A vehicle control device includes a travel environment recognition device configured to recognize travel environment, a vehicle travel state detection device, and an autonomous/manual driving mode controller. The autonomous/manual driving mode controller includes a learning correction unit configured to store at least one of a plurality of control parameters indicating the vehicle travel state by operation of the driver in the autonomous driving mode, and to correct the control parameter in the autonomous driving mode according to the stored control parameter. When the stored control parameter is the control parameter changed by an operation by the driver midway in passing or after passing, the learning correction unit is configured to correct the control parameter in the autonomous driving mode so that an acceleration level or the deceleration level is increased midway in passing or after passing.

A vehicle slip control apparatus to be installed in a vehicle including a drive source configured to output power to a driving wheel of the vehicle and a gear pair interposed between an output shaft of the drive source and the driving wheel includes a rotating speed detector, a slip determination unit, and a slip determination prohibition unit. The rotating speed detector is configured to detect a rotating speed of the output shaft. The slip determination unit is configured to determine, when an absolute value of an angular acceleration of the rotating speed detected by the rotating speed detector exceeds a set threshold, that the driving wheel is in a slip state. The slip determination prohibition unit is configured to prohibit the determination by the slip determination unit until a predetermined time elapses after a direction of torque outputted from the drive source is inverted.

Methods and systems are provided for controlling and diagnosing a mechanical vehicle component. In one example, a method may include determining a vehicle speed and a plurality of clutch position settings at a diagnostic controller, and identifying unauthorized conditions based on these determinations. Further, the diagnostic controller may trigger an active fault state of the mechanical vehicle component in order to avoid unauthorized conditions that may lead to unwanted or unanticipated changes in vehicle motion.

Systems and methods for operating a hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the automatic engine stopping may be inhibited so that an engine may be restarted during change of mind conditions without generating a large driveline torque disturbance. The engine stopping may be inhibited based on a inhibit engine pull-down torque threshold.

An apparatus, method and computer program product provide a map layer of one or more temporary dynamic obstructions. For example, the apparatus is configured to receive vehicle/driver behavior data associated with a vehicle at a portion of a road, determine a likelihood of a temporary dynamic obstruction existing proximate to the portion based on the vehicle behavior data, and update a datapoint of a map layer based on the likelihood. The datapoint indicates a state of existence of the temporary dynamic obstruction at the portion.

Methods and systems are provided for controlling and diagnosing a mechanical vehicle component. In one example, a method may include determining a vehicle speed and a plurality of clutch position settings at a diagnostic controller, and identifying unauthorized conditions based on these determinations. Further, the diagnostic controller may trigger an active fault state of the mechanical vehicle component in order to avoid unauthorized conditions that may lead to unwanted or unanticipated changes in vehicle motion.

A control device for a vehicle drive unit is configured to control, based on an operating state of a vehicle, a vehicle drive unit having one or more power sources. The control device includes a processor and a storage device. The storage device is configured to store a vehicle front-rear acceleration prediction model being a machine learning model that receives as an input a command torque and outputs predicted acceleration. The processor is configured to: execute a predicted acceleration calculation process using the vehicle front-rear acceleration prediction model; and execute a command torque calculation process to calculate the command torque that minimizes an evaluation function. The evaluation function minimizes a deviation of the predicted acceleration with respect to a target vehicle front-rear acceleration according to a target torque based on the operating state while reducing a deviation of the command torque with respect to the target torque.

A collision warning method in relation to vulnerable road users (VRUs), applied in a host vehicle when being driven, obtains a relative lateral distance between a vehicle and a VRU and obtains speed of movement of the VRU in addition to speed and direction of the host vehicle. A warning scenario is determined according to the relative lateral distance and the VRU speed. A warning distance according to the warning scenario and the relative speed is calculated, a relative distance between the host vehicle and the VRU is obtained, and the issue of a corresponding level of a collision warning is determined according to a comparison between the warning distance and the relative distance.

A display device for a vehicle includes: an image display unit configured to display a direction indicating image that indicates a travel direction of the vehicle; and a control device configured to execute travel control of the vehicle. The direction indicating image is switchable between a first image that indicates a first travel direction of the vehicle and a second image that indicates a second travel direction of the vehicle, the second travel direction being opposite to the first travel direction. In a case where the control device switches the travel direction of the vehicle from the first travel direction to the second travel direction, the image display unit switches the direction indicating image from the first image to the second image based on a vehicle speed of the vehicle, a state of a power transmission device, and a steering state of the vehicle.

A system for comparing driver intent and a gear setting of a vehicle comprises a driver monitoring system including at least one driver monitoring sensor configured to capture attributes of the driver indicative of driver intent regarding an intended direction of travel. The system also comprises an evaluation processor configured to access driver data from the driver monitoring system. The evaluation processor is also configured to generate a mismatch signal in response to determining a mismatch between the driver intent and a gear setting of the vehicle. The evaluation processor may also be configured to control braking and/or acceleration of the vehicle in response to determining a mismatch between the driver intent and a gear setting of the vehicle. The system may also use data regarding an object within a threshold distance from a front or a rear of the vehicle, and/or a requested acceleration above a threshold amount.