Lane change assistance system
The invention relates to a lane change assistance system in a vehicle ( 21 ), wherein the lane change assistance system has a sensor arrangement for detecting the current surrounding area of the vehicle in each case and is designed to generate a warning signal and/or steering intervention when an imminent lane change by the vehicle is identified, depending on a second vehicle ( 25 ) being detected by the sensor arrangement in the vehicle's surrounding area. In this case the lane change assistance system is designed to suppress generation of the warning signal and/or the steering intervention based on map data ( 15 ), particularly when the change of lane by the vehicle is to a newly opening lane ( 23 ) of a multiple lane road ( 22 ) which is branching off (e.g. of a corresponding motorway exit) and the second vehicle is located in another lane ( 24 ) of the road ( 22 ) which is branching off.
1. A method for lane change assistance in a vehicle, the method comprising:
detecting, by a sensor arrangement, a current surrounding area of the vehicle;
determining an imminent lane change by the vehicle;
detecting, by the sensor arrangement, a second vehicle in a an adjacent lane of the vehicle;
generating, based on the imminent lane change and the second vehicle, a warning signal and/or a steering intervention, the steering intervention inhibiting an ability of the vehicle to perform a lane change into the adjacent lane;
determine, based on a communication from the second vehicle, an intention of the second vehicle to leave the adjacent lane; and
suppressing, based on determining the intention of the second vehicle to leave the adjacent lane, generation of the warning signal and/or the steering intervention.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein suppression of the warning signal or of the steering intervention takes place based on a determination that, during the imminent lane change, the vehicle is switching to a lane which forms a newly opening lane which is in addition to a lane along which the second vehicle is driving.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the newly opening lane is a lane of a road with at least two lanes which branch from a road with multiple lanes.
4. A method for lane change assistance in a vehicle, the method comprising:
detecting, by a sensor arrangement, a current surrounding area of the vehicle;
determining an imminent lane change by the vehicle;
detecting, by the sensor arrangement, a second vehicle in a surrounding area of the vehicle;
generating, based on the imminent lane change and the second vehicle, a steering intervention, the steering intervention inhibiting an ability of the vehicle to perform a lane change; and
suppressing, based on map data, generation of the steering intervention.
5. A system comprising:
a computer processor operable to execute a set of computer-readable instructions; and
a memory operable to store the set of computer-readable instructions operable to:
detect, by a sensor arrangement, a current surrounding area of a vehicle;
determine an imminent lane change by the vehicle;
detect, by the sensor arrangement, a second vehicle in an adjacent lane of the vehicle;
generate, based on the imminent lane change and the second vehicle, a warning signal or a steering intervention, the steering intervention inhibiting an ability of the vehicle to perform a lane change into the adjacent lane;
determine, based on a communication from the second vehicle, an intention of the second vehicle to leave the adjacent lane; and
suppress, based on determining the intention of the second vehicle to leave the adjacent lane, generation of the warning signal or the steering intervention.