US 11,987,268 B2
Safety method for a modular autonomous vehicle and a control device therefor
André Claesson, Tullinge (SE); Linus Ährlig, Västerhaninge (SE); Robert Sjödin, Nyköping (SE); Morgan Colling, Hölö (SE); Sami Teppola, Nykvarn (SE); Mikko Kallio, Hölö (SE); and Tomas Skeppström, Södertälje (SE)
Assigned to Scania CV AB, Södertälje (SE)
Appl. No. 17/050,854
Filed by Scania CV AB, Södertälje (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/050381
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/216804, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1850548-7 (SE), filed on May 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0229700 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 21/16 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B62D 63/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC B60W 60/0015 (2020.02) [B62D 63/025 (2013.01); G08G 1/091 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety method, performed by a control device for a vehicle assembled from a set of modules, the vehicle comprising one or more of at least two modules, including:
at least one drive module; and
at least one functional module;
wherein the control device is comprised in any one or more of the at least two modules and wherein the at least one drive module comprises a pair of wheels and is configured to be autonomously operated;
the method comprising:
detecting, by a first sensor element, an emergency situation in any one or more of the at least two modules of the assembled vehicle;
transmitting, by a transmitter, information about the detected emergency situation to a control center; and
controlling the module associated with the emergency situation to physically disconnect from the assembled vehicle.