Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Andreas Giersiefer

Aaron Lewis Mills

Michael Hafner

Nitendra Nath

Andrew Arthur Brown

Markus Krekel

Shadi Jammoul

Florian Vieten

Zhao Wang

Bahgat Aboushaban

Patrick Glet

Jonathan Mcneely

Christoph Klein

Elena Lazaridis

A method for maneuvering a vehicle having a trailer coupling in the region of a parking space is provided, wherein the vehicle has at least a first sensor and a second sensor and a control device, wherein it is detected whether an object is disposed in the region of the back of the vehicle, whether the object affects the parking behavior of the vehicle and whether the field of view of at least one sensor is blocked by the object. A vehicle for carrying out the method is further provided.

Method for maneuvering a vehicle having a trailer coupling in a parking space

A computer in a vehicle includes first and second electronic control units (ECUs). The first and second ECUs are programmed to monitor, respectively, a first operating condition and a second operating condition. Each operating condition includes one of path deviation, lane width, user awareness, or steering torque. The second ECU is programmed to monitor the second operating condition according to a protocol with a security measure. The first or second ECU is further programmed to control vehicle operation based on the first or second operating condition.

Enhanced vehicle operation

A method for generating an auxiliary steering torque (AST) adapted to a present driving situation (PDS) of a motor vehicle using an active steering assistance system (SAS), including ascertaining the present driving situation (PDS); classifying the ascertained present driving situation (PDS) into at least one of a group of driving situation categories (DSC); and generating an auxiliary steering torque (AST) using the active steering assistance system (SAS). Wherein the amount and/or a time profile of the auxiliary steering torque (AST) depends on the classification of the present driving situation (PDS) into one of the driving situation categories (DSC).

System and method for adapting steering torque based on a motor vehicle present driving situation

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Andreas Giersiefer