IP Library Granted Patent US 11,987,126
Granted Patent B2
US 11,987,126 · App. 17/617,687 · Granted May 21, 2024

Adjustment device for activating or deactivating at least one driver assistance system and/or at least one drive mode for an autonomous drive

Inventors: Andreas Jauch (Markdorf, DE); Christian Jansen (Meckenbeuren, DE)
Assignee: SIGNATA GMBH
B60K35/10B60K35/28B60K2360/126B60K2360/128B60K2360/175B60K2360/345
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Patent No.
US 11,987,126
App. No.
17/617,687
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adjustment device for activating or deactivating at least one of a driver assistance system and a driver assistance mode for autonomous driving in a vehicle may include a push-button. The push-button may be configured to select at least one of the driver assistance system and the driver assistance mode upon rotation of the push-button. The push button may also be configured to activate or deactivate at least one of the driver assistance system and the driver assistance mode upon linear movement of the push-button due to a pushing action by an operator.

Claims (13)

1. An adjustment device for activating or deactivating at least one of a driver assistance system and a driver assistance mode for autonomous driving in a vehicle, the adjustment device comprising:

a push-button,

wherein the push-button is configured to select at least one of the driver assistance system and the driver assistance mode upon rotation of the push-button, and

wherein the push button is configured to activate or deactivate at least one of the driver assistance system and the driver assistance mode upon linear movement of the push-button due to a pushing action by an operator,

wherein one of the driver assistance systems or one of the driver assistance modes is selected by rotating the push-button, and that the selected driver assistance system or the selected driver assistance mode is activated or deactivated by pressing the push-button, and

wherein rotating the push-button when the driver assistance system or the driver assistance mode is activated deactivates the selected driver assistance system or the selected driver assistance mode.

2. The adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the push-button has a plurality of rotational positions forming selection positions for selecting a plurality of the driver assistance systems and/or the driver assistance modes, wherein the driver assistance systems and/or the driver assistance modes that are selectable are each assigned to a predefined rotational position of the plurality of rotational positions.

3. The adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein the rotational positions for the driver assistance systems and/or the driver assistance modes that are selectable are represented by visually indicated regions.

4. The adjustment device according to claim 3 , further comprising at least one of a lamp, a display, and a pictogram that forms the visually indicated region.

5. The adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein the arrangement of the rotational positions in relation to the driver assistance systems and/or the driver assistance modes that are selectable can be altered by a vehicle's user.

6. The adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the push-button comprises a rotating ring that is rotatable about a central rotating axis part, wherein the linear pushing movement takes place via the rotating axis part.

7. The adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein rotating the push-button back to the previously activated driver assistance system or the previously activated driver assistance mode reactivates the selected driver assistance system or the selected driver assistance mode.

8. The adjustment device according to claim 7 , wherein the reactivation of the selected driver assistance system or the selected driver assistance mode is only carried out if no other driver assistance system or driver assistance mode was activated by pressing the button in the interim time, and/or if the push-button was rotated back within a predefined timespan.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2024
From: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
To: SIGNATA GMBH
Reel/Frame 067091/0485 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: JAUCH, ANDREAS; JANSEN, CHRISTIAN
To: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Reel/Frame 058347/0492 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102019208443.5 · Jun 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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