US 12,403,768 B2
Method for operating a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
Henning Thiele, Wolfsburg (DE); Wojciech Huwer, Braunschweig (DE); Anette Grüneberg, Hannover (DE); Spiro Trikaliotis, Oebisfelde-Weferlingen (DE); Olga Helwich, Leiferde (DE); Maximilian Barthel, Markkleeberg (DE); Sema Yavuz, Braunschweig (DE); Hyein Shin, Berlin (DE); Stephanie Albrecht, Wolfsburg (DE); and Volkmar Wagner, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/260,087
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/050996
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/171397, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 201 216.7 (DE), filed on Feb. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059150 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/21 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/10 (2024.01) [B60K 35/212 (2024.01); B60K 2360/126 (2024.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a motor vehicle, comprising:
receiving, using an operating device, a user input that selects an ambient mode to be set from multiple predefined ambient modes, which selected ambient mode comprises settings for one or more interior vehicle components of the motor vehicle;
setting, using a control apparatus, a group of settings of the one or more interior vehicle components of the motor vehicle according to the selected ambient mode; wherein the one or more vehicle components each provide a comfort function; and
selectively choosing a driving mode from multiple predefined driving modes in response to the selection of an ambient mode by the user, the driving mode being associated with the selected ambient mode, and the driving mode defining a group of settings of vehicle components that each provide a driving function.