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Granted Patent B2
US 12,649,457 · App. 18/546,512 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Method of operating a motor vehicle, system

Inventors: Matthias Moerbe (Ilsfeld-Helfenberg, DE); Christian Cosyns (Peine, DE); Florian Mayer (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
B60W30/045A41D1/002B60W10/04B60W10/184B60W50/14B62J50/22B60W2050/146B60W2300/36B60W2520/06B60W2540/227B60W2710/18
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Patent No.
US 12,649,457
App. No.
18/546,512
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a motor vehicle. A deviation of a current driving position of a driver of the motor vehicle from an expected reference driving position of the driver is determined, and the motor vehicle is controlled depending on the determined deviation.

Claims (25)

1 . A method for operating a motor vehicle, the method comprising the following steps:

determining a deviation of a current driving position of a driver of the motor vehicle from an expected reference driving position of the driver; and

controlling the motor vehicle as a function of the determined deviation,

wherein the deviation is a distance between a current driving position of a body part of the driver and an expected reference driving position of the body part, and the deviation is determined in a predefined direction of the motor vehicle.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a drive device of the motor vehicle, and/or a brake device of the motor vehicle, and/or a display device of the motor vehicle, and/or a communication module of the motor vehicle, is controlled as a function of the determined deviation.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the current driving position is determined by determining a current position of a user device assigned to the driver.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, based on determining that the current driving position in a forward travel direction of the motor vehicle is behind the reference driving position, a drive device of the motor vehicle is controlled in such a way that a drive torque provided by the drive device is reduced or limited.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, based on determining that the current driving position in a forward travel direction of the motor vehicle is ahead of the reference driving position, a braking device of the motor vehicle is controlled in such a way that a braking torque provided by the braking device is reduced or limited.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a cornering technique currently used by the driver is determined as a function of the deviation and a lean angle of the motor vehicle, and the motor vehicle is controlled as a function of the determined cornering technique.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein at least one assistance system of the motor vehicle is selectively enabled or disabled as a function of the determined cornering technique.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein a display device of the motor vehicle and/or a communication module of the motor vehicle, is controlled in such a way that the display device and/or the communication module provide the driver with information relating to the determined cornering technique.

9 . A system with a motor vehicle, comprising:

at least one vehicle communicator arranged on the motor vehicle;

at least one user device that can be operated separately from the motor vehicle and is assigned to a driver of the motor vehicle;

an evaluation device;

wherein the vehicle communicator configured to receive signals transmitted by the user device, and the evaluation device is configured to, depending on the received signals, determine a deviation of a current driving position of the driver from an expected reference driving position of the driver;

a control device configured to control the motor vehicle, the control device being configured to control the motor vehicle as a function of the determined deviation,

wherein the deviation is a distance between a current driving position of a body part of the driver and an expected reference driving position of the body part, and the deviation is determined in a predefined direction of the motor vehicle.

10 . The system according to claim 9 , further comprising:

at least one further vehicle communicator, wherein the vehicle communicator and the further vehicle communicator are arranged spaced apart from each other on the motor vehicle.

11 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the at least one communicator is configured as a Bluetooth low energy module (BLE module), and/or at least one of the at least one vehicle communicator is configured as an ultra-wideband module (UWB module).

12 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the user device is a smartphone or as a smartwatch.

13 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the user device is integrated into a garment for the driver.

14 . The system according to claim 13 , further comprising:

at least one further user device, wherein the user device and the further user device are integrated into respective different sleeves of the garment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2023
From: MOERBE, MATTHIAS; COSYNS, CHRISTIAN; MAYER, FLORIAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 065267/0259 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 203 112.9 · Mar 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
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