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Космические корабли и станции, автоматические КА и методы их проектирования, бортовые комплексы управления, системы и средства жизнеобеспечения, особенности технологии производства ракетно-космических систем

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Мониторинг СМИ и социальных сетей. Сканирование интернета, новостных сайтов, специализированных контентных площадок на базе мессенджеров. Гибкие настройки фильтров и первоначальных источников.

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09-02-2012 дата публикации

Distance oriented energy management strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle

Номер: US20120035795A1
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

A vehicle and a method to control a vehicle includes selecting a trip route for the vehicle using a user interface, generating a charge reference profile of a battery coupled to an electric motor based on the trip, and commanding propulsion devices in the vehicle based on a location of the vehicle with respect to the trip route such that a state of charge (SOC) of the battery tracks the reference profile.

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26-04-2012 дата публикации

Method and device for controlling a vehicle cruise control

Номер: US20120101698A1
Принадлежит: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB

A method and device are provided for controlling a vehicle cruise control in a vehicle, the method including registering a starting point and an end destination for a possible traveling route of the vehicle, registering a desired traveling time for the traveling route, calculating and setting limits for parameters of the cruise control in order to arrive at the end destination on the desired traveling time with as low fuel consumption as possible.

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02-08-2012 дата публикации

Driving assistant method and system for electric vehicle

Номер: US20120194346A1

A driving assistant method for an electric vehicle is provided with the following steps. When the electric vehicle is started up, a battery energy safe driving region is calculated and displayed. The battery energy safe driving region is updated dynamically according to vehicle information. The vehicle information includes battery information of the electric vehicle.

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23-08-2012 дата публикации

Vehicle speed signal falsification detection apparatus, vehicle speed limiting apparatus, vehicle speed signal falsification detection method, and vehicle speed limiting method

Номер: US20120215428A1
Принадлежит: UD Trucks Corp

A vehicle speed signal falsification detection apparatus has a control unit incorporating a computer. The control unit calculates a vehicle speed according to a pulse signal proportional to the rotational speed of a drive wheel and also calculates a simulated vehicle speed according to a pulse signal proportional to the rotational speed of a driven wheel. Then, the control unit determines, on the basis of the comparison between the vehicle speed and the simulated vehicle speed, whether a vehicle speed signal has been falsified. When the control unit determines that the vehicle speed signal has been falsified, then the control unit outputs a falsification detection signal to another control unit so as to suppress the output of an engine.

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20-09-2012 дата публикации

Control device for a motor vehicle

Номер: US20120239222A1
Принадлежит: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG

A control unit for a motor vehicle having a microprocessor that comprises at least two computation cores, a monitoring module that is separate from the microprocessor, an evaluation module for evaluating input signals provided by sensors, and an activation module comprising at least one end stage for producing output signals to activate actuators. A control function is implemented in a first computation core, a monitoring function for the first computation core of the microprocessor is implemented in the second computation core of the microprocessor, and a monitoring function for the second computation core of the microprocessor is implemented in the monitoring module. Starting from the first computation core and/or starting from the second computation core and/or starting from the monitoring module, a switch-off module can be activated to switch off the at least one end stage of the activation module.

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04-10-2012 дата публикации

System and method for detecting vehicle wake-up failure

Номер: US20120253569A1
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A control system for a vehicle includes a wake-up module and a failure detection module. The wake-up module selectively powers on a vehicle control module, wherein the vehicle control module controls sub-systems of the vehicle. The failure detection module detects a failure of the wake-up module during a period when the vehicle control module is powered off and an enable condition is met, wherein the failure is detected based on (i) whether an internal wake-up is requested or an external wake-up is requested during a first predetermined period and (ii) whether a run/crank (R/C) operation is requested.

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27-12-2012 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for speed estimation and control

Номер: US20120326856A1
Принадлежит: Volvo Car Corp

A system and method for determining a speed profile for a vehicle travelling along a road in which a curve speed estimation unit receives inputs indicating a position of the vehicle relative to a curve ahead of the vehicle, and inputs related to vehicle velocity, curve geometry, road surface conditions, vehicle-specific data; and driver preferences. The curve sped estimation unit use at least some of the above-listed inputs to determine a speed profile for the curve by generating an acceleration limit map which depends on a relationship between a maximum possible longitudinal acceleration and a maximum possible lateral acceleration.

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14-03-2013 дата публикации

Vehicle control device

Номер: US20130066507A1
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co Ltd

When predetermined conditions in a vehicle are met, the control means of the disclosed vehicle control device prohibits control of the state of power-source supply to vehicle-mounted equipment or the operating state of a drive source resulting from a pressing operation of a push switch. When it is detected that an abnormal state has arisen in the vehicle, the control means allows control by the pressing operation of the push switch even if the aforementioned predetermined conditions are met.

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21-03-2013 дата публикации

Fail-Safety Control Method for Hybrid Vehicle

Номер: US20130073130A1
Автор: Jun-Yong Jung
Принадлежит: Kefico Corp

Disclosed herein is a fail-safety control method for a hybrid vehicle. The method includes a hybrid control unit which, when commands for demand torque are received from a driver, giving instructions to a motor control unit to generate the demand torque, determining whether or not to a normal torque corresponding to the demand torque is being generated by the motor control unit according to the instructions from the hybrid control unit, and if it is determined that an abnormal torque is being generated by the motor control unit, giving commands to output an interrupt signal to interrupt operation of the motor control unit.

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18-07-2013 дата публикации

Driving support apparatus and driving support method

Номер: US20130184976A1
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

In a driving support apparatus that sets a running road, on which a vehicle is able to run, on the basis of a road marking that indicates a lane boundary or a prohibited area and that, when the vehicle deviates from the running road, issues a warning or performs assisting so as to cause the vehicle to run within the running road, when the width of a lane defined by the road marking that indicates the lane boundary is narrow, the running road is set by allowing a deviation from the lane having a narrow width. It is possible to effectively utilize the driving support apparatus by increasing a chance of using the driving support apparatus without unnecessary support.

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15-08-2013 дата публикации

Error signal handling unit, device and method for outputting an error condition signal

Номер: US20130207800A1
Принадлежит: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG

An Error signal handling comprises a circuitry configured to receive an error signal from an external device indicating an error condition in the external device. The circuitry is further configured to receive a recovery signal indicating a mitigation of the error condition in the external device or indicating that a mitigation of the error condition in the external device is possible. Furthermore, the circuitry is further configured to output an error condition signal based on the error signal in response to a reception of the error signal if within a given delay time from the reception of the error signal, the circuitry does not receive the recovery signal and otherwise to omit outputting the error condition signal.

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19-09-2013 дата публикации

System and method for verifying the integrity of a safety-critical vehicle control system

Номер: US20130246866A1
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A control system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes an operation control module, a fault detection module, a remedial action module, and a reset module. The operation control module controls operation of a vehicle system. The fault detection module detects a fault in the operation control module when the operation control module fails an integrity test. The remedial action module takes a remedial action when the fault is detected. The reset module resets the operation control module when the fault is detected and the remedial action is not taken.

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07-11-2013 дата публикации

VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE

Номер: US20130297137A1
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A vehicle includes an engine, a power storage device, a motor generator using electric power from the power storage device for generating driving force, and an ECU. The vehicle is capable of running with the operation mode selectively switched between the CS mode in which the vehicle runs utilizing the driving force from the engine and the motor generator, and the CD mode in which the vehicle runs preferentially utilizing the driving force from the motor generator in the state where the engine is stopped. When the OBD is performed for detecting a malfunction in the engine in the state where the CD mode is selected, the ECU keeps the operation mode being temporarily switched from the CD mode to the CS mode until the OBD is completed. 1. A vehicle comprising:an internal combustion engine;a power storage device;a rotating electric machine for generating driving force using electric power from said power storage device; anda control device for detecting a malfunction in said internal combustion engine,said vehicle having, as an operation mode, a first mode in which the vehicle runs utilizing at least the driving force from said rotating electric machine among an output of said internal combustion engine and the driving force from said rotating electric machine, and a second mode in which the vehicle runs preferentially utilizing the driving force from said rotating electric machine in a state where said internal combustion engine is stopped, and said internal combustion engine is less frequently driven as compared with said first mode, said vehicle being capable of running with said operation mode selectively switched, andwhen a malfunction detection process for said internal combustion engine is performed in a case where said second mode is selected, said control device allowing said internal combustion engine to be more frequently driven as compared with a case where said malfunction detection process is not performed.2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein ...

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19-12-2013 дата публикации

Method and device for initiating an operation of a motor vehicle under emergency conditions

Номер: US20130338872A1
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A method for initiating an operation under emergency conditions of a motor vehicle, the method including detecting a malfunction of a component of the motor vehicle; checking whether an operation under emergency conditions is possible; reporting the malfunction to the driver; initiating the operation under emergency conditions under predefined conditions, the operation under emergency conditions being initiated following an active confirmation by the driver.

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23-01-2014 дата публикации

Diagnostic system and method for processing continuous and intermittent faults

Номер: US20140025249A1
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A method for diagnosing a device of a vehicle, includes: generating samples of a parameter of the device; indicating whether each of the samples passed or failed based on comparisons of the samples with one of a predetermined value and a predetermined range; tracking a first number of consecutive samples compared, a second number of the first number of samples that failed, a third number of the first number of samples that failed consecutively, and a fourth number of a last predetermined number of samples compared that failed; selecting one of a normal control mode, a temporary default action mode and a permanent default action mode based on the first, second, third, and fourth numbers; and selectively setting a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) in memory when in the permanent default action mode.

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27-02-2014 дата публикации

Method and system for engine control

Номер: US20140058596A1
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Methods are provided for holding an engine steady during a drive cycle to complete one or more diagnostic routines. The engine may be held steady while an operator torque demand varies if a sufficient number of diagnostic routines need to be completed and are enabled for completion. By holding the engine steady, an accuracy and completion of the diagnostic routines is improved.

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06-03-2014 дата публикации

VEHICLE ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL STRATEGY

Номер: US20140067173A1
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A vehicle includes at least one electric machine and an inverter for selectively transmitting power to the electric machine. The inverter includes a power module. At least one controller controls the electric machine and the inverter. The controller at least temporarily disables the inverter during a power cycle such that power to the electric machine is inhibited. In response to the disabling of the inverter, the controller resets the duty cycle commands for the power module, and re-enables the inverter during the same power cycle. 1. A vehicle comprising:an electric machine; andat least one controller configured to, in response to a disabling of the electric machine during a drive cycle, (i) reset duty cycle commands for the electric machine and (ii) re-enable the electric machine during the drive cycle within a predefined time period from the disabling of the electric machine.2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is further configured to claim 1 , in response to the electric machine being disabled for a time period greater than the predefined time period claim 1 , inhibit the electric machine from being re-enabled during the drive cycle.3. The vehicle of further comprising another electric machine claim 2 , wherein the at least one controller is further configured to increase a power to the another electric machine in response to the disabling of the electric machine.4. The vehicle of further comprising an engine claim 2 , wherein the at least one controller is further configured to start the engine in response to the electric machine being disabled for a time period greater than the predefined time period.5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the predefined time period is approximately 1 second.6. A method of controlling an electric machine in a vehicle comprising:disabling the electric machine during a drive cycle of the vehicle in response to detecting a presence of a fault condition associated with the electric machine; andre-enabling ...

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06-03-2014 дата публикации

Active safety systems of vehicles with graphical microprocessors

Номер: US20140067192A1
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A system of a vehicle includes an engine control module (ECM), a first processor module, sensors, a second processor module, and a third processor module. The ECM controls engine actuators based on driver inputs to a steering wheel, an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and a cruise control system. The first processor module includes a first microprocessor and selectively actuates at least one of an electric power steering motor, friction brakes, and a throttle valve based on processed data. The sensors sense features outside of the vehicle. The second processor module includes a second microprocessor and generates the processed data based on data from the sensors. The second microprocessor is a graphical microprocessor. The third processor module includes a third microprocessor and generates an indicator of whether a fault is present in the second processor module.

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13-03-2014 дата публикации

METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYBRID VEHICLE

Номер: US20140074335A1

A method for operating a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, wherein the hybrid vehicle can be driven purely electrically if the internal combustion engine fails because, for example, a fuel tank for supplying the internal combustion engine with fuel is empty. In the event of failure of the internal combustion engine, continued purely electric travel of the hybrid vehicle is made possible only on condition that a restart of the hybrid vehicle is initiated. 1. A method for operating a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric machine , wherein the hybrid vehicle can be driven purely electrically if the internal combustion engine fails , wherein in the event of failure of the internal combustion engine , continued purely electric travel of the hybrid vehicle is made possible only on condition that a restart of the hybrid vehicle is initiated.2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the continued purely electric travel of the hybrid vehicle is made possible only on condition that the restart is initiated when the hybrid vehicle is stationary.3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the continued purely electric travel of the hybrid vehicle is made possibly only on condition that an ignition system of the internal combustion engine is first switched off and subsequently switched on again.4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the continued purely electric travel of the hybrid vehicle is made possible only on condition that a display element is actively requested.5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the continued purely electric travel of the hybrid vehicle is made possible only on condition that the failure of the internal combustion engine is due to an empty fuel tank.6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the continued purely electric travel of the hybrid vehicle is made possible only on condition that an electric energy storage device for supplying the electric machine ...

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20-03-2014 дата публикации

COLLISION DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20140077826A1
Автор: Hironaka Ryouji
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A collision detection device for a vehicle detects a collision to the vehicle from any direction. Smoothing capacitors () and an inverter are housed within a case (). Electrode bus bars () are connected to the positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates of the smoothing capacitors (). The smoothing capacitors () are caused to protrude toward the inner surface of the case () from the periphery of the smoothing capacitors (), and the ends of the electrode bus bars () are caused to face the inner surface of the case (). The occurrence of a collision is detected by detecting the short-circuiting or grounding of the electrode bus bars (). 1. A collision detection device for a vehicle , the device comprising:a capacitor;a case which contains the capacitor;electrode bus bars which are connected to electrode plates of the capacitor and protrude from a periphery of the capacitor to face an inner surface of the case; anda control unit which detects a voltage change in the electrode bus bars, thereby detecting a collision.2. The collision detection device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode bus bars are connected to at least one of a positive plate and a negative plate of the capacitor.3. The collision detection device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal frame which is contained in the case and surrounds the periphery of the capacitor claim 1 , wherein the electrode bus bars face the inner surface of the case with the metal frame therebetween.4. The collision detection device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode bus bars face the inner surface of the case on the same plane as a flange formed on the case.5. The collision detection device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a voltage detection line which supplies terminal voltage of the capacitor to the control unit claim 1 , wherein the voltage detection line supplies voltage of the electrode bus bars to the control ...

