Patent ID: 11951985
Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining a set speed of an assistance system for controlling a longitudinal movement of a vehicle,
checking a route ahead of the vehicle with a predefined total route length to identify whether, on the route, there are
areas with a free-flowing traffic state,
areas with a slow-moving and/or congested traffic state,
areas with a gridlocked traffic state,

determining, for each identified areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states, a route length; and
determining whether the set speed is to be set by the assistance system and to which of a plurality of predefined speed values the set speed is to be set based on the identified areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states and the determined route length for each of the areas with free-flowing, slow-moving and/or congested, and gridlocked traffic states.