Method for coordinating the operation of motor vehicles

US9715829B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Jan Buchholz · Ergolding, DE
• Stephan Lorenz · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/166
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for coordinating operation of motor vehicles with a coordination device having a sensor, a computing device and a communication device includes determining from sensor data location and movement information of the motor vehicles, calculating an expected trajectory for each motor vehicle from the location and movement information, checking whether trajectories of different motor vehicles spatially and temporally overlap so as to create a conflict, in the event of a conflict transmitting a driving instruction to at least one motor vehicle, and executing the driving instruction or displaying the driving instruction on a display device of the at least one motor vehicle.