Driver assistance device for partially and fully autonomous guidance of a transportation vehicle, method, and transportation vehicle
A driving assistance device for the semi-autonomous and fully autonomous guidance of a transportation vehicle, wherein the driving assistance device calculates potential return trajectories for the respective return of a transportation vehicle from an initial condition, which deviates from a predefined target trajectory, to the target trajectory, wherein each return trajectory satisfies a respective predetermined driving dynamics profile which defines a permissible value range of a total acceleration, and to which a respective degree of autonomy is assigned. The driving assistance device selects the return trajectories which satisfy a selection criterion with at least one boundary condition as suitable return trajectories, and from the suitable return trajectories identifies that whose driving dynamics profile has a minimum degree of autonomy as the suitable return trajectory and intervenes in the guidance of the transportation vehicle based on the degree of autonomy of the driving dynamics profile of the selected suitable return trajectory.
1. A driving assistance device for semi-autonomous and/or fully autonomous guidance of a transportation vehicle, wherein the driving assistance device:
calculates potential return trajectories for the respective return of the transportation vehicle from an initial condition, which deviates from a predefined target trajectory, to the target trajectory, wherein each return trajectory satisfies a respective predetermined driving dynamics profile which defines a permissible value range of a total acceleration, comprising a longitudinal acceleration component and a transverse acceleration component, and to which a respective degree of autonomy is assigned;
identifies return trajectories from the potential return trajectories which satisfy a selection criterion with at least one predefined boundary condition as suitable return trajectories;
selects one of the suitable return trajectories having the driving dynamics profile with a minimum degree of autonomy relative to the driving dynamics profile of the other suitable return trajectories; and
intervenes in the guidance of the transportation vehicle by controlling the transportation vehicle to drive semi-autonomously and/or fully autonomously along the selected suitable return trajectory based on the degree of autonomy of the driving dynamics profile of the selected suitable return trajectory.
2. The driving assistance device of claim 1 , wherein the driving assistance device emits at least one of a visual, haptic, and acoustic warning signal concerning at least one of a transverse guidance and longitudinal guidance according to the selected suitable return trajectory.
3. The driving assistance device of claim 1 , wherein the respective driving dynamics profile comprises a maximum longitudinal velocity.
4. The driving assistance device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one predetermined boundary condition of the selection criterion comprises compliance with a spatial constraint.
5. The driving assistance device of claim 1 , wherein the driving assistance device calculates a confidence value which describes a ratio of the number of potential return trajectories to the number of suitable return trajectories after identification of the suitable return trajectories, and selects from the suitable return trajectories only the return trajectory whose driving dynamics profile has the minimum degree of autonomy, in response to the confidence value being greater than a predetermined threshold confidence value.
6. The driving assistance device of claim 1 , wherein the permissible value range of the total acceleration in the respective driving dynamics profile is defined by a GG profile comprising a first axis which relates to the longitudinal acceleration component and a second axis which relates to the transverse acceleration component.
7. A method for operating a driving assistance device for a transportation vehicle for driving assistance device for semi-autonomous and/or fully autonomous guidance of the transportation vehicle, wherein the driving assistance device:
calculates potential return trajectories for the respective return of the transportation vehicle from an initial condition, which deviates from a predefined target trajectory, to the target trajectory, wherein each return trajectory satisfies a respective predetermined driving dynamics profile which defines a permissible value range of a total acceleration, comprising a longitudinal acceleration component and a transverse acceleration component, and to which a respective degree of autonomy is assigned;
identifies return trajectories from the potential return trajectories which satisfy a selection criterion with at least one predefined boundary condition as suitable return trajectories;
selects one of the suitable return trajectories having the driving dynamics profile with a minimum degree of autonomy relative to the driving dynamics profile of the other suitable return trajectories; and
intervenes in the guidance of the transportation vehicle by controlling the transportation vehicle to drive semi-autonomously and/or fully autonomously along the selected suitable return trajectory based on the degree of autonomy of the driving dynamics profile of the selected suitable return trajectory.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the driving assistance device emits at least one of a visual, haptic, and acoustic warning signal concerning at least one of a transverse guidance and longitudinal guidance according to the selected suitable return trajectory.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the respective driving dynamics profile comprises a maximum longitudinal velocity.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one predetermined boundary condition of the selection criterion comprises compliance with a spatial constraint.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the driving assistance device calculates a confidence value which describes a ratio of the number of potential return trajectories to the number of suitable return trajectories after identification of the suitable return trajectories, and selects from the suitable return trajectories only the return trajectory whose driving dynamics profile has the minimum degree of autonomy, in response to the confidence value being greater than a predetermined threshold confidence value.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the permissible value range of the total acceleration in the respective driving dynamics profile is defined by a GG profile comprising a first axis which relates to the longitudinal acceleration component and a second axis which relates to the transverse acceleration component.
13. A transportation vehicle comprises a driving assistance device for semi-autonomous and/or fully autonomous guidance of the transportation vehicle wherein the driving assistance device:
calculates potential return trajectories for the respective return of the transportation vehicle from an initial condition, which deviates from a predefined target trajectory, to the target trajectory, wherein each return trajectory satisfies a respective predetermined driving dynamics profile which defines a permissible value range of a total acceleration, comprising a longitudinal acceleration component and a transverse acceleration component, and to which a respective degree of autonomy is assigned;
identifies return trajectories from the potential return trajectories which satisfy a selection criterion with at least one predefined boundary condition as suitable return trajectories;
selects one of the suitable return trajectories having the driving dynamics profile with a minimum degree of autonomy relative to the driving dynamics profile of the other suitable return trajectories; and
intervenes in the guidance of the transportation vehicle by controlling the transportation vehicle to drive semi-autonomously and/or fully autonomously along the selected suitable return trajectory based on the degree of autonomy of the driving dynamics profile of the selected suitable return trajectory.
14. The transportation vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the driving assistance device emits at least one of a visual, haptic, and acoustic warning signal concerning at least one of a transverse guidance and longitudinal guidance according to the selected suitable return trajectory.
15. The transportation vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the respective driving dynamics profile comprises a maximum longitudinal velocity.
16. The transportation vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the at least one predetermined boundary condition of the selection criterion comprises compliance with a spatial constraint.
17. The transportation vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the driving assistance device calculates a confidence value which describes a ratio of the number of potential return trajectories to the number of suitable return trajectories after identification of the suitable return trajectories, and selects from the suitable return trajectories only the return trajectory whose driving dynamics profile has the minimum degree of autonomy, in response to the confidence value being greater than a predetermined threshold confidence value.
18. The transportation vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the permissible value range of the total acceleration in the respective driving dynamics profile is defined by a GG profile comprising a first axis which relates to the longitudinal acceleration component and a second axis which relates to the transverse acceleration component.