Route guidance assistance by moment support at the steering wheel
AssigneeContinental Teves AG & Co. oHG
InventorsUlrich Stählin, Mattias Strauss
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Abstract
A device and a method for route guidance assistance in a vehicle that is connected to a navigation system. In order to make it easier for the driver to follow a route calculated by a navigation system, an assisting device is provided for route guidance. The assisting device includes a control unit for generating a control signal for haptic feedback to the driver of the vehicle. As haptic feedback, the control unit can output an additional moment on the steering system of the vehicle, for example, the additional moment being negative when the vehicle departs from the travel route while being positive when the vehicle follows the calculated direction of the navigation route.
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An assisting device for route guidance of a vehicle connected to a navigation system, the assisting device comprising:
- a control unit for generating a control signal for a haptic feedback to a driver of the vehicle, the haptic feedback indicating navigation directions to the driver based on a route calculated by the navigation system and a steering input by the driver,
- wherein the haptic feedback aids the steering input of the driver by:
- adding a negative moment to the steering when the vehicle is departing from the calculated route, such that the driver is required to increase the steering input to maintain driving on the departed route, and
- adding a positive moment to the steering in a direction of the calculated route to facilitate steering of the vehicle on the calculated route.
An assisting method for route guidance of a vehicle connected to a navigation system, the assisting method comprising generating a control signal for a haptic feedback to a driver of the vehicle, the haptic feedback indicating navigation directions to the driver based on a travel route calculated by the navigation system and a steering input by the driver,
- wherein the haptic feedback aids the steering input of the driver by:
- adding a negative moment to the steering when the vehicle is departing from the calculated route, such that the driver is required to increase the steering input to maintain driving on the departed route, and
- adding a positive moment to the steering in a direction of the calculated route to facilitate steering of the vehicle on the calculated route.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program element is stored, which, if implemented on a processor, instructs a processor to generate a control signal for a haptic feedback to a driver of the vehicle, the haptic feedback indicating navigation directions to the driver based on a route calculated by a navigation system of the vehicle and a steering input by the driver,
- wherein the haptic feedback aids the steering input of the driver by:
- adding a negative moment to the steering when the vehicle is departing from the calculated route, such that the driver is required to increase the steering input to maintain driving on the departed route, and
- adding a positive moment to the steering in a direction of the calculated route to facilitate steering of the vehicle on the calculated route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.