Method for selecting the operating state of a cruise control system for motor vehicles

US7542839B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Wagner · Warthausen, DE
• Hans-Peter Schneider · Stuttgart, DE
• Hermann Winner · Bietigheim, DE
• Ralph Lauxmann · Ditzingen, DE
• Thilo Leinweber · Stuttgart, DE
• Jens Lueder · Kornwestheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 2, 2009
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/93271
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for selecting the operating state of a cruise control system for motor vehicles having a distance sensor and automatic blindness detection, in which at least one additional condition is checked for automatic shutdown of the cruise control when blindness of the distance sensor is detected, and a shutdown is performed only when this additional condition is also met.