Patent ID: 9463799
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B60W,G05D

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling a highly automatic or fully automatic driving function for a motor vehicle that is on a journey, the method comprising: determining the position, speed and direction of travel of the motor vehicle; receiving driving data from further vehicles in the surroundings of the motor vehicle by vehicle-to-vehicle communication and/or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, wherein the driving data from the further vehicles comprise at least the respective vehicle speed, position and direction of travel of said further vehicles; evaluating the received driving data with respect to position and direction of travel to ascertain vehicles that are traveling ahead; comparing the vehicle speeds of the vehicles that are traveling ahead with a prescribed speed range based on the speed of the motor vehicle; approving activation of the highly automatic or fully automatic driving function if the speeds of the vehicles that are traveling ahead are within the prescribed speed range; and preventing activation of the highly automatic or fully automatic driving function when the speeds of at least one of the vehicles that are traveling ahead is outside the prescribed speed range.