An autonomous driving system acquires information concerning a vehicle density in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a lane on which an own vehicle is traveling, when the own vehicle travels on a road having a plurality of lanes. The autonomous driving system selects the adjacent lane as an own vehicle travel lane, when the vehicle density in the adjacent lane that is calculated from the acquired information is lower than a threshold density that is determined in accordance with relations between the own vehicle and surrounding vehicles. The autonomous driving system performs lane change to the adjacent lane autonomously, or propose lane change to the adjacent lane to a driver, when the adjacent lane is selected as the own vehicle travel lane.

A vehicle control device comprises a processor configured to determine a target merge location where the vehicle is to make a lane change from a merging lane to a main lane, in a merge zone on a scheduled route where the merging lane merges with the main lane, as a location that is before the location at the minimum distance to the end point of the merging lane allowing the driver to whom control of the vehicle has been handed over to operate the vehicle for the lane change, and when the vehicle has not completed the lane change upon reaching the target merge location, give the driver a first notification notifying that control of the vehicle will be switched from automatic control to manual control, by using a notifying unit that notifies the driver of information, or by using a vehicle controlling device that controls operation of the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation of the vehicle.

Controlling a prime mover of a first vehicle following a first path is based, at least in part, on a likely speed behaviour of a second vehicle ahead of the first vehicle, which is estimated based on a predicted path of the second vehicle. At least one coasting profile for the first vehicle is estimated for at least part of the first path and/or the predicted path. At least one of the coasting profiles is determined that meets at least one predetermined coasting requirement. The prime mover may be controlled to place the vehicle into a coasting mode based on the determined coasting profile. Alternatively, feedback is provided to a user to put the vehicle into a coasting mode.

An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle speed based on information about forward vehicles that travel in the same lane may be acquired using Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information from neighboring vehicles using V2V communications; an information collection unit collecting vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles and the subject vehicle using sensors; and a control unit determining a forward vehicle and a far-forward vehicle using the sensors, selecting first and second target vehicles for being followed by the subject vehicle based on the vehicle information of the forward vehicle and the far-forward vehicle and the vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle based on speed information of the first and second target vehicles.

A braking control system includes obstacle detection means for detecting an obstacle ahead of a vehicle, first collision determination means for determining whether the vehicle would collide with the obstacle ahead of the vehicle, following vehicle detection means for detecting a following vehicle traveling behind the vehicle, information acquisition means for acquiring a maximum deceleration set in the following vehicle, second collision determination means for determining whether the following vehicle would collide with the vehicle based on the maximum deceleration, and braking control means for controlling braking means of the vehicle so that an absolute value of a deceleration of the vehicle does not exceed an absolute value of the maximum deceleration of the following vehicle when the first collision determination means determines that the vehicle would collide with the obstacle and the second collision determination means determines that the following vehicle would collide with the vehicle.

A control system includes a controller configured to determine a target speed between a first target position of a haul vehicle relative to a harvester and a second target position of the haul vehicle relative to the harvester based on a flow rate of agricultural product through a conveyor of the harvester. The haul vehicle is coupled to a storage compartment, an outlet of the conveyor is aligned with a first unloading point within the storage compartment while the haul vehicle is positioned at the first target position, and the outlet of the conveyor is aligned with a second unloading point within the storage compartment while the haul vehicle is positioned at the second target position. Furthermore, the controller is configured to output a control signal indicative of instructions to direct the haul vehicle from the first target position to the second target position at the target speed.

An autonomous driving system acquires information concerning a vehicle density in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a lane on which an own vehicle is traveling, when the own vehicle travels on a road having a plurality of lanes. The autonomous driving system selects the adjacent lane as an own vehicle travel lane, when the vehicle density in the adjacent lane that is calculated from the acquired information is lower than a threshold density that is determined in accordance with relations between the own vehicle and surrounding vehicles. The autonomous driving system performs lane change to the adjacent lane autonomously, or propose lane change to the adjacent lane to a driver, when the adjacent lane is selected as the own vehicle travel lane.

The present disclosure relates to a driver controlling system for a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a driver controlling system, a driver controlling method for a vehicle and a computer program element for such a driver controlling system.

The driver controlling system comprises a longitudinal control means, a lateral control means and a control unit. The longitudinal control means and the lateral control means are arrangeable in the vehicle. The control unit is configured to determine at least one of a longitudinal adjustment parameter and a later adjustment parameter to propel the vehicle in an automated mode. The control unit is configured to prompt the longitudinal control means to apply the longitudinal adjustment parameter of the vehicle and/or the lateral control means to apply the lateral adjustment parameter in the automated mode. The control unit is further configured to modify at least one of the longitudinal adjustment parameter and the lateral adjustment parameter to be applied in the vehicle by a defined rate of deviation for causing a reaction of the driver.

A vehicle and an adaptive cruise control system (ACC) is provided. The ACC comprises a steering wheel system with a steering wheel arranged to allow the provision of manual steering input to the steering system of the vehicle and a steering angle sensor, wherein the steering system is configured to identify a specific momentary manual steering wheel actuation by comparing data from the steering angle sensor with predetermined thresholds, and to select a next one of the moving or stationary objects in the surroundings in front of said vehicle to control the speed of said vehicle in relation to, based on the direction of the specific momentary manual steering wheel actuation indicated by the steering angle sensor.

A vehicle identification system includes a communication device receiving other vehicle information related to other vehicle around a host vehicle, a detection device detecting other vehicle around the host vehicle, and a vehicle identification device identifying a vehicle transmitting the other vehicle information on the basis of the other vehicle information received by the communication device and the detection device, wherein the vehicle identification device is switching between a capturing mode capturing the transmitting vehicle on the basis of the other vehicle information received by the communication device and the detection device, and a tracking mode identifying the transmitting vehicle on the basis of a positional relation between the host vehicle and the transmitting vehicle at the time of the capturing mode, and motion information related to the transmitting vehicle based on the other vehicle information received by the communication device, after the capturing mode.