Method and device for actively assisting a motor vehicle driver in a motor vehicle

US6956470B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Gilbert Heise · Wolfsburg, DE
• Susanne Dirksen · Wolfsburg, DE
• Gerald Busse · Hildesheim, DE
• Joerg Lilienthal · Gifhorn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2005
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2360/1438
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method and device for actively assisting a vehicle driver in a motor vehicle by at least one control device and a data entry and display unit, the control device may access data of vehicle state-relevant sensors and of control devices and/or comfort control devices and/or internal or external databases.