Method and device for automatically operating a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode requiring no user action

US8606455B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Boehringer · Waiblingen, DE
• Stefanie Dubiella-Zimmermann · Ehningen, DE
• Stefan Jansen · Pforzheim, DE
• Julie Lockhart · Mountain View, US
• Erik Sengewald · Jena, DE
• Fabian Stiebert · Dagersheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2050/146
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for the automatic operation of a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode not requiring user action is provided. This involves detection of a present traffic situation, a check whether the traffic situation fulfills a first criterion, and a blocking of a functionality which offers to a driver during the autonomous driving mode a secondary activity not related to driving the vehicle if the first criterion is fulfilled. A device for the automatic operation of a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode not requiring user action includes devices designed for carrying out the method for the automatic operation of a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode not requiring user action.