Method for operating a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10513262-B2
Application number	US-201615544864-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2016
Priority date	Jan 24, 2015
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

Method for operating a motor vehicle (1), comprising a navigation device (2) having at least one stored item of route information describing a route section and a cruise control system (3) that adjusts an actual speed of the motor vehicle (1) to a stored target speed determined as a function of the stored item of route information by controlling a drive (5) or a braking device (6) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein the navigation device (2) is supplied with at least one changed item of route information relating to the changed route section, and the cruise control system (3) adjusts the actual speed of the motor vehicle (1) as a function of at least one evaluation parameter, on the basis of which a traversal of the changed route section (15) earlier in time is qualified, either to the stored target speed determined as a function of the stored item of route information or to a changed target speed determined as a function of the changed item of route information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a motor vehicle, comprising:
providing, by a navigation device, a stored item of route information describing a route section;
determining a stored target speed as a function of the stored item of route information;
adjusting, by a cruise control system, an actual speed of the motor vehicle to the stored target speed by controlling a drive or a braking device of the motor vehicle;
supplying, to the navigation device, a changed item of route information relating to a changed route section;
determining a changed target speed as a function of the changed item of route information;
qualifying an earlier traversal of the changed route section using an evaluation parameter, wherein the evaluation parameter incorporates a driving preference from the earlier traversal of the changed route section; and
adjusting, by the cruise control system and as a function of the evaluation parameter, the actual speed of the motor vehicle either to the stored target speed or to the changed target speed.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
creating, by another motor vehicle or several other motor vehicles, the evaluation parameter as a function of the earlier traversal of the changed route section; and
transmitting the evaluation parameter to the motor vehicle from the another motor vehicle or the several other motor vehicles.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the evaluation parameter further comprises at least one of a lateral acceleration of the motor vehicle, a yaw rate of the motor vehicle, a weighted average speed of several other motor vehicles, or an input by a user of the motor vehicle.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storing at least two driver-specific items of type information in the cruise control system and/or a control device of the motor vehicle from which the evaluation parameter is derived;
creating, by several other motor vehicles, a speed distribution based on the earlier traversal of the changed route section;
determining various changed target speeds from the speed distribution; and
assigning the various changed target speeds to the at least two driver-specific items of type information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein each of the at least two driver-specific items of type information comprises a different changed target speed corresponding to the changed route section based on the input of the user of the motor vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the stored and/or the changed item of route information comprises at least one of a road width a road grade, a curve radius, or a construction at an edge of a roadway.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
changing, selectively, the stored item of route information to the changed item of route information; or
supplementing, selectively, the stored item of route information with the changed item of route information, with respect to at least one partial item of information, if the changed item of route information and/or the stored item of route information comprises multiple partial items of information.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by a Car2X and/or a radio and/or a data carrier and/or from a server, the changed item of route information and/or the evaluation parameter, to the navigation device and/or the cruise control system of the motor vehicle.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying an instantaneously valid target speed and/or a target speed valid for an adjacent route section on a display device of the motor vehicle.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein qualifying the earlier traversal of the changed route section comprises:
accepting or rejecting, by a user of the motor vehicle, the changed item of route information or the changed target speed corresponding to the changed route section.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein qualifying the earlier traversal of the changed route section comprises:
increasing or decreasing, by a user of the motor vehicle, the changed target speed corresponding to the changed route section.

12. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a navigation device, wherein the navigation device comprises a stored item of route information describing a route section; and is supplied with a changed item of route information relating to a changed route section; and
a cruise control system, wherein the cruise control system is configured to:
adjust an actual speed of the motor vehicle to a stored target speed, wherein the stored target speed is determined as a function of the stored item of route information by controlling a drive or a braking device of the motor vehicle; and
adjust the actual speed of the motor vehicle either to the stored target speed or to a changed target speed as a function of an evaluation parameter, wherein:
the changed target speed is determined as a function of the changed item of route information;
the evaluation parameter incorporates a driving preference from an earlier traversal of the changed route section; and
the earlier traversal of the changed route section is qualified using the evaluation parameter.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 12 , further comprising the evaluation parameter created by another motor vehicle or several other motor vehicles as a function of the traversal of the changed route section, wherein the evaluation parameter is transmitted to the motor vehicle from the another motor vehicle or the several other motor vehicles.

14. The motor vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the changed item of route information and/or the evaluation parameter is sent to the navigation device and/or the cruise control system of the motor vehicle by means of a Car2X and/or a radio and/or a data carrier and/or from a server.

15. The motor vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the evaluation parameter further comprises at least one of a lateral acceleration of the motor vehicle, a yaw rate of the motor vehicle, a weighted average speed of several other motor vehicles, or an input by a user of the motor vehicle.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the cruise control system is further configured to:
store at least two driver-specific items of type information from which the evaluation parameter is derived;
determine various changed target speeds from a speed distribution, wherein the speed distribution is created by several other motor vehicles based on the earlier traversal of the changed route section; and
assign the various changed target speeds to the at least two driver-specific items of type information.

17. The motor vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein each of the at least two driver-specific items of type information comprises a different changed target speed corresponding to the changed route section based on the input of the user of the motor vehicle.

18. The motor vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the stored and/or the changed item of route information comprises a road width and/or a road grade and/or a curve radius and/or a construction at an edge of a roadway.

19. The motor vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the changed item of route information and/or the stored item of route information comprises multiple partial items of information, so that changing the stored item of route information to the changed item of route information and/or supplementing the stored item of route information with the changed item of route infor

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Schuberth Stefan
• Brücklmaier Florian
• Hafer Torsten
• Edler Stefanie

Classifications

• B60W2756/10

  Involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle · CPC title

• B60W2556/65

  Data transmitted between vehicles · CPC title

• B60W2552/30

  Road curve radius · CPC title

• B60W2556/50

  of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data · CPC title

• B60W2552/15

  Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction · CPC title