Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Parisa Mahvelatishamsabadi

Reza Zarringhalam

Milad Jalaliyazdi

Kin Man Michael Wong

Kurt L Fischer

Puneet Bagga

Peitong Hu

Ben Maccallum

A system for collaborative steering in steer-by-wire (SBW) vehicles includes sensors, a rack motor altering a position of the vehicle's steerable road wheels and an emulator altering a torque and position of a vehicle hand wheel. A collaborative steering system application (CSSA) obtains, static and dynamic information about the vehicle and the vehicle's environment, and generates a rack torque and/or angle command to the rack motor and an emulator torque and/or angle command to the emulator. The CSSA adjusts between ADAS and manual steering ratios and automatically transitions control between ADAS SBW control and manual control. The CSSA smooths transitions between ADAS SBW control and manual steering control and adjusts hand wheel stiffness by altering the emulator torque command, and causes the rack motor and emulator to operate according to a kinematic model while adapting road wheel response and vehicle operator steering feel based on scenarios and features currently enabled.

Collaborative steering in steer-by-wire systems for automated driving

Methods and systems are provided for improving a Driver Monitoring System (DMS) of a vehicle. The system includes a controller in operable communication with the DMS of the vehicle. The controller is configured to, by a processor: receive a signal from the DMS that a camera of the DMS is unable to monitor a driver of the vehicle, determine a cause of the camera being unable to monitor the driver, and adjust an escalation algorithm of the DMS based on the determined cause of the camera being unable to monitor the driver. The escalation algorithm is configured to perform actions based on activity of the driver.

Systems and methods for improving driver monitoring systems

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North York, Canada

Parisa Mahvelatishamsabadi