US 11,851,056 B2
Method for ending a drive of a transportation vehicle
Arne Bartels, Wolfsburg (DE); Thomas Kolms, Wasbüttel (DE); Timo Klingemann, Sassenburg (DE); Robin Bräutigam, Frechen (DE); and Amogh Sakpal, Brühl (DE)
Assigned to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
Filed by VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed on May 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/872,416.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 206 883.9 (DE), filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0361460 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/12 (2013.01) [B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/205 (2013.01); B60W 2710/207 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for terminating driving on the road shoulder by a transportation vehicle, the system comprising:
a detection unit to detect that the transportation vehicle is at least partially situated on a road shoulder;
a steering sensor unit to determine a steering intensity of a manual steering maneuver;
a computing unit to assign one of at least two predetermined steering codes to the manual steering maneuver as a function of the steering intensity, the at least two predetermined steering codes each corresponding to a reaction behavior of a driver of the transportation vehicle in response to driving on the road shoulder, the at least two predetermined steering codes including a second steering code that is predetermined based on conditions of the road shoulder and is indicative of the manual steering maneuver to terminate the driving on the road shoulder without loss of control over the transportation vehicle and a third steering code that is predetermined based on conditions of the road shoulder and is indicative of the manual steering maneuver to terminate the driving on the road shoulder with loss of control over the transportation vehicle; and
a control unit to perform an automatic intervention into a transportation vehicle control as a function of the assigned steering code, the automatic intervention supporting the manual steering maneuver to terminate the driving on the road shoulder in response to the assigned steering code being the second steering code and opposing the manual steering maneuver to terminate the driving on the road shoulder in response to the assigned steering code being the third steering code.