465 results about "Vehicle orientation" patented technology

A method for cooperative vehicle operation includes receiving a first target angle signal associated with a handwheel of a vehicle, receiving a second target angle signal associated with an autonomous steering system of the vehicle, and, in response to a determination that a handwheel angle error between the first target angle signal and the second target angle signal is less than a handwheel error threshold: generating a handwheel motor torque command based on a position control motor torque command and a torque control motor torque command; and controlling a position of the handwheel of the vehicle based on the handwheel motor torque command.

A vehicle-mounted display device, a vehicle steering wheel assembly, and a vehicle. The vehicle-mounted display device comprises a decorative piece (1), wherein the decorative piece (1) comprises a connection portion (4), a touch-control display screen (2), a first mounting position (11) and a second mounting position (12); the decorative piece (1) is mounted on a base (13) of a vehicle steering wheel (3) by means of the connection portion (4); the first mounting position (11) is used for mounting the touch-control display screen (2), and the second mounting position (12) is used for mounting a vehicle airbag; and the first mounting position (11) and the second mounting position (12) are arranged side by side on the decorative piece (1), and the first mounting position (11) is located above the second mounting position (12) in the direction in which the first mounting position (11) and the second mounting position (12) are arranged.

The invention discloses a vehicle falling detection method and device, the method is applied to a vehicle-mounted device, and the method comprises the steps that first information is obtained, the first information comprises accelerated speeds of a vehicle in a first direction, a second direction and a third direction, and / or angular speeds of the vehicle in the first direction, the second direction and the third direction, the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are three coordinate axis directions of a three-dimensional coordinate system respectively; and then, according to the first information, determining whether the vehicle falls off or not. According to the method, in consideration of possible vehicle direction change, rolling and other situations when a vehicle falls off, falling detection is carried out on the vehicle according to acceleration of the vehicle in a first direction, a second direction and a third direction and / or angular velocity of the vehicle in the first direction, the second direction and the third direction, and the vehicle falling detection accuracy is improved. Therefore, whether the vehicle falls off or not can be determined, and the accuracy of vehicle falling detection can be ensured.

A method for automatic directional control of an air conditioning vent including detecting a vehicle location and a vehicle orientation, determining a sun position with respect to the vehicle location and the vehicle orientation, determining a solar heat gain location within a vehicle cabin in response to the sun position, generating a control signal indicative of the solar heat gain location, and positioning the air condition vent to direct an airflow towards the solar heat gain location and to adjust the flow rate of the airflow in response to the control signal.

Various implementations include a light bar system for a steering wheel of a vehicle that includes a high intensity light source, a light diffusing layer, and an outer lens. For example, in certain implementations, the light diffusing layer is disposed between a plurality of high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an outer lens, and the light diffusing layer causes the light from the LEDs to appear as a continuous stream of light across a length of the lens and provides sufficiently bright lighting to warn or communicate with the driver in various ambient lighting conditions. In certain implementations, the outer lens is colored to blend in with the rest of the steering wheel when the LEDs are not activated.

Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to remove a steering wheel of a vehicle. As disclosed herein, a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause processor circuitry of a vehicle to: detect a request to remove a steering wheel from a steering system of a vehicle; verify a user identity based on a user profile, the user profile stored in a memory associated with the vehicle; determine whether a disengagement criterion is satisfied; and after the user identity is detected and the disengagement criterion is satisfied, disengage a lock to enable removal of the steering wheel from the steering system of the vehicle.

In various examples, a machine learning model—such as a deep neural network (DNN)—may be trained to use image data and / or other sensor data as inputs to generate two-dimensional or three-dimensional trajectory points in world space, a vehicle orientation, and / or a vehicle state. For example, sensor data that represents orientation, steering information, and / or speed of a vehicle may be collected and used to automatically generate a trajectory for use as ground truth data for training the DNN. Once deployed, the trajectory points, the vehicle orientation, and / or the vehicle state may be used by a control component (e.g., a vehicle controller) for controlling the vehicle through a physical environment. For example, the control component may use these outputs of the DNN to determine a control profile (e.g., steering, decelerating, and / or accelerating) specific to the vehicle for controlling the vehicle through the physical environment.

