A prediction method and apparatus for an autonomous driving manual takeover, and a system are provided. One example method includes: A first vehicle sends a first message to a second vehicle when detecting that the first vehicle has a manual takeover requirement, where the first message includes information about a first location of the first vehicle, and the information about the first location is used to indicate a location of the first vehicle when the first vehicle detects that the first vehicle has the manual takeover requirement.

A control unit for controlling a driving function of a vehicle is designed to automatically guide the vehicle longitudinally and/or transversely. The control unit is designed to determine that the driver of the vehicle is presently activating or deactivating, and/or intends to activate or deactivate, the driving function. In response thereto, the control unit is additionally designed to cause a manual control intervention produced by the driver of the vehicle in the longitudinal and/or transversal guidance of the vehicle to be at least partly compensated for and/or suppressed prior to the point in time of the activation or deactivation of the driving function in order to adapt the drive behavior of the vehicle during the transition between the manual longitudinal and/or transversal guidance and the automatic longitudinal and/or transversal guidance.

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 control system uses reliability of an input signal of an autonomous vehicle to safely travel through an intersection or a crossroad. The system includes a first calculating unit that calculates reliability for behavior information of a front vehicle and a second calculating unit calculates reliability for state information of a traffic light in the crossroad or the intersection based on a surrounding vehicle. A third calculating unit calculates reliability for brake light information of the front vehicle and a fourth calculating unit calculates reliability for flow information of the surrounding vehicle passing the crossroad or the intersection. A determining unit generates a vehicle control signal according to the calculated reliability.

A system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to control at least one of a steering system or a propulsion system to operate a vehicle at a speed below a speed threshold. The instructions include instructions to determine whether one or more second vehicles a first distance from the vehicle are traveling below the speed threshold. The instructions include instructions to, upon determining the second vehicles are traveling below the speed threshold, continue to control the steering system or the propulsion system. The instructions include instructions to, upon determining the second vehicles are not traveling below the speed threshold, transition control of the steering system or the propulsion system to a human operator of the vehicle.

An HMI control device, which controls an HMI device mounted on a vehicle. The HMI device presents information to a driver of the vehicle in a recognizable manner. The vehicle is capable of automated driving and travels following a preceding vehicle at a speed equal to or lower than a predetermined speed. The HMI control device is configured to: present attention information for calling attention of the driver when a congestion is determined to be cleared; acquire a behavior of the driver; and end a second task presented on the HMI device at an end timing corresponding to the behavior of the driver acquired after presentation of the attention information.

A method of switching a control right according to a driving mode of a vehicle in a control right switching system operated by at least one processor is provided. Upon receiving a command to switch a driving mode of a vehicle being in any one driving mode of a manual driving mode or an autonomous driving mode, a torque value of a control unit that controls the vehicle according to a current driving mode of the vehicle is initialized. Furthermore, after transferring a driving mode control right of the vehicle from a vehicle to a driver or from the driver to the vehicle by increasing or reducing a vehicle control right to control the vehicle, whether to switch the driving mode is determined through monitoring information obtained by the control unit in the vehicle whose driving mode was switched during a predetermined time period.

Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining when to provide and providing secondary disengage alerts for a vehicle having autonomous and manual driving modes. For instance, while the vehicle is being controlled in the autonomous driving mode, user input is received at one or more user input devices of the vehicle. In response to receiving the user input, the vehicle may be transitioned from the autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode and provide a primary disengage alert to an occupant of the vehicle regarding the transition. Whether to provide a secondary disengage alert may be determined based on at least circumstances of the user input. After the transition, the secondary disengage alert may be provided based on the determination.

A vehicle includes: an input configured to receive a destination; a display; a driver assistance system configured to control a behavior of the vehicle based on surrounding environment information; and a controller configured to control the display to display a driving route. The controller may be configured to determine, when a distance between a branch point on the driving route and the vehicle reaches a first distance, a possibility that the vehicle deviates from the driving route based on GPS information, vehicle speed information, and the surrounding environment information, and search for, when the possibility is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, a deviation route for reaching the destination based on the deviated direction and control the display to display the deviation route until the distance between the branch point on the driving route and the vehicle reaches a second distance.

A vehicle includes a detection system configured to acquire data regarding operation of the vehicle, and a robotic driving device configured to provide robotic control of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a control system configured to determine whether the robotic driving device is activated, such that the vehicle is in robotic driving mode; receive a request by a prospective operator of the vehicle to deactivate the robotic driving device to initiate a manual driving mode; determine whether the prospective operator is impaired based on the data; and selectively grant or refuse the request based on the determination.