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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Simon Ulbrich, Ingolstadt, DE;
Simon Grossjohann, Wolfsburg, DE;
Kai Homeier, Hannover, DE;
Christian Appelt, Gifhorn, DE;
Abstract
A method in a transportation vehicle for an automatic drive which includes detecting additional transportation vehicles in the surroundings of the transportation vehicle by at least one sensor system, detecting and identifying lanes by the at least one sensor system, assigning the detected additional transportation vehicles to the detected lanes by a controller, and identifying and evaluating an intention to pass of another transportation vehicle by a pass assistance device. If an intention to pass has been identified, the method also includes calculating a total use of a possible lane change by a predictive device and adapting a drive behavior of the transportation vehicle by the controller, wherein the possible lane change is carried out if the calculated total use reaches or exceeds a specified total use threshold, and the possible lane change is not carried out if the calculated total use does not exceed the specified total use threshold.