The invention provides a vehicle transverse and longitudinal coupling control method and device, equipment and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: determining a preview point on a lane line according to the lane line information of a road where a vehicle is located at present, and determining the lane line according to the transverse distance between the vehicle at present and the preview point, the current course error of the vehicle, the steering angle of the vehicle, and the current longitudinal speed of the vehicle; the steering angular velocity of the vehicle is calculated according to the LQR control algorithm, and the expected steering angle of a vehicle steering wheel is calculated according to the steering angular velocity and correspondingly adjusted; the expected longitudinal speed of the vehicle is determined according to the lane line information, the difference between the current longitudinal speed of the vehicle and the expected longitudinal speed serves as the input of a proportional-integral control algorithm, the output of the proportional-integral control algorithm serves as the expected longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, and the expected torque of an engine is calculated and correspondingly adjusted according to the expected longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle. By applying the LQR algorithm and the PI control algorithm, the calculation complexity is low under the condition of high transverse and longitudinal control precision.

The invention provides a vehicle steering wheel and road wheel steering synchronous self-adaptive control method and system, and relates to the technical field of vehicle control. Comprising the following steps: calculating a first steering torque by adopting a feedforward control mode based on an obtained rotating angle and rotating speed of a vehicle steering wheel; performing steering control on the road wheels according to the first steering torque to obtain actual steering angle data of the road wheels; second steering torque is calculated through a PID control closed loop based on the angle deviation between the rotation angle of the vehicle steering wheel and the actual rotation angle of the road wheel; and carrying out dynamic weighting calculation on the first steering torque and the second steering torque to obtain a synthetic motor torque, and carrying out steering control on the vehicle according to the synthetic motor torque. The steering angle of the steering wheel and the steering angle of the road wheel are controlled to achieve rapid, accurate and stable synchronous steering, and the driving safety and comfort are greatly improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic driving, and discloses a track generation method and system of an automatic driving vehicle and a storage medium. The track generation method of the autonomous vehicle provided by the invention comprises the following steps: determining an own vehicle driving intention of the vehicle based on a historical frame image sequence acquired from the vehicle; predicting a vehicle direction angle sequence and a vehicle speed based on a pre-configured initial direction angle sequence and a vehicle driving intention; and determining a driving track of the vehicle at the future time based on the predicted vehicle direction angle sequence and the predicted vehicle speed. According to the scheme, the application capability of the automatic driving vehicle in different scenes is improved, and the stability and precision of vehicle driving track generation are improved.

A vehicle system and method for a vehicle implements a drift mode to vehicle wheels for creating a drift. A motor provides drive torque to at least one wheel of the vehicle wheels for propelling the vehicle. A steering wheel communicates a steering wheel signal indicative of a direction intended for the vehicle to travel. An instrument panel cluster displays a user interface menu that includes a user selectable drift mode. The controller initiates a drift mode based on user selection of the drift mode. The controller determines whether vehicle conditions are satisfied and enables torque to be delivered from the motor to the left and right rear wheels. Speed differential is enabled between the front and rear wheels. Based on a direction of the steering wheel, a desired torque input is determined to one of the left and right rear wheels.

An interface configured to be removably attached to a vehicle exterior surface is disclosed. The interface may include a sensor unit configured to receive user inputs associated with at least one of a vehicle longitudinal movement and a vehicle steering wheel rotation. The interface may further include an interface communication module communicatively coupled with the sensor unit. The interface communication module may be configured to communicatively couple with a vehicle communication module when the interface may be attached to the vehicle exterior surface. The interface communication module may further obtain the user inputs from the sensor unit when the interface communication module may be coupled with the vehicle communication module, and transmit the user inputs to the vehicle communication module to cause a vehicle movement based on the user inputs.

