Robert Boschgmbh

Goetz Braeuchle

Martin Heinebrodt

Hermann Winner

Juergen Boecker

Werner Uhler

Ulf Wilhelm

Michael Knoop

Michael Weilkes

Fred Oechsle

Joachim Thiele

Wolfgang Hermsen

Martin Staempfle

Margarete Deutscher

Werner Urban

Harald Michi

Ruediger-Walter Henn

Thorsten Maucher

Thilo Leineweber

Holger Hofmann

Jürgen Böcker

Martin Staemple

A method for the control of the activation of an electrically controllable actuator in a motor vehicle, in particular for the purpose of checking its operational reliability, and an electronic control device for carrying out this method. An electrically controllable first actuator, an electrically controllable second, redundant, actuator, and at least one electronic control device for the electrical actuation of the actuators, are provided. An activation of the second actuator by the electronic control device is carried out as a function of signal information which represents a noise level prevailing in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.

Method for controlling the activation of an electrically controllable actuator in a motor vehicle, and electronic control device for carrying out this method

A method for warning road users by means of surroundings monitoring for a running vehicle is disclosed and furthermore situation detection for the road users in the surroundings of the running vehicle and ascertainment of the probable paths of movement of the running vehicle and the other road users, furthermore ascertainment of an impending hazard situation and, if an impending hazard situation is ascertained, audible warning in and around the running vehicle. Furthermore, an apparatus for performing the method for warning road users is disclosed, wherein the running vehicle is in the form of a land vehicle and the other road users can move in a ground-based manner.

Method for warning road users by means of surroundings monitoring for a running vehicle, and apparatus for performing the method

A method for producing a control system, in particular a driver assistance system, of a motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: providing a first control unit, setting vehicle-specific operating parameters for the motor vehicle in the first control unit for its encoding, providing a second control unit and connecting in terms of signaling the second control unit to the first control unit, transmitting the encoding of the first control unit to the second control unit.

Method for producing a control system for a motor vehicle, and control system

A method and an apparatus for lane recognition for a vehicle that is equipped with an adaptive distance and speed control system are provided, the adaptive distance and speed controller having conveyed to it, using an object detection system, the relative speed of detected objects, a variable for determining the lateral offset of the detected objects with respect to the longitudinal vehicle axis, and the speed of the host vehicle. From the relative speed of the objects and the host-vehicle speed, a determination is made as to whether an object is oncoming, stationary, or moving in the same direction as the host vehicle. In combination with the calculated lateral offset of the detected object with respect to the longitudinal vehicle axis, the number of lanes present and the lane currently being traveled in by the host vehicle are determined.

Method and apparatus for lane recognition for a vehicle

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) system for motor vehicles is provided, the ACC system having a sensor system for acquiring data concerning a target object and the own (host) vehicle, an actuator system for controlling the longitudinal movement of the vehicle, and a controller that intervenes in the actuator system within certain intervention limits in order to maintain a defined, controlled target distance from the target object, and an output device for issuing a take-over request to the driver if the controlled target distance cannot be maintained. The ACC system further includes a prediction system for predicting a conflict situation in which the controlled target distance cannot be maintained, in which case the take-over request is initiated before the conflict situation actually occurs.

Adaptive cruise control system for motor vehicles

A method and a device for automatic triggering of deceleration of a vehicle for preventing a collision, which is accomplished by the fact that a variable, which represents a probability of collision with another vehicle, must exceed a predefinable threshold value, and the threshold value is variable as a function of the driver's response, the current driving situation, or the ambient situation. To determine the change in the threshold value, signals from a steering angle sensor, a brake pedal sensor, an accelerator pedal sensor, a device for determining the speed of the vehicle, a device for determining the uphill or downhill slope of the road, a device for determining the vehicle yaw rate, a device for determining the vehicle float angle or a device for detecting stationary and moving objects in the vicinity of the vehicle, in particular in the area in front of the vehicle, are analyzed.

