From The Drive · Byron Hurd · · 40s
Mercedes Launch Control Uses Green Lights
Mercedes-Benz patent describes automatic launch control that reacts to green traffic lights.
In brief
Mercedes-Benz patent describes automatic launch control that reacts to green traffic lights. Mercedes-Benz developed a launch control system using traffic light detection to accelerate smoothly to 70 mph. Originally reported by The Drive.
Mercedes-Benz patent
Mercedes-Benz developed an automatic launch control system that reacts to green traffic lights.
“Up to now, race start technology supporting a human driver has relied on a reaction time of the driver, which may limit the performance of the technology”
System works with traffic lights
The system uses camera data to detect traffic light changes from red to green for smooth acceleration.
“Autonomous motor vehicles may apply machine learning models in order to detect when to begin to accelerate from a stationary state to, for example, a cruising speed of 40 mph”
Target speed 70 mph
The system accelerates to 70 mph before tapering off, 10 mph faster than industry standard.
“The vehicles may analyze data from a camera observing a traffic light changing from red to green”
The short version
Mercedes-Benz developed a launch control system using traffic light detection to accelerate smoothly to 70 mph.
