Method and Device for the Automated Adjustment of the Driving Speed of a Motor Vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorPatrick SAUERMANN
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Abstract
A device for the automated longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle is described. The device is configured to cause the motor vehicle to have a driving speed during convoy travel that is equal to or less than a convoy travel maximum speed. The device is also configured to detect a transition of the motor vehicle from convoy travel to free travel and, in response to the detection, to cause the driving speed of the motor vehicle to be reduced, during the transition from convoy travel to free travel, to a driving speed equal to or less than a free travel maximum speed, the free travel maximum speed being less than the convoy travel maximum speed.
Claims20
A device for automated longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle;
- wherein the device is configured to:
- cause the motor vehicle to have a driving speed during convoy travel that is equal to or less than a convoy travel maximum speed, wherein the motor vehicle during convoy travel has a leading vehicle traveling in front within a convoy travel distance range ahead;
- detect a transition of the motor vehicle from convoy travel to free travel, wherein the motor vehicle during free travel has no leading vehicle traveling in front within the convoy travel distance range ahead;
- and
- cause, in response to detecting the transition from convoy travel to free travel, the driving speed of the motor vehicle to be reduced, during the transition from convoy travel to free travel, to a driving speed equal to or less than a free travel maximum speed, the free travel maximum speed being less than the convoy travel maximum speed.
A method for automated longitudinal guidance a motor vehicle, wherein the method comprises:
- causing the motor vehicle to have a driving speed during convoy travel that is equal to or less than a convoy travel maximum speed, wherein the motor vehicle during convoy travel has a leading vehicle traveling in front within a convoy travel distance range ahead;
- detecting a transition of the motor vehicle from convoy travel to free travel, wherein the motor vehicle during free travel has no leading vehicle traveling in front within the convoy travel distance range ahead;
- and
- causing, in response to the detection, the driving speed of the motor vehicle to be reduced, during the transition from convoy travel to free travel, to a driving speed equal to or less than a free travel maximum speed, the free travel maximum speed being less than the convoy travel maximum speed.
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