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A parking assistance device is disclosed. The parking assistance device includes processing circuitry connected to a memory. The processing circuitry registers, during learning travel, a map including multiple routes from one parking start position to multiple parking positions. The processing circuitry causes, during automatic parking, a vehicle to perform autonomous travel based on the map. The processing circuitry selects, during automatic parking, a route on which the vehicle is to travel from among the multiple routes.

Methods and apparatus are provided for performing an assisted driving trailer reversing operation including a user interface configured to generate an initiation signal in response to a user input, a processor configured to generate a control signal in response to the initiation signal indicative of an inverse steering ratio, a steering angle sensor to detect a steering direction and a steering angle from a center steering position, a steering controller configured to receive the steering angle and the steering direction from the steering angle sensor, to invert the steering angle to generate an inverted steering angle such that the inverted steering angle has a same angular magnitude as the steering angle and an opposite direction than the steering direction, and a vehicle control system for controlling a movement of a vehicle in response to the inverted steering angle.

Embodiments herein provide a system and methods for parking a vehicle that considers the location of adjacent vehicles and determines parking maneuvers to allow easy access to the vehicle. The parking maneuvers are determined based on the space needed for each passenger to open their door and to safely exit or enter the vehicle. The vehicle may be positioned in a parking spot next to an adjacent vehicle. The system self-drives the vehicle when executing the parking maneuvers and sensors are used to determine the position of the vehicle in relation to the adjacent vehicle. The vehicle may be positioned such that passengers can safely exit the vehicle while in the parking spot. Once the passengers exit and are safely away, the vehicle is maneuvered within the parking spot to a position that does not impede access to the adjacent vehicle.

A control unit of a server is a device that adjusts a parking position of a vehicle in a parking lot, and includes an acquisition unit that acquires the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive a package in the parking lot, and an adjustment information generation unit that generates adjustment information for adjusting parking of another vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive the package in the parking lot such that a space is secured around the vehicle scheduled to receive the package.

An impairment analysis (“IA”) computer system for detecting an impairment is provided. The IA computer system is associated with a host vehicle, and includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to: (i) interrogate or otherwise scan a target vehicle by using a plurality of sensors included on a host vehicle to scan the target vehicle and a target driver; (ii) receive sensor data including target driver data and target vehicle condition data; (iii) analyze the sensor data by applying a baseline model to the sensor data; (iv) detect an impairment of the target driver or target vehicle based upon the analysis; and / or (v) output an alert signal to a host vehicle controller, or direct collision preventing actions (such as automatically engage vehicle safety systems), based upon the determination that the target driver or target vehicle is impaired.

One or more example embodiments relate to a vehicle and a method for performing autonomous valet parking. A vehicle may include at least one sensor configured to obtain image data indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle; a controller configured to control at least one operation of the vehicle; a communication interface; and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: identify, based on the image data, a unique marker installed in a parking lot; set, based on the unique marker, position information of the vehicle; identify, based on the image data, an anonymous marker installed in the parking lot; adjust, based on the anonymous marker, the position information of the vehicle; and control, based on the adjusted position information of the vehicle, an autonomous parking operation of the vehicle.

“THREE-DIMENSIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR KINGPIN ON FIFTH WHEEL” describes an invention patent, for a monitoring system of Kingpin / Fifth Wheel articulation presented on trucks, with a great applicability for autonomous steering systems and vehicle dynamics control. This system allows the precise monitoring of translational, rotational movements and the relative accelerations of the king pin (5) in relation to the fifth wheel (3) on the X, Y and Z axes, totaling measurements in six degrees of freedom. The present patent presents two ways to make this monitoring of the three-dimensional position of the kingpin (5): The first through a set of sensors (6) accelerometers and gyroscope integrated to an electromagnet (4) that when electrified, is coupled to the king pin (5) by magnetic attraction. The second mode through a reference device (20) that is magnetic, identifiable, independent and easy to apply to the kingpin (4).

