B60W2050/0006

AUTONOMOUS OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ELECTRONIC ARCHITECTURE
20220396279 · 2022-12-15 ·

A computing system is implemented as part of a vehicle architecture. The computing system includes a computing component, a first computing node that includes a power distribution system, a second computing node that includes input/output (I/O) interfaces to connect to devices, actuators, or sensors, and a third computing node. The computing component further comprises one or more processors and instructions or logic that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing component to perform, transmitting commands to the second computing node, the commands associated with initial processing of data received at the second computing node, receiving initially processed data from the second computing node, and performing further processing on the initially processed data.

Fault check without software intervention
11526389 · 2022-12-13 · ·

A fault check circuit, including a first channel comparator to output a first channel comparator output signal indicating whether a first channel digital signal is outside of a first channel threshold range, wherein the first channel digital signal is A/D converted from a first channel analog signal; a second channel comparator to output a second channel comparator output signal indicating whether a second channel digital signal is outside of a second channel threshold range, wherein the second channel digital signal is A/D converted from a second channel analog signal; and an alarm generator circuit to combine the first and second channel comparator output signals, and output a fault check signal, wherein the first and second channel comparators and the alarm generator circuit are implemented in hardware, and the fault check circuit performs a fault check without software intervention.

Vehicle control system and vehicle control method

A vehicle control system includes a first actuator that is configured to perform at least any of driving, braking, or steering of a host vehicle, a first controller that is configured to perform traveling control of the host vehicle by controlling the first actuator, a second actuator that is configured to perform at least any of driving, braking, or steering of the host vehicle, a second controller that is configured to perform traveling control of the host vehicle by controlling the second actuator, and a communication line that is interposed between the first controller and the second controller. The first controller is configured to determine whether an operating state of the first actuator satisfies a predetermined condition, and limit, in a case where it is determined that the operating state of the first actuator satisfies the predetermined condition, control of the first actuator as compared to a case where it is determined that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, and transmits a predetermined signal to the second controller through the communication line, and in a case where the predetermined signal is received from the first controller through the communication line, the second controller performs traveling control of the host vehicle in place of at least a portion of a function of the first controller by controlling the second actuator.

System and methods for controlling state transitions using a vehicle controller

The present disclosure is directed to controlling state transitions in an autonomous vehicle. In particular, a computing system can initiate the autonomous vehicle into a no-authorization state upon startup. The computing system can receive an authorization request. The computing system determines whether the authorization request includes a request to enter the first or second mode of operations, wherein the first mode of operations is associated with the autonomous vehicle being operated without a human operator and the second mode of operations is associated with the autonomous vehicle being operable by a human operator. The computing system can transition the autonomous vehicle from the no-authorization state into a standby state in response to determining the authorization request includes a request to enter the first mode of operations or into a manual-controlled state in response to determining the authorization request is a request to enter the second mode of operations.

FAILOVER SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
20220371607 · 2022-11-24 ·

A failover system for autonomous vehicles, including: detecting an error associated with a hardware resource of a first autonomous driving system of the autonomous vehicle; performing a failover from the first autonomous driving system to a second autonomous driving system comprising fewer hardware resources relative to the first autonomous driving system, wherein performing the failover causes control operations generated by the second autonomous driving system to be applied to the autonomous vehicle instead of control operations generated by the first autonomous driving system; and reconfigure one or more other hardware resources of the first autonomous driving system not associated with the error into a redundant autonomous driving system.

ON-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
20230058249 · 2023-02-23 ·

In an on-vehicle control device, control units of multiple sections forming a redundant section include fail-safe calculation units that complement each other by respective calculation results. The control united in which the fail-safe calculation units are disposed are configured as a collective aggregate, the control units include calculation boards configured to perform calculation processing on the multiple sections, respectively, and output boards configured to output calculation results of the calculation processing by the calculation boards, and a common unit including a common interface connected to a plurality of the output boards respectively corresponding to the multiple sections is aggregated in a partial specific region of the aggregate.

Method, system, and apparatus for processing parking, and vehicle controller

The present disclosure provides a method, system, and apparatus for processing parking and a vehicle controller, and relates to the field of intelligent transportation technology, specifically to the field of automated parking technology. The method is executed by a parking system deployed on a vehicle controller, the parking system including a perception module and other modules except the perception module; the perception module being deployed on a first operating system in the vehicle controller; and the other modules being deployed on a second operating system in the vehicle controller; the method includes: processing an image collected by an image collector through the perception module to obtain perception result data; and controlling a vehicle based on the perception result data obtained from the perception module by the other modules.

System and method for providing multiple agents for decision making, trajectory planning, and control for autonomous vehicles

A system and method for providing multiple agents for decision making, trajectory planning, and control for autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: partitioning a multiple agent autonomous vehicle control module for an autonomous vehicle into a plurality of subsystem agents, the plurality of subsystem agents including a deep computing vehicle control subsystem and a fast response vehicle control subsystem; receiving a task request from a vehicle subsystem; dispatching the task request to the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem based on the content of the task request or a context of the autonomous vehicle; causing execution of the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem by use of a data processor to produce a vehicle control output; and providing the vehicle control output to a vehicle control subsystem of the autonomous vehicle.

EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STEERING OF TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE, AND CORRESPONDING TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE

An early-warning system, method, and apparatus for steering of a two-wheeled vehicle, and a corresponding two-wheeled vehicle including a display apparatus. The system includes: a first control system and a second control system both operating independently and exchanging data between each other in real time; the first control system is configured to: monitor a steering state of the two-wheeled vehicle in real time and generate steering state data; generate early-warning state data based on the steering state data; transmit at least part of the steering state data and the early-warning state data to the second control system in real time; and control corresponding components of the two-wheeled vehicle to operate according to control instructions received from the second control system and internal preset instructions; and the second control system is configured to: control a display of the display apparatus based on the steering state data and/or the early-warning information.

Architecture and methodology for integrated wheel and body dynamic controls with standard stability features

A method of controlling stability of a vehicle and a stability control system for the vehicle. A driver command is determined based on driver input data. At least one output command is sent to one or more vehicle systems to control stability of the vehicle based on the driver command. A controller sends the output command based on a control hierarchy that provides an order in which the controller controls body motion of the vehicle, wheel slip of the vehicle, and standard stability of the vehicle to control stability of the vehicle. The order dictates that the controller controls the body motion of the vehicle and the wheel slip of the vehicle before the controller controls the standard stability of the vehicle. A state of one or more of the vehicle systems is controlled based on the sent output command as dictated via the control hierarchy.