A method of operating an autonomous vehicle includes determining, by the autonomous vehicle, whether a target is in an intended maneuver zone around the autonomous vehicle; generating, by the autonomous vehicle, a signal in response to determining that the target is within the intended maneuver zone around the autonomous vehicle; determining, by the autonomous vehicle and based on perception information acquired by the autonomous vehicle, whether the target has left the intended maneuver zone around the autonomous vehicle; and determining, by the autonomous vehicle, that it is safe to perform the intended maneuver in response to determining, by the autonomous vehicle, that the target is not in the intended maneuver zone or in response to determining, by the autonomous vehicle, that the target has left the intended maneuver zone.

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have shown the potential to improve safety, increase road throughput, and optimize energy efficiency and emissions in several complicated traffic scenarios. This invention describes a mixed-integer programming (MIP) optimization method for global multi-vehicle decision making and motion planning of CAVs in a highly dynamic environment that consists of multiple human-driven, i.e., conventional or manual, vehicles and multiple conflict zones, such as merging points and intersections. The proposed approach ensures safety, high throughput and energy efficiency by solving a global multi-vehicle constrained optimization problem. The solution provides a feasible and optimal time schedule through road segments and conflict zones for the automated vehicles, by using information from the position, velocity, and destination of the manual vehicles, which cannot be directly controlled. Despite MIP having combinatorial complexity, the proposed formulation remains feasible for real-time implementation in the infrastructure, such as in mobile edge computers (MECs).

A method for controlling configuration of a truck includes identifying a current operating situation of the truck, implementing one of a plurality of sets of configuration parameters associated with the current operating situation, wherein each set of configuration parameters comprises at least two different configuration parameters related respectively to a ground-linking system and a powertrain system of the truck, and wherein said plurality of sets of configuration parameters comprises at least a default set of configuration parameters associated with a default driving operating situation and an off-road set of configuration parameters associated with an off-road operating situation.

Described is a telehandler (1) equipped with at an electric propulsion motor and with several containment compartments (100) for housing means (200, 300) for powering the motor. A compartment (100) is provided with an access opening to allow a user to insert or extract a source of electricity (200, 300) included in the power supply means. A plurality of electric batteries (200) is made available, each designed to be inserted in one of the compartments (100). An electricity generator apparatus (300) is provided for insertion in one of the compartments (100). The telehandler (1) is equipped with the following alternative power supply configurations: a fully electrical configuration wherein the power supply means comprise only one or more electric batteries (200); and a hybrid configuration wherein the power supply means include the electricity generator apparatus (300).

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring a dedicated roadway the runs in parallel to a railroad. In some implementations, a system includes a central server, an interface, and sensors. The interface receives data from a railroad system that manages the railroad parallel to the dedicated roadway. The sensors are positioned in a fixed location relative to the dedicated roadway. Each sensor can detect vehicles in a first field of view on the dedicated roadway. For each detected vehicle, each sensor can generate sensor data based on the detected vehicle in the dedicated roadway and the data received at the interface. Each sensor can generate observational data and instruct the detected vehicle to switch to an enhanced processing mode. Each sensor can determine an action for the detected vehicle to take based on the generated observational data.

A method performed by a control unit for handling safe stop mode of a vehicle. The control unit obtains an activation request for activating the safe stop mode. When the activation request has been obtained, the control unit verifies that all safety conditions of the vehicle are fulfilled. The control unit activates the safe stop mode when the activation request has been obtained and when all safety conditions are fulfilled. The control unit triggers at least one light source to be turned on when all safety conditions are fulfilled. After the safe stop mode has been activated, the control unit obtains an inactivation request for inactivating the safe stop mode of the vehicle. The control unit inactivates the safe stop mode of the vehicle when the inactivation request has been obtained.

An unmanned vehicle 20 is a vehicle that drives an electric motor by electric power generated in a power generator to travel by driving of the electric motor and includes a position sensor 240 that detects a position of the unmanned vehicle 20, a speed sensor 250 that detects a speed of the unmanned vehicle 20, and a vehicle control device 220 that controls the unmanned vehicle 20. The vehicle control device 220 calculates a work progression of a loading operation to the unmanned vehicle 20 by a loading machine 30 or a work progression of a preceding vehicle based on the position of the unmanned vehicle 20 detected by the position sensor 240 and the speed of the unmanned vehicle 20 detected by the speed sensor 250, calculates a period from a predicted time at which the calculated work progression exceeds a predetermined proportion until a predicted time at which the unmanned vehicle 20 starts acceleration as an acceleration preparation time, and drives the power generator to generate electricity during the calculated acceleration preparation time.

Disclosed is a driver assistance system including a camera installed in a vehicle, the camera having a field of view around the vehicle and obtaining an image data; and a controller configured to process the image data. The controller performs a lane keeping assistance control for providing an auxiliary steering torque to a steering actuator to maintain a driving lane of a vehicle. The controller changes at least one of a vehicle speed and the auxiliary steering torque depending on a payload of the vehicle during the lane keeping assistance control.

This driving assistance device includes a target acceleration correcting unit configured as follows: if there was input, from a coupling detection unit, of detection results indicating that a trailer has been coupled, the target acceleration correcting unit outputs a target acceleration, output from an ACC unit, as-is to a drive system; and if there was input of detection results indicating that a trailer (2) has not been coupled, the target acceleration correcting unit corrects to a smaller value the target acceleration, output from the ACC unit, and outputs said corrected target acceleration to the drive system.

An embodiment driving assistance system for a vehicle includes a driving information provision unit configured to acquire and provide driving information of a traveling vehicle, a control unit configured to generate and output a control signal for driving assistance when it is determined the vehicle travels on a rough road based on the driving information of the vehicle provided by the driving information provision unit and it is determined that the vehicle is currently in a rough road traveling state, and a steering actuator configured to generate and apply a steering assistance force according to a control value of the control signal for the driving assistance output by the control unit to a steering wheel.