Device and method for the automated driving of a motor vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) for the automated driving of a motor vehicle (50) comprising at least one sensor system (2) for sensing a surrounding area of the motor vehicle (50), at least onecontroller (4) for controlling at least one actuator system (5, 6) of the motor vehicle (50) and a memory (7) for storing a map of the surroundings, wherein the at least one controller (7) is designed to evaluate surroundings data collected by the at least one sensor system (2), to determine the location of the motor vehicle (50) by means of the evaluated surroundings data in the map of the surroundings, and to control the at least one actuator system (5, 6) of the motor vehicle (50) in such a way that a predefined trajectory is travelled along in an automated travel mode, wherein the controller (4) comprises an obstacle-detection device (8) which is designed to detect obstacles in the surroundings of the motor vehicle (50), wherein the at least one sensor system (2) has at least one acceleration sensor (9), and the obstacle-detection device (8) uses measurement data collected by the at least one acceleration sensor (9) to detect collisions with obstacles. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated method.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a device and a method for automatic driving of a motor vehicle. Background technique [0002] Modern motor vehicles have numerous assistance systems which support the driver when maneuvering the vehicle. Semi-automatic and automatic systems are increasingly used here, which allow semi-automatic or fully automatic control of the motor vehicle without the driver having to be seated in the motor vehicle. [0003] It is known that a motor vehicle can be driven on a track automatically by means of an assistance system. For example, the motor vehicle can be driven automatically to a parking space in a garage or on a parking lot in this way. For this purpose, the surroundings of the motor vehicle are generally sensed by the sensor device and the motor vehicle is localized in the stored surroundings map by means of the surroundings data generated by the sensor device. The stored or calculated trajectory is then called up and the mot...

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Problems solved by technology

The following is however a disadvantage of this system, namely that it is very costly

Therefore, it is limited to use in the luxury class and is not suitable for use in the kingpin class (or batch class, ie Volumenklasse) of motor vehicles

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