The disclosed embodiments include a onboard driver distraction determination system. The determination system includes a onboard sensing and computing system(s), which includes inertial sensor(s), internal sensor(s), and external sensor(s). The onboard system samples data from the sensor(s) during a driving session to determine steering activity metrics and driver behavior. A steering activity metric is a representation of the steering inputs by the driver during the driving session. Driver behavior is a representation of how distracted the driver is during the driving session. By performing the above mentioned steps, the system can provide an analysis of driver distraction and optionally, take control of the vehicle to avoid aberrant behavior.

A method of controlling autonomous driving is provided. The method includes collecting driving information of a driver and curvature information of a road and generating a driving pattern of the driver, defined by associating behaviors in longitudinal and lateral directions of the vehicle based on the driving information. The driving pattern is then set to a constraint condition for driving torque and brake pressure and the vehicle is operated based thereon.

To provide a preceding vehicle determination system and a preceding vehicle determination method which can improve the determination accuracy of the preceding vehicle, considering an estimation error of the traveling lane of the own vehicle. A preceding vehicle determination system and a preceding vehicle determination method estimates a high probability region which is a region where the own vehicle probably travels and estimates a middle probability region which is a region where a possibility that the own vehicle travels is lower than the high probability region, based on the traveling state of the own vehicle; and determines whether the front vehicle is a which is traveling forward in a traveling lane of the own vehicle, based on the position history of the front vehicle, the high probability region, and the middle probability region.

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, respectivley; 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 application relates to the technical field of vehicle controlling technology, and provides a method and a device for gradient calculating. The method for gradient calculating includes: acquiring current operating parameters of the vehicle, wherein the current operating parameters include a current longitudinal acceleration, a current lateral acceleration, a current vehicle acceleration, and a current vehicle speed; determining a first influence value of the current lateral acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration according to the current lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed; determining a second influence value of the current vehicle acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration according to the current vehicle acceleration and the current vehicle speed; correcting the current longitudinal acceleration according to the first influence value and the second influence value; and determining the gradient value based on the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.

The prevent disclosure relates to a lane keeping control apparatus and a method thereof. An exemplary embodiment provides a lane keeping control apparatus including a processor configured to calculate a steering angle control amount for following a target path for lane keeping control while driving a vehicle, and to adjust the steering angle control amount depending on a change directionality of a target path error that is an error between the target path and the vehicle, and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.

A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a travel path derivation unit, a speed derivation unit, and a follow-up controller. The travel path derivation unit estimates an own-vehicle travel path and derives a target-vehicle travel path that contains a point on a target vehicle and forms a parallel curve to the own-vehicle travel path. The speed derivation unit derives a target-vehicle speed vector. The follow-up controller makes a follow-up control based on the target-vehicle speed vector on the condition that an angle formed by the target-vehicle speed vector and a tangential line to the target-vehicle travel path at the point on the target vehicle falls within a predetermined angular range, and makes the follow-up control based on a tangential speed component of the target-vehicle speed vector on the condition that the angle falls out of the angular range.

A method for terminating an automated driving function of a vehicle involves deactivating the driving function by a steering intervention of a driver of the vehicle in a steering system, which includes a steering column and a steering wheel. In order to determine the steering intervention, a steering column torque at the steering column is measured and a steering wheel angle is measured. A manual torque acting on the steering wheel is estimated based on the measured steering column torque and the measured steering wheel angle. The estimation is based on a model equation of the steering system, which takes into consideration a moment of inertia of the steering wheel and a frictional torque in the steering system.

Systems and control methods can provide for determining a TrnAin torque request from desired vehicle acceleration in a vehicle that utilizes a WTC architecture to allow for smooth transition between different transmission states, such as torque converter bypass clutch states and shifts between transmission gear ratios. The methods provide consistent and smooth vehicle acceleration profile during transmission state transitions. The methods also provide the ability to track the desired vehicle acceleration consistently from virtual driver demand sources, such as adaptive cruise control, autonomous vehicle, or remote parking, without allocating any additional resource to account for transmission state transitions. The proposed methods are applicable to any TC-based automatic transmission drivetrain, such as conventional powertrain, MHT, P4 HEV, or even BEV powertrains where the motor is located on the impeller side of a torque converter.

It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a travel path generation apparatus and a travel path generation method enabling generation of a travel path not including a curve having a small radius of curvature. A travel path generation apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a parameter determination unit to determine a cutoff frequency based on spacing between points of a sequence of points each having location information and a predetermined threshold of a radius of curvature, the sequence of points representing a shape of a lane in which a vehicle travels in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system; and a filtering unit to perform low-pass filtering using the cutoff frequency determined by the parameter determination unit on the location information of each of the points of the sequence of points.