Method to assess risk associated with operating an autonomic vehicle control system

J Lee, JA Salinger, X Chen - US Patent 8,244,408, 2012 - Google Patents
A vehicle is configured to execute an autonomic lane change maneuver and is equipped
with a spatial monitoring system. Each of a plurality of objects located proximate to the …

Lane-changing support system

H Nishira - US Patent App. 10/892,193, 2005 - Google Patents
A lane-changing Support System includes a processing unit Sets an assumed traffic-
merging end, predicts a driving behavior of each peripheral vehicle, and generates at least …

Method and system to estimate driving risk based on a hierarchical index of driving

DV Prokhorov - US Patent 8,160,811, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for providing driving risk assessment for a host
vehicle equipped With on-board sensors or vehicle to-vehicle or infrastructure-to-vehicle …

Method and system for predictive lane change assistance, program software product and vehicle

S Rebhan, J Schmüdderich… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A system and method assists a driver of a host vehicle in potential lane change situations.
The method includes producing sensor data by a sensor physically sensing the environment …

Park out assist

EM Lavoie - US Patent 10,179,590, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method, including: detecting a distance between a vehicle and an object.
The method also includes determining, based on the distance between the vehicle and the …

Method for estimating unknown parameters for a vehicle object detection system

JK Schiffmann, DA Schwartz - US Patent 7,706,978, 2010 - Google Patents
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for estimating unknown
parameters for a vehicle object detection system. This method includes the steps of …

Travel control plan generation system and computer program

K Taguchi, M Aso - US Patent 9,076,338, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A travel control plan generating system 1 includes: upper level plan
generating means 22a for generating an upper level plan corresponding to a travel policy of …

Haptic apparatus and coaching method for improving vehicle fuel economy

B Coughlin - US Patent 7,603,228, 2009 - Google Patents
An apparatus is disclosed that includes a haptic actuator operatively associated with a pedal
assembly of the vehicle, a human-machine interface (HMI) for enabling the driver to select …

Lane changing for autonomous vehicles

N Nagasaka, DV Prokhorov - US Patent 9,475,491, 2016 - Google Patents
Various manners of changing travel lanes for an autonomous vehicle are described. A target
gap between a pair of neighboring vehicles located in a travel lane that is adjacent to the …

Cruise control plan evaluation device and method

K Taguchi, T Doi - US Patent 9,224,299, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A cruise control plan evaluation device (10) that evaluates safety of a cruise
control plan for an automatically-operated vehicle includes: a behavior prediction unit (16a) …