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US 2011/0254675 A1Published application
Control unit and method for automatically guiding a vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMarkus Koehler, Michael Scherl, Matthias Haug, Uwe Zimmermann
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Abstract
A control unit for automatically guiding a vehicle, in particular during a parking procedure, has an interface to a monitoring unit of a brake operating unit of the vehicle to ascertain a braking readiness of the driver in such a way that automatic guiding of the vehicle is interrupted if a braking readiness of a driver is not detected.
Claims10
1-9. (canceled)
A control system for automatically guiding a vehicle during a parking procedure, comprising:
- a monitoring unit configured to monitor a brake pedal of the vehicle to ascertain a braking readiness of the driver of the vehicle;
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- a main control unit having an interface to the monitoring unit and controlling the automatic guiding of the vehicle, wherein the automatic guiding of the vehicle is interrupted if the braking readiness of a driver is not detected by the monitoring unit.
A parking system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a surroundings detection unit for ascertaining a parking space;
- a path measuring device for determining a position of the vehicle in relation to the parking space;
- a monitoring unit configured to monitor a brake pedal of the vehicle to ascertain a braking readiness of the driver of the vehicle, wherein the braking readiness is detected when one of (i) the brake pedal of the vehicle is contacted by a foot of the driver, or (ii) the foot of the driver is located in a predefined spatial area near the brake pedal;
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- a control unit having an interface to the monitoring unit and providing automatic guidance of the vehicle during a parking procedure, wherein the automatic guidance of the vehicle is interrupted if the braking readiness of a driver is not detected by the monitoring unit.
2 more elements
A method for automatically guiding a vehicle during a parking procedure, comprising:
- monitoring a brake operating unit of the vehicle to ascertain a braking readiness of the driver, wherein the braking readiness is detected when one of (i) the brake pedal of the vehicle is contacted by a foot of the driver, or (ii) the foot of the driver is located in a predefined spatial area near the brake pedal;
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- interrupting the automatic guiding of the vehicle if the braking readiness of the driver is not detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.