Patent attributes
The disclosure describes a method for operating an automated vehicle comprising: receiving environmental data; ascertaining a driving area that is to be traveled on by the vehicle, and a prohibited area that is not to be traveled on by the vehicle, based on the environmental data; determining whether a bottleneck exists in which the driving area is in an at least partially blocked state by a further road user or an obstacle, such that it is not possible, exclusively using the driving area, for the automated vehicle and/or the further road user to pass or for the automated vehicle to pass by the obstacle; ascertaining a trajectory in which the vehicle at least partially uses the prohibited area if a bottleneck exists; and emitting an actuation signal for operating the automated vehicle based on ascertained trajectory.
