Method for performing a cooperative driving maneuver

US10431092B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Teodor BUBURUZAN · Braunschweig, DE
• Bernd LEHMANN · Chemnitz, DE
• Bernd Rech · Bokensdorf, DE
• Monique Engel · Braunschweig, DE
• Sandra KLEINAU · Rötgesbüttel, DE
• Stefan Gläser · Bottighofen, CH
• Hendrik-Jörn Günther · Hannover, DE
• Johannes Hartog · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2756/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for performing a cooperative driving maneuver and a vehicle. The method performs a cooperative driving maneuver which includes determining, by a first vehicle, a driving maneuver to be carried out; receiving maneuver information pertaining to a planned driving maneuver of a second vehicle by the first vehicle receiving surroundings information by the first vehicle, stipulating, by the first vehicle based on the received maneuver information and the received surroundings information, a maneuver trajectory for the driving maneuver to be carried out, and performing the driving maneuver by the first vehicle using the stipulated maneuver trajectory. Also disclosed is a way for vehicles to be better able to interpret received information pertaining to a planned driving maneuver of another vehicle to increase safety for the performance of a cooperative driving maneuver.