US Patent Application 18031184. Vehicle Control System and Method for Operating a Driving Function in the Event of a Change in Configuration simplified abstract

Vehicle Control System and Method for Operating a Driving Function in the Event of a Change in Configuration

Organization Name

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor(s)

Bartono Adiprasito of Tiefenbach (DE)

Helena Dolinaj of Muenchen (DE)

Maximilian Guenther of Muenchen (DE)

Frank Herchet of Neufahrn b. Freising (DE)

Martin Jaensch of Muenchen (DE)

Markus Kraemer of Dachau (DE)

Julius Schulz of Muenchen (DE)

Muhammed Yildiz of Kirchseeon (DE)

Vehicle Control System and Method for Operating a Driving Function in the Event of a Change in Configuration - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18031184 titled 'Vehicle Control System and Method for Operating a Driving Function in the Event of a Change in Configuration

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a vehicle control system that can automatically control the speed of a vehicle.

• The system can detect when the user of the vehicle changes a setting related to the speed control at a specific time or position.
• It can also determine if there is a signaling unit (such as a traffic light) ahead of the vehicle that needs to be considered during the speed control.
• If there is a signaling unit ahead, the system will only apply the user's speed control change after passing that signaling unit.

Original Abstract Submitted

A vehicle control system provides a driving function for the automated longitudinal control of a vehicle. The vehicle control system is configured to detect that the user of the vehicle causes a change in the configuration of a property of the driving function at a configuration time or in a configuration position of the vehicle. The vehicle control system is additionally configured to ascertain that a first signaling unit lying ahead in the direction of travel of the vehicle is already taken into account during the automated longitudinal control of the vehicle at the configuration time or in the configuration position, and to take into account the change in the configuration during the automated longitudinal control of the vehicle only in a signaling unit that follows the first signaling unit.