Method for trajectory prediction and method for automatically operating a vehicle

A method for trajectory prediction of a plurality of vehicles in surroundings of an ego vehicle, the method comprising:

• determining, using an attention-based interaction algorithm trained by machine, degrees of interaction between the plurality of vehicles;
• identifying and selecting, using the attention-based interaction algorithm, individual vehicles from the plurality of the vehicles as relevant to the trajectory prediction, wherein the individual vehicles are identified and selected as relevant when the individual vehicles have a trajectory exceeding a predetermined threshold value;
• training, in a subsequent learning step, a trajectory prediction algorithm with the individual vehicles selected as relevant to the trajectory prediction;
• and
• preforming, the trajectory prediction algorithm, the trajectory prediction for the individual vehicles selected as relevant to the trajectory prediction.

A method for automatically operating an ego vehicle, wherein a plurality of vehicles are in surroundings of the ego vehicle, the method comprising:

• determining, using an attention-based interaction algorithm trained by machine, degrees of interaction between the plurality of vehicles;
• identifying and selecting, using the attention-based interaction algorithm, individual vehicles from the plurality of the vehicles as relevant to the trajectory prediction, wherein the individual vehicles are identified and selected as relevant when the individual vehicles have a trajectory exceeding a predetermined threshold value;
• training, in a subsequent learning step, a trajectory prediction algorithm with the individual vehicles selected as relevant to the trajectory prediction;
• preforming, the trajectory prediction algorithm, the trajectory prediction for the individual vehicles selected as relevant to the trajectory prediction;
• and
• automatically controlling transverse or longitudinal movement of the ego vehicle based on the predicted trajectories.