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20-03-2014 дата публикации

Automotive Control Unit and Automotive Control System

Номер: US20140081508A1
Принадлежит: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

An object of the present invention is to enhance the accuracy and the level of detail of an abnormality diagnosis by checking a transmitting-end application or controller for an abnormality by using abnormality diagnosis results concerning a plurality of communication messages. Disclosed is an automotive control unit having a plurality of applications for controlling a vehicle-mounted device and a common execution environment section for permitting the applications to exchange data with each other. The automotive control unit includes a communication protection section that, when the applications exchange data with the common execution environment section, checks the data for an abnormality, and a system abnormality check section that determines in accordance with an abnormality check result produced by the communication protection section whether the system is abnormal. 1. An automotive control unit for use in a vehicle-mounted system in which a plurality of automotive control units are connected through a communication bus to communicate data with each other , the automotive control unit comprising:an arithmetic processing unit for performing arithmetic processing in order to control a vehicle-mounted device; anda storage unit for storing a program to be processed by the arithmetic processing unit, the program including a plurality of applications for controlling the vehicle-mounted device and a common execution environment section for permitting the applications to exchange data with each other;wherein the program includes a communication protection section that, when the applications exchange data with the common execution environment section, checks the data for an abnormality, and a system abnormality check section that determines in accordance with an abnormality check result produced by the communication protection section whether the system is abnormal, and the program executes at least one of processes of outputting a log, storing a log in the storage unit ...

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06-01-2022 дата публикации

TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENT RETRIEVAL OF PERSONALITY DATA

Номер: US20220001880A1
Автор: GIERSCH Daniel
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A technique for enabling efficient retrieval of a digital representation of personality data of a user () by a client device () from a server () is disclosed, wherein the digital representation of the personality data is processed at the client device () to provide a user-adapted service to the user (). A method implementation of the technique is performed by the server () and comprises storing a neural network being trained to compute personality data of a user based on input obtained from the user (), receiving, from the client device (), a request for a digital representation of personality data for a user (), and sending, to the client device (), the requested digital representation of the personality data of the user (), wherein the personality data of the user is computed using the neural network based on input obtained from the user (). 1. A method including a retrieval of a digital representation of personality data of a user by a client device from a server , the method being performed by the server and comprising:storing a neural network trained to compute personality data of a user based on input obtained from the user;receiving, from the client device, a request for a digital representation of personality data for a user; andsending, to the client device, the requested digital representation of the personality data of the user, the digital representation of the personality data of the user being processed at the client device to provide a user-adapted service to the user, wherein the personality data of the user is computed using the neural network based on input obtained from the user,wherein the input obtained from the user corresponds to digital scores reflecting answers to questions regarding at least one of personality, goals and motivations of the user and wherein each digital score is used as input to a separate input node of the neural network when computing the personality data of the user using the neural network.2. The method of claim 1 , ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

Receding Horizon State Estimator

Номер: US20210001868A1
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A receding horizon state estimator estimates state of a vehicle such as to reduce total communication cost of acquiring external measurements over a prediction horizon, in which state estimation accuracy for a time step is a function of state estimation accuracy for a previous time step. For each time step of the prediction horizon, estimator selects a subset of external sensors with external measurements sufficient to estimate the state with accuracy satisfying the constraint on state estimation accuracy for the corresponding time step while reducing a total communication cost of acquiring the external measurements over the prediction horizon. The estimator requests the external measurements from the subset of external sensors determined for a current time step and estimates the state of the vehicle using the internal and the requested external measurements. 2. The receding horizon state estimator of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to solve a mixed integer optimization problem to determine the subset of external sensors for each time step of the prediction horizon reducing the total communication cost over the prediction horizon subject to the constraint on state estimation accuracy for each time step of the prediction horizon.3. The receding horizon state estimator of claim 2 , wherein the configuration of the external sensors for each time step includes a communication cost of each external sensor for the corresponding time step.4. The receding horizon state estimator of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to solve the mixed integer optimization problem using a branch and bound method.5. The receding horizon state estimator of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to reduce the total communication cost using a heuristic approximation of minimization of the total communication cost while satisfying the constraint on state accuracy for each time step.6. The receding horizon state estimator of claim 5 , wherein claim 5 , in response ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

VEHICLE FUNCTION TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Номер: US20210001870A1
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A test apparatus for generating a test case based on a fault injection technique and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The method includes identifying at least one function in a program to be tested based on a software detailed design, generating a test design document based on fault location that can be generated in connection with the identified at least one function and a fault type to be injected into the fault location, searching for the fault location to be injected based on the generated test design document and source code of the program, determining a fault injection scheme and the fault type, and predicting a result by applying a fault injection corresponding to the fault injection scheme and the fault type into the searched location to generate a test case. 1. A method of controlling a test apparatus , the method comprising:identifying at least one function in a program to be tested based on a software detailed design;generating a test design document based on fault location that can be generated in connection with the identified at least one function and based on a fault type to be injected into the fault location;searching for the fault location to be injected based on the generated test design document and source code of the program;determining a fault injection scheme and the fault type; andpredicting a result by applying a fault injection corresponding to the fault injection scheme and the fault type into the searched fault location to generate a test case.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein identifying the at least one function comprises:identifying a unit function for a unit test.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein generating the test design document comprises:extracting the fault location that can be generated in connection with the identified unit function.4. The method according to claim 1 , whereinidentifying the at least one function comprises:sorting functions having a call relationship for an integrated test.5 ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

ENGINE FRICTION MONITOR

Номер: US20210001871A1
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An engine friction monitor uses commanded torque and measured torque to provide a prognostic feature to identify failure modes of an engine that causes the engine from delivering the commanded torque. 1. A method , comprising:determining a commanded torque and a measured torque of an engine;determining a torque error in response to a differential between the commanded torque and the measured torque, and determining a slope error in response to a differential between a rate of change of the commanded torque and a rate of change of the measured torque;defining a baseline error space based on a learned torque error and a learned slope error and establishing a baseline threshold boundary within the baseline error space based on a monitoring confidence level, the baseline threshold boundary dividing the baseline error space into a first torque area below the baseline threshold boundary and a second torque area above the baseline threshold boundary; andclassifying torque data from the engine in the first torque area and the second torque area based on the torque error and the slope error, wherein the torque data classified in the second torque area is indicative of an engine friction condition.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising predicting a failure of the engine based on the classified torque data.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising derating the engine in response to the failure prediction.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein classifying the torque data includes placing the torque data in the second torque area in one of a plurality of classification point buckets based on a magnitude of the torque error in the second torque area relative to the baseline threshold boundary.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of classification point buckets represent escalating indicators for a failure prediction of the engine.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein defining the baseline error space includes learning a nominal error space having a nominal ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

Method, Apparatus, Storage Medium and Electronic Device for Testing Dynamic Parameter of Vehicle

Номер: US20210001872A1
Автор: XU Kecheng, YANG Fan, Zhu Fan

A method, an apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device for testing dynamic parameter of vehicle are provided. The method for testing dynamic parameter of vehicle provided by the present disclosure includes: first obtaining a control parameter for an autonomous vehicle; then controlling the vehicle to travel automatically under a given environment according to the control parameter, detecting and recording traveling data of the vehicle; and at last determining a dynamic parameter of the vehicle according to the traveling data. According to the method for testing dynamic parameter provided by the present disclosure, the characteristic of automatic driving of an autonomous vehicle is utilized to achieve an automatic measurement of the dynamic parameter, thereby reducing cost for calibrating the vehicle and significantly improving safety during the test. Additionally, human error caused by manually driving during the test can be avoided effectively. 1. A method for testing dynamic parameter of vehicle , comprising:obtaining a control parameter for an autonomous vehicle;controlling the vehicle to travel under a given environment according to the control parameter, detecting and recording traveling data of the vehicle; anddetermining a dynamic parameter of the vehicle according to the traveling data.2. The method according to claim 1 , after the determining a dynamic parameter of the vehicle according to the traveling data claim 1 , the method further comprises:calibrating a vehicle dynamic model of the vehicle according to the dynamic parameter.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control parameter comprises at least one of the following types of parameters: dynamic control parameter claim 1 , direction control parameter claim 1 , and brake control parameter.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the obtaining a control parameter for an autonomous vehicle comprises:selecting parameter values of at least two types of parameters from preset ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

Vehicle Control Method, Related Device, and Computer Storage Medium

Номер: US20210001886A1
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A vehicle control method comprising: obtaining first vehicle data and second vehicle data, processing the first vehicle data using the first computing system to obtain first structured data; processing the second vehicle data using the second computing system to obtain second structured data; and further controlling safe driving of a vehicle based on the first structured data and the second structured data, wherein the first structured data is used to represent an environment that is of the vehicle at a first time point and that is detected by the first group sensing apparatus, and the second structured data is used to represent an environment that is of the vehicle at the first time point and that is detected by the second group sensing apparatus. 1. A vehicle control method applied to a computing device comprising a first computing system and a second computing system , wherein the vehicle control method comprises:obtaining first vehicle data and second vehicle data, wherein the first vehicle data is environment data that is within a first sensing scope and that is from a first group sensing apparatus at a first time point, and wherein the second vehicle data is second environment data that is within a second sensing scope and that is from a second group sensing apparatus at the first time point;processing the first vehicle data using the first computing system to obtain first structured data, wherein the first structured data represents an environment of a vehicle at the first time point;processing the second vehicle data using the second computing system to obtain second structured data, wherein the second structured data represents a second environment of the vehicle at the first time point; andcontrolling safe driving of the vehicle based on the first structured data and the second structured data.2. The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between a first data volume of the first vehicle data and a second data volume of the ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

TRAINING DATA GENERATION FOR DYNAMIC OBJECTS USING HIGH DEFINITION MAP DATA

Номер: US20210001891A1
Автор: Majithia Chirag
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According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may comprise receiving a plurality of frame sets generated while navigating a local environment, receiving an occupancy map (OMap) representation of the local environment, for each of the plurality of frame sets, generating, using the OMap representation, one or more instances each comprising a spatial cluster of neighborhood 3D points generated from a 3D sensor scan of the local environment, and classifying each of the instances as dynamic or static, tracking instances classified as dynamic across the plurality of frame sets using a tracking algorithm, assigning a single instance ID to tracked instances classified as dynamic across the plurality of frame sets, estimating a bounding box for each of the instances in each of the plurality of frame sets, and employing the instances as ground truth data in a training of one or more deep learning classifiers. 1. A computer-implemented method , comprising:receiving a plurality of frame sets generated while navigating a local environment, each frame set comprising a point cloud representation of three-dimensional (3D) points;receiving an occupancy map (OMap) representation of the local environment, the OMap representation comprising points depicting static objects in the local environment, the OMap representation further comprising the ground and navigable boundaries within the local environment; generating, using the OMap representation, one or more instances each comprising a spatial cluster of neighborhood 3D points generated from a 3D sensor scan of the local environment, and', 'classifying each of the instances as dynamic or static based on the OMap representation by applying a deep learning algorithm to the instance;, 'for each of the plurality of frame setstracking instances classified as dynamic across the plurality of frame sets using a tracking algorithm;assigning a single instance ID to tracked instances classified as dynamic across the plurality of frame sets; ...

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07-01-2016 дата публикации

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Номер: US20160001773A1
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A system for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle includes a control unit for determining whether or not an Oil Pump Unit (OPU) and an Electric Oil Pressure (EOP) temperature sensor are normally operated; a phase current density comparison unit for comparing the mean density of phase currents acquired after shifting the gears of the vehicle with the density of coil phase currents which flow through a coil at a maximum permissible temperature at which the coil is not burning; and a torque control unit for controlling the value of torque to be applied to a transmission according to a result acquired by the phase current density comparison unit. 1. A method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle , comprising:determining whether or not an Electric Oil Pump (EOP) temperature sensor is normally operated when an Oil Pump Unit (OPU) is normally operated;comparing a mean density of phase currents acquired after shifting gears of the vehicle with a density of coil phase currents which flow through a coil at a maximum permissible temperature at which the coil is not burning; andcontrolling a value of torque to be applied to a transmission according to a result of comparing the mean density of phase currents with the density of coil phase currents.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of controlling the value of torque comprises applying an unrestricted amount of torque to the transmission when the mean density of phase currents acquired after shifting the gears of the vehicle is less than the density of coil phase currents.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of controlling the value of torque comprises applying an unrestricted amount of torque to the transmission for a set permissible time period when the mean density of phase currents acquired after shifting the gears of the vehicle is greater than the density of coil phase currents.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the permissible time period is a time period taken to reach the maximum permissible ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20200001885A1
Автор: KURIMOTO Masanori
Принадлежит: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

The vehicle electronic control apparatus includes two or more FPGAs that each receive information from the sensor, a nonvolatile memory that holds a bit stream for determining a configuration for the FPGA, an MCU that incorporates two or more nonvolatile memories, in each of which a program code for calculating the control command is installed, and an error control module that outputs an error signal to the outside at a time when an abnormality occurs in at least one of the FPGA and the nonvolatile memory incorporated in the MCU; the nonvolatile memory that holds the bit stream and the nonvolatile memory incorporated in the MCU can be accessed from the outside. 1. A vehicle electronic control apparatus receiving at least any one of information from a sensor that detects an operation state of an internal combustion engine mounted in a vehicle and a driving state of the vehicle , information from a CAN , and information from a remote channel and outputting a control command calculated based on the received information to an apparatus mounted in the vehicle , the vehicle electronic control apparatus comprising:two or more FPGAs that each receive information from the sensor;a nonvolatile memory that holds a bit stream for determining a configuration for the FPGA;an MCU that incorporates two or more nonvolatile memories, in each of which a program code for calculating the control command is installed; andan error control module that is provided in the MCU and outputs an error signal to the outside at a time when an abnormality occurs in at least one of the FPGA and the incorporated nonvolatile memory,wherein the nonvolatile memory that holds the bit stream and the nonvolatile memory incorporated in the MCU can be accessed from the outside.2. The vehicle electronic control apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the two or more FPGAs include a first FPGA and a second FPGA,wherein the two or more nonvolatile memories incorporated in the MCU include a first nonvolatile ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

FUNCTIONAL SAFETY POWER SUPPLY FRAMEWORK FOR REAL-TIME AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS

Номер: US20200001887A1
Принадлежит: Intel Corporation

A voltage monitoring framework is proposed to predict, report, and correct actions for performance impacting voltage droop due to power supplies in a system-on-a-chip. Both the amplitude and duration of the voltage droop are monitored. By predicting serious voltage droops early, power supplies cross check against each other to avoid catastrophic error, thus ensuring that integrated circuits making up the system-on-a-chip will maintain functional reliability. 1. A system-on-a-chip (SoC) to receive a reference voltage from a first external voltage supply and an input voltage from a second external voltage supply , the SoC comprising:a first voltage droop monitoring circuit to monitor the input voltage, the first voltage droop monitoring circuit to receive a second voltage as its reference voltage;a plurality of intellectual property (IP) units operable via the input voltage;a second voltage droop monitoring circuit to monitor the second voltage, the second voltage droop monitoring circuit comprising the input voltage as its reference voltage; anda power correction unit to adjust power to one or more of the plurality of IP units in response to an input voltage droop of the input voltage being predicted by the first voltage droop monitoring circuit.2. The SoC of claim 1 , further comprising a third voltage droop monitoring circuit to monitor a third voltage droop of a third voltage claim 1 , the third voltage droop comprising the input voltage as its reference voltage claim 1 , wherein the third voltage is to be generated inside the SoC.3. The SoC of claim 2 , further comprising sampling logic to measure a time duration of the input voltage droop claim 2 , the sampling logic comprising a plurality of flip-flops claim 2 , wherein an indication is sent to a safety engine in response to the input voltage droop.4. The SoC of claim 3 , wherein the safety engine is external to the SoC.5. The SoC of claim 4 , wherein the safety engine configures a system comprising the SoC ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF PERFORMING TEMPERATURE CONTROL THEREFOR

