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AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWalter Kagerer, Andreas Lechner, Christoph Hellfritsch
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A longitudinal control system is provided for a motor vehicle equipped with a sensor system for detecting a traffic event lying ahead, in particular in order to locate vehicles traveling ahead, and a control unit for automatically controlling the speed or the acceleration of the motor vehicle to a standstill on the basis of the traffic event lying ahead. An automatic drive-off is allowed without a driver confirmation within a specified time interval after reaching the standstill, and after the time interval has expired, an automatic start-up is allowed after a start-up confirmation is triggered by the driver. A start-up confirmation is triggered if a contacted state of the steering wheel is detected starting from a non-contacted state of the steering wheel.
A method of using a longitudinal control system for a motor vehicle having a sensor system that detects a traffic event lying ahead and having a control unit that automatically controls a speed or acceleration of the motor vehicle to a standstill state and out of the standstill state based on the traffic event lying ahead, the method comprising the acts of:
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