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Method and system for operating a motor vehicle

  • US 9,910,437 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2016
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a first control unit, a second control unit configured separately from the first control unit and a surroundings sensor system for detecting a surroundings of the motor vehicle, the method comprising:

  • detecting the surroundings of the motor vehicle with the surroundings sensor system to ascertain surroundings data corresponding to the detected surroundings;

    checking with the first control unit, based on the ascertained surroundings data, whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle which could with a predetermined probability collide with the motor vehicle, to ascertain a first checking result;

    checking with the second control unit, based on the ascertained surroundings data, whether the object is in the surroundings of the motor vehicle which could with a predetermined probability collide with the motor vehicle, to ascertain a second checking result;

    comparing the two checking results; and

    providing driverless guidance of the motor vehicle based on the comparison, wherein the driverless guidance of the motor vehicle includes a fact that the motor vehicle stops automatically when the comparison reveals that at least one of the checking results confirms that the object is in the surroundings of the motor vehicle even if the other checking result confirms that the surroundings are free of the object.

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