Номер: US20190001960A1
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A method of performing temperature control of a hybrid vehicle implements a mode change control method capable of efficiently performing heating in cold weather by predicting a stop of the hybrid vehicle. The method includes receiving an engine operation request from a full automatic temperature control (FATC) unit, determining whether to enter a first hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode utilizing engine power as driving force, determining whether a predicted stop time is equal to or less than a predetermined time, when entry into the first HEV mode is impossible, and disallowing entry into a second HEV mode utilizing engine power for generation of electricity, when the predicted stop time is equal to or less than the predetermined time. 1. A method of controlling a mode change of a hybrid vehicle , the method comprising:receiving, by a hybrid control unit, an engine operation request from a full automatic temperature control (FATC) unit;determining, by the hybrid control unit, whether to enter a first hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode utilizing engine power as driving force;determining, by the hybrid control unit, whether a predicted stop time is equal to or less than a predetermined time, when entry into the first HEV mode is impossible; anddisallowing entry, by the hybrid control unit, into a second HEV mode utilizing engine power for generation of electricity, when the predicted stop time is equal to or less than the predetermined time.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising entering the first HEV mode when entry into the first HEV mode is possible.3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising entering the second HEV mode claim 1 , upon determining that the predicted stop time exceeds the predetermined time.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disallowing comprises entering an EV mode.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining of whether the predicted stop time is equal to or less than the predetermined ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

DRIVE CYCLE CONTROLLER

Номер: US20190001979A1
Автор: Kato Yuichiro
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A drive cycle controller includes a drive cycle switching unit and an output state determination unit. The drive cycle switching unit switches a drive cycle of a microcomputer, which monitors an output of a device, from a first drive cycle to a second drive cycle that is shorter than the first drive cycle if the microcomputer detects a change in an output of the device at an activation timing in the first drive cycle. The output state determination unit determines an output state of the device if the microcomputer confirms that the output has remained changed at an activation timing in the second drive cycle. 1. A drive cycle controller comprising:a drive cycle switching unit that switches a drive cycle of a microcomputer that monitors an output of a device, wherein the drive cycle switching unit switches the drive cycle from a first drive cycle to a second drive cycle that is shorter than the first drive cycle if the microcomputer detects a change in the output of the device at an activation timing in the first drive cycle; andan output state determination unit that determines an output state of the device if the microcomputer confirms that the output of the device has remained changed at an activation timing in the second drive cycle.2. The drive cycle controller according to claim 1 , wherein the output state determination unit determines an output state of the device if the microcomputer successively confirms for a number of times that the output of the device has remained changed at the activation timing in the second drive cycle.3. The drive cycle controller according to claim 1 , wherein the drive cycle switching unit returns the drive cycle from the second drive cycle to the first drive cycle after the output state determination unit determines an output state of the device.4. The drive cycle controller according to claim 1 , whereinthe device is an operation detector that detects a switching operation for switching an actuation state of an onboard device, ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

METHOD FOR THE SELF-CHECK OF DRIVING FUNCTIONS OF AN AUTONOMOUS OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

Номер: US20190001989A1
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A method for the self-check of at least one driving function of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle in vehicle operation, after an error message about the at least one driving function, in which in one step, at least one vehicle electronic system and/or at least one sensor is/are restarted, a check is made for a further appearance of the error message after each restart, and in the event an error message is not repeated after the restart, the driving function in question is checked during operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. 1. A method for providing a self-check of at least one driving function of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle in vehicle operation , after there is an error message about the at least one driving function , the method comprising:restarting at least one vehicle electronic system and/or at least one sensor;checking for a further appearance of the error message after the restart; andchecking, in the event an error message does not appear again after the restart, the at least one driving function during operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the check of the vehicle electronic system and/or the at least one sensor includes at least one of the following:switching a vehicle ignition off and on,restarting at least one control device,restarting at least one peripheral and/or at least one sensor,checking at least one vehicle actuator, and/orcommunicating with a server unit off-board or a server unit on-board the vehicle to perform an error diagnosis.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle is transferred into a safe state prior to or during the check of the driving function.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error message is produced by at least one in-vehicle error claim 1 , and a degree of severity is assigned to the at least one in-vehicle error.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the in-vehicle error has been eliminated claim ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS DIAGNOSTIC DURING EXTENDED IDLE STATE

Номер: US20200003143A1
Автор: Dudar Aed M.
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Methods and systems are provided for reducing release of undesired evaporative emissions to atmosphere for a hybrid vehicle. In one example, a method comprises locking a transmission of the vehicle in park until a request to override the locking is received at a controller of the vehicle, and conducting one or more routines related to reducing release of undesired evaporative emissions to atmosphere, where the one or more diagnostic routines rely on a vacuum derived from an engine of the vehicle combusting air and fuel while the transmission is locked in park. In this way, completion rates for conducting the one or more routines may be improved, and issues related to the release of undesired evaporative emissions to atmosphere may be reduced or avoided. 1. A method comprising:locking a transmission of a vehicle in park until a request to override the locking of the transmission in park is received at a controller of the vehicle; andconducting a diagnostic routine that relies on a vacuum derived from an engine combusting air and fuel while the transmission is locked in park.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the locking of the transmission in park is in response to a request to power an onboard power box for supplying power to one or more devices internal or external to the vehicle via energy derived from the engine combusting air and fuel; andwherein locking the transmission in park prevents the vehicle from being moved until the request to override the locking the transmission in park is received at the controller.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising conducting the diagnostic routine in response to an indication that the request to override the locking of the transmission in park will not be received by the controller prior to the diagnostic routine being completed.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the indication is based on data related to a learned duration that the transmission is expected to be locked in park prior to the request to override the ...

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07-01-2016 дата публикации

CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20160004254A1
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A control apparatus is used in a vehicle that performs automatic travel control. The apparatus includes a search section which searches for an external unit, when information used for the automatic travel control is no longer available due to abnormality, the external unit providing assist information for complementing missing information that is the information no longer available due to the abnormality, an acquisition section which acquires the assist information from the external unit obtained as a result of the search of the search section, and a processing section which performs a process for performing assist travel control, which is the automatic travel control as a result of complementing the missing information with the assist information. 1. A control apparatus which is used in a vehicle that performs automatic travel control , the apparatus comprising:a search section which searches for an external unit, when information used for the automatic travel control is no longer available due to abnormality, the external unit providing assist information for complementing missing information that is the information no longer available due to the abnormality;an acquisition section which acquires the assist information from the external unit obtained as a result of the search of the search section; anda processing section which performs a process for performing assist travel control, which is the automatic travel control as a result of complementing the missing information with the assist information.2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe assist travel control is limited in a controllable range, compared to the automatic travel control in a normal state.3. The control apparatus according to claim 2 , whereinthe search section continues search after the search of the external unit, which is a first external unit and provides the assist information, which is first assist information, andafter the search section finds the first external unit, if a ...

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20-01-2022 дата публикации

Driving Control Device

Номер: US20220017114A1
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There is no consideration on performing charging control on a battery necessary for limp-home travel according to a travel environment of a vehicle. It is assumed that the vehicle changes a travel lane to a second travel lane by overtaking or the like between time t and t. The second power generation threshold generation unit refers to the lookup table illustrated in FIG. and reads as the second charging threshold SOCth. Then, the second charging threshold SOCth is larger than the first charging threshold SOCth as illustrated in FIG. (C), and thus, the threshold selection unit outputs the second charging threshold SOCth as the selected charging threshold SOCth. At this time, the SOC of the battery is lower than the charging threshold SOCth, and thus, the power generation command value GEN is turned on at time t, and the power generation engine is started to charge the battery. As a result, when the vehicle is traveling on the second travel lane which is far from an evacuation road , a large amount of energy is required for a limp-home operation for returning to the evacuation road , and thus, the battery can be sufficiently charged. 1. A driving control device comprising:an autonomous driving control unit that calculates vehicle behavior information of an autonomous driving vehicle based on travel environment information from a recognition device that recognizes an external environment of the vehicle; anda drive device command generation unit that outputs a command value for controlling a battery or a power generation engine based on the vehicle behavior information from the autonomous driving control unit,wherein the drive device command generation unit outputs a power generation command value to the power generation engine by comparing a charging rate SOC of the battery with a charging threshold SOCth defined based on the travel environment information of the vehicle obtained by the recognition device.2. The driving control device according to claim 1 , wherein ...

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20-01-2022 дата публикации

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE POSITIONING FOR SENSOR CALIBRATION

Номер: US20220020232A1
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The subject disclosure relates to techniques for positioning an autonomous vehicle for sensor calibration. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for positioning an autonomous vehicle along a first axis on a platform in a predetermined environment using guide rails, positioning the autonomous vehicle along a second axis on the platform using one or more elevated platform features, inserting one or more lifting alignment pins of a lifting mechanism into one or more sockets located on an underbody of the autonomous vehicle, and positioning the autonomous vehicle along a third axis using the lifting mechanism. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. 1. A method comprising:positioning an autonomous vehicle along a first axis on a platform in a predetermined environment using guide rails;positioning the autonomous vehicle along a second axis on the platform using one or more elevated platform features, wherein the second axis is orthogonal to the first axis;inserting one or more lifting alignment pins of a lifting mechanism into one or more sockets located on an underbody of the autonomous vehicle; andpositioning the autonomous vehicle along a third axis using the lifting mechanism, the third axis orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:calibrating one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle based on a position of the autonomous vehicle in the predetermined environment.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: sending data to the autonomous vehicle, the data indicating that an object is present at a location in the predetermined environment;', 'receiving a response from the autonomous vehicle, the response indicating if the one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle have detected the object at the location in the predetermined environment; and', 'sending instructions to the autonomous vehicle, the instructions based on if the response indicates that the one or more sensors of ...

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12-01-2017 дата публикации

PREDICTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ADVANCED OPERATOR CONTROL AND FEEDBACK

Номер: US20170008520A1
Принадлежит: PACCAR INC

An on-board vehicle computer system for a vehicle includes at least one processing unit and a memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to cause the on-board vehicle computer system to implement various aspects of a predictive cruise control (PCC) system. In one aspect, the computer system provides a plurality of available speed control bands in a PCC system, and the available speed control bands are selectable by an operator of the vehicle. In another aspect, the computer system provides an upper speed margin and a lower speed margin for a PCC system, and the upper and lower speed margins are adjustable by an operator of the vehicle. Related notifications may be presented via an operator interface (e.g., a touchscreen display provided in a vehicle dashboard or other easily accessible area). 1. An on-board vehicle computer system for a vehicle , the on-board vehicle computer system comprising:at least one processing unit; anda memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to cause the on-board vehicle computer system to provide a plurality of available speed control bands in a predictive cruise control system, wherein the available speed control bands are selectable by an operator of the vehicle.2. The on-board vehicle computer system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions are further configured to cause the on-board vehicle computer system to present one or more operator notifications associated with the predictive cruise control system via an operator interface.3. The on-board vehicle computer system of claim 2 , wherein the operator interface comprises a touchscreen display.4. The on-board vehicle computer system of claim 2 , wherein presentation of the one or more operator notifications is based at least in part on a count of predictive cruise control speed change events.5. The on-board vehicle computer system of claim 4 , wherein the count of predictive cruise control speed change ...

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12-01-2017 дата публикации

Intelligent vehicle management system

Номер: US20170008525A1
Автор: Sung-Suk KO
Принадлежит: Individual

Disclosed herein is a system capable of calculating and analyzing energy loss in each of elements that consume energy of a vehicle and of managing the safety diagnosis and the potential regeneration energy of the vehicle based on the calculated and analyzed energy losses. In accordance with the intelligent vehicle management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, whether a vehicle is normally controlled is derived. If an abnormal control is determined, a warning signal is output to the vehicle in order to notify a driver of the necessity for repair and maintenance or the engine torque of the vehicle is limited. Accordingly, an accident attributable to abnormal control can be prevented. Furthermore, the expected braking distance of a vehicle being driven is derived so that the control unit can control the vehicle to keep a safe distance between the vehicle and an adjacent vehicle. And the potential regeneration energy during deceleration is also calculated and gathered into a specific server, which is used for the design of power plant capacity or the calculation of auto tax depending on individual driver's energy abuse.

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14-01-2016 дата публикации

Failure management in a vehicle

Номер: US20160009235A1
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

A system includes first and second failsafe devices. Each of the failsafe devices includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor for performing at least one of detecting a fault and providing a communication concerning a fault. The system further includes an arbitration bus connecting the first and second failsafe devices. The communication concerning the fault may be provided from a first one of the first and second failsafe devices to a second one of the first and second failsafe devices.

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27-01-2022 дата публикации

Protection Circuitry and a Method for Protecting a Vehicle Power Supply

Номер: US20220024396A1
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Protection circuitry for a vehicle power supply with storage units includes at least a first output circuit and a second output circuit for providing power to the storage units. At least a first microcontroller and a second microcontroller are each adapted to prevent the first output circuit or the second output circuit, or both, from providing power. 19.-. (canceled)10. A protection circuitry for a vehicle power supply that includes storage units , comprising:at least a first output circuit and a second output circuit for providing power to the storage units; andat least a first microcontroller and a second microcontroller, whereineach of the first and second microcontrollers are adapted to prevent the first output circuit or the second output circuit, or both, from providing power.11. The protection circuitry according to claim 10 , wherein the vehicle power supply is adapted to receive power through a vehicle power and communications network claim 10 , further comprising:at least a first safety switch and a second safety switch,wherein the first safety switch is adapted to separate the first output circuit from the vehicle power network and the second safety switch is adapted to separate the second output circuit from the vehicle power network.12. The protection circuitry according to claim 10 , further comprising:a logic circuit coupled to the first microcontroller and to the second microcontroller, whereinthe logic circuit is configured to enable control of the first safety switch and of the second safety switch by either the first microcontroller or by the second microcontroller.13. The protection circuitry according to claim 12 , whereinthe logic circuit comprises an XOR logic gate.14. The protection circuitry according to claim 12 , whereinthe logic circuit is adapted to cause a separation of the first output circuit and/or the second output circuit by using one of the first and second microcontrollers independently of a state of the respective other of the ...

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27-01-2022 дата публикации

Control Device

Номер: US20220024456A1
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It has been difficult to appropriately determine the abnormality of a drive source due to the influence of variation in driving operation amount and operation state of a vehicle. In this regard, an in-vehicle control device includes: a requested torque calculation unit which calculates a requested torque on the basis of a driving state of a vehicle; a requested torque change amount calculation unit which calculates the amount of change in requested torque per unit time as a requested torque change amount; an estimated generation torque calculation unit which calculates estimated generation torque estimated as being generated by an engine ; an estimated generation torque change amount calculation unit which calculates the amount of change in estimated generation torque per unit time as an estimated generation torque change amount; and an abnormality detection unit which detects an abnormality of the engine on the basis of the integrated value of a difference between the requested torque change amount and the estimated generation torque change amount, and outputs abnormality determination for the engine 1. A control device comprising:a requested torque calculation unit which calculates requested torque on a basis of a driving state of a vehicle;a requested torque change amount calculation unit which calculates an amount of change in requested torque per unit time as a requested torque change amount;an estimated generation torque calculation unit which calculates an estimated generation torque estimated as being generated by a drive source of the vehicle;an estimated generation torque change amount calculation unit which calculates an amount of change in estimated generation torque per unit time as an estimated generation torque change amount; andan abnormality detection unit which detects an abnormality of the drive source on a basis of an integrated value of a difference between the requested torque change amount and the estimated generation torque change amount, and ...

