A road-surface-condition estimation device is configured by a tire-side device and a vehicle-side device so as to grasp a road surface condition based on road surface condition data transmitted from a tire-side device. As a result, the road surface condition or a road surface μ of a traveling road surface of a vehicle can be accurately detected, and a more accurate lane keeping control can be performed according to the detection result. In particular, since the tire-side device estimates the road surface condition by detecting the vibration of a ground contact surface of the tire, the road surface condition can be estimated more accurately. Therefore, the more accurate lane keeping control can be performed.

Provided is a vehicle control system capable of securing stability even in the event of a collision with a travel-path defining line such as a guardrail. The invention recognizes the travel-path defining line of a travel path from information about an area in a traveling direction of an ego vehicle, recognizes a traveling-direction virtual line extending from the ego vehicle in the traveling direction, and imparts a yaw moment control amount so that a formed angle between the traveling-direction virtual line and the travel-path defining line decreases after the ego vehicle collides with the travel-path defining line.

A vehicle control system includes an acquirer that acquires environmental information including information of a reference speed preset on a scheduled route on which an own-vehicle travels and a travel controller that performs speed control and steering control of the own-vehicle on the basis of the environmental information acquired by the acquirer. The travel controller performs the speed control with the reference speed as a target speed of the own-vehicle if a control index value regarding the steering control is equal to or less than an upper limit value when the own-vehicle travels on the scheduled route at the reference speed and performs the speed control with a speed at which the control index value regarding the steering control is equal to or less than the upper limit value as the target speed of the own-vehicle if the control index value exceeds the upper limit value.

A lane departure preventing device includes at least one electronic control unit. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to: when there is a likelihood that a vehicle will depart from a traveling lane, calculate a prevention yaw moment, and control a brake actuator such that the prevention yaw moment is applied to the vehicle; acquire a lateral acceleration; determine whether the lateral acceleration is greater than an ideal value by a predetermined value; control the brake actuator such that the braking force matches a target braking force required to apply the prevention yaw moment to the vehicle, when the lateral acceleration is not greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value; and control the brake actuator such that the braking force is less than the target braking force, when the lateral acceleration is greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value.

A vehicle periphery monitoring device comprises: an in-region object detecting unit which detects an in-region object present in contact determination regions on the basis of a photographic image from a camera per prescribed control cycle; and a warning control unit which performs warning control processing to give warning of a detected in-region object when an in-region object was not detected in the last control cycle, but the in-region object was detected in the present control cycle, and to restrain warning of a new in-region object when an in-region object was detected in the last control cycle and the new in-region object different from the in-region object detected in the last control cycle has been detected in the present control cycle.

A system for controlling driving of a vehicle, includes one or more processors configured to: identify objects, including another vehicle, around a host vehicle and collect object information about the objects; collect road states information of road states in a traveling direction of the host vehicle; check the object information around the host vehicle and the road states information to identify a safety zone to which the host vehicle is able to travel; and control the host vehicle to travel to the safety zone when the other vehicle is detected in the traveling direction of the host vehicle in a state in which the host vehicle has entered a curved road.

A system for controlling driving of a vehicle, includes one or more processors configured to collect information about another vehicle identified in a traveling direction of a host vehicle, check whether a road in the traveling direction of the host vehicle is a straight road or a curved road, and control, in response to the check, the host vehicle to travel in a direction in which the host vehicle avoids the other vehicle when the host vehicle enters a curved section of the road and the other vehicle is detected in the traveling direction of the host vehicle, and perform braking of the host vehicle such that a traveling speed of the host vehicle is reduced.

Technologies and techniques for operating an assistance system in a motor vehicle with which a driving a shoulder by the motor vehicle is detected by means of at least one detection device in the assistance system, and with which a control signal is generated by means of an electronic computing device in the assistance system for engaging with a functional unit in the motor vehicle. The shoulder that is detected is evaluated in terms of the type of shoulder, and a critical or non-critical driving of the vehicle on the shoulder is determined on the basis of the type of shoulder, and the control signal is generated in the case of a critical driving on the shoulder. The present disclosure also relates to an assistance system.

A method for open-loop or closed-loop control of a driver assistance system of a vehicle, including: a) using a first sensor device to detect from a roadway at least one lane and a roadway marking that separates the lane from an edge of the roadway; b) using a second sensor device to detect operation of at least one operating device of the vehicle that influences the driving dynamics of the vehicle by virtue of the driver; c) using steering actuators and/or brake actuators to influence the driving dynamics of the vehicle; and d) outputting, if there is a threat of the vehicle leaving the lane, as detected by the first sensor device, a first warning signal. A related driver assistance system is also described.

An autonomous vehicle which includes multiple independent control systems that provide redundancy as to specific and critical safety situations which may be encountered when the autonomous vehicle is in operation.