Use of driver assistance collision mitigation systems with autonomous driving systems

US11370419B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Schwindt · Palo Alto, US
• Thomas Gussner · Ludwigsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L12/40013
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. The system includes one or more sensors positioned on the vehicle and configured to sense an environment surrounding the vehicle, a collision mitigation subsystem configured to control a braking system of the vehicle, and an autonomous driving subsystem communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and the collision mitigation subsystem. The autonomous driving subsystem is configured to receive sensor information from the one or more sensors and generate, based on the sensor information, a model of the environment surrounding the vehicle. The autonomous driving subsystem is configured to determine, based on the model of the environment surrounding the vehicle, a plurality of possible trajectories for the vehicle and to select, from the plurality of possible trajectories, a travel path for the vehicle. The autonomous driving subsystem is configured to transmit the travel path to the collision mitigation subsystem.