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Method and apparatus for operating a vehicle

  • US 10,518,785 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2015
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • operating one or more vehicle components of a vehicle as a function of a predetermined pick-up time of the vehicle at a pick-up position of a parking facility in such a way that the vehicle exhibits one or more predetermined states at the pick-up position at the predetermined pick-up time,wherein the one or more vehicle components includes;

    at least one of an engine-independent heater and an air-conditioning system operated whose operation as a function of the predetermined pick-up time is such that the vehicle has a predetermined passenger-compartment temperature;

    one or more driver assistance systems operated as a function of the predetermined pick-up time in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, the vehicle has one or more driver assistance systems ready for use;

    one or more vehicle seat heaters operated as a function of the predetermined pick-up time in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, at least one seat of the vehicle assigned to the one or more vehicle seat heaters has a predetermined vehicle seat temperature;

    one or more window heaters operated as a function of the predetermined pick-up time in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, at least one window of the vehicle assigned to the one or more window heaters is at least partially defrosted;

    one or more seat-adjustment devices for adjustment of at least one seat and that is operated as a function of the predetermined pick-up time in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, the at least one seat is adjusted in a predetermined position;

    a steering-wheel adjustment device operated as a function of the predetermined pick-up time in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, a steering wheel of the vehicle is adjusted in a predetermined position;

    one or more mirror-adjustment devices operated as a function of the predetermined pick-up time in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, at least one mirror of the vehicle is adjusted in a predetermined position;

    at least one of a radio and a navigation device that, as a function of and prior to the predetermined pick-up time, request at least one of current and future traffic information via a communication network with sufficient time to be able to download the requested traffic information via the communication network prior to the predetermined pick-up time, so that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, the at least one of the radio and navigation device stores the requested traffic information;

    a door actuator for unlocking and locking one or more vehicle door and that is operated as a function of the predetermined pick-up time to unlock the one or more vehicle doors, so that as one of the one or more predetermined states, the vehicle has one or more unlocked vehicle doors at the predetermined pick-up time;

    a navigation device that, as a function of and prior to the predetermined pick-up time, ascertains, or receives via a communication network, a route to a desired destination position, so that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, the vehicle has a navigation device prepared for navigation to the desired destination position;

    includes a drive motor operated, as a function of the predetermined pick-up time and as one of the one or more predetermined states, to be in a started state, permitting the vehicle to drive off at the predetermined pick-up time;

    a drive motor operated, as a function of the predetermined pick-up time and as one of the one or more predetermined states, to be adjusted into a started state with a predefined drive-motor dynamics mode, permitting the vehicle to drive off at the predetermined pick-up time;

    a ride-adjustment device operated, as a function of the predetermined pick-up time, in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, the vehicle has a predefined adjusted ride;

    an electronic stability program operated, as a function of the predetermined pick-up time, in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, the vehicle has a switched-on or a switched-off electronic stability program;

    ora front-passenger-side airbag operated, as a function of the predetermined pick-up time, in such a way that, as one of the one or more predetermined states, the vehicle has an activated or a deactivated front-passenger-side airbag.

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