Method and device for automatically triggering a vehicle deceleration

Method for lane keeping support in motor vehicles, in which a setpoint value for the lateral position of the vehicle is determined, the actual position of the vehicle in relation to the boundaries of the lane in which the host vehicle is traveling is detected by a sensor device and an output signal for the lane keeping support is calculated by a setpoint-actual comparison, wherein objects are tracked in at least one neighboring lane and a setpoint value for the lateral position is varied as a function of tracking data of these objects.

Method and device for lane keeping support in motor vehicles

In a method and a device for predicting movement trajectories of a vehicle to prevent or reduce the consequences of an imminent collision, in which for predicting the movement trajectories, only those trajectories are considered for which, because of a combination of steering intervention and braking intervention, the forces occurring at the wheels of the vehicle are within the range corresponding to the maximum force transferable from the wheel to the road. Particularly for systems which provide an automatic braking and/or steering intervention for avoiding a collision or reducing the severity of a crash with another object, an automatic braking and/or steering intervention is carried out as a function of the pre-calculated movement trajectories.

Method and device for predicting the travelling trajectories of a motor vehicle

A device for longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle, including a driver assistance system which outputs a brake request signal to a brake control unit. The driver assistance system is designed to output a brake request signal in the form of a distance signal which specifies the distance to be traveled by the vehicle within which the vehicle is to reach a predefinable target velocity. The brake control unit has a conversion unit for converting the distance signal into a brake operation signal.

Device for longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle by intervention in the brake system

In a method and a device for regulating the speed of a vehicle including an object detection system in the sense of an adaptive distance and speed control system, the adaptive distance and speed control system includes at least two operating modes. In the first operating mode, a vehicle speed between standstill and a limiting speed is set, and in the second operating mode, a vehicle speed between a limiting speed and a maximally regulable speed is set. In the first operating mode, in the absence of a speed-limiting object, the vehicle speed is increased beyond the limiting speed and thereafter is set to the limiting speed.

Method and device for regulating the speed of a vehicle

A sensor system on motor vehicles for locating objects in front of the vehicle, wherein at least two sensors, each having a locating depth of at least 50 m, are arranged in such a way on both sides of longitudinal center axis of the vehicle that their locating angular ranges together cover the entire vehicle width as of a first distance d, and overlap each other as of a second distance d

Sensor arrangement and method for regulating the distance of motor vehicles

The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for signalizing the controlled deactivation of an assistance system during operation of motor vehicles () which are steerable by a steering manipulation device (). The method is characterized in that the signalization takes place via a touch-sensitive signal generated in a controlled manner in the steering manipulation means (). For this purpose, the arrangement includes actuating means () which impresses a touch-sensitive signal on the steering manipulation device () with the signal being generated in a controlled manner.

Method and arrangement for signalizing a deactivation of a driver assistance system

Lane changing assistant for motor vehicles, controlling an automatic changing of the vehicle to a neighboring lane in response to a command by the driver as part of a lane keeping system of the motor vehicle and having an operating element that is movable in opposite directions out of a neutral position, wherein a sensor is assigned to the operating element for each adjustment direction and the sensor supplies a multi-valued output signal which corresponds to the operation of the operating element and determines the dynamics of the lane changing procedure.

Lane-change assistant for motor vehicles

To provide a device associated with at least one means of transport, in particular at least one motor vehicle, for the detection, in particular intuitive detection, of the operating and/or system states of at least one assistance/support system for the lateral guidance of the means of transport, in which the acceptance of the assistance/support system is increased, for example in such a way that the response of the system may be readily assessed at any time by the driver of the means of transport, at least one display element is provided for displaying the particular operating and/or system state.

Display device for an assistance or support system for transport means

A method and a device are described for detecting the contact between hands and a steering wheel, which assures that the driver of a vehicle has his hands on the steering wheel.

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