A driving apparatus includes a body; at least one sensor that is exposed to an outside of the body and configured to sense a user input for controlling driving of the body; a controller configured to generate at least one control command for driving of the body according to the sensed user input; and a motor that is configured to generate a driving force for driving the body according to the generated at least one control command.

A method includes controlling an electrified vehicle by modifying a state of charge (SOC) window associated with an energy storage device of the electrified vehicle in response to a reverse driving event or a trailer towing event.

An engine starting control system for hybrid vehicles is provided to prevent a temporal drop in drive force when starting an engine. The control system maintains an operating mode of a switching mechanism when starting the engine by the first motor, in a case that the vehicle is propelled in the forward direction by the first motor and that the switching mechanism is in a second mode, or in a case that the vehicle is propelled in the reverse direction by the first motor and that the switching mechanism is in the first mode. Thereafter, the control system increases a rotational speed of the engine to a self-sustaining speed, switches the operating mode of the switching mechanism, and increases torque of the engine.

A reverse transmission system for a vehicle for engaging a reverse action on a normally forward action only engine transmission having a longitudinal orientation driveshaft output, the reverse transmission system comprising a gear rotatably connected to the longitudinal orientation driveshaft output of a normally forward action only engine transmission output; a shaft rotatably connected to the gear for transmitting power from the normally forward action only engine transmission output to the shaft; a chain sprocket connected to a chain drive and to the shaft for providing a transverse orientation output to the chain drive to change the direction of rotation of the driveshaft output, thereby for engaging the vehicle in the reverse action; and a reverse fork configured to actuate a reverse dog configured to slide upon the shaft to reversibly engage a reverse gear engaged to a first gear of the engine transmission.

A driving apparatus includes a body; at least one sensor that is exposed to an outside of the body and configured to sense a user input for controlling driving of the body; a controller configured to generate at least one control command for driving of the body according to the sensed user input; and a motor that is configured to generate a driving force for driving the body according to the generated at least one control command.

A vehicle includes a first sensor for acquiring image data of a rear side, a second sensor for acquiring gaze data of a user, a display for outputting a screen of the image data, an input device for setting a sensitivity to a movement of a user gaze, and a controller for determining reference vector data based on the gaze data at a point in time at which the gaze data starts to be acquired or the gaze data that is preset, for outputting a control signal to output a screen of the image data corresponding to the reference vector data, for acquiring result data including relative position data and relative velocity data of gaze movement data with respect to the reference vector data, and for controlling a signal to output a screen of the image data.

According to a method for assisting reverse driving of a combination (1), an actual value for a hitch angle of the combination (1) is determined by a computing unit (6) depending on sensor data generated by a hitch angle sensor. A hitch length of a trailer (3), given by a distance between a trailer body (11) and a hitch (7) of a vehicle (2), is determined depending on environmental sensor data of the combination (1). A collision value for the hitch angle is determined by the computing unit (6) depending on the hitch length, and the safety measure is triggered by the computing unit (6) depending on the actual value and the collision value for the hitch angle.

A rearview monitor apparatus includes: a display provided on an instrument panel; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display, wherein the housing includes an upper surface arranged above the display, a side surface arranged at the outside in a vehicle width direction of the display, and a visor that extends in a vehicle rearward direction beyond the display from vehicle rearward positions of the upper surface and the side surface and that forms an opening part in a vehicle rearward direction, and a first recess part of which a depth gradually increases toward a vehicle frontward direction towards the inside in the vehicle width direction from an outer end in the vehicle width direction is formed on the upper surface side of the visor.

A rear view monitoring device includes: a display unit which is provided on both sides of an instrument panel in a vehicle width direction; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display unit, wherein the housing includes an opening portion formed on a display surface side of the display unit, an upper surface disposed above the display unit, a side surface disposed outside the display unit in the vehicle width direction, and an overhanging portion which straddles the upper surface and the side surface and overhangs outward in the vehicle width direction from a range in which a pillar projects in a vertical direction, and at least the overhanging portion is formed to have a downward gradient toward an outside in the vehicle width direction.

The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle (1) in maneuvering the motor vehicle (1) with a trailer (3), wherein image data is captured from an environmental region (12) of the motor vehicle (1) by means of at least one vehicle-side camera (5) and by means of at least one trailer-side camera (10) and an image (B) of the environmental region (12) is created for displaying on a vehicle-side display device (14) depending on the captured image data, wherein a perspective (P1, P2), from which the environmental region (12) is displayed in the image (B), is determined depending on a pivot angle (17) between the trailer (3) and the motor vehicle (1). The invention additionally relates to a driver assistance system (2) as well as to a vehicle/trailer combination with a motor vehicle (1), a trailer (3) and a driver assistance system (2).