METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING LANE CHANGE ASSIST

• Main Authors: MOHAMMADI, Foad, STRANNERDAHL, Fredrik, FRIMANNSSON, Runar, YARMOHAMADI, Hoda, MURALEEDHARAN, Vishnu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.03.2024
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A control unit and a method in a control unit are disclosed for automatically controlling a lane change assist function in a vehicle. A plurality of conditions indicating that a lane change assist function may be activated at a current position of the vehicle are evaluated in the control unit. The plurality of conditions comprises conditions selected from sensor based conditions, historical based conditions, and map based conditions. Sensor based conditions are conditions based on sensor data received in the control unit in a first digital signal from one or more sensors of the vehicle and being related to the current position of the vehicle. Historical based conditions are conditions based on historical data received in the control unit in a second digital signal from memory and being related to the current position of the vehicle. Map based conditions are conditions based on digital map data received in the control unit in a third digital signal from memory and being related to the current position of the vehicle. If conditions from at least two different groups of conditions are evaluated as met, a fourth digital signal is provided in the control unit enabling activation of the lane change assist function in the vehicle at the current position of the vehicle.