US 12,304,509 B2
Method for controlling a vehicle
Boris Kousselson, Stuttgart (DE); Julia Heroldt, Stuttgart (DE); Frederik Morlok, Wildberg Gueltlingen (DE); and Panagiotis Kosioris, Urbach (DE)
Assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,824.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 206 042.0 (DE), filed on Jun. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402514 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/029 (2012.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/029 (2013.01) [B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 2050/0005 (2013.01); B60W 2050/021 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0292 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling a vehicle controllable in a highly/fully automated manner, comprising:
ascertaining a malfunction of a primary vehicle control unit of the vehicle that has been carrying out control of the vehicle with a first automated control, the first automated control being classified as an SAE Level 4 or Level 5 automation for a highly automated and/or fully automated control of the vehicle;
in response to the ascertainment of the malfunction, switching from the control by the primary vehicle control unit to execution of a control by an emergency control unit that is capable of controlling the vehicle with a control that is classified maximally as an SAE Level 3 automation and that is incapable of the SAE Level 4 automation and of the SAE Level 3 automation, the emergency control unit being based on a driver assistance system, wherein:
the emergency control unit is formed of different hardware than the primary vehicle control unit; and
the control of the vehicle by the emergency control unit is based on surroundings sensor data of the vehicle.