136results about "Cruise control" patented technology

The present disclosure generally relates to managing cruise control settings. A cruise control indicator is displayed at a location that corresponds to a cruise control speed concurrently with a textual indication of the cruise control speed. In response to receiving an input to change the cruise control speed, the cruise control indicator and the textual indication of the cruise control speed move along at least a portion of the path corresponding to speed.

The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for operating an autonomous vehicle based on sensor data representative of an area in a driving direction of and in the vicinity of the vehicle. The vehicle is equipped with a control unit adapted to determine if a plurality of detailed actions to be performed by the vehicle successfully may be used for fulfilling a desired general action plan for the vehicle. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding control system and to a computer program product.

A system and method of determining a vehicle´s maximum velocity are disclosed. The system includes a computing device configured to: receive a three-dimensional (3D) acceleration data; receive a type of a vehicle; receive in real-time a location or velocity of the vehicle on the road during travel; calculate road surface frequency using the 3D acceleration data and the real-time location and / or velocity of the vehicle receive an acceleration threshold for the travel; calculate a maximum recommended velocity for the travel based on the acceleration threshold, the type of the car, the road surface frequency, and the location; and send the calculated maximum recommended velocity to an external computing device wherein the road surface frequency is a mathematical expression of at least one of, the bumpiness and curvature properties of the road.

A means of transport, a device, and a method for informing a user of a driver assistance system of a means of transport are proposed. The method comprises the following steps: determining the current speed, the current driver input, and a variety of environmental conditions of the means of transport; using the current speed, the current driver input, and the environmental conditions to determine a current target distance that the driver assistance system attempts to maintain; determining a minimum distance and a maximum distance that would result under different environmental conditions at the current speed and the current driver input; and issuing an initial indication (3) to the user regarding the minimum distance, the maximum distance, and the target distance.

The invention provides a vehicle-mounted display system and a control method of the vehicle-mounted display system. A vehicle-mounted display system, which is mounted on a host vehicle and displays a situation around the host vehicle on a display in a cabin, is provided with a display control unit that displays a preceding vehicle icon on a travel lane region of the display when a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle is detected, and displays the preceding vehicle icon on the display when the preceding vehicle is not traveling in front of the host vehicle. The driving lane region has a near-front display region, a first display region located at a far-end side of the near-front display region, and a second display region located at a far-end side of the first display region, and when a more preceding vehicle traveling in front of the preceding vehicle is detected, the display control unit displays a more preceding vehicle icon in the second display region. The display control unit moves the preceding vehicle icon from the second display area to the first display area when the preceding vehicle is separated from the driving lane of the vehicle while the preceding vehicle is detected.

The present invention relates to a regulator system (200) and a method (500) for regulating one or more operating conditions (OC) of a vehicle (100). The regulator system (200) comprises at least one control unit (201, 202,203) to gather a plurality of navigation parameters (NP) comprising one or more predefined speed parameters (SP) with respect to a predefined route of travel of the navigation system and transmit the plurality of navigation parameters (NP) to at least one display unit (102) of the vehicle (100). Further, the at least one control unit (201,202, 203) regulates the one or more operating conditions (OC) of the vehicle (100) via one or more actuators (101) of the vehicle (100) based on a comparison of a real-time speed (SR) of the vehicle (100) with the one or more predefined speed parameters (SP).

Method for assisting a driver during lane changes with an ego vehicle (100) comprising the following procedural steps: - Detection of the state of the direction indicator of the ego vehicle (100) using a device (3) for detecting the state of a direction indicator of the ego vehicle (100), - Determining the driver's intention to change lanes, - when a lane change intention is detected, determine the position and speed of other vehicles relative to the ego vehicle (100) and calculate a speed target for the ego vehicle (100) during the lane change based on the determined positions and speeds of the other vehicles relative to the ego vehicle (100), and - Displaying the speed limit to the driver, characterized in that - Contextual information of the ego vehicle (100) regarding the type of road traveled by the ego vehicle (100), as well as any associated entry and exit areas and the relative positions and relative speeds of other vehicles, are recorded, and - the lane-changing intention is determined from the fusion of context information with information regarding the state of the turn signal, and - the fused information is checked for consistency, and in case of inconsistency between the context information and the information regarding the state of the direction indicator, the context information is preferred for determining the lane change intention by ignoring the information from device (3).

