CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR LEARNING TO AUTOMATICALLY TRAVEL ALONG A PREDEFINED IDEAL LINE

The invention relates to a control apparatus for motor vehicles for learning to automatically travel along a predefined time-optimum ideal line of a secluded stretch of road, preferably a race track. In an adjustable first stage of the control apparatus, when travelling along the race track, at leas...

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Main Authors WALDMANN, PETER, SPANNHEIMER, HELMUT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 17.12.2008
Subjects
CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES
LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
MOTOR VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
TRAILERS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:The invention relates to a control apparatus for motor vehicles for learning to automatically travel along a predefined time-optimum ideal line of a secluded stretch of road, preferably a race track. In an adjustable first stage of the control apparatus, when travelling along the race track, at least the steering actuators are automatically actuated in such a way that the motor vehicle moves autonomously along the ideal line of the secluded stretch of road with respect to the lateral direction. In an adjustable second stage, the driver himself controls the actuators and only receives instructions. In an adjustable third stage, the driver no longer receives instructions but instead is assessed only after travelling along the race track.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20070724006