US 12,254,767 B2
Operational design domain validation coverage for adjacent lane relative velocity
Jonathan Jonsson, Gothenburg (SE); and Mathias Westlund, Lerum (SE)
Assigned to Zenuity AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Zenuity AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/950,450.
Claims priority of application No. 19209642 (EP), filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0150897 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. G08G 1/052 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/015 (2006.01); G08G 1/048 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/052 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0016 (2020.02); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/015 (2013.01); G08G 1/048 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system for an ego-vehicle traveling in a first direction in a first lane on a road segment, wherein the ego-vehicle has a driver support function for autonomously manoeuvring the ego-vehicle, the control system comprising control circuitry configured to:
obtain sensor data comprising information about a surrounding environment of the ego-vehicle;
determine a relative velocity, with respect to the ego-vehicle, of at least one external vehicle of a plurality of external vehicles traveling in a second lane adjacent to the first lane based on the obtained sensor data;
compare the determined relative velocity to a maximum velocity threshold; and
generate a control signal to control an availability of the driver support function for the road segment based on the comparison to make the driver support function available for an occupant of the ego-vehicle when:
at least one external vehicle has been confirmed to have a relative velocity below the maximum velocity threshold during a first time period; and
no external vehicle has been confirmed to have a relative velocity above the maximum velocity threshold during a second time period,
wherein the first time period comprises a defined first time period and the second time period comprises a second defined time period, and wherein the first and second time period occur over a same time interval.