US 11,865,983 B2
Method for reducing start-up time, vehicle, computer program and data carrier signal
Ulrich Kabatek, Hannover (DE); Martin Stamm, Hannover (DE); Gerhard Müller, Hannover (DE); Axel König, Hannover (DE); and Boris Bach, Hannover (DE)
Assigned to Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Filed by Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/568,457.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 215 674.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0086813 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/03 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60K 2370/167 (2019.05); B60K 2370/178 (2019.05); B60K 2370/52 (2019.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for reducing the start-up time of a driver information system in a vehicle comprising:
providing a driver information system having an operating mode, a standby mode, and a hibernation mode, wherein the driver information system in the operating mode is operated with operating power, wherein the driver information system in the standby mode is operated with reduced operating power, and wherein the driver information system in the hibernation mode is not supplied with operating power;
providing a seat occupancy detection device, for detecting seat occupancy of at least one vehicle seat by a vehicle occupant;
providing an activation system for activating the driver information system;
providing an attention detection device for detecting the attention level of the driver, wherein the attention detection device has an operating mode and a hibernation mode;
operating the driver information system in the operating mode at least when the activation system is active;
changing the driver information system from the operating mode to the standby mode when the activation system is switched off and when seat occupancy is detected at the same time; and
operating the attention detection device in the attention detection device operating mode when the activation system is switched off and when the seat occupancy is detected at the same time.