Device and method for operating a vehicle which can be driven in an automated manner comprising a steering wheel which can be operated by the driver
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAlexander Augst
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Abstract
A device is provided for operating a vehicle which can be driven in an at least partly automated manner, having a steering wheel which can be operated by a driver and which is also designed to carry out a substantially manual driving mode for controlling at least the lateral control of the vehicle. The device has at least one first operating mode which differs from a substantially manual operating mode in that one or more operations initiated by the driver in a first time interval at the steering wheel are not carried out in the first time interval, but instead are carried out in a second time interval in accordance with a predetermined condition.
Claims18
A device for operating a vehicle which is drivable in at least partially automated fashion, having a steering handle which is actuatable by a driver, which device is also equipped to implement a substantially manual driving mode for control of at least the lateral guidance of the vehicle, wherein
- the device has at least one first operating mode which differs from a substantially manual operating mode in that one or more actuating actions imparted by the driver at the steering handle in a first time interval are implemented at least 1 second after an occurrence of the one or more actuating actions, and in a manner dependent on a predetermined condition, are implemented in a second time interval.
An operating method for operating a vehicle which is drivable in at least partially automated fashion, having a steering handle which can be actuated by a driver of the vehicle and which, in a substantially manual operating mode, serves for control at least of lateral guidance of the vehicle, wherein
- at least one first operating mode is initiated or implemented, wherein, in the first operating mode, the steering handle is at least partially decoupled from an influence on the lateral guidance of the vehicle, and wherein an actuating action by the driver in a first time interval is identified, which actuating action characterizes a specification for a variation at least of the lateral guidance of the vehicle, and wherein, in a second time interval beginning at least 1 second following the identification of the actuating action, at least one movement of the vehicle is implemented as a consequence of the identified actuating action, wherein the second time interval does not coincide with the first time interval.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code which, when executed on a processing unit, carries out a method for operating a vehicle which is drivable in at least partially automated fashion, the vehicle having a steering handle which can be actuated by a driver of the vehicle and which, in a substantially manual operating mode, serves for control at least of lateral guidance of the vehicle, wherein
- at least one first operating mode is initiated or implemented, wherein, in the first operating mode, the steering handle is at least partially decoupled from an influence on the lateral guidance of the vehicle, and wherein an actuating action by the driver in a first time interval is identified, which actuating action characterizes a specification for a variation at least of the lateral guidance of the vehicle, and wherein, in a second time interval beginning at least 1 second following the identification of the actuating action, at least one movement of the vehicle is implemented as a consequence of the identified actuating action, wherein the second time interval does not coincide with the first time interval.
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