Method for operating a motor vehicle assistance system and an assistance system

A method for operating an assistance system in a motor vehicle, comprising:

• visually detecting, via at least one detection device, a shoulder of a road that the motor vehicle has at least partially entered,
• processing, via a computing device, the detected shoulder of a road using machine learning to classify a type of shoulder, the shoulder type comprising:
• a critical shoulder characterized by a first friction coefficient indicative of potential vehicle instability requiring system intervention, and
• a non-critical shoulder characterized by a second friction coefficient indicative of stable vehicle operation, the second friction coefficient being higher than the first friction coefficient, and
• generating and transmitting a control signal for a functional unit of the assistance system if a critical shoulder type is detected.

A system for operating an assistance system in a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a computing device;
• a functional unit, operatively coupled to the electronic device;
• and
• at least one detection device configured to visually detect a shoulder of a road that the motor vehicle has at least partially entered,
• wherein the computing device is configured to process the detected shoulder of a road using machine learning to classify a type of shoulder, the shoulder type comprising:
• a critical shoulder characterized by a first friction coefficient indicative of potential vehicle instability requiring system intervention, and
• a non-critical shoulder characterized by a second friction coefficient indicative of stable vehicle operation, the second friction coefficient being higher than the first friction coefficient,
• wherein the computing device is configured to process the detected shoulder of the road to determine a road surface of the road, and wherein the computing device is configured to process the detected shoulder of the road to classify the type of shoulder utilizing the road surface,
• and wherein the computing device is configured to generate and transmit a control signal for the functional unit if a non-critical shoulder type is detected.