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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Marius Spika, Braunschweig, DE;
Theodor Heinze, Helmstedt, DE;
Jan Sonnenberg, Didderse, DE;
Hannes Wendland, Wolfsburg, DE;
Roland Penner, Wolfsburg, DE;
Jan Bickerdt, Braunschweig, DE;
Carsten Semmler, Cremlingen, DE;
Julia Drüke, Braunschweig, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
Assisting a driver in a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has an environment sensor system for acquiring environment data of an environment surrounding the vehicle and a controller for determining a current traffic status from the acquired environment data. A current overtaking maneuver status is determined, wherein each overtaking maneuver status includes one of a plurality of successive situations during an overtaking maneuver, making available at least one assistance information item on the basis of the determined current traffic status, wherein the assistance information is made available in accordance with the determined current overtaking maneuver status, and outputting the assistance information which is made available.