US 11,993,286 B2
Vehicle and method for detecting damage to a vehicle
Christoph Gustav Keller, Stuttgart (DE); and Holger Mielenz, Ostfildern (DE)
Assigned to Daimler AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/601,965
Filed by Daimler AG, Stuttgart (DE); and Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/059977
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/208059, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 109 564.6 (DE), filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204049 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 40/12 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 60/00186 (2020.02) [B60H 1/00735 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 40/12 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle designed for automated driving operations, comprising:
a ventilation device for actively ventilating an interior of the vehicle,
wherein said ventilation device comprises a control unit and at least one pressure sensor assembly,
wherein the control unit is designed for
activating the ventilation device and determining a setpoint pressure value for an air pressure arising within the vehicle interior when said vehicle interior is closed,
inferring damage to a vehicle shell enclosing the vehicle interior when a specified deviation of a measured pressure value determined by means of the pressure sensor assembly from the setpoint pressure value occurs by a specified amount, and
blocking the automated driving operation when it is inferred that there is damage to the vehicle shell.