An object detection device is applied to an object detection system which includes an object detection sensor installed in a vehicle so as to be oriented outward to detect an object around the vehicle. The object detection device includes: an error-handling control section that notifies a user of a detection error, if any, occurring in the object detection sensor, and brings the object detection system into an error-handling state; an action determination section that determines whether an error correction action has been performed by a user to correct the detection error, under conditions where the user has been notified of the detection error occurring in the object detection sensor; and a cancellation control section that relaxes predetermined cancellation conditions for cancelling the error-handling state when the error correction action is determined to have been performed, compared to when not performed.

The present disclosure concerns a safety system for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a tracking unit and at least one chassis sensor. The safety system may receive sensor data from the at least one chassis sensor and trusted data from the tracking unit, and then may detect an inconsistency between the sensor data and the trusted data. In response to the detection of the inconsistency, the safety system may block at least parts of the sensor data from the at least one chassis sensor.

An autonomous driving apparatus, which is used in a subject vehicle capable of performing an autonomous driving, is configured to: determine a deviation value of each of one or more candidate routes, which indicates a possibility of the subject vehicle deviating from a traveling rule when the subject vehicle travels the corresponding candidate route, based on a comparison result between an inter-vehicle distance and a minimum control permission distance; select one candidate route having the deviation value within a control permission range as a target route; output an instruction for controlling the subject vehicle to travel along the selected target route; execute a traveling control of the subject vehicle according to the instruction; and update a determination rule of the deviation value in response to a change in a sensor that detects a behavior of at least one of the subject vehicle or the peripheral vehicle.

A drive control device is applicable to a vehicle including a first motor which drives a first wheel and a second motor which drives a second wheel. The drive control device includes a sensor, a torque setting section, an anomaly detection section, and an information output section. The sensor detects information about the drive control device. The torque setting section sets upper limit values of torques that can be generated by the first motor and the second motor based on the information detected by the sensor. The anomaly detection section detects an anomaly in the drive control device. In response to the anomaly detection section detecting the anomaly, the information output section outputs, to the torque setting section, setting information that sets the upper limit values of the torques of the first motor and the second motor to a common predetermined value, as the information.

Embodiments for operational envelope detection (OED) with situational assessment are disclosed. Embodiments herein relate to an operational envelope detector that is configured to receive, as inputs, information related to sensors of the system and information related to operational design domain (ODD) requirements. The OED then compares the information related to sensors of the system to the information related to the ODD requirements, and identifies whether the system is operating within its ODD or whether a remedial action is appropriate to adjust the ODD requirements based on the current sensor information. Other embodiments are described and/or claimed.

A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle includes a front-side-environment recognition camera, a front-side-environment recognition sensor, and a control device. The front-side-environment recognition camera is configured to recognize a driving environment ahead of the vehicle. The front-side-environment recognition sensor is configured to recognize the driving environment ahead of the vehicle. In a case where image recognition of the front-side-environment recognition camera for a leading vehicle for adaptive cruise control has deteriorated during execution of the adaptive cruise control, the control device is configured to continue executing the adaptive cruise control based on a distance from the vehicle to the leading vehicle obtained by the front-side-environment recognition sensor.

Provided are an automatic parking control method and apparatus, relating to the industrial field of vehicles. The method comprises: when a speed of a vehicle is in a preset speed range and a time that the speed of the vehicle is in the preset speed range is greater than or equal to a preset time, collecting image data and radar data around the vehicle; inputting the image data and the radar data into a preset convolutional neural network model, and outputting at least one parking slot information; selecting target parking slot information according to a received parking-in selection operation; and according to the target parking slot information, generating a vehicle parking-in track for the vehicle to automatically park according to the vehicle parking-in track.

A method for improving the availability of an energy storage or transformation, EST, system of a vehicle. The method comprises providing an EST system model of coupled EST components of the EST system, identifying a fault or error in an EST condition parameter of the EST system, estimating an output value of the EST condition parameter based on the EST system model, identifying a vehicle situation which, in case of an at least temporary lack of operability of the EST system, belong to a predetermined group of vehicle situations defined as hazardous, and in response to identifying the vehicle situation belonging to the predetermined group of vehicle situations defined as hazardous, operating the EST system despite the fault or error in the EST condition parameter using the estimated output value of the EST condition parameter based on the EST system model.

Embodiments for operational envelope detection (OED) with situational assessment are disclosed. Embodiments herein relate to an operational envelope detector that is configured to receive, as inputs, information related to sensors of the system and information related to operational design domain (ODD) requirements. The OED then compares the information related to sensors of the system to the information related to the ODD requirements, and identifies whether the system is operating within its ODD or whether a remedial action is appropriate to adjust the ODD requirements based on the current sensor information. Other embodiments are described and/or claimed.

An abnormality detection device includes: an intake pressure sensor configured to detect an intake pressure of an internal combustion engine; an opening sensor configured to detect a throttle opening of the internal combustion engine; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on detection results of the intake pressure sensor and the opening sensor, whether the intake pressure sensor is abnormal. The determination unit determines, based on a result of intake pressure comparison between different throttle openings, whether the intake pressure sensor is abnormal.