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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;

Inventors:

Arne Bartels, Wolfsburg, DE;

Timo Klingemann, Sassenburg, DE;

Thomas Kolms, Wasbüttel, DE;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0018 (2020.02); B60W 30/18109 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02);
Abstract

Technologies and techniques for operating an assistance system of a motor vehicle for providing a shoulder function. Under a first condition, a motor vehicle is detected on a shoulder of a roadway via at least one detecting apparatus in accordance with at least one predetermined first criterion. Under a second condition, a steering behavior of a driver of the motor vehicle is determined in accordance with a second criterion, where a shoulder function is executed in accordance with which an automatic driving intervention. Under a third condition, an obstacle ahead of the motor vehicle in the direction of travel is detected by the at least one detecting apparatus in accordance with a specified third criterion, where a control signal influencing the execution of the shoulder function is output.


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