Device and method for interacting between a vehicle capable of being driven in an at least partially automated manner and a vehicle user

An operating method for an interaction between a vehicle and a user of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is capable of being driven in an at least partially automated manner with an operating element that is capable of being operated by the user of the vehicle for influencing at least lateral guidance of the vehicle, the method comprising:

• controlling a wheel-setting angle and/or a driving torque or braking torque on at least one wheel of the vehicle in response to one or more operating actions of the user on the operating element or in a manner depending on a control unit for controlling at least partially automated driving,
• executing at least one movement of the vehicle, depending on a change in a degree of haptic contact between the user of the vehicle and the operating element, on the basis of the one or more operating actions of the user and/or on the basis of the data from the control unit for controlling the at least partially automated driving,
• evaluating one or more first operating actions of the user in a first time-interval,
• performing a comparison of a first movement of the vehicle that would result on the basis of the one or more first operating actions of the user with a second movement of the vehicle that would result on the basis of a movement preset from the control unit for controlling at least partially automated driving, and
• bringing about at least one of the first movement of the vehicle or the second movement of the vehicle in a second time-interval which differs from the first time-interval based on a result of the comparison.

A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code which, when executed in a computational unit,

• controls a wheel-setting angle and/or a driving torque or braking torque on at least one wheel of the vehicle in response to one or more operating actions of the user on the operating element or in a manner depending on a control unit for controlling at least partially automated driving,
• executes at least one movement of the vehicle, depending on a change in a degree of haptic contact between the user of the vehicle and the operating element, on the basis of the one or more operating actions of the user and/or on the basis of the data from the control unit for controlling the at least partially automated driving,
• evaluates one or more first operating actions of the user in a first time-interval,
• performs a comparison of a first movement of the vehicle that would result on the basis of the one or more first operating actions of the user with a second movement of the vehicle that would result on the basis of a movement preset from the control unit for controlling at least partially automated driving, and
• brings about at least one of the first movement of the vehicle or the second movement of the vehicle in a second time-interval which differs from the first time-interval based on a result of the comparison.