Method for operating a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsAchim Enthaler, Benjamin Hasmüller
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that comprises a navigation device having stored route sections, and a control device for longitudinally and/or transversely guiding the motor vehicle when in an autonomous operating mode, at least one parameter being associated with at least one route section and determining whether said route section is approved for travelling when in the autonomous operating mode, the at least one parameter being retrieved from a server by the navigation device and/or by the control device, by means of a wireless communication connection.
Claims18
A method for operating a motor vehicle comprising a navigation device having saved route sections and a control device for longitudinal and/or transverse guidance of the motor vehicle in an autonomous operating mode, the method comprising:
- storing, in the navigation device, at least one route section that is not approved for driving in the autonomous operating mode;
- retrieving, by the navigation device or the control device, at least one parameter from a server via a wireless communication link, wherein the at least one parameter is assigned to the at least one route section and indicates whether the at least one route section is approved for driving in the autonomous operating mode;
- and
- based on the at least one parameter, and at a defined distance before and/or upon reaching the at least one route section:
- switching the control device to an assistance mode in which the control device supports a user of the motor vehicle in the longitudinal and/or transverse guidance of the motor vehicle, or
- continuing the longitudinal and/or transverse guidance of the motor vehicle in the autonomous operating mode by the control device on an alternative route section that is approved for driving in the autonomous operating mode.
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a navigation device configured to store at least one route section;
- and
- a control device configured to provide longitudinal and/or transverse guidance of the motor vehicle in an autonomous operating mode;
- wherein a parameter is assigned to the at least one route section and indicates whether the at least one route section is either approved or not approved for driving in the autonomous operating mode;
- wherein the at least one route section stored by the navigation device is not approved for driving in the autonomous operating mode;
- and
- wherein, at a defined distance before reaching the at least one route section, the control device, based on the parameter, is configured to perform one of:
- either switching to an assistance mode in which the control device assists a user of the motor vehicle in the longitudinal and/or transverse guidance of the motor vehicle;
- or
- continuing in the autonomous operating mode by the control device on an alternative route section that is approved for driving in the autonomous operating mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.