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27-01-2022 дата публикации

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE FEATURES

Номер: US20220024470A1
Принадлежит: Vehicle Service Group, LLC

A calibration and repair system for advanced driver assistance systems (“ADAS”) and features is configured to provide secure, automated workflow management related to the calibration of ADAS. Automated workflows include steps and interfaces to aid in preparation of a vehicle for calibration, local-remote collaboration during calibration, customer interactions, workflow and event notification, user authentication, remote system management, and other tasks. The system is also capable of automatically and dynamically adding new and updated calibration specifications that are usable during local-remote collaboration. 1. A calibration system , comprising a processor , a memory in communication with the processor , and an advanced driver assistance system (“ADAS”) diagnostic scanner in communication with the processor , the memory being encoded with programming instructions executable by the processor to:present a technician interface via a technician device, where the technician interface generates technician output and accepts technician input;control the diagnostic scanner to calibrate an ADAS of a vehicle having a vehicle identifier, the controlling being performed as a function of the technician input, and wherein the calibration produces output from the diagnostic scanner;store a repair history in the memory, where the repair history comprises the vehicle identifier, the technician input, and the output from the diagnostic scanner; andin response to a query containing the vehicle identifier, retrieve the repair history from the memory.2. The calibration system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle identifier comprises a VIN.3. The calibration system of claim 1 , wherein the output from the diagnostic scanner comprises first data characterizing an ADAS software version utilized by the ADAS of the vehicle.4. The calibration system of claim 1 , wherein the output from the diagnostic scanner comprises pre-calibration and post-calibration electrical control unit (“ECU”) ...

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27-01-2022 дата публикации

Sensor Fusion to Determine Reliability of Autonomous Vehicle Operation

Номер: US20220024493A1
Автор: Golov Gil
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A method for an autonomous vehicle includes: receiving first object data from a first sensor module; receiving second object data from a second sensor module; comparing the first object data to the second object data; determining, based on comparing the first object data to the second object data, whether the first object data corresponds to the second object data; and in response to determining that the first object data does not correspond to the second object data, performing an action for the autonomous vehicle. 1. A system comprising:a central processing device configured to receive object data provided by sensors of a vehicle; and receive first object data based on a first object detection by a first sensor of the vehicle;', 'receive second object data based on a second object detection by a second sensor of the vehicle;', 'make a comparison of the first object data to the second object data, the comparison comprising performing a correlation of the first object data to the second object data;', 'determine, based on the comparison of the first object data to the second object data, whether the first object data corresponds to the second object data; and', 'in response to determining that the first object data does not correspond to the second object data, change a configuration of at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor., 'memory storing instructions configured to instruct the central processing device to2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further configured to instruct the central processing device to:in response to determining that the first object data does not correspond to the second object data, perform a diagnostic test of at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor;wherein the configuration of the first sensor or the second sensor is changed based on the diagnostic test.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further configured to instruct the central processing device to determine claim 2 , ...

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11-01-2018 дата публикации

Method for monitoring a drive-by-wire system of a motor vehicle

Номер: US20180009444A1
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A method for monitoring a drive-by-wire system of a motor vehicle, including: temporally offset reading in of at least two input values of an input quantity of an operating element of the motor vehicle; ascertaining a change over time or rate of change over time of the input quantity from the at least two read-in input values; determination of a monitored quantity for the motor vehicle operation from the change over time or rate of change over time; selection of a monitoring function on the basis of the monitored quantity; monitoring of the monitored quantity for the ascertained motor vehicle operation by the monitoring function.

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11-01-2018 дата публикации

ONLINE LEARNING AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD BASED ON REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITHOUT ACTIVE EXPLORATION

Номер: US20180009445A1
Автор: Nishi Tomoki
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A computer-implemented method of adaptively controlling an autonomous operation of a vehicle is provided. The method includes steps of (a) in a critic network in a computing system configured to autonomously control the vehicle, determining, using samples of passively collected data and a state cost, an estimated average cost, and an approximated cost-to-go function that produces a minimum value for a cost-to-go of the vehicle when applied by an actor network; and (b) in an actor network in the computing system and operatively coupled to the critic network, determining a control input to apply to the vehicle that produces the minimum value for the cost-to-go, wherein the actor network is configured to determine the control input by estimating a noise level using the average cost, a cost-to-go determined from the approximated cost-to-go function, a control dynamics for a current state of the vehicle, and the passively collected data. 1. A computer-implemented method of adaptively controlling an autonomous operation of a vehicle , the method comprising:a) in a critic network in a computing system configured to autonomously control the vehicle, determining, using samples of passively collected data and a state cost, an estimated average cost, and an approximated cost-to-go function that produces a minimum value for a cost-to-go of the vehicle when applied by an actor network; andb) in an actor network in the computing system and operatively coupled to the critic network, determining a control input to apply to the vehicle which produces the minimum value for the cost-to-go,wherein the actor network is configured to determine the control input by estimating a noise level using the estimated average cost, an estimated cost-to-go determined from the approximated cost-to-go function, a control dynamics for a current state of the vehicle, and the samples of passively collected data.4. The method of further comprising the step of updating parameters of the critic network ...

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14-01-2021 дата публикации

ASSISTED HITCHING SYSTEM WITH HANDOFF PROCESS FOR INTERRUPTED OPERATION

Номер: US20210009143A1
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a steering system including a vehicle steering wheel, a powertrain control system including an accelerator and a gear selector, a brake system including service brakes and a parking brake, and a controller. The controller executes an automated hitching maneuver, monitors the system for an interruption event. Upon identifying a standard interruption event, the controller causes the steering wheel to move to a centered position, causes the gear selector to engage a park mode, engages the parking brake, and ceases control of the steering system, the powertrain control system and the brake system. Upon identifying an exception interruption event, the controller ceases control of the steering system, the powertrain control system, and the brake system without causing the steering wheel to move to the centered position. 1. A hitching assistance system for a vehicle , comprising:a steering system including a vehicle steering wheel;a powertrain control system including an accelerator and a gear selector configuring the powertrain control system among park, neutral, drive, and reverse modes;a brake system including service brakes for slowing the vehicle to a stop and a parking brake for maintaining the vehicle at a stop; and executing an automated hitching maneuver including controlling the steering system, the powertrain control system and the brake system to back the vehicle toward a trailer;', 'monitoring the hitching assistance system for an interruption event;', 'detecting the interruption event and identifying the interruption event as one of a standard interruption event or an exception interruption event;', 'upon identifying the standard interruption event, causing the steering wheel to move to a centered position, causing the gear selector to engage a park mode, engaging the parking brake, and ceasing control of the steering system, the powertrain control system and the brake system; and', 'upon identifying the exception ...

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14-01-2021 дата публикации

VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROLLING METHOD

Номер: US20210009144A1
Автор: KE LIANG-YU
Принадлежит: ACER INCORPORATED

A vehicle and a vehicle controlling method are provided. The vehicle includes a computing system; a vehicle controlling module coupled to the computing system; and a positioning module coupled to the computing system and the vehicle controlling module. The vehicle controlling module receives a safe stop path and a fusion coordinate from the computing system. When the vehicle controlling module determines that an abnormality occurs in the computing system, the vehicle controlling module receives a positioning coordinate from the positioning module and calculates an offset corresponding to the positioning coordinate and the fusion coordinate. The vehicle controlling module transmits a vehicle controlling command to the vehicle according to the offset and the safe stop path. 1. A vehicle , comprising:a computing system;a vehicle controlling module coupled to the computing system; anda positioning module coupled to the computing system and the vehicle controlling module, whereinthe vehicle controlling module receives a safe stop path and a fusion coordinate from the computing system,when the vehicle controlling module determines that an abnormality occurs in the computing system, the vehicle controlling module receives a positioning coordinate from the positioning module and calculates an offset corresponding to the positioning coordinate and the fusion coordinate,the vehicle controlling module transmits a vehicle controlling command to the vehicle according to the offset and the safe stop path.2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the computing system obtains the fusion coordinate at least according to a global positioning system coordinate and an image.3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the safe stop path comprises a plurality of coordinate points claim 1 , and a target deceleration and a target vehicle speed corresponding to each of the plurality of coordinate points.4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the vehicle controlling module ...

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14-01-2021 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF ROAD SENSOR UNIT

Номер: US20210009146A1
Принадлежит: VALERANN LTD.

A system and a method for automatically configuring a road sensor unit. Embodiments of the invention include detecting, by the road sensor unit, an identification unit of a road socket unit upon insertion of the road sensor unit into the road socket unit, reading, by the road sensor unit, a unique designation of the identification unit of the road socket unit, transmitting, by the road sensor unit, the unique designation and a unique sensor identification of the road sensor unit to a remote server, receiving, by the road sensor unit from the remote server, unique parameters, wherein the unique parameters are based on the unique designation of the identification unit, configuring, by the road sensor unit, the road sensor unit to operate based on the unique parameter and operating said road sensor unit with the configuration. 1. A method for automatically configuring a road sensor unit , comprising:detecting, by the road sensor unit, an identification unit of a road socket unit upon insertion of the road sensor unit into the road socket unit;reading, by the road sensor unit, a unique designation of the identification unit of the road socket unit;transmitting, by the road sensor unit, the unique designation and a unique sensor identification of the road sensor unit to a remote server;receiving, by the road sensor unit from the remote server, unique parameters, wherein the unique parameters are based on the unique designation of the identification unit;configuring, by the road sensor unit, the road sensor unit to operate based on the unique parameter; andoperating said road sensor unit with the configuration.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the remote server of a link between the unique designation and the unique sensor identification.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising installing the road sensor unit into the road socket unit by locating the configuration unit of the road sensor unit and the identification unit of the road socket unit ...

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14-01-2021 дата публикации

Fallback protection system for platooning systems

Номер: US20210009159A1
Принадлежит: ZF Active Safety GmbH

A fallback safety system for a vehicle equipped with a platooning system is configured to detect an operating state and a functional failure of the platooning system of the vehicle and to detect a distance of the vehicle to a vehicle driving in front with a sensor system of the vehicle. Further, in the case of a detected functional failure of the platooning system during a convoy driving operation of the vehicle controlled by the platooning system, the fallback safety system is configured to initiate braking of the vehicle and to adjust a braking acceleration of the vehicle during the initiated braking depending on the detected distance of the vehicle to the vehicle driving in front.

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14-01-2021 дата публикации

STEERING METHOD FOR AN AUTONOMOUSLY STEERED VEHICLE

Номер: US20210009162A1
Принадлежит:

A steering method for an autonomously steered vehicle having a hybrid steering system, including: identifying a malfunction during an autonomous driving procedure, wherein the hybrid steering system includes a hydraulic steering assistance system, an electromechanical steering assistance system and a control unit for monitoring and controlling the autonomous driving procedure of the vehicle, and switching the steering task by the control unit to a steering braking procedure, by which the vehicle is steered by braking at least one wheel, wherein due to the braking force that is acting on the scrub radius, a steering torque is produced that causes the wheels to turn. Also described is a related a servo-assisted steering assembly. 114-. (canceled)15. A steering method for an autonomously steered vehicle having a hybrid steering system , the method comprising:identifying a malfunction during an autonomous driving procedure, wherein the hybrid steering system includes a hydraulic steering assistance system, an electromechanical steering assistance system and a control unit for monitoring and controlling the autonomous driving procedure of the vehicle; andswitching the steering task by the control unit to a steering braking procedure, by which the vehicle is steered by braking at least one wheel, wherein due to the braking force that is acting on the scrub radius, a steering torque is produced that causes the wheels to turn.16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the steering braking procedure is implemented by braking the left-hand and/or right-hand front wheel of the vehicle.17. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the hydraulic steering assistance system is closed down simultaneously.18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the hydraulic steering assistance system is closed down by short-circuiting the hydraulic forward flow by the hydraulic return flow.19. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the boost curve that forms the function of the ...

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10-01-2019 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM

Номер: US20190009787A1
Автор: Ishioka Atsushi
Принадлежит:

A vehicle control apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects a second vehicle which is traveling around a first vehicle; and a prediction unit that predicts a future position of the second vehicle, based on a detection result of the detection unit and lane information of a road around the second vehicle. 113.-. (canceled)14. A vehicle control apparatus that is provided at least on a first vehicle , the apparatus comprising:a detection unit that detects a second vehicle which is traveling around the first vehicle; anda prediction unit that predicts a future position of the second vehicle, based on a detection result of the detection unit and lane information of a road around the second vehicle,wherein the prediction unit predicts a future position of the second vehicle as an existence probability of each lane.15. The vehicle control apparatus according claim 14 ,wherein the prediction unit derives a probability density distribution of an existence of the second vehicle with respect to the lane information of the road and predicts a future position of the second vehicle as an existence probability of each lane, based on the derived probability density distribution.16. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 15 ,wherein the prediction unit derives the probability density distribution, based on a position history of the second vehicle.17. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 15 ,wherein the prediction unit derives the probability density distribution, based on information of an increase or decrease of a lane.19. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 15 ,wherein the prediction unit derives the probability density distribution, based on information that affects a behavior of the second vehicle.20. A vehicle control apparatus that is provided at least on a first vehicle claim 15 , the apparatus comprising:a detection unit that detects a second vehicle which is traveling around the first vehicle; anda prediction unit that predicts a ...

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10-01-2019 дата публикации

Autonomous vehicle site test method and apparatus, device and readable medium

Номер: US20190009789A1
Автор: Song Zhang

The present disclosure provides an autonomous vehicle site test method and apparatus, a device and a readable medium. The method comprises: in a site test, collecting state information of the autonomous vehicle in real time; according to the state information of the autonomous vehicle and a pre-obtained test demand, obtaining deployment information of a simulated obstacle needed in the test, wherein the deployment information of the simulated obstacle includes a simulated obstacle class, a deployment location of the simulated obstacle and a predetermined action of the simulated obstacle; according to the deployment information of the simulated obstacle, controlling the simulated obstacle corresponding to the simulated obstacle class to perform a predetermined action at the deployment location, to test the autonomous vehicle's response performance to the deployed simulated obstacle.

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10-01-2019 дата публикации

RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION IN VEHICLES

Номер: US20190009790A1
Принадлежит:

This disclosure describes various embodiments for resource optimization in a vehicle. In an embodiment, a system for resource optimization in a vehicle is described. The system may comprise a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and a resource optimization module. The resource optimization module may be configured to: monitor usage of local computing resources of the vehicle, the local computing resources comprising the processor and available bandwidth of a transmission medium; determine an availability of the local computing resources; evaluate data captured by one or more sensors of the vehicle; and determine whether to process the data locally or remotely based, at least in part, on the availability of the local computing resources and the data captured by the one or more sensors. 1. A system for resource optimization in a vehicle , the system comprising:a memory;a processor coupled to the memory; and monitor usage of local computing resources of the vehicle, the local computing resources comprising the processor and available bandwidth of a transmission medium;', 'determine an availability of the local computing resources;', 'evaluate data captured by one or more sensors of the vehicle; and', 'determine whether to process the data locally or remotely based, at least in part, on the availability of the local computing resources and the data captured by the one or more sensors., 'a resource optimization module configured to2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the resource optimization module is further configured to create metadata describing characteristics of the data.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to process the data based upon the resource optimization module determining the availability of local computing resources is adequate for processing the data.4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to store:a result comprising processed data;the data; andmetadata comprising a tag indicating the data ...

