Method and device for supporting a vehicle occupant in a vehicle

US10745025B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Esref KÖSE · Bochum, DE
• Ahmed Ali · Bochum, DE
• Sebastian Gehrling · Essen, DE
• Jens Kampermann · Haan, DE
• Sarah Strygulec · Wuppertal, DE
• Sven Klomp · Dollbergen, DE
• Jessica APFEL · Paderborn, DE
• Sandra JÜRGENSMEIER · Delbrück, DE
• Wolfgang Theimer · Bochum, DE
• Ernst Zielinski · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 1, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2710/305
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for assisting a transportation vehicle occupant located in a transportation vehicle wherein user information regarding the behavior and/or the state of a transportation vehicle occupant and transportation vehicle parameters of the transportation vehicle are gathered. The gathered user information and transportation vehicle parameters are combined and jointly analyzed and at least one behavior pattern of the transportation vehicle occupant is determined from the jointly analyzed user information and transportation vehicle parameters. The behavior pattern is stored together with the user information. In a subsequent gathering of user information, this user information is compared with the user information behavior pattern previously stored. When there is conformance with the behavior pattern, a transportation vehicle function is automatically carried out.