Lane-change assistant for motor vehicles

US7233848B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Goetz Braeuchle · Reichartshausen, DE
• Juergen Boecker · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2007
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T2201/087
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Lane changing assistant for motor vehicles, controlling an automatic changing of the vehicle to a neighboring lane in response to a command by the driver as part of a lane keeping system of the motor vehicle and having an operating element that is movable in opposite directions out of a neutral position, wherein a sensor is assigned to the operating element for each adjustment direction and the sensor supplies a multi-valued output signal which corresponds to the operation of the operating element and determines the dynamics of the lane changing procedure.