Method and Driver Assistance System for Sensor-Based Drive-Off Control of a Motor Vehicle
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Abstract
A method for controlling the drive-off of a motor vehicle in which the area in front of the vehicle is sensed using a sensor device and a drive-off enabling signal is automatically output after the vehicle stops, if the traffic situation allows. Features of the road in the area in front of the vehicle are extracted from the data of the sensor device, and on the basis of these features, at least one enable criterion is checked, a positive result indicating that the road is clear.
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30 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A method for controlling the drive-off of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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sensing an area in front of the vehicle using a sensor device; after the vehicle has stopped, automatically outputting a drive-off enabling signal if a traffic situation allows; extracting features of a road in the area in front of the vehicle from data of the sensor device; and checking at least one enable criterion based on the features, which positively indicates that the road is clear. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor device adapted to sense an area in front of the motor vehicle after the vehicle has stopped; an element adapted to automatically assist a drive-off enable signal if a traffic situation allows; an element adapted to extract features of a road in the front of the motor vehicle from data of the sensor device; and an element adapted to check at least one enable criterion based on the extracted features, and positively indicates the road is clear.
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