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09-01-2020 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

Номер: US20200010094A1
Автор: NAKADA Mitsuaki
Принадлежит: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

Provided is a vehicle control device which makes it possible, in a redundant configuration, to make use of a normally operating part in a failed system. A vehicle control device having a redundant configuration includes a task switching function unit configured to switch tasks to be executed when an abnormality is detected. The task switching function unit being configured to, when a diagnostic function unit determines that an abnormality has occurred in a unit of a host system, cause the unit of the failed system to stop calculation of control variable, and stop drive control for a control object, and then execute calculation other than the calculation of the control variable of the host system, and the drive control for an electric motor, so that the calculation unit of the failed system can take over at least a part of calculation of a normal system or another on-vehicle device. 1. A vehicle control device comprising:a first sensor configured to detect a state variable indicating an operational state of a vehicle;a first actuation unit configured to operate based on an output signal of the first sensor; the first microcomputer including:', 'a first sensor signal input unit configured to receive an output signal of the first sensor;', 'a first control variable calculation unit configured to calculate a first control variable used to execute drive control for the first actuation unit based on the output signal of the first sensor;', 'a first drive control unit configured to execute drive control for the first actuation unit based on the first control variable; and', 'a first abnormality determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of an abnormality in the first actuation unit or the output signal of the first sensor;, 'a first microcomputer configured to control the first actuation unit,'}a second sensor configured to detect a state variable indicating an operational state of the vehicle;a second actuation unit configured to operate based on an ...

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14-01-2016 дата публикации

DATA PROCESSING DEVICE

Номер: US20160011576A1
Принадлежит: Denso Corporation

A data processing device includes: a first controller requiring a first activation time; a second controller requiring a second activation time, which is shorter than the first activation time; and a data processor for switching a mode, in which data is processed, between a first processing mode without collaboration with the first controller, and a second processing mode in collaboration with the first controller. The data processor processes data in the first processing mode after completing the activation of the second controller and before completing the activation of the first controller; processes data in the second processing mode after completing the activation of the first controller; and processes data in the first processing mode after a fault occurs in the first controller. 1. A data processing device comprising:a first controller that requires a first activation time elapsed from feeding operation power to the first controller and starting activation of the first controller until completing the activation of the first controller;a second controller that requires a second activation time, which is shorter than the first activation time, elapsed from feeding the operation power to the second controller and starting activation of the second controller until completing the activation of the second controller; anda data processor that switches a mode, in which data is processed, between a first processing mode for outputting a processing result of data without collaboration with the first controller, and a second processing mode for outputting a processing result of data in collaboration with the first controller,wherein the data processor processes data in the first processing mode after completing the activation of the second controller and before completing the activation of the first controller,wherein the data processor processes data in the second processing mode after completing the activation of the first controller, andwherein the data processor ...

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09-01-2020 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20200011413A1
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.

A vehicle control device includes a control device that performs synchronization control of a synchronization mechanism on a vehicle, the vehicle including an input shaft, an intermediate shaft to which rotational power is transmitted, a shift gear that is synchronized with the intermediate shaft, and a synchronization mechanism that synchronizes the input side synchronization element with the output side synchronization element, and the control device includes a first synchronization mode in which the differential rotation is calculated on the basis of the rotational speed of the intermediate shaft, and a second synchronization mode in which the differential rotation is calculated on the basis of the rotational speed of the input shaft, and performs synchronization control in the first synchronization mode when performing the synchronization control, and performs the synchronization control in the second synchronization mode in a case in which the synchronization control does not proceed. 1. A vehicle control device including a control device that performs synchronization control of a synchronization mechanism on a vehicle on the basis of a differential rotation between an input side synchronization element and an output side synchronization element , the vehicle including a power source that generates rotational power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;an input shaft that is connected to the power source;an output shaft that transmits the rotational power to the driving wheel;an intermediate shaft that transmits the rotational power transmitted from the input shaft to the output shaft;a shift gear that is synchronized with the intermediate shaft and transmits power to the output shaft; andthe synchronization mechanism including the input side synchronization element disposed on the intermediate shaft and the output side synchronization element that transmits power to the shift gear and synchronizing the input side synchronization element with the output side ...

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09-01-2020 дата публикации

Vehicle of automatic driving system and the control method of the system

Номер: US20200012281A1
Автор: Chan Jaegal
Принадлежит: LG ELECTRONICS INC

A method of controlling a vehicle operating in an Automated Vehicle and Highway System (AVHS) includes: transmitting a driving assistance request to a server in response to satisfaction of a preset condition or in response to a user input; in response to the driving assistance request, receiving a connection request from a drone selected by the server; initiating data transmission and reception for autonomous driving by authenticating the connection request; and performing the autonomous driving using driving assistance data received from the drone. Implementations of the present disclosure may enable improved autonomous driving support for a vehicle having a problem in performing autonomous driving or a manually driven vehicle incapable of driving autonomously. One or more of an autonomous vehicle or a server may be linked to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) module, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) robot, Augmented Reality (AR) device, Virtual Reality (VR) device, a 5G service-related device, etc.

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14-01-2021 дата публикации

System for Calculating an Error Probability of Vehicle Sensor Data

Номер: US20210012648A1
Принадлежит: Continental Automotive GmbH

Various embodiments include a system for calculating an error probability of a sensor data record in vehicles, the system comprising: a sensor unit with sensors in a vehicle, the sensor unit configured to provide a sensor data record for an object in an environment of the vehicle; a central computer receiving the sensor data record from the sensor unit; and a reference database storing reference data associated with a position of the vehicle noted at when the sensor data record was generated. The central computer is programmed to refer to reference data in the calculation of an error probability of the sensor data record. 1. A system for calculating an error probability of a sensor data record in vehicles , the system comprising:a sensor unit with sensors in a vehicle, the sensor unit configured to provide a sensor data record for an object in an environment of the vehicle;a central computer receiving the sensor data record from the sensor unit; anda reference database storing reference data; associated with a position of the vehicle noted at when the sensor data record was generated;wherein the central computer is programmed to refer to reference data in the calculation of an error probability of the sensor data record.2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central computer is further programmed to classify the sensor data record into an object class and relevant reference data are selected based on the object class.3. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:the reference data in the reference database are assigned an error probability;the central computer is programmed to consider the error probability of the reference data when calculating the error probability of the sensor data record wherein the associated reference data are given a lower weighting as the error probability increases.4. The system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the central computer is further programmed to calculate the error probability of the reference data on the basis of ...

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

Vehicle Trajectory Dynamics Validation and Interpolation

Номер: US20220032925A1
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Systems, devices, and methods for validating vehicle trajectories are provided. A vehicle controller can obtain a motion plan indicative of a trajectory including one or more state variables and one or more control variables. The vehicle controller can determine a dynamics defect value for the motion plan based at least in part on the one or more state variables, the one or more control variables, and a continuous-time dynamics function comprising a function indicative of a change in the one or more state variables and the one or more control variables over time. The vehicle controller can further determine the motion plan is dynamically consistent based at least in part on the dynamics defect value, generate one or more vehicle system control signals, and control the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the one or more vehicle system control signals. 1. A vehicle controller , comprising:one or more processors;a memory comprising one or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, the media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:obtaining a motion plan, the motion plan indicative of a trajectory for an autonomous vehicle, the motion plan comprising one or more state variables and one or more control variables;determining a dynamics defect value for the motion plan based at least in part on the one or more state variables, the one or more control variables, and a continuous-time dynamics function comprising a function indicative of a change in the one or more state variables and the one or more control variables over time;determining the motion plan is dynamically consistent based at least in part on the dynamics defect value;in response to determining the motion plan is dynamically consistent, generating one or more vehicle system control signals; andcontrolling the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the one or more vehicle ...

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

CONSTRUCTION AREA ALERT

Номер: US20220032926A1
Принадлежит: AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD

A method for generating at least one construction area indicator, the method may include receiving by a vehicle computerized system, construction area indicators; wherein a construction area indicator is indicative of a construction area element; obtaining sensed information regarding an environment of the vehicle; processing the sensed information, wherein the processing comprises searching for one or more construction area indicators of the construction area indicators; wherein the construction area element is selected out of (i) a construction area object and (ii) a construction area situation; autonomously determining, when finding at least one of the one or more construction area identifiers, that the vehicle is driving towards a construction area or is within the construction area; and generating an alert when determining that the vehicle is driving towards the construction area or is within the construction area. 1. A method for construction area alert , the method comprises:receiving by a vehicle computerized system, construction area indicators;obtaining sensed information regarding an environment of the vehicle;processing the sensed information, wherein the processing comprises searching for one or more construction area indicators of the construction area indicators; wherein a construction area indicator is indicative of a construction area element; wherein the construction area element is selected out of (i) a construction area object and (ii) a construction area situation;autonomously determining, when finding at least one of the one or more construction area identifiers, that the vehicle is driving towards a construction area or is within the construction area;generating an alert when determining that the vehicle is driving towards the construction area or is within the construction area.2. The method according to comprising generating the construction area indicators by:obtaining construction area occurrence information regarding occurrences of ...

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

ROBUSTNESS QUOTIENT FOR VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS AND MONITORING

Номер: US20220032928A1
Автор: Yi Ming
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Methods and systems for evaluating robustness of vehicle diagnostics and monitoring. One system includes a memory, a communication interface, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to access diagnostic event data of a vehicle system. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a RQ variable for the current operation cycle based on a set of maximum debounce levels included in the diagnostic event data and a failure threshold. The electronic processor is also configured to store, in the memory, the RQ variable as RQ data at an end of the current operation cycle. The electronic processor is also configured to transmit, via the communication interface, the RQ data for an external robustness evaluation. The electronic processor is also configured to receive, via the communication interface, an update to the failure threshold based on the external robustness evaluation. 1. A system for evaluating robustness of vehicle diagnostics and monitoring , the system comprising:a memory;a communication interface; and access diagnostic event data of a vehicle system,', 'determine a robustness quotient (RQ) variable for the current operation cycle, the RQ variable based on a set of maximum debounce levels included in the diagnostic event data and a failure threshold,', 'store, in the memory, the RQ variable as RQ data at an end of the current operation cycle,', 'transmit, via the communication interface, the RQ data for an external robustness evaluation, and', 'receive, via the communication interface, an update to the failure threshold based on the external robustness evaluation., 'an electronic processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface, the electronic processor configured to'}2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the diagnostic event data includes a set of diagnostic events and a debounce level for each diagnostic event included in the set of diagnostic events.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the maximum debounce level ...

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

FAULT-TOLERANT TRACKING CONTROL METHOD FOR FOUR-WHEEL DISTRIBUTED ELECTRIC DRIVE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

Номер: US20220032929A1
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The present disclosure provides a fault-tolerant tracking control method of a four-wheel distributed electric drive autonomous vehicle. The method depends on a typical four-wheel distributed electric drive vehicle structure, comprising: first, realizing real-time acquisition of an output torque and a fault coefficient of a hub motor through each vehicle-mounted sensor and each parameter observer; then determining whether the vehicle power system enters a fault state, and if the hub motor is in the fault state, entering a set fault-tolerant tracking link; and judging the fault mode of the current vehicle, using different control logics for different fault modes, and finally realizing fault-tolerant control or emergency risk avoiding of the vehicle. According to the present disclosure, aiming at different fault conditions of a power system of the distributed electric drive autonomous vehicle, different coping modes and control strategies are used for guaranteeing the stability and safety of the vehicle as much as possible, and the safety of passengers and goods is guaranteed. 1. A fault-tolerant tracking control method of a four-wheel distributed electric drive autonomous vehicle , comprising the steps of: [{'sub': i', 'ri, 'wherein a four-wheel distributed electric drive autonomous vehicle is equipped with hub motors in four wheels to provide power; the actual output torque of each hub motor during normal driving is T, i=1, 2, 3, 4, which corresponds to a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel, its value is equal to the output torque Trequired for vehicle tracking, i=1, 2, 3, 4, and the output torque of each hub motor is separately and independently controlled by the corresponding motor controller;'}, {'sub': i', 'i', 'ri, 'the fault coefficient of each hub motor is set as ξ, i=1, 2, 3, 4, its value is the ratio of the actual output torque Tof the hub motor to the required output torque T, the value range is [0, 1]; when the ...

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

CONTROL METHOD OF UNMANNED VEHICLE AND UNMANNED VEHICLE

Номер: US20220032930A1
Автор: ZHOU Mo
Принадлежит:

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control method of an unmanned vehicle and an unmanned vehicle, which have excellent safety. The control method of the unmanned vehicle includes: detecting vibration information and running attitude information of the unmanned vehicle; according to the vibration information, the running attitude information and a running status of the unmanned vehicle, determining a condition of the unmanned vehicle, wherein the running status of the unmanned vehicle includes a stop status and a driving status; and when the condition of the unmanned vehicle is abnormal, controlling the unmanned vehicle according to an abnormal condition coping strategy. 1. A control method of an unmanned vehicle , comprising:detecting vibration information and running attitude information of the unmanned vehicle;determining a condition of the unmanned vehicle according to the vibration information, the running attitude information and a running status of the unmanned vehicle, wherein the running status of the unmanned vehicle comprises a stop status and a driving status; andcontrolling the unmanned vehicle according to an abnormal condition coping strategy when the condition of the unmanned vehicle is abnormal.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:determining the running status of the unmanned vehicle according to the running attitude information and a system instruction for indicating a designated running status of the unmanned vehicle.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the condition of the unmanned vehicle according to the vibration information claim 1 , the running attitude information and the running status of the unmanned vehicle claim 1 , comprises:determining that the condition of the unmanned vehicle is abnormal when the unmanned vehicle is in the stop status and the vibration information is detected.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the condition of the unmanned vehicle ...

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

Номер: US20220032955A1
Принадлежит:

An automatic drive device includes a fusion unit recognizing travel environment of a vehicle based on an output signal of a surrounding monitoring sensor and a control planning unit generating a control plan based on a recognition result of the fusion unit. A diagnostic device includes an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality of a field recognition system from the surrounding monitoring sensor to the fusion unit by monitoring the output signal of the surrounding monitoring sensor and the recognition result of the fusion unit over time. The diagnostic device requests the control planning unit to perform MRM based on a detection of the abnormality of the recognition system by the abnormality detection unit. 1. A vehicle control device that generates a control plan for autonomous travel of a vehicle , the vehicle control device comprising:an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality of a field recognition system including at least one surrounding monitoring sensor and a recognition unit, based at least on one of (a) an output signal of the at least one surrounding monitoring sensor detecting objects within a predetermined detection range and (b) a recognition result of the recognition unit recognizing objects near the vehicle based on the output signal of the at least one surrounding monitoring sensor; anda vehicle stop processing unit that performs a process for stopping the vehicle based on a detection of the abnormality of the field recognition system by the abnormality detection unit.2. The vehicle control device of claim 1 , further comprising:a recognition result acquisition unit that repeatedly and/or intermittently acquires the recognition result of the recognition unit; anda recognition result holding unit that temporarily holds the recognition result acquired by the recognition result acquisition unit at a plurality of time points in association with a time of association, wherein determines whether or not the recognition result ...

