FAULT-TOLERANT METHOD AND DEVICE OF CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS TECHNICAL PLANT ON THE BASIS OF A CONSOLIDATED ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL

摘要

The present invention describes an innovative method such as a complex electronic system for controlling a safety-critical technical process, e.g. the leadership of an autonomous vehicle, can be realized. A distinction is made between simple and complex software, whereby the simple software is executed on a fault-tolerant hardware and where several diverse versions of the complex software are simultaneously executed on independent fault-containment units (FCUs). From a number of diverse environmental models, a consolidated environmental model is developed that forms the basis for trajectory planning.