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Method for a driver assistance system of a vehicle

US9772626B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Lennart Bendewald · Wolfsburg, DE
Linn Hackenberg · Wolfsburg, DE
Daniel Lüddecke · Magdeburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/84
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A driver assistance system for a vehicle. The driver assistance system controls the vehicle at least partially automatically. In the method, the start of an auto pilot route section is determined in the course of a route planned for the vehicle. The driver assistance system is able to control the vehicle automatically along the autopilot route section. A distance between the current position of the vehicle and the start of the autopilot route section is determined and output in the vehicle.

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