US 12,077,168 B2
Operational assistance method for a vehicle, control unit, and vehicle
Tobias Berger, Moers (DE); and Georg Burkhard, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/597,212
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072501
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/037555, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 122 907.3 (DE), filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242417 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/107 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [B60W 40/107 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/905 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operational assistance method for a vehicle, the method comprising:
measuring, by a sensor, movements of a region of a body of a vehicle occupant, wherein the movements comprise at least one of a translational movement or a rotational movement of the region of the body of the vehicle occupant,
providing sensor values representative of the movements, wherein the sensor values comprise acceleration values of the region of the body of the vehicle occupant, and the acceleration values are determined from the movements,
weighting the sensor values with respect to one another,
combining the weighted sensor values to form an overall acceleration value, and
providing the overall acceleration value,
wherein a weighting factor for a respective sensor value of the sensor values as a degree of a weighting of the respective sensor value in the overall acceleration value is dependent on a magnitude of the respective sensor value.