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SELECTING A MOTION ACTION FOR AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE CONSIDERING A VARIABLE NUMBER OF OTHER ROAD USERS

Publication EP3730369A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Inventors

Mirchevska, Branka, Hügle, Maria, Werling, Moritz, Bödecker, Joschka, Kalweit, Gabriel

Abstract

An aspect of the invention describes Artificial intelligence unit for an automated vehicle, with said artificial intelligence unit comprising a pooling unit, configured to transform input states of a variable number of other road users in the environment of the automated vehicle into one output state, a knowledge configuration, said artificial intelligence unit configured to determine an evaluation value for at least two motion actions for the automated vehicle considering the output state and considering the knowledge configuration, select one of the motion actions considering the evaluation value of the respective motion actions.

IPC Classifications

B60W 30/18 20120101AFI20191028BHEP G06N 3/04 20060101ALI20191028BHEP B60W 30/095 20120101ALI20191028BHEP B60W 50/00 20060101ALN20191028BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR