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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2023
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Maximilian Templer, Tiddische, DE;
Jonas Kaste, Alfeld, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
A method for performing an at least partially automatic vehicle function of a vehicle depending on a travel route to be assessed by means of a driver assistance system is disclosed. The method comprises providing a plurality of clusters from route data with respect to at least one known travel route, wherein the clusters group the route data sectionwise according to predefined geometric parameters. The method comprises providing recorded course data that indicate a course of the travel route to be assessed and applying the clusters to the course data in order to divide the travel route to be assessed into route sections corresponding to the clusters. The method comprises determining at least one uncertainty quantity which is characteristic of an uncertainty with respect to the assignment made and determining a control quantity as a function of the uncertainty quantity and providing the control quantity for performing the vehicle function.