Steering column lever control assembly (40) for influencing the speed of a motor vehicle (70), with a steering column lever (56) which is operable forwards, backwards, upwards and / or downwards in relation to the forward direction of travel (72) of the motor vehicle (70) to provide at least one functional control unit (30, 32, 60, 62), characterized by an adjustment device (10) for adjusting at least three assistance function units (12, 14, 16, 18) influencing the speed of a motor vehicle (70), which are selected from a speed-keeping assistance function unit (12), a predictive distance control assistance function unit (14), a speed limiting assistance function unit (16) and a hill-climbing assistance function unit (18), wherein the adjusting device (10) has a single switching control unit (22) arranged on the steering column lever (56) in a lower area of ​​the steering column lever (56) with respect to a vehicle vertical axis (74) for adjusting one of the at least three assistance function units (12, 14, 16, 18) influencing the speed of the motor vehicle (70), wherein the adjusting device (10) has a control unit (20) which is configured to monitor the actuation of the individual switching control unit (22) and to select an assistance function unit (12, 14, 16, 18) by actuation of the individual switching control unit (22).

Aspects of the present invention relate to a speed control system (15) for a vehicle (10), to a method and to a vehicle (10). The system causes the vehicle (10) to drive at a target speed value. The speed control system (15) receives a turn indicator status signal indicative of a state of a turn signal indicator control of the vehicle. The system (15) determines a turn indicator target speed limit in dependence on the turn indicator status signal and controls the vehicle in accordance with the turn indicator target speed limit.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for an adaptive cruise control that controls a speed of a host vehicle as a passing vehicle quickly passes through a trajectory of the host vehicle. In one form, a system includes at least one processor that is configured to determine that a passing vehicle is entering a trajectory in which the host vehicle is travelling based on a longitudinal speed, a longitudinal acceleration, a lateral speed, and a lateral acceleration of the passing vehicle; determine to maintain a follow distance of an adaptive cruise control system of the host vehicle to at least one target vehicle in the trajectory in which the host vehicle is traveling prior to the passing vehicle entering the trajectory; and to maintain the follow distance to the at least one target vehicle while the passing vehicle passes through the trajectory in which the host vehicle is traveling.

The driving support device includes: a vehicle speed controller configured to perform vehicle speed control, a system controller configured to perform at least one prerequisite control, and a storage device configured to store whether or not switching between enabling and disabling is permitted for each of the at least one prerequisite control, wherein the vehicle speed controller includes: determining whether each of the at least one prerequisite control is enabled or disabled in response to an operation of a driver of the vehicle for starting the vehicle speed control, determining, with reference to the storage device, whether or not enabling of the prerequisite control determined to be disabled is permitted, and in response to determining that enabling of the prerequisite control determined to be disabled is permitted, enabling the prerequisite control determined to be disabled and starting the vehicle speed control.

The invention relates to a method for operating an assistance system (51) in vehicles (50) of a vehicle fleet, wherein in each vehicle (50) of the vehicle fleet: at least one configuration parameter (30) of the assistance system (51) is estimated based on context descriptors (10) using a trained local machine learning model (20L), wherein submodels (22) of the machine learning model (20L, 20G) are assigned to a data domain defined based on the context descriptors (10), wherein the local machine learning model (20L) is trained based on training data (15) collected in the vehicle (50), wherein only parameters (21L) of the assigned submodels (22) and / or associated connections are modified, and wherein the parameters (21L) of these submodels (22) and / or the associated connections are transmitted to a backend server (60) after training.and wherein in the backend server (60): a global machine learning model (20G) is trained based on the parameters (21L) transmitted by the vehicles (50), wherein parameters (21G) of the trained global machine learning model (20G) are transmitted to the vehicles (50) of the vehicle fleet, and wherein the respective local machine learning models (20L) are updated based on the transmitted parameters (21G). Furthermore, the invention relates to a system (1).

A work vehicle includes an output pedal that controls the output of a motive section, a biasing member that biases the output pedal to return, and a brake pedal that operates a travel brake to a braking state. Also included are a holding section operable to a holding state of holding the output pedal at any depressed position and to a release state of releasing the holding of the output pedal, and a manual operating tool for manually operating the holding section to the holding state. Further included are a brake linkage section that operates the holding section to the release state when the brake pedal is depressed in the holding state, and an output linkage section that operates the holding section to the release state when the output pedal is depressed in the holding state.

