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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Simon Ulbrich, Braunschweig, DE;
Simon Großjohann, Wolfsburg, DE;
Christian Appelt, Gifhorn, DE;
Kai Homeier, Hannover, DE;
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a control device for the autonomous guidance of a motor vehicle, wherein a nominal speed is predetermined as a driving speed to be set by the control device and another vehicle driving in front more slowly than the nominal speed is detected by a detection device of the control device, wherein a speed difference of a driving speed of the other vehicle with respect to the nominal speed is greater than zero but smaller than a predetermined maximum value. In this case, an accumulator value is set to a starting value and a current speed value of the speed difference is detected and depending on the speed value, an advantage value is formed and the advantage value is added to the accumulator value. If the accumulator value meets a predetermined overtaking criterion, an overtaking signal is generated for allowing an overtaking maneuver.