Method for operating a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10589641-B2
Application number	US-201615764770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2016
Priority date	Oct 2, 2015
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

A method for operating a motor vehicle which can be operated in an automated driving mode in which the motor vehicle is driven automatically by means of a computing device includes receiving at least one input for activating the automated driving mode, determining the current position of a first component of the motor vehicle and, depending on the input received and the determined current position, predetermining an adjusting region including the determined current position within which adjusting region movements of the first component relative to a second component of the motor vehicle caused by the driver via a motor allocated to the first component are permitted.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a motor vehicle that is operable in an automated driving mode in which the motor vehicle is driven automatically by a computing device, wherein the motor vehicle has a first component and a motor which is allocated to the first component, wherein the first component is movable via the motor by a driver of the motor vehicle relative to a second component of the motor vehicle into different positions, comprising the steps of:
receiving an input for activating the automated driving mode;
determining a current position of the first component; and
depending on the received input and the determined current position, determining an adjusting region including the determined current position within which adjusting region movements of the first component caused by the driver via the motor relative to the second component are permitted.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting region is determined such that the first component is returnable to the determined current position within the adjusting region within a system take-over time that is predeterminable.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of storing the determined current position.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising the steps of recalling the stored determined current position when ending the automated driving mode and automatically moving the first component into the recalled stored determined current position by the motor.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is a seating system.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is a steering handle.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is a seatbelt.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is a mirror.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of recalling a stored position of the first component as a result of the activation of the automated driving mode and automatically moving the first component into the recalled stored position by the motor.

10. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a computing device, wherein the motor vehicle is operable in an automated driving mode in which movements of the motor vehicle are automatically caused by the computing device;
a first component and a second component; and
a motor allocated to the first component, wherein the first component is movable via the motor by a driver of the motor vehicle relative to the second component into different positions;
wherein the computing device is configured to:
receive an input for activating the automated driving mode;
determine a current position of the first component; and
depending on the received input and the determined current position, determining an adjusting region including the determined current position within which adjusting region movements of the first component caused by the driver via the motor relative to the second component are permitted.

Assignees

• Daimler Ag

Inventors

• Schmidt Juergen
• Hosak Miriam
• Bellem Hanna

Classifications

• B60R22/04

  Passive restraint systems, i.e. systems both applied and removed automatically, e.g. by movement of the vehicle door · CPC title

• B60R1/07

  by electrically powered actuators · CPC title

• B60R1/04

  mounted inside vehicle {(B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B62D1/181

  with power actuated adjustment, e.g. with position memory · CPC title

• B60N2/0232

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic