Quality index and real-time forward propagation of virtual controls for smart enablement of automated driving

A method to enable an automobile vehicle automated driving control in an automobile vehicle, comprising:

• actuating, by a user of the automobile vehicle, a switch to enable the automated driving control function;
• performing, by a controller, an assessment applying a quality index of an automated driving feature prior to enablement of the automated driving control function of an automobile vehicle;
• calculating, by the controller, an adaptive forward propagation horizon and an adaptive horizon of the automobile vehicle having multiple “N” future predicted states of the automobile vehicle including positions of the automobile vehicle over a predetermined window of time;
• propagating, by the controller, a road geometry for the “N” future predicted states of the automobile vehicle;
• and
• electing, by the controller, between permitting enablement of the automated driving control function and precluding enablement of the automated driving control function based on the multiple “N” future predicted states of the automobile vehicle in the adaptive forward propagation horizon.

A method to enable an automobile vehicle automated driving control in an automobile vehicle, comprising:

• actuating, by a user of the automobile vehicle, a switch to enable the automated driving control function;
• conducting in parallel, by a controller, a vehicle model data generation, a road geometry data generation, a driver input collection and a vehicle parameters collection;
• applying, by the controller, the vehicle model data generation, the road geometry data generation, the driver input collection and the vehicle parameters collection in a quality index;
• calculating, by the controller, an adaptive forward propagation horizon of the automobile vehicle, wherein the adaptive forward propagation horizon is predicted for multiple “N” future predicted vehicle positions represented by predicted forward moving positions of the automobile vehicle over a predetermined window of time;
• assessing, by the controller, the quality index over the adaptive forward propagation horizon;
• and
• electing, by the controller, between permitting enablement of the automated driving control function and precluding enablement of the automated driving control function based on the results of the assessing of the quality index.