Volkswagen Ag

Felix Kallmeyer

Jens Hoedt

Thomas Eigel

Björn Mennenga

Felix Stahl

Samuel Schacher

Jonas Kaste

Technologies and techniques for automatically preparing and/or executing a possible lane change with an ego vehicle traveling in moving traffic from a first lane to a second lane of a multi-lane roadway by means of a driver assistance system and to a driver assistance system. Gaps are detected between two vehicles, and the relative positions and movements of the gaps relative to the ego vehicle will facilitate a potential lane change of the ego vehicle. The driver assistance system adjusts the following distance and/or following speed of the ego vehicle relative to the vehicle ahead in such a way that changing a lane and merging into a gap of an adjacent lane is possible by means of a transverse guidance of the ego vehicle.

System and method for performing a lane change

A method for adapting a predefined reference line for a transportation vehicle, a device, and a transportation vehicle. A predefined reference line is received by a control unit. A distance value of a maximum lateral distance from the predefined reference line is received by the control unit from an input device and a permissible area is specified that extends along the reference line and the lateral boundary of which is the maximum distance from the reference line that is specified by the distance value. A driving path optimized for a minimum driving time is calculated by a specified first mathematical optimization method starting from the current transportation vehicle position. The first mathematical optimization method has at least one boundary condition that requires a course of the driving path within the permissible area. The distance value is specified by a user input by the input device.

Method for adapting a predetermined reference line for a transportation vehicle and device

A driving assistance device for the semi-autonomous and fully autonomous guidance of a transportation vehicle, wherein the driving assistance device calculates potential return trajectories for the respective return of a transportation vehicle from an initial condition, which deviates from a predefined target trajectory, to the target trajectory, wherein each return trajectory satisfies a respective predetermined driving dynamics profile which defines a permissible value range of a total acceleration, and to which a respective degree of autonomy is assigned. The driving assistance device selects the return trajectories which satisfy a selection criterion with at least one boundary condition as suitable return trajectories, and from the suitable return trajectories identifies that whose driving dynamics profile has a minimum degree of autonomy as the suitable return trajectory and intervenes in the guidance of the transportation vehicle based on the degree of autonomy of the driving dynamics profile of the selected suitable return trajectory.

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Wolfsburg, Germany

Felix Kallmeyer