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Method for operating a motor vehicle during fully automatic vehicle guidance

US9403533B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Dirk De Bruin · Freising, DE
Joachim Schiehlen · Germering, DE
Andreas Bogner · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2015
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2710/20
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a motor vehicle using a control unit during operation of a fully-automatic driver assistance system is designed to guide the vehicle independently of the driver. The control unit actuates a drive unit and/or a brake unit during operation of said driver assistance system such that the motor vehicle maintains a predefined distance to a vehicle in front which is detected as a target object, the control unit also actuating the actuation unit of a steering system such that the motor vehicle is kept within its own detected lane. If the vehicle in front, detected as the target object, leaves the detected lane and if there is no new preceding vehicle, a braking action is performed.

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