A method for calculating an optimum route for a first vehicle to travel from a current location to a selected parking space includes receiving map data of a parking zone, the map data including local map data and global map data of the parking zone, sensor data, parking space data indicating availability of parking spaces within the parking zone, and vehicle dynamics and location data, selecting, as the selected parking space, at least one available parking space based on the parking space data, determining a plurality of target positions between the current location and the selected parking space, calculating, in response to the selecting of the selected parking space and based on the plurality of target positions, the optimum route, including calculating trajectories of the first vehicle along an entire route between the current location and the selected parking space, and controlling the first vehicle to travel from the current location to the selected parking space.

The invention discloses a recirculating ball type electric power steering system fault self-checking method and system and a readable medium, and relates to the technical field of vehicles, and the method comprises the steps: storing a signal transmission path and each function node, determining the type of an influence factor which influences the instruction execution accuracy of the function node, and determining the instruction execution accuracy of the function node; analyzing and acquiring the relationship between the fluctuation amplitude of the data signal at each function node and the numerical value of the influence factor, storing the relationship as a correction model, and storing a first relationship model for reflecting the data association relationship among the function nodes on the same signal transmission path; acquiring real-time data and source data of various impact factors, and generating theoretical response data according to the first relation model, the real-time impact factor data and the correction model; the actual response data is collected, the deviation amplitude between the actual response data and the theoretical response data is calculated, whether the function node breaks down or has a potential fault is judged according to the deviation amplitude, early warning is output, and the fault detection accuracy and the potential fault pre-judgment capability are greatly improved through the technical scheme.

The present invention refers to a method for performing pre-boost acceleration prior to overtaking a preceding third party vehicle (34) driving on a road (26) with multiple driving lanes (28, 30, 32) for driving in a forward driving direction (34) with an ego vehicle (10), wherein the ego vehicle (10) is following the preceding third party vehicle (36) on an ego lane (28) with an initial distance (d) to the ego vehicle (10), comprising the steps of detecting third party vehicles (38) on the neighboring driving lane (30), determining an acceleration profile with an acceleration phase for accelerating the ego vehicle (10) compared to the preceding third party vehicle (36) on the ego lane (28) while following the preceding third party vehicle (36), wherein an acceleration of the acceleration phase is determined based on the detection of third party vehicles (38) on the neighboring driving lane (30), a maximum acceleration value and a maximum change of acceleration, receiving a trigger for performing the pre-boost acceleration prior to overtaking the preceding third party vehicle (36) driving on the ego lane (28) using the neighboring driving lane (30), and performing the pre-boost acceleration according to the determined acceleration profile. The present invention also refers to a driving support system (12) for use in an ego vehicle (10) for following a preceding third party vehicle (36), in particular for performing adaptive cruise control, when driving on a road (26) with multiple driving lanes (28, 30, 32) for driving in a forward driving direction (34) of the ego vehicle (10), wherein the driving support system (12) is adapted to perform the method for pre-boost acceleration prior to overtaking a preceding third party vehicle (34) according to the above method.

A vehicle control apparatus comprises: a first control system that executes a first operation for reducing a possibility of collision between a host vehicle and an obstacle; and a second control system that execute a second control for automatically stopping the host vehicle when a driver of the host vehicle has fallen into an anomaly state where the driver cannot drive the host vehicle properly is obtained. In the apparatus, a second control in-execution period first operation start condition necessary to be satisfied in order for the first system to start executing the first operation while the second control system is not being executed the second control and a second control execution period first operation start condition necessary to be satisfied in order for the first system to start executing the first operation while the second control system is being executing the second control are different from each other.

