US 12,304,560 B2
Method for operating a motor vehicle
Jana Seeland, Wolfsburg (DE); Bastian Göricke, Wolfsburg (DE); and Markus Radimirsch, Uetze (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,241.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 211 548.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081032 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 15/0285 (2013.01) [B62D 5/0463 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a motor vehicle for carrying out a parking procedure, wherein the motor vehicle comprises at least a parking assistance function to park the motor vehicle, and wherein the method comprises:
prior to a driving session, receiving, via a user input, a user selection of location-based parking assistance signaling conditions, each user-selected location-based parking assistance signaling condition specifying whether a haptic signaling to indicate the availability of the parking assistance function is enabled or disabled for a user-selected location, a user-selected type of road, or a user-selected type of traffic situation; and
during the driving session:
determining, by a control circuitry of the motor vehicle, a parking space for the motor vehicle;
determining a location of the parking space;
determining whether or not the parking assistance function is available depending at least on (a) the user-selected location-based availability conditions selected prior to the driving session and (b) the determined location of the parking space; and
performing the haptic signaling indicating the availability of the parking assistance function to a driver of the motor vehicle by at least temporary actuator-based application of at least one steering torque having a predefined magnitude on a steering handle that can be perceived by the driver, wherein the actuator-based application of the steering torque to indicate the availability of the parking assistance function to the driver is performed prior to an initiation of the parking assistance function.