Method for preparing and/or performing a steering intervention that assists the driver of a vehicle

A device configured to for preparing and/or performing a steering intervention that assists a driver of a vehicle, comprising:

• a detector configured to detect a traffic-influencing object and to continuously recording object information;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• based on an available time, until a countersteering intervention is necessary before the object is reached, falling below a first threshold value, and no steering intervention being performed by the driver, pilot controlling at least one actuator that influences the trajectory, so that a steering pretorque is applied, which makes it difficult to reduce a lateral distance to the object;
• and
• based on the available time additionally falling below a second threshold value, triggering the at least one actuator, so that a steering torque is applied which increases the lateral distance.

A vehicle, comprising:

• a device configured to for preparing and/or performing a steering intervention that assists a driver of the vehicle, including:
• a detector configured to detect a traffic-influencing object and to continuously recording object information;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• based on an available time, until a countersteering intervention is necessary before the object is reached, falling below a first threshold value, and no steering intervention being performed by the driver, pilot controlling at least one actuator that influences the trajectory, so that a steering pretorque is applied, which makes it difficult to reduce a lateral distance to the object;
• and
• based on the available time additionally falling below a second threshold value, triggering the at least one actuator, so that a steering torque is applied which increases the lateral distance.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program including program code for preparing and/or performing a steering intervention that assists a driver of a vehicle, the program code, when executed by computer, causing the computer to perform the following steps:

• detecting a traffic-influencing object and continuously recording object information;
• determining, based on the object information, whether the object is tangential to a current trajectory of the vehicle;
• based on determining that the object is tangential to the current trajectory of the vehicle, monitoring a predicted time available until a countersteering intervention is necessary before the object is reached;
• based on the available time falling below a first threshold value, checking whether the driver performs a countersteering intervention;
• based on determining that no steering intervention is performed by the driver, pilot controlling at least one actuator that influences the trajectory, so that a steering pretorque is applied, which makes it difficult to reduce a lateral distance to the object;
• and
• based on the available time additionally falling below a second threshold value, triggering the at least one actuator, so that a steering torque is applied which increases the lateral distance.