Audi Ag

Florian Schuller

Ahmad El Assaad

Björn Elias

Harald Altinger

Christian Feist

Florian Haubner

Patrick Heinemann

Tobias Enzinger

Michael Klimesch

David Lenz

Erwin Roth

Pascal Minnerup

Sebastian Falk

Chao Chen

Benjamin Soehnle

Andre Ibisch

Ahmad El-Assaad

The invention relates to a method for adjusting fully automatic vehicle guidance functions, which are realized by means of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle, during the operation of the motor vehicles in a predefined navigation environment. A stationary infrastructure device that communicates with the motor vehicles is associated with the navigation environment. Function limits of each vehicle guidance function are defined by means of limit operation parameters of the vehicle guidance function. Current traffic situation information describing dynamic objects in the navigation environment is determined by the infrastructure device by means of environment sensors of the navigation environment. The current traffic situation information is used, together with a digital map describing stationary objects and properties of the navigation environment, to determine at least one piece of risk information for each motor vehicle.

Method for adjusting fully automatic vehicle guidance functions in a predefined navigation environment and motor vehicle

The disclosure relates to a method for authenticating a motor vehicle to perform at least one procedure relating to a predetermined region able to be traveled through by the motor vehicle. When the motor vehicle approaches, the predetermined region is captured by a capturing device of the motor vehicle, and is identified accordingly. An identification message of the captured predetermined region is then output by the motor vehicle to a server device. Next, a request message for authenticating the motor vehicle is output in response to the identification message by the server device to a further server device associated with the predetermined region, and an authentication criterion is checked by the further server device.

Method for authenticating a motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method for the at least partially automated operation of a motor vehicle. The method includes ascertaining a planned trajectory to be traversed by the motor vehicle. The method further includes transmitting plan data relating to the planned trajectory from the motor vehicle to a central device on the infrastructure side and evaluating a release condition, the meeting of which depends on the plan data, by means of the central device. The method also includes transmitting a release message from the central device to the motor vehicle if the release condition has been met, and transmitting a modification message from the central device to the motor vehicle if the release condition has not been met. The planned trajectory is ascertained again on the motor vehicle side upon receiving a modification message in order to determine another planned trajectory.

Method for the at least partially automated operation of a motor vehicle

A method is disclosed for identifying an appropriate parking space for a motor and a route leading thereto for a motor vehicle having a navigation system, wherein at least one collision-free route is calculated on the basis of at least one piece of information that is related to a search for a parking space and that is requested from at least one external server, which manages at least one parking lot having at least one parking space, before the motor vehicle reaches the parking lot. A motor vehicle with a navigation system and an external server, for execution of the method, are also disclosed.

Method for identifying a suitable parking space, motor vehicle, and server

The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle in a navigation surrounding area, e.g., a parking area. A digital navigation map, which describes a of the navigation surrounding area is used to describe a roadway network. A navigation route to a destination contained in the navigation map is determined by a navigation system of the motor vehicle according to the navigation map. Sensor data from a sensor device on the motor vehicle is used to describe environment of the motor vehicle. The navigation system carries out a vehicle guidance algorithm based on the sensor data and is trained by a machine learning process using training data. The motor vehicle is guided along the navigation route automatically according to a lateral and/or longitudinal guidance action ascertained by the vehicle guidance algorithm.

Method for operating a motor vehicle in a navigation surrounding area, and motor vehicle

Method for controlling the deployment operation of motor vehicles in a parking environment, in which, controlled by a management device of the parking environment, motor vehicles can be automatically parked after delivery by the driver and, after detection of a pick-up request on the part of the driver, taken from the parking place to a pick-up position in a pick-up area, wherein authentication information assigned to the motor vehicle, specific to the parking process and optically and/or wirelessly retrievable via a readout connection is provided by the management device to the driver when delivering the motor vehicle, wherein to pick up the motor vehicle, the authentication information is read out by a readout device in the parking environment, particularly in the pick-up area, and the deployment process is initiated only when the authentication information is present.

Method for controlling a deployment operation of motor vehicles in a parking environment, and management system for a parking area

A method for coordinating a charging operation for charging an energy storage mechanism of a piloted motor vehicle. A control mechanism that is external to the vehicle carries out: provision of a state-of-charge signal, which describes a current state of charge; provision of a schedule calendar signal, which describes schedule information of a user, on the basis of the provided schedule calendar signal; establishing a point in time of the time schedule; establishment of a state of charge as a threshold value required for adhering to the time schedule; if the current state of charge corresponds to the threshold value or drops below the threshold value, setting of geographic coordinates of a charging station as a drive destination that makes available at least one charging facility for charging the energy storage mechanism, and generation of a control signal for steering the motor vehicle.

