Method for the infrastructure-supported assistance of multiple motor vehicles

An apparatus for infrastructure-supported assistance of multiple motor vehicles, comprising:

• receive driving-environment signals which represent a driving environment of the motor vehicles;
• ascertain, based on the driving-environment signals, infrastructure-assistance data for the infrastructure-supported assistance of the motor vehicles;
• transmit infrastructure-assistance data signals, which represent the ascertained infrastructure-assistance data, to the motor vehicles;
• and
• prioritize the motor vehicles to assign a priority to each of the motor vehicles;
• wherein at least one of the ascertaining of the infrastructure-assistance data and the transmitting of the infrastructure-assistance data signals is carried out based on the priorities assigned to the motor vehicles,
• wherein the infrastructure-assistance data is ascertained based on a predicted future traffic situation involving the motor vehicles, the prediction based on the driving-environment signals,
• wherein a specific infrastructure-assistance time is determined for each of the motor vehicles based on an automation level according to which the motor vehicle is driving at the moment, and wherein at least one of the ascertaining of the infrastructure-assistance data and the transmitting of the infrastructure-assistance data signals is carried out based on the infrastructure-assistance time determined for each motor vehicle,
• wherein the infrastructure-supported assistance includes providing at least one of:
• remote-control commands for guiding a motor vehicle, traffic-signal control data, or predicted future traffic data, and wherein the assigned priority indicates the order in which the infrastructure-assistance data are ascertained and/or transmitted to the motor vehicles.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for infrastructure-supported assistance of multiple motor vehicles, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform the following steps:

• receiving driving-environment signals which represent a driving environment of the motor vehicles;
• ascertaining, based on the driving-environment signals, infrastructure-assistance data for the infrastructure-supported assistance of the motor vehicles;
• transmitting infrastructure-assistance data signals, which represent the ascertained infrastructure-assistance data, to the motor vehicles;
• and
• prioritizing the motor vehicles to assign a priority to each of the motor vehicles;
• wherein at least one of the ascertaining of the infrastructure-assistance data step and the transmitting of the infrastructure-assistance data signals step is carried out based on the priorities assigned to the motor vehicles,
• wherein the infrastructure-assistance data is ascertained based on a predicted future traffic situation involving the motor vehicles, the prediction based on the driving-environment signals,
• wherein a specific infrastructure-assistance time is determined for each of the motor vehicles based on an automation level according to which the motor vehicle is driving at the moment, and wherein at least one of the ascertaining of the infrastructure-assistance data and the transmitting of the infrastructure-assistance data signals is carried out based on the infrastructure-assistance time determined for each motor vehicle,
• wherein the infrastructure-supported assistance includes providing at least one of:
• remote-control commands for guiding a motor vehicle, traffic-signal control data, or predicted future traffic data, and wherein the assigned priority indicates the order in which the infrastructure-assistance data are ascertained and/or transmitted to the motor vehicles.