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Granted Patent B2
US 10,488,862 · App. 15/801,395 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Method for communication between a control station which externally controls an automatically traveling vehicle and a further traffic participant as well as an automatically traveling vehicle

Inventors: Teodor Buburuzan (Braunschweig, DE); Bernd Rech (Bokensdorf, DE); Bernd Lehmann (Wolfsburg, DE); Monique Engel (Braunschweig, DE); Sandra Kleinau (Rötgesbüttel, DE); Stefan Gläser (Braunschweig, DE); Hendrik-Jörn Günther (Hannover, DE); Johannes Hartog (Braunschweig, DE)
Assignee: Volkswagen AG
G05D1/0212G05D1/0022G05D1/0088G07C5/008G08G1/096725G08G1/096741G08G1/096775B60W2550/402
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Patent No.
US 10,488,862
App. No.
15/801,395
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for communicating between an operating point, which externally controls an automatically driving vehicle, and a further road user. The method includes identifying the further road user and setting up a communication connection between the operating point and the further road user.

Claims (29)

1. A method for communicating between an operating point, which externally controls an autonomous driving transportation vehicle, and a further road user, the method comprising:

identifying the further road user; and

setting up a communication connection between the operating point and the further road user,

wherein the identification of the further road user is based on received position information relating to the further road user and/or measured values from a sensor of the autonomous driving transportation vehicle and/or identification information emitted by the further road user,

wherein the further road user is a second autonomous driving transportation vehicle, and

wherein the setting-up of the communication connection between the operating point and the further road user is a process of setting up a communication connection between the operating point, which externally controls the autonomous driving transportation vehicle, and a second operating point, which externally controls the second autonomous driving transportation vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a measured value from a sensor of the further road user to the operating point via the communication connection.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting information relating to a planned driving trajectory and/or a planned driving maneuver of the autonomous driving transportation vehicle to the further road user via the communication connection.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting information relating to a planned driving trajectory and/or a planned driving maneuver of the autonomous driving transportation vehicle to the second operating point via the communication connection, or

transmitting information relating to a planned driving trajectory and/or a planned driving maneuver of the second autonomous driving transportation vehicle to the operating point via the communication connection.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication connection between the operating point and the further road user is effected via a mobile radio network.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication connection between the operating point and the further road user comprises a local radio connection between the autonomous driving transportation vehicle and the further road user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity of the further road user is not communicated to a human operator who externally controls the autonomous driving transportation vehicle in the operating point.

8. An autonomous driving transportation vehicle comprising a communication apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:

a transceiver to set up a communication connection to an operating point which externally controls the autonomous driving transportation vehicle;

an input apparatus to receive communication for transmission to the operating point by the communication connection; and

an output apparatus to output communication received via the communication connection from the operating point,

wherein communication between the operating point and the further road user includes identification of the further road user and setting up the communication connection between the operating point and the further road user, wherein the identification of the further road user is based on received position information relating to the further road user and/or measured values from a sensor of the automatically driving vehicle and/or identification information emitted by the further road user, wherein the further road user is a second autonomous driving transportation vehicle, and the setting-up of the communication connection between the operating point and the further road user is a process of setting up a communication connection between the operating point, which externally controls the autonomous driving transportation vehicle, and a second operating point, which externally controls the second autonomous driving transportation vehicle.

9. The autonomous driving transportation vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the communication includes transmitting a measured value from a sensor of the further road user to the operating point via the communication connection.

10. The autonomous driving transportation vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the communication includes transmitting information relating to a planned driving trajectory and/or a planned driving maneuver of the autonomous driving transportation vehicle to the further road user via the communication connection.

11. The autonomous driving transportation vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the communication includes:

transmitting information relating to a planned driving trajectory and/or a planned driving maneuver of the automatically driving vehicle to the second operating point via the communication connection, or

transmitting information relating to a planned driving trajectory and/or a planned driving maneuver of the second autonomous driving transportation vehicle to the operating point via the communication connection.

12. The autonomous driving transportation vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the communication connection between the operating point and the further road user is effected via a mobile radio network.

13. The autonomous driving transportation vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the communication connection between the operating point and the further road user comprises a local radio connection between the autonomous driving transportation vehicle and the further road user.

14. The autonomous driving transportation vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the identity of the further road user is not communicated to a human operator who externally controls the autonomous driving transportation vehicle in the operating point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: BUBURUZAN, TEODOR; RECH, BERND; LEHMANN, BERND; ENGEL, MONIQUE; KLEINAU, SANDRA; GLÄSER, STEFAN; GÜNTHER, HENDRIK-JÖRN; HARTOG, JOHANNES
To: VOLKSWAGEN AG
Reel/Frame 044244/0047 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 221 480 · Nov 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180120854A1 · May 3, 2018
Cited By (1)
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