US 12,472,945 B2
Vehicle control system and method for operating a driving function at a traffic node
Wolfgang Hempel, Sinzing (DE); and Martin Liebner, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/547,322
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/054091
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/175461, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 104 120.1 (DE), filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0132068 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0227798 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/146 (2013.01) [B60W 30/18154 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control system for operating a driving function for the automated longitudinal and/or lateral control of a motor vehicle at a traffic node, the vehicle control system comprising:
one or more sensors configured to provide situational data; and
a control unit configured to:
identify, in an approach road to the node, which lane of the approach road the vehicle is located in based on the situational data; and
operate the driving function to execute a driving maneuver at the node based on a determination of which signal generator of a signaling unit at the node is relevant to the driving maneuver of the vehicle at the node based on the identified lane in which the vehicle is located.