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

ON-VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND ON-VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM

Номер: US20220032966A1
Принадлежит: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

An on-vehicle control apparatus () switches an operating state of an on-vehicle control system () from a regular state to a partially checking state in a case where a cyber-attack has been detected in a part of a plurality of driving control apparatuses ( and ). The regular state is an operating state in which autonomous driving is performed by using at least one of the plurality of driving control apparatuses. The partially checking state is an operating state in which the autonomous driving is performed by using at least one of normal driving control apparatuses where the cyber-attack has not been detected, and security of each of the driving control apparatuses where the cyber-attack has been detected is checked. 1. An on-vehicle control apparatus comprised in an on-vehicle control system that performs autonomous driving of a vehicle ,wherein the on-vehicle control system comprises a plurality of driving control apparatuses for the autonomous driving of the vehicle,wherein the on-vehicle control apparatus comprises:processing circuitryto switch an operating state of the on-vehicle control system from a regular state to a partially checking state in a case where a cyber-attack has been detected in a part of the plurality of driving control apparatuses; andto switch the operating state of the on-vehicle control system from the partially checking state to the regular state in a case where security has been secured in all of the driving control apparatuses where the cyber-attack has been detected in the regular state, and switch the operating state of the on-vehicle control system from the partially checking state to a partially operating state in a case where the security has not been secured in all of the driving control apparatuses where the cyber-attack has been detected in the regular state,wherein the regular state is an operating state in which the autonomous driving is performed by using at least one of the plurality of driving control apparatuses,wherein the ...

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19-01-2017 дата публикации

DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS AND METHOD

Номер: US20170015328A1
Автор: OGURI Haruki
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A driving assist apparatus includes: a regenerative braking force calculation unit for calculating an index by which a vehicle can be decelerated only by a regeneration operation of the electric motor; a display unit for displaying an indication that the vehicle can be decelerated only by the regeneration operation of the electric motor in a recognizable manner to driver of the vehicle; a prediction unit for predicting a target position at which the vehicle is decelerated to a target speed; and a timing calculation unit for calculating a timing at which the display unit displays the indication that the vehicle can be decelerated only by the regeneration operation, according to a distance or time required until a speed of the vehicle becomes the target speed by a deceleration performed based on the index, a distance or time required until the driver starts a deceleration operation, and the predicted target position. 1. A driving assist apparatus of performing driving assist for a vehicle which includes an electric motor for charging electric power regenerated by being mechanically driven by wheels to a power storage unit , the driving assist apparatus comprising:an index calculation unit configured to calculate an index by which the vehicle can be decelerated only by a regeneration operation of the electric motor;a display unit configured to display an indication that the vehicle can be decelerated only by the regeneration operation of the electric motor in a recognizable manner to a driver of the vehicle;a prediction unit configured to predict a target position at which the vehicle is decelerated to a target speed; anda calculation unit configured to calculate a timing at which the display unit displays the indication that the vehicle can be decelerated only by the regeneration operation, according to a distance or time required until a speed of the vehicle becomes the target speed by a deceleration that is performed based on the index, a distance or time required ...

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21-01-2016 дата публикации

METHOD FOR WARNING A VEHICLE DRIVER OF A TAILGATING THIRD PARTY VEHICLE

Номер: US20160016509A1
Автор: Schleicher Roman
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A method for warning a vehicle driver of a third party vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, of a collision, the vehicle driver of the driving third party vehicle being warned by the host vehicle of an imminent collision with a correspondingly front host vehicle, and the vehicle driver of the tailgating third party vehicle is signaled the imminent collision with the host vehicle by a driver assistance system of the host vehicle. Also described is a computer program product, an arithmetic unit, or a processing device, which may be a control device or a control unit for a vehicle, as well as to a driver assistance system for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle.

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18-01-2018 дата публикации

METHOD FOR OPERATING A LONGITUDINALLY GUIDING DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20180015920A1
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Method for operating a longitudinal driver assistance system () of a motor vehicle () which is designed to regulate the speed of the motor vehicle () to a control speed, wherein—depending on environment data describing the operating environment in which the motor vehicle () is currently operated—the control speed can be changed from a desired speed () provided by a driver to a target speed () (which is provided for an upcoming operating environment () and/or can be determined from the environment data), wherein, when there is a change of the desired speed () to a new target speed () for an upcoming operating environment (), for a predetermined time period and/or a predetermined distance in the upcoming operating environment (), an intermediate speed () deviating from the target speed () in the direction of the current speed of the motor vehicle () is initially regulated to, which intermediate speed () is between the current speed of the motor vehicle () and the target speed (), before the target speed () is regulated to after the time period expires or before the distance is traversed. 1. A method , comprising:operating a longitudinal driver assistance system of a motor vehicle which is designed to regulate the speed of the motor vehicle to a control speed, wherein—depending on environment data describing the operating environment in which the motor vehicle is currently operated—the control speed can be changed from a desired speed provided by a driver to a target speed (which is provided for an upcoming operating environment and/or can be determined from the environment data), when there is a change of the control speed to a new target speed for an upcoming operating environment, for a predetermined time period and/or a predetermined distance in the upcoming operating environment, an intermediate speed deviating from the target speed in the direction of the current speed of the motor vehicle is initially regulated to, which intermediate speed is between the current ...

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16-01-2020 дата публикации

Independent safety monitoring of an automated driving system

Номер: US20200017114A1
Принадлежит: Intel Corp

An automated driving system includes a security companion subsystem to access data generated at a compute subsystem of the automated driving system, which indicates a determination by the compute subsystem associated with an automated driving task. The security companion subsystem determines whether the determination is safe based on the data. The security companion subsystem is configured to realize a higher safety integrity level than the compute subsystem.

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16-01-2020 дата публикации

AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20200017115A1
Принадлежит: Denso Corporation

An autonomous driving control system is configured to perform autonomous driving of a vehicle. The autonomous driving control system includes: an electric power supply circuit including a plurality of electric power supplies, electric power supply lines respectively belonging to a plurality of systems and a relay device; a fault detector configured to detect a fault state of the relay device; an electric power supply controller configured to control the electric power supply circuit; and an autonomous driving control unit provided to control the autonomous driving of the vehicle. The autonomous driving control unit is configured to perform, upon detection by the fault detector of occurrence of a fault corresponding to a specific fault pattern in the relay device, a restricted autonomous driving control in which part of a control function of the autonomous driving is restricted compared to when no fault corresponding to the specific fault pattern is detected. 1. An autonomous driving control system configured to perform autonomous driving of a vehicle , the autonomous driving control system comprising:an electric power supply circuit including a plurality of electric power supplies, electric power supply lines respectively belonging to a plurality of systems and a relay device, the electric power supply lines being connectable to the electric power supplies to supply electric power to specific accessories of the vehicle, the relay device being configured to change a connection state between the electric power supplies and the electric power supply lines;a fault detector configured to detect a fault state of the relay device;an electric power supply controller configured to control the electric power supply circuit; andan autonomous driving control unit provided to control the autonomous driving of the vehicle,whereinthe autonomous driving control unit is configured to perform, upon detection by the fault detector of occurrence of a fault corresponding to a specific ...

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16-01-2020 дата публикации

Anomaly Detector For Vehicle Control Signals

Номер: US20200017116A1
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A vehicle controller receives sensor outputs and identifies features in the sensor outputs. The controller determines a trajectory based on the features and generates control signals to vehicle actuators to follow the trajectory. Eccentricity of the control signals is evaluated and if it meets a threshold condition is met an intervention is performed such as discarding or modifying the control signal or initiating a safety procedure. Eccentricity may be determined using an unsupervised machine learning model. The threshold condition may be a dynamic threshold condition such as using the n-sigma approach or the Chebyshev inequality. 1. A method comprising , by a vehicle controller:receiving sensor outputs from sensors of the vehicle;processing the sensor outputs by a control algorithm to obtain control outputs for the vehicle;evaluating eccentricity of the control outputs collectively with respect to a threshold condition; andwhen the control outputs meet the threshold condition, generating an intervention.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the outputs by the control algorithm comprises:detecting features in the sensor outputs;selecting a trajectory according to the features; andgenerating the control outputs effective to traverse the trajectory.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control outputs comprise control signals to a steering actuator claim 1 , a braking actuator claim 1 , and an accelerator actuator.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control algorithm comprises at least one of an anti-lock braking system claim 1 , a stability control system claim 1 , and a traction control system.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor outputs comprise outputs of at least one of a radio detection and ranging (RADAR) sensor claim 1 , a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor claim 1 , and a camera.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein evaluating the eccentricity of the control outputs with respect to the threshold condition comprises inputting the ...

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21-01-2021 дата публикации

Vehicle Control Apparatus, Vehicle Control Method, and Vehicle Control System

Номер: US20210016785A1
Автор: Satoshi Nakagawa
Принадлежит: Hitachi Astemo Ltd

An object of the present invention is to prevent a cost increase and an increase in an installation space due to a redundant arrangement of a vehicle motion control apparatus. A vehicle control apparatus includes an input portion configured to receive an input of a target state from a vehicle motion control controller equipped with a first vehicle motion control function configured to determine the target state for achieving a target route input from an autonomous driving controller, a first control portion configured to control a motion state based on the target state input from the input portion, and a second control portion equipped with a second vehicle motion control function configured to determine the target state for achieving the target route input from the autonomous driving controller and configured to control the motion state based on the target state input from the input portion.

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21-01-2021 дата публикации

Predictive Vehicle Diagnostics Method

Номер: US20210016786A1
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A computer-implemented method of predicting vehicle failures comprises: receiving, at a processing stage: i) a vehicle diagnostics dataset, which records historic diagnostic warning events and an associated timing for each diagnostic warning event, and ii) a vehicle fault dataset, which records historic vehicle fault events and an associated timing for each vehicle fault event, wherein the diagnostic warning events and vehicle fault events are associated in their respective datasets with cooperating vehicle identifiers; wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage determines whether or not each diagnostic warning event of a target type is time-associated with a diagnostic warning event in that its associated timing is within a predetermined time window relative to that of any vehicle fault event associated with a matching vehicle identifier, and computes, based thereon, a significance value for the target type of diagnostic warning event, the significance value denoting the likelihood of a vehicle fault event occurring should a diagnostic warning event of the target type occur. 1. A computer-implemented method of predicting vehicle failures comprising:receiving, at a processing stage: i) a vehicle diagnostics dataset, which records historic diagnostic warning events for a population of multiple vehicles and an associated timing for each diagnostic warning event, and ii) a vehicle fault dataset, which records historic vehicle fault events experienced by at least some of the vehicles and an associated timing for each vehicle fault event, wherein the diagnostic warning events and vehicle fault events are associated in their respective datasets with cooperating vehicle identifiers;wherein a predictive algorithm executed at the data processing stage determines whether or not each diagnostic warning event of a target type is time-associated with a vehicle fault event in that its associated timing is within a predetermined time window relative to ...

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21-01-2021 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING EXTERNAL POSITION INFORMATION OF A VEHICLE

Номер: US20210016794A1
Автор: TAKI Naoki
Принадлежит: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE

A system for adjusting external position information of a vehicle driving on a road, including a sensor configured to sense a predetermined static lane object of the road, the vehicle driving on the road, and an electronic control device configured to: 115-. (canceled)16. A system for adjusting external position information of a vehicle driving on a road , comprising:a sensor configured to sense a predetermined static lane object of the road, the vehicle driving on said road,an electronic control device configured to:receive external position information indicating a vehicle position,detect the static lane object based on a sensor output received from the sensor,determine a position of the static lane object with regard to the vehicle position based on the received sensor output,adjust the external vehicle position information by calibrating the vehicle position with regard to the determined position of the static lane object.17. The system according to claim 16 , whereinreceiving an external position information includes:receive a geo position information,receive and/or store map data, anddetermine the vehicle position based on the geo position information and the map data.18. The system according to claim 17 , whereindetermining the position of the static lane object desirably comprises: determine the geo position of the detected static lane object in received and/or stored map data.19. The system according to claim 18 , wherein calibrating the vehicle position comprises:calibrate the geo position of the vehicle with regard to the geo position of the static lane object.20. The system according to claim 16 , wherein calibrating the vehicle position comprises:calibrate a geo position of the vehicle with regard to a geo position of the static lane object.21. The system according to claim 16 , whereinthe static lane object constitutes a predetermined change in the lane characteristics along the road.22. The system according to claim 16 , whereinthe static lane object ...

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25-01-2018 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE

Номер: US20180022335A1
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A control device for a brake system of a vehicle includes an electronic device configured to perform a method including determining, taking into account a specified braking of a driver of the vehicle or of an automatic control system of the vehicle, a first item of information regarding a current usability of a hydraulic device of the brake system and a second item of information regarding a current usability of a brake booster of the brake system, which first target portion of a brake pressure increase is to be provided by the hydraulic device, and which second target portion of the brake pressure increase is to be provided by the brake booster, and controlling the hydraulic device and/or the brake booster so that the first target portion of the brake pressure increase is provided by the hydraulic device and the second target portion is provided by the brake booster. 114-. (canceled)15. A control device for a brake system of a vehicle that includes a hydraulic device and a brake booster , the control device comprising: [ a first target portion of an increase of brake pressure in at least one wheel brake cylinder of the brake system by an amount corresponding to the specified braking that is to be provided by the hydraulic device; and', 'a second target portion of the increase that is to be provided by the brake booster; and, 'determine, based on (a) a specified braking of a driver of the vehicle or of an automatic control system of the vehicle, (b) a first item of information relating to a current usability of the hydraulic device, and (c) a second item of information relating to a current usability of a brake booster of the brake system, 'control at least one of the hydraulic device and the brake booster so that the first target portion is provided by the hydraulic device and the second target portion is provided by the brake booster., 'an electronic device coupled to the hydraulic device and the brake booster, wherein the electronic device is configured to16. The ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

ENHANCED SENSOR CLEANING VALIDATION

Номер: US20220041173A1
Принадлежит: Argo AI, LLC

Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced sensor cleaning validation. A device may determine a baseline performance measurement associated with a clean performance baseline of a sensor. The device may actuate a cleaning mechanism to remove at least a portion of an obstruction deposited on the sensor. The device may determine a first post-clean performance measurement associated with the sensor. The device may determine a degradation measurement between the baseline performance measurement and the first post-clean performance measurement, wherein the degradation measurement indicates an effectiveness of the cleaning mechanism. 1. A device , the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage , the processing circuitry configured to:determine a baseline performance measurement associated with a clean performance baseline of a sensor;actuate a cleaning mechanism to remove at least a portion of an obstruction deposited on the sensor;determine a first post-clean performance measurement associated with the sensor; anddetermine a degradation measurement between the baseline performance measurement and the first post-clean performance measurement, wherein the degradation measurement indicates an effectiveness of the cleaning mechanism.2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the clean performance baseline of the sensor is a state of the sensor without the obstruction.3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the obstruction is at least one of mud claim 1 , rain claim 1 , bugs claim 1 , or debris.4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the degradation measurement is a ratio between the baseline performance measurement and the first post-clean performance measurement claim 1 , and wherein the ratio is determined by dividing the first post-clean performance measurement by the baseline performance measurement.5. The device of claim 1 , wherein actuating the cleaning mechanism causes an application of fluid on the sensor claim 1 , and causes an airflow configured to remove ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

