Lane-change assistant for motor vehicles
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Abstract
Lane changing assistant for motor vehicles, controlling an automatic changing of the vehicle to a neighboring lane in response to a command by the driver as part of a lane keeping system of the motor vehicle and having an operating element that is movable in opposite directions out of a neutral position, wherein a sensor is assigned to the operating element for each adjustment direction and the sensor supplies a multi-valued output signal which corresponds to the operation of the operating element and determines the dynamics of the lane changing procedure.
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12 Claims
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1-6. -6. (canceled)
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7. A lane changing assistant for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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an arrangement for controlling an automatic change of the motor vehicle to a neighboring lane in response to a command by a driver as part of a lane keeping system of the motor vehicle;
an operating element that is movable in opposite directions out of a neutral position;
a first sensor allocated to the operating element for a first direction of the operating element out of the neutral position; and
a second sensor allocated to the operating element for a second direction of the operating element out of the neutral position, wherein;
each of the first sensor and the second sensor supplies a multi-valued output signal corresponding to an actuation of the operating element and determines dynamics of a lane changing procedure. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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