Granted Patent B2

US 12,434,718 · App. 18/271,701 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Inventors: Luca Parolini (Landshut, DE); Sebastian Schneider (Feldkirchen, DE)

Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

B60W50/0098B60R16/03B60R16/0315

Abstract

Claims (28)

1. An apparatus for controlling at least one safety function of a motor vehicle, wherein the apparatus is configured:

to determine a current driving situation of the motor vehicle,

to determine a required safety level in the current driving situation of the motor vehicle,

to control the at least one safety function based on the required safety level,

to determine a maximum safety level that is achievable with the at least one safety function, and

upon determining that the required safety level is lower than the maximum safety level that is achievable with the at least one safety function, to control the at least one safety function such that:

a safety level actually achieved with the at least one safety function reaches or exceeds the required safety level, and

an actual energy consumption of the at least one safety function is lower than an energy consumption of the at least one safety function upon reaching the maximum safety level that is achievable with the at least one safety function.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to deactivate the at least one safety function in order to control the at least one safety function based on the required safety level.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to reduce a power of the at least one safety function in order to control the at least one safety function based on the required safety level.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one safety function is a multi-channel system architecture of a system of the motor vehicle, and

the apparatus is further configured to deactivate at least one channel of the multi-channel system architecture of the system of the motor vehicle in order to control the at least one safety function based on the required safety level.

5. A system for planning resources of a motor vehicle, the system comprising:

the apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the system is configured:

to determine at least one resource of the motor vehicle that has become available by controlling the at least one safety function, and

to plan the at least one resource of the motor vehicle that has become available.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the system is further configured to plan the at least one resource that has become available by providing a driver assistance function for the motor vehicle with the at least one resource that has become available, wherein the driver assistance function is prevented from accessing at least one of longitudinal or lateral guidance of the motor vehicle.

7. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the system is further configured to plan the at least one resource that has become available by providing a driver assistance function with the at least one resource, wherein the driver assistance function is controlled such that an operational design domain of the driver assistance function is expanded.

8. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the system is further configured to plan the at least one resource that has become available by virtue of the system being configured to check a functionality of the at least one resource.

9. A method for controlling at least one safety function of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

determining a current driving situation of the motor vehicle,

determining a required safety level in the current driving situation of the motor vehicle,

controlling the at least one safety function based on the required safety level,

determining a maximum safety level that is achievable with the at least one safety function, and

upon determining that the required safety level is lower than the maximum safety level that is achievable with the at least one safety function, controlling the at least one safety function such that:

a safety level actually achieved with the at least one safety function reaches or exceeds the required safety level, and

an actual energy consumption of the at least one safety function is lower than an energy consumption of the at least one safety function upon reaching the maximum safety level that is achievable with the at least one safety function.

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