IP Library Granted Patent US 11,021,060
Granted Patent B2
US 11,021,060 · App. 15/767,928 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Method for the automated guiding of a motor vehicle occupied by a driver and for the information of the driver

Inventors: Stephan Cieler (Frankfurt, DE); Guido Meier-Arendt (Langen, DE); Heidi von Bychowski (Bad Homburg, DE); Benjamin Mathe (Mainz, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
B60K37/06B60W10/20B60W50/14B60K2370/186B60W2050/146
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Patent No.
US 11,021,060
App. No.
15/767,928
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for guiding a motor vehicle occupied by a driver during a vehicle journey in an automated manner by a driver assistance system includes: displaying, on an optical display apparatus of the driver assistance system, to the driver information from the driver assistance system relevant to the journey; and displaying the information relevant to the journey on the optical display apparatus by a plurality of different display pages assigned to different information classes. The display pages are displayed sequentially and in a stipulated order.

Claims (18)

1. A method for guiding a motor vehicle occupied by a driver during a vehicle journey in an automated manner by a driver assistance system, comprising:

displaying, on an optical display apparatus of the driver assistance system, to the driver information from the driver assistance system relevant to the journey;

displaying the information relevant to the journey on the optical display apparatus by a plurality of different display pages ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ) assigned to different information classes;

capturing, by an environment capture device of the motor vehicle, environment objects in a traffic environment of the motor vehicle, the captured environment objects including other road users and road markings;

and displaying the captured environment objects on the optical display apparatus, as road user symbols for captured other road users and as road marking symbols for road markings, on a display page ( 6 , 8 ) of sequentially displayed display pages ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ), wherein the display pages ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ) are displayed sequentially and in a stipulated order,

and wherein the number of sequentially displayed pages comprises at least three sequentially displayed display pages,

wherein one display page ( 2 ; 4 ) of the at least three display pages is assigned to a road map information class, another display page ( 6 ; 8 ) of the at least three display pages is assigned to a vehicle environment information class, and a further display page ( 10 ) of the at least three display pages is assigned to a driver information class, wherein the display page ( 2 ; 4 ) assigned to the road map information class is arranged first in the stipulated order of the display pages, followed by the display page ( 6 ; 8 ) assigned to the vehicle environment information class and then by the display page ( 10 ) assigned to the driver information class.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

changing, by actuation of an input element ( 48 ), from the display page ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ) displayed on the display apparatus to an adjacent display page ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ) in the stipulated order.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

capturing, by a driver condition capture device of the motor vehicle, a driver condition of the driver; and

displaying the driver condition on the optical display apparatus on the display page ( 10 ) of the sequentially displayed display pages ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ).

4. A motor vehicle for carrying out the method as claimed in claim 1 , the motor vehicle comprising:

the driver assistance system configured to guide the motor vehicle in an automated manner; and

the optical display apparatus,

wherein the driver assistance system is connected to the optical display apparatus and configured to transmit data, and the optical display apparatus is configured to:

display the information relevant to the journey from the driver assistance system by the plurality of different display pages ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ) assigned to different information classes, and

display the display pages ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ) sequentially and in the stipulated order.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2018
From: CIELER, STEPHAN; MEIER-ARENDT, GUIDO; VON BYCHOWSKI, HEIDI; MATHE, BENJAMIN
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 045585/0103 →