Method to operate a vehicle congestion assistant

US10688996B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Guido Weitkus · Winterborn, DE
• Andreas Meyer · Bubenreuth, DE
• Manuel Merz · Montabaur, DE
• Benjamin Maus · Düsseldorf, DE
• Mohamed Benmimoun · Aachen, DE
• Fabian Kuzaj · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2218/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method and system to operate a motor vehicle with a congestion assistant. The congestion assistant enters sensor data, which serves as input data of the congestion assistant. The sensor data is evaluated, via an evaluation unit, in order to define a value representing a signal roughness of the sensor data. The value is compared, via a comparison unit, with a threshold value. A suppression signal is generated, via a signal detection unit, to prevent automatic activation of the congestion assistant if the value is greater than the threshold value.