Apparatrus for assisting driving of a vehicle and method for operating the apparatus
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Abstract
An apparatus is described for assisting driving of a vehicle having at least two driver assistance systems and having an output device or element for communicating information items of at least one of the driver assistance systems to a driver of the vehicle. To relieve the strain on the driver, a control device or element, configured as an information coordinator and connected at its input side to the driver assistance systems and at its output side to the output device is provided for controlling information items of the driver assistance systems to be communicated to the driver.
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27 Claims
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14. An apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle having at least two driver assistance systems and having an output device for communicating information items of at least one of the driver assistance systems to a driver of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a control device, configured as an information coordinator and connected at its input side to the driver assistance systems and at its output side to the output device, the control device adapted to control information items of the driver assistance systems to be communicated to the driver. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for assisting driving of a vehicle having at least two driver assistance systems, comprising:
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receiving, by a control device, an information item of one of the driver assistance systems which is to be communicated to the driver; simultaneously receiving an indication by a prediction device of an information item of another of the driver assistance systems which is to be expected with a predetermined probability; performing, by the control device, an information combination based on the information item of one of the driver assistance systems and the information item of the other of the driver assistance systems, to produce an overall information item; and forwarding the overall information item to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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26. A method for assisting driving of a vehicle having at least two driver assistance systems, comprising:
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receiving, by a control device, an information item of one of the driver assistance systems which is to be communicated to a driver; simultaneously receiving an indication of an information item of another of the driver assistance systems which is to be expected with a predetermined probability; performing, by the control device, an information combination based on the information item of one of the driver assistance systems and the information item of the other of the driver assistance systems, to produce an overall information item; and forwarding the overall information item to an output device.
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