METHOD FOR EVALUATING A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AT LEAST SEMI-AUTOMATED MOBILE PLATFORM

Abstract

A method for evaluating a first method for a control of an at least semi-automated mobile platform in surroundings of the mobile platform. The method includes: determining a control action using the first method for a setting of the surroundings;

determining a confidence value for the determination of the control action using the first method; determining a representation of the setting of the surroundings of the mobile platform, if the determined confidence value is lower than a trust level, in order to evaluate the first method using this setting.

Claims

1-15. (canceled)

16. A method for evaluating a first method for a control of an at least semi-automated mobile platform in surroundings of the mobile platform, comprising the following steps: determining a respective control action using the first method for a respective setting of the surroundings; determining a confidence value for the determination of the respective control action using the first method; determining a representation of the respective setting of the surroundings of the at least one mobile platform, when the determined confidence value is lower than a trust level, to evaluate the first method using the setting.

17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the first method for the control of the at least semi-automated platform is a method for behavior planning of the at least semi-automated mobile platform.

18. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the first method is evaluated using a multitude of at least semi-automated mobile platforms and/or the representation of the respective setting is transferred wirelessly by a portion of the multitude of the at least semi-automated mobile platforms to a center for evaluation of the first method.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein only a part of the representation of the respective setting is transferred to the center for evaluation, and the part is dependent upon the representation of the respective setting and/or of the first method, to minimize a volume of data to be transferred.

20. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the respective control action is transferred to the at least semi-automated mobile platform.

21. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the first method is operated in a test mode in the at least semi-automated mobile platform.

22. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the respective control action is determined using a second method, and the second method at least partially controls the at least semi-automated mobile platform for evaluating the first method.

23. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein the confidence value is determined by a comparison of the respective control action determined using the first method with a control action from the same setting determined using the second method.

24. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the confidence value is determined by a comparison of the respective control action determined using the first method and a control action of a vehicle driver of the at least semi-automated mobile platform from the same setting.

25. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the confidence value is determined using machine learning methods.

26. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the confidence value is determined using a model-based method.

27. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein, based on the respective control action determined using a first method, a control signal is provided for activating the at least semi-automated vehicle; and/or, based on the respective control action determined using the first method, a warning signal is provided for warning a vehicle occupant.

28. An evaluation device configured to evaluate a first method for a control of an at least semi-automated mobile platform in surroundings of the mobile platform, the evaluation device configured to: determine a respective control action using the first method for a respective setting of the surroundings; determine a confidence value for the determination of the respective control action using the first method; determine a representation of the respective setting of the surroundings of the at least one mobile platform, when the determined confidence value is lower than a trust level, to evaluate the first method using the setting.

29. A non-transitory machine-readable memory medium on which is stored a computer program for evaluating a first method for a control of an at least semi-automated mobile platform in surroundings of the mobile platform, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform the following steps: determining a respective control action using the first method for a respective setting of the surroundings; determining a confidence value for the determination of the respective control action using the first method; determining a representation of the respective setting of the surroundings of the at least one mobile platform, when the determined confidence value is lower than a trust level, to evaluate the first method using the setting.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0056] Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are represented with reference to FIG. 1 and explained in greater detail below.

[0057] FIG. 1 shows an outline of a data flow for the method for evaluating a first method for controlling an at least semi-automated mobile platform.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS

[0058] FIG. 1 schematically outlines a data flow of a method 100 for evaluating a first method for controlling an at least semi-automated mobile platform 200 in surroundings 110 of mobile platform 200. A representation of surroundings 110 may be generated from surroundings 110 of mobile platform 200 with the aid of sensors 120. The first method may be operated in a test mode for evaluating without having a direct influence on the control of mobile platform 200. Mobile platform 200 in this case may be at least partially controlled by a second method.

[0059] In a step S1, a control action is determined for a setting of the surroundings using the first method.

[0060] In a second step S2, a confidence value for the determination of the control action is determined using the first method.

[0061] The determination of the confidence value in this case may be determined by a comparison of the control action determined using the first method with the control action from the same setting determined using the second method, and additionally or alternatively by a comparison of the control action determined using the first method and a control action of a vehicle driver of the at least semi-automated mobile platform from the same setting, and additionally or alternatively with the aid of a machine learning system, and additionally or alternatively with the aid of a model-based method, or additionally or alternatively via a self-assessment of the first method.

[0062] In a step S3, a representation of the setting of surroundings 110 of mobile platform 200 is determined, if the determined confidence value is lower than a trust level, in order to evaluate the first method using this setting. In a step S4, it may be filtered whether the representation of the setting, in which the confidence value for the determination of the control action is lower than a trust level, is transferred to a center for evaluation 170. This means that only a part of the representations of the respective corresponding settings is transferred to the center for evaluation 170 of the first method. This part of the transferred representations of the respective setting may be dependent upon the representation of the respective setting and/or of the first method, in that only the representations of the settings are transferred that are necessary for evaluating the first method, in order to achieve a minimization of the volume of data to be transferred.

[0063] In a step S5, the respective representation of the setting that is to be transferred may be transferred to center 170.

[0064] This method may be carried out with a multitude of vehicles or mobile platforms 190 and may in each case be transferred to the center for evaluation 170 in a respective step S7. This transfer of the representations of the respective setting by the respective vehicle or mobile platform 200 for the corresponding control action may be transferred wirelessly by the multitude of vehicles or mobile platforms 190 to center 170.

[0065] In a step S6 of the method, the first method for controlling an at least semi-automated mobile platform may be evaluated using a plurality of representations of settings of a multitude of mobile platforms and the corresponding control actions. The first method in this case may be a method for the behavior planning of the at least semi-automated mobile platform.