Method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle and processing device for controlling a driver assistance system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12371013-B2
Application number	US-202118015984-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2021
Priority date	Jul 15, 2020
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle includes the steps of: checking whether there is a motorway exit or roadworks on a first side of the vehicle; checking whether an environment sensor system of the vehicle detects a lane marking that bounds a lane of the vehicle on a second side, which is opposite the first side; if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the lane marking, operating a lane-keeping function of the driver assistance system; and if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system does not detect the lane marking, triggering a takeover request to a driver of the vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle, comprising:
checking as to whether a motorway exit or roadworks are located on a first side of the vehicle;
checking as to whether an environment sensor system of the vehicle detects a first lane marking which delimits a lane of the vehicle on the first side or a second lane marking which delimits the lane of the vehicle on a second side, which is opposite the first side;
if a result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks located on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the first and the second lane markings, operating a lane-keeping function of the driver assistance system such that the lane-keeping function is guided by the second lane marking; and
if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks located on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the first lane marking but does not detect the second lane marking, triggering a take-over request for attention of a driver of the vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the checking as to whether a motorway exit or roadworks are located on a first side of the vehicle is executed by reference to digital mapping information and/or by reference to information which is delivered by the environment sensor system of the vehicle.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
the checking as to whether a motorway exit or roadworks are located on a first side of the vehicle is executed in consideration of a road profile which is represented in the digital mapping information and/or in the information which is delivered by the environment sensor system of the vehicle.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
the checking as to whether a motorway exit or roadworks are located on a first side of the vehicle is executed in consideration of one or more traffic signs which are detected by the environment sensor system of the vehicle.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
the checking as to whether a motorway exit or roadworks are located on a first side of the vehicle is executed in consideration of the second lane marking which is detected by the environment sensor system of the vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the operating of the lane-keeping function of the driver assistance system is executed such that the lane-keeping function is oriented vis-à-vis the detected second lane marking which delimits the lane on the second side.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
checking as to whether the environment sensor system of the vehicle detects the first lane marking which delimits the lane of the vehicle on the first side;
if a result of the checking is that there is roadworks located on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the first and the second lane markings which delimit the lane on the first side and the lane on the second side, operating the lane-keeping function of the driver assistance system; and
if the result of the checking is that there is roadworks located on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system does not detect the first lane marking which delimits the lane on the first side or the second lane marking which delimits the lane on the second side, triggering a take-over request for attention of a driver of the vehicle.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if a result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks located on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the first and the second lane markings, the lane-keeping function is operated independently of the first lane marking.

9. A device for controlling a driver assistance system, comprising:
a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the steps of:
checking as to whether a motorway exit or roadworks are located on a first side of a vehicle;
checking as to whether an environment sensor system of the vehicle detects a first lane marking which delimits a lane of the vehicle on the first side or a second lane marking which delimits the lane of the vehicle on a second side, which is opposite the first side;
if a result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks located on a first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the first and the second lane markings, generating one or more commands for operating a lane-keeping function of the driver assistance system such that the lane-keeping function is guided by the second lane marking; and
if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks located on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the first lane marking but does not detect the second lane marking, generating one or more commands for triggering a take-over request for attention of a driver of the vehicle.

10. A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program code which, upon execution by a processing device, carries out the steps of:
checking as to whether a motorway exit or roadworks are located on a first side of a vehicle;
checking as to whether an environment sensor system of the vehicle detects a first lane marking which delimits a lane of the vehicle on the first side or a second lane marking which delimits the lane of the vehicle on a second side, which is opposite the first side;
if a result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks located on a first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the first and the second lane markings, generating one or more commands for operating a lane-keeping function of a driver assistance system such that the lane-keeping function is guided by the second lane marking; and
if the result of the checking is that there is a motorway exit or roadworks located on the first side of the vehicle and that the environment sensor system detects the first lane marking but does not detect the second lane marking, generating one or more commands for triggering a take-over request for attention of a driver of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• De Bruin Dirk
• GRUENWEDEL Sebastian
• Kock Christine
• Minnerup Pascal
• Niehues Daniel
• Rauch Sebastian
• Schurius Markus
• Spanfelner Bernd

Classifications

• B60W30/0956

  the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters · CPC title

• B60W60/00184

  related to infrastructure · CPC title

• B60W40/06

  Road conditions · CPC title

• B60W2420/00

  Indexing codes relating to the type of sensors based on the principle of their operation · CPC title

• B60W50/14

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title