Abstract: A method for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has at least one signal receiver, a communication device for receiving data messages from another road user and an evaluation circuit, comprises receiving a data message from another road user, wherein the data message contains sensor information from the other road user; using the signal receiver to receive signals, checking the plausibility of the data message from the other road user, wherein the plausibility check comprises a check by the evaluation circuit in order to determine whether the sensor information contained in the data message corresponds to the signals received by the signal receiver.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting vehicle-to-X messages of a first type and a second type, wherein messages of the second type are transmitted, depending on a ratio of control data to payload data of the respective message, either separately or the payload data thereof are transmitted as part of a message of the first type. Also disclosed is a vehicle-to-X communication module for carrying out such a method.

Abstract: A method for improving the stability of cooperative driving maneuver planning, comprises: receiving a planned trajectory of a second vehicle by a vehicle-to-X communication device of the first vehicle; testing the planned trajectory of the second vehicle for absence of contradiction with environmental information of the first vehicle by a test device of the first vehicle, the environmental information of the first vehicle acquired by a sensor of the first vehicle; executing trajectory planning by a maneuver planning device of the first vehicle and using the planned trajectory of the second vehicle for the trajectory planning of the first vehicle when the absence of contradiction is confirmed; and not using the planned trajectory of the second vehicle for the trajectory planning of the first vehicle otherwise; outputting a signal for executing a planned trajectory of the first vehicle. An electronic control device of the first vehicle carries out the method.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic control device of a first vehicle configured to carry out a method of: checking a trajectory of the first vehicle, which trajectory is planned cooperatively with a second vehicle, with respect to a potential safety-critical traffic situation by means of a checking apparatus of the first vehicle on the basis of sensor information from at least one sensor of the first vehicle and/or on the basis of object data from a fusion of sensor information from at least two sensors of the first vehicle; and outputting a signal for initiating a safety measure or executing the planned trajectory depending on a result of the check.

Abstract: A method for protecting the content of data for collective perception and execution by an electronic control apparatus of a first road user including capturing object data, received by means of vehicle-to-X communication, for describing an object detected by at least one capture device of a second road user and/or at least one capture device of an infrastructure device, and checking a plausibility of a state of the object described by the received object data using map information and/or sensor information, wherein the sensor information is determined using sensors of the first road user.

Abstract: A method for execution by an apparatus belonging to a first road user comprises receiving a vehicle-to-X (V2X) message by a V2X communication apparatus, wherein the V2X message comprises time information for determining a system time of a second road user, determining a system time of the first road user, comparing the system times of the first road user and the second road user, wherein, if a determined discrepancy between the system times of the first road user and the second road user is equal to or exceeds a limit value, it is determined whether the system time of the first road user or of the second road user is incorrect, and correcting the system time of the first road user if the system time of the first road user is incorrect, or outputting a control signal for communicating that the system time of the second road user is incorrect.

Abstract: A method and corresponding device for the decentralized cooperative coordination of at least two vehicles includes: determining an abstract driving maneuver to realize at least one nominal driving maneuver by a first vehicle, determining driving maneuver information regarding the first vehicle's at least one abstract driving maneuver, transmitting the first vehicle's driving maneuver information to at least one further vehicle, calculating or reconstructing the first vehicle's nominal trajectory and/or nominal driving maneuver based on the received driving maneuver information by the further vehicle, comparing the first vehicle's reconstructed nominal trajectory and/or the reconstructed nominal driving maneuver with the further vehicle's nominal trajectory and/or nominal driving maneuver and, if a conflict exists between the nominal trajectory and/or the nominal driving maneuver of the first vehicle and the nominal trajectory and/or the nominal driving maneuver of the further vehicle, transmitting a cooperati

Abstract: A method for validating vehicle-to-X messages by a computing apparatus of a vehicle comprises receiving at least one vehicle-to-X message comprising information for regulating the traffic flow, and validating the at least one message, wherein, within the framework of the validation, at least a part of the message content comprised by the at least one message is checked for the consistency thereof. A device for validating vehicle-to-X messages and a vehicle are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of cooperatively coordinating future driving maneuvers of a vehicle with fellow maneuvers of at least one fellow vehicle, wherein trajectories for the vehicle are rated with an effort value each, trajectories and fellow trajectories of the fellow vehicle are combined into tuples, the trajectory and the associated effort value of a collision-free tuple are selected as reference trajectory and reference effort value, trajectories with a lower effort value than the reference effort value are classified as demand trajectories, trajectories with higher effort value than the reference effort value are classified as alternative trajectories, and a data packet having a trajectory set consisting of the reference trajectory and the associated reference effort value as well as at least one trajectory from a group comprising the demand trajectories and the alternative trajectories as well as the respective effort values is transmitted to the fellow vehicle.

