: an additional control section which performs a control to realize an additional function obtained by use of the additional device, when the control device determines that the additional device is connected to the control device; and a change control section which performs a control in such a manner that an existing function obtained by use of the existing device is changeable from the existing function in a state in which the additional device is not connected to the control device, when the control device determines that the additional device is connected to the control device.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a motor vehicle, the system being operable in an automatic mode selection condition in which the system is configured to select automatically an appropriate system operating mode and to assume operation in said system operating mode, wherein when operating in the automatic mode selection condition the system is configured to prevent selection of a prescribed one or more operating modes if it is determined that the vehicle is towing a load.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a motor vehicle, the system being operable in an automatic mode selection condition in which the system is configured to select automatically an appropriate system operating mode from a plurality of operating modes whereby the system assumes operation in said system operating mode, the system being further operable to activate an automatic progress control function in which a speed of the vehicle over terrain is controlled automatically by the system, wherein when the system is in the automatic mode selection condition the system is configured to allow the automatic progress control function to be activated only when the system is operating in one of a subset of one or more system operating modes.

A user interface device for an autonomous vehicle (AV) can include an autonomy engage selector and a plurality of vehicle interfaces connected in series. Each of the plurality of vehicle interfaces can correspond to a respective vehicle operation and can include a relay that engages when the vehicle interface is in a ready state. The user interface device can also include a drive-by-wire controller to autonomously operate each of the plurality of vehicle interfaces in response to an engage input on the autonomy engage selector when the user interface device is in a ready condition.