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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Peter Lacher, Gaimersheim, DE;
Tilman Armbruster, Ingolstadt, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle during an overtaking operation. The method includes determining vehicle data, which relate to a movement of the motor vehicle and determining an intention of the driver to overtake another vehicle using the vehicle data. The method further includes determining a position of the motor vehicle and providing environment data for the position of the motor vehicle. The environment data relate to stationary objects in an environment of the motor vehicle. The method further includes deriving a visual range from the environment data, and, only if the intention of the driver to overtake has been determined either projecting a warning onto a roadway region in the environment or illuminating an overtaking lane by a headlight of the motor vehicle, depending on the visual range.