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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1998
Helmut Gimmler, Schwaikheim, DE;
Andreas Heidinger, Winterbach, DE;
Klaus-Peter Kuhn, Plüderhausen, DE;
Jochen Strenkert, Stuttgart, DE;
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for driver-behavior-adaptive control of a variably adjustable motor vehicle accessory. One or more parameters indicative of driver behavior are sensed and a pertinent driver behavior is ascertained therefrom. Accessory adjustment is performed variably as a function of the driver behavior that was ascertained. The driver behavior is ascertained in terms of a long-term driving manner component, and a short-term dynamic demand component and/or a steady-speed request component. Accessory adjustment is performed, if a short-term dynamic demand exists, in accordance with an adjustment characteristic having a dynamic level corresponding at least to that dynamic demand. When a constant-speed request exists, accessory adjustment is performed in accordance with a relevant low-dynamic adjustment characteristic. Otherwise, accessory adjustment is performed in accordance with an adjustment characteristic determined by the long-term driving manner component.