US 12,227,187 B2
Method for operating an automated vehicle
Sebastian Kleinschmidt, Esslingen (DE); and Fridtjof Stein, Ostfildern (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 18/027,173
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/070677
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/058073, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 005 754.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339471 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [B60W 30/146 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2552/30 (2020.02); B60W 2552/40 (2020.02); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating an automated vehicle, the method comprising:
determining that
the vehicle is nearing a bend in a road,
a neighboring free lane is present on a side of the vehicle on an outside of the bend,
a visual range of at least one detection unit of the vehicle, aligned in a driving direction of the vehicle, of an environment sensor is restricted due to the bend ahead, and
in the bend, due to a road condition, a braking distance is increased compared with a predetermined setpoint or a road grip of the vehicle or other vehicles is decreased; and
responsive to the determination, the vehicle automatically performs a lane change to the neighboring free lane on the outside of the bend.