Monitoring of Neural-Network-Based Driving Functions

A control system (100) for controlling a brake, a steering and/or a drive of an autonomous or automated vehicle (160), the control system (100) having:

• a detection apparatus (110) which is configured to detect an object from the surroundings of the vehicle (160) and to provide corresponding object data (111);
• an artificial intelligence module (120) which is configured to produce at least one first control command (121) for the vehicle (160) from the object data (111);
• a fallback apparatus (130) which is configured to produce at least one second control command (131) for the vehicle (160) from the object data (111) with the aid of a deterministic calculation rule;
• a safety apparatus (140) which is configured to establish calculation values on the basis of the object data (111) and to calculate a criticality value (141) therefrom;
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• a safety gate (150) which is configured to receive the first control command (121) of the artificial intelligence module (120), the second control command (131) of the fallback apparatus (130) and the criticality value (141) of the safety apparatus (140),
• wherein the safety gate (150) is configured to send a third control command (151) to the vehicle (160) on the basis of the criticality value (141), wherein the third control command (151) is either the first control command (121) of the artificial intelligence module (120) or the second control command (131) of the fallback apparatus (130) or corresponds thereto.