Device and method for controlling an automated driving function based on a frequency of a limitation of the automated driving function

A device for controlling a driving function for automated longitudinal guidance and/or lateral guidance of a vehicle, the device comprising:

• a processor, wherein the device is configured:
• to ascertain driving situation data for different driving situations during operation of the driving function in a vehicle for which a limitation of the automated longitudinal guidance and/or lateral guidance of the vehicle effected by the driving function has occurred,
• to identify, based on the driving situation data for the different driving situations, a first type of driving situations and a first location for and at which the limitation of the automated longitudinal guidance and/or lateral guidance of the vehicle effected by the driving function has occurred with a frequency that is equal to or greater than a frequency threshold value,
• to insert or update a map attribute for the first location in map data for a roadway network, wherein the map attribute indicates that the driving function is not operable or is operable only with the reduced degree of automation at the first location, and
• to cause the driving function to not be operated by outputting a takeover request to a driver of the vehicle, or to be operated only with a reduced degree of automation by the driver of the vehicle in a manual mode, during a driving situation of the first type at the first location.