Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for computer assisted or autonomous driving (CA/AD). An apparatus may include a trailer data collection unit and an automation level determination unit coupled with the trailer data collection unit. The trailer data collection unit may collect, from a trailer coupled with a CA/AD towing vehicle, trailer configuration data, including sensor configuration data for sensors disposed on the trailer. The automation level determination unit may determine a combined level of driving automation for the CA/AD towing vehicle and the trailer, based at least in part on the trailer configuration data, wherein the CA/AD towing vehicle alone has an initial level of driving automation. An apparatus for CA/AD may include a sensor configuration unit, a trailer configuration unit, and a communication interface coupled with the sensor configuration unit and the trailer configuration unit. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
COMPUTER ASSISTED OR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING (CA/AD) TOWING VEHICLES AND TRAILERS
2020-09-03
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 / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
COMPUTER ASSISTED OR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING (CA/AD) TOWING VEHICLES AND TRAILERS
Europäisches Patentamt | 2019
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