The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle, including a projection system having at least one first and at least one second projection device. The at least one first projection device has at least one first light source and the at least second projection device has at least one second light source, where at least one first light projection can be projected into surroundings of the motor vehicle by the at least first projection device. The at least first light projection defines an actual position of the stationary motor vehicle, and at least one second light projection can be projected into surroundings of the motor vehicle by the at least second projection device. The at least second light projection defines a target position defining a parking position of the motor vehicle. The at least second projection device can be set by the user to change the target position. A deviation between the actual position and the target position can be determined via a detection device. Depending on the determined deviation, control parameters for performing an autonomous driving maneuver, in the context of which the motor vehicle can be maneuvered autonomously into the parking position, can be determined via a control device.

The application discloses an intelligent electric chassis configuration and a fault-tolerant control method of the intelligent electric chassis, and relates to the technical field of electric chassis. The chassis configuration comprises a front axle centralized motor drive assembly, a rear axle distributed motor drive assembly, a front axle electronic hydraulic brake system, a rear axle electronic mechanical brake system and a chassis domain controller. The front axle centralized motor drive assembly comprises a centralized drive motor, a front wheel speed reducer and a drive half shaft which are sequentially connected. The rear axle distributed motor drive assembly comprises a left rear wheel end drive motor and a left rear wheel speed reducer which are sequentially connected, and a right rear wheel end drive motor and a right rear wheel speed reducer which are sequentially connected. The front axle electronic hydraulic brake system comprises a first main brake unit and a redundant brake unit. The rear axle electronic mechanical brake system comprises a second main brake unit. The chassis domain controller is used for controlling the centralized drive motor, the left and right rear wheel end drive motors, the first main brake unit, the redundant brake unit, the second main brake unit, a front axle steer-by-wire system, an intelligent suspension system and an intelligent tire. The application can improve the chassis safety and fault-tolerant capability to support high-level automatic driving functions.

The sensor comprises two Hall type steering wheel angle sensors which are coaxially installed at a steering wheel transmission shaft, the models of the two Hall type steering wheel angle sensors are consistent, and the two Hall type steering wheel angle sensors are independently connected to a data processing module. When torque generated after the steering wheel is stressed acts on the steering wheel transmission shaft (1), a tubular column of the steering wheel transmission shaft deforms, rotation angles of deformation in different areas in the axial direction are different, and the two Hall type steering wheel angle sensors detect the tubular column rotation angles in the installation areas of the Hall type steering wheel angle sensors respectively and output the tubular column rotation angles to the data processing module. The data processing module calculates the torque borne by the steering wheel according to the angular deviation of the tubular column rotation angle measured by the two Hall type steering wheel angle sensors. Through cooperative work of the two sensors, the torque measuring function can be achieved, and the redundancy safety performance of the system can be improved.

A method and an apparatus for generating a safe Memory Parking Assist path by considering perception and positioning errors due to distortion of an SVM wide-angle camera are disclosed. The method for generating a parking path includes obtaining images around a vehicle by cameras; obtaining position of the vehicle and obstacles around the vehicle by using images; activating a Memory Parking Assist (MPA) in response to a determination that the vehicle approaches a memory path; predicting whether the vehicle collides with any of the obstacles if the vehicle tracks the memory path; determining whether the obstacles are avoidable in response to a determination that the vehicle is predicted to collide with the obstacle; and generating an avoidance path for the vehicle to avoid the obstacle and a convergence path for the vehicle to converge to the memory path.

According to certain aspects, a computer-implemented method for operating an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be provided. With the customer's permission, an identity of a vehicle operator may be identified and a vehicle operator profile may be retrieved. Operating data regarding autonomous operation features operating the vehicle may be received from vehicle-mounted sensors. When a request to disable an autonomous feature is received, a risk level for the autonomous feature is determined and compared with a driver behavior setting for the autonomous feature stored in the vehicle operator profile. Based upon the risk level comparison, the autonomous vehicle retains control of vehicle or the autonomous feature is disengaged depending upon which is the safer driver- the autonomous vehicle or the vehicle human occupant. As a result, unsafe disengagement of self-driving functionality for autonomous vehicles may be alleviated. Insurance discounts may be provided for autonomous vehicles having this safety functionality.

