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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 2540/227 (2020.02); B60W 2552/05 (2020.02); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02);
Abstract
A driver assistance system has an emergency stopping function for a motor vehicle. The driver assistance system is designed to perform an automated lane change from a first lane to a second lane when the emergency stopping function is triggered. The driver assistance system is further designed to determine at least one road characteristic and/or at least one vehicle interior characteristic and, based on the determined at least one road characteristic and/or the vehicle interior characteristic, to decide whether to execute the lane change.