US 11,951,985 B2
Method for determining a set speed of an assistance system for controlling a longitudinal movement of a vehicle
Hubert Rehborn, Sindelfingen (DE); Verena Hesse, Stuttgart (DE); and Micha Koller, Pliezhausen (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/595,990
Filed by DAIMLER AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/061668
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/244847, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 003 892.4 (DE), filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297689 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/14 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/143 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); B60W 2555/00 (2020.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a set speed of an assistance system for controlling a longitudinal movement of a vehicle,
checking a route ahead of the vehicle with a predefined total route length to identify whether, on the route, there are
areas with a free-flowing traffic state,
areas with a slow-moving and/or congested traffic state,
areas with a gridlocked traffic state,
determining, for each identified areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states, a route length; and
determining whether the set speed is to be set by the assistance system and to which of a plurality of predefined speed values the set speed is to be set based on the identified areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states and the determined route length for each of the areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states.