US 11,718,309 B2
Method for operating an autonomously driving vehicle
Micha Koller, Pliezhausen (DE); Hubert Rehborn, Sindelfingen (DE); and Frank Starman, Boeblingen (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/266,331
Filed by DAIMLER AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/068910
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/030380, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 006 282.2 (DE), filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0309238 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 50/038 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/029 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 50/038 (2013.01) [B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 50/029 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 60/0059 (2020.02); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); B60W 2050/021 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0295 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
operating a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode, wherein the vehicle is operated in the autonomous driving mode by an assistance system of the vehicle;
establishing, between the vehicle and a central computer unit, a communication connection for exchanging data;
determining, by the central computer unit a spatial-temporal disruption of the communication connection by the central computer unit analyzing behavior of requests sent from a plurality of vehicles to the central computer unit;
determining, by the vehicle, whether a takeover condition is satisfied while the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode and the communication connection is established, wherein the takeover condition is satisfied when it is determined that the communication connection between the vehicle and the central computer unit is disrupted on a route portion exceeding a predetermined length and on which the vehicle is located or which the vehicle is approaching; and
modifying operation of the vehicle responsive to the determination that the takeover condition is satisfied.