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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Michael Darms, Lehre, DE;
Marc-Michael Meinecke, Sassenburg, DE;
Arne Bartels, Wolfsburg, DE;
Lutz Junge, Braunschweig, DE;
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Abstract
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.