US 12,456,372 B2
Method for determining and outputting a driving speed adapted to a driving situation
Eugen Käfer, Renningen (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 18/288,590
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057169
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/228777, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 002 295.5 (DE), filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0212498 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/052 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01)
CPC G08G 1/096791 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); G08G 1/052 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/162 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, based on detected signals of a surroundings sensor system of a vehicle, an object located next to a roadway of the vehicle and obscuring, at least in portions, a bend lying ahead of the vehicle;
transmitting, from the vehicle to a computer unit that is external to the vehicle and that is coupled to the vehicle for data exchange, detected speed behavior of other vehicles in a region of the bend that are not obscured by the object and before the other vehicles enter the bend, wherein a driving speed of the other vehicles each falls below a predetermined locally permissible maximum speed for negotiating the bend;
transmitting, by the vehicle to the computer unit, a position of the obscuring object;
checking, by the computer unit, for a causal relationship between the detected speed behavior of the other vehicles and the obscuring object, wherein the checking is based on an assumption that the other vehicles are travelling at a significantly reduced driving speed than is necessary for negotiating the bend when a view of the bend is obscured; and
determining, responsive to the checking that there is a causal relationship between the speed behavior of the other vehicles and the obscuring object, an average driving speed from driving speeds of the other vehicles for negotiating the bend, wherein the determined average driving speed is stored as a speed recommendation in a digital map and made available at least to vehicles coupled to the computer unit for data exchange.