Abstract:
A monitoring system (14) for monitoring the control system (12) of an autonomous vehicle (10) is designed and equipped independently of the control system (12) of the autonomous vehicle (10) so as to monitor the functions of the control system (12) in order to identify malfunctions of the control system (12) and report an identified malfunction of the control system (12) to an external monitoring entity (28).
Abstract:
A collision mitigation apparatus includes an object detecting section for detecting a collision object present in front of an own vehicle on which the collision mitigation apparatus is mounted, a drive assisting section that performs drive assist for avoiding a collision between the collision object detected by the object detecting section and the own vehicle, or mitigate damage to the own vehicle due to the collision, a reliability determining section for determining reliability of detection result of the object detecting section, and a timing setting section for setting start timing to start the drive assist by the drive assisting section in accordance with the reliability determined by the reliability determining section.
Abstract:
Es wird ein Verfahren zur Betriebsvalidierung einer Sensor-einheit (1) für ein Fahrzeug angegeben. Die Sensoreinheit (1) umfasst ein Sensorelement (3), eine Kommunikationsschnittstelle (4a), eine erste Steuervorrichtung (5) und eine zweite Steuervorrichtung (7). Die erste Steuervorrichtung (5) umfasst einen Speicher, in dem Programmcode zum Betreiben der Sensoreinheit (1) gespeichert ist. Die zweite Steuervorrichtung (7) umfasst einen Speicher, in dem eine Kopie des Programmcodes gespeichert ist. Bei dem Verfahren wird ein Messsignal durch das Sensorelement (3) erfasst. Jeweils ein Validierungssignal wird durch die Steuervorrichtungen (5, 7) ermittelt. Wenigstens eines der Validierungssignale wird der jeweils anderen Steuervorrichtung (5, 7) bereitgestellt und abhängig von den Validierungssignalen ein Validierungskennwert durch die jeweilige Steuervorrichtung (5, 7) ermittelt. Abhängig von dem Validierungskennwert und dem Messsignal wird ein Sensorsignal durch die erste Steuervorrichtung (5) und/oder durch die zweite Steuervorrichtung (7) ermittelt, das über die Kommunikationsschnittstelle (4a) der Sensoreinheit (1) bereitgestellt wird. Es wird ferner ein Tachographsystem (11) angegeben.
Abstract:
A method of servicing a hybrid system is disclosed wherein the hybrid system includes a detected fault. As a result of the detected fault the hybrid system has been disabled. The hybrid system includes a controller and a service detection interlock (SDI). The method steps include first powering up the controller and then assessing a special fault flag status. If a special fault flag is set, the next step is to check to see if the SDI is removed. If the SDI is removed then the special fault flag is cleared while the hybrid system remains disabled. The controller is then powered down with the key-off input and with the next key-on input, the hybrid system can be enabled.
Abstract:
A collision mitigation apparatus includes an object detecting section for detecting a collision object present in front of an own vehicle on which the collision mitigation apparatus is mounted, a drive assisting section that performs drive assist for avoiding a collision between the collision object detected by the object detecting section and the own vehicle, or mitigate damage to the own vehicle due to the collision, a reliability determining section for determining reliability of detection result of the object detecting section, and a timing setting section for setting start timing to start the drive assist by the drive assisting section in accordance with the reliability determined by the reliability determining section.
Abstract:
A method for controlling a hybrid powertrain system based upon a predicted speed of an output member, a predicted operator torque request, and a predicted accelerator pedal position is disclosed. The method comprises predicting the accelerator pedal position based upon a monitored accelerator pedal position and a filtered accelerator pedal position, predicting the speed of an output member based upon a monitored speed of the output member, and predicting the operator torque request based upon the predicted speed of the output member and the predicted accelerator position.