Patent ID: 9594373
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B60W,G05D,G08G

Claim:
1. An apparatus for continuously establishing a boundary for autonomous driving availability in a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities, the vehicle comprising at least one remote sensor configured to acquire vehicle surrounding information and at least one vehicle dynamics sensor configured to determine vehicle dynamics parameters, the apparatus comprising: at least one of a positioning arrangement configured to provide map data with associated speed limit and road infrastructure information, a route planning arrangement, a vehicle driver monitoring arrangement configured to provide vehicle driver monitoring information, and an arrangement for acquiring real time information including at least one of real time traffic information and real time weather information; a processor configured to continuously calculate a boundary for autonomous driving availability based on a planned route and at least one of vehicle surrounding information, vehicle dynamics parameters, map data with associated speed limit and infrastructure information, vehicle driver monitoring information, real time traffic information and real time weather information, associated with the planned route, wherein the boundary comprises a location on the planned route beyond which the processor predicts autonomous driving is not possible; and a human machine interface configured to output to a vehicle passenger compartment information on any changes in the calculated boundary for autonomous driving availability along the planned route.