A control device for a vehicle includes an upper limit value setting unit configured to set an upper limit value of an acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, and a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle such that the acceleration or deceleration does not exceed the upper limit value. The upper limit value setting unit is configured to change the upper limit value according to at least one predetermined condition.

In one embodiment, a method, apparatus, and system for automatically switching on an emergency light at an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is disclosed. A present speed of an ADV at a first time instant is determined. A present deceleration of the ADV at the first time instant is determined. Whether the present speed satisfies a present speed condition and whether the present deceleration satisfies a present deceleration condition at the first time instant are determined. In response to determining that the present speed satisfies the present speed condition and that the present deceleration satisfies the present deceleration condition, whether a recent deceleration history of the ADV satisfies a recent deceleration history condition and whether an expected deceleration of the ADV satisfies an expected deceleration condition are determined. If either condition is satisfied, an emergency light of the ADV is automatically switched on.

A communication system for a vehicle comprises a mechanism for sensing a motion status of a vehicle, a control device, plurality of data acquisition sensors, and one or more alerting device activation circuits. The communication system is customizable with the plurality of data acquisition sensors and one or more alerting device activation circuits based upon the needs of the vehicle.

System for automatically recognising anomalous situations along roads travelled by motor-vehicles for intelligent motor-vehicle driving speed control along roads.

The motor-vehicles are configured to transmit data allowing anomalous situations to be recognised along roads travelled by the motor-vehicles.

The system comprises data processing resources configured to:

receive and process data transmitted by the motor-vehicles to recognise anomalous situations along the roads travelled by the motor-vehicles based on a recognition algorithm,

when anomalous situations are recognised along roads travelled by the motor-vehicles, generate associated alert events and compute reference driving speeds along the roads recognised to be affected by anomalous situations, and

transmit data representative of the alert events and of the reference driving speeds along the roads recognised to be affected by anomalous situations.

The motor-vehicles are further configured to:

receive data representative of alert events and reference driving speeds, and

use the received data to implement one or both of the following actions: inform the drivers of motor-vehicles, through automotive user interfaces of motor-vehicles of the anomalous situations recognised along roads travelled by motor-vehicles, and cause current driving speeds of the motor-vehicles to be adjusted to the reference driving speeds along roads recognised to be affected by anomalous situations.

A method may include obtaining input information relating to an environment in which an autonomous vehicle (AV) operates, the input information describing at least one of: a state of the AV, an operation of the AV within the environment, a property of the environment, or an object included in the environment. The method may include identifying a first object in the vicinity of the AV based on the obtained input information. The method may include determining a first object rule corresponding to the first object, the first object rule indicating suggested driving behavior for interacting with the first object. The method may include determining a first decision that follows the first object rule and sending an instruction to a control system of the AV, the instruction describing a given operation of the AV responsive to the first object rule according to the first decision.

A vehicle includes receiving signals from a plurality of satellites; obtaining position information based on the received signal; detecting a driving speed and yaw rate; obtaining dead reckoning information based on position information about a position of a vehicle recognized in a previous cycle and the received detection information; predicting the position information based on the obtained dead reckoning information; obtaining a value of Euclidean distance based on the position information about the position of the vehicle recognized in the previous cycle and the obtained position information; generating a first outlier filter based on the value of the Euclidean distance; obtaining a value of Mahalanobis distance based on the obtained position information and the predicted position information; generating a second outlier filter based on the value of the Mahalanobis distance; recognizing a current position of the vehicle by fusing information passing through the first outlier filter and information passing through the second outlier filter; and outputting information about the current position of the recognized vehicle as an image or a sound.

In an apparatus for determining a traveling position of an own vehicle that is an autonomous driving vehicle equipped with the apparatus, a judgment section is configured to judge presence or absence of at least one of a travel history of other vehicles regarding the lane in which the own vehicle is traveling and an object that is located in the vicinity of the own vehicle within the lane in which the own vehicle is traveling and should be avoided coming into contact with. The traveling position is a widthwise position of the own vehicle within a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling. A determination section is configured to determine the traveling position using the travel history in response to the judgment section judging that the travel history exists and using position information of the object in response to the judgment section judging that the object exists.

A vehicle control system having a subsystem controller for initiating control of a first group of at least one vehicle subsystem in a selected one of a plurality of subsystem control modes each corresponding to one or more different driving conditions; and an estimator module for evaluating at least one driving condition indicator to determine the extent to which each of the subsystem control modes is appropriate and for providing an output indicative of the subsystem control mode that is most appropriate. The estimator module is configured to increase the probability to which the at least one off-road driving mode is determined appropriate in dependence on at least one terrain indicator. In an automatic response mode the subsystem controller selects the most appropriate one of the subsystem control modes for each subsystem of the first group in dependence on the output.

Methods and systems are provided that are effective to generate an alarm for a vehicle. The methods include receiving, by a device, a first sensor value from a first sensor for the vehicle. The methods further include receiving, by the device, a second sensor value from a second sensor for the vehicle. The methods further include retrieving, by the device, an instruction from a memory disposed in the vehicle while the memory is in a write-protected mode. The methods further include evaluating, by the device, the first sensor value and the second sensor value based on the instruction. The methods further include determining, by the device, that the first sensor value is outside a range associated with the first sensor based on the evaluation. The methods further include transforming, by the device, the determination into an alarm.

A method for operating a control device of a motor vehicle driving by automation. The method includes determining a location of the motor vehicle, and acquiring driving-environment data of the motor vehicle, a control characteristic of the control device of the motor vehicle being formed in such a way that a driving behavior of at least one other road user is influenced in defined manner.