US 12,235,656 B2
Method for the autonomous operation of a following vehicle in a vehicle train
Günter Anton Fendt, Schrobenhausen (DE)
Assigned to Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Nuremberg (DE)
Filed by Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Nuremberg (DE)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/949,808.
Application 16/949,808 is a continuation of application No. PCT/DE2019/200041, filed on May 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 207 533.6 (DE), filed on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0072768 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/246 (2024.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC G05D 1/0295 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0293 (2013.01); G06V 20/584 (2022.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for autonomously operating a following vehicle in a vehicle train together with a vehicle driving ahead of the following vehicle with respect to a direction of travel, the method comprising:
acquiring first route information with a front-mounted sensor, directed forwards with respect to the direction of travel, of the following vehicle, wherein the first route information includes at least one of a distance of the following vehicle from a lateral lane boundary, a distance between the following vehicle and the vehicle driving ahead, and a relative position of the following vehicle to the vehicle driving ahead;
operating the following vehicle on the basis of the first route information;
acquiring second route information with a rear-mounted sensor, directed rearwards with respect to the direction of travel, of the vehicle driving ahead, wherein the second route information includes at least one of a distance of the vehicle driving ahead from the lateral lane boundary, a distance between the vehicle driving ahead and the following vehicle, and a relative position of the following vehicle to the vehicle driving ahead;
transmitting the second route information to the following vehicle; and
when a substitute criterion is present, operating the following vehicle on the basis of the second route information.