Motor vehicle comprising a driver assistance device and method for operating a motor vehicle

US9248742B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Martin Wimmer · Neubiberg, DE
• Karl-Heinz Siedersberger · Ingolstadt, DE
• Heike Sacher · Munich, DE
• Franziska Ehrhart · Ingolstadt, DE
• Fabian Scheiffert · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2540/215
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle has a driver assistance device which is designed to guide the motor vehicle independently and can be switched between several assistance modes which differ in a degree of autonomy of the driver assistance device when driving the motor vehicle. An operating device having several operating elements allows the user to adjust respective driving parameters, which determine a driving behavior of the driver assistance device, in at least one of the assistance modes as a function of an activation of the operating elements. The operating device is designed in the form of a palm rest. Some of the operating elements are arranged on a support body. The support body is mounted such that it can be manually rotated about a vertical axis, and the driver assistance device is designed to adjust the currently active assistance mode as a function of a rotary position of the support body.