Driving Assistance System and Method for Operating a Driving Assistance System

A driving assistance system for a vehicle, wherein the driving assistance system is configured to:

• capture one or more circumstances that provide one or more indications of a situation in which the vehicle is situated;
• capture a confirmation action performed by a vehicle occupant;
• and
• perform a driving assistance function on the basis of the captured one or more circumstances and on the basis of the captured confirmation action,
• wherein an influence of the captured confirmation action on a performance of the driving assistance function is weighted on a basis of a trustworthiness value which is assigned to the vehicle occupant and has been determined by the driving assistance system on the basis of confirmation actions performed by the vehicle occupant in various situations in the past.

A method for operating a driving assistance system of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• in a plurality of situations, in each case:
• capturing one or more circumstances that provide one or more indications of the respective situation in which the vehicle is situated;
• and
• capturing a confirmation action performed by a vehicle occupant;
• determining a trustworthiness value assigned to the vehicle occupant on the basis of the circumstances and confirmation actions captured in the plurality of situations;
• and
• in a further situation:
• capturing one or more circumstances that provide one or more indications of the situation in which the vehicle is situated;
• capturing a confirmation action performed by the vehicle occupant;
• and
• performing the driving assistance function on the basis of the one or more circumstances captured in the further situation and on the basis of the confirmation action captured in the further situation, wherein an influence of the confirmation action captured in the further situation on the performance of the driving assistance function is weighted on the basis of the trustworthiness value.

A computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform acts of:

• in a plurality of situations, in each case:
• receive one or more items of information providing one or more indications of the respective situation in which the vehicle is situated;
• and
• receive one or more items of information relating to a confirmation action performed by a vehicle occupant in the respective situation;
• determine a trustworthiness value assigned to the vehicle occupant on the basis of the information relating to the respective situations and the respectively performed confirmation actions that is received in the plurality of situations;
• and
• in a further situation:
• receive one or more items of information providing one or more indications of the situation in which the vehicle is situated;
• receive one or more items of information relating to a confirmation action performed by the vehicle occupant;
• and
• generate control signals for performing a driving assistance function on the basis of the information captured in the further situation, wherein an influence of the one or more items of information relating to the confirmation action that is captured in the further situation on the performance of the driving assistance function is weighted on the basis of the trustworthiness value.