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Assistance system and method for avoiding false activations of a shoulder function

US12097885B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Arne Bartels · Wolfsburg, DE
Timo Klingemann · Hillandale Drive East, DE
Thomas Kolms · Wasbüttel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2720/406
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Technologies and techniques for operating an assistance system of a motor vehicle for providing a shoulder function. Under a first condition, a motor vehicle is detected on a shoulder of a roadway via at least one detecting apparatus in accordance with at least one predetermined first criterion. Under a second condition, a steering behavior of a driver of the motor vehicle is determined in accordance with a second criterion, where a shoulder function is executed in accordance with which an automatic driving intervention. Under a third condition, an obstacle ahead of the motor vehicle in the direction of travel is detected by the at least one detecting apparatus in accordance with a specified third criterion, where a control signal influencing the execution of the shoulder function is output.

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