Among other things, a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities is operated in a mixed driving mode.

A method of controlling switching to a manual driving mode in an autonomous vehicle provided with a foldable pedal device is provided. In the method, when a signal for switching a driving mode from an autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode is generated in an autonomous vehicle provided with a foldable accelerator pedal device and a foldable brake pedal device, whether it is possible to switch the driving mode to the manual driving mode is determined by checking safety conditions; when the safety conditions are satisfied, it is determined whether a pop-up position of a pad of the foldable accelerator pedal device and a pop-up position of a pad of the foldable brake pedal device are normal pop-up positions, respectively; and only when the positions are the respective normal pop-up positions, the driving mode is switched to the manual driving mode.

A driver assistance apparatus includes an external camera disposed at a vehicle so as to have an outer field of view of the vehicle, configured to obtain image data on the outer field of view of the vehicle; an internal camera disposed inside the vehicle to grasp a drivers gaze on board the vehicle, configured to obtain the drivers gaze data; and a controller including at least one processor configured to process the image data and the gaze data. The controller may be configured to grasp the driver's gaze based on the gaze data, and based on a determination that the driver is in a careless condition, to control at least one of a control timing of a steering device and a lateral distance limit value for operating the steering device to be changed.

The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of simultaneously achieving freedom of driving and safety of a lean vehicle.

In a controller (60) and the control method according to the present invention, a control section of the controller (60) can execute anti-lock braking operation for suppressing locking of a rear wheel (4) by increasing/reducing a braking force or drive power of the rear wheel (4) of a lean vehicle (100) and thereby controlling a slip degree of the rear wheel (4) to a slip degree target, and in the case where a slide request, which is a request by a rider to make the lean vehicle (100) slide, is present, implements a slide control mode in which the anti-lock braking operation is performed by setting the slip degree target to be higher than that of a case where the slide request is absent.

A vehicle control device includes a travel environment recognition device configured to recognize travel environment, a vehicle travel state detection device, and an autonomous/manual driving mode controller. The autonomous/manual driving mode controller includes a learning correction unit configured to store at least one of a plurality of control parameters indicating the vehicle travel state by operation of the driver in the autonomous driving mode, and to correct the control parameter in the autonomous driving mode according to the stored control parameter. When the stored control parameter is the control parameter changed by an operation by the driver midway in passing or after passing, the learning correction unit is configured to correct the control parameter in the autonomous driving mode so that an acceleration level or the deceleration level is increased midway in passing or after passing.

A sensor and/or control device for a vehicle. The sensor and/or control device includes an electronics unit configured to read out and/or establish during at least a single actuation of a brake actuation element of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle, an adjustment travel of the brake actuation element, an adjustment speed of the brake actuation element and/or an adjustment acceleration of the brake actuation element, based on at least one signal provided to the electronics unit. The electronics unit configured to establish a temporal average and/or a temporal frequency distribution each of the adjustment travel of the brake actuation element, of the adjustment speeds of the brake actuation element and/or of the adjustment accelerations of the brake actuation element as at least part of a piece of driver-characterizing braking and/or driving style information.

Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. In addition, one aspect of the invention generally relates to a method and system for modifying a user's driving behaviors, in particular to a system and method for modifying a user's unsafe driving behaviors, e.g., using one or more services of a controllable mobile device while driving, by providing a score to the user rating indicating that they are using a mobile device in a distracting way, or driving in a manner that indicates that they are distracted.

A bicycle braking system includes a server, a portable device such as a smartphone, a display unit, a control unit, a power supply unit, a rotating electrical machine, and a bicycle. The portable device includes an image display unit, a braking condition transmitting unit, and a braking condition setting unit. The control unit regeneratively brakes the bicycle using the rotating electrical machine in accordance with the braking condition set by the braking condition setting unit. The braking system enables a non-user to set braking conditions for the bicycle and to perform braking based on the conditions set by the non-user.

A method for determining the intention of a user of a vehicle to brake or accelerate, comprising: acquiring (100) a plurality of EEG signals on the user, applying (101) a predetermined spatial filter on the plurality of EEG signals so as to obtain a target EEG component, detecting (102) a spectral pattern in the EEG component corresponding to an intention to brake or detecting a phase pattern in the EEG component corresponding to an intention to accelerate.

A vehicle control system has a plurality of subsystem controllers including an engine management system 28, a transmission controller 30, a steering controller 48, a brakes controller 62 and a suspension controller 82. These subsystem controllers are each operable in a plurality of subsystem modes, and are all connected to a vehicle mode controller 98 which controls the modes of operation of each of the subsystem controllers so as to provide a number of driving modes for the vehicle. Each of the modes corresponds to a particular driving condition or set of driving conditions, and in each mode each of the functions is set to the function in mode most appropriate to those conditions.