An automated driving system for deciding to change a travel state of a host vehicle using a machine learning model in an automated driving control process for the host vehicle includes an automated driving control unit configured to decide to change the travel state of the host vehicle using the machine learning model on the basis of a preset target route and position information of the host vehicle and map information, or a detection result of an external sensor of the host vehicle, and an information presentation unit configured to present a travel state change factor, which is a main cause of the change in the travel state, and the change in the travel state of the host vehicle to a user of the host vehicle when the automated driving control unit decides to change the travel state of the host vehicle.

A decrease in braking force, which is not intended by a rider, is suppressed. An execution section of a control device executes automatic speed control to automatically control a speed of a straddle-type vehicle. In a state where a braking force acting on a rear wheel does not depend on a brake operation using a first brake operating portion and a braking force acting on a front wheel does not depend on a brake operation using a second brake operating portion, in a situation where a braking force is automatically generated on at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel by the automatic speed control, when the automatic speed control is canceled in response to an automatic speed control cancellation operation that is a brake operation using the brake operating portion for the other of the front wheel and the rear wheel without using the brake operating portion for the one wheel, the execution section executes a first control operation that automatically generates a braking force on the one wheel in a state where a braking force dependent on the brake operation using the brake operating portion for the other wheel acts on the other wheel.

A control arrangement (100) and a method for controlling a drive train (2) of a medium-weight or heavy-duty vehicle (1). The method comprises a step of adapting (S109) a currently predicted route (R1) for the vehicle (1) to a new predicted route (R2) in response to one or more driver-initiated indicators, wherein the new predicted route (R2) is predicted taking into account information relating to the one or more driver-initiated indicators. The method further comprises a step of determining (S110) a driving strategy for an upcoming road section of the new predicted route based on properties of the upcoming road section. Furthermore, the method comprises a step of controlling (S111) the drive train (2) according to the determined driving strategy.

The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for operating an autonomous vehicle (100, 102, 104) based on sensor data representative of an area in a driving direction of and in the vicinity of the vehicle (100, 102, 104). The vehicle (100, 102, 104) is equipped with a control unit (202) adapted to determine if a plurality of detailed actions to be performed by the vehicle (100, 102, 104) successfully may be used for fulfilling a desired general action plan for the vehicle (100, 102, 104). The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding control system and to a computer program product.

The present disclosure relates to a method of activating cruise control for a vehicle in motion. The vehicle speed is continuously acquired. A maximum allowable speed on the path currently travelled by the vehicle is determined. A value V1 for a limit speed is selected based on and below the determined maximum allowable speed. A time range of T units of time is selected based on the maximum allowable speed. The average speed is continuously calculated based on the continuously acquired speed measurements for the most recent T units of time. Upon determination that the speed of the vehicle exceeds the value V1 and that during the most recent T units of time the speed has deviated less than or equal to a predefined allowable deviation from the last calculated average speed, the cruise control is automatically activated to operate the vehicle at said last calculated average speed.

The present disclosure generally relates to managing a cruise control setting. A cruise control indicator is displayed at a location corresponding to a cruise control speed concurrently with a textual indication of the cruise control speed. In response to receiving an input, the textual indication ceases to be displayed after a non-zero duration while the cruise control indicator continues to be displayed.

The present invention relates to a method and device for controlling an adaptive cruise control system, referred to as an ACC system, of a first vehicle (10). The ACC system targets a second vehicle (11) travelling in front of the first vehicle (10). The activation of one or more turn signals (101) of the first vehicle (10) is detected. Following this detection, a relevance indicator associated with the second vehicle is determined according to a current inter-vehicle time between the first vehicle (10) and the second vehicle (11). The ACC system of the first vehicle (10) is controlled according to this relevance indicator.

Motor vehicle (F1) - with a distance-related cruise control system (ACC), in which, in the case of following behind a vehicle in front (F2), a target distance (d_n) set by the driver to the vehicle in front (F2) is generally regulated and in which a shortened target distance (d_k) is regulated for a distance-reducing indicator effect time (t_ACC) when the indicator (BL) is activated, and - with a lane departure warning system (TLC), in which a warning, which is generally activated when there is a risk of unintentional lane departure, is suppressed for a predetermined warning-suppressing indicator activation time (t_TLC) after the indicator BL is activated, - whereby the warning-suppressing indicator effect time (t_TLC) begins at the same time as the distance-shortening indicator effect time (t_ACC) and whereby these time windows (t_ACC, t_TLC) are specified to be of equal length.

