Apparatus and method for continuously establishing a boundary for autonomous driving availability and an automotive vehicle comprising such an apparatus

DRIVE September 9, 2015
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Provided are a method and an apparatus (1) for continuously establishing a boundary for autonomous driving availability, in a vehicle (2) having autonomous driving capabilities and comprising remote sensors (3) for acquiring vehicle surrounding information (4) and vehicle dynamics sensors (5) for determining vehicle dynamics parameters (6), as well as a vehicle (2) comprising such an apparatus (1). At least one of a positioning arrangement (7) that provides map data with associated information; a route planning arrangement (8) that enables route planning; a vehicle driver monitoring arrangement (9) that provides driver monitoring information (10); and a real time information acquiring arrangement, that acquires at least one of traffic information (11 a) and weather information (11 b). The boundary is calculated based on a planned route and at least one of vehicle surrounding information (4), vehicle dynamics parameters (6), driver monitoring information (10), map data, traffic information (11a) and weather information (11b), for the planned route. Changes in the calculated boundary are output to a human machine interface (13) arranged in the vehicle (2).

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