Turning Assistant for a Vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGoekhan APAK
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method controls a first vehicle in respect of an oncoming second vehicle. The method determines a turning situation of the first vehicle, in which an expected first trajectory of the first vehicle crosses an expected second trajectory of the second vehicle, and controls the first vehicle in such a way that, during the turning situation, a predetermined distance between the vehicles is maintained. The control includes an influencing of the direction of travel of the first vehicle.
Claims14
-13. (canceled)
A method for controlling a first vehicle with respect to an oncoming second vehicle, the method comprising steps of:
- determining a turning situation of the first vehicle, in which an expected first trajectory of the first vehicle crosses an expected second trajectory of the second vehicle;
- controlling the first vehicle in such a way that a predetermined distance between the first and second vehicles is maintained during the turning situation;
- wherein
- the controlling comprises influencing a travel direction of the first vehicle.
A device for controlling a first vehicle with respect to an oncoming second vehicle, comprising:
- a first unit for determining an expected first trajectory of the first vehicle;
- a second unit for determining an expected second trajectory of the second vehicle;
- a processing unit, which is configured to determine a turning situation, in which the determined expected first trajectory crosses the determined expected second trajectory;
- an interface for connection to a unit for influencing a travel direction of the first vehicle;
- wherein the processing unit is configured to influence the travel direction of the first vehicle so that, that during the turning situation, a predetermined distance between the first and second vehicles is maintained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.