Operating system for driver assistance systems of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle with an operating system of this kind

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9266432-B2
Application number	US-201314408024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2013
Priority date	Jun 15, 2012
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

An operating system for driver assistance systems of a motor vehicle, has a plurality of operating elements which can be assigned to at least one operating group and which are disposed solely for operating driver assistance systems that can be assigned to at least one group. A corresponding function for operating the driver assistance systems can be assigned to each of the operating elements on the basis of adjustable combinations of operating modes of the driver assistance systems. The operating elements are disposed in order to operate an adaptive cruise control system, and in order to operate a lane departure warning system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An operating system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of operating elements assigned to an operating group, the operating elements being configured exclusively for operating driver assistance systems assigned to a system group, the driver assistance systems provided to control movement of the motor vehicle, wherein
the driver assistance systems have a plurality of operating modes, each corresponding to automation of one or more tasks of a vehicle control system,
the operating system is associated with a plurality of combinations of operating modes, and
a corresponding function for operating the driver assistance systems is assigned to each of the operating elements in accordance with a currently set combination of operating modes.

2. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the operating elements comprise a plurality of display devices, each display device having a respective corresponding operating element,
each display device presents a display corresponding to the function of the respective operating element, and
both the function of each operating element and the display of each display device correspond with the currently set combination of the operating modes.

3. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
for each combination of the operating modes, a currently active operating mode provides a degree of driver assistance for automation of one or more tasks of a vehicle control system, and
at least one of the operating elements is configured to change the currently active operating mode.

4. The operating system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
changing the currently active operating mode also changes the currently set combination of operating modes.

5. An operating system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of operating elements assigned to an operating group, the operating elements being configured exclusively for operating driver assistance systems assigned to a system group, wherein
the driver assistance systems have a plurality of operating modes, each corresponding to automation of one or more tasks of a vehicle control system,
the operating system is associated with a plurality of combinations of operating modes, and
a corresponding function for operating the driver assistance systems is assigned to each of the operating elements in accordance with a currently set combination of operating modes,
wherein
the combinations of operating modes comprise a lane departure warning combination,
the lane departure warning combination comprises a combination of an assisted longitudinal guidance mode, a lane departure warning mode and a fully automatic longitudinal and transverse guidance mode,
in the lane departure warning combination, a currently active operating mode is the lane departure warning mode,
in the lane departure warning combination, a first operating element has a switch up function to switch to the fully automatic longitudinal and transverse guidance mode as the currently active operating mode, and
in the lane departure warning combination, a second operating element has a switch down function to switch to the assisted longitudinal guidance mode as the currently active operating mode.

6. An operating system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of operating elements assigned to an operating group, the operating elements being configured exclusively for operating driver assistance systems assigned to a system group, wherein
the driver assistance systems have a plurality of operating modes, each corresponding to automation of one or more tasks of a vehicle control system,
the operating system is associated with a plurality of combinations of operating modes, and
a corresponding function for operating the driver assistance systems is assigned to each of the operating elements in accordance with a currently set combination of operating modes,
wherein
the combinations of operating modes comprise an assisted longitudinal guidance combination,
the assisted longitudinal guidance combination comprises a combination of a manual driving mode, an assisted longitudinal guidance mode and a lane departure warning mode,
in the assisted longitudinal guidance combination, a currently active operating mode is the assisted longitudinal guidance mode,
in the assisted longitudinal guidance combination, a first operating element has a switch up function to switch to the lane departure warding mode as the currently active operating mode, and
in the assisted longitudinal guidance combination, a second operating element has a switch down function to switch to the manual driving mode as the currently active operating mode.

7. The operating system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein
in the assisted longitudinal guidance combination, a third operating element increases a set speed of an adaptive cruise control system, and
in the assisted longitudinal guidance combination, a fourth operating element reduces the set speed of the adaptive cruise control system.

8. The operating system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
a different color is allocated to each combination of operating modes, and
the display devices display the color allocated to the currently set combination of the operating modes.

9. The operating system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
a different color is allocated to each combination of operating modes,
each display device comprises a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes,
the organic light-emitting diodes of each display device, display the function of the respective operating element as lettering or as a symbol, and
the lettering or the symbol is displayed in the color allocated to a currently set combination of the operating modes.

10. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the operating elements is embodied as a pushbutton key.

11. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the operating elements is embodied as a rotary element.

12. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the operating elements is embodied as a pushbutton key, and
at least one of the operating elements is embodied as a rotary element.

13. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the operating elements operate the driver assistance systems, and
the driver assistance systems comprise an adaptive cruise control system and a lane departure warning system.

14. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the operating modes of the driver assistance systems comprise a manual driving mode, an assisted longitudinal guidance mode, a lane departure warning mode and a fully automatic longitudinal and transverse guidance mode, and
the assisted longitudinal guidance mode is provided by an adaptive cruise control system.

15. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the combinations of operating modes comprise a combination of a manual driving mode, an assisted longitudinal guidance mode and a lane departure warning mode.

16. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the combinations of operating modes comprise a combination of an assisted longitudinal guidance mode, a lane departure warning mode and a fully automatic longitudinal and transverse guidance mode.

17. The operating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the operating modes of the driver assistance systems differ from one another in terms of a degree of independence of automatic driving,
a first operating element has a function of increasing the degree of independence of automatic

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Wilding Werner
• Schulz Benjamin
• Muhr Tobias

Classifications

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/10 Primary

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K37/06 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60K35/00

  Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles · CPC title