Abstract:
A target steering angle calculator calculates, based on a target curvature, a target steering angle representing a steering angle of the vehicle at a target position. A current steering-angle obtainer obtains a current steering angle representing a steering angle of the vehicle at a current position. A steering controller controls the steering of the vehicle to cause the current steering angle to follow the target steering angle. A distance estimator estimates, based on at least one of the environmental information around the vehicle and control information about the vehicle, a visible distance representing a distance visibly recognizable by the driver of the vehicle to a front of the vehicle. The target curvature obtainer uses the visible distance as the target distance to obtain the target curvature at the predetermined target position that has the visible distance away from the current position along the road in the travelling direction.
Abstract:
An acoustic apparatus mounted on a vehicle driven by a driver includes: acquiring unit for acquiring a gaze point at which the driver gazes while driving the vehicle, reflecting parameters including a location of the vehicle, a running state of the vehicle and a running environment of the vehicle; generation unit for generating a sound image in the vehicle; and localization unit for localizing the sound image to be at the gaze point.
Abstract:
A traveling control apparatus acquires a shape of a road on which an own vehicle is to travel, and, in the case where the shape of the road changes from a straight road to a curved road, the apparatus calculates an upper limit speed, which prevents the own vehicle from skidding off outside the curved road when the own vehicle travels on the curved road, as a target speed. The traveling control apparatus decelerates the own vehicle from a deceleration start position so that the own vehicle enters the curved road at a constant speed at a time point when the own vehicle enters the curved road. The traveling control apparatus sets the target speed after acceleration has finished when the own vehicle exits the curved road and reaches an acceleration start position, and accelerates the own vehicle from the acceleration start position to an acceleration completion position.
Abstract:
In a vehicle control device, a target motion estimation unit estimates a motion for a target area representing an area where no other vehicle is traveling on a lane in the future based on motions of other vehicles traveling on the lane to which a course is to be changed. A control amount setting unit sets a control amount of an own vehicle required in order to make the motion of the target area and a motion of the own vehicle match. A motion control unit controls the motion of the own vehicle according to the set control amount.
Abstract:
A traveling path generation apparatus includes an information acquisition section, a target recognition section, and a path generation section. The path generation section generates, on the basis of road line shape information acquired by the information acquisition section, an expected traveling path on which an object vehicle is expected to travel along an object lane by correcting a lane traveling path such that a spacing in a lane width direction with respect to a close target recognized by the target recognition section becomes equal to or larger than a safe spacing.
Abstract:
An apparatus for performing driving aid control to cause a travel trajectory of a mobile object to follow a setpoint trajectory by transmitting a control command value to a yaw moment controller. In the apparatus, a setpoint trajectory setter sets the setpoint trajectory of the mobile object. A first control command value calculator calculates a first control command value by performing target-position following control to cause a position of the mobile object to follow a future target position of the mobile object set on the setpoint trajectory. A second control command value calculator calculates a second control command value by performing setpoint-trajectory following control based on a current lateral error that is a lateral error between a current position of the mobile object and the setpoint trajectory. A third control command value calculator calculates the control command value based on the first control command value and the second control command value.
Abstract:
In a structure of an in-vehicle audio device, the audio system has an audio signal supplying section, an audio signal processing section, a balance adjustment section and an audio signal output section. A right audio signal processing section and a left audio signal processing section in the audio signal processing section perform a process of filtering audio signals supplied from the audio signal supplying section on the basis of a transfer function. The transfer function contains a head related transfer function H(s), a space transmission compensation function G0(s)−1 and a vehicle height compensation function G1(s). The space transmission compensation function G0(s)−1 is an inverse function of a space transfer function G0(s). A filtering process for the audio signal is performed by using the transfer function to guide a driver's visual line to be decreased when a vehicle height is high, and increased when the vehicle height is low.
Abstract:
A lane trace control system for maintaining a vehicle in its intended lane of travel. The system includes a lane trace control module configured to: compare the road information obtained by a lane recognition camera with map data obtained from a map module; determine a confidence level of the lane recognition camera based on a magnitude of any differences identified between the road information obtained from the lane recognition camera and the obtained map data; generate a target wheel angle for keeping the vehicle in its intended lane based entirely on the road information obtained from the lane recognition camera when the confidence level is above a predetermined threshold; and generate the target wheel angle based on a combination of the road information obtained from the lane recognition camera and the obtained map data of the road when the confidence level is below the predetermined threshold.
Abstract:
A traveling path generation apparatus includes an information acquisition section, a road determination section, and a path generation section. In response to the road determination section determining that there are curved paths, the path generation section generates an expected traveling path by correcting a lane traveling path such that a radius of curvature of each cornering line exceeds a radius of curvature of the corresponding curved path.
Abstract:
An autonomous drive system for a vehicle. The system has an autonomous drive module configured to pilot the vehicle. A control module monitors operating performance of the autonomous drive system. A location module identifies the vehicle's location. A transmitter/receiver communicates with a high risk location monitoring module at a location remote to the vehicle. When the control module determines that performance of the autonomous drive system is below a predetermined performance threshold, the control module retrieves the vehicle's location from the location module and transmits the vehicle's location to the high risk location monitoring module, which records the vehicle's current location to notify other vehicles that autonomous drive issues may occur at the vehicle's location.