The invention provides a vehicle control method and device, a computer storage medium, and a vehicle, which are applied to the technical field of automobiles. The vehicle control method includes: determining, based on first information, second information, and third information, whether a vehicle is performing a reverse parking maneuver; comparing a reversing speed with a predetermined first speed when the vehicle is performing the reverse parking maneuver; and if the reversing speed is higher than the predetermined first speed, outputting a first control signal to adjust the reversing speed such that the reversing speed is not higher than the predetermined first speed, where the first information includes information indicating that the vehicle is in reverse gear, the second information indicates an environment surrounding the vehicle, and the third information indicates that the reversing speed is lower than a predetermined second speed, where the predetermined first speed is lower than the predetermined second speed.

A vehicle driving assistance device executes sudden decrease prevention control when actually applied torque that is steering assistance torque applied to steering operation at a time point at which lane boundaries become unrecognizable is larger than zero. The sudden decrease prevention control is control of decreasing the actually applied torque in steps of a predetermined sudden decrease prevention value per unit time from the actually applied torque at the time point at which the lane boundaries become unrecognizable or control of applying to the steering operation, the steering assistance torque set using as a limit steering angle, an angle that is increased in steps of a predetermined sudden decrease prevention angle per unit time from the limit steering angle set by steering assistance control at the time point at which the lane boundaries become unrecognizable.

The invention relates to a zero offset calibration method and device for a vehicle steering wheel, a vehicle, equipment and a medium, in particular to the technical field of power systems. The method includes: controlling a vehicle to run in a preset vehicle speed range along a calibration map according to an expected turning angle; lateral deviation and actual turning angles of the vehicle at different vehicle speeds in a preset vehicle speed range are collected; according to the actual rotation angle and the expected rotation angle, zero deflection angle measurement values at different vehicle speeds are calculated; based on a preset vehicle speed range, the lateral deviation and a zero-deflection angle estimated value, establishing a correlation among the vehicle speed, the lateral deviation and the zero-deflection angle, the zero-deflection angle estimated value being calculated based on the lateral deviation and the route length of the calibration map; determining a target zero deflection angle estimated value corresponding to the actual vehicle speed and the actual transverse deviation of the vehicle according to the correlation; and filtering and fusing the target zero-deflection angle estimated value and the zero-deflection angle measured value to obtain a zero-deflection angle calibration value, so that the zero-deflection angle calibration value is automatically compensated to the issuing turning angle to control the steering of wheels.

The invention belongs to the technical field of automobiles, and particularly provides a steer-by-wire system for an automobile and the automobile. The steer-by-wire system comprises a force feedback motor and a steering angle displacement sensor. Wherein the force feedback motor comprises an inner stator and an outer rotor, and the inner stator is used for being connected with an automobile body of an automobile; the outer rotor is used for connecting a steering wheel to rotate along with the steering wheel. The rotation angle displacement sensor is fixedly connected with the inner stator and detects the rotation angle of the outer rotor through the eddy current principle. As the sensor adopting the eddy current principle has the characteristics of good reliability, high sensitivity, strong anti-interference capability, non-contact measurement, high response speed and no influence of media such as oil and water during long-term work, compared with a TMR sensor in the prior art, the angle displacement sensor adopting the eddy current principle is more reliable in detection precision, and the detection accuracy is higher. The condition of detection distortion does not occur, and the driving safety of a user is ensured.

A driving assistance method uses a controller to perform automated lane change to control the own vehicle in such a way that the own vehicle makes a lane change under a condition that the passenger is at least in contact with the steering wheel, the driving assistance method causing the controller to perform processing including: selecting a target lane; and when automated lane change from a current lane to the target lane includes a first automated lane change from a first lane to a second lane and a second automated lane change from the second lane to a third lane, performing lane-keeping assistance under a condition that the passenger is at least in contact with the steering wheel from an end of control of the first automated lane change until a start of control of the second automated lane change.

