IP Library Granted Patent US 12,409,907
Granted Patent B2
US 12,409,907 · App. 18/363,837 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Method and driver assistance system for operating a vehicle

Inventor: Michael Schoenherr (Renningen-Malmsheim, DE)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
B62J45/20B60T8/1706B62K11/00
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Patent No.
US 12,409,907
App. No.
18/363,837
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a vehicle with a driver assistance system. A distance function of the driver assistance system regulates a distance from a preceding target object using system interventions in a brake system and/or a drive system of the vehicle to a speed-dependent safety distance, wherein the distance function is degraded during cornering of the vehicle.

Claims (19)

1. A method for operating a vehicle with a driver assistance system, the method comprising the following steps:

regulating, using a distance function of the driver assistance system, a distance from a preceding target object using system interventions in a brake system and/or a drive system of the vehicle to a speed-dependent safety distance;

degrading the distance function during cornering of the vehicle, wherein the distance function is degraded according to a tilt of the vehicle, and wherein the distance function is suspended when the tilt is greater than a predetermined limit value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a safety distance is reduced during cornering.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the system interventions are attenuated during cornering.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the distance function is degraded when the tilt is greater than a predetermined threshold value.

5. A method for operating a vehicle with a driver assistance system, the method comprising the following steps:

regulating, using a distance function of the driver assistance system, a distance from a preceding target object using system interventions in a brake system and/or a drive system of the vehicle to a speed-dependent safety distance;

degrading the distance function during cornering of the vehicle, wherein the distance function is degraded according to a tilt of the vehicle, and wherein the distance function is degraded proportionally to the tilt.

6. A method for operating a vehicle with a driver assistance system, the method comprising the following steps:

regulating, using a distance function of the driver assistance system, a distance from a preceding target object using system interventions in a brake system and/or a drive system of the vehicle to a speed-dependent safety distance;

degrading the distance function during cornering of the vehicle, wherein an attention function of the driver assistance system directs attention of a driver of the vehicle to a traffic situation using low-threshold system interventions in the brake system and/or the drive system when the distance falls below a speed-dependent attention distance, wherein the attention function is degraded during cornering.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the attention distance is reduced during cornering.

8. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, the driver assistance system configured to:

regulate, using a distance function of the driver assistance system, a distance from a preceding target object using system interventions in a brake system and/or a drive system of the vehicle to a speed-dependent safety distance;

degrade the distance function during cornering of the vehicle, wherein the distance function is degraded according to a tilt of the vehicle, and wherein the distance function is suspended when the tilt is greater than a predetermined limit value.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for operating a vehicle with a driver assistance system, the computer program, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to perform the following steps:

regulating, using a distance function of the driver assistance system, a distance from a preceding target object using system interventions in a brake system and/or a drive system of the vehicle to a speed-dependent safety distance;

degrading the distance function during cornering of the vehicle, wherein the distance function is degraded according to a tilt of the vehicle, and wherein the distance function is suspended when the tilt is greater than a predetermined limit value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2023
From: SCHOENHERR, MICHAEL
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 064894/0462 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 209 678.9 · Sep 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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