Autonomous driving unit for a self-driving motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsChristoph ARNDT, Manfred MUELLER, Anke DIECKMANN
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Abstract
An autonomous driving unit for a self-driving motor vehicle is provided. The autonomous driving unit includes a memory that stores route data for a determined route, wherein the route data are based on the drive along the determined route. The autonomous driving unit also includes a control unit, which is connected to the memory, and includes a driving mode for autonomously driving along the determined route with the aid of the route data stored for the determined route.
Claims18
A method for operating a self-driving motor vehicle comprising:
- driving along a route, wherein a motor vehicle is guided by a motor vehicle driver,
- acquiring and storing route data while driving along the route, and
- retrieving and using the route data during driving along the route by the motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle is guided by an autonomous driving unit.
An autonomous driving unit for a self-driving vehicle, comprising:
- a control unit configured to read in route data for a determined route, the route data being based on driving along the determined route wherein the control unit is configured to operate in a driving mode for autonomously driving along the determined route with the aid of the route data stored for the determined route.
A self-driving motor vehicle comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire route data along a determined route, the route data being based on driving along the determined route;
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- a control unit configured to read route data for the determined route, wherein the control unit includes a driving mode for autonomously driving along the determined route with the aid of the route data stored for the determined route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.