Method for operating an assistance system of an at least temporarily autonomously operable vehicle

An assistance system of an at least temporarily autonomously operable, comprising:

• a detection device comprising at least one sensor configured to detect an asleep and/or awake state of a vehicle occupant to generate takeover capability information that describes a takeover capability of the vehicle occupant to take over a vehicle guidance function;
• an influencing device comprising at least one of an optical, haptic, acoustic, and/or thermal output device configured to influence the asleep and/or awake state of the vehicle occupant;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• receive the takeover capability information from the detection device;
• at least one of detect, receive, and/or generate at least one item of destination arrival information that influences a route and/or a travel time of the vehicle to arrive at a defined destination, wherein the route includes at least one sleep phase, at least one awake phase, and at least one wake-up phase transitioning from the sleep phase to the awake phase to the route in sections;
• control the influencing device to at least temporarily influence the asleep and/or awake state of the vehicle occupant by the influencing device during the at least one sleep phase, such that there is a defined minimum takeover capability of the vehicle occupant during the at least one sleep phase to transfer the vehicle guidance function to the vehicle occupant and the vehicle occupant remains neither in an awake state nor in a deep-sleep state;
• and
• control the influencing device to at least temporarily influence the asleep and/or awake state of the vehicle occupant during the at least one sleep phase by accounting for vehicle-occupant-specific information, wherein the vehicle-occupant-specific information comprises historical, asleep- and/or awake-state information of the vehicle occupant.