METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATICALLY DRIVING VEHICLE

• Main Authors: GRESSMANN, Markus, KELLER, Christoph Gustav, MIELENZ, Holger
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.07.2024
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The invention relates to a method for controlling an automatically driving vehicle (1) in the region of an intersection (SK) using data (D) detected by means of a surroundings detection sensor system (4). According to the invention, prior to reaching the intersection (SK), multiple future vehicle positions are determined as stopping point candidates along a roadway lying ahead of the vehicle (1) up to where the intersection (SK) is reached. For each of the stopping point candidates, the view field (S) of the surroundings detection sensor system (4) is predicted while taking into consideration the height profile of a lane surface in the region of the intersection (SK), wherein the stopping point candidate where the surroundings detection sensor system (4) has the largest view field (S) is selected as the stopping position (POS) of the vehicle (1). The vehicle surroundings are detected at the stopping position (POS) by means of the surroundings detection sensor system (4), and the vehicle (1) is automatically actuated towards the intersection (SK) on the basis of a driving situation ascertained from the data (D) of the surroundings detection sensor system (4). The invention additionally relates to a device (5) for controlling an automatically driving vehicle (1) in the region of an intersection (SK), comprising a surroundings detection sensor system (4).