VEHICLE TOWING CONTROL DEVICEA vehicle towing control device is configured to be provided in a towing vehicle configured to tow and extricate a towed vehicle that is a vehicle in a stuck state, and includes a tow-rope-state-infor…DRIVE·Jun 4·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009SUBARU CORPORATION
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOW MODE OF ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLEA method for controlling a tow mode of an eco-friendly vehicle detects whether an abnormality occurs in a connector connected between a tow vehicle and a towed vehicle to enable towing and communicati…DRIVE·Jun 4·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Vehicle management for car washA vehicle system, for a vehicle that implements a car wash mode, includes a shifter configured to move the vehicle between Park, Reverse, Neutral, and Drive (PRND) positions, an ignition button, and a…DRIVE·May 26·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009FCA US LLC
EMERGENCY VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODIn an embodiment, a method includes: receiving ambient sound; determining if the ambient sound includes a siren; in accordance with determining that the ambient sound includes a siren, determining a f…DRIVE·May 7·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Motional AD LLC
OPTIMIZATION FUNCTION FOR TURN PLANNINGEmbodiments herein include an oversized automated vehicle having a trailer portion and tractor portion performing a J-hook turn at an intersection. The automated vehicle includes an autonomy system fo…DRIVE·May 7·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009TORC Robotics, Inc.
STARTING A STANDSTILL VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A START STRATEGYA method for starting a standstill vehicle in accordance with a start strategy includes obtaining suspension capabilities of a suspension arrangement in the vehicle. The suspension capabilities is ind…DRIVE·Apr 30·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLEA control device for a vehicle, includes: a drive force acquisition unit that acquires a drive force which the vehicle is applying to a road surface; an acceleration acquisition unit that acquires an …DRIVE·Apr 23·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009DENSO CORPORATION
COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLEA computer system comprising processing circuitry configured to control a vehicle, the processing circuitry being configured to: determine that an expected travelling route of the vehicle comprises a …DRIVE·Nov 27·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Volvo Truck Corporation
LEANING VEHICLE WITH A STEERABLE FRONT WHEELAn objective of the present teaching is to provide a leaning vehicle with a steerable front wheel, including a turn operation input device that is configured to not transmit a turn operation inputted …DRIVE·Oct 15·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009YAMAHA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]
MOTOR VEHICLE WITH HILL DESCENT CONTROL FUNCTION WHICH CAN BE ENABLED BY A DEDICATED COMMAND AND ENABLEMENT PROCESS OF THE HILL DESCENT CONTROL FUNCTIONA motor vehicle including a steering wheel comprising a touch-sensitive portion, a user interface comprising a control device for triggering an enablement of a hill descent control function, and a con…DRIVE·Sep 11·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009FERRARI S.P.A.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN A STANDALONE VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICEA device positionable in a passenger compartment of a vehicle can include a processor, an accelerometer, and a wireless transmitter. The processor can receive, while in a hibernation mode, an interrup…DRIVE·Jul 3·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009CAMBRIDGE MOBILE TELEMATICS INC.
Vehicle Control Method and Vehicle Control DeviceA vehicle control device operates to: obtain road information of a subject vehicle traffic lane in which the subject vehicle travels and road information of a branching traffic lane branching from the…DRIVE·May 29·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
OPTIMIZATION FUNCTION FOR TURN PLANNINGEmbodiments herein include an oversized automated vehicle having a trailer portion and tractor portion performing a J-hook turn at an intersection. The automated vehicle includes an autonomy system fo…DRIVE·Feb 20·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009TORC Robotics, Inc.
VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLA motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is opera…DRIVE·Feb 13·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Bulletproof Property Management, LLC
VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLA motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is opera…DRIVE·Feb 13·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Bulletproof Property Management, LLC
VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLA motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is opera…DRIVE·Feb 13·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Bulletproof Property Management, LLC
VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLA motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is opera…DRIVE·Feb 13·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Bulletproof Property Management, LLC
VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLA motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is opera…DRIVE·Feb 6·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Bulletproof Property Management, LLC
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING TRAILER TONGUE VALUESMethods and systems are provided for a vehicle towing a trailer. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle; estimating, by a …DRIVE·Feb 6·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLA motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is opera…DRIVE·Feb 6·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Bulletproof Property Management, LLC
INITIATING OPERATING BEHAVIOR BETWEEN VEHICLESAn example operation includes one or more of: determining an operating behavior of a first vehicle that is not part of a connected vehicle system from a device communicatively coupled to the first veh…DRIVE·Jan 16·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMA driving assistance device includes a processor connected to a memory. The processor detects a latent recognition region that is unconsciously recognized by a human in an entire imaging region of a c…DRIVE·Sep 19·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE PREVENTIONA system is provided. The system comprises an engine configured to power a vehicle, a distance sensor configured to measure one or more distances surrounding the vehicle, a tire pressure sensor, and a…DRIVE·Jul 11·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Hyundai Motor Company
METHOD FOR BEHAVIOR PLANNING OF A VEHICLEA method for behavior planning of a vehicle. The method includes: receiving data of an environment detection system and of a planned route of the vehicle; ascertaining a traffic scenario based on the …DRIVE·Jun 27·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Robert Bosch GmbH
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STARTING UP AND SHUTTING DOWN A MACHINEAs part of a start-up sequence, a controller of a machine causes one or more activation components of a battery of the machine to be enabled, then causes one or more electrical components associated w…DRIVE·May 16·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
OFF ROAD ASSISTANCEA method for off road driving, the method may include obtaining environment sensed information about an environment of a vehicle of a certain model, by one of more vehicle sensors of the vehicle and w…DRIVE·Mar 28·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
DRIVER ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH ACCELLERATION AND SPEED ON A MINIMUM TIME PATHA system has memory that stores instructions executable by the processor to instruct operation of at least one vehicle system (e.g., braking system, propulsion system, steering system, suspension syst…DRIVE·Mar 7·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009Ford Global Technologies, LLC
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL ON SLOPEAn apparatus of controlling travel on a slope includes a receiver configured for obtaining information on a vehicle, a slope travel determiner configured to determine whether the vehicle is traveling …DRIVE·Feb 22·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Hyundai Motor Company
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLEA vehicle control device has a processor configured to set location on an adjacent lane to be used for determining that an own vehicle is to travel ahead of another vehicle and set location on the adj…DRIVE·Feb 15·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING TOWING OF A VEHICLEVarious disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and methods for controlling towing of a vehicle without an electrical connection between a tow vehicle and a towed vehicle. In an illustrative …DRIVE·Feb 8·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLEA control device for a hybrid vehicle, includes a deceleration control unit configured to an engine and a motor as traveling power sources so as to control deceleration of the hybrid vehicle, a fuel c…DRIVE·Jan 4·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMDisclosed is a control apparatus for a stopped state holding apparatus which can be switched between a holding state for holding a vehicle in a stopped state and a cancelled state in which the holding…DRIVE·Jan 4·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUSAn electronic control unit carries out deceleration fuel cutoff for stopping fuel injection in an engine, and deceleration lockup for engaging a lockup clutch, at the time of deceleration of a vehicle…DRIVE·Dec 21·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
TOWING VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, TOWING VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMA towing vehicle control device includes: a computation device that computes a target vehicle body speed and a target curvature of a towing vehicle from a target vehicle body speed and a target curvat…DRIVE·Dec 21·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING FORCE OF VEHICLEA method of controlling driving force of a vehicle, includes providing a first filter for removing or reducing a natural frequency component of the vehicle suspension pitch motion, and a second filter…DRIVE·Dec 21·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009Hyundai Motor Company
METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING A SPEED OF A VEHICLE IN A DOWNHILL ROAD SECTION FOLLOWED BY AN UPHILL ROAD SECTIONDisclosed is a method for controlling a speed of a vehicle in a downhill road section followed by an uphill road section. The vehicle comprising an electrical machine system for applying braking to th…DRIVE·Dec 14·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009Scania CV AB
VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD WITH EXIT INTENTION RECOGNITIONA control method to control a vehicle driving along a main road having a plurality of detours. The control method exhibits the steps of: recognising a road surface marking present on a surface of the …DRIVE·Oct 12·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009FERRARI S.P.A.
VEHICLE SPEED LIMITING DEVICE, VEHICLE SPEED LIMITING METHOD, AND VEHICLE SPEED LIMITING PROGRAMA vehicle speed limiting device includes a control device with first and second speed limiting functions, and a first cancel function for disabling the first speed limiting function when a first condi…DRIVE·Sep 21·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
VEHICLE SPEED LIMITING DEVICE, VEHICLE SPEED LIMITING METHOD, AND VEHICLE SPEED LIMITING PROGRAMA vehicle speed limiting device includes a control device with first and second speed limiting functions, and a first cancel function for disabling the first speed limiting function when a first condi…DRIVE·Sep 21·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PASSAGE STATUS OF A TRAIN AT A RAILROAD CROSSINGThis disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for determining a passage status of a train through a railroad crossing. In an example method, a railroad crossing status detector system p…DRIVE·Mar 30·2 min readFollowB60W30/18009Ford Global Technologies, LLC
