Vehicle, computer program, apparatus and method for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12499754-B2
Application number	US-202118256105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2021
Priority date	Nov 9, 2020
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A transportation vehicle, computer program, apparatus and method for a transportation vehicle. The method includes receiving a first piece of information and a second piece of information about the surroundings of the transportation vehicle via a first communication connection and a third piece of information and a fourth piece of information about the surroundings of the transportation vehicle via a second communication connection. The first and the third piece of information are different from one another. The second and the fourth piece of information are also different from one another. The method determines a plausibility of the first and the third piece of information by comparing the first and the third piece of information and determines a plausibility of the second and the fourth piece of information by comparing the second and the fourth piece of information and processes at least one of the first to fourth pieces of information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for a transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving a first information item and a second information item about surroundings of the transportation vehicle via a first communication connection, and a third information item and a fourth information item about the surroundings of the transportation vehicle via a second communication connection, wherein the first information item and the third information item are different from one another, and wherein the second information item and the fourth information item are different from one another; determining a plausibility of the first information item and of the third information item by comparing the first information item with the third information item based on whether there is agreement between the first information item and the third information item regarding a state of the transportation vehicle such that a determination is made whether an information source for the first information and/or the third is trustworthy to provide information that has not been manipulated prior to receipt; determining a plausibility of the second information item and of the fourth information item by comparing the second information item and the fourth information item based on whether there is agreement between the second information item and the fourth information item regarding a state of the transportation vehicle such that a determination is made whether an information source for the second information and/or the fourth is trustworthy to provide information that has not been manipulated prior to receipt; processing at least one of the first to fourth information items based on the determined plausibility of the first to fourth information items such that only plausible information is used as a basis for controlling functions of the transportation vehicle; and controlling the transportation vehicle based on the plausible information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication connection is a communication connection via a local wireless network and/or the second communication connection is a communication connection via a cellular network.

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving the first to fourth information items from a same node of a traffic communication network.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the node is another transportation vehicle or a traffic infrastructure object.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing of the at least one of the first to fourth information items comprises processing at least one of the first to fourth information items by a driving assistance system based on the determined plausibility of the first to fourth information items.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first to fourth information items each comprise a time stamp including information about a point in time at which the corresponding first to fourth information items were generated, and wherein determining the plausibility of the first to fourth information items comprises determining the plausibility using the time stamps.

7 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program comprising a program code for performing the method of claim 1 when the program code is executed on a computer, a processor, a data processing circuit, a control module or a programmable hardware component.

8 . An apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
one or more interfaces for communication; and a data processing circuit, wherein the one or more interfaces are configured to receive a first information item and a second information item about surroundings of the transportation vehicle via a first communication connection, and a third information item and a fourth information item about the surroundings of the transportation vehicle via a second communication connection, wherein the first information item and the third information item are different from one another, and wherein the second information item and the fourth information item are different from one another, and wherein the data processing circuit is configured to determine a plausibility of the first information item and of the third information item by comparing the first information item with the third information item based on whether there is agreement between the first information item and the third information item regarding a state of the transportation vehicle such that a determination is made whether an information source for the first information and/or the third is trustworthy to provide information that has not been manipulated prior to receipt, wherein the data processing circuit is further configured to determine a plausibility of the second information item and of the fourth information item by comparing the second information item and the fourth information item based on whether there is agreement between the second information item and the fourth information item regarding a state of the transportation vehicle such that a determination is made whether an information source for the second information and/or the fourth is trustworthy to provide information that has not been manipulated prior to receipt, wherein the data processing circuit is further configured to process at least one of the first to fourth information items in accordance with the determined plausibility of the first to fourth information items such that only plausible information is used as a basis for controlling functions of the transportation vehicle, and wherein the transportation vehicle is controlled based on the plausible information.

9 . A transportation vehicle comprising the apparatus of claim 8 .

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first communication connection is a communication connection via a local wireless network and/or the second communication connection is a communication connection via a cellular network.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more interfaces are configured to receive the first to fourth information items from a same node of a traffic communication network.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the node is another transportation vehicle or a traffic infrastructure object.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing of the at least one of the first to fourth information items comprises processing at least one of the first to fourth information items by a driving assistance system based on the determined plausibility of the first to fourth information items.

14 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first to fourth information items each comprise a time stamp including information about a point in time at which the corresponding first to fourth information items were generated, and wherein determining the plausibility of the first to fourth information items comprises determining the plausibility using the time stamps.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Schultz Holger

Classifications

• H04L69/14

  Multichannel or multilink protocols · CPC title

• G08G1/096791

  where the origin of the information is another vehicle · CPC title

• G08G1/0112

  from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD] · CPC title

• H04W4/40 Primary

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• G08G1/096725

  where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control · CPC title