VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND AUTONOMOUS LANE DEPARTURE MITIGATION METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20250018940A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18353051

    申请日:2023-07-14

    Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for mitigating lane departures, alternatively referred to as lane keeping assistance. One method of assisting vehicle operation involves determining a control trajectory for the vehicle over a prediction horizon that satisfies one or more steering angle constraints for operating a steering system of the vehicle based at least in part on a current steering angle, a first difference between the control trajectory and a reference lateral trajectory for the vehicle and a second difference between the control trajectory and a lane boundary, for example, by minimizing a weighted sum of the differences. The method continues by determining a steering angle command for the vehicle based at least in part on the control trajectory and autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the steering angle command prior to the vehicle crossing the lane boundary.

    VEHICLE CONTROL ADAPTATION TO SUSTAINED WIND LEVELS AND GUSTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240300576A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18181276

    申请日:2023-03-09

    CPC classification number: B62D6/008 G01P5/00

    Abstract: A system and method for a vehicle control adaptation to a crosswind and a wind gust including a controller situated within a vehicle to receive wind data inputs. The wind data inputs are based on a location of the vehicle and include a sustained wind velocity, a sustained wind direction, and a wind gust level. The controller further receives vehicle measurement data from one or more sensors situated within the vehicle and determines a wind impact on the vehicle based on the wind data inputs and the vehicle measurement data. The controller further compensates for the wind impact by a feedforward control in response to a low bandwidth component of the wind data inputs and by a feedback control in response to a high bandwidth component of the wind data inputs. The controller generates a feedback and/or a control based on the wind impact.

    Monotonic path tracking control for lane keeping and lane following

    公开(公告)号:US11987241B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US17078320

    申请日:2020-10-23

    CPC classification number: B60W30/12 B60W60/001 B60W2510/202 B60W2520/14

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle and a system and method for operating the autonomous vehicle. The system includes a sensor and a processor. A disturbance force or yaw moment is received on the autonomous vehicle. The sensor measures a position of the autonomous vehicle within a lane of a road with respect to road boundaries and lane markings. The processor is configured to resist an effect of a disturbance force or yaw moment received on the autonomous vehicle. The processor minimizes a tracking error between a path of the autonomous vehicle and an initial track lane, wherein resisting the effect creates an inflection point in the path of the autonomous vehicle, establishes a final track lane at a closer of a lateral position of the inflection point and a lane center to the initial track lane, and tracks the path to the final track lane.

    MONOTONIC PATH TRACKING CONTROL FOR LANE KEEPING AND LANE FOLLOWING

    公开(公告)号:US20220126823A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-28

    申请号:US17078320

    申请日:2020-10-23

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle and a system and method for operating the autonomous vehicle. The system includes a sensor and a processor. A disturbance force or yaw moment is received on the autonomous vehicle. The sensor measures a position of the autonomous vehicle within a lane of a road with respect to road boundaries and lane markings. The processor is configured to resist an effect of a disturbance force or yaw moment received on the autonomous vehicle. The processor minimizes a tracking error between a path of the autonomous vehicle and an initial track lane, wherein resisting the effect creates an inflection point in the path of the autonomous vehicle, establishes a final track lane at a closer of a lateral position of the inflection point and a lane center to the initial track lane, and tracks the path to the final track lane.

    AUTOMATED LANE CHANGE SYSTEM WITH STEERING WHEEL ACTIVATION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220097709A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17038595

    申请日:2020-09-30

    Abstract: An automated lane change system for a motor vehicle includes one or more environmental sensors for generating an input signal indicative of a position of an object relative to the motor vehicle, with the object being disposed at a distance from the motor vehicle. The input signal is further indicative of a velocity of the object relative to the motor vehicle. The system further includes a steering wheel sensor generating a gripped signal, in response to a driver gripping a steering wheel. A controller generates an activation signal, in response to the controller receiving the input signal from the environmental sensor and the gripped signal from the steering wheel sensor. An actuator controls the steering wheel, a propulsion mechanism, and a braking mechanism for maneuvering the motor vehicle from a current driving lane to a target driving lane, in response to the actuator receiving the activation signal from the controller.

    QUALITY INDEX AND REAL-TIME FORWARD PROPAGATION OF VIRTUAL CONTROLS FOR SMART ENABLEMENT OF AUTOMATED DRIVING

    公开(公告)号:US20210284199A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US16814146

    申请日:2020-03-10

    Abstract: A system to enable an automobile vehicle automated driving control includes a quality index of an automated driving control system prior to enablement of an automated driving control function of an automobile vehicle. An adaptive forward propagation horizon and a prediction horizon for assessment of the quality index are computed. Vehicle states and road geometry are propagated over the adaptive forward propagation horizon, and the quality index is assessed based on forward propagated states over the prediction horizon. A first signal permits actuation of the automated driving control function of the automobile vehicle and a second signal precludes actuation of the automated driving control function. One of the first signal or the second signal is elected based on the results of assessing a quality control index trajectory over the adaptive forward propagation horizon.

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