A vehicle and an adaptive cruise control system (ACC) is provided. The ACC comprises a steering wheel system with a steering wheel arranged to allow the provision of manual steering input to the steering system of the vehicle and a steering angle sensor, wherein the steering system is configured to identify a specific momentary manual steering wheel actuation by comparing data from the steering angle sensor with predetermined thresholds, and to select a next one of the moving or stationary objects in the surroundings in front of said vehicle to control the speed of said vehicle in relation to, based on the direction of the specific momentary manual steering wheel actuation indicated by the steering angle sensor.

A vehicle (10) has an automatic multi-speed transmission. For starting from rest a launch ratio is selected by a slope and/or obstacle device (13, 15) according to identification of an up-slope (12), a down slope, or an obstacle (17, 18).

An exemplary method of controlling an automotive vehicle includes the steps of providing a first component, providing a second component movably coupled to the first component, providing an actuator coupled to the second component and configured to actuate the second component between a first position and a second position, providing a vehicle sensor configured to measure a vehicle characteristic, providing at least one controller in communication with the actuator and the vehicle sensor, and determining a baseline vehicle balance and determining an adjusted vehicle balance based on the measured vehicle characteristic.

A driving support ECU initializes a target trajectory calculation parameter at a start of LCA; calculates, based on the target trajectory calculation parameter, a target trajectory function representing a target lateral position which is a target position of an own vehicle in a lane width direction in accordance with an elapsed time from the start of LCA; calculates a target control amount based on the target trajectory function; when a steering operation by a driver has been detected, again initializes the target trajectory calculation parameter; and recalculates the target trajectory function based on the target trajectory calculation parameter.

Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for generating a vehicle driver rating. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining vehicle driver ratings based on vehicle interior image data.

An electronic control unit includes a computer system provided with a processor device. The electronic control unit is configured to: collect from at least one sensor a detection signal indicative of a presence of objects in an environment ahead of a radiator of a vehicle, collect from a thermometer a measured temperature of an engine of the vehicle control an actuator to actuate a shutter of the radiator to either open the shutter completely, or close the shutter completely, or close the shutter partially, depending on a result of a test based on the detection signal and/or on the measured temperature.

A test bed for an image-processing system includes: a first computing unit arranged in the test bed, wherein the first computing unit is configured to execute simulation software for an environmental model, the simulation software being configured to calculate a first position x(t) and a first speed vector v(t) and to assign the first position x(t) and the first speed vector v(t) to a first virtual object in the environmental model; a second computing unit arranged in the test bed, wherein the second computing unit is configured to cyclically read in a position of the first virtual object in the environmental model and to compute, based on at least the read-in position, first image data representing a two-dimensional, first graphical projection of the environmental model; and an adapter module arranged in the test bed.

A device for controlling a vehicle at an intersection. The device variably sets a monitoring range of a vehicle sensor in accordance with a relationship between the progress paths of a host vehicle and a target vehicle at an intersection, or controls the host vehicle according to a collision avoidance control method in comparison with a predetermined scenario of a collision possibility of the host vehicle and the target vehicle at the intersection according to a scenario, thereby making it possible to prevent a collision at the intersection.

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.

Systems and methods for modifying an attitude of a vehicle are disclosed. A user selects a trailer mode for a vehicle body. The selected trailer mode has a corresponding configuration. The vehicle determines one or more features about a trailer based on the selected trailer mode. The vehicle determines a location of a trailer hitch needed to achieve the configuration corresponding to the selected trailer mode. The location is based on the one or more features about the trailer. The vehicle actuates at least one active component in the vehicle's active suspension system to change the attitude of the vehicle body so as to cause the trailer hitch to be located in the determined location thereby causing the vehicle body to be in the selected trailer mode.