Method and device for controlling an automated vehicle based on the probability of a positioning error in a localization system

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and device for controlling an automated vehicle (10) equipped with a localization system (100) configured to provide, in real time, the position of the automated vehicle (10) and the probability per hour that an error in determining the position relative to the actual position of the automated vehicle exceeds a threshold value, referred to as the probability of positioning error per hour. An indicator representing the cumulative probability of positioning error per hour since the beginning of a predetermined time period is determined at each time point of the time period. A value taken by the indicator at each time point is compared to a target value of the indicator at the same time point. The automated vehicle (10) is controlled based on the result of this comparison. (See Figure 1 for abbreviations.)

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