公开(公告)号：US20210354685A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：US17318253

申请日：2021-05-12

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Frederic Stefan ,  Christoph Arndt

IPC: B60W30/02 ,  B60W50/10 ,  H04W4/46

Abstract: A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle performs a maneuver using a trajectory determined according to an external environment. The vehicle has a plurality of environment sensors and a controller device configured to acquire an environment data set (UDS) using the environment sensors, which it transmits to a cloud computer. The cloud computer reads in the environment data set (UDS), generates a supplemental data set (EDS) for supplementing the environment data set (UDS), combines the environment data set (UDS) with the supplemental data set (EDS) in order to generate a supplemented environment data set (UDS′), and transmits the supplemented environment data set (UDS′) to the controller device. The supplemental data set (EDS) may be obtained by evaluating data of other road users within a predetermined radius of the vehicle. The controller device evaluates the supplemented environment data set (UDS′) for the purpose of controlling the trajectory.

公开(公告)号：US20210142801A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17088789

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Frederic Stefan

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06N3/02 ,  B60W30/14

Abstract: A determination of a controller for a controlled system includes reading in a data record representative of a task of the controller, selecting a controller type for the controller from a group of archived controller type data records by evaluating the data record using machine learning, selecting a control quality data record including archived values for a control quality of the selected controller type using the machine learning, and outputting an output data record that includes the controller type and the control quality data record.

公开(公告)号：US20200372463A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16881445

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Frederic Stefan

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H04W4/021

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for delivering and/or collecting an object at a place of destination (2) by means of a vehicle (3), with automatic determining by an electronic control device (4) on-board the vehicle whether the vehicle (3) has reached a predetermined local area (8) of the place of destination (2), whereupon a notification is automatically generated at the place of destination (2) relating to the arrival of the vehicle (3) by means of a communication device (7) at the place of destination. It is characterized in that the vehicle (3) is stopped in the local area (8) of the place of destination (2) and the object to be delivered and/or collected is handed over from and/or into the vehicle (3). The disclosure further relates to a system (1) for delivering and/or collecting an object at a place of destination (2) by means of a vehicle (3).

公开(公告)号：US10823844B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15951410

申请日：2018-04-12

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Christoph Arndt ,  Uwe Gussen ,  Frederic Stefan

IPC: G01S13/90 ,  G01S13/87 ,  G01S13/44 ,  G01S13/86 ,  G01S13/931

Abstract: A method to analyze of a vehicle's surroundings is specified. The method includes: arranging a first sensor group with at least two radar sensors on a vehicle, emitting radar waves using the radar sensors into the vehicle environment, reflecting the emitted radar waves at objects in the vehicle's environment, receiving the reflected radar waves using the radar sensors, identifying information about the vehicle's environment from the received radar waves and outputting the radar information. In order to improve the analysis of the carriageway environment, the radar sensors are arranged on the vehicle such that the emitted and received radar waves interfere. Radar information is obtained by taking account of the resulting interference data. In addition, a vehicle apparatus to analyze a vehicle's surroundings.

公开(公告)号：US10697226B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US15406176

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Uwe Gussen ,  Christoph Arndt ,  Frederic Stefan

IPC: E05F15/77 ,  B60J5/10 ,  E05F15/76 ,  G07C9/00 ,  E05F15/73 ,  E05F15/71

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a method for the remote-controlled operation of a tailgate of a motor vehicle. A sensor arrangement of the motor vehicle detects environmental data of the motor vehicle. A control apparatus of the motor vehicle triggers the opening of the tailgate on receiving a wireless opening signal from an operator and triggers the closing of the tailgate on receiving a wireless closing signal from an operator. The control apparatus checks for the presence of at least one closure condition of the tailgate that is independent of the wireless closing signal based on the environmental data detected by the sensor arrangement during opening of the tailgate, and if the closure condition is present, the control apparatus triggers the closing of the tailgate.

公开(公告)号：US20200172125A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16786531

申请日：2020-02-10

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Frederic Stefan ,  Erik Alpman ,  Urs Christen ,  Rainer Busch

IPC: B60W50/14 ,  B60W50/00 ,  B60W30/14

Abstract: A method for a vehicle control procedure, wherein in the case of this vehicle control procedure a closed loop control of the vehicle velocity is performed on the basis of a predetermined desired value, may comprise the following steps: determining on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion whether in the case of the closed loop control the vehicle velocity leaves a value range that is defined by at least one velocity threshold value while taking into consideration a tolerance range that defines predetermined, permitted deviations from this value range; and implementing a corresponding measure while modifying the vehicle control procedure in dependence upon the result of this determination procedure, wherein the determination procedure is performed on the basis of a signal analysis of at least one measurement signal that describes the movement status of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10579512B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US15340889

申请日：2016-11-01

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Frederic Stefan ,  Alain Marie Roger Chevalier ,  Evangelos Bitsanis ,  Michael Marbaix

IPC: G06F11/36 ,  B60W50/04

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for testing software for autonomous vehicles by means of a loop simulation involves hardware in the form of one or more real autonomous vehicles able to carry out autonomous test drives in the real world. In response to a work order given by a user, a check is automatically carried out in order to determine which vehicles, among a plurality of real autonomous vehicles which are able to carry out autonomous test drives on globally distributed test tracks in the real world, are currently available for one or more tests defined in the work order. The performance of the software tests and the test drives is then automatically planned and coordinated.

公开(公告)号：US10358173B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15673665

申请日：2017-08-10

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Uwe Gussen ,  Christoph Arndt ,  Frederic Stefan ,  Frank Petri

IPC: B62D33/04 ,  B60R21/02 ,  B60R5/04 ,  B60P3/20

Abstract: A device for subdividing vehicle cabs and/or storage spaces into a number of sub-portions, comprising a number of deformable walls and a drive unit for moving the walls between an open position, in which the walls do not subdivide the cab and/or the storage space, and a closure position, in which the walls subdivide the cab and/or the storage space into the sub-portions. The walls become deformed during movement between the closure position and the open position. Also included is a method for subdividing vehicle cabs and/or storage spaces into a number of sub-portions and a vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10255168B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-09

申请号：US15340856

申请日：2016-11-01

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Frederic Stefan ,  Alain Marie Roger Chevalier ,  Michael Marbaix ,  Evangelos Bitsanis

IPC: G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/36

Abstract: Test cases for autonomous vehicles are generated automatically by using data which have been collected from vehicles participating in public road traffic. A test planning system for autonomous vehicle includes defined application cases for autonomous vehicles. The vehicles are configured to identify test cases with prediction analyzes of a reference catalog of driving situations and the defined application cases, and compare, via a comparative analyzes, the test cases and the defined application cases to compile an expanded set of test cases, wherein the expanded set of test cases are compared to the defined application cases to output a complete set of test cases. The system also includes a central database configured to query the complete set of test cases.

公开(公告)号：US09921589B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US13623862

申请日：2012-09-20

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Goetz-Philipp Wegner ,  Urs Christen ,  Rainer Busch ,  Frederic Stefan

IPC: B60W10/02 ,  G05D13/04 ,  B60W30/18

CPC classification number: G05D13/04 ,  B60W10/02 ,  B60W30/18072 ,  B60W2030/1809 ,  B60W2520/10 ,  B60W2520/105 ,  Y02T10/76 ,  Y10T477/679

Abstract: A method and a device for automatically deactivating a coasting operating mode in a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine is disclosed. An activated coasting operating mode is deactivated if the current vehicle speed exceeds a threshold value. The threshold value is set as the sum of a minimum vehicle speed and of a maximum permissible increase in speed.