Method and device for supporting a driver of a vehicle

US10190883B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Jan Buchholz · Ergolding, DE
• Sebastian Engel · Munich, DE
• Björn Hohlstein · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 11, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/16
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for supporting a driver of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes automatically detecting with a navigation device of the vehicle whether the vehicle has deviated from a defined driving route determined by the navigation device. When the vehicle has deviated from the defined driving route, it is determined with the navigation device whether an amount of propulsion energy stored in an energy storage device of the vehicle is sufficient to still reach at least one energy refilling station. When an energy refilling station can no longer be reached with the vehicle automatically a phone connection with a vehicle external help center is established with a phone device of the vehicle, prior to the vehicle becoming stranded, or it is automatically displayed to the driver with a display device of the vehicle prior to the vehicle becoming stranded, to establish a phone connection with a vehicle external help central.