Method and device for carrying out a distance or speed-regulating function for a single-track motor vehicle

A a single-track motor vehicle that is programmed with program code to execute a method, the method comprising:

• continually performing, by the single-track motor vehicle, surroundings monitoring in which the single-track motor vehicle:
• obtains output from one or more environmental sensors;
• and
• determines, based on the output, whether or not the single-track motor vehicle is in a danger state in which the single-track motor vehicle is characterized as being in danger of collision;
• in response to a first manual actuation, by a driver of the single-track motor vehicle, of a mechanical interface to a wheel brake of the single-track motor vehicle while a distance-regulating or speed-regulating function of the single-track motor vehicle is active:
• comparing, in a first comparison, an intensity of the first manual actuation to each of a first intensity threshold and a second intensity threshold, the second intensity threshold being higher than the first intensity threshold;
• and
• in response to satisfaction of a first predefined programmed condition, of executed program code, that (a) a result of the first comparison is that the intensity of the first manual actuation is above the first intensity threshold and below the second intensity threshold, and (b) a result of the determination of the surroundings monitoring is that the single-track motor vehicle is in the danger state at a time when the first manual actuation occurs:
• temporarily interrupting the distance-regulating or speed-regulating function to execute an automatic emergency braking of the wheel brake;
• and
• upon completing the automatic emergency braking of the wheel brake, automatically resuming the temporarily interrupted distance-regulating or speed-regulating function according to settings of the distance-regulating or speed-regulating function that were active when the interrupting was performed without a new activation of the distance-regulating or speed-regulating function by the driver;
• and
• in response to a second manual actuation, by the driver of the single-track motor vehicle, of the mechanical interface to the wheel brake of the single-track motor vehicle while the resumed distance-regulating or speed-regulating function of the single-track motor vehicle is active:
• comparing, in a second comparison, an intensity of the second manual actuation to at least the second intensity threshold;
• and
• in response to satisfaction of a second predefined programmed condition, of the executed program code, that a result of the second comparison is that the intensity of the first manual actuation is above the second intensity threshold, cancelling the active distance-regulating or speed-regulating function, so that resumption of the active distance-regulating or speed-regulating function requires a manual reactivation of the active distance-regulating or speed-regulating function.