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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Sascha Bauer, Berlin, DE;
Sönke Freter, Berlin, DE;
Stephan Max, Gifhorn, DE;
Kristian Weiß, Berlin, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AG, , DE;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for transitioning a motor vehicle from a manual operating mode to an automated or assisting operating mode for driving along a saved trajectory including a memory, in which the trajectory and a tolerance region of the trajectory are saved; a mechanism for ascertaining the location of the motor vehicle relative to the saved trajectory; and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured so that, if a predetermined criterion is met, a transition trajectory from a current instantaneous position to the saved trajectory is calculated and a steering torque is generated that steers the motor vehicle in the direction of the calculated transition trajectory, wherein the at least one criterion is a distance threshold value with respect to the saved trajectory, wherein the distance threshold value is selected so it is outside the tolerance region.