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Method and device for operating a vehicle

US10481613B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

5References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Christoph Schroeder · Sunnyvale, US
Oliver Pink · Ditzingen, DE
Stefan Nordbruch · Kornwestheim, DE
Svetlana Rau · Stuttgart, DE
Ulf Wilhelm · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 16, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2556/65
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle is operable in a first operating mode in which the vehicle travels autonomously inside the traffic lane based on a detection of lane markings of a traffic lane and in a second operating mode in which the vehicle autonomously follows a vehicle driving in front while ignoring lane markings, and a method of its operation includes operating the vehicle in a first of the two operating modes, detecting a vehicle environment, and switching from the first operating mode to the other of the two operating modes as a function of the detected vehicle environment. A device can execute the method and a computer program can be executed by a device for performing the method.

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