In some embodiments, techniques are provided for autonomously backing a vehicle (such as a Class 8 truck) to a trailer. In some embodiments, environment sensors such as image sensors and range sensors mounted to the vehicle detect a trailer and determine distances between the trailer and the vehicle as well as relative angles of the trailer and the vehicle. In some embodiments, the vehicle determines a path to the trailer based on this information, and autonomously controls braking, torque, and / or steering of the vehicle to autonomously back the vehicle along the determined path.

A control device includes a control unit that executes automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the parking position based on recognition data of an external environment of a moving body and the parking position and registers the parking position as a designated parking position. The control unit executes first registration of registering the designated parking position based on first recognition data and executes second registration of registering the designated parking position based on second recognition data. The control unit continues the second registration without executing automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed during execution of the second registration in new registration of the designated parking position. The control unit suspends the second registration and executes the automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed during execution of the second registration in update of the designated parking position.

Techniques for determining a parking trajectory for a vehicle are discussed herein. A parking management component may determine or receive a three-dimensional grid (“grid”), discretized based at least in part on a heading offset, a lateral offset, and / or a longitudinal offset between a first and second pose. A cell of the grid may include a cost associated indicating a minimum difference to the second pose when moving from the first as may be limited based on kinematic and / or dynamic constraints. When driving, a vehicle may determine a relative state of the vehicle to a desired location, use the relative state to access a cost from the grid, and determine whether to follow a trajectory based on the cost.

There is disclosed a control system and a method for a host vehicle operable in an autonomous mode. The control system comprises one or more controllers. The speed and / or path of the vehicle in the autonomous mode is appropriate to a driving context.

An information processing apparatus for performing notification to a user of a vehicle when an object is detected around a parking space is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a storage that stores a traveling route to the parking space in a first parking, and a processor that acquires first detection object information around the parking space in the first parking and second detection object information around the parking space in a second parking performed after the first parking. The first parking is performed by manual driving, and the second parking is performed by automatic parking based on the first parking. An aspect of the notification in the first parking and the second parking are different when an undetected object, that was not detected during the first parking, is detected in the second parking.

Processing circuitry sets multiple reference positions in an extending direction of a travel lane based on a setting signal generated based on an operation by a user. Each of the reference positions is a specific position in a lateral direction in the travel lane at a position in an extending direction of the travel lane. A target travel trajectory is obtained as an imaginary line formed by connecting the reference positions to each other in the extending direction of the travel lane. The processing circuitry generates instruction information of a steered angle of a steered wheel of a vehicle so as to cause the vehicle to travel along the target travel trajectory.

Provided is a parking assistance device including a captured image acquisition unit imaging a road surface around a vehicle and an end detector detecting an end of a ground object on the road surface within a detection area in the captured image. A position calculator calculates position information indicating a positional relationship of the end of the ground object. A boundary line determiner determines whether or not a ground object having the end is a boundary line that defines a parking slot for the vehicle. A removal unit determines whether or not a rear end of a ground object determined as the boundary line by the boundary line determination unit is included in a removal range, determines that a ground object determined as the boundary line is not the boundary line when the rear end is included in the removal range, and excludes the ground object from boundary lines.

Techniques for determining drivable area(s), parking location(s), or other incident areas in an environment are discussed herein. The drivable area(s), parking location(s), and / or other incident areas can be determined by a machine learned model. Training of the machine learned model can be based on sensor data and map data. The sensor data and the map data can be utilized to determine a representation (e.g., a top-down representation) of an environment. The representation can include at least road marking and velocity information associated with a dynamic object in the environment. The sensor data can be utilized to determine the dynamic object. The machine learned model can generate outputs including probabilities that elements of the outputs represent a drivable area, non-drivable area, a parking location, and / or an incident area. The outputs can be utilized to generate a trajectory. The trajectory can be utilized to control a vehicle to traverse the environment.