Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Volvo Car Corporation

Doug Scott Rhode

Shane Elwart

Jianbo Lu

Rajit Johri

Dimitar Petrov Filev

Hongtei Eric Tseng

Davor Hrovat

Eric Hongtei Tseng

Joseph Carr Meyers

John Shutko

David Michael Russell

Jeffrey Dan Rupp

Walter Joseph Talamonti

Uwe Hoffmann

Michael Seemann

Devinder Singh Kochhar

Jeff Allen Greenberg

Peter W A Zegelaar

Christopher Attard

Simon Baales

Bengt Johan Henrik Jacobson

Mathijs Willem Geurink

Olle Johansson

Moshen Lakehal-ayat

Jlanbo Lu

An emergency in-lane steering assist system for use during a braking event comprises an object sensor for detecting the presence of an object in front of a motor vehicle and providing data from which the distance from the object to the motor vehicle is determined and a velocity sensor providing data from which the forward velocity of the motor vehicle is determined. A controller in communication with the object sensor and the velocity sensor calculates a Time to Contact (TTC) with the detected object and a steering system is responsive at least in part to operation by the controller. If the calculated TTC is less than a predetermined TTC, the controller provides a lateral steering input during the braking event to reduce the linear distance traveled by the motor vehicle relative to a predetermined path in the lane.

Emergency in-lane steering assist with braking

Data may be collected relating to autonomous operation of a vehicle. A first confidence assessment concerning whether the vehicle should operate autonomously may then be generated, and it may be determined whether the first confidence assessment meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold. An alert may be provided via a user interface in the vehicle relating to ending autonomous operation of the vehicle if the first confidence assessment meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold.

Affective user interface in an autonomous vehicle

A method for estimating a location of a center of gravity (CG) of a sprung mass of a vehicle includes steps of a) determining whether the vehicle is stationary or moving; b) if the vehicle is stationary, calculating estimated x and y coordinates of the CG; c) storing the estimated coordinates in memory; and d) repeating steps a)-c) until the vehicle is no longer stationary.

Active suspension with load detection and adaptation

An enhanced stability control system () for a vehicle includes a vehicle status sensor that generates a sensor signal. A driver input sensor that generates an input signal. A controller () may disable normal yaw stability control operation and enable body-force-disturbance (BFD) yaw stability control (YSC) operation, which includes at least partially reducing response functions of the normal yaw stability control associated with the input signal, in response to the sensor signal and performing BFD-YSC functions to achieve desired control performance upon the detection of BFD reception. The controller () may also or alternatively compare the sensor signal to a threshold and detect an improperly functioning/inoperative vehicle status sensor. The controller () disregards information associated with the improperly functioning/inoperative vehicle status sensor, and continues to perform enhanced yaw stability control operations.

Enhanced yaw stability control to mitigate a vehicle's abnormal yaw motion due to a disturbance force applied to vehicle body

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