Vehicle having a driver assistance device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10023091-B2
Application number	US-201615258377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2016
Priority date	Mar 7, 2014
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle, including a driver assistance device with the aid of which an autonomous driving mode without driver intervention may be carried out in an autopilot mode, and including at least one storage element for storing objects, such as a cup holder and/or a storage table, which is adjustable between a position of non-use and at least one position of use. The driver assistance device is assigned a control unit, which enables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is activated and disables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is deactivated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a driver assistance device, with the aid of which an autonomous driving mode without driver intervention is carried out in an autopilot mode;
at least one storage element for storing objects, the storage element being adjustable between a position of non-use and a position of use, the at least one storage element being at least one of a storage table or a cup holder; and
a control unit assigned to the driver assistance device, the control unit facilitating an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is activated and disables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is deactivated.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the position of use of the storage element is an autopilot position of use, and in addition to the autopilot position of use, at least one additional position of use of the storage element is provided, which differs from the autopilot position of use.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein, when the autopilot mode is activated, the control unit also enables an adjustment into the at least one additional position of use in addition to the adjustment into the autopilot position of use and when the autopilot mode is deactivated, the control unit enables the adjustment of the storage element into the at least one additional position of use.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment of the storage element into the position of use is adapted to be manually or with the aid of external energy, an electromechanical, or hydraulic actuator, or wherein the adjustment of the storage element into the position of use is initiated by actuating a control element.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the storage element is automatically adjustable into the position of use upon the activation of the autopilot mode.

6. A vehicle comprising:
a driver assistance device, with the aid of which an autonomous driving mode without driver intervention is carried out in an autopilot mode;
at least one storage element for storing objects, the storage element being adjustable between a position of non-use and a position of use; and
a control unit assigned to the driver assistance device, the control unit facilitating an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is activated and disables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is deactivated,
wherein the storage element is disposed within the vehicle interior on an instrument panel, on a center console or on a side trim, and wherein the adjustment of the storage element between the position of non-use and the position of use is performed in at least one of a translatory or rotatable manner in at least one of a vehicle longitudinal, transverse or vertical direction.

7. A vehicle comprising:
a driver assistance device, with the aid of which an autonomous driving mode without driver intervention is carried out in an autopilot mode;
at least one storage element for storing objects, the storage element being adjustable between a position of non-use and a position of use; and
a first control unit assigned to the driver assistance device, the first control unit facilitating an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is activated and disables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is deactivated,
wherein the driver assistance device is assigned a second control unit via which at least one of a vehicle passenger seat or a driver's seat is adjustable into a comfort position upon the activation of the autopilot mode, and wherein the second control unit disables an adjustment of the vehicle seat into the comfort position when the autopilot mode is deactivated.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the first control unit enables the adjustment of the storage element into the position of use only when both the autopilot mode has been activated and the vehicle seat has been adjusted into the comfort position.

9. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the vehicle seat is autonomously adjustable into a comfort position upon the activation of the autopilot mode, and the storage element and the vehicle seat form a comfort unit in which both the storage element is adjustable into the position of use and the vehicle seat is adjustable into the comfort position upon the activation of the autopilot mode, and wherein the two adjustment operations take place autonomously and in a time-correlated manner or substantially simultaneously.

10. A vehicle comprising:
a driver assistance device, with the aid of which an autonomous driving mode without driver intervention is carried out in an autopilot mode;
at least one storage element for storinq objects, the storage element being adjustable between a position of non-use and a position of use; and
a control unit assigned to the driver assistance device, the control unit facilitating an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is activated and disables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is deactivated,
wherein the position of use of the storage element is an autopilot position of use, and in addition to the autopilot position of use, at least one additional position of use of the storage element is provided, which differs from the autopilot position of use, and
wherein the storage element is autonomously returnable from the autopilot position of) use into the at least one additional position of use or into the position of non-use upon deactivation of the autopilot mode, and wherein a vehicle seat is autonomously adjustable from a comfort position into a position suitable for driving for the vehicle occupants.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Bendewald Lennart
• Hackenberg Linn
• Strasdat Bjoern
• Rex Valentin

Classifications

• B60N3/002

  of trays · CPC title

• B60N3/001 Primary

  of tables or trays · CPC title

• B60N3/102 Primary

  storable or foldable in a non-use position · CPC title

• B60R7/04

  in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)} · CPC title