Method for supporting a vehicle
A method for supporting a vehicle, driving in the automated driving mode, in a merging maneuver from an acceleration lane into a traffic lane of a multi-lane roadway section is provided. The vehicle is connected to a central computer unit via a radio link. The merging maneuver intended by the vehicle is transmitted to the central computer unit via the radio link. Information about the intended merging maneuver of the vehicle is transmitted from the central computer unit to at least two further vehicles located on the roadway section in an environment of the vehicle. Consequently, a merging gap is prepared for the vehicle in the traffic lane by means of one of the two further vehicles. A lane change of road users from an overtaking lane into the merging gap in the traffic lane is prevented by another of the two further vehicles.
1. A method comprising:
transmitting, by a vehicle to a central computer via a radio link, a merging maneuver intended by the vehicle to merge from an acceleration lane into a traffic lane of a multi-lane roadway section, wherein the vehicle is driven in an automated driving mode, and wherein the multi-lane roadway section further includes an overtaking lane;
transmitting, from the central computer to at least two further vehicles located in the overtaking lane on the multi-lane roadway section in an environment of the vehicle, information about the intended merging maneuver of the vehicle;
preparing by a first one of the at least two further vehicles, responsive to the transmission by the central computer of the information about the intended merging maneuver of the vehicle, a merging gap by the first one of the at least two further vehicles performing a lane change from the overtaking lane to the traffic lane; and
preventing, by a second one of the at least two further vehicles located in the overtaking lane, a lane change of road users from the overtaking lane into the merging gap in the traffic lane.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least two further vehicles are driven in the automated driving mode.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by the at least two further vehicles via the central computer to the vehicle, a confirmation of receipt of the intended merging maneuver.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the at least two further vehicles reduces a current speed of the first one of the at least two further vehicles to form the merging gap.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the merging gap is formed accounting for the road users in the environment of the at least two further vehicles.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information about the intended merging maneuver of the vehicle is transmitted, by the central computer, to a third further vehicle classified, due to a current position of the third further vehicle, by the central computer as suitable for forming the merging gap.