US 12,472,992 B2
Driving assistance system for the automated driving of a vehicle
Ivo Nikolov, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/287,665
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/060250
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/223521, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 110 090.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0182084 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/0053 (2020.02) [B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code which, when executed on one or more processors, carries out the acts of:
outputting a driver instruction in an event that, during automated driving with a first level of automation, a specified driver action is absent for a first time period;
receiving a user input for a switchover from the first degree of automation, that comprises at least partial automation of driving of the vehicle, to a second degree of automation, wherein the second degree of automation is higher than the first degree of automation; and
outputting the driver instruction when:
(i) the switchover from the first degree of automation to the second degree of automation is unsuccessful; and
(ii) the specified driver action is absent for a second time period, which is shorter than the first time period.