Method and system for evaluating inter-vehicle traffic gaps and time instances to perform a lane change maneuver

• Main Authors: Nilsson, Julia, Brannstrom, Mattias Erik
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.06.2019
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A method and system for evaluating inter-vehicle traffic gaps and time instances to perform a lane change maneuver is described. The method includes determining a set of trajectories which respectively constitutes an approximation of the feasible motion of the ego vehicle, evaluating the set of traj...