Method and apparatus for operating a vehicle
A method for operating a vehicle, the vehicle being guided in fully automated fashion, and if an error is detected during the fully automated guidance, a safe state being selected from a plurality of safe states as a function of one parameter, the vehicle being guided in fully automated fashion into the selected safe state. Also described is an apparatus for operating a vehicle, as well as to a computer program.
1. A method for operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
guiding the vehicle in a fully automated and driverless manner;
selecting, if an error is detected during the fully automated guidance, a safe state from a plurality of safe states as a function of one parameter; and
guiding the vehicle in a fully automated and driverless manner into the selected safe state, wherein the parameter describes a failure of a rear sensor system of the vehicle, and wherein, in response to the failure of the rear sensor system of the vehicle, the guidance of the vehicle is adapted to a guidance of a vehicle driving in front of the vehicle.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter describes a traffic situation and/or a sensor availability and/or a hardware availability and/or a state of health of a driver of the vehicle.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of safe states includes elements from the following group of safe states: standstill on a roadway, standstill in its own lane, standstill in a breakdown lane, standstill in a rest stop, standstill in a parking area, adapting the guidance of the vehicle to a guidance of a vehicle driving in front of the vehicle.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the parameter describes a loss of the driver, and the vehicle is parked in a rest stop or in a parking area.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the parameter describes a failure of an electronic stability program of the vehicle, and the vehicle is stopped in its own lane.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the parameter describes a failure of a vehicle electronic stability program and of a vehicle steering system, and the vehicle is stopped on the roadway.
7. An apparatus for operating a vehicle, including:
a guidance device to guide the vehicle in a fully automated and driverless manner;
a detection device for detecting an error; and
a selection device, which is configured, upon detection of an error during the fully automated guidance, to select a safe state from a plurality of safe states as a function of one parameter;
wherein the guidance device is configured to guide the vehicle in a fully automated and driverless manner into the selected safe state, wherein the parameter describes a failure of a rear sensor system of the vehicle, and wherein, in response to the failure of the rear sensor system of the vehicle, the guidance of the vehicle is adapted to a guidance of a vehicle driving in front of the vehicle.
8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program, which is executable by a processor, comprising:
a program code arrangement having program code for operating a vehicle, by performing the following:
guiding the vehicle in a fully automated and driverless manner;
selecting, if an error is detected during the fully automated guidance, a safe state from a plurality of safe states as a function of one parameter; and
guiding the vehicle in a fully automated and driverless manner into the selected safe state, wherein the parameter describes a failure of a rear sensor system of the vehicle, and wherein, in response to the failure of the rear sensor system of the vehicle, the guidance of the vehicle is adapted to a guidance of a vehicle driving in front of the vehicle.