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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Elektrobit Automotive Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Reichel, Ingolstadt, DE;
Stefan Pruisken, Neunkirchen am Brand, DE;
Assignee:
Elektrobit Automotive GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0863 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for the automatic stopping of a vehicle in a target area. A method aspect of the disclosure comprises providing map data in which potential target areas for stopping of vehicles are defined by at least one attribute of map elements detecting an event that necessitates an automatic stopping of the vehicle determining a target area on the basis of the current position of the vehicle and the potential target areas defined in the map data, and triggering, on detection of the event, an automatic stopping process.