Method for assisting a driver when performing driving maneuvers

US7089101B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Eckart Fischer · Stuttgart, DE
• Helmut Keller · Eningen unter Achalm, DE
• Jens Koehnlein · Stuttgart, DE
• Jakob Seiler · Stuttgart, DE
• Andreas Spieker · Stuttgart, DE
• David Ulmer · Schenefeld, DE
• Andy Yap · Böblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 8, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2710/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for assisting the driver of a vehicle (10) when performing a driving maneuver, such as a parking or shunting maneuver. In this case, a reference trajectory (16) is determined, along which the vehicle (10) is to be moved. A steering wheel position to be set and controlling the vehicle along the reference trajectory (16) is indicated to the driver during the driving maneuver. The vehicle longitudinal speed is influenced independently of the driver in the event of a steering angle deviation between the actual steering angle actually set by the driver and the desired steering angle corresponding to the requested steering wheel position.As a result, the driver can be given a greater reaction time in order to set the indicated steering wheel position.