METHOD FOR ASSISTING A VEHICLE USER DURING A LANE CHANGE MANOEUVRE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE VEHICLE, AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

• Main Authors: RIETH, Dominik, NIERMANN, Stephan, FAYAD, Sami
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.09.2024
• 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

The invention relates to a method for assisting a vehicle user during a lane change manoeuvre, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a navigation command for performing the lane change manoeuvre from a second lane to a first lane of a road; searching for gaps for the vehicle in the first lane and selecting one of the gaps; defining a far field, a mid field and a near field, the near field being adjacent to the vehicle, the mid field being adjacent to the near field, and the far field being adjacent to the mid field, the far field being situated outside a detection range of surroundings sensors of the vehicle, and the near field and the mid field being situated within the detection range; and performing the search and/or the selection of the gap according to a predefined sequence in which first a region of the far field which is situated in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel, then a region of the mid field which is situated in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel, and then the near field are checked.