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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2022
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Hendrik Gronau, Ingolstadt, DE;
Jörg Michael, Ingolstadt, DE;
Christoph Schmutz, Großmehring-Demling, DE;
Thorsten Schrader, Ingolstadt, DE;
Werner Wilding, Gungolding, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a motor vehicle, wherein input data concerning the motor vehicle and/or surroundings and/or a user of the motor vehicle are ascertained, wherein at least one trigger condition dependent on the input data is evaluated, wherein, in the event of the respective trigger condition being met, an indication of an activatable vehicle function () associated with the respective trigger condition is output to the user, following which, after detection of a predefined control action performed by the user, this vehicle function is activated immediately or after an additional condition has been met.