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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Inventors:

Till Nattermann, Krefeld, DE;

Christian Wissing, Wesel, DE;

Manuel Schmidt, Dortmund, DE;

Andreas Homann, Dortmund, DE;

Christian Lienke, Gelsenkirchen, DE;

Niklas Stannartz, Dortmund, DE;

Torsten Bertram, Düsseldorf, DE;

Assignee:

ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining a lane change for a driver assistance system () of a vehicle (), which method comprises calculating () a probability that other vehicles () are driving at a higher speed in a lane (L) which is adjacent to a current lane (L) of the vehicle (), applying () a hysteresis to the calculated probability based on a driving parameter dependent on a last lane change, and issuing () a command to change lanes depending on the probability. The invention further relates to a driver assistance system and a vehicle which can carry out such a method.


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