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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2020
Uwe Radetzki, Bonn, DE;
Dong-uck Kong, Bonn, DE;
Boris Trendafilov, Sankt Augustin, DE;
Heike Bischoff, Cologne, DE;
Sandra Drees, Königswinter, DE;
Uwe Radetzki, Bonn, DE;
Dong-Uck Kong, Bonn, DE;
Boris Trendafilov, Sankt Augustin, DE;
Heike Bischoff, Cologne, DE;
Sandra Drees, Königswinter, DE;
Deutsche Post AG, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A method is disclosed in which sensor information is obtained that is captured by at least one environment sensor of an unmanned vehicle. The sensor information represents at least one object parameter of an object that is moving relative to the unmanned vehicle. At least partly based on the at least one object parameter, it is determined whether a collision between the unmanned vehicle and the object is imminent. If it is determined that a collision between the unmanned vehicle and the object is imminent, at least partly based on the at least one object parameter, at least one triggering parameter is determined for triggering at least one crash cushion of the unmanned vehicle. The at least one crash cushion is triggered according to the at least one triggering parameter. The at least one crash cushion is triggered before the imminent collision.