Method for coordinating a charging operation of a piloted motor vehicle, storage medium, mobile terminal device, and server apparatus

A method is provided for controlling traffic in a parking environment comprising at least one parking space and used by at least a first group of manually operated traffic participants and a second group of automatically operated traffic participants. A central control device by considering current status information of traffic participants as determined by sensors and/or transmitted by the traffic participants, determines instruction information for each traffic participant. The instruction information describes the future operation of each traffic participant in a common route planning for all traffic participants using the parking environment. The central control device transmits the instruction information, via a communication link, to at least one part of the traffic participants. The instruction information is used for outputting information and/or automatically controlling each traffic participant.

Method for traffic control in a parking environment

A method is disclosed for controlling at least one vehicle moving at least partially autonomously within an operating environment. One trigger device is designed within the operating environment for triggering a stop signal for stopping the at least one vehicle. A computing device allocated to the operating environment receives the stop signal of the triggered trigger device and determines a set of vehicles to be stopped by evaluating positional data describing the position of the triggered trigger device and the position of the at least one vehicle. The computing device orders the at least one vehicle to stop depending on the evaluation result.

Method for controlling at least one vehicle, which moves at least partially autonomously within an operating environment, and structure

Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed relating to a position determination system for a motor vehicle for ascertaining whether the motor vehicle is located in an area covered by a ceiling element of a structure, comprising: a receiver unit, which is designed to receive navigation signals of a plurality of satellites of one or more global navigation satellite systems and to detect a change in signal strength, over time, of the respective navigation signals. An evaluation unit ascertains lines of sight from the motor vehicle to the respective satellites from which navigation signals were received, evaluates the change in signal strength, over time, of the respective navigation signals relative to the respective ascertained line of sight, and ascertains that the motor vehicle is entering the covered area by correlating a driving motion of the motor vehicle with the respective lines of sight.

Satellite-based determination of a motor vehicle in a covered area

Apparatus for controlling a device of a motor vehicle includes a communication unit configured to shift the device of the motor vehicle from an idle mode to an active mode by sending a first wireless signal. The apparatus is configured to specify a frequency and/or a channel for transmitting and/or receiving the first wireless signal in the active mode and to control the device so that the device is only shifted from the idle mode to the active mode when the first wireless signal is received at the specified frequency and/or the specified channel.

Apparatus for controlling a device of a motor vehicle, associated device and operating method

A method and apparatus are described for providing result data, which relate to a motor vehicle environment with an infrastructure device, for guiding a receiving motor vehicle through an infrastructure presenting a complex traffic situation. At least one motor vehicle having at least one sensor device is selected by the infrastructure device. The sensor device of the selected motor vehicle detects sensor data, which describe at least part of the motor vehicle environment. The infrastructure device transmits a query message to the selected motor vehicle. The selected motor vehicle transmits the sensor data to the infrastructure device in response to the query message. The infrastructure device determines result data from the sensor data and provides the result data to the receiving motor vehicle.

Method for providing result data that depend on a motor vehicle environment

A method for operating an automatically guided, driverless motor vehicle is provided. Sensor data detected by environmental sensors of the motor vehicle is evaluated with respect to objects to be taken into account in trajectory planning. The objects can be classified as an obstacle or not an obstacle using at least one classifier. If an object that cannot be classified or cannot be classified with sufficient certainty as an obstacle or not an obstacle, at least one camera image of the respective object is taken, transmitted to a portable mobile communication device carried along by a user of the motor vehicle, and displayed there. An input, classifying the object as an obstacle or not an obstacle, of a user is accepted as classification information.

Method for operating an automatically driven, driverless motor vehicle and monitoring system

The present disclosure discloses a method for coordinating the traffic of motor vehicles in a parking environment. The method evaluates sensor data and determines current traffic situation data of a parking environment based on the evaluating. The method determines a target corridor for a destination of a motor vehicle based on current traffic situation data, a map data set, and target corridors determined for other motor vehicles. The method transmits the target corridor to the motor vehicle, and a recommendation to wait to another motor vehicle during a planned departure of the other motor vehicle from the parking environment. The method outputs a confirmation of a request for an automatic departure of the other motor vehicle to a mobile device when a time to reach an exit according to an optimal target corridor exceeds a threshold value.

Method for coordinating the traffic of motor vehicles in a parking environment

A method is disclosed for determining a driving range for a motor vehicle. Initially, extra-vehicle data are received, whereby the extra-vehicle data include at least one weather parameter value. A vehicle-dependent parameter value, which depends on the extra-vehicle data, is determined. The driving range for the motor vehicle, which depends on the vehicle-dependent parameter value, is determined. Also disclosed is a motor vehicle that is configured to receive extra-vehicle data, including at least one weather parameter value. The motor vehicle is configured to determine a vehicle-dependent parameter value from the extra-vehicle data. The motor vehicle is configured to determine a driving range from the vehicle-dependent parameter value. In the method and motor vehicle embodiments, the extra-vehicle data are obtained from at least one additional motor vehicle.

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Ismaning, Germany

Florian Schuller