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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2021
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Dirk De Bruin, Allershausen, DE;
Sebastian Gruenwedel, Ulm, DE;
Christine Kock, Friesing, DE;
Pascal Minnerup, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Daniel Niehues, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Sebastian Rauch, Eisenhofen, DE;
Markus Schurius, Munich, DE;
Bernd Spanfelner, Ebersberg, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle includes the steps of: checking whether there is a motorway exit or roadworks on a first side of the vehicle; checking whether an environment sensor system of the vehicle detects a lane marking that bounds a lane of the vehicle on a second side, which is opposite the first side; if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the lane marking, operating a lane-keeping function of the driver assistance system; and if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system does not detect the lane marking, triggering a takeover request to a driver of the vehicle.