Driving assist system with lane changing recognition

• Main Authors: HELLMANN, MANFRED, LEINEWEBER, THILO, URBAN, WERNER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.12.2006
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The system has a device for detecting a lane change of the equipped vehicle that monitors a yaw rate signal in order to detect a lane change by detecting when the yaw rate signal deviates from a reference value in one direction and then reverts to the reference value within a defined period and swings though to the other side of the reference value at a rate of change greater than a threshold.