Volkswagen Ag

Ralf Bergholz

Hubert Weisser

Bernd Rech

Lennart Bendewald

Ralph Mende

Christoph Wäller

Stefan Schulz

Ernst Lissel

Peter Andreas

Thomas Ruchatz

Klaus Timm

Michael Daginnus

Yongmei Wu

Arnold Ensslen

Gabriel Schwab

Katja Lemke

Thorsten Bohnenberger

Rudolf Mai

Thomas Zielke

André Zander

Jörg Lilienthal

Karl Rox

Christoph Wāller

Franciscus Van Meel

Thomas Ruchartz

Arnold Dipl-Ing Ensslen

The vehicle system, controlled by control inputs, provides functionalities in the motor vehicle () and has an interface () for acquiring the control inputs and outputting data as well as a control device () for controlling the functionalities in accordance with the acquired control inputs. A storage medium () on which instructions explaining the functionalities and/or operation are stored is linked to the control device (). The control device () is designed to retrieve instructions from the storage medium () and output the same as part of the instructions via the interface (). The vehicle system (') can be operated in an assistance mode in which the user inputs are interpreted and evaluated as control inputs for the functionalities while instructions explaining the respective activated functionality and/or other operational options are additionally output at the same time.

Vehicle system comprising an assistance functionality

A method for spacing control for a vehicle in which an intended vehicle spacing from a vehicle in front is determined as a function of at least the current vehicle speed by an arrangement for calculating the intended spacing. In order to increase the acceptability of the spacing control method by a vehicle driver, the control arrangement has a transfer function which is adaptable to an individual driving characteristic of the vehicle driver.

Method for spacing control for a vehicle

An autonomous vehicle and method for controlling it includes an input unit to receive one or more travel orders, a route planning unit containing at least one position finding device and digital street map, a vehicle path generating a unit, an array of sensors including at least one range sensor for detecting objects and at least one range sensor for detecting the condition features of the route, a collision avoidance unit, a vehicle condition data recognition unit, a vehicle control unit and a unit for controlling the vehicle actuator system based on the signals generated by the vehicle control unit, wherein the array of sensors includes at least two essentially horizontally directed range sensors at the front of the vehicle, at least one range sensor at the rear area of the vehicle, at least one trackable range sensor on the roof of the vehicle and directed at the roadway, ultrasonic sensors and/or microwave radar sensors arranged on each side of the vehicle, and at least one camera located in each of the front and rear areas of the vehicle.

Autonomous vehicle arrangement and method for controlling an autonomous

A method and arrangement for emergency braking of a vehicle includes a detection system on the vehicle which detects obstacles located in or near the direction of motion of the vehicle and generates corresponding data, sensors on the vehicle which generate data representing characteristic parameters of the condition of the vehicle, and an evaluating unit which determines, from the data on the obstacles and the parameters of the condition of the vehicle, target values for controlling the motion of the vehicle and, only upon determining that an impending collision of the vehicle with an obstacle is no longer avoidable by any action on the vehicle by steering or braking, triggers an automatic emergency braking for rapid deceleration of the vehicle.

Automatic emergency braking method and arrangement

A headrest for a motor vehicle seat has pivoted lateral headrest elements which can be turned into a use position from a storage position is a headrest body. In order to comply with safety standards regarding support and freedom of vision and to satisfy multifunctional headrest requirements, the lateral headrest elements are integrated in the headrest body surface contour in the storage position and can be swung or pivoted out of the headrest body contour by a swinging or pivoting movement.

Headrest arrangement for a motor vehicle seat

A method is disclosed for arranging or adapting a fuzzy controller or of a system of interlinked fuzzy controllers having at least two input variables and an output variable which controller or system has input membership functions with which truth values of linguistic values for the input variables are determined, and has a control mechanism in which truth values for the output variable are determined from the truth values for the input variable and has output membership functions with which the values of the output variable are determined from the truth values for the output variable. Pursuant to the method, value ranges are defined for the input variables and a number of classes are determined over the value ranges. Subsequently, in a learning phase, value combinations of the input variables and of the output variable are recorded data set by data set. The defined classes are altered, removed and/or new classes are generated as a function of the registered value combinations. Following the completion of the class adaptation, adapted membership functions and the rules of the fuzzy controller are set up on the basis of the newly formed classes.

Method for arranging a fuzzy controller or a system of interlinked fuzzy

The specification discloses a method for spacing control for a motor vehicle, in which the current driving speed of the motor vehicle and the current spacing of the vehicle from an object in front of the vehicle are determined by sensor devices, and a spacing-dependent required acceleration is produced from the detected variables. For this purpose, a speed-dependent required acceleration is determined from a desired speed which is manually predetermined by the vehicle driver, and is compared with the spacing-dependent required acceleration. A manipulated variable for the driving engine and/or the braking system of the motor vehicle is then generated as a function of the required acceleration.

Method for spacing control for a motor vehicle

A system for recognizing authorization of a person to use a vehicle includes an optical-electronic image processor arranged to identify an authorized user of the vehicle by recognizing a distinctive physical feature of the user. The image processor provides an output signal which controls locking functions relating to operation of the vehicle based on a comparison of detected information with stored information relating to distinctive individual features of authorized users so that only authorized persons are enabled to use the vehicle.

System for recognizing authorization to use a vehicle

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Braunschweig, Germany

Ralf Bergholz