Volvo Car Corporation

Ake Blom

Stefan Solyom

Marcus Nils Gunnar Rothoff

Provided are a method and apparatus for continuously establishing a boundary for autonomous driving availability, in a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities and comprising at least one remote sensor for acquiring vehicle surrounding information and at least one vehicle dynamics sensor for determining vehicle dynamics parameters. The method and apparatus include at least one of a positioning arrangement that provides map data with associated information, a route planning arrangement that enables route planning, a vehicle driver monitoring arrangement that provides driver monitoring information, and a real time information acquiring arrangement that acquires at least one of traffic information and weather information. The boundary is calculated based on a planned route and at least one of vehicle surrounding information, vehicle dynamics parameters, driver monitoring information, map data, traffic information and weather information, for the planned route. Changes in the calculated boundary are output to a human machine interface in the vehicle.

Apparatus and method for continuously establishing a boundary for autonomous driving availability and an automotive vehicle comprising such an apparatus

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Ljungskile, Sweden

Ake Blom