The present disclosure is directed to using anomaly data detected in traffic data to efficiently initiate remote assistance sessions. In particular, a computing system can receive, from a computing device associated with a human-driven vehicle, travel data for the human-driven vehicle. The computer system can identify a navigation anomaly associated with the human-driven vehicle based on the travel data. The computer system can generate, based on the identified navigation anomaly, an anomaly entry for storage in an anomaly database, the anomaly entry comprising geofence data describing a geographic area associated with the navigation anomaly. The computer system can determine, based on location data received from an autonomous vehicle and the geofence data, that the autonomous vehicle is entering the geographic area associated with the navigation anomaly. The computer system can initiate a remote assistance session with the autonomous vehicle.

A presentation control device is configured to control information presentation to a driver of a vehicle. A determination unit is configured to distinguish between a monitoring interruption mode in which the driver is permitted to interrupt surroundings monitoring and a monitoring-required mode in which the driver is prohibited to interrupt the surroundings monitoring, and in the monitoring-required mode, between a hands-free permitted state and a hands-free prohibited state. A presentation control unit configured to perform the information presentation related to a mode transition from the monitoring interruption mode to the monitoring-required mode when the mode transition occurs. The presentation control unit is configured to perform the information presentation at an earlier timing when the monitoring interruption mode is transitioned to the hands-free prohibited state than when the monitoring interruption mode is transitioned to the hands-free permitted state.

An in-vehicle communication system includes a first relay apparatus installed in a first area of a vehicle, and a second relay apparatus installed in a second area and are connected via a communication main line. A main control apparatus and an auxiliary control apparatus are connected to the first relay apparatus and a controlled apparatus is connected to the second relay apparatus, each connected via a communication branch line. The first input apparatus is installed in the first area and inputs information to the main control apparatus and the auxiliary control apparatus. The second input apparatus is installed in the second area and inputs information to the main control apparatus and the auxiliary control apparatus via the first relay apparatus and the second relay apparatus. The first relay apparatus and the controlled apparatus communicate via an auxiliary communication line provided into both the first area and the second area.

An autonomous vehicle may include an autonomous driving control apparatus including a processor that is configured to request remote control of the autonomous vehicle to a control system when the remote control of the autonomous vehicle is required, and when receiving a driving path stored during a previous remote control of the autonomous vehicle from the control system, follows and controls the received driving path.

A method for enabling a route for automated driving operation of a vehicle involves enabling a route ahead of the vehicle for automated driving operation of the vehicle if it is determined, using a digital map, which is used during automated driving operation for landmark-based localization of the vehicle, that there are landmarks present along the route which, with regard to their suitability for longitudinal and transverse localization of the vehicle, fulfil requirements which are predefined according to a course of the route.

Section information of a traveling route is provided appropriately to a driver. Traveling route information and traffic information relating to the traveling route are acquired, and on the basis of the information, a driver intervention requiring section and an automatic driving available section of the traveling route are displayed on a reach prediction time axis from a current point on an instrument panel, a tablet, or the like. For example, the driver intervention requiring section includes a manual driving section, a takeover section from automatic driving to manual driving, and a cautious traveling section from the automatic driving.

Provided is a vehicle control device including: a storage device storing a program; and a hardware processor executing the program stored in the storage device to: recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; determine whether or not the surrounding situation includes a road division line; control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle; determine a driving mode of the vehicle as any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode; and set, when the vehicle is traveling in the second driving mode, the surrounding situation is determined not to include a road division line, and a preceding vehicle is recognized within a first predetermined distance in a traveling direction of the vehicle, a longer traveling continuation distance in the second driving mode using the map information.

A vehicle includes: a driver assistance system; an accelerator configured to perform acceleration of the vehicle; a braking device configured to perform deceleration of the vehicle; a velocity sensor configured to detect a current velocity of the vehicle; a driver status sensor configured to acquire a driver's behavioral data; and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a carelessness status of the driver based on the driver's behavioral data and to activate a velocity control mode when the carelessness status of the driver is detected in the activation status of the driver assistance system.

An automatic traveling method includes causing a work vehicle to automatically travel according to a target route in a farm field, execute a spraying work of spraying a chemical liquid on crops, execute a stirring work of stirring the chemical liquid in a storage tank, and start the stirring work if a predetermined condition is satisfied before the work vehicle starts automatic travel.

A method of controlling a foldable pedal device includes an operation of the foldable pedal device, in which both a foldable accelerator pedal and a foldable brake pedal are hidden in an autonomous driving mode, both the foldable accelerator pedal and the foldable brake pedal basically pop up in a manual driving mode, and a one-pedal mode may be implemented such that only one of the foldable accelerator pedal and the foldable brake pedal pops up in the manual driving mode according to a driver's selection.