Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Thomas Velten

Robert Knorrn

Tamas Fendler

Walter Kagerer

Thomas Goldmann

Thomas Burtsche

Rainer Schillinger

Matthias Fischer

Patrick Sauermann

A control unit for a vehicle is configured to determine, during an approaching manoeuvre of a distance controller and/or cruise controller of the vehicle towards a vehicle in front, whether or not the vehicle will overtake or can overtake the vehicle in front during the approaching manoeuvre. Furthermore, during the approaching manoeuvre, the control unit is configured to adjust a behaviour of the cruise controller and/or adaptive cruise controller of the vehicle on the basis of the above determination.

Method and control unit for operating an adaptive cruise controller

A driving system for at least automated longitudinal guidance for a motor vehicle is designed to determine or receive a virtual acceleration for the motor vehicle, to determine, for each of at least two further road users in the environment of the motor vehicle, the duration until a virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the road user in question, in each case at least in dependence on the virtual acceleration of the motor vehicle, to select one of the at least two further road users as a target object in dependence on the respective durations until a virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the respective road users, which durations were determined for the at least two further road users, and to determine the longitudinal guidance for the motor vehicle in dependence on the road user selected as the control object.

Selection of a target object for at least automated guidance of a motor vehicle

A driver assistance system is configured to determine or receive a setpoint value for a control variable of the motor vehicle, to determine or receive an actual value for the control variable of the motor vehicle, to determine a correction value for reducing a deviation between the setpoint value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable depending on the deviation between the setpoint value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable, to compare the correction value with a first threshold value, and at least to limit a future change in the setpoint value for the control variable which increases the deviation between the target value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable depending on the comparison of the correction value with the first threshold value.

Limiting a target value for a control variable of a driver assistance system

A method is provided for resuming the movement of a motor vehicle after unforeseen stopping in an automated parking process performed by a parking assistance system having automated longitudinal and transverse guidance. If the vehicle is stopped, a decision is made about a resumption of movement of the vehicle in the prior direction of travel that existed before the vehicle was stopped. The decision is made in dependence on the remaining travel path from the current position to the next planned stopping point of the trajectory lying in the prior direction of travel. A stopping point of the trajectory can be a reversal point or the final parking position, for example. If the decision is positive, the movement of the vehicle is resumed in the prior direction of travel. If the decision is negative, the movement of the vehicle is resumed against the prior direction of travel. Alternatively, in the case of a negative decision, the movement of the vehicle may not be resumed and the parking process may be ended.

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Thomas Velten