US 12,246,720 B2
Method for supporting a vehicle
Yildirim Dülgar, Sindelfingen (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/924,406
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/057972
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/233599, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 002 993.0 (DE), filed on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271613 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
transmitting, by a vehicle to a central computer via a radio link, a merging maneuver intended by the vehicle to merge from an acceleration lane into a traffic lane of a multi-lane roadway section, wherein the vehicle is driven in an automated driving mode, and wherein the multi-lane roadway section further includes an overtaking lane;
transmitting, from the central computer to at least two further vehicles located in the overtaking lane on the multi-lane roadway section in an environment of the vehicle, information about the intended merging maneuver of the vehicle;
preparing by a first one of the at least two further vehicles, responsive to the transmission by the central computer of the information about the intended merging maneuver of the vehicle, a merging gap by the first one of the at least two further vehicles performing a lane change from the overtaking lane to the traffic lane; and
preventing, by a second one of the at least two further vehicles located in the overtaking lane, a lane change of road users from the overtaking lane into the merging gap in the traffic lane.