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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Andro Kleen, Braunschweig, DE;
Helge Schaefer, Braunschweig, DE;
Daniel Ricknäs, Stockholm, SE;
Johannes Rhede, Berlin, DE;
Marc-Michael Meinecke, Sassenburg, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/17 (2012.01); B60K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 31/0008 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/17 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60K 2031/0033 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1084 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2550/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal guidance. The method involves detecting a guide vehicle, the guide vehicle being a vehicle travelling directly in front of the vehicle; determining a current state from at least two states which describe a current reaction of the vehicle to the guide vehicle; and displaying the current state in animated form on a display.