The invention relates to a method for setting the specified driving speed as a reference variable of a speed control device of a motor vehicle, wherein the speed control device has an operating element which is accessible to a vehicle driver during driving and which allows the input of a fine adjustment and a rough adjustment of the specified driving speed, wherein the method comprises the steps of: the speed control device determining the number of fine adjustment inputs within a time window; the speed control device checking whether the number of inputs exceeds a threshold value; if the number of inputs exceeds the threshold value, the speed control device interpreting the inputs as a rough adjustment. The invention also relates to a speed control device in which such a method is able to be carried out.

The invention relates to a monitoring method implemented in a vehicle comprising a powertrain able to provide an engine torque according to a torque setpoint, and offering a speed-limiting function that imposes a limited torque setpoint when it is activated. This method comprises a step (10-20) in which, if a failure causing a deactivation of this function is detected, a progressive increase in the torque setpoint is imposed from the limited torque setpoint up to a chosen torque setpoint representing a torque request from the driver.

This application relates to the field of vehicle control technology, and in particular to a vehicle speed control method, device, computer equipment, and storage medium. The method includes: constructing a whole-vehicle dynamics model corresponding to the target vehicle, and designing a corresponding sliding-film robust control model for the target vehicle; optimizing the parameters of the whole-vehicle dynamics model and the sliding-film robust control model based on an iterative optimization algorithm; and controlling the vehicle speed according to the optimized whole-vehicle dynamics model and the optimized sliding-film robust control model. This application achieves vehicle speed control based on the optimized whole-vehicle dynamics model and the optimized sliding-film robust control model, preventing inaccurate vehicle speed control due to abnormal parameters in the whole-vehicle dynamics model and the sliding-film robust control model, which would affect normal driving and driving experience, and improve the control stability and driving safety of the target vehicle during driving.

The invention relates to a method for adjusting a distance value of an automatic distance control system of a vehicle (1), wherein, when the automatic distance control is activated, a distance level is selected as the target distance (S) from a plurality of distance levels stored on the vehicle side. a ) is selectable. According to the invention, it is provided that the selection of a distance level to a preceding vehicle (2) from the stored distance levels is carried out automatically depending on the current driving speed of the vehicle (1).

To reduce the effects of traffic jams, a traffic reduction system identifies road segments having more a threshold amount of traffic. The traffic reduction system also receives an indication of a current location of a client device operating in a vehicle and compares the current location to the locations of the identified road segments to determine whether the vehicle is on or approaching the road segment. If the vehicle is on or approaching the road segment, the traffic reduction system determines a target speed for the vehicle to maintain an equal distance between the vehicle and the vehicle in front of the vehicle and the vehicle and the vehicle behind the vehicle. The traffic reduction system then provides the target speed to the client device for display on a user interface. By maintaining equal distances between vehicles in front of and behind each other, the amount of traffic dissipates.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a display device (1) which is designed to output a virtual marking (4) for an object (5) detected in the surroundings of a motor vehicle (2) to a driver of the motor vehicle (2), wherein the virtual marking (4) is output by means of the display device (1) so as to indicate the object (5) in a real driving scene, and the virtual marking (4) is adapted if the motor vehicle (2) is decelerated by a driver assistance function in order to prevent a collision with the object (5) and the difference between the deceleration of the motor vehicle (2) and a specified threshold for the deceleration falls below a specified threshold, whereby the adapted marking (4) signals that the deceleration has almost reached the threshold at which the control of the motor vehicle (2) is transferred from the driver assistance function to the driver.

The invention relates to a driving assistance system (100) for an autonomous vehicle (10), comprising a driving module (110) for autonomous driving, the driving module (110) being designed at least for automatic longitudinal guidance of the vehicle (10), the driving module (110) being further designed to operate in a first longitudinal guidance function mode (M1); switching to a second longitudinal guide function mode (M2) different from the first longitudinal guide function mode (M1) as a function of a brake pedal actuation by the driver; and-automatically switching back to the first longitudinal guide function mode (M1) as a function of releasing the brake pedal actuation by the driver.

A device for controlling a cruise control system of a vehicle, the device being designed to detect manual actuation of a brake of the vehicle while the cruise control system is active, and to determine whether the manual actuation of the brake should be interpreted as a switch-off request for deactivation of the cruise control system or not. Furthermore, the device is designed to deactivate or continue the cruise control system in accordance with the determination.

The present disclosure relates to a driver assistance system (100, 300) for a vehicle (10). The driver assistance system (100, 300) comprises a drive module (310) which is designed at least for automated longitudinal control of the vehicle (10). The drive module (310) is also designed to selectively resume the automated longitudinal control on the basis of a current situation.