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Patent No.:

US 9582004 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2015

Apparatus and method for prediction of time available for autonomous driving, in a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities

Applicant:

Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Marcus Nils Gunnar Rothoff, Gothenburg, SE;

Erik Coelingh, Alvangen, SE;

Anders Tylman-Mikiewicz, Gothenburg, SE;

Douglas Hall Frasher, Newbury Park, CA (US);

Per Rodjer, Billdal, SE;

Jesper Andreasson, Camarillo, CA (US);

Jonas Soderqvist, Camarillo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorney:

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Atul Trivedi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2550/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/22 (2013.01); B60W 2550/30 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for prediction of time available for autonomous driving, in a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities and including at least one remote sensor configured to acquire vehicle surrounding information and at least one vehicle dynamics sensor configured to determine vehicle dynamics parameters. The method and apparatus include at least one of a positioning arrangement that provides map data with associated information, a route planning arrangement that enables route planning, and a real time information acquiring arrangement that acquires at least one of real time traffic information and real time weather information. The time available is calculated based on a planned route and at least one of vehicle surrounding information, vehicle dynamics parameters, map data with associated information, real time traffic information and real time weather information, for the planned route. The calculated time is output to a human machine interface in a vehicle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Rothoff, Marcus Nils Gunnar. (2017). Apparatus and method for prediction of time available for autonomous driving, in a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities (U.S. Patent No. 9582004). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9582004

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