Method for the operation of a self-driving motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAnette Sawonski
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Abstract
A method and a system can include receiving travel direction information representing a planned driving maneuver of the motor vehicle, detecting at least one road user in a path region of the planned driving maneuver based on an evaluation of at least the travel direction information, determining a lamp operation data set for operating at least one lamp of the motor vehicle based on the evaluation of at least the travel direction information when a road user is detected in the path region, and operating the lamp in accordance with the lamp operation data set.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- receiving travel direction information representing a planned driving maneuver of a motor vehicle;
- detecting at least one road user in a path region of the planned driving maneuver based on an evaluation of at least the travel direction information;
- determining a lamp operation data set for operating at least one lamp of the motor vehicle based on the evaluation of at least the travel direction information when a road user is detected in the path region;
- and
- operating the at least one lamp in accordance with the lamp operation data set, including activating the lamp according to an encoding of the travel direction information that indicates the planned driving maneuver including at least one of (a) a direction the vehicle will turn or (b) the vehicle being stationary.
A system comprising:
- a control device that includes software executable by the control device such that the control device is programmed to:
- receive travel direction information representing a planned driving maneuver of a motor vehicle;
- detect at least one road user in a path region of the planned driving maneuver based on an evaluation of at least the travel direction information;
- determine a lamp operation data set for operating at least one lamp of the motor vehicle based on the evaluation of at least the travel direction information when a road user is detected in the path region;
- and
- operate the at least one lamp in accordance with the lamp operation data set, including activating the lamp according to an encoding of the travel direction information that indicates the planned driving maneuver including at least one of (a) a direction the vehicle will turn or (b) the vehicle being stationary.
An autonomous vehicle comprising:
- a control device that includes software executable by the control device such that the control device is programmed to:
- receive travel direction information representing a planned driving maneuver of the autonomous vehicle;
- detect at least one road user in a path region of the planned driving maneuver based on an evaluation of at least the travel direction information;
- determine a lamp operation data set for operating at least one lamp of the autonomous vehicle based on the evaluation of at least the travel direction information when a road user is detected in the path region;
- and
- operate the at least one lamp in accordance with the lamp operation data set, including activating the lamp according to an encoding of the travel direction information that indicates the planned driving maneuver including at least one of (a) a direction the vehicle will turn or (b) the vehicle being stationary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.