A control system 200 for a vehicle 10, the control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein the control system is configured to: enable an adaptive cruise control function in dependence on, at least, information from at least one sensor 14 of a first sensor type; determine a degradation in information from the at least one sensor of a first sensor type; and supplement the information from the at least one sensor of a first sensor type with information from at least one sensor 18 of a second, different sensor type in dependence on the determined degradation, to maintain enablement of the adaptive cruise control function. The system may use various sensors including lidar, radar and cameras.
Maintaining adaptive cruise control
2024-05-22
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion |
Kraftfahrwesen | 2008
|Kraftfahrwesen | 2007
|Springer Verlag | 2011
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