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Method and device for operating a vehicle assistance system

US11866050B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Daimler AG · DE
Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Christoph Keller · Stuttgart, DE
Holger Mielenz · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 2019
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 14, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2555/20
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for operating a vehicle assistance system in that the environment of the vehicle and objects located in the vehicle are determined using detected signals from an environment sensor system. Using the method and device it may be determined whether the roadway lying ahead of the vehicle driving in an automated driving mode is snow-covered and has tire tracks. In the event the tire tracks are there, and depending on the determined course of the tire tracks for the vehicle, a decision is made as to whether a journey along these tire tracks is critical.

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