12 results about "Driving motorized vehicles" patented technology

A driver assistance device for supporting the driver of a motor vehicle in a driving situation is described. The driver assistance device is configured to detect at least one object in the vehicle's surroundings based on camera data from at least one surround-view camera and to determine relevance information regarding the detected object's relevance to the driving situation. Furthermore, the driver assistance device is configured to reduce the display of the detected object in a visual representation of the vehicle's surroundings, depending on the relevance information, and to display this visual representation on a screen in the vehicle during the driving situation.

Procedure for warning a road user (120, 126) and / or a driver of a motor vehicle (102, 116) with the following steps: - Driving a motor vehicle (102, 116) on a roadway; - Monitoring a first area (101) located next to the roadway and intended not to be driven on by a motor vehicle, by means of at least one sensor (114, 136) arranged in or on the motor vehicle; - Detection of a hazard (122, 124, 130) in the first area (101); - Determine whether - the hazard (122, 124, 130) could cause a road user (120, 126) in the first area (101) to move onto the roadway, - the road user (120, 126) could fall in the first area (101) due to the hazard (122, 124, 130); and / or - the hazard (122, 124, 130) significantly impairs the comfort of the road user in the first area; and - Determining the location and nature of the hazard (122, 124, 130); - Detecting a hazard (118, 134) in a second area (104) located on the roadway on which the motor vehicle (102, 116) is traveling, by means of an optical, electromagnetic and / or acoustic sensor (114, 136) that scans the roadway; - Detection of a hazard (118, 134) in the second area (104) based on a temporary change in the tire diameter (216) and / or a temporary reaction of the chassis (204, 206); - furthermore, exhibiting at least one of the following steps: - Determining the location and nature of the hazard (118, 134) in the second area (104); - furthermore, exhibiting at least one of the following steps: - Storing the location and type of hazard (118, 134) in a database (302) which can be accessed by a plurality of motor vehicles (102, 116); - Sending the location and nature of the hazard (118, 134) to another motor vehicle (102, 116).

A system for storing and releasing gases for a breathalyzer test is provided. The gas cartridges and containers of the system can store and release various gaseous mixtures including exhaled air samples. The system can be used for testing breathalyzer devices. These devices include, for example, small hand-held units and larger units that are built into vehicles such as automobiles and trucks. The system is particularly suitable for breath alcohol ignition interlock devices that are used to prevent a driver from operating a motor vehicle when their blood alcohol concentration is at a certain level. In yet another embodiment, the container assembly is used when there is a alcohol sensor for the steering wheel in the vehicle as opposed to a breathalyzer device.

The invention relates to a method for managing the driving of a motor vehicle (1) in a driving situation where the vehicle is on a traffic lane (40) that is curving and bordered by a safety feature (41) such as a wall, a low wall, or a barrier. The invention also relates to a computer system implementing such a method, as well as a motor vehicle (1) comprising such a system. Figure for the abstract: 4

The invention relates to a method (16) for operating a screen (5) of a motor vehicle (1) designed as an OLED display and as a touchscreen. Increased user comfort of the touchscreen can be achieved by faster cooling of the screen (5), which is achieved by operating the screen (5) in an energy-saving mode during an initial phase of driving the motor vehicle (1) in order to display content on the screen (5) with an energy-saving color scheme, and by operating the screen (5) in a normal operating mode (NM) during a normal operating phase following the initial phase of driving in order to display content on the screen (5) with a normal operating color scheme, wherein the energy-saving color scheme and the normal operating color scheme are configured such that the screen (5) requires less electrical energy to display the content in energy-saving mode than in normal operating mode (NM).

