In an exemplary embodiment, a method for controlling a vehicle includes the steps of receiving, by a vehicle controller, sensor data representing a vehicle environment along a projected path of travel of the vehicle from at least one sensor, determining, by the vehicle controller, if the projected path of travel of the vehicle includes an obstacle, determining, by the vehicle controller, if an underbody component of the vehicle will impact the obstacle, and if the underbody component will impact the obstacle, generating, by the vehicle controller, a control signal to move the underbody component from a first position to a second position.

A central control panel for vehicles and a method of controlling the same are provided. The central control panel for vehicles includes a touch pad, a PCB disposed under the touch pad and a lighting unit that is mounted on the PCB and includes a plurality of LEDs. An outdoor air temperature sensor senses an outdoor air temperature of a vehicle and a controller adjusts a temperature of the touch pad by changing a temperature of the lighting unit based on the sensed outdoor air temperature. The central control panel for vehicles further includes a top ring that transmits light emitted from the LEDs to the outside and to surround a perimeter of the touch pad.

A system and method for providing vehicle collision avoidance at an intersection include determining environmental parameters associated with a vicinity of the intersection. The system and method also include estimating a path of travel of a reference vehicle and a target vehicle, wherein the path of travel of the reference vehicle and the target vehicle are based on the environmental parameters and parameters pertaining to the reference vehicle and the target vehicle. Additionally, the system the method include estimating a probability of collision between the reference vehicle and the target vehicle at the intersection based on the path of travel of the reference vehicle and the target vehicle and providing a collision avoidance response, wherein a type of the collision avoidance response is based on the probability of collision between the reference vehicle and the target vehicle at the intersection.

In accordance with one embodiment, a braking-system suitable for use on an automated vehicle is provided. The braking-system includes a ranging-sensor, a braking-actuator, and a controller in communication with the ranging-sensor and the braking-actuator. The ranging-sensor is used to detect a range-rate, a range, and a direction of an object proximate to a host-vehicle when the object resides in a field-of-view of the ranging-sensor. The field-of-view defines a conflict-zone and a conflict-buffer separate from the conflict-zone. The braking-actuator is used to control movement of the host-vehicle. The controller determines a trail of the object based on the range and the direction. The controller further classifies the object as slow-moving based on a rate-threshold. The controller further determines a tangent-vector based on the trail. The controller activates the braking-actuator when the object is slow-moving, the object is detected within the conflict-buffer, and the tangent-vector intersects the conflict-zone.

Anticipatory vehicle seat actuation, including: determining, based on sensor data capturing an environment around a vehicle, a predicted environmental state corresponding to a future time and comprising the vehicle entering a turn; determining, based on the predicted environmental state, an actuation state for one or more ECUs controlling a seat state the vehicle; and configuring the seat state of the vehicle according to the actuation state before the future time.

Based on a detection information from a plurality of sensors detecting a surrounding object in different fashions, a vehicle control apparatus configured to perform vehicle control for avoiding or mitigating a collision with the object determines an occurrence of a detection capability impaired state in which a detection capability for detecting the object is impaired at any of sensors, based on the detection information about the sensor or the other sensors. The vehicle control apparatus shortens an actuation time until implementing the vehicle control, in comparison with a time when the sensor detects the object without causing the detection capability impaired state, if the object is detected by the sensor in which the detection capability impaired state has been eliminated within a predetermined time after determining that the detection capability impaired state has been eliminated.

A driving control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The driving control apparatus includes: an object detection device configured to detect objects in the vicinity of the vehicle and generate information on the objects; a sensing unit configured to detect a state of the vehicle and generate vehicle state information; and a processor configured to: based on the vehicle state information and the information on the objects, generate information on collision with a first object out of the objects, and based on the information on the collision, generate a control signal for at least one of steering, partial braking, and partial driving of the vehicle and provide the generated control signal so as to control operation of the vehicle after the collision through at least one of a steering control action, a partial braking control action, and a partial driving control action.

A system and method for providing vehicle collision avoidance at an intersection include determining environmental parameters associated with a vicinity of the intersection. The system and method also include estimating a path of travel of a reference vehicle and a target vehicle, wherein the path of travel of the reference vehicle and the target vehicle are based on the environmental parameters and parameters pertaining to the reference vehicle and the target vehicle. Additionally, the system the method include estimating a probability of collision between the reference vehicle and the target vehicle at the intersection based on the path of travel of the reference vehicle and the target vehicle and providing a collision avoidance response, wherein a type of the collision avoidance response is based on the probability of collision between the reference vehicle and the target vehicle at the intersection.

A system and method for providing vehicle collision avoidance at an intersection include receiving vehicle parameters from a reference vehicle and environmental parameters from roadside equipment. The system and method also include processing a vehicle behavioral map based on the vehicle parameters and the environmental parameters and transmitting the vehicle behavioral map to a target vehicle. The system and method additionally include processing a confidence table based on the vehicle behavioral map and vehicle parameters provided by the target vehicle. The system and method further include providing a collision avoidance response based on the confidence table, wherein the collision avoidance response is provided to the target vehicle to avoid a possible collision with the reference vehicle at the intersection.

A vehicle travel control device for an automatic drive vehicle that does not require visual notification to other vehicles and that causes no sense of discomfort in any passengers on a host vehicle or other vehicles around the host vehicle with respect to a preliminary operation of the host vehicle is provided. In accordance with a determination as to whether the other vehicle is automatically driving, a preliminary operation control unit determines the need for an adjustment in the preliminary operation control amount. If the adjustment is not required, the preliminary operation control unit maintains the preliminary operation control amount as a final preliminary operation control amount. If required, the preliminary operation control unit adjusts the preliminary operation control amount to obtain a final preliminary operation control amount for the execution of the preliminary operation of the devices.