Method for determining a set speed of an assistance system for controlling a longitudinal movement of a vehicle
AssigneeMercedes-Benz Group AG
InventorsHubert Rehborn, Verena Hesse, Micha Koller
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Abstract
A method for determining a set speed of an assistance system for controlling a longitudinal movement of a vehicle involves checking a route ahead of the vehicle with a predefined total route length to determine whether, on this total route length, there are areas with a free-flowing traffic state, areas with a slow-moving and/or congested traffic state, and areas with a gridlocked traffic state. A route length of each area is determined. Depending upon these determinations, it is decided whether the set speed is to be defined by the assistance system and to which of multiple predefined speed values the set speed is to be set.
Claims10
A method for determining a set speed of an assistance system for controlling a longitudinal movement of a vehicle,
- checking a route ahead of the vehicle with a predefined total route length to identify whether, on the route, there are
- areas with a free-flowing traffic state,
- areas with a slow-moving and/or congested traffic state,
- areas with a gridlocked traffic state,
- determining, for each identified areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states, a route length;
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- determining whether the set speed is to be set by the assistance system and to which of a plurality of predefined speed values the set speed is to be set based on the identified areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states and the determined route length for each of the areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states.
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