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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2023
Zenseact Ab, Gothenburg, SE;
Jonas Krook, Gothenburg, SE;
Zhennan Fei, Gothenburg, SE;
ZENSEACT AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A method for managing an Operational Design Domain (ODD) expansion for an Automated Driving System (ADS) of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of scenario parameters defining the environment of the vehicle, wherein each scenario parameter corresponds to a respective condition of the ODD; in response to the plurality of scenario parameters fulfilling the plurality of ODD conditions: allowing the ADS to be activated or to remain active; if not: querying a logic formula based on the obtained plurality of scenario parameters, such that if at least one soft constraint of the logical formula is satisfied without violating any hard constraints of the logical formula, and allowing the ADS to be activated in a degraded mode by limiting one or more variable state parameters of the ADS to conform to the determined set of values of the one or more variable state parameters.