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Method for operating a vehicle assistance system, device for executing the method, and vehicle

US11993257B2 · 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	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 2, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G1/164
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a vehicle assistance system is described. In one embodiment, when the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode, encountering an obstacle is prevented independent of the passage height, due to a control unit if is determined that the obstacle is a load supported by a working machine, where the load projects into a driving corridor of the vehicle or moves in the driving corridor. Also described is a device for carrying out the method and to a vehicle having such a device.

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