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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Timo Wehlen, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Timon Busse, Munich, DE;
Valerie Engel, Markdorf, DE;
Lorenz Fischer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Matthias Zink, Kressbronn, DE;
Julia Stecher, Friedrichshafen-Ettenkirch, DE;
Lothar Kiltz, Ravensburg, DE;
Andreas Wendzel, Grünkraut, DE;
Vasilis Lefkopoulos, Grünkraut, CH;
Joachim Ferreau, Zurich, CH;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
Model-based predictive control (MPC) of a motor vehicle involves an MPC algorithm, which comprises a high level solver module to calculate a high level longitudinal trajectory for an upcoming route segment, according to which the motor vehicle is to travel within a route-based high level prediction horizon. The high level longitudinal trajectory is sent to a tracker solver module in the MPC algorithm as an input value, which calculates a tracker longitudinal trajectory on the basis of the high level longitudinal trajectory, according to which the motor vehicle is to travel within the time-based tracker prediction horizon, wherein the tracker prediction horizon is shorter than the high level prediction horizon, such that the tracker prediction horizon only covers a portion of the high level prediction horizon.
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