# US 2008/0186154 A1 · Method and Device for Driver Support > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0186154 A1 - Document ID: US20080186154A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/664,377 - Filed: 2005-08-19 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2004-10-01 - Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH - Inventors: Karsten Haug - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080186154A1 ## CPC - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - B62D 15/029: {Steering assistants using warnings or proposing actions to the driver without influencing the steering system} - B60T 2220/02: Driver type; Driving style; Driver adaptive features - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60T: VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicle, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES ## Abstract A method and a device for driver support are proposed in which the warning signal produced upon departure from the lane is dependent on the lane used and/or is dependent on the side at which the departure takes place and/or is dependent on the driver's behavior. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-10. (canceled) ### Claim 11 A method for support of a driver of a vehicle, comprising: producing a warning signal when the vehicle departs from a current lane or threatens to depart from the current lane; wherein the producing of the warning signal is a function of at least one of: i) a lane that the vehicle is using, ii) a side of the lane that the vehicle is using, and iii) a behavior or driving style of the driver. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising: specifying a distance value, the warning signal being produced upon an exceeding of a specified distance value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the distance value is one of geometrical or temporal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the distance value is a lateral distance to a lane edge marking. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the distance value is a time until crossing of a roadway edge marking. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method as recited in claim 13, wherein a distance value is specified for at least one of: i) each lane of a multi-lane roadway in one direction of travel, and ii) each lane edge (left, right). ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the distance value is specified as a function of a danger potential. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the distance value is a function of a speed of the vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the distance value is a driver-specific distance value, the driver-specific distance value being defined as a function of the driver's behavior or driving style. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the distance value is a driver-specific distance value, the driver-specific distance value being modified in the context of a learning process. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the distance value is a driver-specific distance value, the driver-specific distance value being a function of at least one of a speed of the vehicle, and a duration of travel. ### Claim 22 A device for support of a driver of a vehicle, comprising: a processing unit that produces a warning signal when the vehicle one of: i) departs from a lane, or ii) threatens to depart from a lane, wherein the processing unit is adapted in such a way that the warning signal is produced as a function of the at least one of: i) a lane being used, in the case of a multi-lane roadway in one direction, ii) a side of the lane, and iii) the driver's behavior or driver's driving style.