A computer-implemented method of determining control signals for controlling an autonomous vehicle to implement a slowdown manoeuvre, comprising: detecting an obstacle at a distance ahead of the autonomous vehicle; comparing the distance with a threshold value and implementing a slowdown manoeuvre in dependence on the comparison, the slowdown manoeuvre selected from: a first slowdown manoeuvre carried out by a kinematic function, which is a time derivative of acceleration, in which a constraint optimisation has been applied to optimise a cost function of the slowdown manoeuvre subject to a set of hard constraints that require a final acceleration, speed and position to satisfy respective acceleration, speed and position targets, given an initial speed and acceleration of the vehicle, and impose a jerk magnitude upper limit; and a second slowdown manoeuvre implemented in an adaptive cruise control mode which aims to reach a target headway between the autonomous vehicle and the obstacle.


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    Title :

    IMPLEMENTING SLOWDOWN MANOEUVRES IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES


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    Publication date :

    2024-09-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    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



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