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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2024
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Heiko Freienstein, Weil Der Stadt, DE;
Johannes Christian Mueller, Stuttgart, DE;
Maxim Dolgov, Renningen, DE;
Ralf Kohlhaas, Calw, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A hierarchical system architecture for controlling an automated vehicle. The hierarchical system architecture includes: a performance layer; a safety layer; a hardware layer, wherein the safety layer is arranged between the performance layer and the hardware layer; the performance layer is configured to generate a first control signal and to transmit it to the safety layer; the safety layer is configured to detect whether a safety-critical driving situation is present for the vehicle, and a first system reaction is to be carried out to bring the vehicle into a safe state by transmitting a corresponding second control signal to the hardware layer instead of the first control signal, and the safety layer includes at least one detector module which detects whether a special case is present in the safety-critical driving situation of the vehicle which requires an associated second system reaction instead of the first system reaction.