The present technology relates to a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, a program, and a vehicle that enable automatic driving to safely bring a vehicle from a parking position to a vehicle traffic region.

A vehicle control device includes a notification control unit that controls a notification to surroundings in a case where a vehicle moves from a parking position and an operation control unit that automatically moves the vehicle from the parking position to make the vehicle join a vehicle traffic region and temporarily stops the vehicle before the vehicle enters the vehicle traffic region. The present technology is applied to, for example, a vehicle that automatically drives.

A method for avoiding a field of view disturbance for an operator of an object. The field of view disturbance IS caused by the overlay of virtual additional information via a display unit of a transportation vehicle or data glasses. The overlay of additional information supports the operator in the operation of an object. The method carries out an image analysis by which it is checked whether a field of view disturbance is caused by the overlay of the virtual additional information, and a measure for suppressing the field of view disturbance is carried out when a field of view disturbance is detected.

An overhead-view image generation device includes: a moving amount calculation unit that calculates a moving distance of a vehicle; a linear overhead-view image generation unit that generates an overhead-view image obtained by conversion of a viewpoint of a captured image of a camera into an overhead viewpoint, and generates a linear overhead-view image obtained by conversion of a shape of the generated overhead-view image into a linear shape; a distance-based turning angle generation unit that calculates, using a turning amount of the vehicle indicated by sensor data of a steering angle sensor and the moving distance calculated by the moving amount calculation unit, distance-based turning angle information indicating a turning angle of the vehicle based on the moving distance; and an overhead-view image reconstruction unit that reconstructs the overhead-view image using the linear overhead-view image and the distance-based turning angle information.

Systems and methods are provided for navigating based on sensed brake light patterns. In one implementation, a navigation system for a host vehicle may include at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be programmed to receive, from a camera, a plurality of images representative of an environment ahead of the host vehicle; analyze the plurality of images to identify at least one target vehicle in the environment ahead of the host vehicle; identify, based on analysis of the plurality of images, at least one brake light associated with the target vehicle and at least one characteristic associated with changes in an illumination state of the at least one brake light; and cause a navigational change for the host vehicle based on the identified at least one characteristic associated with the changes in the illumination state of the at least one brake light.

An object is to reduce a current detection error of a current sensor while suppressing upsizing of a power conversion device equipped with the current sensor. A power conversion device includes a power conversion circuit; a conductor to transmit current to the circuit; and a coreless current sensor to detect the current. The coreless current sensor includes: a magnetic field detection portion; and a shield portion facing the magnetic field detection portion. The conductor includes: a first conductor portion that passes through a space between the magnetic field detection portion and shield portion; and a second conductor portion connected to the first conductor portion via a first bent portion, and the first bent portion is formed such that the space between the magnetic field detection portion and shield portion is not disposed in a direction perpendicular to a face of the second conductor portion closest to the shield portion.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods for controlling a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, sensor data may be received from one or more sensors of the perception system of the vehicle, the sensor data identifying characteristics of an object perceived by the perception system. When it is determined that the object is no longer being perceived by the one or more sensors of the perception system, predicted characteristics for the object may be generated based on one or more of the identified characteristics. The predicted characteristics of the object may be used to control the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode such that the vehicle is able to respond to the object when it is determined that the object is no longer being perceived by the one or more sensors of the perception system.

A vehicle driving support device performs extraneous matter notification for notifying an occupant of a vehicle that extraneous matter is adhered to a viewing-angle window part which is a part of a window of the vehicle in a viewing angle range of an onboard camera which is mounted in the vehicle such that an outside view from the vehicle is imaged from the inside of the vehicle or a camera lens which is a lens of the onboard camera, performs a process of detecting the extraneous matter adhering to the viewing-angle window part or the camera lens when the vehicle is stopped, and does not perform the extraneous matter notification even if the extraneous matter adhering to the viewing-angle window part or the camera lens is detected when the vehicle is stopped and is not in a state in which the vehicle is predicted to be about to start traveling.

A vehicle control device includes a peripheral recognition unit configured to recognize a peripheral status of a vehicle including a position of a traffic participant present in a periphery of the vehicle on the basis of an output of an in-vehicle device, an estimation unit configured to estimate a peripheral attention ability of the traffic participant on the basis of an output of the in-vehicle device, and a risk area setting unit configured to set a risk area of the traffic participant on the basis of a result of the estimation performed by the estimation unit.

In an information processing device, a first viewpoint object detecting unit detects an object in a first viewpoint, and an area setting unit sets a predetermined blind spot area among blind spot areas where objects are not able to be detected as a priority area based on detection results of detecting the object. Further, a second viewpoint object detecting unit detects the object in a second viewpoint, and an object selection unit selects the object in an area where the object can be newly detected in the second viewpoint within the priority area where the object could not be detected in the first viewpoint.

A method for avoiding a lateral collision of an ego vehicle includes monitoring a lateral area of the ego vehicle, the monitored area subdivided into at least two subareas and the subareas are at least one pre-warning area and a trigger area. The method also includes identifying a target vehicle in the pre-warning and trigger area, determining movement parameters of the ego vehicle and of the target vehicle. The ego vehicle is controlled in such a way that the distance from the target vehicle is increased. Further, the ego vehicle is controlled as a function of a residence time of the target vehicle in the pre-warning area and in the trigger area, wherein the monitored subareas are located on the lane neighboring the lane used by the ego vehicle and/or a lane adjacent to the neighboring lane.