An airbag cover (104) for an airbag assembly (100) adapted to be mounted on a steering wheel (200)of a vehicle is disclosed. The airbag cover (104) includes at least one tear line (132) defining a gate (133) arranged to be opened upon actuation of the airbag assembly and at least one hinge section (135) arranged between two ends of the at least one tear line (132) and disposed offset from a center (182) of the gate (133). The gate (133) rotates and opens about the at least one hinge section (135) upon actuation of the airbag assembly. The airbag cover (104) further includes at least one reinforcement wall (180) arranged between the center of the gate (182) and the at least one hinge section (135).

A lamplight control method, comprising: when a headlamp of a vehicle is turned on, determining a turning radius of the vehicle in response to a steering operation of a steering wheel of the vehicle; on the basis of the turning radius, determining an offset distance by which lamplight irradiated by the headlamp is transversely moved; and controlling the lamplight to move in a target direction by the offset distance, wherein the target direction corresponds to a rotation direction of the steering wheel. Further provided are a lamplight control apparatus, a vehicle capable of executing the lamplight control method, and a computer-readable storage medium capable of implementing the lamplight control method. By means of the lamplight control method, a field-of-view blind area of a driver can be eliminated during turning of a vehicle, thereby ensuring safe traveling of the vehicle.

A vehicle control system for a vehicle with steer-by-wire steering may include a road wheel actuator operably coupled to a road wheel of the vehicle to position the road wheel based to a road wheel angle based on a target angle, a feedback actuator operably coupled to a steering wheel of the vehicle to generate the target angle based on a steering wheel angle and to generate feedback to an operator of the vehicle, a sensor network comprising sensors to detect the steering wheel angle and the road wheel angle, a display disposed in the vehicle to be visible to the operator of the vehicle during vehicle operation, and a controller for determining when a misalignment exists between the road wheel angle and the steering wheel angle and providing a visual indication of the misalignment on the display.

The invention discloses an audio-visual fusion unmanned aerial vehicle detection and positioning method, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle detection and positioning, and the method comprises the steps: collecting sound signals of a detection region through a sound array, obtaining the local strongest direction of the sound signals, and forming an unmanned aerial vehicle candidate direction set; signals of candidate orientations of all unmanned aerial vehicles are directionally received, whether the unmanned aerial vehicles exist in the candidate orientations or not is judged through the unmanned aerial vehicle sound signal anomaly detector based on deep learning and the unmanned aerial vehicle image target detector based on deep learning, and an unmanned aerial vehicle orientation set is obtained; acquiring an image of a detection area through a binocular camera to obtain a depth image of a reference camera visual angle; uniquely corresponding the orientation of the unmanned aerial vehicle to the determined position of the depth image, and taking the depth value of the position as the distance of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and combining the unmanned aerial vehicle azimuth and the unmanned aerial vehicle distance to obtain three-dimensional coordinates of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle can be identified and positioned by adopting an audio-visual fusion method.

A vehicle including a transceiver, a vehicle sensor unit and a processor is disclosed. The transceiver may be configured to receive interface information from an interface sensor unit associated with an external interface. The external interface may be configured to be removably attached to a plurality of connection ports disposed on the vehicle. The vehicle sensor unit may be configured to determine vehicle information associated with at least one of a vehicle movement and the plurality of connection ports. The processor may obtain the interface information and / or the vehicle information. The processor may further determine an interface location relative to the vehicle based on the interface information and / or the vehicle information. Further, the processor may control a vehicle speed and / or a vehicle steering wheel rotation based on the interface location.

The invention relates to a method for compensating for a disadvantageous manual steering intervention during an automated evasive maneuver of a vehicle. During the evasive maneuver, a wheel-specific braking intervention is initiated if an actual steering angle (δ ist ) of a steering wheel of the vehicle due to the manual steering intervention by an angle value above a predetermined limit value from a target steering angle (δ soll ) differs.

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicles, in particular to an interaction control system of a vehicle steering wheel, a vehicle and a method.The interaction control method comprises the steps that whether identity information of a user meets a driving condition or not is detected through a detection module, and when the identity information of the user meets the driving condition, an interaction module is started; the driving behavior data of a user, the driving physiological state data of the user and the environment data of a vehicle are collected through a collection module, so that a driving control strategy of the vehicle is generated according to the driving behavior data of the user, the driving physiological state data of the user and the environment data of the vehicle; and controlling the vehicle to execute the target action by using a multi-source data fusion algorithm. Therefore, the problems that a steering wheel is single in design function, fixed in monitoring performance and the like are solved, the driving behavior data of the user, the driving physiological state data and the environment data of the vehicle are collected through the multifunctional collection module, the interaction function design of the steering wheel is improved, and the diversified requirements of the user are met.

