Method and system for automatic control of at least one following vehicle by a scout vehicle

US10788844B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Marc-Michael Meinecke · Hillandale Drive East, DE
• Arne Bartels · Wolfsburg, DE
• Lutz Junge · San Mateo, US
• Michael Darms · Lehre, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/65
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for automatic control of at least one following vehicle wherein a scout trajectory is generated for a scout vehicle, which is guided along an actual trajectory, wherein the actual trajectory of the scout vehicle and environmental data of the scout vehicle are detected by sensors of the scout vehicle. A target trajectory is generated for the following vehicle and environmental data of the following vehicle are detected by sensors of the following vehicle. The scout trajectory and environmental data of the scout vehicle are transferred to the following vehicle and, if the detected actual trajectory and the generated target trajectory each have at least a certain trajectory similarity to the generated scout trajectory and if the environmental data of the following vehicle have at least a certain environmental data similarity to the environmental data of the scout vehicle, an automatic control of the following vehicle is activated.