An output controller for an engine control for an engine system having an internal combustion engine and an electric generator coupled to the internal combustion engine. The output controller including a computing device, an inertia compensator, and an efficiency calculator. The computing device is configured to calculate a target rotational speed for the electric generator and an output torque for the internal combustion engine The inertia compensating device is configured to calculate a torque transmitted to a shaft of the generator and a desired torque for the internal combustion engine. The efficiency calculator is configured to calculate a degree of efficiency of the engine system and to adapt the value for a mechanical target output for the engine system.

Described herein is a device for detecting the attitude of motor vehicles, which comprises using at least one filter of a complementary type for computing an estimate ({circumflex over (x)}.sub.i) of angles of attitude (, , ) of the motor vehicle as a function of input signals comprising an acceleration signal (A) and an angular-velocity signal (). According to the invention, the device (10) comprises a plurality of complementary filters (12.sub.1, . . . , 12.sub.n) each tuned for operating in a specific dynamic range, and a supervisor unit (11), that acts to recognize the dynamic range of the input signals (A, ) and select a corresponding filter (12.sub.i) from said plurality of complementary filters (12.sub.1, . . . , 12.sub.n).

A driver assistance system for displaying an image of the surroundings for a vehicle having a vehicle camera which produce camera images of the surroundings of the vehicle, and having a data processing unit which combines the camera images produced by the vehicle cameras to form an image of the surroundings of the vehicle, wherein an associated region of interest (ROI) is processed adaptively for at least one object contained in the image of the surroundings.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus (1) for estimation of a vehicle state. The apparatus (1) includes a controller (21) configured to determine a first estimation of the vehicle state in dependence on at least one first vehicle dynamics parameter. A filter coefficient (F.sub.C) is calculated based on a first vehicle operating parameter. An operating frequency of a first signal filter (35) is set in dependence on the determined filter coefficient (F.sub.C) and the first estimation is filtered to generate a first filtered estimation of the vehicle state. The present disclosure also relates to a vehicle; and to a method of estimating a vehicle state.

A system includes a hybrid power train comprising an internal combustion engine and electrical system, which includes a first and second electrical torque provider, and an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to first and second electrical torque provider. The system further includes a controller structured to perform operations including determining a power surplus value of the electrical system; determining a machine power demand change value; in response to the power surplus value of the electrical system being greater than or equal to the machine power demand change value, operating an optimum cost controller to determine a power division for the engine, first electrical torque provider, and second electrical torque provider; and in response to the power surplus value of the electrical system being less than the machine power demand change value, operating a rule-based controller to determine the power division for the engine, first, and second electrical torque provider.

An apparatus and method for controlling motor driven power steering system, the apparatus including: a column torque sensor detecting column torque applied to a steering column of a vehicle; an MDPS logic unit deciding a first command current based on the column torque and vehicle speed; a steering angle position control unit outputting a second command current for driving an MDPS motor in an autonomous driving mode, based on a command steering angle and a current steering angle inputted from an autonomous driving system and a steering angle sensor, respectively; a driver steering intervention determination unit monitoring the column torque of the column torque sensor in an autonomous driving mode, and determining whether a driver has intervened in steering; and an output control unit deciding a final command current by applying the weight decided by the driver steering intervention determination unit to the first and second command currents.

The present disclosure provides a method of estimating a weight of a vehicle, including determining whether a current state is an enable state in which a vehicle stoppage event due to brake occurs from vehicle driving information, by a weight estimating system, when the current state is the enable state, removing noise by filtering an acceleration signal input from an acceleration sensor at a moment when the vehicle is stopped, by the weight estimating system, determining a period value of an acceleration signal from the acceleration signal from which noise is removed, by the weight estimating system, and estimating the weight of the vehicle using information on the determined period value, by the weight estimating system.

A vehicle includes a speed detector detecting a vehicle speed, a brake system and a control system implementing a control mode including determining a threshold speed. The control system further derives an initial brake torque demand proportional to an error between the threshold speed and a vehicle speed exceeding the threshold speed and outputs to the brake system a rate-limited brake torque demand by applying a rate-limit operator based on the error to the initial brake torque demand.

A vehicle integrated control device improves ride comfort and prevents the onset of motion sickness. The vehicle integrated control device acquires a target momentum of a control axis related to a driving task of the vehicle and generates a first motion parameter and a second motion parameter different from the first motion parameter that is based on the first motion parameter to optimize a sensitivity index. A limit generation unit generates a motion limit amount of the second motion parameter based on the first motion parameter and an operation range of an actuator, a final target generation unit that corrects the second motion parameter based on the motion limit amount, and an operation amount assignment unit that determines an operation amount of an actuator based on the first motion parameter and the second motion parameter corrected by the final target generation unit.

Provided is a travel control device for a vehicle such that comfortable and safe control for the vehicle is possible without disturbing the driver. The travel control device for the vehicle is provided with a control command computation unit for calculating a steering assist amount for assisting the steering of the vehicle and an acceleration command value for controlling braking and driving forces of the vehicle. The control command computation unit calculates an estimated lateral position of the vehicle at a gaze distance ahead of the vehicle; calculates a lateral displacement amount of the vehicle at the estimated lateral position from a target traveling path and a lateral displacement speed; calculates a steering assist amount on the basis of the lateral displacement amount and the lateral displacement speed; calculates a lateral acceleration and lateral jerk generated by the vehicle according to the steering assist amount; and calculates an acceleration command value based on the lateral acceleration and the lateral jerk.