A system for user interaction with an automated device includes a control system configured to operate the device during an operating mode corresponding to a first state in which the control system automatically controls the device operation, and the operating mode prescribes that a user monitor the device operation during automated control. The control system is configured to allocate a time period for the device to transition to a temporary state in which automated control is maintained and the user is permitted to stop monitoring and perform a task unrelated to device operation. The system includes a user interaction system including a visual display configured to present trajectory information, an indication as to whether an area is conducive to putting the device in the temporary state, and time period allocation information, the user interaction system including an interface engageable by the user to manage scheduling of allocated time period(s).

This invention involves the effect of multiple rules of the road at different elevation profiles on the speed constraints and therefore the overall fuel efficiency. A vehicle designed to optimize fuel consumption that is comprised of the rules of the road that determine maximum speed, minimum speed, stop signs, streetlights, and/or changes in other rules that determine the allowable speeds of the road, a localization mechanism, and an optimization engine to optimize the fuel economy by selecting a speed profile within that maintains the vehicle within the assigned range of speeds and minimizes fuel consumption. A wide variety of methods that typically are used to optimize the fuel efficiency of human drivers operating standard vehicles can also be applied towards autonomous vehicles driving at different speed constraints and with different changes in the elevation.

A parking assist system for a vehicle includes an environment information obtainer, a storage, a parked vehicle detector, a space determiner, and a parking possibility determiner. The storage stores a reference parking width to be used for parking the vehicle. The parked vehicle detector detects a parked vehicle. The space determiner compares a width of a space next to the parked vehicle with the reference parking width and determines whether the width of the space is greater than or equal to the reference parking width. If the width of the space is found to be greater than or equal to the reference parking width, the parking possibility determiner determines whether a target object is detected at a back side of the space. If the target object is not detected, the parking possibility determiner determines that parking in the space is prohibited.

A carbon dioxide recovery system that recovers carbon dioxide from a hybrid vehicle traveling in a CO.sub.2 recovery area including a CO.sub.2 recovery road in which a stationary CO.sub.2 recovery device collecting and recovering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is provided acquires a residual charging capacity of the battery and position information of the hybrid vehicle and guides the hybrid vehicle such that the hybrid vehicle travels on the CO.sub.2 recovery road using a notification device when the residual charging capacity is equal to or less than a predetermined SOC threshold value while the hybrid vehicle is traveling in the CO.sub.2 recovery area.

A parking assist system for a vehicle includes an environment information obtainer, a sufficient parking space setter, a parked-vehicle inter-space calculator, a parking capable space setter, and a parking assister. The environment information obtainer obtains environment information around the vehicle. The sufficient parking space setter sets a sufficient parking space for the vehicle by including a parking allowance width on each of left and right sides of the vehicle. The parked-vehicle inter-space calculator calculates a space between parked vehicles, based on the obtained environment information. The parking capable space setter compares the space between the parked vehicles with the sufficient parking space and, when determining the space between the parked vehicles is greater than or equal to the sufficient parking space, sets the space between the parked vehicles to be a parking capable space. The parking assister guides the vehicle to the parking capable space.

In a center server as a control device, a processor is configured to acquire vehicle information on a vehicle, determine a driving skill of a driver from the acquired vehicle information, and notify the driver of permission information for permitting use of a function of the vehicle or application of equipment to the vehicle according to the determined driving skill.

An information processing apparatus detects occurrence of a request to switch to manual driving during autonomous driving control of a first vehicle, acquires an utterance of a driver in a case where there is occurrence of the request to switch to manual driving, and presents, to the driver, a part of an explanation about a reason for occurrence of the request to switch to manual driving according to the utterance of the driver.

A method, system and medium for assisted driving of a vehicle are disclosed. The method comprises predicting a target intersection based on map information, a positioning location of the vehicle, and a motion status of the vehicle, where the target intersection is an intersection that the vehicle is to first pass in the future; determining a distance between the vehicle and the target intersection based on the map information and the positioning location of the vehicle; collect a turn light status of the vehicle; and when the distance between the vehicle and the target intersection is less than a first threshold, generating prompt information based on the turn light status of the vehicle and a first turning rule of a first lane in which the vehicle is located at the target intersection, where the prompt information prompts that the turn light status does not conform to the first turning rule.

A vehicle includes: camera monitoring apparatus including a side-view camera having a field of view facing a rear lateral side of the vehicle and a side-view display configured to display a side-view image captured by the side-view camera; and a driver assistance system including a corner radar having a field of view facing a side of the vehicle, and configured to process radar data of the corner radar. The driver assistance system is configured to provide the camera monitoring apparatus with a virtual side-view image based on processing of the radar data of the corner radar when a failure of the side-view camera is detected. The camera monitoring apparatus is configured to display the virtual side-view image of the driver assistance system on the side-view display based on the failure of the side-view camera.

A method and an apparatus for setting a driving mode of a vehicle are disclosed. The method performed by an in-vehicle apparatus for setting a driving mode includes: determining a state of an occupant, determining a type of road on which the vehicle is traveling, and setting the driving mode of the vehicle based on the state of the occupant and the type of the road.