Method for operating an assistance system for a vehicle and assistance system

US11551460B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Florian Bade · Munich, DE
• Moritz Blume · Munich, DE
• Martin Buchner · Munich, DE
• Julia Niemann · Berlin, DE
• Michael Wolfram · Poing, DE
• Joris Wolters · Amersfoort, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2554/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating an assistance system for a vehicle, including an object sensor device for determining an object characteristic value representative of coordinates of an object in the environment of the vehicle and a viewing sensor device for determining a direction characteristic value representative of a viewing direction of a driver of the vehicle and for determining a position characteristic value representative of a head position of the driver. According to the method, a projection characteristic value representative of a vector that connects the head position to the object is determined; a first region characteristic value representative of an estimated primary field of view of the driver is determined; an attention characteristic value representative of the probability that the object is at least partially in the field of view of the driver is determined; and a warning function of the vehicle is activated.