US 12,325,423 B2
Method for operating a lane change assistance system of a motor vehicle, and lane change assistance system
Michael Schlichte, Braunschweig (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/251,457
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/080254
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/090532, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 213 726.9 (DE), filed on Nov. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001927 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [B60W 50/16 (2013.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a lane change assistance system of a motor vehicle, comprising:
monitoring, by a detector of the lane change assistance system, which is provided in a front corner of the motor vehicle, an adjacent lane located in front and to the side of a lane on which the motor vehicle is located and detecting an object on the adjacent lane;
determining, using a processor of the lane change assistance system, at least one characterizing parameter of the object when evaluating the detected object;
detecting, using a function unit of the lane change assistance system, an intention of a user of the motor vehicle to change lane and determining a differential speed between the motor vehicle and the object as a characterizing parameter; and
generating, by the processor of the lane change assistance system, at least one control signal for at least one further function unit of the lane change assistance system on the basis of the intention to change lane and the differential speed; wherein
the object is additionally classified, and the classification is taken into account when the control signal is generated, and wherein
different driving dynamic properties of the classified object are taken into account and thus the type of object is taken into account when generating the control signal.