A monitor monitors whether a person is present inside a vehicle that travels in an automated driving mode. The monitor also monitors the state of the vehicle. A controller performs one or more actions according to the result of monitoring of the monitor. This means that when one or more persons are present inside the vehicle, the controller performs one or more actions according to the state of the vehicle. In other words, when no person is present inside the vehicle, the controller does not perform one or more actions. Here, the controller generates control information for controlling the vehicle according to the result of the monitoring, and transmits it to the vehicle.

Parking Brake Mechanism, particularly suited for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) with a security feature is manually engaged by foot or hand and is automatically disengaged by spring action when the ATV operator presses the vehicle brake pedal to shift the transmission lever into “drive”. The present invention also allows the operator to secure the vehicle with the parking brake engaged. The vehicle brake mechanism is activated and held on by the parking brake unit; therefore, immobilizing the vehicle.

The present invention provides methods and apparatus for engaging the brake pedal of a vehicle using only the weight of the device, allowing a single person to check for proper functioning of the vehicle's brake lights without having to further attach the device to a seat or steering wheel of the vehicle, and methods of using the same. The device may include an elongated arm or lever, an attachment member at one end of the arm for engaging it with the brake pedal, and a weighted member at the opposite end of the arm for providing downward force against the brake pedal. The attachment member may comprise a bracket with one or more widths, allowing the device to securely engage with brake pedals of varying sizes and thicknesses, such that the same bracket may be used to engage a relatively small and thin brake pedal of a car, or a larger, thicker brake pedal of a commercial vehicle such as a bus or a semi-truck.

A hydraulic system bleed system for a vehicle, including a hydraulic system bleed device, including a pneumatic air cylinder containing air in an interior portion thereof, a ram rod disposed at least partially within the pneumatic air cylinder, such that the pneumatic air cylinder and the ram rod are disposed between a steering wheel and a brake pedal of the vehicle, and a recoil spring disposed within the interior portion of the pneumatic air cylinder to provide a springing reciprocating movement for the ram rod, and a mobile device to provide a signal to the hydraulic system bleed device to initiate the reciprocating movement such that the brake pedal is depressed.

The present invention provides methods and apparatus for engaging the brake pedal of a vehicle using only the weight of the device, allowing a single person to check for proper functioning of the vehicle's brake lights without having to further attach the device to a seat or steering wheel of the vehicle, and methods of using the same. The device may include an elongated arm or lever, an attachment member at one end of the arm for engaging it with the brake pedal, and a weighted member at the opposite end of the arm for providing downward force against the brake pedal. The attachment member may comprise a bracket with one or more widths, allowing the device to securely engage with brake pedals of varying sizes and thicknesses, such that the same bracket may be used to engage a relatively small and thin brake pedal of a car, or a larger, thicker brake pedal of a commercial vehicle such as a bus or a semi-truck.

Parking Brake Mechanism, particularly suited for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) with a security feature is manually engaged by foot or hand and is automatically disengaged by spring action when the ATV operator presses the vehicle brake pedal to shift the transmission lever into drive. The present invention also allows the operator to secure the vehicle with the parking brake engaged. The vehicle brake mechanism is activated and held on by the parking brake unit; therefore, immobilizing the vehicle.

A hydraulic system bleed system for a vehicle, including a hydraulic system bleed device, including a pneumatic air cylinder containing air in an interior portion thereof, a ram rod disposed at least partially within the pneumatic air cylinder, such that the pneumatic air cylinder and the ram rod are disposed between a steering wheel and a brake pedal of the vehicle, and a recoil spring disposed within the interior portion of the pneumatic air cylinder to provide a springing reciprocating movement for the ram rod, and a mobile device to provide a signal to the hydraulic system bleed device to initiate the reciprocating movement such that the brake pedal is depressed.

A vehicle brake pedal lock that is fixedly installed under a brake pedal. The brake pedal lock prevents the arm of a brake pedal from being depressed. The brake pedal lock uses a linear servomotor to position a bolt under the brake pedal arm. The linear servomotor is activated using a wired safety switch and a radio frequency remote to minimize inadvertent activation.

A clutch pedal locking device includes a clutch pedal, a stay attached to the clutch pedal, a plate attached to a lower surface of the stay and extending backward from the stay, a fixed portion provided to a lateral side of the clutch pedal and fixed to a work vehicle body, and a rotation plate suspended from and supported on the fixed portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft. In a case where the rotation plate rotates until a longitudinal direction becomes substantially horizontal, the rotation plate comes into contact with an upper surface of the plate and a back surface of the stay, and the clutch pedal is locked in a state of being stepped on.

A method for mobile device control of vehicle security features that includes monitoring the status of predetermined vehicle conditions of a vehicle. In response to detecting the activation of one or more of the predetermined vehicle conditions, the method also includes monitoring the vehicle to detect an execution of one or more preset authentication verification signals for the vehicle. In response to detecting no execution of any preset authentication verification signals for the vehicle, the method also includes, based on the predetermined vehicle settings, sending a security enablement command to the body control module (BCM) of the vehicle via the embedded software, and based on the security enablement command, enabling one or more security schemes via the BCM.