EXPLOITATION OF AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS TO CAUSE MOTOR VEHICLES TO PERFORM FOLLOW-ME LOW-SPEED MANOEUVRES CONTROLLABLE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES BY USER TERMINALS

    公开(公告)号:US20210389760A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17281605

    申请日:2019-09-27

    发明人: Luca LIOTTI

    摘要: System to cause a motor vehicle equipped with an automotive automated driving system to perform a Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre under the control of a user terminal from the outside of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle comprises automotive on-vehicle systems comprising a propulsion system, a braking system, a steering system, a sensory system; an automotive communications system to communicate with communications systems of user terminals; and an automotive electronic control unit configured to be connectable to the automotive on-vehicle systems and to the communications system, and to cooperate with the automotive on-vehicle systems to implement said automotive automated driving system. The user terminal comprises a digital image capture device and a communications system to communicate with automotive communications systems. The user terminal is programmed to communicate and cooperate with the electronic control unit of the motor vehicle to implement a Follow-Me functionality that allows a user from the outside of the motor vehicle and in possession of the user terminal to cause the motor vehicle to perform a Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre under the control of the user terminal. The user terminal is further programmed to: set up a communication between the communications systems of the motor vehicle and of the user terminal, activate the digital image capture device so that the user can frame the motor vehicle, capture and process one or more digital images of the motor vehicle captured by the digital image capture device of the user terminal to identify the motor vehicle in the captured digital images and to compute a relative position of the user terminal relative to the identified motor vehicle based on the captured digital images, implement a surveillance device whose operating state is indicative of a continuous surveillance of the user in possession of the user terminal on the execution of the Follow-Me manoeuvre, and send to the electronic control unit of the motor vehicle Follow-Me data indicative of the relative position of the user terminal relative to the identified vehicle and the operating state of the surveillance device. The Electronic Control Unit is Programmed to: receive and process the Follow-Me data transmitted by the user terminal to determine the relative position of the user terminal relative to the motor vehicle and the operating state of the surveillance device, and control the automotive automated driving system the motor vehicle based on the Follow-Me data, so as to cause the motor vehicle to perform a Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre under the control of the user terminal to follow the movements of the user in possession of the user terminal as long as the operating state of the surveillance device is such as to indicate a continuous surveillance of the user in possession of the user terminal on the execution of the Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre, and to interrupt the Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre when the operating state of the surveillance device is such as to indicate an interruption of the surveillance of the user in possession of the user terminal on the execution of the Follow-Me manoeuvre.

    AUTOMOTIVE DRIVER ASSISTANCE
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210024061A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-28

    申请号:US17041537

    申请日:2019-09-24

    摘要: An advanced driver assistance system configured to implement one or more automotive V2V applications designed to assist a driver in driving a Host Motor-Vehicle. The advanced driver assistance system is configured to be connectable to an automotive on-board communication network to communicate with automotive on-board systems to implement one or different automotive functionalities aimed at assisting the driver in driving the Host Motor-Vehicle, controlling the Host Motor-Vehicle, and informing the driver of the Host Motor-Vehicle of the presence of Relevant Motor-Vehicles deemed to be relevant to the driving safety of the Host Motor-Vehicle. The advanced driver assistance system comprises an automotive V2V communication system operable to communicate with automotive V2V communication systems of Remote Motor-Vehicles via V2V messages containing motor-vehicle position-related, motion-related, and state-related data. The advanced driver assistance system is further configured to receive V2V messages transmitted by V2V communications systems of Remote Motor-Vehicles; identify from among the Remote Motor-Vehicles in communication with the Host Motor-Vehicle, Nearby Motor-Vehicles that may represent potential threats to the driving safety of the Host Motor-Vehicle, based on motor-vehicle position-related, motion-related, and state-related data in received V2V messages and on motor-vehicle position-related, motion-related, and state-related data of the Host Motor-Vehicle; and process the data contained in the V2V messages received from the Nearby Motor-Vehicles to identify from among the Nearby Motor-Vehicles Relevant Motor-Vehicles that may be relevant to the automotive functionalities aimed at assisting the driver in driving the Host Motor-Vehicle, controlling the Host Motor-Vehicle, at informing the driver of the Host Motor-Vehicle of the presence of Relevant Motor-Vehicles deemed to be relevant to the driving safety, and dispatch on the automotive on-board communication network a list of virtual objects containing information on the Host Motor-Vehicle and on the Relevant Motor-Vehicles, for exploitation by one or more of the functionalities aimed at assisting the driver in driving the Host Motor-Vehicle, controlling the Host Motor-Vehicle, and informing the driver of the Host Motor-Vehicle of the presence of the Relevant Motor-Vehicles deemed to be relevant to the driving safety of the Host Motor-Vehicle, or exploit the information on the Host Motor-Vehicle and on the Relevant Motor-Vehicles in the implementation of one or more of the automotive functionalities aimed at assisting the driver in driving the Host Motor-Vehicle, controlling the Host Motor-Vehicle, and informing the driver of the Host Motor-Vehicle of the presence of the Relevant Motor-Vehicles and of relevant events deemed to be relevant to the driving safety of the Host Motor-Vehicle.

    SYSTEM FOR FEEDING AIR TO AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20190186441A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-20

    申请号:US16156280

    申请日:2018-10-10

    摘要: A system for feeding air to an engine of a vehicle includes a heat exchanger arranged along a duct for feeding air, downstream of a supercharging compressor, to cool a flow of air fed by the air compressor, by a fluid that circulates in an engine cooling circuit. The system also includes an evaporator, interposed in the duct downstream of the heat exchanger, to further cool the air flow by a coolant that circulates in an air conditioning circuit of the vehicle. The air conditioning circuit includes a coolant compressor and a controller for controlling activation of the coolant compressor, depending on a request for air conditioning of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and a request for cooling the air fed to the engine. The electronic controller is configured to enable the coolant compressor to be activated only when the engine load is below a certain threshold.

    Motor vehicle seat provided with a system for supplying conditioned air

    公开(公告)号:US10106062B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US14874551

    申请日:2015-10-05

    IPC分类号: B60N2/56

    摘要: In a motor-vehicle seat a padding body of a cushion and/or backrest has a passage for air coming from an air conditioning system of the motor-vehicle. This passage includes a closed cavity defined between a lowered surface formed in an outer surface of the padding body and the seat cover. At least part of the closed cavity is separated from the cover through a layer of a material substantially impervious to air, configured to exchange heat by thermal conduction, through the cover with a body of an occupant.