Volkswagen Ag

Michael Darms

Lutz Junge

Marc-Michael Meinecke

Arne Bartels

Christian Jördens

David Perdomo Lopez

A method for automatically controlling a following vehicle. A leading vehicle is guided along an actual trajectory, and a desired trajectory is produced for the following vehicle. The actual trajectory of the leading vehicle is captured by the following vehicle, and a trajectory similarity is determined by comparing the captured actual trajectory of the leading vehicle and the produced desired trajectory of the following vehicle. Automatic control of the following vehicle along the desired trajectory is activated if the trajectory similarity exceeds a particular value. Also disclosed is a system for automatically controlling a following vehicle using a leading vehicle.

Method and system for automatically controlling a following vehicle with a front vehicle

A method for automatic control of at least one following vehicle wherein a scout trajectory is generated for a scout vehicle, which is guided along an actual trajectory, wherein the actual trajectory of the scout vehicle and environmental data of the scout vehicle are detected by sensors of the scout vehicle. A target trajectory is generated for the following vehicle and environmental data of the following vehicle are detected by sensors of the following vehicle. The scout trajectory and environmental data of the scout vehicle are transferred to the following vehicle and, if the detected actual trajectory and the generated target trajectory each have at least a certain trajectory similarity to the generated scout trajectory and if the environmental data of the following vehicle have at least a certain environmental data similarity to the environmental data of the scout vehicle, an automatic control of the following vehicle is activated.

Method and system for automatic control of at least one following vehicle by a scout vehicle

A method and system for automatically controlling at least one following vehicle, where a scout trajectory is produced for a scout vehicle and the scout vehicle is guided along the scout trajectory. Scout environmental data are captured by scout sensors and a desired trajectory is produced for the following vehicle. Following vehicle environmental data are captured by following vehicle sensors. Reference trajectory data are produced based on the scout trajectory and reference environmental data are produced based on the scout environmental data. The reference trajectory data and the reference environmental data are transmitted to the following vehicle. A trajectory similarity is determined by a trajectory comparison of the desired trajectory produced and the transmitted reference trajectory data, an environment similarity is determined by an environmental data comparison of the captured following vehicle environmental data and the transmitted reference environmental data.

Method and system for automatically controlling a following vehicle with a scout vehicle

A method for the automated driving of a motor vehicle which provides environment data, detects objects in the environment data, selects a current scenario by a scenario-interpretation apparatus on the basis of the detected objects, wherein a scenario has at least one elementary situation which is assigned at least one monitoring region and an enable criterion as attributes, and in addition successively for each of the elementary situations of the current scenario, estimates a destination point, plans a trajectory to the destination point by a maneuver-planning apparatus, interrogates information about a monitoring region from the environment-perception apparatus by the scenario-interpretation apparatus, checks for the presence of the at least one enable criterion by the scenario-interpretation apparatus, and if the at least one enable criterion is satisfied, automated driving along the trajectory as far as the destination point by a controller. Also disclosed is an associated device.

Method and apparatus in a motor vehicle for automated driving

A method and system for automatically controlling at least one following vehicle where a scout trajectory is produced for a scout vehicle and the scout vehicle is guided along an actual trajectory, the actual trajectory of the scout vehicle and scout environmental data is captured by scout sensors. A desired trajectory is produced for the following vehicle and following vehicle environmental data are captured by following vehicle sensors. A scout trajectory similarity is determined based on the scout trajectory produced and the captured actual trajectory, reference trajectory data are produced and reference environmental data are produced based on the scout environmental data. The reference trajectory data and the reference environmental data are transmitted to the following vehicle and a trajectory similarity is determined by a trajectory comparison based on the desired trajectory produced and the transmitted reference trajectory data.

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Michael Darms