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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Patrick Pascheka, En Den Haag, NL;
Sandra Kleinau, Rötgesbüttel, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/165 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18154 (2013.01); B60W 30/165 (2013.01); B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60W 30/18145 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); G08G 1/09623 (2013.01); G08G 1/09626 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096783 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60W 2550/22 (2013.01); B60W 2550/306 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for accelerating a vehicle in the case of a line start at a traffic light system can include determining a likelihood of a predefined vehicle being able to pass through the traffic light system during a current or imminent green phase, accelerating the vehicle in accordance with a signal from an electronic towbar system if the likelihood is higher than a predefined threshold value, and accelerating the vehicle to a lesser extent if the likelihood is lower than the predefined threshold value.