A system for estimating tire parameters for an off-road vehicle in real time, the system including a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to measure a position of the vehicle at a first time, determine, based on the position, motion characteristics of the vehicle, predict, based on the motion characteristics, a position of the vehicle at a second time, measure a position of the vehicle at the second time, and generate a tire parameter associated with the vehicle based on the predicted position and the measured position of the vehicle at the second time.

A collision detection device on a motor vehicle for tracking a remote target vehicle for the detection of an imminent collision by fusing radar sensor data from a first environment sensor designed as a radar sensor with sensor data from a second environment sensor. First wheel acquisition data based on the radar sensor data from the first environment sensor and second wheel acquisition data based on sensor data from the second environment sensor are merged and a parameter of the target vehicle is established.

A vehicle proposed herein includes a swivel, a lock mechanism selectively locking and unlocking the swivel, a seat mounted on the swivel, a plurality of surface pressure sensors each disposed along an outer surface of the seat and detecting a pressure distribution within a predetermined area of the outer surface, and a controller configured to cause the lock mechanism to be unlocked based on a change in pressure distribution or a surface pressure that is detected by any of the plurality of surface pressure sensors.

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for estimating a road profile for a vehicle. The apparatus includes a camera, processors, and a controller. The processors are configured to obtain a state of the vehicle including a behavior of the vehicle, and obtain a road height from information provided by the camera. The controller is configured to estimate the road profile by changing coordinates of the camera according to the behavior of the vehicle based on a vehicle height, compensating for the road height and a recognition road distance, and matching and filtering multiple road heights.

A steering control device 10 is equipped with: a first specification unit 121 for specifying an expected travel position where a vehicle is expected to travel in the traffic lane in which the vehicle is travelling; a second specification unit 122 for specifying information about the weight of the vehicle; an adjustment unit 123 for adjusting the expected travel position in the vehicle-widthwise direction on the basis of the expected travel position of the vehicle and the weight information; and a steering control unit 124 for controlling steering on the basis of the adjusted expected travel position.

A vehicle control apparatus configured to calculate a center of gravity six-component; calculate a tire three-component of each wheel for two or more wheels of a vehicle imposing a constraint on each wheel expressed as an inequality corresponding to upper and lower limits of the tire three-component; apply the constraint based on whether the constraint is valid or invalid for each of the wheels based on a predetermined optimum-condition for obtaining an optimum-solution under the constraint, and calculating an optimum-solution of the tire three-component of each wheel by performing a tentative-optimum-solution-calculation one or more times until the predetermined optimum-condition is satisfied; and store an application-state of the constraint when the optimum-solution satisfying the predetermined optimum-condition is obtained, and calculate the optimum-solution of the tire three-component of each wheel by using a stored value of the application-state of the constraint, in the next calculation of the optimum-solution.

An apparatus and method for controlling articulation of an articulated vehicle may prevent jackknifing of the articulated vehicle driven backwards. The apparatus includes a hitch angle calculator configured to calculate a desired hitch angle based on a steering angle and a speed of the articulated vehicle, an error calculator configured to calculate an error between the desired hitch angle and an actual hitch angle of the articulated vehicle, a moment generator configured to generate a moment for controlling the articulation of the articulated vehicle based on the error, and an articulation controller configured to control the articulation of the articulated vehicle based on the moment.

A method for dealing with obstacles in an industrial truck, including detecting a current speed and a current steering angle of at least one steered wheel of the industrial truck using a speed sensor or a steering angle sensor. The method also includes calculating a protection zone based on the current speed and the current steering angle and evaluating data supplied by the at least one sensor unit within the protection zone. Responsive to detecting an obstacle in the protection zone, the method includes calculating a specific steering angle difference on a right side and a left side, the specific steering angle difference being such that collision with the obstacle is avoided on the respective side and one or more of, based on the calculated right side and left side steering angle differences, classifying a current degree of difficulty in avoiding obstacles or triggering a predetermined action.

A system for detecting distribution of a weight of a payload in a dump body of a vehicle includes first sensors, second sensors, and a controller. The dump body is pivotable about pins to be selectively seated and titled to a frame of the vehicle. The first sensors are arranged between the dump body and the frame, and detect components of the weight of the payload exerted through the dump body when the dump body is seated relative to the frame. The second sensors are arranged correspondingly within the pins, and detect components of the weight of the payload exerted through the dump body. The controller determines a status of payload distribution in the dump body based on the component of the weight of the payload detected by the first sensors and second sensors, and generate a notification to indicate the status of payload distribution.

A steering control system for a vehicle that considers the limitations of at least one of the vehicle and the environment is contemplated. The steering control system can receive a vehicle characteristic, an environmental condition, a desired amount of turning, and a desired velocity of the vehicle. Based on some, or all of these parameters, the steering control system can determine at least one of a wheel torque, a wheel angle, a wheel camber, and a wheel suspension for a desired vehicle path to enhance vehicle performance.