IP Library Granted Patent US 11,279,351
Granted Patent B2
US 11,279,351 · App. 16/711,542 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Method and system for controlling a motor vehicle

Inventors: Manuel Schmidt (Dortmund, DE); Christian Wissing (Dortmund, DE); Andreas Homann (Dortmund, DE); Christian Lienke (Dortmund, DE); Torsten Bertram (Düsseldorf, DE); Carlo Manna (Genk, BE); Karl-Heinz Glander (Monheim, DE)
Assignee: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
B60W30/0956B60W30/18163B60W2554/40
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Patent No.
US 11,279,351
App. No.
16/711,542
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is presented for controlling a motor vehicle ( 10 ). Initially, driving maneuver data containing information concerning multiple possible, different driving maneuvers of the motor vehicle ( 10 ) are generated and/or received. Traffic data containing information concerning at least one undisturbed predicted trajectory of at least one further road user ( 20, 22, 24 ) are generated and/or received. An influence of the at least one driving maneuver on the trajectory of the at least one further road user ( 20, 22, 24 ) is determined, based on the driving maneuver data and the traffic data, and a characteristic variable is ascertained that describes the influence of the at least one driving maneuver on the at least one further road user ( 20, 22, 24 ). In addition, a system ( 34 ) for controlling a motor vehicle ( 10 ) is proposed.

Claims (20)

1. A method for controlling a motor vehicle ( 10 ) traveling on a roadway ( 12 ) in a current lane ( 14 ), wherein the roadway ( 12 ) has at least one additional lane ( 16 ) that is adjacent to the current lane ( 14 ) of the motor vehicle ( 10 ), having the following steps:

generating and/or receiving driving maneuver data containing information concerning multiple possible, different driving maneuvers of the motor vehicle ( 10 );

generating and/or receiving traffic data containing information concerning at least one undisturbed predicted trajectory of at least one further road user ( 20 , 22 , 24 ) situated in a predefined surroundings of the motor vehicle ( 10 ), in particular information concerning undisturbed predicted trajectories of multiple further road users ( 20 , 22 , 24 ) in the surroundings of the motor vehicle ( 10 );

determining an influence of the at least one driving maneuver on the trajectory of the at least one further road user ( 20 , 22 , 24 ), in particular on the trajectories of the multiple road users ( 20 , 22 , 24 ), based on the driving maneuver data and the traffic data; and

ascertaining a characteristic variable that describes the influence of the at least one driving maneuver on the at least one further road user ( 20 , 22 , 24 ), based on the determined influence.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristic variable is determined for multiple, in particular for all, of the possible driving maneuvers.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein based on the ascertained characteristic variable, one of the multiple driving maneuvers is selected and the motor vehicle ( 10 ) is controlled according to the selected driving maneuver, in particular the selected driving maneuver being an optimal driving maneuver.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristic variable includes a cost function that maps the particular driving maneuver and/or a change in the undisturbed predicted trajectory onto a cost factor, in particular the cost factor being greater when the at least one further road user ( 20 , 22 , 24 ) must decelerate, change direction, and/or change lanes.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the cost function is minimized in order to select the driving maneuver.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the cost function includes the kinetic energies of the motor vehicle ( 10 ) and of the at least one further road user ( 20 , 22 , 24 ).

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the cost function (J I ) includes a change in the kinetic energies, i.e., the kinetic energy of the motor vehicle ( 10 ) and/or of the at least one further road user ( 20 , 22 , 24 ), between the particular possible driving maneuver and a situation in which the motor vehicle ( 10 ) remains in the current lane with unchanged speed.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein for calculating the kinetic energies of different types of road users, a different, normalized mass is used for each type of road user.

9. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the cost function includes a penalty term for forced lane changes by the at least one further road user ( 20 , 22 , 24 ).

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least the current lane ( 14 ) and/or the at least one additional lane ( 16 , 18 ) are/is transformed into a Frenet-Serret coordinate system.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the possible driving maneuvers are optimized individual driving maneuvers.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one sensor ( 36 ) detects at least portions of the current lane ( 14 ) and/or of the additional lane ( 16 , 18 ) in order to ascertain the driving maneuvers of the motor vehicle ( 10 ), generate the traffic data, and/or predict the trajectory of the at least one further road user ( 20 , 22 , 24 ).

13. A control unit ( 38 ) for a system ( 34 ) for controlling a motor vehicle ( 10 ), wherein the control unit ( 38 ) is designed to carry out a method according to claim 1 .

14. A system ( 34 ) for controlling a motor vehicle ( 10 ), including a control unit ( 38 ) according to claim 13 .

15. A computer program having program code means for carrying out the steps of a method according to claim 1 , when the computer program is executed on a computer or a corresponding processing unit ( 42 ), in particular a processing unit ( 42 ) of a control unit ( 38 ).

16. A computer-readable data medium ( 40 ) on which a computer program according to claim 15 is stored.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2020
From: SCHMIDT, MANUEL; WISSING, CHRISTIAN; HOMANN, ANDREAS; LIENKE, CHRISTIAN; BERTRAM, TORSTEN; MANNA, CARLO; GLANDER, KARL-HEINZ
To: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 052619/0682 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018132520.7 · Dec 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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