Method and system for autonomous driving of a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorStefan Jenzowsky
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for remote-controlled autonomous driving of a vehicle (201) having the steps of capturing the vehicle (201) with the aid of at least one sensor, in particular camera, arranged in the surroundings of the vehicle (201), determining a movement path for the vehicle (201) by a processing device (501) located outside the vehicle, transmitting the movement path and/or control commands regarding the movement path to the vehicle (201), and implementing the movement path and/or the control commands in the vehicle (201), in order to move the vehicle (201) in accordance with the movement path.
Claims20
A method for remote-controlled autonomous driving of multiple vehicles, the method comprising:
- capturing the vehicles with an aid of at least one sensor arranged in surroundings of the multiple vehicles,
- assigning, by means of a processing device located outside the multiple vehicles, a different individual flashing pattern to each vehicle of the multiple vehicles moving simultaneously in a designated area,
- outputting, by each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, a corresponding different individual flashing pattern that is encoded and generated by actuating a flasher light and/or brake light and/or dimmed headlights in a varying or periodic manner,
- capturing the corresponding different individual flashing pattern of each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, by the at least one sensor, and transmitting the flashing patterns to the processing device,
- identifying each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, by the processing device, using the corresponding different individual flashing pattern of each vehicle of the multiple vehicles by decoding the individual flashing patterns,
- determining a movement path for each vehicle of the multiple vehicles by means of the processing device,
- transmitting at least one of the movement path and control commands regarding the movement path to each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, and
- implementing at least one of the movement path and the control commands in the vehicles based on the corresponding different individual flashing pattern of each identified vehicle of the multiple vehicles, in order to move the vehicles in accordance with the movement path from a starting position to a target position.
A system for remote-controlled autonomous driving of multiple vehicles, in predefinable or predefined surroundings, the system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras located outside each of the multiple vehicles, the plurality of cameras being configured to capture camera images or videos of at least a part of the surroundings,
- at least one sensor arranged in the surroundings of the multiple vehicles,
- a processing device located outside the multiple vehicles, the processing device being configured to process the camera images or videos, recognize at least one vehicle based on the camera images or videos, and determine a movement path for the vehicle, and
- a transfer device configured to transmit at least one of the movement path and control commands regarding the movement path to the vehicle,
- wherein the processing device assigns a different individual flashing pattern to each vehicle of the multiple vehicles moving simultaneously in a designated area,
- wherein each of the vehicles outputs a corresponding different individual flashing pattern that is encoded and generated by actuating a flasher light and/or brake light and/or dimmed headlights in a varying or periodic manner,
- wherein the at least one sensor captures the corresponding different individual flashing patterns of each vehicle of the multiple vehicles and transmits the flashing patterns to the processing device,
- wherein the processing device identifies each vehicle of the multiple vehicles by processing the corresponding different individual flashing pattern of each vehicle, of the multiple vehicles and decoding the individual flashing patterns, and
- wherein the processing device implements at least one of the movement path and the control commands in the vehicles based on the corresponding different individual flashing pattern of each identified vehicle of the multiple vehicles, in order to move the vehicles in accordance with the movement path from a starting position to a target position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.