Method and device for generating control signals to assist occupants in a vehicle

US11345367B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Jens Schneider · Schweinfurt, DE
• Peter Schlicht · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2019
• Grant date: May 31, 2022
• Expiry date: May 21, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/45
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for generating control signals to assist occupants in a vehicle, wherein a context of the vehicle is determined, a rule of a rule-based data system is selected depending on the determined context, wherein the rule-based data system comprises a plurality of rules, wherein each rule has a condition part and a result part, wherein the condition part comprises conditions for the context of the vehicle, a confidence value associated with the selected rule is determined, wherein the confidence value indicates the probability with which the result of the rule corresponds with the preference of the user, a result of the selected rule is generated, a control signal is generated and output depending on the generated rule result, wherein the control signal automates a vehicle function with a degree of automation, wherein the degree of automation depends on the confidence value of the selected rule. The disclosure likewise relates to a device for executing this method.