Method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle and processing device for controlling a driver assistance system

US12371013B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Dirk De Bruin · Freising, DE
• Sebastian Gruenwedel · Ulm, DE
• Christine Kock · Friesing, DE
• Pascal Minnerup · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Daniel Niehues · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Sebastian Rauch · Gneiding, DE
• Markus Schurius · Munich, DE
• Bernd Spanfelner · Ebersberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2021
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle includes the steps of: checking whether there is a motorway exit or roadworks on a first side of the vehicle; checking whether an environment sensor system of the vehicle detects a lane marking that bounds a lane of the vehicle on a second side, which is opposite the first side; if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the lane marking, operating a lane-keeping function of the driver assistance system; and if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system does not detect the lane marking, triggering a takeover request to a driver of the vehicle.