Volvo Cars Patente

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An exhaust after treatment system (100, 200, 300) for a vehicle comprises an exhaust outlet pipe (1a, 1b), having a first end (2) that is connectable to a vehicle engine (30), for receiving exhaust gases from said vehicle engine, and having an outlet opening at a second end (3), arranged to eject the outlet gases, a catalytic converter (4, 6), connected to the exhaust outlet pipe (1a, 1b); and an electric heater element (5) which is in heat conducting contact with the catalytic converter (4, 6) and adapted for pre-heating the catalytic converter (4, 6). The heater element (4, 6) is positioned downstream of the catalytic converter (4,6) with respect to the first end (2). Upon the vehicle being started, the heater element (5) is switched on and gases are flown from the second end (3), in the direction of the first end (2) of the exhaust outlet pipe (1a, 1b), through the catalytic converter (4, 6) for a pre-set period of time prior to passing exhaust gases from the engine (30) towards the outlet opening at the second end (3).

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A computer-implemented method for adjusting and/or customising a user interface of a vehicle comprising: - providing, by the vehicle, user interface data (10) of the vehicle to a separate computing unit, comprising at least information about the visualization parameters of at least one user interface; - providing, by the computing unit, user interface control data (20) for the at least one user interface based on the provided user interface data; - transmitting the user interface control data (30) to the vehicle; and - adjusting and/or customising, by the vehicle, the at least one user interface (40) based on the user interface control data in real time.

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The disclosure relates to a rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle (18). The rearview mirror assembly (18) comprises a base part (20) having a mounting interface (22) for rigidly attaching the base part (20) to a structural component of the vehicle. Moreover, the rearview mirror assembly (18) comprises a mirror part (24) carrying a reflective surface (26). Additionally, the rearview mirror assembly (18) comprises a housing part (28) covering at least a part of one side of the mirror part (24). The mirror part (24) is rigidly attached to the housing part (28) and the housing part (28) is movably coupled to the base part (20), such that an orientation of the mirror part (24) is adjustable. A camera unit (34) is attached to the base part (24). Furthermore, a vehicle comprising a structural component and such a rearview mirror assembly (18) is presented. The rearview mirror assembly (18) is rigidly attached to the structural component of the vehicle.

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The disclosed subject matter generally relates to a method for selecting an operation mode among a plurality of operation modes for an at least partly self-driving vehicle. The proposed method provides for selecting a driving mode based on, in contrast to prior art methods, concluding that a present scenario captured in a visual representation is part of an unknown scenario, i.e. that is not recognized. If the captured visual representation is determined to be part of a known scenario, so-called inlier data representing a normal region of input data that can be recognized, the driving mode may be selected accordingly. However, if the visual representation is determined to be part of the unknown scenario, so-called outlier data that is at least partly un-recognized, another driving mode may be selected accordingly. The proposed method provides the advantage that the unknown scenarios do not have to be recognized as such, it is sufficient to conclude that they do not belong to the known region of scenarios or data.

The disclosure relates to a method for highlighting a vehicle (16) in an image (I) being provided by a digital rearview system. According to the method, an image of a traffic situation comprising a frontal view of the vehicle (16) is received and at least one headlight (34a, 34b) of the vehicle (16) in the image (I) is recognized. Subsequently, it is determined whether the at least one headlight (34a, 34b) is lit up. If so, the image portion representing the at least one headlight (34a, 34b) is accentuated and the image (I) including the accentuated portion is provided to a display device. Moreover, a data processing apparatus comprising means for carrying out this method is presented. Furthermore, a digital rearview system is shown which comprises such a data processing apparatus. Additionally, a vehicle comprising such a digital rearview system is described. Also, a computer program and a computer-readable storage medium are shown.

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The disclosure relates to a method for determining a notification procedure for prompting a human driver of a vehicle to take over control from an autonomous driving system of the vehicle. The notification procedure is at least defined by a notification starting time and a first notification type. The method comprises receiving a take-over request and an associated take-over time information (S1), determining a driver attribute describing the human driver (S2), and determining a notification starting time and a first notification type depending on the driver attribute (S3). Moreover, a method for transitioning control of a vehicle from an autonomous driving system to a human driver is presented. Additionally, a corresponding data processing apparatus and an autonomous driving system comprising such a data processing apparatus are explained.

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The disclosure relates to a method for detecting a wide turn maneuver of a vehicle (18) travelling on a road segment (34) ahead of an ego-vehicle (16) which is travelling on the same road segment (34). The method comprises detecting a turn signal status of the vehicle (18), a lane status of the vehicle (18), receiving a turn distance information (D) describing a distance to an upcoming turn and comparing the turn distance information (D) to a turn distance threshold. Subsequently, it is determined that the vehicle (18) is performing a wide turn maneuver, if the left turn signal only is activated and the vehicle (18) is travelling right of an ego-lane (32). Alternatively, it is determined that the vehicle (18) is performing a wide turn if the right turn signal only is activated and the vehicle (18) is travelling left of the ego-lane (32). Moreover, a method for operating an ego-vehicle (16) is presented. This method comprising the execution of the method for detecting a wide turn maneuver. Additionally, a data processing apparatus (20), a computer program (28), and a computer-readable storage medium (26) are explained.