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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Daimler Ag, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Bernd Woltermann, Fellbach, DE;
Fabian Andreas Rainer Ventzke, Stuttgart, DE;
Clemens Severin Tiedeken, Stuttgart, DE;
Pascal Dauer, Stuttgart, DE;
Frieder Sönning, Stuttgart, DE;
Louisa Koch, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); B60W 2552/50 (2020.02); B60W 2554/402 (2020.02); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a vehicle performing driverless operation of encounters a blockade situation, a probable blockade time duration of the blockade situation is predicted based on a situational analysis. Support by a teleoperator is requested when the predicted blockade time duration of the blockade situation is greater than a predetermined time duration or when the vehicle has waited longer than the predicted blockade time duration for a resolution of the blockade situation.