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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/029 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/029 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0215 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2420/62 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle, vehicle system and method for increasing at least one of safety and comfort during autonomous driving is provided. The vehicle system includes an autonomous drive arrangement with multiple sensors, a vehicle control arrangement and a positioning system. The vehicle system is configured to determine an estimated probability that at least one sensor will become unavailable, or an estimated time/distance ahead until at least one sensor is determined to become unavailable. The vehicle system is further configured to activate at least one countermeasure based on at least one of the estimated probability, the estimated time and the estimated distance.