OVERTAKE ASSESSMENT ARRANGEMENT AND SYSTEM AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH AN OVERTAKE ASSESSMENT ARRANGEMENT
First Claim
1. An overtake assessment arrangement configured to assess potential overtake scenarios during drive of an autonomous host vehicle, the host vehicle comprising at least one sensor arranged to monitor a sensor monitoring area of a vehicle surrounding, a vehicle drive arrangement configured to control steering and velocity of the host vehicle at least partly based on information received from the at least one sensor, and a communication unit, the overtake assessment arrangement comprising:
- a processing unit configured toreceive via the communication unit, from at least one external source, real time traffic information on one or more surrounding vehicles outside the sensor monitoring area,assess whether to overtake at least one preceding vehicle within the sensor monitoring area or not, based on the real time traffic information received via the communication unit, andprovide the vehicle drive arrangement with input indicative of the assessment;
wherein the overtake assessment arrangement is configured to provide input to the vehicle drive arrangement such that the vehicle drive arrangement is able to control the host vehicle to overtake the at least one preceding vehicle or not in accordance with the input.
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Abstract
An autonomous vehicle, an overtake assessment arrangement, and an overtake assessment system are provided. The overtake assessment arrangement is configured to receive, from at least one external source, real time traffic information on one or more surrounding vehicles outside a sensor monitoring area, assess whether to overtake at least one preceding vehicle within the sensor monitoring area or not, based on the real time traffic information received via the communication unit, and provide a vehicle drive arrangement with input indicative of the assessment, such that the vehicle drive arrangement is able to control the host vehicle to overtake the at least one preceding vehicle or not in accordance with the input.
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1. An overtake assessment arrangement configured to assess potential overtake scenarios during drive of an autonomous host vehicle, the host vehicle comprising at least one sensor arranged to monitor a sensor monitoring area of a vehicle surrounding, a vehicle drive arrangement configured to control steering and velocity of the host vehicle at least partly based on information received from the at least one sensor, and a communication unit, the overtake assessment arrangement comprising:
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a processing unit configured to receive via the communication unit, from at least one external source, real time traffic information on one or more surrounding vehicles outside the sensor monitoring area, assess whether to overtake at least one preceding vehicle within the sensor monitoring area or not, based on the real time traffic information received via the communication unit, and provide the vehicle drive arrangement with input indicative of the assessment; wherein the overtake assessment arrangement is configured to provide input to the vehicle drive arrangement such that the vehicle drive arrangement is able to control the host vehicle to overtake the at least one preceding vehicle or not in accordance with the input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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