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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Markus Koehler, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Michael Scherl, Bietigheim, DE;
Matthias Haug, Pleidelsheim, DE;
Uwe Zimmermann, Remseck, DE;
Markus Koehler, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Michael Scherl, Bietigheim, DE;
Matthias Haug, Pleidelsheim, DE;
Uwe Zimmermann, Remseck, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A device for approving automatic guidance of a vehicle, having an interface to a monitoring apparatus for at least partially monitoring a vehicle driver located in the vehicle, having an interface to an apparatus for automatically guiding the vehicle and for ascertaining a travel direction of the vehicle when automatic guidance is to be performed, and having an analysis unit for comparing a field of vision of the driver, which is determined from the monitoring of the driver, to the travel direction of the vehicle during the automatic guidance, automatic guidance only being approved if the travel direction of the vehicle during the automatic guidance is in the field of vision of the driver.