A method for deactivating an automated driving mode of a vehicle involves automatically terminating the automated driving mode if, due to a manual steering torque acting on the steering wheel of the vehicle, a system steering torque generated by a control system of an assistance system for automated driving mode in terms of amount is exceeded by a predetermined first value if at least one hand of a vehicle user is detected on the steering wheel of the vehicle, is exceeded by a predetermined second value if neither of the vehicle user's hands is detected on the steering wheel, or is exceeded by a predetermined third value if it is determined that the vehicle user is distracted from the driving situation, or if it is determined that there is a lateral collision risk for the vehicle and the manual steering torque of the vehicle user is acting in the direction of the collision risk.

A vehicle idling stop control device has switches that detect an operation of opening a driver's door and an unbuckling of a driver's seat belt as disembarkation operations by a driver. When a disembarkation operation performed by the driver is detected during an idling stop, the idling stop is cancelled and the engine is restarted upon detecting a disembarkation operation performed by a driver during the idling stop. Also, restarting of the idling stop is prevented due to ending of the disembarkation operation performed by the driver until after the vehicle starts traveling. Thus, unnecessary automatic stopping and automatic restarting of the engine are thereby avoided when the vehicle sets off without the driver actually exiting the vehicle.

A vehicle idling stop control device has switches that detect an operation of opening a driver's door and an unbuckling of a driver's seat belt as disembarkation operations by a driver. When a disembarkation operation performed by the driver is detected during an idling stop, the idling stop is cancelled and the engine is restarted upon detecting a disembarkation operation performed by a driver during the idling stop. Also, restarting of the idling stop is prevented due to ending of the disembarkation operation performed by the driver until after the vehicle starts traveling. Thus, unnecessary automatic stopping and automatic restarting of the engine are thereby avoided when the vehicle sets off without the driver actually exiting the vehicle.

A voice control system for recreational vehicles controls safe operation of deployable components of the RV, such as an antenna, awning or room extension. A voice recognition system is employed to interpret voice commands and control operation of the deployable components in response. A control system monitors the status of the RV and its components to detect unsafe conditions relating to operation of the deployable components. For example, this can be done via a wired or wireless network of sensors detecting the state of the RV and its deployable components. The control system can also monitor the status of the RV via the data bus built into the RV. If an unsafe condition is detected, the safety manager of the control system triggers a warning or activates a predetermined interlock to prevent unsafe operation of the RV and its deployable components.

A voice control system for recreational vehicles controls safe operation of deployable components of the RV, such as an antenna, awning or room extension. A voice recognition system is employed to interpret voice commands and control operation of the deployable components in response. A control system monitors the status of the RV and its components to detect unsafe conditions relating to operation of the deployable components. For example, this can be done via a wired or wireless network of sensors detecting the state of the RV and its deployable components. The control system can also monitor the status of the RV via the data bus built into the RV. If an unsafe condition is detected, the safety manager of the control system triggers a warning or activates a predetermined interlock to prevent unsafe operation of the RV and its deployable components.

A driving limitation system includes the steps of: identifying a driver by a driver authentication means; extracting information on the identified driver; extracting data relating to vehicle speed limitation according to the driver; extracting data relating to limitation in a vehicle traveling area according to the driver; performing selection or generation of map data regarding a traveling area; generating, on the basis of the extracted data relating to the vehicle speed limitation, vehicle traveling area limitation and the driver, a traveling speed control command within the limitation in the vehicle traveling area in accordance with the physical ability and/or cognitive ability of the driver; transmitting the traveling speed control command to a vehicle speed control means; generating a control command for controlling the vehicle speed on the basis of the safety speed indicated by the vehicle speed control means; and sending the control command to an engine and to a braking system to set the traveling speed of the vehicle to be equal to or lower than the safety speed according to the driver.

Disclosed are a drunk driving prevention system and a drunk driving prevention method using the system that includes a sensor module measuring the alcohol content in exhaled breath of a driver at the time of breath-checking of the driver and a control module configured to check an intoxication state of the driver based on the alcohol content measured by the sensor module to determine whether or not a breath-checking is complete and block an engine start when the breath-checking fails, wherein the control module includes a bypass control unit switching a vehicle into a drivable state when the breath-checking fails.

Disclosed are a drunk driving prevention system and a method of controlling the system that includes a sensor module measuring a alcohol content in the exhaled breath of a driver during a breath-checking of the driver and a control module configured to check the intoxication state of the driver from the alcohol content measured by the sensor module to determine whether the breath-checking is complete and block an engine start when the breath-checking fails, wherein the control module includes a check unit displaying breath-checking guide information through a display unit and the check unit displays the breath-checking guide information based on an engine start input of the driver.

Disclosed are a drunk driving prevention system and a method of controlling the system that includes a sensor module measuring a alcohol content in the exhaled breath of a driver during a breath-checking of the driver and a control module configured to check the intoxication state of the driver from the alcohol content measured by the sensor module to determine whether the breath-checking is complete and block an engine start when the breath-checking fails, wherein the control module includes a check unit displaying breath-checking guide information through a display unit and the check unit displays the breath-checking guide information based on an engine start input of the driver.

A vehicle control device executes driving assistance control for assisting driving a host vehicle by a driver. The vehicle control device stops the driving assistance control under execution when a predetermined actuator of the host vehicle is operated. The vehicle control device executes, as the driving assistance control, abnormality countermeasure control for securing safe traveling of the host vehicle when the driver falls into an abnormal state having a problem in driving the host vehicle, and when the predetermined actuator is operated, and when the abnormality countermeasure control is not being executed, stops the driving assistance control, and when the abnormality countermeasure control is being executed, does not stop the driving assistance control including the abnormality countermeasure control.