Method and device for operating a vehicle

• US 20060009890A1
• Filed: 06/28/2005
• Published: 01/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Meister, Dirk, Eisenlauer, Stephan
• Application Number:
  US11/170,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20060009890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel

Abstract

A method and a device for operating a vehicle in which a plurality of vehicle functions are activatable or de-activatable. A first profile is provided, according to which a first configuration is predefined, which specifies how the individual vehicle functions are to be set. Furthermore, a second profile is provided, according to which a second configuration is predefined, which specifies how the individual vehicle functions are to be set. The setting of at least one of the vehicle functions is different in the two profiles. In a first predefined driving situation, the vehicle functions are configured according to the first profile, and in a second predefined driving situation the vehicle functions are configured according to the second profile.

Claims

1. A method for operating a vehicle in which a plurality of vehicle functions are activatable or de-activatable, the method comprising:

providing a first profile, according to which a first configuration is predefined, which specifies how individual vehicle functions are to be set; and

providing a second profile, according to which a second configuration is predefined, which specifies how individual vehicle functions are to be set,

wherein a setting of at least one of the vehicle functions is different in the first and second profiles, and

wherein the vehicle functions are configured according to the first profile in a first predefined driving situation, and the vehicle functions are configured according to the second profile in a second predefined driving situation.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first driving situation is defined by a first location, and the second driving situation is defined by a second location which is different from the first location.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first driving situation is defined by a reception of first wireless signals and the second driving situation is defined by a reception of second wireless signals.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle functions represent safety functions.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first configuration and the second configuration specifies for at least one of the vehicle functions whether it is to be one of activated and de-activated.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first configuration specifies a first value for a parameter of one of the vehicle functions and the second configuration specifies a second value for the parameter of the one of the vehicle functions.

7. A device for operating a vehicle in which a plurality of vehicle functions are activatable or de-activatable, the device comprising:

a profile specifying unit for specifying a first profile, according to which a first configuration is predefined, which specifies how individual vehicle functions are to be set, and for specifying a second profile, according to which a second configuration is predefined, which specifies how individual vehicle functions are to be set, the setting of at least one of the vehicle functions being different in the first and second profiles;

a driving situation determining unit for determining a current driving situation; and

an analyzer unit for selecting the vehicle functions according to the first profile in a first predefined driving situation and for selecting the vehicle functions according to the second profile in a second predefined driving situation.