Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation

Hans-Peter Hank

Ashok Chandy

Scott Alan Millsap

Kevin L Derry

Mehdi Farid

Andreas Mueller

Michael Spielmann

Dirk Kaule

Kristian Vetter

Jens Schotte

Caroline Dannöhl

Thomas Barmeyer

Nico Kaempchen

Martin Froehlich

Manfred Paul

Daniel Simmermacher

Andreas Bogner

Norman Hauke

Sebastian Reuter

Lawrence Louis

Peter Honke

A driver assistance system is provided in a motor vehicle, which driver assistance system executes at least active transverse guidance interventions. The driver assistance system can be activated while decoupled from the activation of a longitudinal control system but can also be active both, with and without longitudinal control, and includes both a traffic jam assistance sub-function and a track guiding assistant sub-function. The two sub-functions can be jointly activated and deactivated by a single on-/off-button. The driver assistance system is characterized by a special combination of the sub-functions track guiding assistance and traffic jam assistance. They each take turns depending on the presence of conditions, which are defined differently for each sub-function.

Driver assistance system in a motor vehicle

An embodiment of a system of a vehicle includes a power steering system that operates as commanded by control commands, and a control module configured to receive a first control command. The control module is also configured to generate a range signal indicative of a range of command values based on a plurality of input signals, generate a second control command based on a subset of the plurality of input signals, determine whether the first control command is out of the range for longer than a predetermined duration of time, and send the second control command to the power steering system in response to determining the first control command is out of the range for longer than the predetermined duration of time.

Systematic abnormality detection in control commands for controlling power steering system

A method of mitigating abnormalities in a first control command for controlling a power steering system is provided. The method generates a range signal indicative of a range of command values based on a plurality of input signals. The method determines whether the first control command is out of the range for longer than a predetermined duration of time. The method limits the first control command to the range and sends the limited first control command to the power steering system in response to determining that the first control command is out of the range for shorter than or equal to the duration of time.

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Munich, Germany

Hans-Peter Hank