Patent ID: 11904888
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system for controlling autonomously-controllable vehicle functions, comprising:
a database device containing database information on communication signals from partner subjects, action objectives, and scenarios that are associated with a plurality of situation contexts, wherein the situation contexts correspond to a surrounding area related to a vehicle and at least one partner subject; and
an autonomous vehicle communicatively connected to the database device and including autonomously controllable vehicle functions, a control device, and a surround sensor device,
wherein the control device includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the control device is programmed to:
receive sensor signals acquired by the surround sensor device of the surrounding area of the vehicle and at least one partner subject and communication signals originating therefrom;
determine a situation context by evaluating the received sensor signals of the surrounding area of the vehicle and the at least one partner subject and the communication signals originating therefrom to associate the received sensor signals with a scenario corresponding to the situation context based upon the database information; and
convert the captured communication signals into control signals based upon the situation context for the autonomously controllable vehicle functions.