DRIVING CONTROL METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH INTEGRATED CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20220041175A1
Автор: Kim Eun Sik
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A driving control method of an autonomous vehicle with an integrated control apparatus, which is configured to be operated by a user in a manual driving mode of the autonomous vehicle, includes: an autonomous driving determining operation of determining whether autonomous driving can be continuously performed based on surroundings of the autonomous vehicle; a first determining operation of determining a breakdown of a vehicle driving part in a state where an operation of the autonomous vehicle is stopped from the autonomous driving upon determining that the autonomous driving cannot be performed; and controlling the vehicle to be maintained in a stopped state until the autonomous vehicle is turned off upon determining the breakdown of the autonomous vehicle driving part. 1. A driving control method of an autonomous vehicle with an integrated control apparatus which is configured to be operated by a user in a manual driving mode of the autonomous vehicle , the driving control method comprising:an autonomous driving determining operation of determining whether autonomous driving can be continuously performed based on surroundings of the autonomous vehicle;a first determining operation of determining a breakdown of a vehicle driving part in a state where an operation of the autonomous vehicle is stopped from the autonomous driving upon determining that the autonomous driving cannot be performed; andcontrolling the vehicle to be maintained in a stopped state until the autonomous vehicle is turned off upon determining the breakdown of the autonomous vehicle driving part.2. The driving control method of claim 1 , wherein the first determining operation includes determining breakdowns of a chassis claim 1 , which is configured to be operated by the user for steering claim 1 , acceleration claim 1 , braking claim 1 , and shifting of the autonomous vehicle claim 1 , and a powertrain claim 1 , which is configured to generate and transmit driving power of the vehicle claim 1 , ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, VEHICLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Номер: US20220041178A1
Автор: QIN Wenchuang
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The present application discloses a vehicle driving control method, an apparatus, a vehicle, an electronic device and a storage medium, relates to artificial intelligence, automatic driving and intelligent transportation in computer technology. Including: dividing a preset driving time period of a vehicle, to acquire multiple driving time points, successively acquiring driving information at a first time point in adjacent driving time points, acquiring driving information at a second time point in the adjacent driving time points according to the driving information at the first time point and a pre-configured driving control amount, calibrating the driving control amount according to the driving information at the first time point and the driving information at the second time point, and determining a driving path between the adjacent driving time points based on the calibrated driving control amount, and controlling a driving of the vehicle according to the driving path. 1. A vehicle driving control method , comprising:dividing a preset driving time period of a vehicle, to acquire multiple driving time points;successively planning a driving path between adjacent driving time points, to acquire the driving path between the adjacent driving time points, and controlling a driving of the vehicle according to the driving path;wherein the planning the driving path between the adjacent driving time points comprises:acquiring driving information at a first time point in the adjacent driving time points, acquiring driving information at a second time point in the adjacent driving time points according to the driving information at the first time point and a pre-configured driving control amount; wherein the first time point is earlier than the second time point;calibrating the driving control amount according to the driving information at the first time point and the driving information at the second time point, and determining the driving path between the adjacent driving ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PLANNING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Номер: US20220041181A1
Автор: Liu Yiming
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A vehicle trajectory planning method and an electronic device are provided, which are related to the field of automatic driving and intelligent road network. The method includes: receiving initially planned trajectories of respective autonomous vehicles; and adjusting, in a case that a conflict exists between the initially planned trajectories of the respective autonomous vehicles, a planned trajectory of an autonomous vehicle associated with the conflict. 1. A vehicle trajectory planning method , comprising:receiving initially planned trajectories of respective autonomous vehicles; andadjusting, in a case that a conflict exists between the initially planned trajectories of the respective autonomous vehicles, a planned trajectory of an autonomous vehicle associated with the conflict.2. The vehicle trajectory planning method of claim 1 , wherein the initially planned trajectory comprises planned positions of the autonomous vehicle at a plurality of time points within a preset time period;the case that the conflict exists between the initially planned trajectories of the respective autonomous vehicles comprises: there being a time point at which the planned positions conflict in the plurality of time points within the preset time period.3. The vehicle trajectory planning method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the planned trajectory of the autonomous vehicle associated with the conflict comprises:determining a modified planned trajectory for the autonomous vehicle associated with the conflict, and sending the modified planned trajectory to the autonomous vehicle associated with the conflict; and/or,sending an instruction for re-determining a planned trajectory to the autonomous vehicle associated with the conflict.4. The vehicle trajectory planning method of claim 2 , wherein adjusting the planned trajectory of the autonomous vehicle associated with the conflict comprises:determining a modified planned trajectory for the autonomous vehicle associated with the conflict, ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

Method and System of Collecting Training Data Suitable for Training an Autonomous Driving System of a Vehicle

Номер: US20220041182A1
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The present disclosure enables a collection of training data suitable for training an autonomous driving system of a vehicle. A database is provided that stores predefined road scenarios, and user devices are provided with a simulation game for controlling a vehicle agent in a road scenario. A plurality of user devices, running the simulation game, play a road scenario from the database to control a vehicle agent in the simulation game with steering actions entered by individual users, which generates a human demonstration of each road scenario that is played. Several human demonstrations played on the plurality of user devices can be maintained by a demonstration database and made available as training data suitable for training an autonomous driving system of a vehicle. A large amount of training data can be automatically generated, without requiring expensive or time-consuming real-world tests to generate suitable training data manually. 1. A method , comprising: providing a scenario database storing predefined road scenarios;', 'providing user devices with a simulation game for controlling a vehicle agent in a road scenario;', 'at each of a plurality of user devices, running the simulation game, playing a road scenario from the scenario database on a display of the user device, controlling the vehicle agent in the simulation with steering actions entered by a user of the user device, and generating a human demonstration of the played road scenario;', 'collecting, as training data, a plurality of human demonstrations of the stored road scenarios played on the plurality of user devices; and', 'storing, by at least one processor, the training data in a demonstration database that is accessible to the vehicle for training the autonomous driving system to handle controlling the vehicle in a driving situation related to at least one simulated road scenario from the scenario database., 'collecting training data suitable for training an autonomous driving system of a ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LOW BATTERY MANAGEMENT

Номер: US20220041186A1
Принадлежит: GM Cruise Holdings LLC

Systems and methods are provided for identifying an imminent low state of charge of a battery in an autonomous vehicle, and automatically powering down the vehicle before a zero state of charge event occurs. In particular, the autonomous vehicle automatically powers down while there is enough energy in the batteries to restart the vehicle and drive the vehicle a short distance to a charging station. 1. A method for automating a power down process for an autonomous vehicle , comprising:detecting, at an electronic control unit, a low state of charge of an autonomous vehicle battery,determining, using vehicle sensors, that the autonomous vehicle is unattended,determining, using autonomous vehicle mapping and location modules, that an autonomous vehicle location is in an approved shut down area, transmitting a shut down notice from the autonomous vehicle, and cutting power to vehicle components connected to the battery.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the low state of charge includes detecting a high voltage battery low state of charge.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising detecting a low voltage battery low state of charge and cutting power to additional vehicle components connected to the low voltage battery.4. The method of claim 1 , where detecting the low state of charge includes comparing a high voltage battery state of charge to a selected threshold value claim 1 , and determining that the high voltage battery state of charge is less than the selected threshold value.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the selected threshold value includes sufficient charge for the high voltage battery to restart the autonomous vehicle and drive the autonomous vehicle to a charging station.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein cutting power to vehicle components results in powering down the autonomous vehicle.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the vehicle is unattended includes determining the vehicle is in one of park mode and service mode claim 1 , ...

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22-01-2015 дата публикации

LEAK DETECTION BASED ON FUEL LEVEL

Номер: US20150025722A1
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Methods and systems for fuel system leak detection are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises, during an engine-on condition, delivering fuel from a fuel tank to one or more cylinders of the engine while the fuel tank is sealed off from atmosphere, and indicating a leak based on pressure in the fuel tank. For example, a leak may be indicated in response to a pressure decrease in the fuel tank greater than an expected pressure decrease, where the expected pressure decrease is based on a fuel level in the fuel tank. 1. A method for a vehicle with an engine , comprising:during an engine-on condition, delivering fuel from a fuel tank to one or more cylinders of the engine while the fuel tank is sealed off from atmosphere; andindicating a leak based on pressure in the fuel tank.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising indicating a leak in response to a pressure decrease in the fuel tank greater than an expected pressure decrease claim 1 , where the expected pressure decrease is based on a fuel level in the fuel tank.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the expected pressure decrease is further based on a temperature in the fuel tank claim 2 , and wherein the delivering of fuel includes delivering fuel to all engine cylinders at a fuel flow rate above a non-zero upper threshold.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the expected pressure decrease is further based on an ambient temperature.5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the expected pressure decrease is obtained from a lookup table based on a temperature in the fuel tank and fuel level in the fuel tank.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising indicating a leak based on a rate of pressure decrease in the fuel tank greater than a threshold rate of pressure decrease.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the threshold rate of pressure decrease is based on a fuel level in the fuel tank and a temperature in the fuel tank.8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a size of the leak based on a ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM

Номер: US20220042472A1
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A system detects a parameter and generates a first trip plan to automatically control the vehicle according to a first trip plan. A controller is connected to a sensor and configured to receive the parameter. The controller is configured to generate a new trip plan or modify the first trip plan into a modified trip plan based on at least one of a cumulative damage or an end of life date. A new trip plan or the modified trip plan is configured, during operation of the vehicle according to the new trip plan or the modified trip plan, for at least one of an adjustment in velocity or avoiding one or more operating conditions of the vehicle, relative to the first trip plan. 1. A system comprising:a sensor configured to measure one or more parameters of operation of one or more propulsion systems of a vehicle system; anda controller configured to identify one or more high-stress events of the one or more propulsion systems based on the one or more parameters that are measured, the controller being configured to calculate or obtain a cumulative usage of a component of the one or more propulsion systems based at least in part on the one or more high-stress events that are identified, and to determine a health status, predict an end of life date, or both of the component of the one or more propulsion systems based at least in part on the cumulative usage that is calculated.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to generate a trip plan claim 1 , and optionally to change one or more operational settings during a trip claim 1 , for the vehicle system based at least in part on the health status of the component.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to automatically schedule repair claim 1 , maintenance claim 1 , or inspection of the component based on one or both of the health status that is determined and the end of life date that is predicted.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle system includes plural vehicles claim ...

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25-01-2018 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for controlling system energy saving in an unmanned vehicle

Номер: US20180024545A1
Автор: Kuo Hua

Disclosed embodiments include a method and apparatus for controlling system energy saving in an unmanned vehicle. In some embodiments, the method comprises: determining, via a sensing device and a high-precision map, whether the unmanned vehicle is in a stop-and-wait state; positioning the unmanned vehicle system in a standby state if the unmanned vehicle is in the stop-and-wait state. Some embodiments lower wear and loss of the unmanned vehicle system, improve the continued travel capacity of the unmanned vehicle and make the design of the unmanned vehicle more green and environment-friendly.

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23-01-2020 дата публикации

MOVING OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM AND MOVING OBJECT CONTROL METHOD

Номер: US20200023857A1
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A device to be controlled used for an operation of a vehicle, a determination device used for controlling the device, and a control information management device different from the determination device are included. The determination device generates control information defining a control content of the device to be controlled, the control information management device includes a control information comparison unit which determines an operating state of the determination device based on the control information, and a control switching unit which changes the control of the determination device based on a determination result of the control information comparison unit, and the control information comparison unit determines, based on the control information and a plurality of pieces of control condition information which define control conditions of the device to be controlled by the determination device, which control condition information among the plurality of pieces of control condition information is to be applied. 1. A moving object control system , comprising:a device to be controlled used for an operation of a moving object;a plurality of control devices used for controlling the device to be controlled; anda motion control device different from the plurality of control devices, wherein each of the plurality of control devices generates control information which defines a control content of the device to be controlled,the motion control device includes a control information comparison unit which determines a state of each of the plurality of control devices based on the control information and a control switching unit which switches the control content of each of the plurality of control devices based on a determination result of the control information comparison unit, andthe control information comparison unit determines, based on the control information and a plurality of pieces of control condition information which define control conditions of the device to ...

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23-01-2020 дата публикации

ELECTRONIC ANOMALY DETECTION UNIT FOR USE IN A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANOMALY IN A COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE

Номер: US20200023858A1
Принадлежит: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG

An electronic anomaly detection unit for use in a vehicle includes an input component for capturing an input variable, wherein the input variable contains state information for at least one component of the vehicle, a memory component for storing state values based on the input variable, a selection component for selecting selected state values from the stored state values, an association component for associating the selected state values with predefined values, wherein the predefined values define a normal state of the component of the vehicle, and a decision component for deciding whether there is an anomalous behavior in the at least one component of the vehicle, based on the association, wherein one or more of the input component, the memory component, the selection component, the association component and the decision component are implemented in hardware. 1. An electronic anomaly detection unit for use in a vehicle , the anomaly detection unit comprising:an input component configured to capture an input variable, wherein the input variable contains state information for at least one component of the vehicle;a memory component configured to store state values based on the input variable;a selection component configured to select selected state values from the stored state values;an association component configured to associate the selected state values with predefined values to form an association, wherein the predefined values define a normal state of the component of the vehicle; anda decision component configured to determine whether there is an anomalous behavior in the at least one component of the vehicle, based on the association,wherein one or more of the input component, the memory component, the selection component, the association component, and the decision component are implemented in hardware.2. The electronic anomaly detection unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the state information comprises a network activity claim 1 , at least one state ...

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23-01-2020 дата публикации

METHOD FOR PARTIALLY OR FULLY AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE USING A CONTROL DEVICE, AS WELL AS CONTROL DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20200023859A1
Принадлежит: Audi AG

The present application relates to a method for autonomous control of a motor vehicle by a control device, wherein the control device is coupled to at least one vehicle component for longitudinal control and/or lateral control of the motor vehicle and provides a regulator unit to generate at least one positioning signal for the at least one vehicle component on the basis of a controller model. The invention provides that a failure regulator model is provided by the control device, by which a failure situation, in which the at least one vehicle component is nonfunctional, is modeled, and a failure signal signaling the failure situation is received from a detection unit during a drive of the motor vehicle, and in dependence on the failure signal, the regulator unit switches over from a standard regulator model, which assumes the at least one vehicle component as functional, to the failure regulator model and the motor vehicle is maneuvered by means of the switched-over regulator unit into a safe state by generating the positioning signals. 110-. (canceled)11. A method , comprising:receiving, at a regulator unit of a control device, at least one sensor signal for at least one component of a motor vehicle;detecting, at a detection unit of the control device, a failure situation;receiving, at the regulator unit from the detection unit, a failure signal associated with the failure situation; andgenerating, at the regulator unit, a positional signal for the at least one component of the motor vehicle for maneuver control of the motor vehicle to move the motor vehicle at a predetermined safe state,wherein the control device is coupled to the at least one component of the motor vehicle.12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one component of the motor vehicle components is one of: a steering system claim 11 , a brake system claim 11 , and a traction system.13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating of the positional signal is based on a regulator model ...

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28-01-2021 дата публикации

AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROLLER, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF

Номер: US20210024087A1
Автор: Kim Jun Soo
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An autonomous driving controller includes: a processor to collect driving data when a vehicle is traveling and calculate a steering override reference value, which is a criterion of determining an override mode, based on the collected driving data; and a storage to store the collected driving data and a set of instructions executed by the processor to calculate the steering override reference value. In particular, the processor controls autonomous driving by varying the steering override reference value based on the collected driving data or information regarding a driver of the vehicle. 1. An autonomous driving controller , comprising: collect driving data when a vehicle is traveling,', 'calculate a steering override reference value, which is a criterion of determining an override mode, based on the collected driving data, and', 'control autonomous driving by varying the steering override reference value based on the collected driving data or information regarding a driver of the vehicle; and, 'a processor configured toa storage configured to store the collected driving data and a set of instructions executed by the processor to cause the processor calculate the steering override reference value.2. The autonomous driving controller of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:determine an autonomous driving mode or an override mode by comparing a steering angle of the vehicle and a steering torque change value with the varied steering override reference value, andcontrol the vehicle based on the determined autonomous driving mode or override mode.3. The autonomous driving controller of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate a weight of the driver as the driver information claim 1 , when the driver sits in a driver seat of the vehicle.4. The autonomous driving controller of claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the weight of the driver when received at least one of a signal indicating that the driver fastens a seat ...

