METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ALLOWING SECONDARY TASKS DURING SEMI-AUTOMATED DRIVING

• Main Authors: Ekmark, Jonas, Coelingh, Erik
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.08.2022
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

This disclosure relates to a method and arrangement for allowing secondary tasks during semi-automated driving of a road vehicle (1) having an infotainment system (2) comprising one or more display units (3), and a semi-automated driver assist system (5) comprising one or more sensors (6) for acquiring data of a road ahead. A confidence of the ability of the semi-automated driver assist system (5) to control the road vehicle (1) autonomously is determined from at least the acquired data of the road ahead. A viewing direction of a driver of the road vehicle (1) is determined using a driver monitoring camera (7). Autonomous control is allowed if the viewing direction of the driver is determined to be towards the road ahead or towards a display unit (3) of the infotainment system (2) and the confidence is determined to be above a confidence threshold, otherwise any ongoing autonomous control is cancelled and the driver urged to assume control of the road vehicle (1).