Method and apparatus for determining a desired trajectory for a vehicle

US10564647B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Reza Balaghiasefi · Wolfsburg, DE
• Michael Düring · Braunschweig, DE
• Kai Franke · Stendal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0246
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for automatic determination and/or monitoring of a target trajectory for a vehicle by which a starting point corresponding to the current position of the vehicle is connected to a target point. The method includes determining different trajectories of the vehicle that connect the starting point to the target point, detecting a further target trajectory for each road user, wherein each of the further target trajectories connects the starting point of the respective road user to a target point corresponding to the respective road user, determining the trajectories of the vehicle as collision-free trajectories that do not result in a collision with one of the further road users if the respective road user is moving on the target trajectory, and determining and/or monitoring the target trajectory of the vehicle depending on the collision-free trajectories of the vehicle.