Method and control unit for communication between an autonomous vehicle and a road user
First Claim
1. A control unit for a vehicle, wherein the control unit is operatively configured to:
- receive environment data from one or more ambient sensors of the vehicle;
take the environment data as a basis for detecting at least one road user in an environment of the vehicle;
take the environment data as a basis for determining whether there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle;
ascertain a position of the road user; and
if there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle, generate a locally pinpointed acoustic output in the direction of the position of the road user by prompting an acoustic group emitter of the vehicle, having a multiplicity of individual emitters, to generate the locally pinpointed acoustic output.
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Abstract
A control unit for a vehicle is set up to receive environment data from one or more ambient sensors of the vehicle. The control unit is additionally set up to take the environment data as a basis for detecting at least one road user in an environment of the vehicle, and to take the environment data and a driving strategy as a basis for determining whether there is a need for communication between road user and vehicle and what content needs to be communicated in what way. The control unit is set up, when it has been determined that there is a need for communication between road user and vehicle, to prompt one or more acoustic communication devices of the vehicle to generate an acoustic output in order to communicate with the road user.
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12 Claims
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1. A control unit for a vehicle, wherein the control unit is operatively configured to:
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receive environment data from one or more ambient sensors of the vehicle; take the environment data as a basis for detecting at least one road user in an environment of the vehicle; take the environment data as a basis for determining whether there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle; ascertain a position of the road user; and if there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle, generate a locally pinpointed acoustic output in the direction of the position of the road user by prompting an acoustic group emitter of the vehicle, having a multiplicity of individual emitters, to generate the locally pinpointed acoustic output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A control unit for a vehicle, wherein the control unit is operatively configured to:
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receive environment data from one or more ambient sensors of the vehicle; take the environment data as a basis for detecting at least one road user in an environment of the vehicle; take the environment data as a basis for determining whether there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle; if there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle, prompt one or more acoustic communication devices of the vehicle to generate an acoustic output in order to communicate with the road user; ascertain one or more properties in relation to the need for communication between the road user and the vehicle; and generate the acoustic output on the basis of the one or more properties in relation to the need for communication. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for communication between a vehicle and a road user, wherein the method comprises the acts of:
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ascertaining environment data on the basis of one or more ambient sensors of the vehicle; detecting, on the basis of the environment data, at least one road user in an environment of the vehicle; determining, on the basis of the environment data and on the basis of a driving strategy of the vehicle, whether there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle and what content needs to be communicated with what communication strategy; if there is a need for communication between the road user and the vehicle, generating an acoustic output on the basis of the content and the communication strategy by way of one or more acoustic communication devices of the vehicle in order to communicate with the road user; taking the environment data as a basis for determining that there is a need for communication between the vehicle and a multiplicity of road users; and prompting the one or more acoustic communication devices of the vehicle to generate a multiplicity of acoustic outputs for a communication with the corresponding multiplicity of road users.
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