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Method for determining the activity of a driver of a motor vehicle and the adaptive response time and a corresponding assistance system

US9908532B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Stefan Milch · Hemkenrode, DE
Benjamin Maus · Düsseldorf, DE
Frank Schroven · Bitterfeld-Wolfen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 7, 2016
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2710/30
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining an adaptive reaction time of a driver of a motor vehicle, wherein the adaptive reaction time is determined from the activity of the driver by determining the driving behavior of a vehicle driving ahead by a surroundings sensor system, determining activities of the driver of the motor vehicle, determining chronological correlations between the driving behavior of the vehicle driving ahead and the activities of the driver, and determining the driver's activity from the chronological correlations. The method is applied in assistance systems with observation of the surroundings in front of the motor vehicle, in which systems the driver's reaction time is used to determine a warning time.

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