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Method for a driver assistance system of a vehicle

US9421971B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Bernd Dornieden · Braunschweig, DE
Lutz Junge · San Mateo, US
Patrick Pascheka · The Hague, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 2013
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 18, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2554/804
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A driver assistance system of a vehicle for controlling a distance from the vehicle to a further vehicle. In the method, a distance between the vehicle and the further vehicle and a relative speed between the vehicle and the further vehicle are determined. When the vehicle approaches the further vehicle, the vehicle is operated in an operational state from a group of a plurality of predetermined operational states in dependence upon the distance and the relative speed.

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