US 12,441,373 B2
Vehicle, infrastructure component, apparatus, computer program, and method for a vehicle
Ahmad El Assaad, Wolfsburg (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, (DE)
Appl. No. 18/264,769
Filed by VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/053168
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/171701, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21156143 (EP), filed on Feb. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124033 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01)
CPC B60W 60/0059 (2020.02) [B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); H04W 28/0236 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a transportation vehicle configured to be remotely operated in a remote driving mode and to be operated at least partially automatically in an automated driving mode, the method comprising:
monitoring, in the remote driving mode, a current traffic situation using one or more sensors;
determining automated driving capabilities of the transportation vehicle based on data related to a driving behavior of the transportation vehicle collected in an automated driving mode, wherein the automated driving capabilities represent circumstances under which the vehicle is able to take over the control safely, wherein the determining of the automated driving capabilities of the transportation vehicle comprises determining automated driving capabilities of the transportation vehicle based on data related to the driving behavior for different levels of automation (LoA) of the transportation vehicle;
predicting a future traffic situation based on information on the current traffic situation using a predefined motion model;
comparing the future traffic situation with the automated driving capabilities of the transportation vehicle;
determining a predicted quality of service (pQoS) of a communication link for the remote driving mode to obtain, based on the predicted quality of service, a remote operation interval for which the transportation vehicle is at least operable in the remote driving mode;
obtaining a handover duration for taking over control by the transportation vehicle for switching from the remote driving mode to the automated driving mode; and
switching from the remote driving mode to the automated driving mode to control the transportation vehicle remotely, wherein the switching is based on the information on the future traffic situation, the remote operation interval, and the handover duration, wherein the switching from the remote driving mode to the automated driving mode comprises selecting a LoA for the automated driving mode based on the information on the future traffic situation and the automated driving capabilities of the different LoA.