To obtain a rider-assistance system capable of providing a rider of a straddle-type vehicle with a sense of comfort and safety during a turn, and a control method for such a rider-assistance system.

The present invention provides the rider-assistance system that assists with driving by the rider of the straddle-type vehicle and includes a controller. The controller includes: an object identification section that identifies an object approaching a side of the straddle-type vehicle on the basis of output of a communication device that wirelessly receives information output from infrastructure equipment or another vehicle; a body position information acquisition section that acquires position information of at least a part of a body of the rider on the turning straddle-type vehicle; a collision possibility determination section that determines a collision possibility of the rider with the object identified by the object identification section on the basis of the position information acquired by the body position information acquisition section; and a safety operation performing section that causes the rider-assistance system to perform safety operation in the case where the collision possibility determination section determines that the collision possibility is high.

A ground utility robot and implement attachment apparatus having a ground utility robot, at least one implement, at least one solar panel, at least one battery that is chargeable by the at least one solar panel, a power take-off system that is connected to the ground utility robot and to the at least one implement; where the battery powers said ground utility robot and the implement; a safety system that has a computer, a safety program that utilizes a processing logic on the computer, where the safety program initiates precautionary measures that are carried out by the ground utility robot and the power take-off system if an object comes within a predefined distance from the ground utility robot and implement attachment apparatus.

A method of controlling an electrified vehicle to prevent a collision thereof includes: determining whether an accelerator pedal is erroneously operated in the situation in which an obstacle is detected to be present in a traveling path; and when it is determined that the accelerator pedal is erroneously operated, performing braking control such that at least one of hydraulic braking or regenerative braking is selectively performed in a plurality of braking sections determined based on a current vehicle speed and a distance to the obstacle.

A lane keeping assist apparatus of a vehicle with a trailer, a system having the same, and a method thereof include a processor to request an advancing vehicle to control partial braking over the trailer of the advancing vehicle based on a lane departure amount of the advancing vehicle when the advancing vehicle departs from a lane.

An apparatus for controlling a braking force of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor device that obtains information about an image in front of the vehicle and driving information of the vehicle and a controller that determines a road surface state including a left road surface state and a right road surface state based on the information about the image and the driving information and controls a braking force of left wheels of the vehicle and a braking force of right wheels of the vehicle respectively based on the left road surface state and the right road surface state of the vehicle.

An adaptive brake control system for use in Ground Support Equipment (GSE) including a speed control system. The adaptive brake control system includes a distance sensor adapted to measure a distance from an edge of the GSE to an external object and a speed senor adapted to measure a ground speed of the GSE. An actuator, such as a brake actuator, is adapted to cause the speed control system of the GSE to slow or stop the GSE. A controller is functionally associated with the distance sensor, the speed sensor, and the actuator. The controller is adapted to receive inputs from the distance sensor and the speed sensor, and, based on the received inputs, to trigger the actuator to affect slowing or stopping of the GSE.

A method of controlling an electrified vehicle to prevent a collision thereof includes: determining whether an accelerator pedal is erroneously operated in the situation in which an obstacle is detected to be present in a traveling path; and when it is determined that the accelerator pedal is erroneously operated, performing braking control such that at least one of hydraulic braking or regenerative braking is selectively performed in a plurality of braking sections determined based on a current vehicle speed and a distance to the obstacle.

A system for detecting a vehicular collision (i) receives internal data from at least one internal sensor of a vehicle; (ii) receives external data from at least one external sensor; (iii) determines that a vehicle collision is imminent based upon the received external data; (iv) determines positional information for at least one occupant of a vehicle; and (v) automatically engages an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle system to mitigate at least one of vehicle damage and occupant injury caused by the vehicle collision. As a result, the potential injury to at least one occupant is reduced. The system may also utilize vehicle occupant positional data, and internal and external sensor data to detect potential imminent vehicle collisions, take corrective actions, automatically engage autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle features, and/or generate virtual reconstructions of the vehicle collision.

In one embodiment, a method for performing an obstacle detection for an ADV includes detecting an obstacle by a primary ADS and a secondary ADS using an obstacle detection algorithm based on sensor data provided by sensors on the ADV. In response to detecting the obstacle, a first controlled stop distance and a second controlled stop distance are calculated by the primary ADS and secondary ADS respectively based on a speed and a deceleration capability of the ADV. The first and second controlled stop distances between the primary ADS and secondary ADS are exchanged to determine a third controlled stop distance which is the maximum of the two. In response to determining that the ADV reaches within the third controlled distance between the ADV and the obstacle, a controlled stop operation is activated by the primary ADS to decelerate the ADV based on the third controlled stop distance.

A driver assistance system and a method for operating this driver assistance system, where signals of at least one surround sensor provided on the vehicle are evaluated, and if the evaluation reveals an increased probability of a collision with a detected object, emergency braking is automatically triggered and carried out, and in the event of an increased probability of a collision with a detected object, which lies above a second threshold value, the current vehicle position is stored, or the vehicle position within a predefined period of time after exceedance of the second threshold value is stored, and in the event of traveling through the spatial area about the vehicle position again, the stored information is taken into account for the triggering or the preparation of a warning of danger or emergency braking.