Patent ID: 6996462

Claim:
Method of controlling at least one autonomously driven vehicle on a restricted traffic surface, the autonomous vehicle having a driving device for implementing driving commands relating to driving direction and driving speed, on the basis of fed signals, said method comprising: the vehicle determining its actual position by means of a position indicating device; the vehicle transmitting position signals identifying its position to an operations management center; the operations management center determining a route profile to be driven by the vehicle, based on the position signals, using definable criteria; the operations management center transmitting said route profile to the driving device of the vehicle; and the driving device generating driving commands for driving the route profile; wherein, the route profile contains information defining a driving route and a driving speed to be followed by the vehicle; and the route profile of the vehicle is determined as a function of positions and route profiles of other vehicles autonomously driving on the traffic surface, such that collisions between said vehicles are avoided.