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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2019
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Guido Meier-Arendt, Schwalbach a. Ts., DE;
Heidi Von Bychowski, Schwalbach a. Ts., DE;
Katrin Wenzel, Schwalbach a. Ts., DE;
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a driver assistance system in a vehicle including operating the vehicle at an at least partially automated autonomy level by the driver assistance system, providing at least one acoustic transducer, wherein the at least one acoustic transducer is arranged in an interior of the vehicle, registering, by an evaluation unit, whether a vehicle occupant is present, transmitting an acoustic signal through the acoustic transducer, wherein the acoustic signal has a sound power, wherein the sound power is adjusted by the acoustic transducer, wherein the adjustment of the sound power by the acoustic transducer takes place depending on the presence of a vehicle occupant.