Volkswagen Ag

Cariad Se

Marco Broecker

Robert Konnopka

Kai Kuhr

Lutz Dornburg

Linda Kroj

A driver assistance method by a control device is to receive driving environmental data from identically constructed motor vehicle sensor technologies of a first motor vehicle, as well as from at least one further motor vehicle, which drive on a set road section in an at least partially autonomous driving mode. Each motor vehicle may provide a road section model for each of the motor vehicles with an algorithm recorded in each respective motor vehicle. The control device examines the road section models and/or the algorithms for a feasibility of the at least partially autonomous driving mode for the first motor vehicle, evaluates the algorithms of each motor vehicle based on a comparison of the road models, and sets that algorithm, which satisfies the set feasibility criterion with the highest probability, as the target algorithm. The control device sets the road section as a check section if the set feasibility criterion is not satisfied for the first motor vehicle, and generates and transfers an early warning signal to the further motor vehicles.

Autonomous driving mode assistance based on vehicle fleet data

A method for controlling a locking device of an electric charging port of a vehicle. The vehicle has a keyless entry system, which makes it possible for the vehicle to be unlocked without the active operation of a vehicle key. Presence information of the vehicle key in the vicinity of the vehicle is detected and further a state of charge is detected that indicates whether a charging process is currently taking place via the charging port. The locking device is activated depending on the presence information and the state of charge.

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Berlin, Germany

Marco Broecker