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US 9,956,875 B2Granted
Method and device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal guidance
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndro Kleen, Helge Schaefer, Daniel Ricknäs, Johannes Rhede, Marc-Michael Meinecke
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Abstract
A method and a device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal guidance. The method involves detecting a guide vehicle, the guide vehicle being a vehicle travelling directly in front of the vehicle; determining a current state from at least two states which describe a current reaction of the vehicle to the guide vehicle; and displaying the current state in animated form on a display.
Claims7
A device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal control, the device comprising:
- a sensor;
- a control;
- and
- a display,
- wherein the sensor is configured to detect a guide vehicle, the guide vehicle is a vehicle driving directly in front of the vehicle, and the device is configured for determining, in dependence on outputs of the sensor, a current following state of at least two following states which indicates a current response of the vehicle to the guide vehicle and a relationship between the guide vehicle and the vehicle and for displaying the current following state distinguishably from other following states in animated form on the display,
- wherein the device displays the guide vehicle and the vehicle behind one another animated on the display and the vehicle is displayed in the form of a symbol which indicates the current following state of the vehicle, and
- wherein the device identifies an area directly adjoining the guide vehicle and lying in front of the symbol that represents the vehicle on the display as a safety area which marks a minimum distance from the guide vehicle to the vehicle driving automatically.
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A method for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal control, the method comprising:
- detecting a guide vehicle with sensors of the vehicle, the guide vehicle being a vehicle driving directly in front of the vehicle;
- determining, with a control located in the vehicle, a current following state of at least two following states which indicates a current response of the vehicle to the guide vehicle and a relationship between the guide vehicle and the vehicle;
- and
- displaying the current following state distinguishably from other following states in animated form on a display,
- wherein the device displays the guide vehicle and the vehicle behind one another animated on the display and the vehicle is displayed in the form of a symbol which indicates the current following state of the vehicle, and
- wherein the device identifies an area directly adjoining the guide vehicle and lying in front of the symbol that represents the vehicle on the display as a safety area which marks a minimum distance from the guide vehicle to the vehicle driving automatically.
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A device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal control, the device comprising:
- a sensor;
- a control;
- and
- a display,
- wherein the sensor is configured to detect a guide vehicle, the guide vehicle is a vehicle driving directly in front of the vehicle, and the device is configured for determining, in dependence on outputs of the sensor, a current following state of at least two following states which indicates a current response of the vehicle to the guide vehicle and a relationship between the guide vehicle and the vehicle and for displaying the current following state distinguishably from other following states in animated form on the display,
- wherein the device displays the guide vehicle and the vehicle behind one another animated on the display and the vehicle is displayed in the form of a symbol which indicates the current following state of the vehicle,
- wherein the sensor determines a distance between the guide vehicle and the vehicle and the device displays the distance on the display,
- wherein the symbol, the guide vehicle, the distance and a safety area are each displayed in the same location of the display.
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A method for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal control, the method comprising:
- detecting a guide vehicle with sensors of the vehicle, the guide vehicle being a vehicle driving directly in front of the vehicle;
- determining, with a control located in the vehicle, a current following state of at least two following states which indicates a current response of the vehicle to the guide vehicle and a relationship between the guide vehicle and the vehicle;
- displaying the current following state distinguishably from other following states in animated form on a display, wherein displaying the current following state comprises displaying the vehicle in the form of a symbol which indicates the current following state;
- displaying the guide vehicle and the symbol behind one another animated on the display;
- determining, with the sensors, a distance between the guide vehicle and the vehicle and displaying the determined distance on the display,
- wherein the symbol, the guide vehicle, the distance and a safety area are each displayed in the same location of the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.