Volvo Car Corporation

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Andreas Ekenberg

Claes Olsson

Erik Stenborg

Oskar Nordin

Jonas Nilsson

Henrik Eriksson

ÅKe Blom

Willy Tunbratt

Jan Nordström

Jan-Olov Axelsson

Niklas Kvist

A method for controlling a driving assistance feature of a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises determining a state of a driver of the vehicle by means of a driver monitoring system (DMS) the state of the driver comprising at least one attention parameter, and comparing the determined state of the driver with a predefined attention model. The predefined attention model comprises an independent threshold range for each attention parameter. The method further comprises controlling the driving assistance feature based on the comparison between the determined state of the driver and the predefined attention model.

Safety mechanism for assuring driver engagement during autonomous drive

A method and a following space management unit of a host vehicle for managing a following space are disclosed. The following space management unit obtains a set of parameters including one or more of a difference parameter, indicating a difference between a velocity of the host vehicle and a speed limit for the host vehicle at a current location, and a road marking parameter, indicating whether a surrounding vehicle is allowed to enter the current lane. The following space management unit determines the following space based on the set of parameters.

Method, host vehicle and following space management unit for managing following space

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Torslanda, Sweden

Andreas Ekenberg