Abstract: A method, wherein a received planned trajectory of a first vehicle relative to a received planned trajectory of the second vehicle is evaluated with respect to a potentially safety-critical situation and, if a potential safety-critical situation is detected, the planned trajectory of the second vehicle is output to be received by the first vehicle. Moreover, a corresponding method for execution by a communication apparatus of a first vehicle or an infrastructure device, wherein a planned trajectory of the first vehicle is output by means of a mobile radio interface of the first vehicle or the infrastructure device and by means of a communication interface designed for direct vehicle-to-X communication of the first vehicle or the infrastructure device. Furthermore, a method for preventing a potential safety-critical traffic situation between a first vehicle and a second vehicle, a processing apparatus, a communication apparatus and a system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of cooperatively coordinating future driving maneuvers of a vehicle with fellow maneuvers of at least one fellow vehicle, wherein a fellow data packet is received from the fellow vehicle, in which a fellow trajectory set of a fellow reference trajectory is contained, a trajectory from a trajectory set for the vehicle is selected as a reference trajectory for the vehicle using the fellow reference trajectory, wherein a trajectory which is collision-free towards the fellow reference trajectory is selected, the trajectories of the trajectory set are rated using limit trajectories, and at least one cooperation trajectory is selected from the trajectories of the trajectory set using the reference effort value, wherein a data packet containing the reference trajectory and the cooperation trajectory is transmitted to the fellow vehicle.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining an ego position of an electronic device, having the steps: ascertaining an ego position of the electronic device by a position-detecting apparatus of the electronic device, ascertaining, by a computing apparatus for processing the data of the electronic device, a position of a road user using positional information comprising a received vehicle-to-X message in respect of cooperative road user recognition, ascertaining, by the computing apparatus or a further computing apparatus for processing data, a distance between the ascertained ego position and the position ascertained using the received positional information, correcting the ascertained ego position using the positional information to form a corrected ego position if the distance is less than or equal to a threshold value. An electronic device, the use of the electronic device as well as a corresponding system as also disclosed.

Abstract: A communication device including a mobile radio module for data communication via a mobile radio network and/or an internet access module for data communication via the internet, and a radio module for direct vehicle-to-X communication. The communication device is configured to receive status information and/or environment information of a road user from a processing device for operation of an internet service by the mobile radio module and/or internet access module and to re-emit the status information and/or environment information via the radio module by direct vehicle-to-X communication. A corresponding method to be carried out by a communication device and a method for improving the road safety of a road user are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of cooperatively coordinating future driving maneuvers of a vehicle with fellow maneuvers of at least one fellow vehicle, wherein trajectories for the vehicle are rated with an effort value each, trajectories and fellow trajectories of the fellow vehicle are combined into tuples, the trajectory and the associated effort value of a collision-free tuple are selected as reference trajectory and reference effort value, trajectories with a lower effort value than the reference effort value are classified as demand trajectories, trajectories with higher effort value than the reference effort value are classified as alternative trajectories, and a data packet having a trajectory set consisting of the reference trajectory and the associated reference effort value as well as at least one trajectory from a group comprising the demand trajectories and the alternative trajectories as well as the respective effort values is transmitted to the fellow vehicle.

Abstract: A communication device including a mobile radio module for data communication via a mobile radio network and/or an internet access module for data communication via the internet, and a radio module for direct vehicle-to-X communication. The communication device is configured to receive status information and/or environment information of a road user from a processing device for operation of an internet service by the mobile radio module and/or internet access module and to re-emit the status information and/or environment information via the radio module by direct vehicle-to-X communication. A corresponding method to be carried out by a communication device and a method for improving the road safety of a road user are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining an ego position of an electronic device, having the steps: ascertaining an ego position of the electronic device by a position-detecting apparatus of the electronic device, ascertaining, by a computing apparatus for processing the data of the electronic device, a position of a road user using positional information comprising a received vehicle-to-X message in respect of cooperative road user recognition, ascertaining, by the computing apparatus or a further computing apparatus for processing data, a distance between the ascertained ego position and the position ascertained using the received positional information, correcting the ascertained ego position using the positional information to form a corrected ego position if the distance is less than or equal to a threshold value. An electronic device, the use of the electronic device as well as a corresponding system as also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of cooperatively coordinating future driving maneuvers of a vehicle with fellow maneuvers of at least one fellow vehicle, wherein a fellow data packet is received from the fellow vehicle, in which a fellow trajectory set of a fellow reference trajectory is contained, a trajectory from a trajectory set for the vehicle is selected as a reference trajectory for the vehicle using the fellow reference trajectory, wherein a trajectory which is collision-free towards the fellow reference trajectory is selected, the trajectories of the trajectory set are rated using limit trajectories, and at least one cooperation trajectory is selected from the trajectories of the trajectory set using the reference effort value, wherein a data packet containing the reference trajectory and the cooperation trajectory is transmitted to the fellow vehicle.

Abstract: A radio receiver for receiving radio signals from at least one position determination system, having a receiving apparatus, and an antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement has at least one radio signal antenna for receiving radio signals and a first feed element and a second feed element. The first feed element and the second feed element have different polarization-dependent sensitivities. The antenna arrangement has a first radio signal line and a second radio signal line. The first radio signal line is designed to provide a radio signal received by the antenna arrangement as a first radio reception signal. The second radio signal line is designed to provide a further radio signal received by the antenna arrangement as a second radio reception signal. A signal processing apparatus designed to determine a position of the radio receiver on the basis of the first radio reception signal and the second radio reception signal.

Abstract: A method and corresponding device for the decentralized cooperative coordination of at least two vehicles includes: determining an abstract driving maneuver to realize at least one nominal driving maneuver by a first vehicle, determining driving maneuver information regarding the first vehicle's at least one abstract driving maneuver, transmitting the first vehicle's driving maneuver information to at least one further vehicle, calculating or reconstructing the first vehicle's nominal trajectory and/or nominal driving maneuver based on the received driving maneuver information by the further vehicle, comparing the first vehicle's reconstructed nominal trajectory and/or the reconstructed nominal driving maneuver with the further vehicle's nominal trajectory and/or nominal driving maneuver and, if a conflict exists between the nominal trajectory and/or the nominal driving maneuver of the first vehicle and the nominal trajectory and/or the nominal driving maneuver of the further vehicle, transmitting a cooperati

Abstract: A method for determining a reception direction of a radio signal, wherein several antennas having different directional characteristics are used.