Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Alexander Kowallik

Boris Zuev

Pablo Fritzsche

Christoph Degand

A driving assistance method for assisting a power-intensive driving maneuver of a subject vehicle includes predicting the power-intensive driving maneuver of the subject vehicle, and determining whether driving maneuver criteria, which comprise at least one energy criterion and at least one traffic criterion, are satisfied for the predicted power-intensive driving maneuver. Determining if the at least one energy criterion is satisfied includes determining a peak power profile required for a full execution of the predicted power-intensive driving maneuver, determining an available drive power of the subject vehicle, and evaluating whether the available drive power is sufficient for the peak power profile, wherein the at least one energy criterion is satisfied if the available drive power is sufficient for the peak power profile. Determining if the at least one traffic criterion is satisfied includes detecting a traffic situation, which comprises at least one traffic condition and/or a route topology, in the surroundings of the subject vehicle, and evaluating whether the predicted power-intensive driving maneuver can be fully executed in the detected traffic situation, wherein the traffic criterion is satisfied if the predicted driving maneuver can be fully executed in detected traffic situation. The method further includes displaying a result of determining whether the driving maneuver criteria are satisfied for the predicted power-intensive driving maneuver.

Driving assistance method for assistance of a power-intensive driving manoeuver of a subject vehicle, and driving assistance system for a power-intensive driving manoeuver of a subject vehicle

A method for assisting a power-intensive driving maneuver of an ego vehicle propelled by an electric motor fed from an energy-storage device includes predicting a power-intensive driving maneuver of the ego vehicle, ascertaining a peak-power profile that is needed for a complete execution of the predicted driving maneuver, and determining an available propulsive power of the ego vehicle. The method further includes ascertaining whether the available propulsive power is sufficient for the peak-power profile and, if the available propulsive power is sufficient for the peak-power profile, indicating a recommendation for execution of the predicted driving maneuver. If the available power is not sufficient for the peak-power profile, the method further includes ascertaining whether the available propulsive power is sufficient for a restricted peak-power profile that is needed for a restricted execution of the predicted driving maneuver, indicating a recommendation for restricted execution of the predicted driving maneuver if the available propulsive power is sufficient for the restricted peak-power profile, and indicating a recommendation for non-execution of the predicted driving maneuver if the available propulsive power is not sufficient for the restricted peak-power profile.

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Alexander Kowallik