Robert Boschgmbh

Daimler Ag

Mercedes-benz Group Ag

Christoph Gustav Keller

Holger Mielenz

Markus Gressmann

Christian Maier

Karsten Mühlmann

Hermann Aichele

A method for supporting an automatically driving vehicle is provided. In one embodiment, it is ascertained whether it is possible for the automatically driving vehicle to change lanes to a fast lane in order to pass an obstacle located in front of the automatically driving vehicle on a roadway. If not, the automatically driving vehicle stops before reaching the obstacle and transmits a support request to a vehicle-external center. The vehicle-external center detects another vehicle in the surroundings of the automatically driving vehicle and instructs same to move in the direction of the automatically driving vehicle and change to the fast lane before reaching the automatically driving vehicle.

Method for supporting an automatically driving vehicle

A method for operating an automated vehicle involves recording traffic congestion ahead of the vehicle and determining whether hazard lights of a vehicle following the vehicle in its lane are switched on. When the hazard lights of the following vehicle are switched on, a rear collision risk is evaluated as being lower than when the hazard lights are switched off.

Method for operating an automated vehicle

A vehicle is located on a digital map, with objects being stored in the digital map in a georeferenced manner. From a set of these objects stored in a georeferenced manner in the digital map, which are currently being detected by the environment sensor, the object most distant from the environment sensor is identified and a current sensor range of the environment sensor is determined on the basis of the distance of the environment sensor from the object.

Method for operating at least one environment sensor on a vehicle

Exemplary method, system, device and computer-accessible medium can be provided for synchronizing a plurality of sensor systems with respect to a respective phase for providing data. For example, each of the sensor systems can periodically provide the data. This can be done by, e.g., (i) generating a phase request from at least one processing unit for each of the plurality of sensor systems, whereas the processing unit(s) can be configured to receive the data from the plurality of sensor systems, (ii) analysing all phase requests to ascertain executeability thereof, (iii) generating target phase requests if the phase requests have been determined and/or confirmed as being executable, and (iv) transmitting the respective target phase requests to the respective sensor systems for synchronizing the phases of the plurality of the different sensor systems.

Method and system for synchronizing at least two sensor systems

A method for at least partly automated driving of a motor vehicle includes receiving environment signals that represent an environment of the motor vehicle, processing the environment signals to detect a dynamic object in the environment, and predicting a movement of the detected dynamic object based on infrastructure data that represent an infrastructure of the environment. The method further includes generating control signals for at least partly automated control of the lateral and longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle based on the predicted movement, and outputting the generated control signals to drive the motor vehicle at least partly automatically based on the predicted movement.

Method for guiding a motor vehicle in an at least partly automated manner

A method for operating a vehicle assistance system is described. In one embodiment, when the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode, encountering an obstacle is prevented independent of the passage height, due to a control unit if is determined that the obstacle is a load supported by a working machine, where the load projects into a driving corridor of the vehicle or moves in the driving corridor. Also described is a device for carrying out the method and to a vehicle having such a device.

Method for operating a vehicle assistance system, device for executing the method, and vehicle

A vehicle designed for an automated driving operation may have a ventilation device for ventilating a vehicle interior. A control unit and at least one pressure sensor assembly may be provided. The control unit may be designed to activate the ventilation device and to determine a setpoint pressure value of the air pressure within the vehicle interior while the vehicle interior is closed, to infer damage to a vehicle shell surrounding the vehicle interior. Further, the control unit may block the automated driving operation if it is inferred that there is damage to the vehicle shell. Methods for detecting damage to the vehicle and for operating a vehicle are also provided. A device for carrying out a method for detecting damage to a vehicle and/or for carrying out a method for operating a vehicle to a computer program and to a machine-readable storage medium are also provided.

Vehicle and method for detecting damage to a vehicle

A method and a device for operating a vehicle assistance system in that the environment of the vehicle and objects located in the vehicle are determined using detected signals from an environment sensor system. Using the method and device it may be determined whether the roadway lying ahead of the vehicle driving in an automated driving mode is snow-covered and has tire tracks. In the event the tire tracks are there, and depending on the determined course of the tire tracks for the vehicle, a decision is made as to whether a journey along these tire tracks is critical.

Method and device for operating a vehicle assistance system

A method for checking at least one driving environment sensor of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle is located on a digital map, features of stored stationary objects in an environment of the vehicle, which are expected to be recognized by the driving environment sensor, are identified in the digital map and the environment of the vehicle is sensed using the driving environment sensor. A degradation of the driving environment sensor is deduced if the features to be recognized according to expectations are not recognized by the driving environment sensor or if features actually recognized by the driving environment sensor deviate strongly from the features to be recognized according to expectations.

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Christoph Gustav Keller