Daimler Ag

Daimler Chrysler Ag

Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Bernd Danner

Hans Braun

Ingo Dudeck

Thomas Klaiber

Reinhold Schoeb

Uwe Regensburger

Erich Schindler

Rainer Moebus

Andreas Spieker

Wolfgang Hinrichs

Torsten Kroeger

Markus Raab

Thomas Brock

Joerg Hillenbrand

Alf Lehner

Uli Kolbe

Volker Schmid

Thomas Dohmke

Rainer Möbus

Reinhold Schöb

In a method and apparatus for assisting the driver of a vehicle in maintaining a traffic lane limited by traffic lane markings, the traffic lane markings and the position of the vehicle in the traffic lane are detected. Upon an actual or impending change of traffic lanes a lane change warning is output to the driver of the vehicle in a first step, and a course correcting actuating intervention counteracting the lane change is carried out in a second step. The actuating intervention is carried out only if the change of traffic lanes is impermissible due to the type of traffic lane marking to be crossed during the traffic lane change, or if the lane change is not possible without danger due to collision-endangering objects present on the side of the traffic lane.

Driver assistance system and method for supporting the driver of a vehicle in maintaining a traffic lane limited by traffic lane markings

In a method and apparatus for collision avoidance or collision mitigation for a vehicle, an existing driving space between the vehicle and a potential collision object is detected. A first warning function and/or an information function is activated when a first threshold value is reached. A system intervention with autonomous partial braking combined with at least one further safety measure is activated when a second threshold value is reached.

Method and apparatus for avoiding or mitigating vehicle collisions

In a method for setting the output power of an internal combustion engine a resultant specified torque is determined from a driver-intended torque and at least tw o additional intended torques, and the resultant specified torque is set via a apparatus for adjusting torque. Each participant system, in addition to the intended torque, provides information regarding whether the intended constitutes a torque-increase or a torque-decrease. A processing block is provided for each participant system in which the particular intended torque is compared with the driver-intended torque and the resulting specified torque of the preceding participant system. From this, a resulting specified torque is determined. The priority of the particular torque requirement results from the sequence of the participant systems during processing.

Method for controlling the output power of an internal combustion engine

A method for controlling drive slip permits the maximum drive torque which can be transmitted by the driven wheels to be determined and transmitted to a central control device of the internal combustion engine. On the basis of this transmitted value, the central control device determines how the setting parameters of the internal combustion engine have to be adjusted in order to avoid excessive drive slip. An interaction occurs between the drive slip control and further open-chain and feedback control devices which supply signals to the central control device of the internal combustion engine.

Drive slip controlling method

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Aichtal, Germany

Bernd Danner