# US 12,179,789 B2 · Method for developing vehicle functions and motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,179,789 B2 - Document ID: US12179789B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/842,209 - Filed: 2022-06-16 - Published: 2022-12-22 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-06-16 - Assignees: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Volkmar Schöning; Frank Husemann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179789B2 ## CPC - B60W 60/00: Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles - G06F 30/15: Vehicle, aircraft or watercraft design - B60W 40/02: related to ambient conditions - G06F 30/17: Mechanical parametric or variational design - G06F 30/27: using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model - B60W 2050/0018: {Method for the design of a control system} - B60W 2050/0062: {Adapting control system settings} - B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The disclosure relates to a method for developing a vehicle function to be executed by means of hardware of a motor vehicle. The method may comprise: identifying a vehicle function to be developed; creating a design for the vehicle function; carrying out a first permissibility check on the design for the vehicle function; approving the design for the vehicle function if first permissibility criteria are met; transmitting the design for the vehicle function; carrying out a second permissibility check on the design for the vehicle function; approving the design for the vehicle function if second permissibility criteria are met; transmitting the design for the vehicle function to the motor vehicle; and implementing the vehicle function in the motor vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for developing a vehicle function to be executed using hardware of a motor vehicle, the vehicle function comprising targeted illumination of a region arranged ahead of a front side of the motor vehicle using a lighting device of the motor vehicle, the method comprising: identifying the vehicle function to be developed using a development circuit of the motor vehicle, wherein the development circuit comprises artificial intelligence; creating a design for the vehicle function using the development circuit; carrying out a first permissibility check on the design for the vehicle function based on predefined first permissibility criteria using the development circuit of the motor vehicle; approving the design for the vehicle function for transmission, to a checking circuit that is remote from the motor vehicle, using the development circuit, and if the first permissibility criteria are met; transmitting the design for the vehicle function, as approved by the development circuit of the motor vehicle, to the checking circuit that is remote from the motor vehicle using a first data transmission interface of the motor vehicle; carrying out a second permissibility check on the design for the vehicle function based on predefined second permissibility criteria using the checking circuit; approving the design for the vehicle function for transmission using the checking circuit if the second permissibility criteria are met; transmitting the approved design for the vehicle function to the motor vehicle using a second data transmission interface; and implementing the vehicle function in the motor vehicle using the development circuit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the checking circuit has artificial intelligence that differs from the artificial intelligence of the development circuit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein second permissibility criteria that fully correspond, mostly correspond, or at least partially correspond to the first permissibility criteria are used within the scope of the second permissibility check. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein second permissibility criteria that differ from the first permissibility criteria are used within the scope of the second permissibility check. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein, in the case where the second permissibility check yields the result that the second permissibility criteria have not been met, the design for the vehicle function is modified using the checking circuit based on the predefined second permissibility criteria in such a way that the modified design for the vehicle function meets the second authorization criteria. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein, during the second permissibility check, the checking circuit only grants approval after confirmation by a control person. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the development circuit and/or the checking circuit performs a hardware analysis of the hardware of the motor vehicle depending on the design for the vehicle function and, based on this, develops a modification to the hardware in order to improve implementation of the vehicle function. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein second permissibility criteria that fully correspond, mostly correspond, or at least partially correspond to the first permissibility criteria are used within the scope of the second permissibility check. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein, in the case where the second permissibility check yields the result that the second permissibility criteria have not been met, the design for the vehicle function is modified using the checking circuit based on the predefined second permissibility criteria in such a way that the modified design for the vehicle function meets the second authorization criteria. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein, during the second permissibility check, the checking circuit only grants approval after confirmation by a control person. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein second permissibility criteria that differ from the first permissibility criteria are used within the scope of the second permissibility check. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein, in the case where the second permissibility check yields the result that the second permissibility criteria have not been met, the design for the vehicle function is modified using the checking circuit based on the predefined second permissibility criteria in such a way that the modified design for the vehicle function meets the second authorization criteria. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein, during the second permissibility check, the checking circuit only grants approval after confirmation by a control person. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, in the case where the second permissibility check yields the result that the second permissibility criteria have not been met, the design for the vehicle function is modified using the checking circuit based on the predefined second permissibility criteria in such a way that the modified design for the vehicle function meets the second authorization criteria. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein, during the second permissibility check, the checking circuit only grants approval after confirmation by a control person. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, during the second permissibility check, the checking circuit only grants approval after confirmation by a control person. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the development circuit and/or the checking circuit performs a hardware analysis of the hardware of the motor vehicle depending on the design for the vehicle function and, based on this, develops a modification to the hardware in order to improve implementation of the vehicle function. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the approved design for the vehicle function is transmitted using the second data transmission interface to multiple motor vehicles. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle function to be developed is identified in consideration of operating parameters of the motor vehicle and/or surroundings parameters of surroundings of the motor vehicle and/or environmental parameters in the environment of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 20 A motor vehicle, comprising a development circuit having artificial intelligence for developing a vehicle function of the motor vehicle and a first data transmission interface for transmitting data to an external receiver, the vehicle function comprising targeted illumination of a region arranged ahead of a front side of the motor vehicle using a lighting device of the motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle is configured to: identify a vehicle function to be developed using a development circuit of the motor vehicle, wherein the development circuit comprises artificial intelligence; create a design for the vehicle function using the development circuit; carry out a first permissibility check on the design for the vehicle function based on predefined first permissibility criteria using the development circuit of the motor vehicle; approve the design for the vehicle function for transmission, to a checking circuit that is remote from the motor vehicle, using the development circuit, and if the first permissibility criteria are met; transmit the design for the vehicle function, as approved by the development circuit of the motor vehicle, to the checking circuit that is remote from the motor vehicle using a first data transmission interface of the motor vehicle; carry out a second permissibility check on the design for the vehicle function based on predefined second permissibility criteria using the checking circuit; approve the design for the vehicle function for transmission using the checking circuit if the second permissibility criteria are met; transmit the approved design for the vehicle function to the motor vehicle using a second data transmission interface; and implement the vehicle function in the motor vehicle using the development circuit.