The utility model relates to a multifunctional operation vehicle and a multifunctional garden vehicle. The multifunctional operation vehicle comprises a frame, a battery pack, a functional mechanism and an input unit, the battery pack is used for supplying power to the multifunctional garden operation vehicle; the functional mechanism is used for executing specific functions of the multifunctional garden vehicle; the input unit is configured on the active steering assembly and used for a user to input to-be-verified information, and the to-be-verified information comprises a password and / or collected user biological characteristic information; the active steering assembly may be at least one of a garden work vehicle steering wheel and / or a steering lever. Unlocking is achieved through the input unit arranged on the active steering assembly, the hand always holds the control handle or is kept near the control handle in the unlocking process, a vehicle can be controlled through the active steering assembly at any time, and the safety risk caused by the fact that the active steering assembly is disengaged from the hand is avoided.

A computer system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain motor angle and estimate motor toque of an electric motor of a steering system of a vehicle in motion, determine a relationship between the estimated motor torque and the obtained motor angle, estimate a steering lash level by comparing the determined relationship to predetermined relationships indicative of lash level, and modify motor torque based on the estimated steering lash level to adjust steering feedback supplied by the electric motor to a steering wheel of the vehicle. Adjustment of steering feedback responsive to the estimated steering lash level permits torque build-up to a driver of a vehicle to be applied independent of steering lash.

The invention relates to the technical field of steering wheel adjustment, in particular to an adjustment method and device for the control hand feeling softness of a steering wheel and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps that data related to vehicle steering wheel control are collected; understanding and reasoning the data to obtain a first softness range; performing multi-objective optimization on the steering wheel adjusting parameters, wherein a second softness range corresponding to the optimized steering wheel adjusting parameters is within the first softness range; target softness is selected from the second softness range, and steering wheel adjusting parameters corresponding to the target softness are sent to a steering wheel electronic power assisting system. According to the invention, personalized, automatic and fine-grained steering wheel control hand feeling softness adjustment is realized.

A vehicle system and method for a vehicle implements a donut mode to vehicle wheels for creating a donut. A motor provides drive torque to at least one wheel of the vehicle wheels for propelling the vehicle. A steering wheel communicates a steering wheel signal indicative of a direction intended for the vehicle to travel. An instrument panel cluster displays a user interface menu that includes a user selectable donut mode. The controller initiates a donut mode based on user selection of the donut mode. The controller determines whether vehicle conditions are satisfied and enables torque to be delivered from the motor to the left and right rear wheels. Speed differential is enabled between the left and right rear wheels and the left and right front wheels. Based on a direction of the steering wheel, a desired torque input is determined to one of the left and right rear wheels.

The invention provides an automobile security and protection method and device based on multi-mode perception and distributed AI, and the method comprises the steps: starting a first-stage sensor comprising a millimeter-wave radar and an inertial measurement unit IMU after a vehicle is powered off, monitoring the approaching condition of objects around the vehicle according to a preset detection distance through the millimeter-wave radar, and monitoring the displacement of the vehicle in X and Y directions through the IMU; when the millimeter wave radar detects that a target approaches, a secondary sensor comprising a panoramic camera and a vehicle end microphone is awakened, and if the IMU detects that the vehicle vibrates, audio and video recording data of the secondary sensor within a specific time period before and after vibration is obtained; performing feature extraction on the recorded data to generate a feature vector file, uploading the feature vector file to a cloud computing power center, and completing threat behavior recognition and outputting a threat recognition result by the cloud based on AI; after the result is received, determining a matched risk level and a corresponding warning action; according to the invention, the accuracy, timeliness and initiative of automobile security and protection can be improved.

