Provided is a vehicle travel control apparatus including: a vehicle controller configured to execute constant speed travel control for causing a vehicle to travel at a target speed, and configured to execute a target speed increasing process of increasing the target speed by a predetermined speed increase amount; a display device configured to display a setting screen which allows a driver to change at least the speed increase amount; and a memory configured to store the speed increase amount changed on the setting screen, the vehicle controller being further configured to execute the target speed increasing process in accordance with the speed increase amount which has been stored in the memory.

A method is disclosed for operating a motor vehicle having a plurality of driver assistance systems, wherein the method includes setting, via an operator interface of the motor vehicle, an assistance degree parameter, which indicates the extent to which support for a driver by the driver assistance systems is desired. The method also includes setting, via the operator interface of the motor vehicle, at least one additional parameter, which is related to the driving operation of the motor vehicle. The method additionally includes specifying, by a processing device of the motor vehicle, at least one operating parameter for each driver assistance system, in accordance with which operating parameter the driver assistance system is operated, as a function of the assistance degree parameter and the additional parameter(s). A motor vehicle is also disclosed that performs the method.

Method for controlling a car, in particular a sports car, provided with a relative power train, relative braking devices and relative steering means, the method being based on a joystick comprising a lever, arranged in the car to identify a forward tilt and a backward tilt parallel to a longitudinal development of the car for interacting with said power train and with said braking devices, and two side tilts to the left and to the right for interacting with said steering means so as to determine a trajectory of the car, wherein the method, according to a first operating condition, comprises a first step of respectively associating said forward tilt and said backward tilt with a proportional forward and backward acceleration of the car.

An information processing system includes a processor, and the processor acquires a vehicle driving environment composed of N-dimensional parameters, refers to an ideal driving driver model indicating an ideal driving environment region in an N-dimensional coordinate system, and selects one ideal driving environment included in the ideal driving environment region based on a distance between the ideal driving environment region and the acquired vehicle driving environment in the N-dimensional coordinate system.

A vehicle speed control system includes a vehicle accelerator mechanism manually moveable between a plurality of positions, a detection arrangement configured to detect the position of the vehicle accelerator mechanism and to generate an output signal indicative of the position of the vehicle accelerator mechanism, and a vehicle speed controller configured to establish a speed of the vehicle as a function of the detected position of the manually controllable vehicle accelerator mechanism, and to use the output signal as an input speed control signal. A method of controlling speed of a vehicle by a vehicle speed control system is also provided.

A vehicle control system for controlling at least one subsystem of a vehicle; the vehicle control system comprising: a subsystem controller for initiating control of the or each of the at least one vehicle subsystems in one of a plurality of baseline subsystem control modes by setting at least one control parameter of the or each of the at least one subsystems to a predetermined, stored, value or state applicable to that baseline subsystem control mode, each baseline subsystem control mode corresponding to one or more different driving conditions for the vehicle; and input means for permitting a user to provide an input to the control system, wherein, for at least one of the plurality of baseline subsystem control modes, the control system is configured to allow a user to define, via the input means, a user-configured subsystem control mode based on one said at least one baseline subsystem control mode by adjusting the value or state of at least one of said at least one control parameters to a value or state other than the predetermined stored value or state applicable to that baseline control mode, the subsystem being configured to cause the subsystem controller to initiate control of the or each of the at least one vehicle subsystems in the user-configured subsystem control mode.

An apparatus for lane change control for a vehicle may include: a determination device to determine lane change conditions for a first vehicle and a second vehicle, which are each travelling in a target lane to which a host vehicle performs a lance change; and a controller to perform the lane change control for the host vehicle when both the lane change conditions for the first and second vehicles are met. In particular, the first vehicle is located behind the host vehicle, and the second vehicle is located in front of the host vehicle.

A vehicle control device includes a first inputter, a second inputter, a mode controller configured to, when the first inputter is operated by a user, determine a driving mode of a vehicle as a first mode, and when the second inputter is operated by the user in the first mode, switch the driving mode from the first mode to a second mode, and a driving controller configured to control at least one of a steering and speed of the vehicle, and the driving controller is configured to control a steering and speed of the vehicle and prohibit change of a path of the vehicle when the driving mode is the first mode, and control a steering and speed of the vehicle and change of the path of the vehicle is allowed when the driving mode is the second mode.

Provided is a vehicle travel control apparatus including: a vehicle controller configured to execute constant speed travel control for causing a vehicle to travel at a target speed, and configured to execute a target speed increasing process of increasing the target speed by a predetermined speed increase amount; a display device configured to display a setting screen which allows a driver to change at least the speed increase amount; and a memory configured to store the speed increase amount changed on the setting screen, the vehicle controller being further configured to execute the target speed increasing process in accordance with the speed increase amount which has been stored in the memory.

Among other things, we describe techniques for an interface board for harmonizing performance of different autonomous vehicles in a fleet. In an embodiment, the interface system includes a printed circuit board installed in a host vehicle that includes an interface controller and interface circuitry coupled to the interface controller. The interface circuitry includes a plurality of relays configured by the interface controller to route/pass sensor signals received from actuators of the host vehicle to the interface controller, and route/pass control signals from the interface controller to actuator controllers of the host vehicle that control the actuators in accordance with an operating mode. Signal conditioning circuitry in the interface controller conditions the sensor signals and control signals to ensure that the electrical characteristics of the sensor signals are compatible with the interface controller, and that the electrical characteristics of the control signals are compatible with the actuator controllers.