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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2024
Applicant:
Daimler Truck Ag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Inventor:
Fridtjof Stein, Ostfildern, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler Truck AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/689 (2024.01); G05D 1/221 (2024.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 105/80 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/689 (2024.01); G05D 1/221 (2024.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G05D 2105/89 (2024.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of carrying out a departure inspection on an autonomous vehicle combination. In a method that shortens the inspection period, before departure of the vehicle combination (), a first region () under the towing vehicle () of the vehicle combination () is checked for living beings and objects by means of a sensor system () fixedly installed on the towing vehicle (), and a second region () under the trailer () of the vehicle combination () is checked by means of a mobile robot () comprising a further sensor system ().