The invention relates to a steering wheel hand-leaving detection method and device, a storage medium, a program product and a vehicle, and the method comprises the steps: determining whether a simulation device is connected to a steering wheel based on first perception data for the steering wheel of the vehicle and second perception data for a driver, so as to determine a hand-leaving detection result of the steering wheel, the emulation device is a device for coupling to the steering wheel to emulate a driver's grip and / or otherwise interact with the steering wheel. According to the method, steering wheel hand-leaving detection can be accurately carried out, and the detection accuracy and effect are improved.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to a control system and a method for controlling generation of a steering wheel overlay signal to control positioning of a host vehicle. The control system comprises one or more controllers. The control system is configured to generate a steering wheel overlay signal for steering the host vehicle toward a target lane position; receive a driver intervention signal indicative of a driver intervention torque applied to a steering wheel of the host vehicle; and determine a driver intervention torque threshold based at least in part on an elapsed time since the generation of the steering wheel overlay signal. The control system is configured to mitigate the steering wheel overlay signal based at least in part on the driver intervention torque exceeding the driver intervention torque threshold.

The invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted vehicle converse running detection method based on lightweight key point detection. The method comprises the following steps: step 1, constructing a data set; five-point labeling of a central point, vehicle width and height and a rotation angle of a UAV-ROD data set needs to be converted into four-point labeling of a bounding box central point, bounding box width and height and a normalized key point; 2, designing a model; the network architecture of the YOLO11 is optimized, and a light detection head LADH is adopted to replace an original detection head to form a YOLO11-LADH model; 3, vehicle direction detection and retrograde driving judgment are carried out; and training the YOLO-LADH model on the UAV-ROD key point data set, inputting the pictures of the view angle of the unmanned aerial vehicle into the model to obtain four key points of the vehicle, and judging the driving direction of the vehicle through the obtained four key points. Through the lightweight detection head LADH, the detection precision and the reasoning speed are improved while the model parameter quantity and the calculation quantity are reduced, the anti-jamming capability is high, judgment is accurate, multi-frame association is not needed, and an efficient solution is provided for real-time traffic management.

The invention relates, inter alia, to a device (50) which is suitable for transmitting a signal from a steering wheel (10) of a vehicle which is rotatable about a steering wheel rotation axis (D) to a vehicle side (20) of the vehicle which is non-rotatable with respect to the steering wheel rotation axis (D) and / or vice versa. According to the invention, the device (50) has at least one vehicle-side signal transmission unit (51) and at least one steering wheel-side signal transmission unit (52), which are radially spaced from the steering wheel rotation axis (D) and - viewed along the steering wheel rotation axis (D) - overlap or are free of overlap depending on the angle of rotation of the steering wheel (10) in an overlap region which forms a signal transmission region, and the signal transmission region and the steering wheel rotation axis (D) - viewed along the steering wheel rotation axis (D) - are free of overlap.

A vehicle stability control method and device, vehicle, equipment and computer readable storage medium. In the method, vehicle operating parameters are obtained, including vehicle steering wheel angle signal, vehicle speed, lateral and longitudinal acceleration signals and yaw rate signal; According to the steering wheel angle signal, lateral and longitudinal acceleration signals and yaw rate signal, the mass center side slip angle offset is obtained; According to the mass center side slip angle offset, lateral and longitudinal acceleration signals and yaw rate signal, the target lateral correction torque is determined; According to the target lateral correction torque, the target active force is determined, and then the target active force is sent to the active suspension, so that the active suspension adjusts the wheel vertical load based on the target active force, which can quickly correct the vehicle driving posture, suppress the instability trend, and effectively improve the vehicle driving stability and safety.

A user interface for a vehicle presents visible information and acquires user input. The user interface includes a two-dimensional display and an optical faceplate. The two-dimensional display displays information on a display portion. The optical faceplate includes a contact surface, a three-dimensional display surface, and an optic light guide material provided between the contact surface and the three-dimensional display surface. The two-dimensional display includes a pixel arrangement. The contact surface contacts the two-dimensional display to transmit information from the pixel arrangement to the three-dimensional display surface. The three-dimensional display surface is touch sensitive. The optical faceplate is arrangeable within a cabin of the vehicle.