Method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle

US8903608B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Volker Niemz · Rutesheim, DE
• Andreas Gruetzmann · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2554/80
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle in a driving maneuver in which the vehicle is guided automatically along a previously calculated trajectory, or the lateral guidance for travel along the trajectory is carried out automatically, and after the driving maneuver is completed, the steering of the vehicle is returned to the driver, information being provided to the driver concerning the vehicle's surroundings and suitable steering settings before and/or during the transfer of the steering to the driver. Also described is a device for carrying out the method, including a steering arrangement for steering the vehicle along a previously calculated trajectory as well as an output arrangement for outputting information concerning the vehicle's surroundings and suitable steering settings to the driver before and/or during the transfer of the steering to the driver.