Patent ID: 11904898
Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 9:
10. A transportation vehicle equipped with an automated driving function, wherein the transportation vehicle comprises:
at least one transportation vehicle sensor;
a communication infrastructure; and
an apparatus for controlling operation of the transportation vehicle,
wherein the apparatus includes an evaluation module configured to determine a first signal state of a traffic light from data generated by the at least one transportation vehicle sensor and to determine a second signal state of the traffic light from a signal phase and timing (SPaT) message received via the communication infrastructure, a validation module configured to generate a validation result that validates the determined first signal state of the traffic light generated by the at least one transportation vehicle sensor by comparing the determined first signal state and the determined second signal state, and a mode setting module configured to set an operation mode of the transportation vehicle as a function of the validation result, wherein the mode setting module sets the operation mode to:
a normal operation mode in response to the validation result indicating that the determined first signal state generated by the at least one transportation vehicle sensor is valid because the determined first signal state matches the determined second signal state,
a safe mode in response to the validation result indicating that the determined first signal state generated by the at least one transportation vehicle sensor is not valid because the determined first signal state does not match the determined second signal state, and
a fallback mode in response to no first signal state being generated by the at least one transportation vehicle sensor thereby resulting in no validation result being determined to control setting performed by the mode setting module.