Volvo Car Corporation

Magnus Brandin

Mohammad Ali

Daniel Levin

Per Landfors

A vehicle and an adaptive cruise control system (ACC) is provided. The ACC comprises a steering wheel system with a steering wheel arranged to allow the provision of manual steering input to the steering system of the vehicle and a steering angle sensor, wherein the steering system is configured to identify a specific momentary manual steering wheel actuation by comparing data from the steering angle sensor with predetermined thresholds, and to select a next one of the moving or stationary objects in the surroundings in front of said vehicle to control the speed of said vehicle in relation to, based on the direction of the specific momentary manual steering wheel actuation indicated by the steering angle sensor.

Adaptive cruise control system and vehicle comprising an adaptive cruise control system

A vehicle and an adaptive cruise control system, ACC, is provided. The ACC system includes a control unit configured to control a steering angle of said vehicle in relation to detected road lanes and/or road markings. The ACC system further includes a steering wheel arranged to allow the provision of manual steering input to the steering system of the vehicle and a steering angle sensor. The steering system is configured to identify a steering wheel jerk, performed as a clockwise- and counter-clockwise actuation of the steering wheel within a predetermined time range and to steer the host vehicle from a first, current, road lane to a second road lane based on the identified jerk as indicated by the steering angle sensor.

A roundabout detecting arrangement is disclosed configured to detect presence of a roundabout ahead of a vehicle hosting the arrangement. The arrangement includes a preceding vehicle monitoring unit configured to monitor at least one of a lateral movement and a heading direction of a vehicle preceding the host vehicle, and further configured to generate a first signal representative thereof. The arrangement also includes a processing unit configured to detect presence of the roundabout by processing the first signal. The present disclosure also relates to an adaptive cruise control arrangement and a method of detecting the presence of a roundabout.

Roundabout detecting arrangement

A vehicle safety assist system is configured to detect vehicles travelling ahead of a host vehicle and determine a relative kinematic property between a detected vehicle and the host vehicle and a relative kinematic property reliability measure indicative of a reliability of the determined relative kinematic property. The system is also configured, on the basis of host vehicle state information, a number of detected vehicles, the relative kinematic property and the reliability of the relative kinematic property of each detected vehicle, determine a host vehicle impact consequence level and an impact consequence level reliability measure indicative of a reliability of the determined host vehicle impact consequence level. On the basis of the host vehicle impact consequence level and the impact consequence level reliability measure, the system is further configured to determine whether the vehicle safety assist system should issue a warning signal and/or an autonomous braking signal.

Vehicle safety assist system

A driver assisting system and method for a vehicle are provided. The system includes a processor and a display system. The display system is adapted to display information on a screen of a vehicle. The screen is adapted to show the environment in front of the vehicle or a representation thereof. The vehicle extends in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the longitudinal direction corresponding to the intended direction of vehicle travel. The processor is adapted to receive a first input data signal indicative of a velocity of the vehicle, and a second input data signal indicative of an actual performed and/or on-going and/or impending lateral position change of the vehicle. The processor is further adapted to process at least the first and the second input data signals to calculate an estimated vehicle path, and the display system is adapted to display the estimated vehicle path on the screen.

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Molnlycke, Sweden

Magnus Brandin