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28-01-2021 дата публикации

ROBUST AUTONOMOUS DRIVE DESIGN

Номер: US20210024088A1
Автор: El-Bahrawy Ahmed
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A method, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a system of providing an autonomous driving (AD) generally valid robust Sense-Act-function input-output Sense-Act-interdependency relations knowledge-based map that is used as look-up table instructions to implement general Sense-Act-control capabilities of an AD system in an AD vehicle for general robust solution decision making with global situational awareness, closed-loop control, noise and system degradation-tolerance, and fail-safe management and without large and complex code that is difficult, bug-sensitive, and both time and resource consuming to both develop and execute. 1. A method , comprising:receiving a plurality of transfer functions for a plurality of different parts of a full autonomous driving (AD) function general design space;combining the plurality of transfer functions to generate a general AD function multi-dimensional design space and analysis flow;defining a plurality of AD function dimensioning scenarios and loads to obtain related AD function sub-problem definitions and sub-design space analysis flows;incorporating robustness demands by applying a plurality of sigma targets to the dimensioning scenarios and loads and problem analysis flow objectives and constraints to identify design domain robust solutions considering noises and tolerances of input design parameters; andapplying one or more of weighed optimization and data mining to rank and extract interdependency patterns and relations among the dimensioning scenarios and design domain robust solutions to generate an AD function Sense-Act-interdependency relations map including AD system design parameters and AD function decision and control parameters;wherein the AD function Sense-Act-interdependency relations map is used as a look-up table to implement general Sense-Act-control capabilities of an AD system in an AD vehicle for general robust solution decision making with global situational awareness, closed-loop control, noise ...

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23-01-2020 дата публикации

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING DYNAMICS CONTROL FOR A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE

Номер: US20200026296A1
Автор: HOEDT Jens
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A method for driving dynamics control for a transportation vehicle, wherein a manipulated variable of the driving dynamics is controlled by a control circuit having two degrees of freedom, consisting of a pilot control and a controller, to drive through a planned trajectory, wherein the control circuit has an iteratively learning controller which cyclically repeats classifying the planned trajectory by a classification device, retrieving a manipulated variable profile for the iteratively learning controller from a database based on the classification, recording a control fault of the control circuit and/or a manipulated variable of the controller when driving through the planned trajectory by a memory, and adapting the manipulated variable profile of the iteratively learning controller based on the recorded control fault and/or the recorded manipulated variable of the controller. Also disclosed is an associated device. 1. A method for driving dynamics control for a transportation vehicle , whereby a manipulated variable of the driving dynamics is controlled by a control circuit with two degrees of freedom for traversing a planned trajectory , the method comprising:classifying the planned trajectory by a classifying device;calling up a manipulated variable profile for an iteratively learning controller from a database based on the classification;recording a control error of the control circuit and/or a manipulated variable of a controller included in the control circuit by a memory when traversing the planned trajectory; andadjusting the manipulated variable profile of the iteratively learning controller based on the recorded control error and/or the recorded manipulated variable of the controller.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the classification is based on an arc length of the planned trajectory in local coordinates.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the classification is based on a positional derivative and/or a time derivative of the planned trajectory.4. The ...

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23-01-2020 дата публикации

Systems and Methods for Communicating Intent of an Autonomous Vehicle

Номер: US20200026298A1
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The present disclosure provides systems and methods to communicate intent of an autonomous vehicle. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can receive, from an autonomy computing system of an autonomous vehicle, data indicating an intent of the autonomous vehicle to perform a driving maneuver. It can be determined that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to a passenger of the autonomous vehicle. Responsive to determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle, a graphical interface indicating the intent of the autonomous vehicle can be generated and provided for display for viewing by the passenger. 120.-. (canceled)21. A computer-implemented method comprising:receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, data associated with a motion for an autonomous vehicle;determining, by the computing system and based at least in part on the data associated with the motion of the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of intents of the autonomous vehicle indicating that the autonomous vehicle is planning motion actions in response to a plurality of events;selecting, by the computing system, from amongst the plurality of intents, an intent of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a predetermined hierarchy that indicates a relationship between the plurality of events;determining, by the computing system, that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to a passenger of the autonomous vehicle; andresponsive to determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to the passenger, providing, by the computing system for display via a graphical interface, data indicative of the intent of the autonomous vehicle for viewing.22. The computer-implemented method of claim 21 , wherein determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to the passenger of the autonomous ...

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23-01-2020 дата публикации

A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING A LOCATION WHERE A VEHICLE APPEARS

Номер: US20200027340A1
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An embodiment of the present application provides a method and apparatus for predicting a location where a vehicle appears. The method includes: obtaining static attribute information of a target vehicle; determining a vehicle set corresponding to the static attribute information according to passing vehicle record information of the current road checkpoint; determining a first set of numbers of historical passes of the target vehicle from the current road checkpoint to all of adjacent road checkpoints, and determining a second set of numbers of historical passes of each vehicle set from the current road checkpoint to all of the adjacent road checkpoints; determining a passing probability set of the target vehicle from the current road checkpoint to all of the adjacent road checkpoints; and determining an adjacent road checkpoint corresponding to the maximum passing probability in the passing probability set as the target road checkpoint. The embodiment of the present application can combine the static attribute information with the number of historical passes of the target vehicle to predict the target road checkpoint where the target vehicle appears after passing the current road checkpoint. This improves the accuracy of predicting the target road checkpoint. 1. A method for predicting a location where a vehicle appears , comprising:obtaining at least one type of target static attribute information of a target vehicle to be predicted;determining, according to passing vehicle record information of a current road checkpoint, at least one vehicle set corresponding to the at least one type of target static attribute information within a preset historical time period, wherein one type of target static attribute information corresponds to one vehicle set;determining a first set of numbers of historical passes of the target vehicle, and determining a second set of numbers of historical passes of each vehicle set, wherein the first set of numbers of historical passes ...

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02-02-2017 дата публикации

ACTUATOR SYSTEM FOR SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES

Номер: US20170028992A1
Автор: Sautter Peter
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An actuator system for a vehicle is described that includes a first steering actuator, operated on a first on-board network of the vehicle, a first steering actuator control unit, operated on the first on-board network, for controlling the first steering actuator, and a second steering actuator, operated on a second on-board network of the vehicle that is designed to be redundant in relation to the first on-board network. In addition, the actuator system includes a brake actuator device, operated on the second on-board network of the vehicle, having a brake actuator and a brake actuator control unit for controlling the brake actuator. The brake actuator device includes in addition a second steering actuator control unit, operated on the second on-board network of the vehicle, for controlling the second steering actuator. 1. An actuator system for a vehicle , comprising:a first steering actuator, operated on a first on-board network of the vehicle, and a first steering actuator control unit, operated on the first on-board network, for controlling the first steering actuator;a second steering actuator, operated on a second on-board network of the vehicle that is designed to be redundant in relation to the first on-board network; anda brake actuator device, operated on the second on-board network of the vehicle, having a brake actuator and a brake actuator control unit for controlling the brake actuator, the brake actuator device including a second steering actuator control unit, operated on the second on-board network of the vehicle, for controlling the second steering actuator.2. The actuator system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the brake actuator device includes a housing that accommodates the brake actuator and the brake actuator control unit assigned to the brake actuator claim 1 , and the second steering actuator control unit being situated inside the housing.3. The actuator system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second steering actuator control unit is at ...

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02-02-2017 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL MODULE WITH SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD AND INPUT TABLES

Номер: US20170028993A1
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A module capable of operating on one of first and second vehicles includes an input table having a superset of input elements, with a first subset of input elements related to a first set of hardware devices on the first vehicle and a second subset related to a second set of hardware devices on the second vehicle. The module includes at least one configuration table with configuration elements corresponding to ones of the superset of input elements, wherein each configuration element has data related to transforming a value associated with an input element. The module includes vehicle function input elements related to function inputs utilized on the vehicles; and structure for determining a value of an input element corresponding to a function input element, transforming the value to a transformed value and linking the transformed value with the corresponding function input element. 1. A computer-based vehicle control module capable of operating on one of first and second materials handling vehicles comprising: 'wherein the superset of module input elements comprises a first subset of input elements related to a first set of hardware devices provided on the first vehicle and a second subset of module input elements related to a second set of hardware devices provided on the second vehicle;', 'a module input table comprising a superset of module input elements,'} 'wherein each respective configuration element comprises data related to effect a transformation of a value associated with the corresponding module input element of the module input table;', 'at least one configuration table comprising respective configuration elements corresponding to ones of the superset of module input elements,'}vehicle function input elements related to vehicle function inputs utilized on the first vehicle and the second vehicle; andstructure for determining a value associated with a module input element of the module input table corresponding to a vehicle function input element, ...

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02-02-2017 дата публикации

VEHICLE CONTROL MODULE WITH SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD AND OUTPUT TABLES

Номер: US20170028994A1
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A control module capable of operating on one of first and second vehicles can include a) a module output table comprising a superset of module output elements comprising a first subset of module output elements related to a first set of hardware devices provided on the first vehicle and a second subset of module output elements related to a second set of hardware devices provided on the second vehicle; b) vehicle function output elements related to vehicle function outputs utilized on the first and second vehicles; and c) a configuration table comprising configuration elements corresponding to the module output elements. The module can also include computer-based structure for determining a value of a vehicle function output element corresponding to a module output element of the module output table, transforming the value to the transformed value, and storing the transformed value based on the corresponding module output element. 1. A computer-based vehicle control module capable of operating on one of first and second materials handling vehicles comprising: 'wherein the superset of module output elements comprises a first subset of module output elements related to a first set of hardware devices provided on the first vehicle and a second subset of module output elements related to a second set of hardware devices provided on the second vehicle;', 'a module output table comprising a superset of module output elements,'}vehicle function output elements related to vehicle function outputs utilized on the first vehicle and the second vehicle; 'wherein each respective configuration element comprises data related to determining a transformed value associated with the corresponding module output element of the module output table;', 'at least one configuration table comprising respective configuration elements corresponding to ones of the superset of module output elements,'}structure for determining a value of a vehicle function output element corresponding to a module ...

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28-01-2021 дата публикации

ABNORMALITY SIGN DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND ABNORMALITY SIGN DIAGNOSIS METHOD

Номер: US20210027556A1
Принадлежит: Hitachi, Ltd.

An abnormality sign diagnosis apparatus uses measurement data on equipment to find a difference between previously acquired data in normal operation and measurement data at a time targeted for diagnosis so as to detect abnormality of the equipment. The apparatus includes: input means that inputs the measurement data on the equipment in operation and a surrounding environment and status of the equipment in operation; storage that stores the data on the equipment in normal operation; and processing means that selects data on the equipment in normal operation in a surrounding environment and status of the equipment similar to the surrounding environment and at a time which is targeted for diagnosis, the processing means further detecting abnormality of the equipment using the data of the equipment in normal operation at the time targeted for diagnosis and the data on the equipment in normal operation selected from the storage. 1. An abnormality sign diagnosis apparatus that uses measurement data on equipment in operation to find a difference between previously acquired data on the equipment in normal operation and the measurement data on the equipment at a time targeted for diagnosis so as to detect abnormality of the equipment , the abnormality sign diagnosis apparatus comprising:input means that inputs the measurement data on the equipment in operation and a surrounding environment and status of the equipment in operation;storage means that stores the data on the equipment in normal operation; andprocessing means that selects from the storage means the data on the equipment in normal operation in a surrounding environment and status of the equipment, the surrounding environment and the status being similar to the surrounding environment and the status of the equipment at a time which is targeted for diagnosis and at which the data on the equipment in normal operation has been measured, the processing means further detecting abnormality of the equipment using the data ...

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28-01-2021 дата публикации

BLOCKCHAIN LEDGER VALIDATION AND SERVICE

Номер: US20210027557A1
Автор: JR. James John, MARGARIA
Принадлежит: MOTIONAL AD LLC

Disclosed are systems and techniques for using blockchain technology to maintain and validate a vehicle ledger. The technique includes receiving, at a master node in the system, a request to update a vehicle ledger associated with a first vehicle node comprising the system. If first criteria are met, the system updates the vehicle ledger, including: generating an updated version of the vehicle ledger using vehicle data stored in a master ledger associated with the master node, and transmitting the updated version of the vehicle ledger to the first vehicle node. If the first criteria are not met, the system forgoes updating the vehicle ledger. The vehicle data corresponds to a first vehicle associated with the first vehicle node. The master ledger is implemented using a blockchain that contains vehicle records for vehicles associated with the system. The blockchain includes a first block including vehicle data corresponding to the first vehicle. 1. A system comprising:one or more computer processors; and receiving, at a master node in a distributed network architecture, a request to update a vehicle ledger associated with a first vehicle node of a plurality of vehicle nodes comprising the distributed network architecture;', generating an updated version of the vehicle ledger using vehicle data stored in a master ledger associated with the master node, wherein the vehicle data corresponds to a first vehicle associated with the first vehicle node, and wherein the master ledger is implemented using a blockchain that contains vehicle records for a plurality of vehicles associated with the distributed network architecture, the blockchain including a first block including the vehicle data corresponding to the first vehicle; and', 'transmitting the updated version of the vehicle ledger to the first vehicle node; and, 'in accordance with a determination that first criteria are met, updating the vehicle ledger, including, 'in accordance with a determination that the first ...

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04-02-2016 дата публикации

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING, TRANSMITTING, AND STORING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Номер: US20160031449A1
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The present invention includes the methods and the apparatus for acquiring, transmitting, and storing vehicle performance information. The methods of the present invention can be embodied in a wireless mobile computer device or non-transitory computer-readable medium. The embodiments include a processor, a memory storage device, a display screen, and a software application. The software application includes computer-readable instructions stored on the memory storage device and configured for execution by this process. These computer-readable instructions further include steps for acquiring instructions, storing instructions, displaying instructions, and transmitting instructions. 1. A method implemented by a software application on a wireless mobile computing device for acquiring vehicle performance data and related information , the method comprising:acquiring vehicle performance data during operation of a vehicle using a wireless mobile computing device operably mounted to the vehicle, the vehicle performance data representing any desired information useful for evaluating the performance of the vehicle;storing the vehicle performance data acquired in the preceding step on a memory storage device;displaying a representation of the vehicle performance data on a display screen of the wireless mobile computing device;transmitting automatically the vehicle performance data wirelessly to a remote memory storage device after the vehicle has travelled a minimum distance during vehicle operation.2. The method of claim 1 , where transmitting automatically occurs after instructing the wireless mobile computing device to transmitting automatically the vehicle performance data wirelessly to the remote memory storage device.3. The method of claim 1 , where acquiring claim 1 , storing claim 1 , and transmitting automatically the vehicle performance data are repeatedly performed at regular claim 1 , predefined intervals.4. The method of claim 1 , where the vehicle performance ...

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