Systems and methods for a moveable cover panel of an autonomous vehicle is provided. A vehicle can include a front panel disposed proximate to the front end of the passenger compartment, a vehicle motion control device located at the front panel, and a cover panel located at the front panel. The cover panel moveable relative to the front panel between an isolating position and an exposing position. The cover panel can isolate the vehicle motion control device from the passenger compartment when in the isolating position and expose the vehicle motion control device to the passenger compartment when in the exposing position. A method can include obtaining vehicle data identifying an operational mode, state, and/or status of the vehicle, determining a first position of the cover panel, and initiating a positional change for the cover panel based on the vehicle data and the first position.

A device for controlling the movement of a motor vehicle, including a longitudinal controller and a lateral controller which are capable of generating, from first information relating to the road layout and second information relating to the dynamic behaviour of the vehicle, control commands intended for actuators for controlling the longitudinal and lateral movement of the vehicle. The device includes a prediction model which is supplied with the first and second information and is capable of determining future states of the vehicle for future positions of the vehicle over a plurality of iterations defining a future road portion. The model is connected to a module for determining whether driving limit values are violated, which module is capable of determining, for each future state, whether one of the state variables defining the future state reaches or exceeds a driving limit value, and of deducing a future risk situation.

Apparatuses, machine-readable media, and methods related to vehicle occupant emergency monitoring are described. Information regarding a medical condition of person can be used when the person is driving a vehicle according to embodiments of the present invention. Computing devices (e.g., mobile devices and/or modules having a computing device) can be configured to run an application (e.g., a vehicle occupant emergency monitoring tool) to determine whether a occupant of the vehicle is unable to continue driving the vehicle. The vehicle occupant emergency monitoring tool can receive information regarding a medical condition of the occupant, determine that the occupant is experiencing a medical emergency and that occupant can no longer safely drive the vehicle, and initiate a response to the medical emergency by providing instructions to drive the vehicle to a medical facility and/or disable the vehicle while signaling emergency services (e.g., police and/or ambulance services) for help.

An information comparison unit (53) (comparison unit) of an RSU (10a) (information processing apparatus) compares first data (D1) related to a positional relationship between a vehicle (V) and an object existing around the vehicle, the first data (D1) being obtained from a first sensor unit (59) that is mounted on the vehicle (V) by a vehicle information reception unit (50) (first acquisition unit) and that obtains information related to travel control of the vehicle (V), with second data (D2) related to a positional relationship regarding objects existing on a road (R), the second data (D2) being obtained by an object detection unit (52) (second acquisition unit). Subsequently a correction information generation unit (54) generates correction data (Dc) to be used for correcting an output of the first sensor unit (59) based on a comparison result of the information comparison unit (53), and then the information transmission unit (56) (transmission unit) transmits the correction data (Dc) to the vehicle (V).

A vehicle control system includes a first unit configured to generate a target trajectory based on a travel plan of the vehicle, and a second unit configured to execute vehicle travel control such that the vehicle follows the target trajectory. During the automated driving, the first unit transmits automated driving information to the second unit. The system includes a memory device in which driving environment information is stored, and a processor for controlling a travel control amount. During the automated driving, the processor executes preventive safety control for intervening in the travel control amount so as to prevent or avoid a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle based on the driving environment information. In the preventive safety control, the processor changes an intervention degree to the travel control amount based on the automated driving information.

A vehicle detects a rotation angle of a seat, controls activation of a first type of roof airbag module provided in a central portion of a headlining and located at a side of the seat when the detected rotation angle of the seat is greater than a first reference angle and less than or equal to a second reference angle, controls activation of the first type of roof airbag module and a second type of roof airbag module provided in the central portion of the headlining and provided at a rear of the seat when the detected rotation angle of the seat is greater than the second reference angle and less than or equal to a third reference angle, determines whether a collision with an obstacle has occurred during traveling, and deploys and expands the activated airbag module when determining that the collision with the obstacle has occurred.

A traveling control system includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a path plan setter and a controller. The first a acquisition unit communicates with a cloud environment including an edge environment to acquire cloud information including traveling information of other vehicles from at least the edge environment. The second acquisition unit recognizes a traveling environment of an own vehicle and acquires own vehicle traveling information including the recognized traveling environment and a vehicle control state of the own vehicle. The path plan setter sets a path plan in automatic driving control to cause the own vehicle to travel automatically. The determines a need for changing the path plan and the automatic driving control based on the cloud information and controls traveling behavior of the own vehicle according to the need for a change based on the cloud information and the own vehicle traveling information.

A vehicle is provided to avoid a collision with a target object located in front of the vehicle by predicting an expected traveling path of the target object. The vehicle also predicts the possibility of a collision with the target object.

A system controls a stop function or a door opening function of a vehicle. The system includes an actuating element which is designed to generate an actuation signal depending on an actuation by a vehicle occupant, and a control device which is designed to receive the actuation signal and, in response to receiving the actuation signal and depending on a travel velocity of the vehicle, to trigger either the stop function or the door opening function.

An autonomous vehicle detects a tailgating vehicle and uses various response mechanisms. A vehicle is identified as a tailgater based on whether its characteristics meet a variable threshold. When the autonomous vehicle is traveling at slower speeds, the threshold is defined in distance. When the autonomous vehicle is traveling at faster speeds, the threshold is defined in time. The autonomous vehicle responds to the tailgater by modifying its driving behavior. In one example, the autonomous vehicle adjusts a headway buffer (defined in time) from another vehicle in front of the autonomous vehicle. In this regard, if the tailgater is T seconds too close to the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle increases the headway buffer to the vehicle in front of it by some amount relative to T.