Method for Assisting Driver Guidance in a Motor Vehicle and System. In this method for assisting driver guidance in a motor vehicle (2), data is transmitted between a communication device (8) located outside the vehicle and the vehicle. The communication device sends the vehicle a request for vehicle-specific data. The vehicle sends the vehicle-specific data in encrypted form to the communication device. The vehicle-specific data sent by the vehicle is received by the communication device and evaluated. Response data is sent to the vehicle, received, and evaluated. Signaling is performed to a vehicle user. Application to vehicle driver guidance systems 1 2. Figure for the abstract: Figure 1

A method (20) for the, in particular autonomous and / or assisted, driving of a motor vehicle (10) is provided, in which sensor data are supplied to a driver assistance system, a possible driving intervention (36, 38) is determined on the basis of the sensor data, wherein for the determination of the driving intervention (36, 38) several measurement series (24) of vehicle data are taken into account with the aid of a MLLM (22), wherein for a training of the MLLM (22) such measurement series (24) of vehicle data were linked with a physical model for driving stability, the MLLM (22) plausibilizes the driving intervention (36, 38) determined on the basis of the taken measurement series (22) of vehicle data with the aid of the physical model used in the training and in the case that the plausibility check with the aid of the physical model does not determine sufficient driving stability, the driving intervention (36, 38) is corrected untiluntil the plausibility check using the physical model confirms sufficient driving stability. By learning the mandatory physical boundary conditions of the MLLM (22) used, correct intervention by a driver assistance system is enabled.

Method (14) for assisting the guidance of a motor vehicle (6) along a section of road (1), wherein automatically - Swarm data (15) for the track section (1) are recorded and a drivable path (13) leading through the track section (1) is determined from it, - during the operation of the motor vehicle (6) by means of an environmental sensor (8) of the motor vehicle (6) a course of a lane (2) traveled by the motor vehicle (6) in the section of the route (1) is detected, - if the course of the drivable path (13) and the detected course of the lane (2) differ from each other, the curvature of the track segment (1) ahead in the direction of travel of the motor vehicle (6) is determined and compared with a predetermined curvature threshold value, and - it is decided that the driving of the motor vehicle (6) - along the drivable path (13) if the preceding curvature is greater than the curvature threshold, and - along the detected lane (2) if the determined preceding curvature is less than the curvature threshold.

A routing system for automatically routing a motor vehicle is designed to record a drive trajectory for a routing maneuver in a parking area in a recording mode on the basis of a route being traversed by a driver by means of the motor vehicle in a manual driving operation, said parking area having multiple levels. The routing system is additionally designed to store first level information for describing a level of the parking area in which the traversed route is arranged in combination with the recorded travel trajectory. Furthermore, the routing system is designed to use the recorded travel trajectory and the first level information for an automated routing maneuver in an automated mode.

A method for navigating a motor vehicle in a navigation system is described, wherein navigation instructions are calculated and made available to a driver of the motor vehicle, wherein an area is defined, wherein a route network consisting of a plurality of known routes is retrieved from at least one database within the area, and wherein a route is calculated within the area by combining routes and route segments from a current location of the motor vehicle in such a way that the multiple traversal of a route or route segment is avoided where possible.

Entertainment system (8) for a motor vehicle (4), for providing an entertainment function to a user (12) of the motor vehicle (4), wherein the entertainment system (8) - a detection device for detecting use of the motor vehicle (4) by the user (12), which does not require any operating action by the user (12) to drive the motor vehicle (4), and - is configured to automatically provide the entertainment function to the user (12) upon detection of such use, wherein the entertainment system (8) is configured to - automatically unlock hidden entertainment content (24) if a previous use of the motor vehicle (4) by the user (12) fulfills at least one predefined location-, time- and / or usage-intensity-dependent condition, and - to make the hidden entertainment content (24) available via the entertainment function only when it is unlocked, characterized in that - the entertainment system (8) is configured to detect the use of a charging of a battery (7) of the motor vehicle (4) at a charging station (3) during a stopover along a current route of the motor vehicle (4), and - further hidden entertainment content (24) is provided which the user (12) can gradually unlock by continuing to use the motor vehicle (4).