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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1392978 · 20 Aug 2025
Systems, methods, and an autonomous vehicle are provided. One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method comprising receiving a request for a friction estimation associated with a driving surface upon which the autonomous veh...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1397707 · 9 Apr 2025
Example systems and methods enable an autonomous vehicle to request assistance from a remote operator in certain predetermined situations. One example method includes determining a representation of an environment of an autonomous vehicle based on sensor d...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/945868 · 16 Mar 2016
A system for controlling an autonomous vehicle having cameras for obtaining image data of neighboring vehicles in a proximity of the autonomous vehicle and for identifying physical characteristics of the neighboring vehicles, including makes, models, and t...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/953371 · 17 Feb 2016
In this method for determining the target torque (Tq) to be applied to a wheel train of a motor vehicle comprising an accelerator pedal, the method comprises steps for determining the target torque (Tq) by a mapping as a function of the position (Pacc) of ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/947463 · 30 Dec 2015
Provided is a control device and a control method which can realize a fuel injection cut even when a driver steps in an accelerator pedal during a period where a speed limiting control of a vehicle is performed. According to one embodiment of the present i...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/947986 · 2 Dec 2015
A method for suppressing or deactivating a lane keeping assist (LKA) system in a host vehicle, the method comprising: a) retrieving environmental data from a data gathering system; b) determining a current lane width (w_cur), based on the environmental dat...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/955784 · 11 Nov 2015
A system, device, and methods of automated driving are disclosed. One example method includes determining a planned vehicle path using a path planner application receiving information based on inputs to one or more sensors disposed on a vehicle. The method...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/955898 · 4 Nov 2015
An autonomous vehicle may be operable in an autonomous mode and a manual mode. A confidence threshold is accessed from a database. The confidence threshold may be associated with a particular geographic area containing the autonomous vehicle. The confidenc...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/948736 · 30 Sep 2015
The invention relates to a device and a method for processing a torque request for a drive engine and for reducing drivetrain shocks. The device is configured to receive, on the input side, at least one torque request and at least one identifier for identi...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/949412 · 19 Aug 2015
A method for determining whether hands of an operator of a vehicle are positioned on a hand wheel of the vehicle is provided. The method generates a first frequency content below a first frequency from a hand wheel torque signal. The method generates a sec...